The New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 season was the 39th season for the team in New York, and its 41st season overall. The team finished with a record of 101-54, winning their 12th pennant

Pennant (sports)

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, finishing 17 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox

1941 Boston Red Sox season

The 1941 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses....

. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series

1941 World Series

The 1941 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games to capture their fifth title in six years, and their ninth overall....

, they beat the Brooklyn Dodgers

1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season

The Brooklyn Dodgers, led by manager Leo Durocher, won their first pennant in 21 years, edging the St. Louis Cardinals by 2.5 games. They went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series....

 in 5 games.

Books and songs have been written about the 1941 season, the last before the United States became drawn into World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Yankees' center fielder Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio

Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...

 captured the nation's fancy with his lengthy hitting streak

Hitting streak

In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the number of consecutive official games in which a player gets at least one base hit.According to the Official Baseball Rules, such a streak is ended when a player has at least 1 plate appearance and no hits...

 that extended through 56 games before finally being stopped. A big-band style song called Joltin' Joe DiMaggio was a hit for the Les Brown

Les Brown (bandleader)

Les Brown, Sr. and the Band of Renown are a big band that began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils that Brown led while a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences...

 orchestra.

Regular season

• May 15, 1941: In a game against the Chicago White Sox
  1941 Chicago White Sox season
  The 1941 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 41st season in the major leagues, and their 42nd season overall. They finished with a record 77-77, good enough for 3rd place in the American League, 24 games behind the first place New York Yankees....
  
  , Joe DiMaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
   began his major league record 56 game hitting streak with a hit off Sox pitcher Eddie Smith
  Eddie Smith
  Edgar Smith was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . Smith was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...
  
  .

During the hitting streak, DiMaggio had a batting average

Batting average

Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...

 of .408, hit 15 home runs, and accumulated 55 runs batted in. After the streak ended, DiMaggio began a 16 game hitting streak. DiMaggio would hit safely in 72 of 73 games, another record.

Roster

1941 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches

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		109	348	99	.284	7	71
1B		124	524	125	.239	3	36
2B		156	588	162	.276	24	87
3B		136	561	148	.264	8	42
SS		133	515	158	.307	3	46
OF		139	541	193	.357	30	125
OF		144	538	149	.277	31	85
OF		140	507	151	.298	33	122

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
	67	209	60	.287	1	36
	56	174	37	.213	1	26
	70	164	36	.220	6	25
	50	148	33	.223	1	22
	36	73	19	.260	0	4
	17	40	10	.250	1	4
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
	28	209.2	14	10	3.09	105
	23	156.1	15	5	3.74	76
	23	185.2	15	6	3.54	60
	28	163.2	10	4	3.19	60
	22	159	9	5	3.57	71
	1	2	0	1	13.50	1

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
	26	141	9	7	4.09	77
	23	126.2	10	6	2.98	43
	17	80	4	2	5.06	18

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
	27	5	1	2	2.87	28
	35	8	3	15	1.98	29
	22	3	3	0	5.63	21

1941 World Series

AL New York Yankees

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...

 (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...

 (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Dodgers – 2, Yankees – 3	October 1	Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...	68,540
2	Dodgers – 3, Yankees – 2	October 2	Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...	66,248
3	Yankees – 2, Dodgers – 1	October 4	Ebbets Field Ebbets Field Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA, on a city block which is now considered to be part of the Crown Heights neighborhood. It was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. It was also a venue for professional football...	33,100
4	Yankees – 7, Dodgers – 4	October 5	Ebbets Field Ebbets Field Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA, on a city block which is now considered to be part of the Crown Heights neighborhood. It was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. It was also a venue for professional football...	33,813
5	Yankees – 3, Dodgers – 1	October 6	Ebbets Field Ebbets Field Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, USA, on a city block which is now considered to be part of the Crown Heights neighborhood. It was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. It was also a venue for professional football...	34,072

Awards and honors

• Joe DiMaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
  , AL MVP
• Joe DiMaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio , nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak , a record that still stands...
  
  , Associated Press Athlete of the Year
  Associated Press Athlete of the Year
  The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press in 1931. At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete...
  
  

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Joplin, Easton, Butler