1939 New York Yankees Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 106–45 (.702), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1939 Atley Donald 24 60 7 15 1 1 0 7 4 15 0 1 .250 .297 .300 .597
1939 Babe Dahlgren 144 544 71 125 18 6 15 89 57 54 2 3 .230 .305 .368 .673
1939 Bill Knickerbocker 6 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385
1939 Bill Dickey 128 484 98 145 23 3 24 105 77 37 5 0 .300 .400 .508 .908
1939 Buddy Rosar 43 108 18 29 5 1 0 12 13 10 4 0 .269 .347 .333 .680
1939 Bump Hadley 26 64 3 11 2 0 0 3 4 12 1 0 .172 .221 .203 .424
1939 Charlie Keller 111 409 87 133 21 6 11 83 81 49 6 3 .325 .437 .487 .923
1939 Frankie Crosetti 152 665 109 153 25 5 10 56 65 81 11 7 .230 .311 .328 .639
1939 George Selkirk 128 426 103 128 17 4 21 101 103 49 12 5 .300 .445 .507 .952
1939 Jake Powell 31 88 12 21 4 1 1 9 3 8 1 2 .239 .264 .341 .605
1939 Joe Dimaggio 120 468 108 176 32 6 30 126 52 20 3 0 .376 .443 .662 1.105
1939 Joe Gordon 151 571 92 161 32 5 28 111 75 57 11 10 .282 .367 .503 .870
1939 Joe Gallagher 14 43 8 10 0 1 2 9 3 8 1 0 .233 .298 .419 .716
1939 Johnny Murphy 38 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 .167 .333 .167 .500
1939 Lefty Gomez 26 77 3 11 2 0 0 4 5 22 0 0 .143 .195 .169 .364
1939 Lou Gehrig 8 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 .143 .273 .143 .416
1939 Marius Russo 21 43 4 10 0 1 0 9 2 8 0 0 .233 .267 .279 .546
1939 Monte Pearson 22 58 9 17 3 1 0 7 5 6 0 0 .293 .349 .379 .729
1939 Oral Hildebrand 21 47 5 8 1 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 .170 .187 .191 .379
1939 Red Rolfe 152 649 139 213 46 10 14 80 81 41 7 6 .328 .404 .495 .898
1939 Red Ruffing 44 117 12 35 1 0 1 20 7 18 1 0 .299 .339 .333 .672
1939 Spud Chandler 11 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .400 .500 .600 1.100
1939 Steve Sundra 24 51 7 13 5 0 0 6 3 15 0 0 .255 .296 .353 .649
1939 Tommy Henrich 99 354 64 96 18 4 9 57 51 23 7 0 .271 .365 .421 .785
1939 Wes Ferrell 3 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375
– – 151 5,392 966 1,521 259 55 166 904 701 543 72 37 .282 .368 .443 .811

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1939 Atley Donald 24 153.0 13 3 1 0 0 144 74 63 60 0 55 20 0 11 2 3.71 1.33
1939 Bump Hadley 26 154.0 12 6 2 0 0 132 62 51 85 3 65 18 0 7 1 2.98 1.41
1939 Johnny Murphy 38 61.1 3 6 19 0 0 57 33 30 28 0 30 0 0 0 0 4.40 1.39
1939 Lefty Gomez 26 198.0 12 8 0 0 0 173 80 75 84 3 102 26 0 14 2 3.41 1.30
1939 Marius Russo 21 116.0 8 3 2 0 0 86 37 31 41 1 55 11 0 9 2 2.41 1.09
1939 Marv Breuer 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.00
1939 Monte Pearson 22 146.1 12 5 0 0 0 151 77 73 70 1 76 20 0 8 0 4.49 1.51
1939 Oral Hildebrand 21 126.2 10 4 2 0 0 102 44 43 41 1 50 15 0 7 1 3.06 1.13
1939 Red Ruffing 28 233.1 21 7 0 0 0 211 88 76 75 2 95 28 0 22 5 2.93 1.23
1939 Spud Chandler 11 19.0 3 0 0 0 0 26 7 6 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 2.84 1.84
1939 Steve Sundra 24 120.2 11 1 0 0 0 110 43 37 56 0 27 11 0 8 1 2.76 1.38
1939 Wes Ferrell 3 19.1 1 2 0 0 0 14 10 10 17 0 6 3 0 1 0 4.66 1.60
– – 151 1,348.2 106 45 26 0 0 1,208 556 496 567 11 565 152 0 87 14 3.31 1.32

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1939 Atley Donald P 24 3 22 0 25 2 1.000 1.04
1939 Bump Hadley P 26 8 35 4 47 4 .915 1.65
1939 Johnny Murphy P 38 3 12 1 16 1 .937 0.39
1939 Lefty Gomez P 26 2 33 1 36 0 .972 1.35
1939 Marius Russo P 21 7 26 1 34 6 .971 1.57
1939 Marv Breuer P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1939 Monte Pearson P 22 3 29 0 32 5 1.000 1.45
1939 Oral Hildebrand P 21 5 18 1 24 1 .958 1.10
1939 Red Ruffing P 28 8 32 2 42 2 .952 1.43
1939 Spud Chandler P 11 1 7 0 8 0 1.000 0.73
1939 Steve Sundra P 24 2 27 0 29 1 1.000 1.21
1939 Wes Ferrell P 3 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1939 Arndt Jorgens C 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 1.00
1939 Bill Dickey C 126 571 57 7 635 8 0 0 0.0% .989 4.98
1939 Buddy Rosar C 35 137 10 3 150 1 0 0 0.0% .980 4.20
1939 Babe Dahlgren 1B 144 1,303 68 13 1,384 140 .991 9.52
1939 Lou Gehrig 1B 8 64 4 2 70 5 .971 8.50
1939 Tommy Henrich 1B 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1939 Bill Knickerbocker 2B 2 5 6 0 11 1 1.000 5.50
1939 Joe Gordon 2B 151 370 461 28 859 116 .967 5.50
1939 Red Rolfe 3B 152 151 282 19 452 22 .958 2.85
1939 Bill Knickerbocker SS 2 1 6 0 7 0 1.000 3.50
1939 Frankie Crosetti SS 152 323 460 26 809 118 .968 5.15
1939 George Selkirk LF 124 254 4 3 261 1 .989 2.08
1939 Jake Powell LF 23 56 1 1 58 0 .983 2.48
1939 Joe Dimaggio CF 117 328 13 5 346 2 .986 2.91
1939 Charlie Keller RF 105 213 5 7 225 1 .969 2.08
1939 Joe Gallagher RF 12 18 1 0 19 0 1.000 1.58
1939 Tommy Henrich RF 88 205 7 2 214 1 .991 2.41
– – 151 4,045 1,631 126 5,802 438 0 0 .978 37.59

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1939 Babe Dahlgren 4 14 2 3 2 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 .214 .214 .571 .786
1939 Bill Dickey 4 15 2 4 0 0 2 5 1 2 0 0 .267 .312 .667 .979
1939 Bump Hadley 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Charlie Keller 4 16 8 7 1 1 3 6 1 2 0 0 .437 .471 1.187 1.658
1939 Frankie Crosetti 4 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 .062 .167 .062 .229
1939 George Selkirk 4 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 .167 .333 .250 .583
1939 Joe Dimaggio 4 16 3 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 .312 .353 .500 .853
1939 Joe Gordon 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
1939 Johnny Murphy 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Lefty Gomez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Monte Pearson 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Oral Hildebrand 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 Red Rolfe 4 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 .118 .118 .235
1939 Red Ruffing 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1939 Steve Sundra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
– – 4 133 20 27 4 1 7 18 9 20 0 0 .203 .254 .406 .660

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1939 Bump Hadley 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.25
1939 Johnny Murphy 1 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.50
1939 Lefty Gomez 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 3.00
1939 Monte Pearson 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 8 1 0 1 1 0.00 0.33
1939 Oral Hildebrand 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1939 Red Ruffing 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1.00 0.56
1939 Steve Sundra 1 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.88
– – 8 37.0 4 0 0 0 0 27 8 5 6 1 22 4 0 2 1 1.22 0.89

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1939 Bump Hadley P 1 1 1 1 3 0 .667 2.00
1939 Johnny Murphy P 1 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1939 Lefty Gomez P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1939 Monte Pearson P 1 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 5.00
1939 Oral Hildebrand P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1939 Red Ruffing P 1 0 3 0 3 1 1.000 3.00
1939 Steve Sundra P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1939 Bill Dickey C 4 27 2 0 29 1 0 0 0.0% 1.000 7.25
1939 Babe Dahlgren 1B 4 41 2 0 43 4 1.000 10.75
1939 Joe Gordon 2B 4 6 13 0 19 4 1.000 4.75
1939 Red Rolfe 3B 4 4 8 1 13 2 .923 3.00
1939 Frankie Crosetti SS 4 6 13 0 19 3 1.000 4.75
1939 George Selkirk LF 4 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 2.50
1939 Joe Dimaggio CF 4 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 2.75
1939 Charlie Keller RF 4 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.25
– – 4 111 50 2 163 15 0 0 .988 40.25

Awards

Player Award Stats
Joe Dimaggio Most Valuable Player (CF) .376–30–126, 3 SB
Red Ruffing All-Star (P) 21–7, 95 SO, 2.93 ERA
Lefty Gomez All-Star (P) 12–8, 102 SO, 3.41 ERA
Johnny Murphy All-Star (P) 3–6, 19 Sv, 30 SO, 4.40 ERA
Bill Dickey All-Star (C) .300–24–105, 5 SB
Lou Gehrig All-Star (1B) .143–0–1
Joe Gordon All-Star (2B) .282–28–111, 11 SB
Red Rolfe All-Star (3B) .328–14–80, 7 SB
Frankie Crosetti All-Star (SS) .230–10–56, 11 SB
George Selkirk All-Star (LF) .300–21–101, 12 SB
Joe Dimaggio All-Star (CF) .376–30–126, 3 SB
Lou Gehrig Hall of Fame (1B) -
Willie Keeler Hall of Fame (RF) -

Frequently asked questions about the 1939 New York Yankees

Who had the most hits on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Red Rolfe led the 1939 New York Yankees with 213 hits in 152 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Joe Dimaggio led the 1939 New York Yankees with a .376 batting average in 120 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Joe Dimaggio led the 1939 New York Yankees with 30 home runs in 120 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1939 New York Yankees?

George Selkirk led the 1939 New York Yankees with a .445 on-base percentage (OBP) in 128 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Joe Dimaggio led the 1939 New York Yankees with a .662 slugging percentage in 120 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1939 New York Yankees?

George Selkirk led the 1939 New York Yankees with 12 stolen bases in 128 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Red Ruffing had a 2.93 earned-run average (ERA) in 28 games, the lowest on the 1939 New York Yankees.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Red Ruffing had a 1.23 WHIP in 28 games, the lowest on the 1939 New York Yankees.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Lefty Gomez led the 1939 New York Yankees with 102 strikeouts in 26 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Red Ruffing led the 1939 New York Yankees with 21 wins in 28 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1939 New York Yankees?

Johnny Murphy led the 1939 New York Yankees with 19 saves in 38 games.