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1938 American League  Previous Year / Next Year

Expanded Standings
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
NewYorkY NYY  99  53  .651  --  
BostonRS BOS  88  61  .591  9.5
Clvlnd   CLE  86  66  .566 13.0
Detroit  DET  84  70  .545 16.0
Washngtn WSH  75  76  .497 23.5
ChicagoW CHW  65  83  .439 32.0
St.Louis SLB  55  97  .362 44.0
Phildlpa PHA  53  99  .349 46.0

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1938 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft - League Splits

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  6.15   966  157  5410  1480  283  63  174  749   616  .274  .362  .446   91   28 110  6.63  5.67
 BOS  6.01   902  150  5229  1566  298  56   98  650   463  .299  .377  .434   55   51 107  6.41  5.61
 DET  5.56   862  155  5270  1434  219  52  137  693   581  .272  .357  .411   76   41  96  5.66  5.46
 CLE  5.54   847  153  5356  1506  300  89  113  550   605  .281  .348  .434   83   36 106  5.59  5.48
 WSH  5.36   814  152  5474  1602  278  72   85  573   379  .293  .360  .416   65   37 104  5.28  5.43
 SLB  4.84   755  156  5333  1498  273  36   92  590   528  .281  .353  .397   51   40  95  5.00  4.68
 CHW  4.76   709  149  5199  1439  239  55   67  514   489  .277  .342  .383   56   39  86  4.47  5.04
 PHA  4.71   726  154  5229  1410  243  62   98  605   590  .270  .345  .396   65   53  95  4.97  4.46
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  5.37  6581 1226 42500 11935 2133 485  864 4924  4251  .281  .358  .415  542  325

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  4.52   710  157  3.91  1382  1436   9.1   566  3.6   85   567   91    11     0  13 116  4.33  4.72
 CHW  5.05   752  149  4.36  1316  1449   9.7   550  3.7  101   432   83     5     0   9 112  4.99  5.11
 BOS  5.01   751  150  4.46  1316  1472   9.8   528  3.5  102   484   67     9     0  15 111  4.75  5.27
 CLE  5.11   782  153  4.60  1353  1416   9.3   681  4.5  100   717   68     5     0  17 101  4.78  5.44
 DET  5.13   795  155  4.79  1348  1532   9.9   608  3.9  110   435   75     3     0  11 105  4.96  5.30
 WSH  5.74   873  152  4.94  1360  1472   9.7   655  4.3   92   515   59     6     0  11  91  5.29  6.22
 PHA  6.21   956  154  5.48  1324  1573  10.2   599  3.9  142   473   56     3     0  12  88  6.39  6.03
 SLB  6.17   962  156  5.80  1344  1584  10.2   737  4.7  132   632   71     3     0   7  86  6.32  6.01
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  5.37  6581 1226  4.79 10743 11934  10.0  4924  4.1  864  4255  570          47  95

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  169  169  .973   .694    970,916  12,290   97-55  55-22 44-31 100  95 28.3 30.1   5   7  17 McCarthy
 BOS  187  172  .968   .683    646,459   8,619   87-62  52-23 36-38 105 103 28.5 28.3   4   4  11 Cronin
 CLE  152  145  .974   .687    652,006   8,579   82-70  46-30 40-36  98  97 27.8 27.8   3   3  12 Vitt
 DET  147  172  .976   .689    799,557  10,121   83-71  48-31 36-39 107 105 28.1 27.8   2   4  14 Cochrane and Baker
 WSH  179  179  .970   .689    522,694   6,701   71-80  44-33 31-43  93  94 28.5 29.3   3   3  14 Harris
 CHW  195  155  .967   .690    338,278   4,634   70-78  33-39 32-44 102 102 30.2 29.3   2   1  13 Dykes
 SLB  145  163  .975   .671    130,417   1,694   59-93  31-43 24-54 100 104 27.7 29.7   0   1   7 Street and Melillo
 PHA  204  119  .965   .677    385,357   5,070   57-95  28-47 25-52  97 101 26.5 27.0   0   1  13 Mack
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results
Most Valuable PlayerJimmie Foxx
BOS .349/.462/.704

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
Click on the Player for career stats and accomplishments.

Batting Average
Foxx-BOS.349
Heath-CLE.343
Chapman-BOS.340
Myer-WSH.336
Travis-WSH.335

On-base %
Foxx-BOS.462
Myer-WSH.454
Greenberg-DET.438
Averill-CLE.429
Cronin-BOS.428

Slugging %
Foxx-BOS.704
Greenberg-DET.683
Heath-CLE.602
DiMaggio-NYY.581
York-DET.579

OPS
Foxx-BOS1.166
Greenberg-DET1.121
York-DET.995
Heath-CLE.985
Dickey-NYY.981

Games
Crosetti-NYY157
Gehrig-NYY157
Fox-DET155
Greenberg-DET155
Gehringer-DET152
Johnson-PHA152

At Bats
Cramer-BOS658
Lewis-WSH656
Fox-DET634
Almada-TOT633
Crosetti-NYY631
Rolfe-NYY631

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Crosetti-NYY757
Lewis-WSH724
Cramer-BOS717
Rolfe-NYY714
Almada-TOT689
Gehrig-NYY689
Vosmik-BOS689

Runs
Greenberg-DET144
Foxx-BOS139
Gehringer-DET133
Rolfe-NYY132
DiMaggio-NYY129

Hits
Vosmik-BOS201
Cramer-BOS198
Almada-TOT197
Foxx-BOS197
Rolfe-NYY196

Total Bases
Foxx-BOS398
Greenberg-DET380
DiMaggio-NYY348
Johnson-PHA311
Heath-CLE302

Doubles
Cronin-BOS51
McQuinn-SLB42
Chapman-BOS40
Trosky-CLE40
Vosmik-BOS37

Triples
Heath-CLE18
Averill-CLE15
DiMaggio-NYY13
Campbell-CLE12
Finney-PHA12
Kreevich-CHW12

Home Runs
Greenberg-DET58
Foxx-BOS50
Clift-SLB34
York-DET33
DiMaggio-NYY32

RBI
Foxx-BOS175
Greenberg-DET146
DiMaggio-NYY140
York-DET127
Clift-SLB118

Bases on Balls
Foxx-BOS119
Greenberg-DET119
Clift-SLB118
Gehringer-DET113
Gehrig-NYY107

Strikeouts
Crosetti-NYY97
Chapman-PHA94
Greenberg-DET92
Berger-CHW80
Foxx-BOS76

Stolen Bases
Crosetti-NYY27
Lary-CLE23
Werber-PHA19
Lewis-WSH17
Fox-DET16

Singles
Almada-TOT158
Cramer-BOS154
Travis-WSH150
Vosmik-BOS149
Rolfe-NYY142

Adjusted OPS+
Foxx-BOS182
Greenberg-DET169
Heath-CLE145
Dickey-NYY143
Clift-SLB143

Runs Created
Foxx-BOS183
Greenberg-DET164
DiMaggio-NYY135
Clift-SLB124
Johnson-PHA124

Adjusted Batting Runs
Foxx-BOS75
Greenberg-DET61
Clift-SLB39
Johnson-PHA36
Averill-CLE33

Batting Wins
Foxx-BOS6.7
Greenberg-DET5.4
Clift-SLB3.5
Johnson-PHA3.2
Averill-CLE3.0
Cronin-BOS3.0

Extra-Base Hits
Foxx-BOS92
Greenberg-DET85
DiMaggio-NYY77
Cronin-BOS73
Heath-CLE70

Times on Base
Foxx-BOS316
Greenberg-DET297
Gehringer-DET291
Crosetti-NYY287
Gehrig-NYY282

Offensive Win%
Foxx-BOS.837
Greenberg-DET.796
Heath-CLE.732
Dickey-NYY.727
Averill-CLE.722

Hit By Pitch
Crosetti-NYY15
Lodigiani-PHA7
Clift-SLB5
Cronin-BOS5
Gehrig-NYY5
Rogell-DET5

Sac. Hits
Doerr-BOS22
Hale-CLE18
Newsom-SLB14
McQuinn-SLB13
Travis-WSH13

Caught Stealing
Werber-PHA15
Crosetti-NYY12
Doerr-BOS10
Cramer-BOS9
Higgins-BOS9
Lewis-WSH9

Power/Speed Number
Gehringer-DET16.5
Clift-SLB15.5
Gordon-NYY15.3
Lewis-WSH14.1
Werber-PHA13.9

At Bats per Strikeout
Sullivan-SLB37.5
Cramer-BOS34.6
Radcliff-CHW29.6
DiMaggio-NYY28.5
Gehringer-DET27.0

At Bats per Home Run
Greenberg-DET9.6
Foxx-BOS11.3
York-DET14.0
Clift-SLB15.7
Dickey-NYY16.8

Outs
Crosetti-NYY482
Lewis-WSH480
Cramer-BOS474
Fox-DET463
Almada-TOT448

ERA
Grove-BOS3.08
Ruffing-NYY3.31
Gomez-NYY3.35
Leonard-WSH3.43
Lee-CHW3.49

Wins
Ruffing-NYY21
Newsom-SLB20
Gomez-NYY18
Feller-CLE17
Harder-CLE17

Won-Loss %
Grove-BOS.778
Ruffing-NYY.750
Chandler-NYY.737
Ostermueller-BOS.722
Pearson-NYY.696

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
Leonard-WSH1.227
Stratton-CHW1.299
Ruffing-NYY1.326
Harder-CLE1.329
Chandler-NYY1.337

Hits Allowed/9IP
Feller-CLE7.29
Allen-CLE8.51
Pearson-NYY8.82
Rigney-CHW8.84
Hadley-NYY8.87

Bases on Balls/9IP
Leonard-WSH2.14
Harder-CLE2.33
Lyons-CHW2.40
Chandler-NYY2.46
Thomas-PHA2.63

Strikeouts/9IP
Feller-CLE7.78
Newsom-SLB6.17
Mills-SLB5.73
Grove-BOS5.44
Allen-CLE5.04

Games
Humphries-CLE45
Newsom-SLB44
Appleton-WSH43
Bagby-BOS43
Smith-PHA43

Saves
Murphy-NYY11
Humphries-CLE6
McKain-BOS6
Appleton-WSH5
Potter-PHA5

Innings
Newsom-SLB329.7
Caster-PHA281.3
Feller-CLE277.7
Ruffing-NYY247.3
Lee-CHW245.3

Strikeouts
Feller-CLE240
Newsom-SLB226
Mills-SLB134
Gomez-NYY129
Ruffing-NYY127

Games Started
Caster-PHA40
Newsom-SLB40
Feller-CLE36
Gomez-NYY32
Leonard-WSH31
Ruffing-NYY31

Comp. Games
Newsom-SLB31
Ruffing-NYY22
Caster-PHA20
Feller-CLE20
Gomez-NYY20

Shutouts
Gomez-NYY4
Leonard-WSH3
Ruffing-NYY3
Wilson-BOS3
Caster-PHA2
Chandler-NYY2
Feller-CLE2
Harder-CLE2
Kelley-TOT2
Whitehead-CHW2

Home Runs Allow.
Newsom-SLB30
Nelson-PHA29
Caster-PHA25
Ross-PHA23
Thomas-PHA23

Bases On Balls Allow.
Feller-CLE208
Newsom-SLB192
Caster-PHA117
Mills-SLB116
Chase-WSH113
Kennedy-DET113
Pearson-NYY113

Hits Allowed
Newsom-SLB334
Caster-PHA310
Thomas-PHA259
Harder-CLE257
Lee-CHW252

SO to Walk
Grove-BOS1.90
Harder-CLE1.65
Ruffing-NYY1.55
Stratton-CHW1.46
Allen-CLE1.38

Losses
Caster-PHA20
Newsom-SLB16
Ross-PHA16
Leonard-WSH15
Wilson-BOS15

Earned Runs Allow.
Newsom-SLB186
Caster-PHA136
Feller-CLE126
Ferrell-TOT125
Mills-SLB124

Wild Pitches
Leonard-WSH11
Pearson-NYY9
Appleton-WSH8
Allen-CLE7
Kennedy-DET7
Rigney-CHW7

Hit Batsmen
Whitehill-CLE9
Hogsett-WSH8
Mills-SLB8
Feller-CLE7
Leonard-WSH7
Stratton-CHW7

Batters Faced
Newsom-SLB1475
Caster-PHA1250
Feller-CLE1248
Lee-CHW1074
Ruffing-NYY1043

Games Finished
Smith-PHA27
Murphy-NYY26
Humphries-CLE25
Appleton-WSH23
Cole-SLB21

Adjusted ERA+
Grove-BOS160
Lee-CHW140
Ruffing-NYY137
Rigney-CHW137
Gomez-NYY136

Oldest Player
Johnson-SLB1894-03-10 (44)
Dykes-CHW1896-11-10 (41)
Whitehill-CLE1899-02-07 (39)
Grove-BOS1900-03-06 (38)
Harris-BOS1900-06-23 (38)

Youngest Player
Lucadello-SLB1919-02-22 (19)
Feller-CLE1918-11-03 (19)
Doerr-BOS1918-04-07 (20)
Gumpert-PHA1918-01-23 (20)
Boudreau-CLE1917-07-17 (20)

 
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Box Score and Play-by-Play

Starters
P. Lefty Gomez (NYY)
C. Bill Dickey (NYY)
1B. Jimmie Foxx (BOS)
2B. Charlie Gehringer (DET)
3B. Buddy Lewis (WSH)
SS. Joe Cronin (BOS)
LF. Mike Kreevich (CHW)
CF. Earl Averill (CLE)
RF. Joe DiMaggio (NYY)

     
Johnny Allen* (CLE)
Doc Cramer* (BOS)
Bob Feller (CLE)
Rick Ferrell (WSH)
Lou Gehrig* (NYY)
Hank Greenberg (DET)
Lefty Grove* (BOS)
Bob Johnson* (PHA)
Vern Kennedy (DET)
     
Johnny Murphy (NYY)
Bobo Newsom (SLB)
Red Rolfe (NYY)
Red Ruffing (NYY)
Cecil Travis (WSH)
Rudy York* (DET)

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