1941 New York Yankees season

The 1941 New York Yankees season was the 39th season for the team. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. The team finished with a record of 101–53, winning their 12th pennant, finishing 17 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. In the World Series, they beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 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. Yankees' center fielder Joe DiMaggio captured the nation's fancy with his lengthy hitting streak that extended through 56 games before finally being stopped. A big-band style song called Joltin' Joe DiMaggio was recorded by the Les Brown orchestra and became a hit the following year.
Additionally, DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich and Charlie Keller became the only outfield trio in major league history to each hit 30 home runs in a season.

Regular season

May 15, 1941: In a game against the Chicago White Sox, Joe DiMaggio began his major league record 56-game hitting streak with a hit off Sox pitcher Eddie Smith.

During the hitting streak, DiMaggio had a batting average 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.

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		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

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
	28	209.2	14	10	3.09	105
	23	185.2	15	6	3.54	60
	28	163.2	10	4	3.19	60
	22	159.0	9	5	3.57	71
	23	156.1	15	5	3.74	76
	1	2.0	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	141.0	9	7	4.09	77
	23	126.2	10	6	2.98	43
	17	80.0	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
	35	8	3	15	1.98	29
	27	5	1	2	2.87	28
	22	3	3	0	5.63	21