1938 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1938 throughout the world.  

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Contents 1 Champions 1.1 Major League Baseball 1.2 Other champions 2 Awards and honors 3 MLB Statistical Leaders 4 Major League Baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 5 Negro League Baseball final standings 5.1 Negro National League final standings 6 Events 7 Births 7.1 January-April 7.2 May-August 7.3 September-December 8 Deaths

Champions

Major League Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs (4-0)
• All-Star Game, July 6 at Crosley Field: National League, 4-1

Other champions

• Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: West, 5-4

Awards and honors

• 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

MLB Statistical Leaders

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

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 Braves	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

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

Negro National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Homestead Grays	27	10	.730	--
Baltimore Elite Giants	23	9	.719	1.5
Newark Eagles	28	17	.622	3
Pittsburgh Crawfords	24	16	.600	4.5
Philadelphia Stars	30	24	.556	5.5
New York Black Yankees	7	18	.280	14
Washington Black Senators	2	13	.133	14

Events

• May 6 - OF Bob Seeds of the Newark Bears (IL) hits four home runs in four successive innings and drives in 12 runs against Buffalo. Tomorrow he will slam three more. His seven homers in the two-day barrage account for 17 RBI and 30 total bases. In his first 59 games‚ Seeds will clout 28 HR and drive in 95 runs.

• June 11 - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer tosses a no-hitter against the Boston Braves, leading his team to a 3-0 win.

• June 15 - Johnny Vander Meer becomes the first, and, to date, only pitcher in Major League history to pitch two consecutive no-hitter's as the Reds blank the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0.

• June 26 - Carl Hubbell wins his 200th game‚ as the New York Giants beat the visiting Cubs 5–1 and stretch their lead over the second-place Reds to two games. Larry French takes the loss. Newly acquired Bob Seeds‚ up from Newark‚ leads the way with a 470-foot inside the park home run.

• July 6 - At Crosley Field, home of the Cincinnati Reds, the National League defeats the American League, 4-1, in the All-Star Game.

• August 2 - The Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals used a yellow baseball in the first game of a doubleheader as an experiment. The two teams went back to the white ball in the second game as the Dodgers swept the doubleheader 6-2 and 9-3.

• August 27 - In the second game of a double-header Monte Pearson pitches a no-hitter as the New York Yankees crush the Cleveland Indians, 13-0.

• October 9 - The New York Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs, 8-3, in Game 4 of the World Series to win a record third consecutive World Championship, and seventh overall, four games to none.

• November 2 - Boston Red Sox first baseman Jimmie Foxx is voted Most Valuable Player of the American League for the third time, with Yankees catcher Bill Dickey second in the voting.

Births

January-April

• January 10 - Willie McCovey
• January 18 - Curt Flood
• February 2 - Max Alvis
• February 18 - Manny Mota
• February 19 - Bob Sadowski
• February 22 - Steve Barber
• March 7 - Jimmie Hall
• April 2 - Al Weis
• April 4 - A. Bartlett Giamatti
• April 5 - Ron Hansen
• April 16 - Rich Rollins

May-August

• May 3 - Chris Cannizzaro
• May 27 - Fred Bruckbauer
• May 29 - Fay Vincent
• May 31 - Ray Washburn
• June 2 - Gene Michael
• June 10 - Johnny Edwards
• July 10 - Mike Brumley
• June 15 - Billy Williams
• June 24 - Don Mincher
• June 28 - Orlando McFarlane
• July 12 - Ron Fairly
• July 17 - Deron Johnson
• July 20 - Tony Oliva
• July 27 - Harry Wendelstedt
• August 11 - Vada Pinson

September-December

• September 1 - Merlin Nippert
• September 9 - Dick Midkiff
• September 15 - Gaylord Perry
• September 29 - Mike McCormick
• October 18 - Bobby Knoop
• November 6 - Mack Jones
• November 7 - Jim Kaat
• December 14 - Ken Hunt
• December 17 - Leo Cardenas
• December 22 - Matty Alou
• December 25 - Jack Hamilton

Deaths

• January 24 - Jim Mutrie, 86, manager who led New York Metropolitans to the American Association title in 1884, then won pennants in 1888-89 after moving to NY's NL franchise - which he renamed by marveling over his "Giants"; career .611 winning percentage was best of 19th century
• January 28 - Pop Rising, 56, outfielder for the 1905 Boston Americans
• January 31 - Charlie Chech, 59, pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Naps and Boston Red Sox between 1905 and 1909
• February 26 - Tex Jones, 53, played nine games for the Chicago White Sox in 1911
• March 18 - Hobe Ferris, 60, lowest ever career on base percentage; committed first ever error in a World Series game
• April 3 - Count Campau, 74, outfielder for three seasons, and one-time manager for the St. Louis Browns in 1890.
• April 11 - Cristóbal Torriente, 44, All-Star Cuban right fielder in the Negro Leagues who batted .339 lifetime
• May 21 - Silver King, 70, pitcher who had three 30-win seasons for the 1887-89 St. Louis Browns, and another for the 1890 Chicago team in the Players League; first sidearm pitcher
• July 4 - Chief Roseman, 82, outfielder for seven seasons, from 1882-1890.
• October 3 - Morgan Murphy, 71, catcher and noted sign stealer for 11 seasons, from 1890 to 1901.
• October 16 - Joe Knight, 79, Canadian-born outfielder who finished sixth in the 1890 National League batting race with a .312 average

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