On This Day

Saturday, June 4, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 27 13 .675 --
Yankees 23 15 .605 3.0
Senators 25 19 .568 4.0
Red Sox 22 17 .564 4.5
Tigers 19 22 .463 8.5
Athletics 16 22 .421 10.0
White Sox 12 22 .353 12.0
Browns 11 25 .306 14.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 25 14 .641 --
Cubs 26 16 .619 0.5
Bees 20 15 .571 3.0
Pirates 20 18 .526 4.5
Reds 21 19 .525 4.5
Cardinals 16 21 .432 8.0
Dodgers 16 27 .372 11.0
Phillies 11 25 .306 12.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Earle Brucker 4
1 Pep Young 4
3 Harry Craft 3
3 Vince DiMaggio 3
3 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 2
1 Bob Johnson 2
3 Vince DiMaggio 1
3 Elbie Fletcher 1
3 8 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ival Goodman 5
2 Jimmie Foxx 4
2 Bob Johnson 4
2 Ray Mueller 4
5 3 tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bruce Campbell 1
1 Vince DiMaggio 1
1 Mike Kreevich 1
1 Wally Moses 1
1 3 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Grove 0.90
2 Larry French 0.56
3 Jim Weaver 0.50
4 Claude Passeau 0.29
5 Chief Hogsett 0.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 George Caster 1
1 Larry French 1
1 Denny Galehouse 1
1 Lefty Grove 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 9
2 Larry French 5
3 Claude Passeau 4
4 George Caster 3
4 3 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ira Hutchinson 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hal Trosky .388
2 Earl Averill .376
3 Ernie Lombardi .364
4 Cookie Lavagetto .363
5 Cecil Travis .355

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 13
1 Ival Goodman 13
1 Hank Greenberg 13
4 Ken Keltner 10
4 Rudy York 10

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 55
2 Earl Averill 46
3 Augie Galan 40
4 Mel Ott 39
5 Ken Keltner 35

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 9
2 Buddy Myer 7
3 Augie Galan 6
3 Mike Kreevich 6
5 3 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Ruffing 1.98
2 Bob Feller 2.19
3 Carl Hubbell 2.22
4 Bob Klinger 2.28
5 Paul Derringer 2.32

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 9
2 Wes Ferrell 8
2 Vern Kennedy 8
4 Johnny Allen 7
4 3 others tied 7

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 56
1 Bobo Newsom 56
3 Lefty Grove 52
4 Red Ruffing 48
5 Johnny Vander Meer 47

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Red Kress .439
2 Debs Garms .413
3 Gus Suhr .404
4 Earl Averill .391
5 Sam Chapman .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ival Goodman 6
2 Jimmie Foxx 5
2 Hank Greenberg 5
2 Bob Johnson 5
2 Rudy York 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 27
2 Rudy York 17
3 Jimmie Foxx 16
3 Ival Goodman 16
5 Bob Johnson 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Augie Galan 3
1 Stan Hack 3
1 Pinky Higgins 3
1 Bob Johnson 3
1 3 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Lee 0.25
2 Hal Schumacher 0.53
3 Danny MacFayden 0.62
4 Red Ruffing 0.67
5 Pete Appleton 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Lee 4
2 Johnny Allen 3
2 George Caster 3
2 Wes Ferrell 3
2 5 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Red Ruffing 21
2 Johnny Vander Meer 19
3 Bobo Newsom 17
3 Claude Passeau 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Russ Bauers 1
1 Ray Benge 1
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 Jumbo Brown 1
1 10 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Frank McCormick .378
2 Red Kress .373
3 Lou Gehrig .372
4 Earl Averill .362
5 Charlie Gehringer .361

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 10
2 Hank Greenberg 9
2 Rudy York 9
4 Ival Goodman 8
5 2 tied 6

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 38
2 Jimmie Foxx 35
3 Rudy York 28
4 Augie Galan 27
5 2 tied 24

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 6
2 Augie Galan 5
3 Charlie Gehringer 4
3 Pinky Higgins 4
3 3 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Red Ruffing 1.00
2 Bill Lee 1.56
3 Bill Swift 1.69
4 Danny MacFayden 1.74
5 Jim Bagby 2.05

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 6
1 Vern Kennedy 6
3 Johnny Allen 5
3 Wes Ferrell 5
3 Bill Lee 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 40
2 Bobo Newsom 37
3 Johnny Allen 31
3 Clay Bryant 31
5 Red Ruffing 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Appleton 3
1 Nels Potter 3
3 Dick Coffman 2
3 Johnny Murphy 2
3 Tot Pressnell 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .366
2 Joe Medwick .360
3 Gabby Hartnett .357
4 Bill Dickey .351
5 Cecil Travis .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Joe DiMaggio 48
2 Rudy York 44
3 Jimmie Foxx 41
3 Hank Greenberg 41
5 Lou Gehrig 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 157
2 Joe DiMaggio 156
3 Jimmie Foxx 153
4 Lou Gehrig 151
5 Joe Medwick 147

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 37
2 Ben Chapman 30
3 Augie Galan 22
4 Gee Walker 20
5 Buddy Lewis 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Turner 2.55
2 Johnny Allen 2.60
3 Red Ruffing 2.62
4 Danny MacFayden 2.64
5 Bob Feller 2.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 24
1 Cliff Melton 24
3 Red Ruffing 23
4 Jim Turner 22
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 194
2 Bobo Newsom 183
3 Lefty Gomez 177
3 Lefty Grove 177
5 Red Ruffing 168

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 16
2 Johnny Murphy 12
3 Mace Brown 7
3 Dick Coffman 7
3 Charlie Root 7