The Tigers won their second straight pennant by again bludgeoning the league into submission with a superior offense. The Yankees were just three games back with the best pitching in the league. Babe Ruth was gone, off playing his final season with the Boston Braves. Cleveland ran third, and Boston played their best ball in nearly two decades to finish fourth. Then came Chicago, followed by Boston, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. Detroit topped one million in attendance, but the Browns slipped below 100K.
Buddy Myer of Washington won the batting title at .349, edging Joe Vosmik at .348 and Jimmie Foxx at .346. Lou Gehrig led in on-base, while Foxx led in slugging and OPS. Gehrig led in runs with 125, Vosmik in hits with 216 (beating Myer by one this time), and also led in doubles with 47 and triples with 20. Foxx and Hank Greenberg tied with 36 home runs, but Greenberg was all by himself with 170 RBI. Billy Werber led in steals again with 29.
Wes Ferrell topped the league with 25 wins (and also with 38 starts), Tommy Bridges led with 163 strikeouts, and Lefty Grove with a 2.70 ERA. With Grove and Ferrell, Boston had two top pitchers.
Win Shares leaders, players: Hank Greenberg (Detroit) and Lou Gehrig (New York) 34, Buddy Myer (Washington) 33, Charlie Gehringer (Detroit) 31, Jimmie Foxx (Philadelphia) 30, Joe Vosmik (Cleveland) 28, Luke Appling (Chicago) and Mickey Cochrane (Detroit) 24, Billy Rogell (Detroit) 23, Earl Averill (Cleveland) and Red Rolfe (New York) 22.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Wes Ferrell (Boston) 35, Lefty Grove (Boston) 29, Mel Harder (Cleveland) 27, Schoolboy Rowe (Detroit) 23, Red Ruffing (New York) 22, Willis Hudlin (Cleveland) and Ivy Andrews (St. Louis) 21, Ted Lyons (Chicago) 20.
WARP3 scores: Gehrig 8.4, Foxx 8.0 in his last season in Philly, Greenberg 7.6, Gehringer 7.0, Appling 6.7, Vosmik 6.4 in his best season, Rolfe 5.3 in his first full season. Myer 5.1 (his best season, at age 31), Cochrane 4.6 in his last full season, Bob Johnson (Philadelphia) 4.5, George Selkirk (New York) 4.3, Rogell 3.7.
For the pitchers, Ferrell 9.2, Grove 7.6, Harder 6.5, Rowe 5.5, Andrews 5.1 (best year), Johnny Marcum (Philadelphia) 4.8, Hudlin 4.7 in his last good year, Ruffing 4.2, Tommy Bridges (Detroit) and Bobo Newsom (St. Louis/Washington) 3.6, Lyons and Elden Auker (Detroit) 3.4.
WAR leaders, position players: Gehrig 9.6, Foxx 9.4, Greenberg 8.4, Gehringer 8.1, Appling 7.3, Myer 6.9, Vosmik 6.6, Rogell 5.2, Cochrane 5.1, Johnson 4.7, Hale 4.6. Pitchers: Grove 7.7, Ferrell 6.9, Harder 6.3, Andrews 5.3, Rowe 4.3, Lyons 4.2, Hudlin, Ruffing, and Whitehead 4.1, Gomez 3.8.
Actual award voting, for MVP: (Top 10)
Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----
1 Hank Greenberg DET 8 80 80 1.00 | 619 203 36 .328 1.039 4
2 Wes Ferrell BOS 0 62 80 0.78 | 150 52 7 .347 .960 0| 25-14 322 3.52 1.378 110
3 Joe Vosmik CLE 0 39 80 0.49 | 620 216 10 .348 .946 2
4 Buddy Myer WSH 0 36 80 0.45 | 616 215 5 .349 .907 7
5 Lou Gehrig NYY 0 29 80 0.36 | 535 176 30 .329 1.049 8
6 Charlie Gehringer DET 0 26 80 0.32 | 610 201 19 .330 .911 11
7 Mickey Cochrane DET 0 24 80 0.30 | 411 131 5 .319 .902 5
8 Doc Cramer PHA 0 18 80 0.22 | 644 214 3 .332 .789 6
9 Rollie Helmsley SLB 0 16 80 0.20 | 504 146 0 .290 .730 3
9 Moose Solters TOT 0 16 80 0.20 | +631 201 18 .319 .854 11
Top player: Hank Greenberg. Greenberg, Foxx and Gehrig are in almost a dead heat statistically, but Greenberg's team won. Also, those 170 RBI look mighty impressive. Make Foxx #2 with his tie with Greenberg for the home run lead, and I'll put Gehrig #3. Gehringer makes a fine #4 with his .330 average, and Buddy Myer gets #5 with his batting title. Vosmik would be sixth.
Top pitcher: Wes Ferrell had an impressive 25 wins for the rebuilding Red Sox, and teammate Lefty Grove edges Mel Harder for the #2 spot. Schoolboy Rowe is 4th with Red Ruffing 5th.
Top rookie: Wally Moses batted .325 in 85 games for Philadelphia. He had a good if unspectacular career and was a long-time hitting coach.
Top manager: Mickey Cochrane for bringing the Tigers home again.
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