On This Day

Wednesday, May 25, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 22 10 .688 --
Red Sox 18 12 .600 3.0
Yankees 16 12 .571 4.0
Senators 18 17 .514 5.5
White Sox 12 12 .500 6.0
Tigers 14 16 .467 7.0
Athletics 10 19 .345 10.5
Browns 9 21 .300 12.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 22 9 .710 --
Cubs 21 13 .618 2.5
Bees 16 12 .571 4.5
Reds 17 15 .531 5.5
Pirates 15 15 .500 6.5
Cardinals 11 18 .379 10.0
Dodgers 12 23 .343 12.0
Phillies 9 18 .333 11.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Rolfe 5
2 Hank Greenberg 4
3 Dusty Cooke 3
3 Rick Ferrell 3
3 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 2
1 Rudy York 2
3 Harlond Clift 1
3 Ripper Collins 1
3 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rudy York 5
2 Larry French 3
2 Mike Kreevich 3
4 Earle Brucker 2
4 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ossie Bluege 1
1 Johnny Dickshot 1
1 Don Gutteridge 1
1 Chuck Klein 1
1 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Hal Schumacher 0.67
2 Mel Harder 0.50
2 Fritz Ostermueller 0.50
2 Jim Tobin 0.50
5 Larry French 0.43

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Larry French 1
1 George Gill 1
1 Mel Harder 1
1 Danny MacFayden 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Fritz Ostermueller 7
2 Pete Appleton 4
2 Paul Derringer 4
2 George Gill 4
2 3 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Rigney 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Trosky .394
2 Cookie Lavagetto .393
3 Earl Averill .383
4 Ben Chapman .375
5 Frank McCormick .359

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ival Goodman 10
1 Hank Greenberg 10
3 Jimmie Foxx 9
4 Mel Ott 8
4 Rudy York 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 45
2 Augie Galan 34
3 Earl Averill 32
3 Mel Ott 32
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 Paul Derringer 2.02
3 Carl Hubbell 2.04
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 .463
2 Earl Averill .435
3 Jimmy Ripple .429
4 Lou Gehrig .423
5 Charlie Gehringer .419

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ival Goodman 5
1 Rudy York 5
3 Hank Greenberg 4
4 Earl Averill 3
4 4 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 23
2 Rudy York 16
3 Augie Galan 15
4 Ival Goodman 12
4 3 others tied 12

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 4
2 Johnny Dickshot 3
2 Augie Galan 3
4 Jimmie Foxx 2
4 8 others tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Spud Chandler 0.50
2 Bob Klinger 0.73
3 Paul Derringer 0.96
4 Bill McGee 1.04
5 Danny MacFayden 1.24

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 4
2 Paul Derringer 3
2 George Gill 3
2 Vern Kennedy 3
2 Danny MacFayden 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Clay Bryant 22
2 Bobo Newsom 19
3 Johnny Vander Meer 18
4 Bob Weiland 17
5 4 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

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ben Chapman .397
2 Hal Trosky .386
3 Morrie Arnovich .378
4 Earl Averill .374
5 Red Rolfe .366

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 8
1 Ival Goodman 8
1 Hank Greenberg 8
1 Rudy York 8
5 3 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 36
2 Augie Galan 34
3 Earl Averill 31
4 Mel Ott 27
5 Rudy York 25

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 8
2 Mel Almada 4
2 Harlond Clift 4
2 Augie Galan 4
2 2 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bob Feller 1.64
2 Spud Chandler 1.67
2 Ted Lyons 1.67
2 Red Ruffing 1.67
5 Milt Shoffner 1.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 7
2 Vern Kennedy 6
3 Mace Brown 5
3 Tex Carleton 5
3 Paul Derringer 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 42
2 Bob Feller 34
3 Clay Bryant 32
4 Johnny Vander Meer 30
5 Bill McGee 29

Saves

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

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .369
2 Joe Medwick .362
3 Joe DiMaggio .353
4 Johnny Mize .348
5 Lou Gehrig .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 49
2 Hank Greenberg 44
3 Rudy York 42
4 Jimmie Foxx 39
5 Lou Gehrig 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 167
2 Joe DiMaggio 161
3 Lou Gehrig 153
4 Jimmie Foxx 150
5 2 tied 142

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 Jim Turner 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 189
2 Lefty Gomez 186
3 Bobo Newsom 180
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 Jack Wilson 7