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1942 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1942
misc	American League champions
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
record
league_place	1st
owners	Estate of Jacob Ruppert
general_managers	Ed Barrow
managers	Joe McCarthy
radio	WOR (AM)
(Mel Allen, Connie Desmond)

(Mel Allen, Connie Desmond) |}}

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

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	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

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

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

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

Main article: 1942 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)

	Game		Score		Date		Location		Attendance
1
2
3
4
5

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Butler

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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