1933 New York Yankees season

1933 New York Yankees
League	American League
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	Jacob Ruppert
General managers	Ed Barrow
Managers	Joe McCarthy
Seasons

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

American 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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1933 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 18 Johnny Allen 33 Pete Appleton 20 Don Brennan 19 Jumbo Brown 33 Charlie Devens 11 Lefty Gomez 17 Danny MacFayden 16 Wilcy Moore 12 Herb Pennock 10 George Pipgras 15 Red Ruffing 26 George Uhle 14 Russ Van Atta		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 9,28 Joe Glenn  9 Arndt Jorgens 10 Tony Rensa Infielders  5 Frankie Crosetti 22 Doc Farrell  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Lyn Lary  7 Tony Lazzeri 21 Joe Sewell 24 Billy Werber		Outfielders 25 Sammy Byrd  6 Ben Chapman  1 Earle Combs  3 Babe Ruth 27 Dixie Walker		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 31 Jimmy Burke 29 Art Fletcher 30 Cy Perkins 21 Joe Sewell

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

References

• 1933 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1933 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com