1938 Major League Baseball season

The 1938 Major League Baseball season was the 38th season of the modern era of Major League Baseball since the foundation of the American League. The New York Yankees became the first team to win the World Series three years in a row.

This article is about the 1938 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1938 in baseball.
1938 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 18 – October 15, 1938
Regular season
Season championsAL: New York Yankees
NL: Chicago Cubs
Season MVPAL: Jimmie Foxx (BSR)
NL: Ernie Lombardi (CIN)
World Series
ChampionsNew York Yankees
  Runners-upChicago Cubs

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders
Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGJimmie Foxx BSR.349Ernie Lombardi CIN.342
HRHank Greenberg DET58Mel Ott NYG36
RBIJimmie Foxx BSR175Joe Medwick SLC122
WinsRed Ruffing NYY21Bill Lee CHC22
ERALefty Grove BSR3.08Bill Lee CHC2.66
SOBob Feller CLE240Clay Bryant CHC135
SVJohnny Murphy NYY11Dick Coffman NYG12
SBFrankie Crosetti NYY27Stan Hack CHC16

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9953 0.651 — 55–22 44–31
Boston Red Sox 8861 0.591 9½ 52–23 36–38
Cleveland Indians 8666 0.566 13 46–30 40–36
Detroit Tigers 8470 0.545 16 48–31 36–39
Washington Senators 7576 0.497 23½ 44–33 31–43
Chicago White Sox 6583 0.439 32 33–39 32–44
St. Louis Browns 5597 0.362 44 31–43 24–54
Philadelphia Athletics 5399 0.349 46 28–47 25–52

National League final standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8963 0.586 — 44–33 45–30
Pittsburgh Pirates 8664 0.573 2 44–33 42–31
New York Giants 8367 0.553 5 43–30 40–37
Cincinnati Reds 8268 0.547 6 43–34 39–34
Boston Bees 7775 0.507 12 45–30 32–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7180 0.470 17½ 36–41 35–39
Brooklyn Dodgers 6980 0.463 18½ 31–41 38–39
Philadelphia Phillies 45105 0.300 43 26–48 19–57

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


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