1938 New York Yankees roster

27 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1938 MLB season. They won the 1938 World Series, 4-0.

1938 Yankees roster: batting

1938 New York Yankees batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Red Rolfe151631132196108013.311.386.826
Frankie Crosetti15763111316695527.263.382.752
Joe DiMaggio145599129194321406.324.386.967
Lou Gehrig157576115170291146.295.410.932
Tommy Henrich13147110912722916.270.391.882
Joe Gordon12745883117259711.255.340.843
Bill Dickey13245484142271153.313.412.981
George Selkirk99335588510629.254.384.793
Myril Hoag8526728740484.277.344.696
Jake Powell4516427422203.256.326.704
Bill Knickerbocker4612815321210.250.309.692
Joe Glenn4112310320251.260.316.665
Babe Dahlgren274388010.186.205.414
Art Jorgens91734020.235.350.703

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1938 Yankees roster: pitching

1938 New York Yankees pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Red RuffingP31312173.31247.11271.330
Lefty GomezP323218123.35239.01291.410
Monte PearsonP28271673.97202.0981.540
Spud ChandlerP23231454.03172.0361.340
Bump HadleyP2917983.60167.1611.381
Steve SundraP258644.8093.2331.600
Johnny MurphyP322824.2491.1431.4311
Joe BeggsP149325.4058.181.530
Ivy AndrewsP191133.0048.0131.421
Atley DonaldP22015.2512.061.750
Joe VanceP31007.1511.122.120
Lee StineP40001.048.241.150
Kemp WickerP10100.001.001.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.