1938 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

Standings Totals Player Register Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Award Winners Debuts Deaths Calendar

Page Notes

A high-level summary of the 1938 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1938

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Chicago Cubs

Most Valuable Players

AL: Jimmie Foxx NL: Ernie Lombardi

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Cincinnati,Ohio

Teams

Players

499

Attendance

9,006,511

Payroll

About the Data:MLB Data | Standings Data

Learn more about TBC data and the site in the About TBC section. Also, don't forget to find a way to Support TBC.

Related Data Products:MLB Stats History | Stats Register | | Draft Register

The TBC Data Store allows you to purchase the data you see on the site. The store has standard pre-determined data products as well as the ability to work with us to produce custom data extracts based on your requirements.

Get TBC PREMIUM and remove ads, cleaner display, access to research applications, data store discounts and more!

The TBC Newsletter will keep you periodically up-to-date on what is happening at The Baseball Cube.

1938 Major League Baseball Standings

top csv share Sort ✔PREV | NEXT

Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R	152	99	53	.651	--	966	711	255	Won World Series (Cubs)	970,916	1	---	Joe McCarthy	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	2	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	149	88	61	.591	9.5	902	751	151	dnq	646,459	8	---	Joe Cronin	Fenway Park
3	3	5	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	152	86	66	.566	13.0	847	782	65	dnq	652,006	7	---	Ossie Vitt	League Park
4	4	8	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	84	70	.545	16.0	862	795	67	dnq	799,557	4	---	Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker	Briggs Stadium
5	5	10	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	151	75	76	.497	23.5	814	873	-59	dnq	522,694	10	---	Bucky Harris	Griffith Stadium
6	6	13	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	148	65	83	.439	32.0	709	752	-43	dnq	338,278	13	---	Jimmy Dykes	Comiskey Park
7	7	14	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	152	55	97	.362	44.0	755	962	-207	dnq	130,417	16	---	Gabby Street, Ski Melillo	Sportsman's Park
8	8	15	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	152	53	99	.349	46.0	726	956	-230	dnq	385,357	11	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	152	89	63	.586	--	713	598	115	Lost World Series (Yankees)	951,640	2	---	Charlie Grimm, Gabby Hartnett	Wrigley Field
2	2	4	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	150	86	64	.573	2.0	707	630	77	dnq	641,033	9	---	Pie Traynor	Forbes Field
3	3	6	New York Giants	T - S - R	150	83	67	.553	5.0	705	637	68	dnq	799,633	3	---	Bill Terry	Polo Grounds
4	4	7	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	150	82	68	.547	6.0	723	633	90	dnq	706,756	5	---	Bill McKechnie	Crosley Field
5	5	9	Boston Bees	T - S - R	152	77	75	.507	12.0	0	0	0	dnq	341,149	12	---	Casey Stengel	National League Park
6	6	11	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	151	71	80	.470	17.5	725	721	4	dnq	291,418	14	---	Frankie Frisch, Mike Gonzalez	Sportsman's Park
7	7	12	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	149	69	80	.463	18.5	704	707	-3	dnq	663,087	6	---	Burleigh Grimes	Ebbets Field
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	150	45	105	.300	43.0	550	840	-290	dnq	166,111	15	---	Jimmie Wilson, Hans Lobert	Shibe Park
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

About the Newsletter