On This Day

Tuesday, June 28, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 39 21 .650 --
Yankees 34 25 .576 4.5
Red Sox 33 27 .550 6.0
Senators 34 31 .523 7.5
Tigers 32 32 .500 9.0
Athletics 26 30 .464 11.0
White Sox 22 33 .400 14.5
Browns 19 40 .322 19.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 37 24 .607 --
Reds 35 25 .583 1.5
Cubs 35 28 .556 3.0
Pirates 31 25 .554 3.5
Bees 27 27 .500 6.5
Cardinals 27 31 .466 8.5
Dodgers 25 35 .417 11.5
Phillies 16 38 .296 17.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank McCormick 4
2 Ival Goodman 3
2 Don Heffner 3
2 Glenn McQuillen 3
2 2 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Pete Fox 1
1 Ken Keltner 1
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Pepper Martin 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Pepper Martin 4
1 Rip Radcliff 4
3 Tommy Heath 3
3 Joe Kuhel 3
3 3 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Joe Kuhel 1
1 Marv Owen 1
1 Norm Schlueter 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Johnny Vander Meer 0.75
2 Lon Warneke 0.62
3 Johnny Allen 0.44
4 Jim Walkup 0.33
5 Russ Bauers 0.29

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 1
1 Johnny Vander Meer 1
1 Lon Warneke 1
1 John Whitehead 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 6
2 Harry Eisenstat 5
2 Lon Warneke 5
4 Johnny Allen 4
4 Russ Bauers 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Humphries 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .381
2 Ernie Lombardi .372
3 Cecil Travis .363
4 Hal Trosky .358
5 Joe Medwick .357

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jimmie Foxx 21
2 Hank Greenberg 20
2 Rudy York 20
4 Ival Goodman 18
4 Mel Ott 18

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 78
2 Rudy York 64
3 Mel Ott 61
4 Earl Averill 57
5 2 tied 51

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Buddy Lewis 11
2 Ernie Koy 9
2 Mike Kreevich 9
2 Billy Werber 9
5 3 tied 8

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.36
2 Bob Klinger 2.47
3 Monty Stratton 2.50
4 Bill McGee 2.52
5 Bill Lee 2.54

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 11
2 Johnny Allen 10
2 Mace Brown 10
2 Paul Derringer 10
2 3 others tied 10

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 89
2 Bob Feller 85
3 Lefty Grove 77
3 Johnny Vander Meer 77
5 Johnny Allen 66

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Case .438
2 Pinky Higgins .431
3 Johnny Rizzo .419
4 Joe Medwick .418
5 Earl Averill .409

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 7
2 Mel Ott 6
2 Al Simmons 6
2 Rudy York 6
5 Lou Gehrig 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Al Simmons 24
2 Rudy York 19
3 Hal Trosky 16
4 Lou Gehrig 15
4 3 others tied 15

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 5
1 Ernie Koy 5
3 Joe Gordon 4
4 Cookie Lavagetto 3
5 9 tied 2

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Lohrman 0.00
2 Jim Turner 0.50
3 Harry Kelley 0.86
4 Clay Bryant 1.08
5 Charlie Root 1.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Vander Meer 4
2 Johnny Allen 3
2 Bob Feller 3
2 Lynn Nelson 3
2 Lon Warneke 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Russ Bauers 22
2 Bob Feller 21
3 Johnny Vander Meer 20
4 Lefty Mills 18
4 Claude Passeau 18

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Joe Cascarella 2
1 Johnny Humphries 2
1 Johnny Murphy 2
4 Ivy Andrews 1
4 14 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Hersh Martin .408
2 Ernie Lombardi .398
3 Wally Berger .394
4 Gus Suhr .386
5 Cecil Travis .386

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 12
2 Jimmie Foxx 11
3 Bob Johnson 10
3 Mel Ott 10
5 3 tied 9

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Rudy York 36
2 Bob Johnson 34
3 Jimmie Foxx 32
4 Joe Medwick 28
4 Al Simmons 28

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 7
2 Joe Gordon 5
2 Ernie Koy 5
2 Gee Walker 5
2 Billy Werber 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Lohrman 0.34
2 Freddie Fitzsimmons 0.80
3 Johnny Vander Meer 1.46
4 Bill Lee 1.71
5 Danny MacFayden 1.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Vander Meer 7
2 Johnny Allen 5
2 Lynn Nelson 5
4 Mace Brown 4
4 11 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bobo Newsom 40
2 Claude Passeau 39
3 Johnny Vander Meer 36
4 Lefty Grove 35
5 Bob Feller 34

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Pete Appleton 2
1 Joe Cascarella 2
1 Johnny Humphries 2
1 Ira Hutchinson 2
1 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Joe Medwick .355
2 Charlie Gehringer .353
3 Cecil Travis .351
4 Ernie Lombardi .350
5 Pete Fox .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 51
2 Jimmie Foxx 44
2 Hank Greenberg 44
4 Joe DiMaggio 41
5 Lou Gehrig 38

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 160
2 Lou Gehrig 156
3 Jimmie Foxx 154
4 Rudy York 151
5 Joe DiMaggio 148

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 38
2 Ben Chapman 24
3 Buddy Lewis 21
4 Lyn Lary 20
5 Gee Walker 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jim Turner 2.32
2 Johnny Allen 2.57
3 Danny MacFayden 2.58
4 Cliff Melton 2.86
5 Jim Tobin 2.94

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 22
1 Red Ruffing 22
3 Johnny Allen 21
3 Cliff Melton 21
3 Jim Turner 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 222
2 Bobo Newsom 189
3 Lefty Grove 173
4 Lefty Gomez 161
5 Red Ruffing 156

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 12
2 Clint Brown 10
3 Charlie Root 8
4 Pete Appleton 7
4 2 others tied 7