On This Day

Thursday, July 14, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 46 27 .630 --
Indians 45 27 .625 0.5
Red Sox 43 30 .589 3.0
Senators 41 38 .519 8.0
Tigers 38 40 .487 10.5
White Sox 31 37 .456 12.5
Athletics 28 44 .389 17.5
Browns 22 51 .301 24.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 45 26 .634 --
Giants 47 29 .618 0.5
Reds 42 31 .575 4.0
Cubs 40 35 .533 7.0
Bees 34 34 .500 9.5
Dodgers 32 43 .427 15.0
Cardinals 29 43 .403 16.5
Phillies 21 49 .300 23.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Wally Moses 4
2 Jimmy Brown 3
2 Vince DiMaggio 3
2 Bobby Doerr 3
2 10 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Jeff Heath 1
1 Tommy Henrich 1
1 Pinky Higgins 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Gil English 4
2 Jimmie Foxx 3
2 Bob Johnson 3
2 Hal Trosky 3
5 12 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Stan Hack 2
2 Bill Lee 1
2 Wally Moses 1
2 Tuck Stainback 1
2 Hal Trosky 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Clay Bryant 1.00
2 Lefty Grove 0.75
3 Bill Lee 0.60
4 Bucky Walters 0.40
5 Mel Harder 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Clay Bryant 1
1 Lou Fette 1
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 Mel Harder 1
1 5 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Lee 6
2 Clay Bryant 4
2 Bobo Newsom 4
2 Monte Pearson 4
2 Bucky Walters 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Jack Wilson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .372
2 Ernie Lombardi .370
3 Cecil Travis .351
4 Jimmie Foxx .350
5 Joe Medwick .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 26
2 Jimmie Foxx 24
3 Ival Goodman 22
3 Rudy York 22
5 Mel Ott 19

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 94
2 Rudy York 73
3 Bill Dickey 67
3 Mel Ott 67
5 Ken Keltner 62

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 12
1 Billy Werber 12
3 Buddy Lewis 11
4 Stan Hack 10
4 3 others tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.13
2 Bob Klinger 2.51
3 Danny MacFayden 2.68
4 Bill Swift 2.72
5 Bill Lee 2.75

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 14
2 Johnny Allen 12
2 Mace Brown 12
2 Red Ruffing 12
5 3 tied 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 112
2 Bobo Newsom 105
3 Lefty Grove 93
4 Johnny Vander Meer 85
5 Clay Bryant 81

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 8
2 Dick Coffman 7
3 Charlie Root 6
4 Pete Appleton 5
5 3 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wally Berger .460
2 Joe DiMaggio .456
3 Mel Almada .431
4 Ival Goodman .415
5 Stan Hack .405

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 6
2 Wally Berger 5
2 Hank Greenberg 5
4 Bill Dickey 4
4 2 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 22
2 Bill Dickey 16
2 Joe Vosmik 16
4 Jimmie Foxx 14
5 3 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Scharein 6
2 Frankie Crosetti 4
2 Kiki Cuyler 4
4 Don Gutteridge 3
4 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 0.53
2 Thornton Lee 0.56
3 Bucky Walters 1.04
4 Harry Gumbert 1.08
5 Johnny Murphy 1.15

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elden Auker 3
1 Cy Blanton 3
1 Emerson Dickman 3
1 Lou Fette 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 27
2 Clay Bryant 20
3 Claude Passeau 19
4 Lefty Grove 16
4 Bobo Newsom 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 2
1 Charlie Root 2
3 Jim Bagby 1
3 Joe Bowman 1
3 12 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wally Berger .422
2 Mel Almada .394
3 Harry Danning .390
4 Ival Goodman .388
5 Ernie Lombardi .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 13
2 Joe DiMaggio 8
2 Lou Gehrig 8
2 Ival Goodman 8
2 Rudy York 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 31
2 Joe Gordon 30
3 Bill Dickey 28
3 Al Simmons 28
3 Rudy York 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 9
2 George Scharein 7
3 Ernie Koy 6
4 Joe Gordon 5
4 3 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cy Blanton 1.43
2 Johnny Vander Meer 1.57
3 Bill Lohrman 1.80
4 Mel Harder 2.17
5 Cliff Melton 2.23

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 5
1 Claude Passeau 5
1 Johnny Vander Meer 5
4 Elden Auker 4
4 10 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 48
2 Claude Passeau 37
3 Russ Bauers 34
4 Clay Bryant 33
4 2 others tied 33

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 4
2 Charlie Root 3
3 Joe Cascarella 2
3 Luke Hamlin 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ernie Lombardi .357
2 Charlie Gehringer .353
3 Joe Medwick .347
4 Cecil Travis .344
5 Joe DiMaggio .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 49
2 Hank Greenberg 47
3 Jimmie Foxx 43
4 Joe DiMaggio 40
5 Lou Gehrig 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 159
2 Jimmie Foxx 155
3 Lou Gehrig 151
4 Joe DiMaggio 149
5 Rudy York 144

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 40
2 Lyn Lary 22
3 Charlie Gehringer 20
3 Buddy Lewis 20
5 Gee Walker 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Danny MacFayden 2.16
2 Johnny Vander Meer 2.20
3 Jim Turner 2.54
4 Johnny Allen 2.71
5 Cliff Melton 2.77

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 24
2 Johnny Allen 23
3 Red Ruffing 22
4 Cliff Melton 20
4 Jim Turner 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 241
2 Bobo Newsom 186
3 Lefty Grove 176
4 Carl Hubbell 158
5 2 tied 155

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 14
2 Charlie Root 10
3 Clint Brown 9
4 Pete Appleton 7
4 2 others tied 7