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New York Yankees 4, Cincinnati Reds 0 · 1939-10-04 to 1939-10-08 · 4 games · attendance 183,849 · season overview
Champion · 8th title
Runner-up
Ballparks
Note
A sweep
Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1939-10-04 | Cincinnati Reds 1 at  New York Yankees 2 | 1–0 | Yankee Stadium I | 58,541 | Red Ruffing | Paul Derringer | |
| 2 | 1939-10-05 | Cincinnati Reds 0 at New York Yankees 4 | 2–0 | Yankee Stadium I | 59,791 | Monte Pearson | Bucky Walters | |
| 3 | 1939-10-07 | New York Yankees 7 at Cincinnati Reds 3 | 3–0 | Crosley Field | 32,723 | Bump Hadley | Junior Thompson | |
| 4 | 1939-10-08 | New York Yankees 7 at Cincinnati Reds 4 | 4–0 | Crosley Field | 32,794 | Johnny Murphy | Bucky Walters |
The players
New York Yankees
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Keller | 4 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .438 |
| Joe DiMaggio | 4 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .312 |
| Red Rolfe | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Frankie Crosetti | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .062 |
| Bill Dickey | 4 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .267 |
| Babe Dahlgren | 4 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .214 |
| Joe Gordon | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .143 |
| George Selkirk | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Red Ruffing | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Bump Hadley | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Johnny Murphy | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Monte Pearson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Lefty Gomez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Oral Hildebrand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Steve Sundra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Ruffing | 1 | 1 | 1–0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Monte Pearson | 1 | 1 | 1–0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bump Hadley | 1 | 0 | 1–0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Oral Hildebrand | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Johnny Murphy | 1 | 0 | 1–0 | 0 | 3.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Steve Sundra | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lefty Gomez | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 |
Cincinnati Reds
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonny Frey | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Billy Werber | 4 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Frank McCormick | 4 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Ival Goodman | 4 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .333 |
| Wally Berger | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 |
| Ernie Lombardi | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Billy Myers | 4 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .333 |
| Harry Craft | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .091 |
| Paul Derringer | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Al Simmons | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Bucky Walters | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Willard Hershberger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Gene Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nino Bongiovanni | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Lee Gamble | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Whitey Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Derringer | 2 | 2 | 0–1 | 0 | 15.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2.35 |
| Bucky Walters | 2 | 1 | 0–2 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4.91 |
| Gene Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13.50 |
| Whitey Moore | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lee Grissom | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |