On This Day

Monday, June 27, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 38 21 .644 --
Yankees 34 25 .576 4.0
Red Sox 33 27 .550 5.5
Senators 34 31 .523 7.0
Tigers 32 31 .508 8.0
Athletics 26 30 .464 10.5
White Sox 21 33 .389 14.5
Browns 19 39 .328 18.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 37 24 .607 --
Reds 34 25 .576 2.0
Cubs 35 27 .565 2.5
Pirates 31 24 .564 3.0
Bees 27 27 .500 6.5
Cardinals 26 31 .456 9.0
Dodgers 25 35 .417 11.5
Phillies 16 38 .296 17.5

Games

No Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Rollie Hemsley 4
2 Bruce Campbell 3
2 Mike Kreevich 3
4 Earl Averill 2
4 7 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harlond Clift 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Hank Steinbacher 1
1 Hal Trosky 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Steinbacher 3
2 Earl Averill 2
2 Mike Kreevich 2
2 Hal Trosky 2
5 11 tied 1

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bruce Campbell 1
1 Odell Hale 1
1 Rollie Hemsley 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Feller 0.71
2 Lefty Grove 0.29
3 Ted Lyons 0.18

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Ted Lyons 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 10
2 Lefty Grove 4
3 Ted Lyons 2
4 Ed Cole 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .386
2 Ernie Lombardi .369
3 Cecil Travis .363
4 Hal Trosky .361
5 Hersh Martin .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 21
2 Hank Greenberg 20
2 Rudy York 20
4 Ival Goodman 18
4 Mel Ott 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 78
2 Rudy York 64
3 Mel Ott 61
4 Earl Averill 57
5 Ival Goodman 51

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 11
2 Ernie Koy 9
2 Mike Kreevich 9
2 Billy Werber 9
5 3 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.39
2 Bob Klinger 2.47
3 Monty Stratton 2.50
4 Bill McGee 2.52
5 Bill Lee 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 11
2 Mace Brown 10
2 Paul Derringer 10
2 Wes Ferrell 10
2 Vern Kennedy 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 89
2 Bob Feller 85
3 Lefty Grove 77
4 Johnny Vander Meer 71
5 Carl Hubbell 64

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 6
1 Johnny Murphy 6
3 Pete Appleton 5
4 Nels Potter 4
4 Charlie Root 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .439
2 George Case .438
3 Pinky Higgins .431
4 Johnny Rizzo .425
5 Rudy York .411

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 7
2 Mel Ott 6
2 Al Simmons 6
2 Rudy York 6
5 Lou Gehrig 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 24
2 Rudy York 19
3 Lou Gehrig 15
3 Chet Laabs 15
3 Babe Phelps 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 5
1 Ernie Koy 5
3 Joe Gordon 4
4 Cookie Lavagetto 3
5 9 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Lohrman 0.00
2 Jim Turner 0.50
3 Harry Kelley 0.86
4 Johnny Allen 0.95
5 Clay Bryant 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bob Feller 3
1 Lynn Nelson 3
1 Johnny Vander Meer 3
4 Johnny Allen 2
4 21 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 21
2 Russ Bauers 18
2 Lefty Mills 18
2 Claude Passeau 18
5 3 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Cascarella 2
1 Johnny Murphy 2
3 Ivy Andrews 1
3 Pete Appleton 1
3 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Gus Suhr .409
2 Earl Averill .396
3 Ernie Lombardi .393
4 Cecil Travis .393
5 Sam Chapman .391

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 12
2 Jimmie Foxx 11
3 Bob Johnson 10
3 Mel Ott 10
5 3 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rudy York 38
2 Bob Johnson 34
3 Jimmie Foxx 32
4 Mel Ott 29
5 2 tied 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 8
2 Joe Gordon 5
2 Ernie Koy 5
2 Gee Walker 5
2 Billy Werber 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Lohrman 0.34
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.80
3 Johnny Vander Meer 1.37
4 Bill Lee 1.71
5 Danny MacFayden 1.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lynn Nelson 6
1 Johnny Vander Meer 6
3 Johnny Allen 4
3 Tommy Bridges 4
3 13 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 40
2 Claude Passeau 39
3 Lefty Grove 35
4 Bob Feller 34
5 3 tied 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Appleton 2
1 Joe Cascarella 2
1 Dick Coffman 2
1 Ira Hutchinson 2
1 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .356
2 Cecil Travis .353
3 Joe Medwick .352
4 Ernie Lombardi .350
5 Pete Fox .341

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 51
2 Jimmie Foxx 44
2 Hank Greenberg 44
4 Joe DiMaggio 41
5 Lou Gehrig 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 160
2 Lou Gehrig 156
3 Jimmie Foxx 155
4 Rudy York 152
5 Joe DiMaggio 148

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 38
2 Ben Chapman 24
3 Buddy Lewis 21
4 Lyn Lary 20
5 Gee Walker 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Turner 2.37
2 Johnny Allen 2.49
3 Danny MacFayden 2.56
4 Cliff Melton 2.86
5 Jim Tobin 2.94

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 222
2 Bobo Newsom 189
3 Lefty Grove 173
4 Lefty Gomez 161
4 Carl Hubbell 161

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 12
2 Clint Brown 10
3 Charlie Root 8
4 Pete Appleton 7
4 2 others tied 7