On This Day

Tuesday, May 10, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Senators 15 7 .682 --
Yankees 13 7 .650 1.0
Indians 13 7 .650 1.0
Red Sox 12 8 .600 2.0
White Sox 7 10 .412 5.5
Tigers 7 11 .389 6.0
Athletics 6 12 .333 7.0
Browns 5 16 .238 9.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 17 3 .850 --
Cubs 13 8 .619 4.5
Pirates 11 9 .550 6.0
Reds 11 11 .500 7.0
Bees 7 9 .438 8.0
Cardinals 8 11 .421 8.5
Dodgers 8 13 .381 9.5
Phillies 4 15 .211 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Dusty Cooke 4
1 Ernie Koy 4
1 Red Kress 4
1 Jo-Jo Moore 4
5 2 tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buddy Lewis 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rick Ferrell 4
2 Zeke Bonura 2
2 Dusty Cooke 2
2 Willard Hershberger 2
2 7 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mel Almada 1
1 Hersh Martin 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hugh Mulcahy 0.50
2 Bobo Newsom 0.36
3 Chief Hogsett 0.29
4 Bill Lee 0.17
5 3 tied 0.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe Cascarella 1
1 Harry Gumbert 1
1 Luke Hamlin 1
1 Monte Weaver 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Cascarella 4
1 Hugh Mulcahy 4
1 Bobo Newsom 4
4 Joe Kohlman 3
4 Al Smith 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Phebus 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Trosky .443
2 Bill Dickey .390
3 Pete Fox .388
4 Cecil Travis .386
5 Billy Werber .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 7
2 Hank Greenberg 6
3 Ival Goodman 5
3 Ken Keltner 5
3 3 others tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 34
2 Mel Ott 22
3 Joe Marty 20
3 Johnny McCarthy 20
5 2 tied 19

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Kreevich 5
1 Buddy Lewis 5
3 Mel Almada 3
3 Lou Chiozza 3
3 4 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dizzy Dean 1.05
2 Boots Poffenberger 1.17
2 Jack Wilson 1.17
4 Dutch Leonard 1.60
5 Bob Feller 1.76

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cliff Melton 5
2 Mace Brown 4
2 Wes Ferrell 4
2 Lefty Grove 4
2 2 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 36
2 Lefty Grove 30
3 Bobo Newsom 29
4 Carl Hubbell 27
4 Red Ruffing 27

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 4
1 Johnny Murphy 4
3 Charlie Root 3
4 Pete Appleton 2
4 4 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Trosky .450
2 Lee Handley .441
3 Joe Medwick .438
4 Joe Cronin .412
4 Bill Dickey .412

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 6
2 Ken Keltner 5
3 Joe DiMaggio 4
3 Tommy Henrich 4
3 Hank Leiber 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 22
2 Augie Galan 17
2 Ken Keltner 17
2 Mel Ott 17
5 Bill Dickey 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Kreevich 4
1 Buddy Lewis 4
3 Mel Almada 3
3 Harlond Clift 3
3 Buddy Myer 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Dutch Leonard 0.64
2 Boots Poffenberger 0.95
3 Lon Warneke 1.00
4 Monte Pearson 1.10
5 Lefty Grove 1.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tex Carleton 3
1 Lefty Grove 3
1 Carl Hubbell 3
1 Cliff Melton 3
1 3 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 23
2 Red Ruffing 21
2 Jack Wilson 21
4 Carl Hubbell 20
5 Bob Feller 19

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 3
1 Johnny Murphy 3
1 Charlie Root 3
4 Pete Appleton 2
4 2 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Medwick .374
2 Charlie Gehringer .363
3 Joe DiMaggio .356
4 Johnny Mize .353
5 Cecil Travis .346

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 50
2 Hank Greenberg 43
3 Jimmie Foxx 42
4 Lou Gehrig 38
5 Rudy York 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 175
2 Joe DiMaggio 169
3 Lou Gehrig 157
4 Jimmie Foxx 151
4 Joe Medwick 151

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 35
2 Ben Chapman 32
3 Gee Walker 22
4 Augie Galan 21
5 Jesse Hill 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Turner 2.47
2 Johnny Allen 2.62
3 Lefty Gomez 2.76
4 Lou Fette 2.77
5 Lefty Grove 2.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cliff Melton 24
1 Red Ruffing 24
3 Carl Hubbell 22
4 Lefty Gomez 21
4 Jim Turner 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Gomez 195
2 Bobo Newsom 175
3 Bob Feller 174
4 Lefty Grove 173
5 Red Ruffing 158

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 19
2 Johnny Murphy 14
3 Charlie Root 8
4 Mace Brown 7
4 3 others tied 7