1940 New York Yankees roster

26 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1940 MLB season.

1940 Yankees roster: batting

1940 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.
Joe Gordon1556161121733010318.281.340.851
Red Rolfe13958810214710534.250.311.677
Babe Dahlgren1555685115012731.264.325.709
Frankie Crosetti1455468410643114.194.299.572
Joe DiMaggio13250893179311331.352.4251.051
Charlie Keller13850010214321938.286.411.919
George Selkirk1183796810219713.269.406.896
Bill Dickey10637245929540.247.336.691
Tommy Henrich90293579010531.307.408.947
Buddy Rosar7322834684377.298.357.783
Bill Knickerbocker4512417301101.242.333.680
Buster Mills346310251150.397.4571.044
Jake Powell122735020.185.214.399
Mike Chartak111522030.133.350.550

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

1940 Yankees roster: pitching

1940 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 RuffingP303015123.38226.0971.300
Marius RussoP30241483.28189.1871.251
Spud ChandlerP2724874.60172.0561.420
Marv BreuerP2722894.55164.0711.440
Atley DonaldP2411833.03118.2601.450
Monte PearsonP1616753.69109.2431.390
Tiny BonhamP1212931.9099.1370.970
Steve SundraP278465.5399.1261.642
Bump HadleyP252355.7480.0391.752
Johnny MurphyP351843.6963.1231.159
Lefty GomezP95336.5927.1142.010
Oral HildebrandP130111.8619.151.710

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.