The 1941 New York Yankees season was the 39th season for the team. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. The team finished with a record of 101–53, winning their 12th pennant, finishing 17 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. In the World Series, they beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in 5 games.

Books and songs have been written about the 1941 season, the last before the United States became drawn into World War II. Yankees' center fielder Joe DiMaggio captured the nation's fancy with his lengthy hitting streak that extended through 56 games before finally being stopped. A big-band style song called Joltin' Joe DiMaggio was recorded by the Les Brown orchestra and became a hit the following year.

Additionally, DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich and Charlie Keller became the only outfield trio in major league history to each hit 30 home runs in a season.

Regular season May 15, 1941: In a game against the Chicago White Sox, Joe DiMaggio began his major league record 56-game hitting streak with a hit off Sox pitcher Eddie Smith.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.5, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,

During the hitting streak, DiMaggio had a batting average of .408, hit 15 home runs, and accumulated 55 runs batted in. After the streak ended, DiMaggio began a 16-game hitting streak. DiMaggio would hit safely in 72 of 73 games, another record.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1941 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 109 348 99 .284 7 71 1B 124 524 125 .239 3 36 2B 156 588 162 .276 24 87 3B 136 561 148 .264 8 42 SS 133 515 158 .307 3 46 OF 139 541 193 .357 30 125 OF 144 538 149 .277 31 85 OF 140 507 151 .298 33 122

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 67 209 60 .287 1 36 56 174 37 .213 1 26 70 164 36 .220 6 25 50 148 33 .223 1 22 36 73 19 .260 0 4 17 40 10 .250 1 4 1 1 0 .000 0 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 28 209.2 14 10 3.09 105 23 185.2 15 6 3.54 60 28 163.2 10 4 3.19 60 22 159.0 9 5 3.57 71 23 156.1 15 5 3.74 76 1 2.0 0 1 13.50 1

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 26 141.0 9 7 4.09 77 23 126.2 10 6 2.98 43 17 80.0 4 2 5.06 18

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 3 15 1.98 29 27 5 1 2 2.87 28 22 3 3 0 5.63 21

1941 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 3 October 1Yankee Stadium 68,5402 Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 2 October 2Yankee Stadium 66,2483 Yankees – 2, Dodgers – 1 October 4Ebbets Field 33,1004 Yankees – 7, Dodgers – 4 October 5Ebbets Field 33,8135 Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 1 October 6Ebbets Field 34,072

Awards and honors Joe DiMaggio, AL MVP Joe DiMaggio, Associated Press Athlete of the YearAssociated Press Athlete of the Year (male)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Joplin, Easton, ButlerJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1941 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1941 World Series 1941 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com