The New York Giants won the pennant behind stars Carl Hubbell and Mel Ott, with St. Louis and Chicago tied for second, five games back, and Pittsburgh fourth, 8 games back. New York got off to an early lead, then fell as low as fifth in July, though staying over .500, and slowly worked their way back up the standings. After being introduced the previous year to the major league at Cincinnati, night baseball continued to spread and is often credited with saving baseball during the Depression. The Reds were fifth, followed by Boston and Brooklyn. Not much could help the Phillies, who lost 100 games.
Paul Waner won the batting title at .373, edging Babe Phelps at .367. Arky Vaughan led in on-base, with Ott leading in slugging and OPS. Vaughan led with 122 runs, just ahead of Pepper Martin's 121. Joe "Ducky" Medwick led the league in doubles with 64, hits with 223, and RBI with 138. Ott led with 33 homers, Ival Goodman with 14 triples, and Martin with 23 steals.
Hubbell led the league with 26 wins and a 2.31 ERA, while Van Lingle Mungo had 238 strikeouts to pace the loop. Dizzy Dean won 24 and logged 11 saves and 195 strikeouts. Danny MacFayden was second in ERA with a 2.87 mark.
Win Shares leaders, players: Mel Ott (New York) and Joe Medwick (St. Louis) 36, Arky Vaughan (Pittsburgh) 35, Paul Waner (Pittsburgh) 32, Billy Herman (Chicago) 29, Johnny Mize (St. Louis) 26, Gus Suhr (Pittsburgh) 25, Frank Demaree (Chicago), Kiki Cuyler (Cincinnati), Dick Bartell (New York) and Pepper Martin (St. Louis) 24, Wally Berger and Tony Cuccinello (Boston) and Jo-Jo Moore (New York) 23.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers: Carl Hubbell (New York) 37, Dizzy Dean (St. Louis) 31, Van Lingle Mungo (Brooklyn) 24, Danny MacFayden (Boston) 22, Larry French (Chicago) 21, Bill Lee (Chicago) 20, Bill Swift (Pittsburgh) 18.
WARP3 scores: Vaughan 10.2, Ott 9.0, Herman 8.5, Waner 8.4, Medwick 7.8, Cuccinello 6.9 (career year), Bartell 6.3, Demaree 5.4, Suhr (career year) and Gus Mancuso (New York) 4.8, Mize 4.6 (rookie), Gabby Hartnett (Chicago) 4.4, Moore 4.3, Dolph Camilli (Philadelphia) 4.2, Joe Stripp (Brooklyn) 3.9, Berger 3.8 in his last big year, .
Pitchers, Hubbell 9.7, Dean 8.2 in his last big year, Bucky Walters (Philadelphia) 6.6, Mungo 6.2, MacFayden 6.2 in his career year, Claude Passeau (Philadelphia) 5.4, Ed Brandt (Brooklyn) 4.7, French 4.3, Lee and Paul Derringer (Cincinnati) 4.2, Tex Carleton (Chicago) 4.1, Swift 4.0 (last good year).
WAR leaders, position players: Ott 7.7, Vaughan 7.2, Waner 6.7, Herman 6.5, Medwick 6.1, Bartell 6.0, Camilli 5.5, Cuccinello 5.3, Suhr 5.2, Demaree 4.8, Berger 4.2, Mize 4.1. Pitchers: Hubbell 9.0, Dean 6.3, Mungo 5.8, MacFayden 5.5, French and Lee 4.3, Brandt 4.1, Lucas 3.7, Frankhouse 3.5, Walters 3.4.
Actual award voting: 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 Carl Hubbell NYG 6 60 80 0.75 | 110 25 0 .227 .484 0| 26-6 304 2.31 1.059 123 3
2 Dizzy Dean STL 0 53 80 0.66 | 121 27 0 .223 .512 0| 24-13 315 3.17 1.152 195 11
3 Billy Herman CHC 0 37 80 0.46 | 632 211 5 .334 .862 5
4 Joe Medwick STL 0 30 80 0.38 | 636 223 18 .351 .964 3
5 Paul Waner PIT 0 29 80 0.36 | 585 218 5 .373 .965 7
6 Mel Ott NYG 0 28 80 0.35 | 534 175 33 .328 1.036 6
7 Frank Demaree CHC 0 17 80 0.21 | 605 212 16 .350 .896 4
8 Gus Mancuso NYG 0 13 80 0.16 | 519 156 9 .301 .755 0
9 Danny MacFayden BSN 0 12 80 0.15 | 83 8 0 .096 .266 0| 17-13 267 2.87 1.252 86
10 Leo Durocher STL 0 8 80 0.10 | 510 146 1 .286 .674 3
Top player: Mel Ott, missed in the voting again. He often got a year likMee this, when an impressive pitcher beat him out. That doesn't matter to us, using separate categories. Ott led the league in homers and OPS and had a .328-33-135 line. Arky Vaughan led the league in walks and runs and ranks #2. Joe Medwick #3 with a .351-18-138 performance that led the league in hits and RBI, and Paul Waner #4 with his batting crown at .373. Billy Herman, top player in the MVP voting, is #5.
Top pitcher: Carl Hubbell, the Meal Ticket earning his nickname at 26-6, 2.31 ERA leading the league in wins and ERA. Dizzy Dean pre-injury ranks #2 at 24-13, 3.17. Van Lingle Mungo led in strikeouts and will rank #3 in a down year for NL pitchers. Danny MacFayden had the year of his life to place #4 at 17-13 with the second-best ERA in the league. Larry French's 18-9 for the Cubs ranks #5.
Top rookie: John Mize, the Big Cat, debuted with a .329-19-93 line.
Top manager: Bill Terry got the Giants back to the winner's circle with a load of help from his stars.
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