1938 AL Standings

August 1, 1938

My Detroit Tigers continue to play WAY above their actual record in 1938 and have a 9.5 game lead over 2nd place Washington. Meanwhile, New York, Cleveland, and Boston continue to play well below their actual record in '38. There's still a long way to go in the season but it looks as if Detroit would have to have a major collapse to not win the AL pennant. The Tigers have scored 611 runs, 110 more than the next highest scoring team, the Washington Senators. Their pitching has been mediocre but if you can score an average of 6.64 runs per game, mediocre may be just good enough.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1938 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1938 Detroit DEA             60  32  .652 ----    56    46  46 .500   84  70 .545
1938 New York NYA            48  39  .552  9.5          57  30 .655   99  53 .651
1938 Cleveland CLA           42  41  .506 13.5          53  30 .639   86  66 .566
1938 Washington WAA          47  46  .505 13.5          46  47 .495   75  76 .497
1938 Boston BOA              43  43  .500 14.0          51  35 .593   88  61 .591
1938 Philadelphia PHA        40  42  .488 15.0          29  53 .354   53  99 .349
1938 St. Louis SLA           34  53  .391 23.5          28  59 .322   55  97 .362
1938 Chicago CHA             31  49  .388 23.0          35  45 .438   65  83 .439
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BOA     43   43  .500 21-24 22-19  3- 6 40-37  2- 6 12-13     7-3     Won 2
CHA     31   49  .388 14-23 17-26  4- 6 27-43  3- 4  7-11     2-8     Won 1
CLA     42   41  .506 22-19 20-22 13-16 29-25  5- 2 11-10     7-3     Won 2
DEA     60   32  .652 28-15 32-17 12- 5 48-27  6- 3 17- 7     6-4     Won 1
NYA     48   39  .552 28-16 20-23 12- 8 36-31  3- 6 10-18     6-4     Lost 1
PHA     40   42  .488 20-23 20-19  6- 6 34-36  2- 3 10-10     4-6     Lost 1
SLA     34   53  .391 16-26 18-27  2-14 32-39  7- 4 14- 8     5-5     Lost 2
WAA     47   46  .505 23-27 24-19 11-12 36-34  4- 4 14-18     4-6     Lost 2
TOTAL  345  345  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BOA      6- 5 12-13 12-14 13-11  0- 0  0- 0    500- 500
CHA      3- 7  9-11 11-16  8-15  0- 0  0- 0    346- 462
CLA      8- 3 12-13 12-14 10-11  0- 0  0- 0    461- 430
DEA      7- 4 17- 8 21- 9 15-11  0- 0  0- 0    611- 505
NYA      5- 8 15- 6 14-14 14-11  0- 0  0- 0    449- 342
PHA      5- 5  9-15 11-14 15- 8  0- 0  0- 0    418- 436
SLA      4- 8  6-16 11-16 13-13  0- 0  0- 0    417- 544
WAA      7- 5 15-13 16-11  9-17  0- 0  0- 0    501- 484
 
 

1938 AL Standings and League Leaders

August 1, 1938

The 1938 AL season heads into August with the Detroit Tigers, led by Hank Greenberg, still in 1st place. Greenberg has been nothing short of phenomenal this season. He's destined to shatter Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR and has a good shot at setting a new RBI record. Boston's Jimmy Foxx is having a season for the ages himself, he's 2nd in all 3 of the top hitting categories.  New York's Lefty Gomez and Cleveland's Bob Feller have been the top pitchers in the league up to this point.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1938 American League                 Date: 8/1/1938
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1938 DEA  60  32    B.Myer    WAA .408  H.Greenbe DEA   56  H.Greenbe DEA  131
1938 NYA  48  39    J.Foxx    BOA .389  J.Foxx    BOA   39  J.Foxx    BOA  112
1938 CLA  42  41    E.Averill CLA .351  R.York    DEA   28  C.Gehring DEA   82
1938 WAA  47  46    B.Dickey  NYA .346  H.Clift   SLA   26  H.Trosky  CLA   72
1938 BOA  43  43    D.Lodigia PHA .338  B.Dickey  NYA   20  B.Dickey  NYA   72
1938 PHA  40  42
1938 SLA  34  53    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1938 CHA  31  49    B.Feller  CLA   13  S.Coffman DEA   10  L.Gomez   NYA 2.77
                    L.Gomez   NYA   13  H.Eisenst DEA    7  J.Knott   CHA 2.84
                    E.Auker   DEA   11  J.Murphy  NYA    7  R.Ruffing NYA 2.95
                    D.Leonard WAA   11  P.Appleto WAA    6  S.Chandle NYA 3.33
                    OTHERS TIED W   10  E.Smith   PHA    5  M.Pearson NYA 3.64
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    J.Foxx    BOA   12  L.Lary    CLA   19  B.Feller  CLA  147
                    J.Heath   CLA   11  F.Crosett NYA   19  B.Newsom  SLA  121
                    C.Gehring DEA    9  B.Chapman BOA   11  L.Grove   BOA   98
                    G.McQuinn SLA    8  M.Kreevic CHA   10  J.Allen   CLA   93
                    M.Mazzera SLA    7  B.Werber  PHA   10  R.Ruffing NYA   81
 

1938 NL Standings

August 1, 1938

The 1938 NL season has turned the page on July and the Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves in 1st place. But their hold on that position is very tenuous as the 4 top teams are within 2.5 games of each other. Even the 5th place Chicago Cubs have a good shot at the top spot being only 6.5 games back. The Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds had the best records in the month of July, hence their position in the League Standings. The New York Giants played just 1 game over .500 in July but only dropped to 2nd place in the standings. The St. Louis Cardinals gave another strong showing in July, led by hitting wonder Johnny Mize, and are only 2.5 games back. The way this season has gone so far, the season standings will continue to see-saw to the end.

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1938 National League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1938 Pittsburgh PIN          53  36  .596 ----    63    57  32 .640   86  64 .573
1938 New York NYN            54  39  .581  1.0          54  39 .581   83  67 .553
1938 Cincinnati CIN          53  39  .576  1.5          50  42 .543   82  68 .547
1938 St. Louis SLN           51  39  .567  2.5          38  52 .422   71  80 .470
1938 Chicago CHN             48  44  .522  6.5          51  41 .554   89  63 .586
1938 Brooklyn BRN            45  46  .495  9.0          42  49 .462   69  80 .463
1938 Boston BON              37  51  .420 15.5          41  47 .466   77  75 .507
1938 Philadelphia PHN        21  68  .236 32.0          29  60 .326   45 105 .300
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BON     37   51  .420 20-21 17-30 11-10 26-41  6- 7  8-18     4-6     Won 1
BRN     45   46  .495 24-18 21-28 12-12 33-34  2- 8 13-15     6-4     Lost 2
CHN     48   44  .522 28-21 20-23 12- 9 36-35  9- 6 20-15     5-5     Won 1
CIN     53   39  .576 27-21 26-18  4-10 49-29  8- 4 15-13     7-3     Won 2
NYN     54   39  .581 29-16 25-23 18-11 36-28  4- 4 12- 7     4-6     Lost 2
PHN     21   68  .236 14-27  7-41  3-15 18-53  1- 5  6-13     1-9     Lost 1
PIN     53   36  .596 31-18 22-18 21- 9 32-27  7- 5 17-11     7-3     Won 2
SLN     51   39  .567 29-18 22-21 10- 9 41-30  4- 2 12-11     5-5     Lost 1
TOTAL  362  362  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BON      5- 4 12-11  9-15 11-21  0- 0  0- 0    292- 334
BRN      8- 3 17-11  6-17 14-15  0- 0  0- 0    394- 358
CHN      5- 7 12-15 14-11 17-11  0- 0  0- 0    385- 368
CIN      6- 6 11-13 16-10 20-10  0- 0  0- 0    388- 311
NYN      6- 5 13-12 20- 8 15-14  0- 0  0- 0    478- 421
PHN      2- 9  8-13  5-20  6-26  0- 0  0- 0    288- 512
PIN      6- 5 11-13 16- 7 20-11  0- 0  0- 0    393- 329
SLN      6- 5 13- 9 14-12 18-13  0- 0  0- 0    430- 415
 
 

1938 NL Standings and League Leaders plus Overall Team Stats

August 1, 1938

St. Louis Cardinal Johnny Mize continues to lead the NL in many of the top hitting catagories. NY Giant Mel Ott continues to display his hitting prowess too. Cincinnati Red pitcher Paul Derringer at 16-5 with a 2.32 ERA is the top overall hurler in the league and the team's pitching staff as a whole is best in the NL. The Pittsburgh Pirates are 2nd in the league in both Team BA and Team ERA. That consistency is one reason they sit on top of the NL Standings.

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1938 National League                 Date: 8/1/1938
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1938 PIN  53  36    J.Mize    SLN .402  M.Ott     NYN   21  J.Mize    SLN   84
1938 NYN  54  39    E.Lombard CIN .342  J.Mize    SLN   21  M.Ott     NYN   73
1938 CIN  53  39    S.Hack    CHN .334  I.Goodman CIN   18  D.Camilli BRN   67
1938 SLN  51  39    L.Waner   PIN .333  D.Camilli BRN   16  C.Lavaget BRN   57
1938 CHN  48  44    G.Suhr    PIN .320  W.Berger  CIN   13  J.Medwick SLN   57
1938 BRN  45  46
1938 BON  37  51    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1938 PHN  21  68    P.Derring CIN   16  C.Root    CHN    8  J.Weaver  CIN 1.11
                    L.French  CHN   13  D.Coffman NYN    8  C.Davis   SLN 1.81
                    H.Gumbert NYN   12  J.Russell CHN    6  D.Macfayd BON 1.83
                    L.Hamlin  BRN   11  OTHERS TIED W    5  P.Derring CIN 2.32
                    H.Schumac NYN   11                      L.Hamlin  BRN 2.33
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    B.Herman  CHN    9  E.Koy     BRN   15  J.Vander  CIN   95
                    H.Leiber  NYN    7  S.Hack    CHN   14  R.Bauers  PIN   88
                    R.Warstle BON    6  A.Vaughan PIN   13  B.Weiland SLN   84
                    J.Ripple  NYN    6  C.Lavaget BRN   12  P.Derring CIN   80
                    M.Owen    SLN    6  K.Cuyler  BRN    7  B.Walters CIN   79

 

LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 1938 National League
 
 
TEAM                   AVG    AB    R     H   2B  3B   HR  RBI   SB   CS    E
1938 St. Louis        .286  3174  430   908  172  54   59  411   29   11  116
1938 Pittsburgh       .278  3159  393   877  144  38   29  363   22   21   92
1938 New York         .274  3265  478   896  127  24   87  451   13    9   74
1938 Cincinnati       .269  3181  388   856  147  37   66  370   16   15   86
1938 Chicago          .259  3229  385   837  125  36   43  356   29   18   82
1938 Philadelphia     .257  3016  288   776  136  18   14  267   16    6  110
1938 Brooklyn         .255  3079  394   786  127  37   38  366   47   25   84
1938 Boston           .238  3023  292   718  104  29   46  267   21   12   86
--------------------  ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS         .265 25126 3048  6654 1082 273  382 2851  193  117  730
 
 
TEAM                   ERA   W   L      IP     H    R   ER   HR   BB    SO OAVG
1938 Cincinnati       2.79  53  39   835.0   728  311  259   37  278   353 .234
1938 Pittsburgh       2.98  53  36   820.1   801  329  272   46  273   329 .256
1938 Boston           3.13  37  51   801.0   746  334  279   41  272   220 .247
1938 Chicago          3.24  48  44   842.1   843  368  303   34  326   372 .264
1938 Brooklyn         3.53  45  46   816.1   808  358  320   47  280   261 .258
1938 St. Louis        3.87  51  39   804.1   900  415  346   46  273   315 .284
1938 New York         4.09  54  39   832.1   896  421  378   59  255   306 .276
1938 Philadelphia     4.91  21  68   771.2   932  512  421   72  344   310 .299
-------------------- ----- --- --- ------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----
LEAGUE TOTALS         3.56 362 362  6523.1  6654 3048 2578  382 2301  2466 .265

1938 AL Game: Det. at NY. Greenberg Hits #50

July 17, 1938

Elden Auker pitched a fine game and Hank Greenberg hit his 50th homerun of the season while the Detroit Tigers put an end to their 6 game losing streak by defeating the New York Yankees 5-3. Auker lost his bid for a shutout in the 9th inning when Lou Gehrig connected for his 15th homerun of the year, but the Yankees came up short in their comeback effort.

BOXSCORE: 1938 Detroit Tigers At 1938 New York Yankees              7/17/1938
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Walker LF         4  0  0  0 .279     F.Crosetti SS       3  0  0  1 .306  
  C.Morgan CF         4  0  3  2 .242     R.Rolfe 3B          3  0  0  1 .257  
  C.Gehringer 2B      5  0  0  0 .316     T.Henrich RF        3  0  0  0 .228  
  H.Greenberg 1B      5  1  3  1 .330     J.Dimaggio CF       5  0  1  0 .311  
  R.York C            4  1  1  1 .304     L.Gehrig 1B         4  1  1  1 .294  
  P.Fox RF            5  1  1  0 .309     B.Dickey C          3  1  2  0 .357  
  M.Christman SS      4  1  2  0 .294     G.Selkirk LF        4  0  0  0 .190  
  S.Coffman P         0  0  0  0 .000     J.Gordon 2B         3  1  1  0 .235  
  D.Ross 3B           4  1  2  1 .273     S.Chandler P        2  0  1  0 .146  
  E.Auker P           2  0  0  0 .258   A-M.Hoag PH           1  0  0  0 .245  
C-B.Rogell SS         0  0  0  0 .239     I.Andrews P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-A.Jorgens PH        0  0  0  0 .167  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  5 12  5                 Totals      31  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Chandler In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Andrews In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Auker In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 2 0  0 0 2  1 0 0  -  5 12  0
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  3  6  0
 
Tigers (53-28)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Auker WIN(9-1)          8 1/3   6   3   3   6   3   1   5.31
S.Coffman SAVE(10th)      0 2/3   0   0   0   2   0   0   4.41
Totals                    9       6   3   3   8   3   1
 
Yankees (42-34)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Chandler LOSS(6-8)      7      10   5   5   4   1   2   3.17
I.Andrews                 2       2   0   0   0   2   0   1.66
Totals                    9      12   5   5   4   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,091 DATE- Sunday, July 17th 1938 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  Yankees:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Yankees: 0
DOUBLES- H.Greenberg(7th), P.Fox(23rd)
HOME RUNS- H.Greenberg(50th), R.York(28th), L.Gehrig(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Auker-2
WALKS- D.Walker, C.Morgan, R.York, M.Christman, F.Crosetti, R.Rolfe-2,
       T.Henrich-2, B.Dickey, J.Gordon, A.Jorgens
HIT BY PITCH- F.Crosetti
STRIKE OUTS- D.Walker, C.Gehringer, R.York, G.Selkirk, J.Gordon, S.Chandler
GIDP- G.Selkirk-2
2-out RBI- C.Morgan-2
RLISP 2-out- D.Walker-3, T.Henrich, E.Auker, R.York, C.Gehringer-2, L.Gehrig,
             M.Christman, J.Dimaggio-2
 
First baseman Hank Greenberg left the yard at Yankee Stadium as the Detroit
Tigers beat the New York Yankees 5 to 3.
 
Elden Auker(9-1) gave a fine effort for Detroit.  He was reached for 6 hits
and 6 walks in 8 and 1/3 innings.  For the game Detroit out-hit New York 12
to 6.  
 
Slick Coffman recorded the save, his 10th.  Spud Chandler(6-8) was tagged with
the loss.  He was knocked around by Detroit, allowing 10 hits and 4 walks in
7 innings.  
 
'Thankfully we got ourselves a win', Auker said.  'It's great to be back on
the winning side of things.'