The 1938 New York Yankees season was their 36th season. The team finished with a record of 99–53, winning their tenth pennant, finishing 9.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the 1938 World Series, they beat the Chicago Cubs in 4 games. This marked the first time any team had won three consecutive World Series.
1938 New York Yankees | ||
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World Series Champions American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | Jacob Ruppert | |
General managers | Ed Barrow | |
Managers | Joe McCarthy | |
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Offseason
edit- Prior to 1938 season: Milo Candini was acquired by the Yankees from the El Paso Texans.[1]
Regular season
editSeason standings
editTeam | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 55–22 | 44–31 |
Boston Red Sox | 88 | 61 | .591 | 9½ | 52–23 | 36–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 86 | 66 | .566 | 13 | 46–30 | 40–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 16 | 48–31 | 36–39 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 44–33 | 31–43 |
Chicago White Sox | 65 | 83 | .439 | 32 | 33–39 | 32–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 97 | .362 | 44 | 31–43 | 24–54 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 99 | .349 | 46 | 28–47 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 12–9 | |||||
Chicago | 6–12 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–8–1 | 10–11 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 8–13 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 12–9 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 13–8 | 14–8 | — | 16–5–2 | 15–7–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 5–16–2 | — | 12–9 | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 8–13–1 | 9–13–1 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 9–12 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 9–12 | 11–10 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 6–16–1 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bill Dickey | 132 | 454 | 142 | .313 | 27 | 115 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 157 | 576 | 170 | .295 | 29 | 114 |
2B | Joe Gordon | 127 | 458 | 117 | .255 | 25 | 97 |
SS | Frankie Crosetti | 157 | 631 | 166 | .263 | 9 | 55 |
3B | Red Rolfe | 151 | 631 | 196 | .311 | 10 | 80 |
OF | George Selkirk | 99 | 335 | 85 | .254 | 10 | 62 |
OF | Tommy Henrich | 131 | 471 | 127 | .270 | 22 | 91 |
OF | Joe DiMaggio | 145 | 599 | 194 | .324 | 32 | 140 |
Other batters
editNote: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Myril Hoag | 85 | 267 | 74 | .277 | 0 | 48 |
Jake Powell | 45 | 164 | 42 | .256 | 2 | 20 |
Bill Knickerbocker | 46 | 128 | 32 | .250 | 1 | 21 |
Joe Glenn | 41 | 123 | 32 | .260 | 0 | 25 |
Babe Dahlgren | 27 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 1 |
Arndt Jorgens | 9 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Red Ruffing | 31 | 247.1 | 21 | 7 | 3.31 | 127 |
Lefty Gomez | 32 | 239.0 | 18 | 12 | 3.35 | 129 |
Monte Pearson | 28 | 202.0 | 16 | 7 | 3.97 | 98 |
Spud Chandler | 23 | 172.0 | 14 | 5 | 4.03 | 36 |
Bump Hadley | 29 | 167.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.60 | 61 |
Wes Ferrell | 5 | 30.0 | 2 | 2 | 8.10 | 7 |
Atley Donald | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 6 |
Other pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Steve Sundra | 25 | 93.2 | 6 | 4 | 4.80 | 33 |
Joe Beggs | 14 | 58.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.60 | 8 |
Joe Vance | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Murphy | 32 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 4.24 | 43 |
Ivy Andrews | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 | 13 |
Lee Stine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 |
Kemp Wicker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1938 World Series
editAL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 3, Cubs – 1 | October 5 | Wrigley Field | 43,642 |
2 | Yankees – 6, Cubs – 3 | October 6 | Wrigley Field | 42,108 |
3 | Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 55,236 |
4 | Cubs – 3, Yankees – 8 | October 9 | Yankee Stadium | 59,847 |
Farm system
editLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Newark, El Paso, Neosho, Bassett, Norfolk (NSL), Butler[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007