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