1939 New York Yankees roster

26 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1939 MLB season. They won the 1939 World Series, 4-0.

1939 Yankees roster: batting

1939 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.
Frankie Crosetti152656109153105611.233.315.647
Red Rolfe15264813921314807.329.404.899
Joe Gordon151567921612811111.284.370.876
Babe Dahlgren1445317112515892.235.312.689
Bill Dickey12848098145241055.302.403.915
Joe DiMaggio120462108176301263.381.4481.119
George Selkirk1284181031282110112.306.452.969
Charlie Keller1113988713311836.334.447.947
Tommy Henrich9934764969577.277.371.800
Buddy Rosar4310518290124.276.356.699
Jake Powell31861221191.244.270.619
Lou Gehrig82824010.143.273.416
Bill Knickerbocker61322010.154.154.385

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

1939 Yankees roster: pitching

1939 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 RuffingP28282172.93233.1951.230
Lefty GomezP26261283.41198.01021.300
Bump HadleyP26181262.98154.0651.412
Atley DonaldP24201333.71153.0551.331
Monte PearsonP22201254.49146.1761.510
Oral HildebrandP21151043.06126.2501.132
Steve SundraP24111112.76120.2271.380
Marius RussoP2111832.41116.0551.092
Johnny MurphyP380364.4061.1301.3919
Wes FerrellP33124.6619.161.600
Spud ChandlerP110302.8419.041.840
Marv BreuerP10009.001.003.000

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.