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        Yr P W L   Yr P W L   Yr P W L               1930  
        1930 3 86 68   1933 2 91 59   1937 1 102 52               Decade  
        1931 2 94 59   1934 2 94 60   1938 1 99 53               Click  
        1932 1 107 47   1935 2 89 60   1939 1 106 45               on Logo  
                  1936 1 102 51                            
                                                       
   
  Titles:  Top New York Players of the Thirties  
  1932 - World Champs (Beat Cubs in World Series)  
  1936 - World Champs (Beat Giants in World Series) Pitchers:  
  1937 - World Champs (Beat Giants in World Series) Red Ruffing (38.12) -    111  
  1938 - World Champs (Beat Cubs in World Series) Lefty Gomez (43.45) -    107  
  1939 - World Champs (Beat Reds in World Series) Monte Pearson (10.49) -    26  
    Johnny Allen (7.99) -    25  
  BallPark: Johnny Murphy (9.62) -    24  
  Yankee Stadium  Bump Hadley (6.59) -    21  
    Johnny Broaca (5.66) -    20  
  Team Name: George Pipgras (4.5) -    18  
  Yankees  Herb Pennock (1.51) -    10  
    Spud Chandler (4.37) -   7  
  Owner:  Danny MacFayden (0.15) -    1  
  Jake Ruppert  (1930 -1938 - died in 1938)    
  Jake Ruppert  Estate (1938 - 1939) Catchers:  
    Bill Dickey (42.55) -    123  
  General Managers:    
  Ed Barrow First Basemen:  
    Lou Gehrig (73.08) -    120  
  Managers:    
  Bob Shawkey (1930) Second Basemen:  
  Joe McCarthy (1931-1939) Tony Lazzeri (27.01) -    59  
    Joe Gordon (9.5) -    27  
  Hall of Famers:    
  Ed Barrow   ShortStop:  
  Red Ruffing Frank Crosetti (19.09) -    63  
  Lefty Gomez Lynford Lary (8.34) -    26  
  Herb Pennock    
  Waite Hoyt Third Base:  
   Burleigh Grimes Red Rolfe (21.11) -    36  
  Bill Dickey Joe Sewell (8.14) -    16  
  Lou Gehrig    
  Tony Lazzeri Outfield:  
  Joe Gordon Ben Chapman (25.32) -   69  
  Joe Sewell Joe DiMaggio (26.32) -    66  
  Earle Combs Babe Ruth (40.32) -    64  
  Babe Ruth Earle Combs (19.63) -    46  
  Joe DiMaggio George Selkirk (19.05) -    45  
    Tommy Henrich (7.36) -    17  
    MVP:  Jake Powell (0.2) -    11  
  Lou Gehrig (1936) Dixie Walker (1.79) -    10  
  Joe DiMaggio (1939) Charlie Keller (4.6) -   9  
    Frenchy Bordagaray (0) -    0  
  No Hitters:    
  Monte Pearson (1938) Notable Events:  
       
  Notable Events: 1936 - After winning only one pennant in the previous seven seasons   
     (albeit five seconds and a third, as well), the Yankees embark on a  
  1930 - Fueled by the pillaging of the Red Sox, the Twenties were a fantastic string of four consecutive world titles.  
  decade for the Yankees with six pennants. Coming into the Thirties, the team New York had been building towards this juggernaut during the early part   
  was starting to get a bit long in the tooth, but still extremely talented: of the decade and the addition of superstar rookie Joe DiMaggio, 21,   
  The young nucleus on the 1930 roster that would keep New York competitive:  put them over the top.  
  □  HOF Catcher Bill Dickey, 23  Joe was purchased from San Francisco of the PCL and, suddenly,   
  □  HOF First Baseman Lou Gehrig, 27 his presence turned the Yankees into an unbeatable powerhouse.  
  □  HOF Second Baseman Tony Lazzeri, 26  New York goes from an 89-60 mark in '35 to a 102-51 record in '36   
  □  Outfielder Ben Chapman, 21, rookie signed from St. Paul by scoring 1065 runs, almost 250 more than the previous season.  
  □  Righthander Red Ruffing, 25, two player trade from the Red Sox + $50K  The only difference in the lineup was DiMaggio. Lineup synergy.  
  □  Lefthander Lefty Gomez, 21, puchased from San Francisco (PCL) for $45K  Everybody got better. New York settles back to average a still incredibly  
     robust 971 runs over the next three championship seasons, but that  
  1931 - Joe McCarthy is named manager  is still way more than enough to bludgeon the opposition.  
       
  1931 - Third Baseman Red Rolfe, 22 is a rookie out of Newark 1937 - Righthander Spud Chandler, 29, is a rookie out of Newark.   
     Spud was a late bloomer who only started out in organized ball at the   
  1932 - SS  Frank Crosetti, 21, is a rookie - he had been obtained from  age of twenty four because he first finished college and got his degree.   
  San Francisco of the PCL Spud was an outstanding football player and baseball wasn't a priority.  
    He signed with the Yankees, but had been mediocre in the minors up   
  1932 - After a three year drought, the Yanks win the pennant and sweep  until he was brought up by New York in 1937.  
  the Cubs in the World Series, highlighted by Babe Ruth calling his shot  Arm injuries accounted for much of his struggles in the minors.  
       
  1932 - Lou Gehrig is the first player to hit four homers in a game 1937 - Outfielder Tommy Henrich, 24, is a rookie out of Newark  
       
  1933 - Babe Ruth hits the first All-Star game home run 1937 - DiMaggio, Dickey and Gehrig all knock in more than 130 runs  
       
  1934 - outfielder George Selkirk, 26, is a rookie out of Newark 1938 - HOF second baseman Joe Gordon, 23, is a rookie out of Newark  
       
  1934 - Babe Ruth gets old and the Yankees immediately release him after  1938 - Jacob Ruppert dies and Ed Barrow takes over as team president  
  the season. It was a bogus move made by Ruppert and Barrow who had     
  proven themselves as great businessmen who knew how to spend their 1939 - Outfielder Charlie Keller, 22, is a rookie out of Newark  
   money to make money. However,  this move was over the top callous and     
  fueled the Yankees reputation as a cold hearted money only organization.  1939 - Lou Gehrig contracts Lou Gehrig's disease and his 2130 consecutive  
  Altho' it didn't seem to hurt them at the box office, you would think that just   game streak ends voluntarily.   
  for public relations reasons only, they would have treated the Babe like gold. Lou had suffered a number of serious beanings in his career and   
    it is now known that those concussions most likely caused the   
  1935 - Ugly season as the Yanks drop to 89 wins and there's no Babe.  brain damage leading to his illness.  
    The Yankees win their fourth straight World Title despite the setback.   
     Ed Barrow shows a remarkable callousness again as he cuts Gehrig  
       once he's of no use to the Yankees.   
    This was much more aggregious behavior than the treatment of Ruth five   
    years earlier because Gehrig was so much better a guy than Ruth and,  
     of course, because Lou was gravely ill. Beyond inexcusable, really.