1938 Major League Baseball season

Sports season

1938 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 18 – October 15, 1938
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular season
Season MVP	AL: Jimmie Foxx (BSR) NL: Ernie Lombardi (CIN)
AL champions	New York Yankees
AL runners-up	Boston Red Sox
NL champions	Chicago Cubs
NL runners-up	Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	Chicago Cubs
MLB seasons
← 1937 1939 →

The 1938 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 18 to October 15, 1938. The Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Cubs in the World Series, four games to zero. The Yankees became the first team to win the World Series three years in a row.

Awards and honors

Baseball Hall of Fame
- Grover Cleveland Alexander
- Alexander Cartwright
- Henry Chadwick
Most Valuable Player
- Jimmie Foxx, Boston Red Sox, 1B (AL)
- Ernie Lombardi, Cincinnati Reds, C (NL)
The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
- Johnny Vander Meer, Cincinnati Reds, P
The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
- Joe McCarthy, New York Yankees

Statistical leaders

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Jimmie Foxx BSR	.349	Ernie Lombardi CIN	.342
HR	Hank Greenberg DET	58	Mel Ott NYG	36
RBI	Jimmie Foxx BSR	175	Joe Medwick SLC	122
Wins	Red Ruffing NYY	21	Bill Lee CHC	22
ERA	Lefty Grove BSR	3.08	Bill Lee CHC	2.66
SO	Bob Feller CLE	240	Clay Bryant CHC	135
SV	Johnny Murphy NYY	11	Dick Coffman NYG	12
SB	Frankie Crosetti NYY	27	Stan Hack CHC	16

Standings

American League

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	53	0.651	—	55–22	44–31
Boston Red Sox	88	61	0.591	9½	52–23	36–38
Cleveland Indians	86	66	0.566	13	46–30	40–36
Detroit Tigers	84	70	0.545	16	48–31	36–39
Washington Senators	75	76	0.497	23½	44–33	31–43
Chicago White Sox	65	83	0.439	32	33–39	32–44
St. Louis Browns	55	97	0.362	44	31–43	24–54
Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	0.349	46	28–47	25–52

National League

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	89	63	0.586	—	44–33	45–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	0.573	2	44–33	42–31
New York Giants	83	67	0.553	5	43–30	40–37
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	0.547	6	43–34	39–34
Boston Bees	77	75	0.507	12	45–30	32–45
St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	0.470	17½	36–41	35–39
Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	0.463	18½	31–41	38–39
Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	0.300	43	26–48	19–57

Postseason

Bracket

World Series

AL	New York Yankees	4

NL	Chicago Cubs	0

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Joe Cronin	Finished 2nd
Chicago White Sox	Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland Indians	Ossie Vitt	Finished 3rd
Detroit Tigers	Mickey Cochrane and Del Baker
New York Yankees	Joe McCarthy	Won 3rd straight World Series
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Gabby Street and Ski Melillo
Washington Senators	Bucky Harris

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Bees	Casey Stengel
Brooklyn Dodgers	Burleigh Grimes
Chicago Cubs	Charlie Grimm and Gabby Hartnett	Won NL pennant
Cincinnati Reds	Bill McKechnie
New York Giants	Bill Terry	Finished 3rd
Philadelphia Phillies	Jimmie Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates	Pie Traynor	Finished 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals	Frankie Frisch and Mike González

Home field attendance

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
New York Yankees^[1]	99	-2.9%	970,916	-2.7%	12,290
Chicago Cubs^[2]	89	-4.3%	951,640	6.3%	12,359
New York Giants^[3]	83	-12.6%	799,633	-13.7%	10,954
Detroit Tigers^[4]	84	-5.6%	799,557	-25.4%	10,121
Cincinnati Reds^[5]	82	46.4%	706,756	71.9%	9,179
Brooklyn Dodgers^[6]	69	11.3%	663,087	37.4%	8,961
Cleveland Indians^[7]	86	3.6%	652,006	15.4%	8,579
Boston Red Sox^[8]	88	10.0%	646,459	15.5%	8,619
Pittsburgh Pirates^[9]	86	0.0%	641,033	39.5%	8,218
Washington Senators^[10]	75	2.7%	522,694	31.4%	6,701
Philadelphia Athletics^[11]	53	-1.9%	385,357	-10.5%	5,070
Boston Bees^[12]	77	-2.5%	341,149	-11.5%	4,549
Chicago White Sox^[13]	65	-24.4%	338,278	-42.6%	4,634
St. Louis Cardinals^[14]	71	-12.3%	291,418	-32.4%	3,598
Philadelphia Phillies^[15]	45	-26.2%	166,111	-21.9%	2,215
St. Louis Browns^[16]	55	19.6%	130,417	5.9%	1,694

References

^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Cleveland Indians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

External links

1938 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

1938 MLB season by team

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