On This Day

Sunday, July 31, 1938

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Yankees 57 30 .655 --
Indians 53 30 .639 2.0
Red Sox 51 35 .593 5.5
Tigers 46 46 .500 13.5
Senators 46 47 .495 14.0
White Sox 35 45 .438 18.5
Athletics 29 53 .354 25.5
Browns 28 59 .322 29.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Pirates 57 32 .640 --
Giants 54 39 .581 5.0
Cubs 51 41 .554 7.5
Reds 50 42 .543 8.5
Bees 41 47 .466 15.5
Dodgers 42 49 .462 16.0
Cardinals 38 52 .422 19.5
Phillies 29 60 .326 28.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Red Rolfe 7
2 Mel Almada 5
2 Joe DiMaggio 5
2 Gabby Hartnett 5
2 Tommy Henrich 5

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bill Atwood 1
1 Dolph Camilli 1
1 Jimmie Foxx 1
1 Red Kress 1
1 2 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Red Kress 4
2 Dolph Camilli 3
2 Bill Dickey 3
2 Chuck Klein 3
2 2 others tied 3

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cookie Lavagetto 2
2 Joe DiMaggio 1
2 Gabby Hartnett 1
2 Hersh Martin 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Lefty Mills 0.67
2 Lon Warneke 0.56
3 Ted Lyons 0.50
4 Spud Chandler 0.38
4 Monte Pearson 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Spud Chandler 1
1 Peaches Davis 1
1 Lou Fette 1
1 Syl Johnson 1
1 6 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ted Lyons 6
2 Lon Warneke 5
3 Lefty Mills 4
3 Bucky Walters 4
5 6 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Earl Averill .360
2 Jimmie Foxx .359
3 Ernie Lombardi .359
4 Cecil Travis .354
5 Hank Steinbacher .343

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 37
2 Jimmie Foxx 29
3 Ival Goodman 26
4 Mel Ott 23
5 Rudy York 22

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Jimmie Foxx 103
2 Bill Dickey 79
2 Hank Greenberg 79
2 Mel Ott 79
5 Rudy York 75

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 Danny MacFayden 2.45
2 Carl Hubbell 2.54
3 Bill Lee 2.63
4 Johnny Vander Meer 2.65
5 Charlie Root 2.80

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 129
2 Bobo Newsom 114
3 Johnny Vander Meer 106
4 Clay Bryant 93
4 Lefty Grove 93

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 9
1 Johnny Murphy 9
3 Charlie Root 6
4 Pete Appleton 5
5 4 tied 4

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Arky Vaughan .417
2 Jimmie Foxx .410
3 Odell Hale .405
4 Hank Greenberg .400
5 Mel Ott .390

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 10
2 Johnny Mize 6
3 Jimmie Foxx 5
4 Wally Berger 4
4 Mel Ott 4

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 23
2 Johnny Rizzo 16
3 Joe Medwick 15
4 Hank Leiber 14
5 3 tied 13

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Cookie Lavagetto 4
1 Red Nonnenkamp 4
3 George Case 3
3 Elbie Fletcher 3
3 Arky Vaughan 3

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Jumbo Brown 0.00
2 Lefty Gomez 1.00
3 Syl Johnson 1.06
4 Thornton Lee 1.14
5 Clay Bryant 1.33

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Cy Blanton 3
1 Spud Chandler 3
1 Harry Eisenstat 3
1 Mel Harder 3
1 4 others tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Paul Derringer 22
1 Bob Weiland 22
3 Bill Lee 18
4 Bob Feller 17
5 2 tied 16

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Luke Hamlin 2
1 Bill Swift 2
3 Mace Brown 1
3 Dick Coffman 1
3 13 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Mel Almada .427
2 Jimmie Foxx .389
3 Arky Vaughan .380
4 Joe DiMaggio .376
5 Stan Hack .372

Home Runs

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

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Joe DiMaggio 33
2 Hank Greenberg 32
3 Bill Dickey 27
3 Johnny Rizzo 27
5 Joe Gordon 26

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Scharein 8
2 Don Gutteridge 6
2 Cookie Lavagetto 6
4 Lyn Lary 5
5 10 tied 4

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Thornton Lee 1.11
2 Ed Brandt 1.40
3 Syl Johnson 1.53
4 Johnny Rigney 1.61
5 Danny MacFayden 1.87

Wins

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

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Paul Derringer 36
2 Bob Feller 35
3 Clay Bryant 32
4 Bob Weiland 31
5 Bill Lee 30

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Dick Coffman 3
1 Luke Hamlin 3
1 Johnny Murphy 3
4 Mace Brown 2
4 4 others tied 2

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Ernie Lombardi .350
2 Charlie Gehringer .349
3 Joe Medwick .340
4 Cecil Travis .337
5 Bill Dickey .336

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hank Greenberg 54
2 Rudy York 45
3 Jimmie Foxx 39
4 Joe DiMaggio 37
5 2 tied 34

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Hank Greenberg 158
2 Jimmie Foxx 148
3 Joe DiMaggio 145
4 Rudy York 135
5 Lou Gehrig 134

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Billy Werber 36
2 Lyn Lary 21
3 Buddy Lewis 20
4 Charlie Gehringer 19
5 Stan Hack 18

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Danny MacFayden 2.33
2 Johnny Vander Meer 2.65
3 Carl Hubbell 2.72
4 Johnny Allen 2.78
5 Jim Tobin 2.92

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Johnny Allen 24
2 Lefty Grove 22
3 Red Ruffing 21
4 Carl Hubbell 20
5 2 tied 19

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 243
2 Bobo Newsom 177
3 Carl Hubbell 167
4 Lefty Grove 158
5 Lefty Gomez 147

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Johnny Murphy 14
2 Dick Coffman 9
3 Charlie Root 8
4 Clint Brown 7
4 Mace Brown 7