# 1933 New York Yankees season

The 1933 New York Yankees season was the team's 31st season. The team finished with a record of 91–59, finishing 7 games behind the Washington Senators. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 53‍–‍23 |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19½ | 46‍–‍29 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 45‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34½ | 32‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43½ | 30‍–‍46 | 25‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1933 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–7 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 4–17 |
| Chicago | 7–11 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15 |
| Cleveland | 16–6 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 7–13 | 6–16 | 15–7 | 8–13 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 8–14 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | 13–7 | 15–7 | — | 12–9 | 14–7–1 | 8–14 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 9–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 7–14–1 | 6–14 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 17–4 | 15–7 | 13–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — |

### 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 | 130 | 478 | 152 | .318 | 14 | 97 |
| 1B | Lou Gehrig | 152 | 593 | 198 | .334 | 32 | 140 |
| 2B | Tony Lazzeri | 139 | 523 | 154 | .294 | 18 | 104 |
| SS | Frankie Crosetti | 136 | 451 | 114 | .253 | 9 | 60 |
| 3B | Joe Sewell | 135 | 524 | 143 | .273 | 2 | 54 |
| OF | Babe Ruth | 137 | 459 | 138 | .301 | 34 | 104 |
| OF | Earle Combs | 122 | 417 | 125 | .300 | 5 | 64 |
| OF | Ben Chapman | 147 | 565 | 176 | .312 | 9 | 98 |

#### 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 |
| Dixie Walker | 98 | 328 | 90 | .274 | 15 | 51 |
| Lyn Lary | 52 | 127 | 28 | .220 | 0 | 13 |
| Samuel Byrd | 85 | 107 | 30 | .280 | 2 | 11 |
| Doc Farrell | 44 | 93 | 25 | .269 | 0 | 6 |
| Arndt Jorgens | 21 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 2 | 13 |
| Tony Rensa | 8 | 29 | 9 | .310 | 0 | 3 |
| Joe Glenn | 5 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Werber | 3 | 2 | 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 |
| Red Ruffing | 35 | 235.0 | 9 | 14 | 3.91 | 122 |
| Lefty Gomez | 35 | 234.2 | 16 | 10 | 3.18 | 163 |
| Johnny Allen | 25 | 184.2 | 15 | 7 | 4.39 | 119 |
| Russ Van Atta | 26 | 157.0 | 12 | 4 | 4.18 | 76 |
| Don Brennan | 18 | 85.0 | 5 | 1 | 4.98 | 46 |
| George Pipgras | 4 | 33.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.27 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| Danny MacFayden | 25 | 90.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.88 | 28 |
| Jumbo Brown | 21 | 74.0 | 7 | 5 | 5.23 | 55 |
| Herb Pennock | 23 | 65.0 | 7 | 4 | 5.54 | 22 |
| Charlie Devens | 14 | 62.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.35 | 23 |
| George Uhle | 12 | 61.0 | 6 | 1 | 5.16 | 26 |

#### 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 |
| Wilcy Moore | 35 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5.52 | 17 |
| Pete Appleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Newark Bears | International League | Al Mamaux |
| A | Binghamton Triplets | New York–Pennsylvania League | Billy Meyer |
| B | Durham Bulls | Piedmont League | Bob Murray and Bill Skiff |
| C | Wheeling Stogies | Middle Atlantic League | Jack Sheehan |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton