# 1942 New York Yankees season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | — | 58‍–‍19 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59 | .612 | 9 | 53‍–‍24 | 40‍–‍35 |
| St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69 | .543 | 19½ | 40‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍32 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 28 | 39‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍40 |
| Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81 | .474 | 30 | 43‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82 | .446 | 34 | 35‍–‍35 | 31‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 62 | 89 | .411 | 39½ | 35‍–‍42 | 27‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99 | .357 | 48 | 25‍–‍51 | 30‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1942 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–7 |
| Chicago | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 6–13 | 13–7 |
| Cleveland | 8–14 | 11–11 | — | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9–2 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 |
| New York | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 17–5 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 |
| St. Louis | 11–11 | 13–6 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 |
| Washington | 7–14 | 7–13 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Bill Dickey | 82 | 268 | 79 | .295 | 2 | 37 |
| 1B | Buddy Hassett | 132 | 538 | 153 | .284 | 5 | 48 |
| 2B | Joe Gordon | 155 | 538 | 162 | .322 | 18 | 103 |
| 3B | Frankie Crosetti | 74 | 285 | 69 | .242 | 4 | 23 |
| SS | Phil Rizzuto | 144 | 553 | 157 | .284 | 4 | 68 |
| OF | Joe DiMaggio | 154 | 610 | 173 | .305 | 21 | 114 |
| OF | Charlie Keller | 152 | 544 | 159 | .292 | 26 | 108 |
| OF | Tommy Henrich | 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
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Red Rolfe | 69 | 285 | 48 | .219 | 8 | 25 |
| Buddy Rosar | 69 | 209 | 48 | .230 | 2 | 34 |
| Jerry Priddy | 59 | 189 | 53 | .280 | 2 | 28 |
| Rollie Hemsley | 31 | 85 | 25 | .294 | 0 | 15 |
| George Selkirk | 42 | 78 | 15 | .192 | 0 | 10 |
| Roy Cullenbine | 21 | 77 | 28 | .364 | 2 | 17 |
| Ed Levy | 13 | 41 | 5 | .122 | 0 | 3 |
| Eddie Kearse | 11 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuck Stainback | 15 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Chartak | 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
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Tiny Bonham | 28 | 226.0 | 21 | 5 | 2.27 | 71 |
| Spud Chandler | 24 | 200.2 | 16 | 5 | 2.38 | 74 |
| Red Ruffing | 24 | 193.2 | 14 | 7 | 3.21 | 80 |
| Hank Borowy | 25 | 178.2 | 15 | 4 | 2.52 | 85 |
| Marv Breuer | 27 | 164.1 | 8 | 9 | 3.07 | 72 |
| Atley Donald | 20 | 147.2 | 11 | 3 | 3.11 | 53 |
| Lefty Gomez | 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 |
| Marius Russo | 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
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Johnny Murphy | 31 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3.41 | 24 |
| Johnny Lindell | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.76 | 28 |
| Norm Branch | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.32 | 13 |
| Jim Turner | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.29 | 2 |
| Mel Queen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## 1942 World Series

NL St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (1)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Yankees – 7, Cardinals – 4 | September 30 | Sportsman's Park | 34,769 |
| 2 | Yankees – 3, Cardinals – 4 | October 1 | Sportsman's Park | 34,255 |
| 3 | Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 0 | October 3 | Yankee Stadium | 69,123 |
| 4 | Cardinals – 9, Yankees – 6 | October 4 | Yankee Stadium | 69,902 |
| 5 | Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 2 | October 5 | Yankee Stadium | 69,052 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Kansas City Blues | American Association | Johnny Neun |
| AA | Newark Bears | International League | Billy Meyer |
| A | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League | Eddie Sawyer |
| B | Norfolk Tars | Piedmont League | Buzz Boyle |
| B | Augusta Tigers | Sally League | Alton Biggs and Wally Schang |
| C | Amsterdam Rugmakers | Canadian–American League | Paul O'Malley and Tom Kain |
| C | Joplin Miners | Western Association | Doc Bennett |
| D | Butler Yankees | Pennsylvania State Association | Dallas Warren |
| D | Wellsville Yankees | PONY League | Walt Van Grofski |
| D | Fond du Lac Panthers | Wisconsin State League | Ray Powell |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Butler