On This Day

Saturday, July 23, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 49 28 .636 --
Indians 48 29 .623 1.0
Red Sox 47 31 .603 2.5
Senators 45 41 .523 8.5
White Sox 33 38 .465 13.0
Tigers 38 46 .452 14.5
Athletics 29 46 .387 19.0
Browns 24 54 .308 25.5

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 51 30 .630 --
Giants 51 35 .593 2.5
Cubs 48 37 .565 5.0
Reds 46 37 .554 6.0
Dodgers 39 45 .464 13.5
Bees 36 42 .462 13.5
Cardinals 34 47 .420 17.0
Phillies 24 56 .300 26.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Mel Ott 5
2 Carl Reynolds 4
3 Elbie Fletcher 3
3 Ival Goodman 3
3 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Elbie Fletcher 1
1 Lonny Frey 1
1 Ival Goodman 1
1 Joe Medwick 1
1 Johnny Mize 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ripper Collins 3
1 Lonny Frey 3
1 Ival Goodman 3
4 Elbie Fletcher 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Wally Berger 1
1 Ival Goodman 1
1 Billy Jurges 1
1 Lynn Myers 1
1 George Scharein 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Dizzy Dean 0.83
2 Bill Lee 0.40
3 Bill Posedel 0.30
4 Hal Schumacher 0.22
5 Harry Gumbert 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Dizzy Dean 1
1 Bill Lee 1
1 Danny MacFayden 1
1 Bill Posedel 1
1 Gene Schott 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Lee 6
2 Dizzy Dean 5
3 Bill Posedel 3
4 Joe Bowman 2
4 2 others tied 2

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Errickson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .371
2 Ernie Lombardi .367
3 Jimmie Foxx .361
4 Joe Medwick .354
5 Cecil Travis .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 28
2 Jimmie Foxx 26
2 Ival Goodman 26
4 Rudy York 22
5 Mel Ott 21

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 97
2 Mel Ott 77
3 Rudy York 75
4 Bill Dickey 73
5 Joe Medwick 69

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 12
1 Lyn Lary 12
1 Billy Werber 12
4 Buddy Lewis 11
5 4 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.29
2 Bill Lee 2.67
3 Carl Hubbell 2.67
4 Charlie Root 2.72
5 Danny MacFayden 2.80

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 14
2 Mace Brown 13
2 Red Ruffing 13
4 Johnny Allen 12
4 3 others tied 12

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 119
2 Bobo Newsom 107
3 Johnny Vander Meer 100
4 Lefty Grove 93
5 Clay Bryant 86

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Bobby Doerr .475
2 Frankie Crosetti .472
3 Jimmie Foxx .447
4 Arky Vaughan .407
5 Joe Medwick .403

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Johnny Mize 9
2 Harlond Clift 5
2 Ival Goodman 5
2 Hank Greenberg 5
2 Hank Leiber 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 20
2 Joe Medwick 18
3 Harlond Clift 16
3 Hank Leiber 16
5 3 tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Scharein 5
2 Mel Almada 4
3 Jimmy Brown 3
4 Earl Averill 2
4 20 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Ed Brandt 0.00
2 Fred Frankhouse 0.67
3 Nels Potter 0.71
4 Dizzy Dean 1.00
5 Luke Hamlin 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Blanton 3
1 Clay Bryant 3
1 Bill Lee 3
1 Tot Pressnell 3
1 Bucky Walters 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bill Lee 22
2 Bob Feller 21
2 Johnny Vander Meer 21
4 Bob Weiland 19
5 Russ Bauers 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luke Hamlin 3
2 Dick Errickson 2
3 Joe Bowman 1
3 Mace Brown 1
3 15 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmie Foxx .407
2 Mel Almada .405
3 Red Rolfe .396
4 Bobby Doerr .386
5 Gus Mancuso .377

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 11
2 Bill Dickey 9
2 Ival Goodman 9
2 Johnny Mize 9
5 3 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Dickey 30
1 Joe DiMaggio 30
1 Joe Gordon 30
4 Harlond Clift 27
5 Joe Vosmik 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Scharein 9
2 Frankie Crosetti 6
2 Lyn Lary 6
4 Mel Almada 4
4 4 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Vito Tamulis 1.73
2 Luke Hamlin 1.90
3 Cy Blanton 1.94
4 Carl Hubbell 2.04
5 Bill Lohrman 2.17

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Blanton 5
1 Clay Bryant 5
1 Red Ruffing 5
1 Bob Weiland 5
5 9 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 44
2 Johnny Vander Meer 34
3 Claude Passeau 30
4 Bill Lee 29
5 Clay Bryant 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luke Hamlin 4
2 Johnny Murphy 3
3 Joe Cascarella 2
3 Dick Coffman 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ernie Lombardi .360
2 Charlie Gehringer .353
3 Joe Medwick .349
4 Cecil Travis .342
5 Johnny Mize .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 46
2 Rudy York 45
3 Jimmie Foxx 39
4 Joe DiMaggio 37
5 Lou Gehrig 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 148
1 Hank Greenberg 148
3 Joe DiMaggio 141
4 Lou Gehrig 140
5 Rudy York 135

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 37
2 Lyn Lary 21
3 Charlie Gehringer 20
4 Buddy Lewis 19
5 Stan Hack 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.33
2 Danny MacFayden 2.44
3 Johnny Allen 2.71
4 Jim Turner 2.71
5 Russ Bauers 3.02

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 23
1 Lefty Grove 23
3 Red Ruffing 21
4 Wes Ferrell 19
4 3 others tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 240
2 Bobo Newsom 176
3 Lefty Grove 167
4 Carl Hubbell 161
5 Lefty Gomez 147

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 13
2 Charlie Root 9
3 Clint Brown 8
3 Dick Coffman 8
5 2 tied 7