Monday, January 5, 2015

1938 NL Final News Recap and League Leaders

October 3, 1938

The final standings and league leaders in the top categories for the 1938 NL season.
St. Louis Cardinal Johnny Mize won the NL MVP by a slim margin over New York's Mel Ott. Mize's BA dipped below the .400 mark during the last week of the season but he still won the batting title with a .394  average. Mize also lead the league in RBI with 137 and finished 2nd to Ott in HR with 34.
Cincinnati's Paul Derringer wins the Cy Young Award by posting #'s of 22-11, a 2.79ERA and 128K's. He had 6 shutouts among his 24 complete games.


NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1938 National League                 Date: 10/3/1938
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1938 CIN  85  65    J.Mize    SLN .394  M.Ott     NYN   39  J.Mize    SLN  137
1938 NYN  84  66    E.Lombard CIN .364  J.Mize    SLN   35  M.Ott     NYN  126
1938 PIN  82  68    L.Waner   PIN .341  I.Goodman CIN   29  D.Camilli BRN  112
1938 CHN  83  69    S.Hack    CHN .322  D.Camilli BRN   26  J.Medwick SLN   93
1938 BRN  77  72    H.Martin  PHN .322  J.Rizzo   PIN   22  F.McCormi CIN   92
1938 SLN  77  74
1938 BON  71  81    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1938 PHN  43 107    P.Derring CIN   22  J.Brown   NYN   10  D.Macfayd BON 1.78
                    L.Hamlin  BRN   20  C.Root    CHN    9  C.Bryant  CHN 2.30
                    H.Gumbert NYN   20  J.Russell CHN    9  C.Davis   SLN 2.46
                    J.Turner  BON   17  D.Coffman NYN    9  F.Fitzsim BRN 2.54
                    OTHERS TIED W   16  OTHERS TIED W    8  R.Bauers  PIN 2.59
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    D.Camilli BRN   13  E.Koy     BRN   23  R.Bauers  PIN  140
                    L.Waner   PIN   13  S.Hack    CHN   20  B.Lee     CHN  131
                    E.Lombard CIN   12  C.Lavaget BRN   19  P.Derring CIN  128
                    T.Cuccine BON    9  A.Vaughan PIN   19  J.Vander  CIN  125
                    F.McCormi CIN    8  G.Myatt   NYN   15  C.Bryant  CHN  122
 

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