The 1942 New York Yankees season was the team's 40th season. The team finished with a record of 103–51, winning their 13th pennant, finishing 9 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in 5 games.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1942 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 82 268 79 .295 2 37 1B 132 538 153 .284 5 48 2B 155 538 162 .322 18 103 3B 74 285 69 .242 4 23 SS 144 553 157 .284 4 68 OF 154 610 173 .305 21 114 OF 152 544 159 .292 26 108 OF 127 483 129 .267 13 67

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 69 285 48 .219 8 25 69 209 48 .230 2 34 59 189 53 .280 2 28 31 85 25 .294 0 15 42 78 15 .192 0 10 21 77 28 .364 2 17 13 41 5 .122 0 3 11 26 5 .192 0 0 15 10 2 .200 0 0 5 5 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 28 226.0 21 5 2.27 71 24 200.2 16 5 2.38 74 24 193.2 14 7 3.21 80 25 178.2 15 4 2.52 85 27 164.1 8 9 3.07 72 20 147.2 11 3 3.11 53 13 80.0 6 4 4.28 41

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 9 45.1 4 1 2.78 15

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 31 4 10 11 3.41 24 23 2 1 1 3.76 28 10 0 1 2 6.32 13 5 1 1 1 1.29 2 4 1 0 0 0.00 0

1942 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4 September 30Sportsman's Park 34,7692 Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4 October 1Sportsman's Park 34,2553 Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0 October 3Yankee Stadium 69,1234 Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6 October 4Yankee Stadium 69,9025 Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2 October 5Yankee Stadium 69,052

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: ButlerJohnson, 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 1942 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1942 World Series 1942 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com