On This Day

Saturday, July 16, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 48 27 .640 --
Indians 46 28 .622 1.5
Red Sox 44 31 .587 4.0
Senators 42 39 .519 9.0
Tigers 38 42 .475 12.5
White Sox 32 38 .457 13.5
Athletics 29 45 .392 18.5
Browns 23 52 .307 25.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 46 27 .630 --
Giants 48 30 .615 0.5
Reds 42 33 .560 5.0
Cubs 42 35 .545 6.0
Bees 34 36 .486 10.5
Dodgers 34 43 .442 14.0
Cardinals 30 44 .405 16.5
Phillies 22 50 .306 23.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Goody Rosen 4
1 Tuck Stainback 4
3 Mel Almada 3
3 Pete Fox 3
3 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Harlond Clift 2
2 Earl Averill 1
2 Bruce Campbell 1
2 Tony Cuccinello 1
2 6 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Harlond Clift 4
2 Earl Averill 3
2 Dick Bartell 3
2 Beau Bell 3
2 4 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Earl Averill 2
1 Odell Hale 2
3 Mel Almada 1
3 Lyn Lary 1
3 6 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lon Warneke 0.44
2 Dick Midkiff 0.43
3 Jim Weaver 0.40
4 Al Hollingsworth 0.38
5 Oral Hildebrand 0.20

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Fred Frankhouse 1
1 Oral Hildebrand 1
1 Al Hollingsworth 1
1 Johnny Humphries 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Lon Warneke 4
2 Fred Frankhouse 3
2 Oral Hildebrand 3
2 Al Hollingsworth 3
2 2 others tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .377
2 Ernie Lombardi .364
3 Jimmie Foxx .352
4 Cecil Travis .351
5 Joe Medwick .349

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 27
2 Jimmie Foxx 24
2 Ival Goodman 24
4 Rudy York 22
5 Mel Ott 19

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 94
2 Rudy York 74
3 Bill Dickey 67
3 Mel Ott 67
5 Earl Averill 64

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 12
1 Billy Werber 12
3 Lyn Lary 11
3 Buddy Lewis 11
5 3 tied 10

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Johnny Vander Meer 2.18
2 Bob Klinger 2.56
3 Danny MacFayden 2.68
4 Bill Lee 2.75
5 Cy Blanton 2.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 14
2 Red Ruffing 13
3 Johnny Allen 12
3 Mace Brown 12
5 3 tied 11

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 112
2 Bobo Newsom 105
3 Lefty Grove 93
4 Johnny Vander Meer 91
5 Clay Bryant 81

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 8
1 Johnny Murphy 8
3 Charlie Root 6
4 Pete Appleton 5
5 3 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wally Berger .480
2 Mel Almada .444
3 Bobby Doerr .422
4 Jeff Heath .417
5 Joe DiMaggio .404

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ival Goodman 6
2 Joe DiMaggio 5
2 Hank Greenberg 5
4 Wally Berger 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 22
2 Joe Gordon 17
3 Beau Bell 16
3 Harlond Clift 16
5 Arky Vaughan 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 4
1 Kiki Cuyler 4
1 Don Gutteridge 4
1 Lyn Lary 4
1 George Scharein 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bucky Walters 0.34
2 Fred Frankhouse 0.75
3 Nels Potter 1.08
4 Thornton Lee 1.08
5 Harry Gumbert 1.13

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elden Auker 3
1 Emerson Dickman 3
1 Lou Fette 3
1 Bob Klinger 3
1 2 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 18
2 Lefty Mills 15
3 Clay Bryant 14
3 Bobo Newsom 14
3 Johnny Vander Meer 14

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 2
1 Bill McGee 2
1 Johnny Murphy 2
1 Charlie Root 2
5 12 tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Wally Berger .405
2 Mel Almada .398
3 Bobby Doerr .393
4 Ernie Lombardi .381
5 Ival Goodman .379

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 13
2 Ival Goodman 10
3 Joe DiMaggio 8
3 Joe Gordon 8
5 6 tied 7

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 33
2 Joe Gordon 32
3 Bill Dickey 27
3 Al Simmons 27
3 Rudy York 27

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 9
2 George Scharein 7
3 Ernie Koy 6
4 Joe Gordon 5
4 2 others tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Cy Blanton 1.43
2 Bill Lohrman 1.65
3 Johnny Humphries 1.76
4 Johnny Vander Meer 2.09
5 Lefty Gomez 2.09

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 5
1 Claude Passeau 5
1 Red Ruffing 5
4 Elden Auker 4
4 13 others tied 4

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 48
2 Claude Passeau 37
3 Lefty Mills 33
4 Clay Bryant 29
5 2 tied 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 3
1 Charlie Root 3
3 Joe Cascarella 2
3 Dick Coffman 2
3 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ernie Lombardi .354
2 Charlie Gehringer .353
3 Joe Medwick .347
4 Cecil Travis .341
5 Pete Fox .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Rudy York 48
2 Hank Greenberg 47
3 Jimmie Foxx 43
4 Joe DiMaggio 39
5 Lou Gehrig 37

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 158
2 Jimmie Foxx 155
3 Joe DiMaggio 150
4 Lou Gehrig 148
5 Rudy York 144

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 39
2 Lyn Lary 21
3 Charlie Gehringer 20
3 Buddy Lewis 20
5 Stan Hack 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Danny MacFayden 2.16
2 Johnny Vander Meer 2.24
3 Jim Turner 2.59
4 Johnny Allen 2.71
5 Russ Bauers 2.87

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 24
2 Johnny Allen 23
3 Red Ruffing 22
4 Cliff Melton 20
5 Jim Turner 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 241
2 Bobo Newsom 179
3 Lefty Grove 176
4 Carl Hubbell 155
5 Lefty Gomez 151

Saves

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