On This Day

Sunday, May 22, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 20 10 .667 --
Yankees 16 10 .615 2.0
Red Sox 17 11 .607 2.0
Senators 18 15 .545 3.5
Tigers 13 15 .464 6.0
White Sox 10 12 .455 6.0
Athletics 9 18 .333 9.5
Browns 8 20 .286 11.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 20 8 .714 --
Cubs 18 13 .581 3.5
Bees 14 11 .560 4.5
Reds 16 13 .552 4.5
Pirates 14 14 .500 6.0
Cardinals 11 15 .423 8.0
Dodgers 12 20 .375 10.0
Phillies 7 18 .280 11.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Kress 4
2 Lonny Frey 3
2 Debs Garms 3
2 Bob Johnson 3
2 4 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Dolph Camilli 1
1 Harry Craft 1
1 Joe Cronin 1
1 Harry Danning 1
1 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harry Danning 6
2 Earl Averill 4
2 Rudy York 4
4 Wally Berger 3
4 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Harlond Clift 1
1 Augie Galan 1
1 Jake Powell 1
1 Dixie Walker 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Clay Bryant 0.50
1 Al Williams 0.50
3 Jim Weaver 0.45
4 Pete Sivess 0.40
5 Milt Shoffner 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Carl Hubbell 1
1 Johnny Humphries 1
1 Ted Lyons 1
1 Boots Poffenberger 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Clay Bryant 8
2 Jim Weaver 5
3 Nels Potter 4
4 Carl Hubbell 3
4 4 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ray Benge 1
1 Mel Harder 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Cookie Lavagetto .405
2 Hal Trosky .392
3 Ben Chapman .391
4 Earl Averill .375
4 Joe Medwick .375

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ival Goodman 10
2 Jimmie Foxx 8
2 Hank Greenberg 8
4 Mel Ott 7
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 41
2 Augie Galan 29
3 Mel Ott 28
4 Earl Averill 25
4 2 others tied 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 9
2 Mike Kreevich 5
3 Mel Almada 4
3 Harlond Clift 4
3 4 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 1.74
2 Carl Hubbell 2.04
3 Paul Derringer 2.07
4 Spud Chandler 2.12
4 Ted Lyons 2.12

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 7
2 Paul Derringer 6
2 Vern Kennedy 6
2 Cliff Melton 6
5 4 tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 51
2 Bobo Newsom 48
3 Lefty Grove 41
4 Cliff Melton 36
5 Clay Bryant 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 4
1 Johnny Murphy 4
3 Pete Appleton 3
3 Charlie Root 3
5 7 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ben Chapman .531
2 Charlie Gehringer .459
3 Bob Johnson .432
4 Augie Galan .392
5 Jimmie Foxx .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ival Goodman 5
2 Joe Cronin 4
2 Mel Ott 4
4 Joe DiMaggio 3
4 6 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 17
2 Jimmie Foxx 14
3 Ernie Koy 13
4 Jeff Heath 12
5 3 tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 5
2 Augie Galan 3
3 Mel Almada 2
3 Harlond Clift 2
3 7 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 0.50
2 Bob Klinger 0.63
3 Paul Derringer 0.67
4 Harry Gumbert 0.95
5 Ira Hutchinson 1.26

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Paul Derringer 3
1 Lefty Grove 3
1 Ira Hutchinson 3
1 Vern Kennedy 3
5 13 tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 23
2 Clay Bryant 22
3 Johnny Vander Meer 21
4 Jack Wilson 19
5 Bob Feller 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Appleton 2
1 Nels Potter 2
3 Ray Benge 1
3 Tommy Bridges 1
3 8 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .370
2 Joe Medwick .362
3 Joe DiMaggio .355
4 Johnny Mize .352
5 Gabby Hartnett .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 50
2 Hank Greenberg 43
3 Jimmie Foxx 40
3 Rudy York 40
5 Lou Gehrig 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 171
2 Joe DiMaggio 168
3 Lou Gehrig 156
4 Jimmie Foxx 149
5 Bill Dickey 146

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 35
2 Ben Chapman 32
3 Augie Galan 22
4 Buddy Lewis 19
4 Gee Walker 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Allen 2.50
2 Jim Turner 2.64
3 Lefty Grove 2.73
4 Bob Feller 2.77
5 Cliff Melton 2.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cliff Melton 25
2 Lefty Grove 23
2 Red Ruffing 23
4 Carl Hubbell 21
4 Jim Turner 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 189
1 Lefty Gomez 189
3 Bobo Newsom 184
4 Lefty Grove 175
5 Red Ruffing 158

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 18
2 Johnny Murphy 13
3 Charlie Root 8
4 Mace Brown 7
4 2 others tied 7