1938 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1938 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1938 in baseball.

1938 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 18 – October 15, 1938
Regular season
Season champions	AL: New York Yankees NL: Chicago Cubs
Season MVP	AL: Jimmie Foxx (BOS) NL: Ernie Lombardi (CIN)
World Series
Champions	New York Yankees
Runners-up	Chicago Cubs

The 1938 Major League Baseball season.

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

Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Jimmie Foxx BOS .349 Ernie Lombardi CIN .342 HR Hank Greenberg DET 58 Mel Ott NYG 36 RBI Jimmie Foxx BOS 175 Joe Medwick STL 122 Wins Red Ruffing NYY 21 Bill Lee CHC 22 ERA Lefty Grove BOS 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

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	New York Yankees	99	53	.651	–
2nd	Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9.5
3rd	Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13.0
4th	Detroit Tigers	84	70	.545	16.0
5th	Washington Senators	75	76	.497	23.5
6th	Chicago White Sox	65	83	.439	32.0
7th	St. Louis Browns	55	97	.362	44.0
8th	Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	.349	46.0

National League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Chicago Cubs	89	63	.586	–
2nd	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	.573	2.0
3rd	New York Giants	83	67	.553	5.0
4th	Cincinnati Reds	82	68	.547	6.0
5th	Boston Bees	77	75	.507	12.0
6th	St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	.470	17.5
7th	Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	.463	18.5
8th	Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	.300	43.0

Managers

American League

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

National League

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

External links

• 1938 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference