1940 New York Yankees Roster

The 1940 New York Yankees team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1940 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1940 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1940 New York Yankees salary list, a 1940 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1940 New York Yankees primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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Roster
Schedule
20 Tiny Bonham 6-02 215 Right Right 1913-08-16
24 Marv Breuer 6-02 185 Right Right 1914-04-29
21 Spud Chandler 6-00 181 Right Right 1907-09-12
28 Atley Donald 6-01 186 Right Left 1910-08-19
11 Lefty Gomez 6-02 173 Left Left 1908-11-26
27 Lee Grissom 6-03 200 Left Both 1907-10-23
14 Bump Hadley 5-11 190 Right Right 1904-07-05
20 Oral Hildebrand 6-03 175 Right Right 1907-04-07
19 Johnny Murphy 6-02 190 Right Right 1908-07-14
16 Monte Pearson 6-00 175 Right Right 1908-09-02
15 Red Ruffing 6-01½ 205 Right Right 1905-05-03
22 Marius Russo 6-01 190 Left Right 1914-07-19
25 Steve Sundra 6-02 190 Right Right 1910-03-27
8 Bill Dickey 6-01½ 185 Right Left 1907-06-06
26 Buddy Rosar 5-09 190 Right Right 1914-07-03
1 Frankie Crosetti 5-10 165 Right Right 1910-10-04
12 Babe Dahlgren 6-00 190 Right Right 1912-06-15
6 Joe Gordon 5-10 180 Right Right 1915-02-18
10 Bill Knickerbocker 5-11 170 Right Right 1911-12-29
2 Red Rolfe 5-11½ 170 Right Left 1908-10-17
30 Mike Chartak 6-02 180 Left Left 1916-04-28
5 Joe DiMaggio 6-02 193 Right Right 1914-11-25
7 Tommy Henrich 6-00 180 Left Left 1913-02-20
9 Charlie Keller 5-10 190 Right Left 1916-09-12
17, 27 Buster Mills 5-11½ 195 Right Right 1908-09-16
17 Jake Powell 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1908-07-15
3 George Selkirk 6-01 182 Right Left 1908-01-04
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The 1940 New York Yankees played 154 games during the regular season, won 88 games, lost 66 games, and finished in third position. They played their home games at Yankee Stadium (Park Factors: 96/92) where 988,975 fans witnessed their 1940 Yankees finish the season with a .571 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1940 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1940 New York Yankees salary list, a 1940 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1940 New York Yankees primary starters list:

1940 New York Yankees
Opening Day Starters


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1940 New York Yankees
Most Games by Position

C Bill Dickey (102)
1B Babe Dahlgren (155)
2B Joe Gordon (155)
3B Red Rolfe (138)
SS Frankie Crosetti (145)
LF George Selkirk (79)
CF Joe DiMaggio (130)
RF Charlie Keller (71)
  
SP Marv Breuer
SP Spud Chandler
SP Monte Pearson
SP Red Ruffing
SP Marius Russo
  
RP Bump Hadley
RP Steve Sundra
CL Johnny Murphy


1940 New York Yankees
Salaries

Joe DiMaggio $32,500.00


1940 New York Yankees
Uniform Numbers

#1 Frankie Crosetti
#2 Red Rolfe
#3 George Selkirk
#5 Joe DiMaggio
#6 Joe Gordon
#7 Tommy Henrich
#8 Bill Dickey
#9 Charlie Keller
#10 Bill Knickerbocker
#11 Lefty Gomez
#12 Babe Dahlgren
#14 Bump Hadley
#15 Red Ruffing
#16 Monte Pearson
#17 Buster Mills
#17 Jake Powell
#19 Johnny Murphy
#20 Tiny Bonham
#20 Oral Hildebrand
#21 Spud Chandler
#22 Marius Russo
#24 Marv Breuer
#25 Steve Sundra
#26 Buddy Rosar
#27 Lee Grissom
#27 Buster Mills
#28 Atley Donald
#30 Mike Chartak

Did you know that a 1940 New York Yankees Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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