The 1940 New York Yankees season was the team's 38th season. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. Their home games were played at Yankee Stadium. The team finished in third place with a record of 88–66, finishing two games behind the American League champion Detroit Tigers and one game behind the second-place Cleveland Indians.
Offseason October 14, 1939: Hank Sauer was drafted from the Yankees by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1939 minor league draft.Hank Sauer page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1940 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen Bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C 106 372 45 92 .247 9 54 0 1B 155 568 51 150 .264 12 73 1 2B 155 616 112 173 .281 30 103 18 3B 139 588 102 147 .250 10 53 4 SS 145 546 84 106 .194 4 31 14 OF 138 500 102 143 .286 21 93 8 OF 132 508 93 179 .352 31 133 1 OF 118 379 68 102 .269 19 71 3
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB 90 293 57 90 .307 10 53 1 73 228 34 68 .298 4 37 7 45 124 17 30 .242 1 10 1 34 63 10 25 .397 1 15 0 12 27 3 5 .185 0 2 0 11 15 2 2 .133 0 3 0
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 30 226.0 15 12 3.38 97 30 189.1 14 8 3.28 87 27 172.0 8 7 4.60 56 27 164.0 8 9 4.55 71 16 109.2 7 5 3.69 43 12 99.1 9 3 1.90 37
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 24 118.2 8 3 3.03 60 27 99.1 4 6 5.53 26 9 27.1 3 3 6.59 14
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 35 8 4 9 3.69 23 25 3 5 2 5.74 39 13 1 1 0 1.86 5 5 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Newark, Binghamton, Amsterdam, Akron, Butler
Arkansas–Missouri League folded, July 1, 1940Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1940 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1940 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com