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The 1940 New York Yankees Regular Season Game Log

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   Date    #          Opponent  Result          Record  Starter             Opposing Starter    Winner         Attendance  Time
 4-16-1940            At PHI A  L  1- 2 (10)       0-1  Ruffing             Dean                Dean                20187
 4-17-1940            At PHI A  W  4- 1            1-1  Pearson             Potter              Pearson              4000
 4-19-1940            Vs WAS A  W  5- 3            2-1  Gomez               Chase               Gomez               15299
 4-23-1940            Vs PHI A  L  0- 3            2-2  Hadley              Dean                Dean                 7000
 4-24-1940            Vs PHI A  W  9- 4            3-2  Ruffing             Besse               Ruffing              2575
 4-26-1940            At BOS A  L  1- 8            3-3  Pearson             Dickman             Dickman             23200
 4-27-1940            At WAS A  L  2- 3            3-4  Breuer              Chase               Chase               15000
 4-28-1940            At WAS A  L  2- 3 (10)       3-5  Sundra              Leonard             Leonard             32000
 4-29-1940            At WAS A  W  5- 4            4-5  Chandler            Krakauskas          Chandler             8000
 4-30-1940            Vs STL A  L  1- 2            4-6  Ruffing             Bildilli            Bildilli             7669
 5- 1-1940            Vs STL A  W  5- 3            5-6  Pearson             Auker               Pearson              3244
 5- 3-1940            Vs CHI A  W  8- 4            6-6  Breuer              Smith               Breuer              11291
 5- 4-1940            Vs CHI A  L  3-10            6-7  Sundra              Lee                 Lee                  2303
 5- 5-1940            Vs DET A  L  4- 6            6-8  Chandler            Newsom              McKain              36937
 5- 6-1940            Vs DET A  L  4- 6            6-9  Ruffing             Bridges             Seats                5650
 5- 7-1940            Vs DET A  L  2- 4           6-10  Sundra              Newhouser           Newhouser           10482
 5- 8-1940            Vs CLE A  L  4-10           6-11  Breuer              Smith               Smith                8911
 5- 9-1940            Vs CLE A  L  0- 4           6-12  Pearson             Feller              Feller              14790
 5-10-1940            Vs BOS A  L  2- 3 (10)      6-13  Chandler            Harris              Wilson              17185
 5-11-1940            Vs BOS A  L  8- 9 (11)      6-14  Russo               Dickman             Heving              25426
 5-12-1940            Vs BOS A  W  4- 0           7-14  Ruffing             Ostermueller        Ruffing             41376
 5-17-1940            At CHI A  W  6- 1           8-14  Breuer              Smith               Breuer               6000
 5-18-1940            At CHI A  W  3- 0           9-14  Pearson             Lee                 Pearson              6000
 5-19-1940            At CLE A  L  1- 5           9-15  Ruffing             Feller              Feller              27690
 5-20-1940            At CLE A  L  2-10           9-16  Chandler            Smith               Smith                7000
 5-21-1940            At CLE A  W 10- 2          10-16  Russo               Milnar              Russo                6000
 5-22-1940            At DET A  W  8- 2          11-16  Breuer              Newhouser           Breuer               9914
 5-23-1940            At DET A  L  2- 3          11-17  Ruffing             Newsom              Newsom               9429
 5-26-1940            At BOS A  W  7- 2          12-17  Pearson             Hash                Pearson             14800
 5-27-1940            Vs WAS A  W  5- 0          13-17  Chandler            Chase               Chandler             2269
 5-28-1940 1          Vs WAS A  W 12- 4          14-17  Russo               Haynes              Russo                    
 5-28-1940 2          Vs WAS A  W  3- 1          15-17  Breuer              Monteagudo          Breuer              10466
 5-29-1940            Vs WAS A  W  2- 1          16-17  Donald              Leonard             Donald               2760
 5-30-1940 1          Vs BOS A  W  4- 0          17-17  Ruffing             Grove               Ruffing                  
 5-30-1940 2          Vs BOS A  L  4-11          17-18  Pearson             Hash                Hash                82437
 6- 1-1940            Vs STL A  W  8- 5          18-18  Chandler            Bildilli            Chandler            10848
 6- 2-1940 1          Vs STL A  W 13- 4          19-18  Russo               Harris              Russo                    
 6- 2-1940 2          Vs STL A  W 11- 1          20-18  Breuer              Kennedy             Breuer              40021
 6- 3-1940            Vs STL A  W  7- 1          21-18  Donald              Niggeling           Donald               4428
 6- 4-1940            Vs CHI A  L  3- 7          21-19  Ruffing             Smith               Smith                6650
 6- 5-1940            Vs CHI A  W  7- 5          22-19  Pearson             Lee                 Pearson              5756
 6- 6-1940            Vs CHI A  L  3- 4          22-20  Chandler            Rigney              Rigney               5089
 6- 7-1940            Vs CLE A  W  5- 4          23-20  Breuer              Feller              Hadley              24037
 6- 8-1940            Vs CLE A  L  0- 3          23-21  Russo               Milnar              Milnar              16067
 6- 9-1940            Vs CLE A  W  4- 3          24-21  Ruffing             Smith               Ruffing             28639
 6-11-1940            Vs DET A  L  1- 6          24-22  Donald              Bridges             Bridges              5654
 6-12-1940            Vs DET A  W  7- 5          25-22  Breuer              Newsom              Hadley              10036
 6-14-1940            At STL A  W 12- 3          26-22  Pearson             Harris              Pearson             17970
 6-15-1940            At STL A  W  7- 6          27-22  Chandler            Niggeling           Murphy               1771
 6-16-1940 1          At STL A  L  6-12          27-23  Ruffing             Kennedy             Kennedy                  
 6-16-1940 2          At STL A  L  5- 6          27-24  Breuer              Bildilli            Trotter              9308
 6-18-1940            At CHI A  L  3- 5          27-25  Donald              Smith               Smith                5112
 6-19-1940            At CHI A  L  0- 1          27-26  Russo               Lee                 Lee                  8126
 6-20-1940            At CHI A  T  0- 1 (11) *1  27-26  Pearson             Rigney                                   6980
 6-21-1940            At DET A  W 12- 7          28-26  Ruffing             Gorsica             Ruffing             11717
 6-22-1940            At DET A  L  2- 3          28-27  Chandler            Bridges             Benton              14694
 6-23-1940            At DET A  L  2- 9          28-28  Breuer              Newsom              Newsom              32892
 6-24-1940            At CLE A  L  1- 7          28-29  Russo               Feller              Feller              46637
 6-25-1940            At CLE A  L  3- 5 ( 5)     28-30  Pearson             Milnar              Milnar               7500
 6-26-1940            At CLE A  W  3- 1          29-30  Ruffing             Harder              Ruffing              8000
 6-28-1940            Vs PHI A  W  4- 1          30-30  Russo               Ross                Russo                4529
 6-29-1940            Vs PHI A  W 12- 9          31-30  Chandler            Dean                Murphy               7012
 6-30-1940 1          Vs PHI A  W  4- 3          32-30  Breuer              Vaughan             Breuer                   
 6-30-1940 2          Vs PHI A  L  2- 3 (10)     32-31  Pearson             Babich              Babich              28558
 7- 1-1940            At WAS A  W  8- 4          33-31  Ruffing             Chase               Ruffing              3000
 7- 2-1940            At WAS A  W  6- 2          34-31  Gomez               Leonard             Gomez                3000
 7- 4-1940 1          At BOS A  W 12- 4          35-31  Chandler            Hash                Chandler                 
 7- 4-1940 2          At BOS A  W  7- 3          36-31  Russo               Dickman             Russo               29000
 7- 5-1940            At PHI A  L  3- 6          36-32  Pearson             Babich              Babich              25520
 7- 6-1940            At PHI A  L  7- 8 (10)     36-33  Ruffing             Ross                Beckmann             5486
 7- 7-1940 1          At PHI A  W  6- 3          37-33  Breuer              Vaughan             Breuer                   
 7- 7-1940 2          At PHI A  L  5-10          37-34  Gomez               Potter              Potter              37129
 7-11-1940            Vs STL A  W  6- 4          38-34  Russo               Auker               Russo                5477
 7-13-1940 1          Vs STL A  W 10- 4          39-34  Chandler            Niggeling           Chandler                 
 7-13-1940 2          Vs STL A  W 12- 6          40-34  Pearson             Bildilli            Hadley              17045
 7-14-1940            Vs CHI A  W  4- 0          41-34  Ruffing             Lee                 Ruffing             18729
 7-15-1940            Vs CHI A  L  2- 3          41-35  Breuer              Smith               Smith                5800
 7-16-1940            Vs CHI A  L  1- 5          41-36  Russo               Rigney              Rigney               5426
 7-17-1940            Vs CLE A  W  4- 3 (13)     42-36  Pearson             Feller              Pearson             16084
 7-18-1940            Vs CLE A  W  9- 6          43-36  Chandler            Milnar              Chandler            11985
 7-19-1940            Vs CLE A  W 15- 6          44-36  Gomez               Smith               Gomez               12151
 7-20-1940            Vs DET A  L  1- 3          44-37  Ruffing             Newhouser           Newhouser           16868
 7-21-1940 1          Vs DET A  L  3- 4          44-38  Breuer              Hutchinson          McKain                   
 7-21-1940 2          Vs DET A  L  2- 3          44-39  Russo               Rowe                Rowe                68590
 7-23-1940            At STL A  L  5- 9          44-40  Sundra              Bildilli            Trotter             11755
 7-24-1940            At STL A  L 12-14          44-41  Pearson             Kennedy             Harris               1580
 7-25-1940            At STL A  W 13- 8          45-41  Ruffing             Niggeling           Ruffing              1711
 7-26-1940            At CHI A  W 10- 2          46-41  Chandler            Smith               Chandler            48104
 7-27-1940            At CHI A  L  5- 6 (12)     46-42  Breuer              Rigney              Rigney               7199
 7-28-1940 1          At CHI A  W 10- 9          47-42  Russo               Lyons               Hildebrand               
 7-28-1940 2          At CHI A  L  4- 8          47-43  Hadley              Lee                 Lee                 39537
 7-30-1940            At DET A  W  8- 6          48-43  Ruffing             Newhouser           Ruffing             14845
 7-31-1940            At DET A  L  6- 7 (11)     48-44  Chandler            Bridges             McKain              13169
 8- 1-1940            At DET A  L  2-11          48-45  Breuer              Rowe                Rowe                16440
 8- 2-1940            At CLE A  W 10- 2          49-45  Russo               Milnar              Russo                7500
 8- 3-1940            At CLE A  L  1- 5          49-46  Gomez               Smith               Smith               12035
 8- 4-1940            At CLE A  L  1- 3          49-47  Ruffing             Feller              Feller              42407
 8- 5-1940            At BOS A  L  1- 4          49-48  Bonham              Ostermueller        Ostermueller         5100
 8- 6-1940            At BOS A  L  3- 8          49-49  Chandler            Johnson             Heving               7600
 8- 7-1940 1          At BOS A  L  7-10          49-50  Breuer              Bagby               Johnson                  
 8- 7-1940 2          At BOS A  W  6- 3          50-50  Russo               Galehouse           Russo               32500
 8- 8-1940            At BOS A  L  5- 6          50-51  Murphy              Dickman             Dickman              8500
 8- 9-1940            Vs PHI A  W  2- 0          51-51  Ruffing             Babich              Sundra               5128
 8-10-1940            Vs PHI A  W 13- 0          52-51  Bonham              Potter              Bonham               7587
 8-11-1940            Vs PHI A  W  7- 6 (11)     53-51  Chandler            Vaughan             Donald              12059
 8-13-1940 1          Vs BOS A  W  9- 1          54-51  Russo               Bagby               Russo                    
 8-13-1940 2          Vs BOS A  W 19- 8 ( 7)     55-51  Breuer              Dickman             Donald              32172
 8-14-1940            Vs BOS A  W  8- 3          56-51  Ruffing             Johnson             Ruffing              7187
 8-15-1940            Vs BOS A  L  1-11          56-52  Bonham              Heving              Heving               7344
 8-18-1940 1          At PHI A  W  9- 1          57-52  Sundra              Vaughan             Sundra                   
 8-18-1940 2          At PHI A  L  3- 7          57-53  Breuer              Babich              Babich              21284
 8-20-1940 1          Vs DET A  W  4- 3          58-53  Ruffing             Rowe                Ruffing                  
 8-20-1940 2          Vs DET A  W  4- 2          59-53  Bonham              Trout               Bonham              30346
 8-21-1940            Vs DET A  W  6- 5          60-53  Chandler            Newhouser           Murphy               9234
 8-22-1940            Vs CLE A  W 15- 2          61-53  Russo               Milnar              Russo               12732
 8-23-1940            Vs CLE A  W  5- 3          62-53  Sundra              Smith               Sundra              14171
 8-24-1940            Vs CLE A  W  3- 2          63-53  Donald              Feller              Murphy              50964
 8-25-1940 1          Vs CHI A  L  0- 1          63-54  Ruffing             Lyons               Lyons                    
 8-25-1940 2          Vs CHI A  W  3- 1          64-54  Bonham              Lee                 Bonham              70740
 8-27-1940            Vs CHI A  W  5- 4 (10)     65-54  Chandler            Rigney              Murphy               6942
 8-29-1940 1          Vs STL A  W 10- 3          66-54  Russo               Kennedy             Russo                    
 8-29-1940 2          Vs STL A  W  6- 5 (13)     67-54  Sundra              Auker               Murphy               7865
 8-31-1940            Vs WAS A  W  7- 1          68-54  Donald              Krakauskas          Donald              13108
 9- 1-1940 1          Vs WAS A  W  3- 2          69-54  Ruffing             Leonard             Ruffing                  
 9- 1-1940 2          Vs WAS A  W  3- 0          70-54  Bonham              Masterson           Bonham              15063
 9- 2-1940 1          Vs PHI A  W  6- 3          71-54  Russo               Vaughan             Russo                    
 9- 2-1940 2          Vs PHI A  L  0- 3          71-55  Chandler            Babich              Babich              69940
 9- 4-1940            At WAS A  L  5- 6          71-56  Sundra              Krakauskas          Krakauskas           5000
 9- 5-1940 1          At WAS A  W  2- 1          72-56  Bonham              Leonard             Bonham                   
 9- 5-1940 2          At WAS A  W  8- 1          73-56  Donald              Masterson           Donald              17000
 9- 6-1940            At WAS A  L  1- 3          73-57  Ruffing             Chase               Chase               12000
 9- 7-1940            At BOS A  W  4- 3          74-57  Russo               Heving              Russo               10000
 9- 8-1940            At BOS A  W  9- 4          75-57  Chandler            Fleming             Chandler            33800
 9-11-1940 1          At CLE A  W  3- 1          76-57  Bonham              Feller              Bonham                   
 9-11-1940 2          At CLE A  L  3- 5 ( 6)     76-58  Ruffing             Smith               Smith               33471
 9-12-1940            At DET A  L  3- 6          76-59  Donald              Rowe                Rowe                19272
 9-13-1940            At DET A  L  0- 8          76-60  Russo               Bridges             Bridges             25514
 9-14-1940            At DET A  W 16- 7          77-60  Chandler            Newsom              Breuer              56697
 9-15-1940 1          At STL A  L  5-10          77-61  Ruffing             Niggeling           Niggeling                
 9-15-1940 2          At STL A  L  1- 2          77-62  Bonham              Auker               Auker               17247
 9-16-1940            At STL A  L  4-16          77-63  Russo               Kennedy             Kennedy              1343
 9-17-1940            At STL A  W  9- 0          78-63  Donald              Trotter             Donald               1607
 9-18-1940 1          At CHI A  L  3- 6          78-64  Chandler            Lee                 Lee                      
 9-18-1940 2          At CHI A  W  9- 8          79-64  Breuer              Smith               Sundra              37331
 9-19-1940            At CHI A  W 10- 1          80-64  Ruffing             Knott               Ruffing              7572
 9-21-1940            Vs BOS A  W  5- 4          81-64  Bonham              Bagby               Bonham              13388
 9-22-1940            Vs BOS A  W  6- 3          82-64  Russo               Grove               Russo               27518
 9-24-1940 1          Vs WAS A  W  6- 5 (10)     83-64  Donald              Leonard             Murphy                   
 9-24-1940 2          Vs WAS A  W  9- 4 ( 7)     84-64  Chandler            Krakauskas          Murphy              15155
 9-26-1940 1          At PHI A  W  5- 4          85-64  Ruffing             Vaughan             Ruffing                  
 9-26-1940 2          At PHI A  W  2- 0          86-64  Bonham              Ross                Bonham               7212
 9-27-1940            At PHI A  L  2- 6          86-65  Russo               Babich              Babich               5000
 9-28-1940 1          At WAS A  L  3- 4          86-66  Breuer              Hudson              Hudson                   
 9-28-1940 2          At WAS A  W  7- 1 ( 8)     87-66  Donald              Chase               Donald               5000
 9-29-1940            At WAS A  W  4- 3 (11)     88-66  Bonham              Leonard             Bonham               7000

*1 - Game declared a no-decision.
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