On This Day

Thursday, June 16, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 31 19 .620 --
Yankees 30 19 .612 0.5
Red Sox 29 21 .580 2.0
Senators 28 27 .509 5.5
Tigers 26 26 .500 6.0
Athletics 23 27 .460 8.0
White Sox 18 28 .391 11.0
Browns 15 33 .313 15.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 32 19 .627 --
Cubs 31 21 .596 1.5
Reds 26 21 .553 4.0
Pirates 26 22 .542 4.5
Bees 23 22 .511 6.0
Cardinals 21 27 .438 9.5
Dodgers 21 29 .420 10.5
Phillies 13 32 .289 16.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Joe Cronin 4
1 Joe Vosmik 4
3 Ben Chapman 3
3 Lee Handley 3
3 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Charlie Gehringer 1
1 Lou Gehrig 1
1 Lee Handley 1
1 Ken Keltner 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Cronin 4
1 Lee Handley 4
3 Tommy Bridges 3
3 Charlie Gehringer 3
3 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bruce Campbell 1
1 Ben Chapman 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Klinger 1.14
2 Claude Passeau 1.00
3 Tommy Bridges 0.89
4 Monte Pearson 0.60
5 Bob Feller 0.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Bump Hadley 1
1 Bob Klinger 1
1 2 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Tommy Bridges 8
1 Bob Klinger 8
3 Bob Feller 7
3 Claude Passeau 7
5 Carl Hubbell 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .378
2 Hal Trosky .364
3 Cecil Travis .356
4 Cookie Lavagetto .355
5 Ernie Lombardi .351

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 19
2 Rudy York 16
3 Bob Johnson 15
4 Ival Goodman 14
4 Hank Greenberg 14

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 71
2 Earl Averill 52
3 Mel Ott 51
4 Rudy York 50
5 Joe Medwick 44

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 10
2 Mike Kreevich 9
3 Buddy Myer 8
3 Billy Werber 8
5 6 tied 6

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.23
2 Bill Lee 2.29
3 Bill Swift 2.29
4 Bob Klinger 2.40
5 Monty Stratton 2.47

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 10
2 Paul Derringer 9
2 Vern Kennedy 9
4 Mace Brown 8
4 2 others tied 8

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 77
2 Bob Feller 71
3 Lefty Grove 66
4 Johnny Vander Meer 64
5 2 tied 57

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 6
2 Johnny Murphy 5
3 Pete Appleton 4
3 Nels Potter 4
5 2 tied 3

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Sam Chapman .420
2 Babe Phelps .410
3 Earl Averill .392
4 Jimmie Foxx .391
5 Buddy Myer .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 8
1 Bob Johnson 8
3 Rudy York 6
4 Sam Chapman 5
4 Mel Ott 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bob Johnson 22
2 Jimmie Foxx 21
3 Joe Medwick 18
4 Charlie Gehringer 16
4 Rudy York 16

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Mike Kreevich 4
2 Bruce Campbell 3
2 Gee Walker 3
2 Billy Werber 3
5 10 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 0.33
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.53
3 Bill Lee 0.72
4 Bill Swift 1.40
5 Lefty Grove 1.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Tommy Bridges 3
1 Bob Klinger 3
1 Hal Schumacher 3
1 Johnny Vander Meer 3
1 Jack Wilson 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lefty Grove 23
2 Bobo Newsom 21
3 Tommy Bridges 19
4 Claude Passeau 18
5 2 tied 17

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ivy Andrews 1
1 Pete Appleton 1
1 Jim Bagby 1
1 Max Butcher 1
1 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .394
2 Sam Chapman .381
3 Hersh Martin .370
4 Gus Suhr .368
5 Ernie Lombardi .363

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 12
2 Jimmie Foxx 11
2 Bob Johnson 11
4 Ival Goodman 8
4 Mel Ott 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Earl Averill 40
2 Rudy York 35
3 Bob Johnson 33
4 Jimmie Foxx 32
5 Mel Ott 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Augie Galan 5
1 Charlie Gehringer 5
1 Lyn Lary 5
1 Gee Walker 5
1 Billy Werber 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Lee 0.44
2 Johnny Vander Meer 1.18
3 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1.25
4 Danny MacFayden 1.49
5 Bill Swift 1.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Lee 6
1 Johnny Vander Meer 6
3 Paul Derringer 5
3 Lynn Nelson 5
5 13 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 47
2 Johnny Vander Meer 45
3 Clay Bryant 33
4 Bill McGee 31
4 Claude Passeau 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Nels Potter 3
2 Dick Coffman 2
2 Tot Pressnell 2
4 Ivy Andrews 1
4 24 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Charlie Gehringer .364
2 Joe Medwick .358
3 Bill Dickey .349
4 Cecil Travis .343
5 Johnny Mize .339

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 50
2 Jimmie Foxx 43
3 Joe DiMaggio 40
4 Hank Greenberg 39
5 Lou Gehrig 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 156
2 Jimmie Foxx 153
3 Lou Gehrig 147
4 Joe Medwick 146
5 2 tied 144

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 39
2 Ben Chapman 31
3 Gee Walker 21
4 Augie Galan 20
4 Buddy Lewis 20

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Danny MacFayden 2.58
2 Jim Turner 2.61
3 Johnny Allen 2.70
4 Lefty Grove 2.75
5 Cliff Melton 2.86

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 23
1 Cliff Melton 23
3 Red Ruffing 22
4 Carl Hubbell 21
5 2 tied 20

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 209
2 Bobo Newsom 194
3 Lefty Grove 174
4 Lefty Gomez 169
5 2 tied 160

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Clint Brown 14
2 Johnny Murphy 13
3 Dick Coffman 8
4 Mace Brown 7
4 Charlie Root 7