1938 New York Yankees season

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1938 New York Yankees
1938 American League Champions
1938 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
  • American League (since 1901)
Location
  • Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
  • New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)Ed Barrow
Manager(s)Joe McCarthy
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The 1938 New York Yankees season was their 36th season. The team finished with a record of 99–53, winning their 10th pennant, finishing 9.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the 1938 World Series, they beat the Chicago Cubs in 4 games. This marked the first time any team had won three consecutive World Series.

Offseason[]

  • Prior to 1938 season: Milo Candini was acquired by the Yankees from the El Paso Texans.[1]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 99 53 0.651 — 55–22 44–31
Boston Red Sox 88 61 0.591 9½ 52–23 36–38
Cleveland Indians 86 66 0.566 13 46–30 40–36
Detroit Tigers 84 70 0.545 16 48–31 36–39
Washington Senators 75 76 0.497 23½ 44–33 31–43
Chicago White Sox 65 83 0.439 32 33–39 32–44
St. Louis Browns 55 97 0.362 44 31–43 24–54
Philadelphia Athletics 53 99 0.349 46 28–47 25–52


Record vs. opponents[]

1938 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 12–6 12–10 10–12 11–11–1 14–8 17–5 12–9
Chicago 6–12 — 9–13 7–15 8–14 12–10 13–8–1 10–11
Cleveland 10–12 13–9 — 12–10 8–13 18–4 13–9–1 12–9
Detroit 12–10 15–7 10–12 — 8–14 14–8 12–10–1 13–9
New York 11–11–1 14–8 13–8 14–8 — 16–5–2 15–7–1 16–6–1
Philadelphia 8–14 10–12 4–18 8–14 5–16–2 — 12–9 6–16
St. Louis 5–17 8–13–1 9–13–1 10–12–1 7–15–1 9–12 — 7–15
Washington 9–12 11–10 9–12 9–13 6–16–1 16–6 15–7 —


Roster[]

1938 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  • -- Joe McCarthy

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Bill Dickey 132 454 142 .313 27 115
1B Lou Gehrig 157 576 170 .295 29 114
2B Joe Gordon 127 458 117 .255 25 97
SS Frankie Crosetti 157 631 166 .263 9 55
3B Red Rolfe 151 631 196 .311 10 80
OF George Selkirk 99 335 85 .254 10 62
OF Tommy Henrich 131 471 127 .270 22 91
OF Joe DiMaggio 145 599 194 .324 32 140

Other batters[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Myril Hoag 85 267 74 .277 0 48
Jake Powell 45 164 42 .256 2 20
Bill Knickerbocker 46 128 32 .250 1 21
Joe Glenn 41 123 32 .260 0 25
Babe Dahlgren 27 43 8 .186 0 1
Art Jorgens 9 17 4 .235 0 2

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lefty Gomez 32 239 18 12 3.35 129
Red Ruffing 31 247.1 21 7 3.31 127
Monte Pearson 28 202 16 7 3.97 98
Spud Chandler 23 172 14 5 4.03 36
Bump Hadley 29 167.1 9 8 3.60 61
Wes Ferrell 5 30 2 2 8.10 7
Atley Donald 2 12 0 1 5.25 6

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Sundra 25 93.2 6 4 4.80 33
Joe Beggs 14 58.1 3 2 5.60 8
Joe Vance 3 11.1 0 0 7.15 2

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Johnny Murphy 32 8 2 11 4.24 43
Ivy Andrews 19 1 3 1 3.00 13
Lee Stine 4 0 0 0 1.04 4
Kemp Wicker 1 1 0 0 0.00 0

1938 World Series[]

Main article: 1938 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Yankees – 3, Cubs – 1 October 5 Wrigley Field 43,642
2 Yankees – 6, Cubs – 3 October 6 Wrigley Field 42,108
3 Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5 October 8 Yankee Stadium 55,236
4 Cubs – 3, Yankees – 8 October 9 Yankee Stadium 59,847

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Kansas City Blues American Association Billy Meyer
AA Newark Bears International League Johnny Neun
A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Bruno Betzel
B Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Ray White
B Augusta Tigers Sally League Sam Agnew
B Wenatchee Chiefs Western International League Glenn Wright
C Akron Yankees Middle Atlantic League Pip Koehler
C Joplin Miners Western Association
D El Paso Texans Arizona–Texas League Jimmy Zinn
D Neosho Yankees Arkansas–Missouri League Dennis Burns
D Bassett Furniture Makers Bi-State League
D Snow Hill Billies Coastal Plain League
D Norfolk Elks Nebraska State League Doc Bennett
D Butler Yankees Pennsylvania State Association Lefty Jenkins

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Newark, El Paso, Neosho, Bassett, Norfolk (NSL), Butler[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References[]

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