On This Day

Tuesday, May 24, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 21 10 .677 --
Red Sox 18 11 .621 2.0
Yankees 16 11 .593 3.0
Senators 18 16 .529 4.5
White Sox 11 12 .478 6.0
Tigers 13 16 .448 7.0
Athletics 10 18 .357 9.5
Browns 8 21 .276 12.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 21 9 .700 --
Cubs 20 13 .606 2.5
Bees 15 12 .556 4.5
Reds 17 14 .548 4.5
Pirates 15 14 .517 5.5
Cardinals 11 17 .393 9.0
Dodgers 12 22 .353 11.0
Phillies 8 18 .308 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Jimmy Ripple 4
1 Dixie Walker 4
3 Tex Carleton 3
3 Tony Cuccinello 3
3 6 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Earl Averill 1
1 Ripper Collins 1
1 Harry Craft 1
1 Bill Dickey 1
1 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 6
2 Augie Galan 4
3 Vince DiMaggio 3
3 Jimmie Foxx 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pete Fox 1
1 Jackie Hayes 1
1 Bob Johnson 1
1 Mel Mazzera 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lynn Nelson 0.57
2 Bob Weiland 0.44
3 Johnny Allen 0.36
4 Russ Van Atta 0.31
5 Johnny Vander Meer 0.30

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 1
1 Tex Carleton 1
1 Slick Castleman 1
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Allen 5
1 Steve Sundra 5
1 Russ Van Atta 5
4 Tex Carleton 4
4 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Errickson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Trosky .386
2 Cookie Lavagetto .384
3 Earl Averill .379
4 Ben Chapman .370
5 Joe Medwick .364

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ival Goodman 10
2 Jimmie Foxx 9
3 Hank Greenberg 8
3 Mel Ott 8
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 44
2 Augie Galan 34
3 Earl Averill 31
3 Mel Ott 31
5 Johnny McCarthy 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 9
2 Mike Kreevich 5
3 Mel Almada 4
3 Harlond Clift 4
3 6 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 8
2 Mace Brown 6
2 Paul Derringer 6
2 Vern Kennedy 6
2 Cliff Melton 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 51
2 Bobo Newsom 48
3 Lefty Grove 42
4 Cliff Melton 36
5 Johnny Allen 35

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 4
1 Johnny Murphy 4
3 Pete Appleton 3
3 Charlie Root 3
5 8 tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ben Chapman .459
2 Charlie Gehringer .447
3 Bob Johnson .432
4 Earl Averill .429
5 Jimmy Ripple .395

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ival Goodman 5
2 Earl Averill 3
2 Mel Ott 3
2 Al Simmons 3
2 Rudy York 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 22
2 Augie Galan 15
3 Ernie Koy 14
4 Ival Goodman 12
4 2 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 4
2 Augie Galan 3
3 Mel Almada 2
3 Johnny Dickshot 2
3 7 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Joe Cascarella 0.00
2 Spud Chandler 0.50
3 Paul Derringer 0.67
4 Bob Klinger 0.73
5 Bill McGee 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 4
2 Paul Derringer 3
2 Vern Kennedy 3
4 Johnny Allen 2
4 13 others tied 2

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 23
2 Clay Bryant 22
3 Johnny Vander Meer 18
4 Bob Weiland 17
5 3 tied 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nels Potter 2
2 Pete Appleton 1
2 Russ Bauers 1
2 Ray Benge 1
2 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .370
2 Joe Medwick .364
3 Joe DiMaggio .353
4 Gabby Hartnett .349
5 Johnny Mize .348

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 49
2 Hank Greenberg 42
3 Jimmie Foxx 40
3 Rudy York 40
5 Lou Gehrig 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 166
2 Joe DiMaggio 162
3 Lou Gehrig 156
4 Jimmie Foxx 151
5 Bill Dickey 144

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 36
2 Ben Chapman 32
3 Augie Galan 22
4 Buddy Lewis 19
5 2 tied 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Allen 2.60
2 Jim Turner 2.76
3 Lefty Grove 2.76
4 Bob Feller 2.77
5 Cliff Melton 2.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cliff Melton 25
2 Lefty Grove 24
3 Red Ruffing 22
4 Carl Hubbell 21
4 Jim Turner 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 189
2 Lefty Gomez 186
3 Bobo Newsom 184
4 Lefty Grove 176
5 2 tied 156

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