On This Day

Friday, July 29, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 54 30 .643 --
Indians 52 30 .634 1.0
Red Sox 50 33 .602 3.5
Senators 46 46 .500 12.0
Tigers 44 46 .489 13.0
White Sox 35 42 .455 15.5
Athletics 29 51 .363 23.0
Browns 26 58 .310 28.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 56 31 .644 --
Giants 53 38 .582 5.0
Cubs 50 39 .562 7.0
Reds 49 41 .544 8.5
Dodgers 41 48 .461 16.0
Bees 39 46 .459 16.0
Cardinals 37 50 .425 19.0
Phillies 27 59 .314 28.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Phil Weintraub 4
2 Bruce Campbell 3
2 Phil Cavarretta 3
2 Debs Garms 3
2 7 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 2
1 Hal Trosky 2
3 Johnny Allen 1
3 Charlie Gehringer 1
3 5 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 4
1 Jeff Heath 4
3 Johnny Allen 3
3 Cookie Lavagetto 3
3 Hal Trosky 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 1
1 Joe DiMaggio 1
1 Myril Hoag 1
1 Wally Moses 1
1 Carl Reynolds 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Ed Brandt 0.67
2 Elden Auker 0.44
3 Johnny Vander Meer 0.38
4 Johnny Allen 0.36
4 Lefty Gomez 0.36

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 1
1 Elden Auker 1
1 Joe Bowman 1
1 Dick Coffman 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 5
2 Johnny Allen 4
2 Elden Auker 4
2 Lefty Gomez 4
2 2 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Bill Swift 1

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .360
2 Ernie Lombardi .358
3 Cecil Travis .357
4 Jimmie Foxx .355
5 Joe Medwick .345

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 35
2 Jimmie Foxx 28
3 Ival Goodman 26
4 Mel Ott 23
5 Rudy York 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 101
2 Mel Ott 79
3 Bill Dickey 76
4 Rudy York 75
5 Hank Greenberg 74

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frankie Crosetti 12
1 Lyn Lary 12
1 Buddy Lewis 12
1 Billy Werber 12
5 Stan Hack 11

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Hubbell 2.54
2 Danny MacFayden 2.57
3 Bill Lee 2.64
4 Johnny Vander Meer 2.65
5 Ted Lyons 2.85

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Grove 14
2 Johnny Allen 13
2 Mace Brown 13
2 Paul Derringer 13
2 2 others tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 129
2 Bobo Newsom 111
3 Johnny Vander Meer 106
4 Clay Bryant 93
4 Lefty Grove 93

Saves

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

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harlond Clift .444
2 George McQuinn .422
3 Arky Vaughan .407
4 Mel Almada .396
5 Jimmie Foxx .389

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 9
2 Johnny Mize 6
3 Harlond Clift 5
4 Wally Berger 4
4 3 others tied 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 19
2 Joe Medwick 16
3 Dolph Camilli 14
3 Hank Leiber 14
3 Johnny Rizzo 14

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Case 3
1 Ben Chapman 3
1 Don Gutteridge 3
1 Red Nonnenkamp 3
1 Arky Vaughan 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Lefty Gomez 0.75
2 Dizzy Dean 1.00
3 Thornton Lee 1.04
3 Syl Johnson 1.04
5 Lon Warneke 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Lefty Gomez 3
1 Oral Hildebrand 3
1 Carl Hubbell 3
1 Bill Lee 3
1 Vito Tamulis 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Johnny Vander Meer 21
2 Bob Feller 17
2 Bob Weiland 17
4 Carl Hubbell 16
4 Bill Lee 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luke Hamlin 2
1 Bill Swift 2
3 Dick Coffman 1
3 Curt Davis 1
3 11 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmie Foxx .409
2 Arky Vaughan .407
3 Mel Almada .405
4 Gus Mancuso .379
5 Johnny Mize .372

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 15
2 Johnny Mize 10
3 Wally Berger 9
4 Joe DiMaggio 8
4 2 others tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 32
1 Hank Greenberg 32
3 Bill Dickey 29
4 Joe Gordon 28
5 Hank Leiber 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Scharein 8
2 Don Gutteridge 6
3 Lyn Lary 5
4 Mel Almada 4
4 6 others tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Thornton Lee 0.86
2 Ed Brandt 1.40
3 Vito Tamulis 1.77
4 Syl Johnson 1.80
5 Lefty Gomez 1.82

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Elden Auker 6
2 Cy Blanton 5
2 Emerson Dickman 5
2 Lou Fette 5
2 3 others tied 5

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 44
2 Clay Bryant 32
3 Bill Lee 31
4 Johnny Vander Meer 29
5 Paul Derringer 28

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luke Hamlin 3
2 Dick Coffman 2
2 Dick Errickson 2
2 Bill McGee 2
2 3 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ernie Lombardi .349
2 Charlie Gehringer .349
3 Cecil Travis .341
4 Joe Medwick .341
5 Bill Dickey .337

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 52
2 Rudy York 45
3 Jimmie Foxx 39
4 Joe DiMaggio 36
4 Lou Gehrig 36

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 158
2 Jimmie Foxx 148
3 Joe DiMaggio 141
4 Lou Gehrig 137
5 Rudy York 135

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 36
2 Lyn Lary 21
3 Charlie Gehringer 20
3 Buddy Lewis 20
5 Stan Hack 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Danny MacFayden 2.39
2 Johnny Vander Meer 2.65
3 Carl Hubbell 2.72
4 Johnny Allen 2.78
5 Jim Turner 2.90

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 24
2 Lefty Grove 22
3 Carl Hubbell 20
3 Red Ruffing 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 243
2 Bobo Newsom 174
3 Carl Hubbell 167
4 Lefty Grove 164
5 Lefty Gomez 147

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 13
2 Dick Coffman 8
2 Charlie Root 8
4 Clint Brown 7
5 Mace Brown 6