1938 New York Yankees season
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1938 American League Champions 1938 World Series Champions |
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Owner(s) | Jacob Ruppert |
General manager(s) | Ed Barrow |
Manager(s) | Joe McCarthy |
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The 1938 New York Yankees season was their 36th season. The team finished with a record of 99–53, winning their 10th pennant, finishing 9.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the 1938 World Series, they beat the Chicago Cubs in 4 games. This marked the first time any team had won three consecutive World Series.
Contents
Offseason
- Prior to 1938 season: Milo Candini was acquired by the Yankees from the El Paso Texans.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 53 | .651 | -- |
Boston Red Sox | 88 | 61 | .591 | 9.5 |
Cleveland Indians | 86 | 66 | .566 | 13.0 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 16.0 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23.5 |
Chicago White Sox | 65 | 83 | .439 | 32.0 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 97 | .362 | 44.0 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 99 | .349 | 46.0 |
Record vs. opponents
1938 American League Records
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 12–9 | |||||
Chicago | 6–12 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–8–1 | 10–11 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 8–13 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 12–9 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 13–8 | 14–8 | — | 16–5–2 | 15–7–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 5–16–2 | — | 12–9 | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 8–13–1 | 9–13–1 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 9–12 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 9–12 | 11–10 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 6–16–1 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bill Dickey | 132 | 454 | 142 | .313 | 27 | 115 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 157 | 576 | 170 | .295 | 29 | 114 |
2B | Joe Gordon | 127 | 458 | 117 | .255 | 25 | 97 |
3B | Red Rolfe | 151 | 631 | 196 | .311 | 10 | 80 |
SS | Frankie Crosetti | 157 | 631 | 166 | .263 | 9 | 55 |
OF | Joe DiMaggio | 145 | 599 | 194 | .324 | 32 | 140 |
OF | Tommy Henrich | 131 | 471 | 127 | .270 | 22 | 91 |
OF | George Selkirk | 99 | 335 | 85 | .254 | 10 | 62 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Myril Hoag | 85 | 267 | 74 | .277 | 0 | 48 |
Jake Powell | 45 | 164 | 42 | .256 | 2 | 20 |
Bill Knickerbocker | 46 | 128 | 32 | .250 | 1 | 21 |
Joe Glenn | 41 | 123 | 32 | .260 | 0 | 25 |
Babe Dahlgren | 27 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 1 |
Art Jorgens | 9 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Lefty Gomez | 32 | 239 | 18 | 12 | 3.35 | 129 |
Red Ruffing | 31 | 247.1 | 21 | 7 | 3.31 | 127 |
Monte Pearson | 28 | 202 | 16 | 7 | 3.97 | 98 |
Spud Chandler | 23 | 172 | 14 | 5 | 4.03 | 36 |
Bump Hadley | 29 | 167.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.60 | 61 |
Wes Ferrell | 5 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 8.10 | 7 |
Atley Donald | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 6 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Steve Sundra | 25 | 93.2 | 6 | 4 | 4.80 | 33 |
Joe Beggs | 14 | 58.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.60 | 8 |
Joe Vance | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Murphy | 32 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 4.24 | 43 |
Ivy Andrews | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 | 13 |
Lee Stine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 |
Kemp Wicker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1938 World Series
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AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 3, Cubs – 1 | October 5 | Wrigley Field | 43,642 |
2 | Yankees – 6, Cubs – 3 | October 6 | Wrigley Field | 42,108 |
3 | Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 55,236 |
4 | Cubs – 3, Yankees – 8 | October 9 | Yankee Stadium | 59,847 |
Farm system
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Newark, El Paso, Neosho, Bassett, Norfolk (NSL), Butler[2]
Notes
- ↑ Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007