Wow! What a finish to the 1938 NL season. The Cincinnati Reds win the pennant! The surprising Reds, who were never all alone in 1st place during the year, won the NL Championship on the last day of the season. The New York Giants came up a game short due to their 8-20 record in Sept/Oct while the Chicago Cubs made a valiant effort to end up on top by going 19-10 during the same period. The Pittsburgh Pirates record of 11-18 in Sept/Oct eliminated them from winning the pennant.
Cincinnati played on an even keel for much of the season while the other 3 contenders had times of extreme highs and lows. That steady brand of baseball allowed the Reds to slip by everyone at the end and claim the NL Championship.
Several games were lost (not played) during the 1938 season, mainly from The Great Hurricane of 1938, and the league chose not to make up all of them. Had they done so, a different outcome may have resulted but we'll never know. The Chicago Cubs won the title 'in real life' but underperformed by 6 games in my asplayed replay. Pittsburgh underperformed by 4 games while Cincinnati over-performed by 3 games. All this was enough for the Reds to grab the title.
Cincinnati will face the AL Detroit Tigers in the 1938 World Series.
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1938 National League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1938 Cincinnati CIN 85 65 .567 ---- 4 82 68 .547 82 68 .547
1938 New York NYN 84 66 .560 1.0 83 67 .553 83 67 .553
1938 Pittsburgh PIN 82 68 .547 3.0 86 64 .573 86 64 .573
1938 Chicago CHN 83 69 .546 3.0 89 63 .586 89 63 .586
1938 Brooklyn BRN 77 72 .517 7.5 69 80 .463 69 80 .463
1938 St. Louis SLN 77 74 .510 8.5 71 80 .470 71 80 .470
1938 Boston BON 71 81 .467 15.0 77 75 .507 77 75 .507
1938 Philadelphia PHN 43 107 .287 42.0 45 105 .300 45 105 .300
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BON 71 81 .467 38-37 33-44 16-14 55-67 8-10 19-26 6-4 Won 1
BRN 77 72 .517 40-32 37-40 20-15 57-57 4-12 26-24 9-1 Won 3
CHN 83 69 .546 45-32 38-37 17-15 66-54 14- 9 32-25 4-6 Won 1
CIN 85 65 .567 45-32 40-33 9-13 76-52 14- 5 28-20 6-4 Won 3
NYN 84 66 .560 43-30 41-36 28-13 56-53 7- 8 18-17 2-8 Lost 1
PHN 43 107 .287 28-46 15-61 10-26 33-81 5- 7 16-21 2-8 Lost 2
PIN 82 68 .547 46-31 36-37 30-19 52-49 8- 8 22-23 5-5 Lost 3
SLN 77 74 .510 43-34 34-40 16-16 61-58 7- 8 17-22 5-5 Lost 1
TOTAL 602 602 .500
HOME 328 274 .545
ROAD 274 328 .455
LEFT 146 131 .527
RIGHT 456 471 .492
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ RUNS-AGNST
BON 5- 4 12-11 9-15 11-21 17-15 17-15 492- 549
BRN 8- 3 17-11 6-17 14-15 11-20 21- 6 644- 588
CHN 5- 7 12-15 14-11 17-11 16-15 19-10 658- 591
CIN 6- 6 11-13 16-10 20-10 18-14 14-12 650- 572
NYN 6- 5 13-12 20- 8 15-14 22- 7 8-20 734- 623
PHN 2- 9 8-13 5-20 6-26 11-19 11-20 487- 826
PIN 6- 5 11-13 16- 7 20-11 18-14 11-18 649- 550
SLN 6- 5 13- 9 14-12 18-13 12-21 14-14 728- 743
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