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1939 New York Yankees  (1938)  (1940) 100-54, 1st in American League Scored 895 runs, Allowed 605 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 106-48 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .733 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 93 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 92-62   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 106-45 Manager(s): Billy Vanson Defeated Brooklyn Dodgers in World Series, 4 games to 1.

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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Joe Dimaggio         24  101  395   93  151  25   6  37  116   5   8   42   25  .382  .437  .757  125  12.7  1(0)e6     75  
 C  *Bill Dickey          32  139  476   86  144  27   1  41  114  12   4   53   45  .303  .371  .622  105   7.9  1(-1)e4    78  
 3B *Red Rolfe            30  153  597   84  186  44   4  13   92  10   6   65   60  .312  .381  .464  102   6.2  2e19      -54  
 OF *George Selkirk       31  128  429  100  123  22   2  26   76  17  10   97   67  .287  .417  .529  102   8.4  2(0)e4    -22  
 1B  Frank McCormick      28  154  607   68  204  34   1  12  106   1   3   45   26  .336  .382  .455  101   6.3  1e7       -32  
 OF *Charlie Keller       22  138  405   95  135  20   5  15   68  10   1   75   58  .333  .436  .519   99   9.4  2(+1)e10    8  
 OF  Ben Chapman          30  116  411   72  109  16   5   4   31  16   7   62   34  .265  .361  .358   57   4.9  3(0)e11   -84  
 2B  Jimmy Bloodworth     21   96  337   53  104  26   1  15   48   6   3    8   36  .309  .325  .525   54   5.8  3e30      128  
 SS  Frankie Crosetti     28  154  623   85  131  17   6  10   61  20   6   43  105  .210  .262  .305   51   2.6  1e26      -80  
 2B  Charlie Gelbert      33   81  276   49   60  10   7   5   38   3   2   47   22  .217  .338  .359   37   4.3  4e30      -57  
 OF *Tommy Henrich        26   78  236   38   57  11   2   2   20   8   5   41   19  .242  .358  .331   30   4.4  3(0)e12  -111  
 C   Joe Glenn            30   38  111   17   32   2   0   3   17   1   0   12   15  .288  .360  .387   16   5.3  4(+1)e10   36  
 PH  Lee Handley          25   38   27    5   10   2   0   0    3   2   0    2    2  .370  .419  .444    5   7.9            167  
 OF  Wally Berger         33   13   24    2    4   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    5  .167  .259  .333    2   3.0  4(-1)e9  -186  
 OF *Debs Garms           32   11   13    3    4   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .308  .357  .462    1   4.8  4(+2)e11   77  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           891                  -14

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Red Ruffing          34  18  10  .643  31  31  10   0   0   0   1  240.2  202   94   80  18   80  105  2.99   88   3.3  -69  
  P *Lefty Gomez          30  14   8  .636  29  29   6   0   0   0   3  197.1  171   99   85  18   95  120  3.88   90   4.1   24  
  P  Oral Hildebrand      32  13   7  .650  57   7   2  27   6   2   1  124.1   80   39   36  13   44   58  2.61   35   2.5  -77  
  P  Boom-Boom Beck       34  12   5  .706  22  22   3   0   0   0   1  157.2  139   54   49   9   59   78  2.80   61   3.4 -133  
  P  Atley Donald         28  10   4  .714  21  21   5   0   0   0   0  146.2  135   68   64  17   61   68  3.93   72   4.4   12  
  P  Kirby Higbe          24  10   7  .588  30  30   2   0   0   0   1  184.1  194  122   96  19  117   97  4.69  121   5.9   10  
  P *Lee Grissom          31   9   5  .643  44   7   2  22   4   0   0  108.0   86   25   25   9   37   51  2.08   37   3.2 -108  
  P  Manny Salvo          27   8   6  .571  61   5   0  25   0   2   0  121.1  125   69   61   9   67   64  4.52   65   4.8  -65  
  P *Marius Russo         24   6   2  .750  56   2   1  43  28   9   1   97.1   81   26   26   9   30   56  2.40   33   3.1   42  
  P  Spud Chandler        31   0   0  .000  12   0   0   6   1   0   0   14.1   21    9    9   0    5    0  5.65    8   5.2   16  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      615        -37

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bill Dickey 1131 126 128 636 34 2 3 .997 22 10 Joe Glenn 260 28 35 146 11 3 1 .981 16 9 Debs Garms 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank McCormick 1389 154 154 1432 144 11 168 .993 10.21 Tommy Henrich 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 11.57 Wally Berger 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmy Bloodworth 706 79 83 195 251 10 81 .978 5.68 Charlie Gelbert 686 75 80 183 201 11 52 .972 5.04 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Red Rolfe 1374 153 153 159 366 18 33 .967 3.44 Charlie Gelbert 9 1 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 6.00 Lee Handley 7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 Debs Garms 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frankie Crosetti 1390 154 154 261 500 23 119 .971 4.93 Charlie Gelbert 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Charlie Keller 688 76 77 184 2 5 0 .974 2.43 Tommy Henrich 514 58 58 143 6 6 2 .961 2.61 Ben Chapman 91 10 13 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.47 George Selkirk 73 8 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 Debs Garms 16 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Wally Berger 11 1 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.27 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Dimaggio 903 100 101 211 10 4 1 .982 2.20 George Selkirk 269 30 30 57 3 0 1 1.000 2.01 Charlie Keller 141 16 16 33 1 1 1 .971 2.17 Ben Chapman 77 8 11 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 Wally Berger 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ben Chapman 693 79 79 160 10 8 1 .955 2.21 George Selkirk 640 70 72 182 4 1 0 .995 2.61 Wally Berger 27 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Charlie Keller 21 2 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.22 Jimmy Bloodworth 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Debs Garms 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tommy Henrich 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1939 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Jimmy Bloodworth
Round 2 (#19):	Lee Grissom
Round 3 (#31):	Joe Glenn
Round 4 (#39):	Boom-Boom Beck
Round 5 (#48):	Manny Salvo
Round 6 (#54):	Charlie Gelbert
Round 7 (#60):	Wally Berger
Round 8 (#63):	Debs Garms

Transactions

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