On This Day

Monday, July 11, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Indians 44 25 .638 --
Yankees 42 27 .609 2.0
Red Sox 41 29 .586 3.5
Senators 39 37 .513 8.5
Tigers 37 38 .493 10.0
White Sox 29 36 .446 13.0
Athletics 27 42 .391 17.0
Browns 22 47 .319 22.0

Games

No Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 47 26 .644 --
Pirates 43 25 .632 1.5
Reds 39 31 .557 6.5
Cubs 38 34 .528 8.5
Bees 32 34 .485 11.5
Cardinals 29 40 .420 16.0
Dodgers 30 42 .417 16.5
Phillies 21 47 .309 23.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Wally Berger 3
2 Jimmy Brown 2
2 Harry Craft 2
2 Lonny Frey 2
2 11 others tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Lonny Frey 1
1 Billy Myers 1
1 Lew Riggs 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Lonny Frey 2
1 Stan Hack 2
1 Frank McCormick 2
1 Billy Myers 2
1 3 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Pep Young 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Peaches Davis 0.23
1 Larry French 0.23
3 Bill Swift 0.11

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Peaches Davis 1
1 Jim Tobin 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Peaches Davis 3
1 Larry French 3
3 Bill Swift 1

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Mace Brown 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .377
2 Ernie Lombardi .367
3 Cecil Travis .358
4 Jimmie Foxx .352
5 Joe Medwick .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 26
2 Jimmie Foxx 23
3 Rudy York 22
4 Ival Goodman 21
5 Mel Ott 19

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 90
2 Rudy York 71
3 Mel Ott 67
4 Bill Dickey 66
5 Ken Keltner 61

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 12
2 Buddy Lewis 11
3 Frankie Crosetti 10
3 Ernie Koy 10
3 Lyn Lary 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.13
2 Bob Klinger 2.26
3 Danny MacFayden 2.68
4 Bill Swift 2.72
5 Bill McGee 2.83

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 13
2 Johnny Allen 12
2 Mace Brown 12
4 Wes Ferrell 11
4 2 others tied 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 104
2 Bobo Newsom 101
3 Lefty Grove 90
4 Johnny Vander Meer 85
5 Clay Bryant 77

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 7
1 Johnny Murphy 7
3 Charlie Root 6
4 Pete Appleton 5
5 2 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmie Foxx .465
2 Ival Goodman .459
3 Mel Almada .436
4 Joe DiMaggio .426
5 Joe Gordon .419

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 6
2 Wally Berger 5
2 Bill Dickey 5
2 Joe Gordon 5
5 Ken Keltner 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Bill Dickey 19
2 Joe Gordon 14
3 Joe DiMaggio 13
3 Jimmie Foxx 13
3 2 others tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Scharein 6
2 Kiki Cuyler 4
3 Bruce Campbell 3
3 Don Gutteridge 3
3 2 others tied 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Slick Castleman 0.50
1 Hal Schumacher 0.50
3 Mace Brown 0.66
4 Vito Tamulis 0.86
5 Johnny Vander Meer 1.04

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 3
1 Elden Auker 3
1 Cy Blanton 3
1 Lou Fette 3
1 Claude Passeau 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 29
2 Claude Passeau 18
3 Lefty Grove 17
4 Clay Bryant 16
5 Hugh Mulcahy 15

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Charlie Root 2
2 Jim Bagby 1
2 Joe Bowman 1
2 Mace Brown 1
2 9 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mel Almada .423
2 Wally Berger .407
3 Joe Gordon .406
4 Harry Danning .405
5 Phil Weintraub .400

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 13
2 Rudy York 9
3 Ival Goodman 8
3 Joe Gordon 8
5 3 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe Gordon 29
1 Rudy York 29
3 Bill Dickey 28
3 Frank McCormick 28
5 Hank Greenberg 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 7
1 George Scharein 7
3 Joe Gordon 6
3 Ernie Koy 6
5 2 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 1.34
2 Charlie Root 1.37
3 Bill Lohrman 1.38
4 Cy Blanton 1.50
5 Slick Castleman 1.53

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Vander Meer 6
2 Johnny Allen 5
2 Mace Brown 5
2 Claude Passeau 5
5 5 tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 42
2 Claude Passeau 40
3 Lefty Mills 35
4 Johnny Vander Meer 32
5 Clay Bryant 31

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 3
1 Charlie Root 3
3 Jim Bagby 2
3 Joe Cascarella 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ernie Lombardi .355
2 Charlie Gehringer .351
3 Cecil Travis .347
4 Joe Medwick .347
5 Joe DiMaggio .335

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 49
2 Hank Greenberg 47
3 Jimmie Foxx 43
4 Joe DiMaggio 37
5 Lou Gehrig 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 159
2 Jimmie Foxx 153
3 Lou Gehrig 152
4 Rudy York 143
5 Joe DiMaggio 140

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 40
2 Lyn Lary 22
3 Charlie Gehringer 20
3 Buddy Lewis 20
5 Gee Walker 19

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.20
2 Danny MacFayden 2.21
3 Jim Turner 2.45
4 Johnny Allen 2.71
5 Cliff Melton 2.79

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 23
1 Lefty Grove 23
3 Cliff Melton 22
4 Red Ruffing 21
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 237
2 Bobo Newsom 182
3 Lefty Grove 173
4 Lefty Gomez 159
5 Carl Hubbell 158

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 13
2 Charlie Root 10
3 Clint Brown 9
4 Dick Coffman 8
5 2 tied 7