The Giants overcame the Cubs in a close race to the finish, with Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Boston all over .500. Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and last-place Cincinnati all lost at least 90 games with the Reds losing 98. The Cubs had the best offense and Boston the best pitching, but the Giants claimed the best combination, finishing third and second respectively.
Joe "Ducky" Medwick of St. Louis dominated the leader boards, leading the NL in batting at .374, runs with 111, hits with 237, doubles with 56, RBI with 154, and a tie with Mel Ott in homers at 31. Medwick also led in slugging, OPS, total bases, and Runs Created. That didn't leave much, but Arky Vaughan led with 17 triples and Augie Galan with 23 steals. Johnny Mize was second in batting average at .364 while Gabby Hartnett and Paul Waner checked in at .354. Dolph Camilli had 27 homers, Frank Demaree had 115 RBI.
On the pitching side, Carl Hubbell led with 22 wins and 159 strikeouts, while Jim Turner led with a 2.38 ERA. Turner, Cliff Melton, and Lou Fette won 20 each, Melton was second in ERA at 2.61 and Dizzy Dean third with a 2.69 mark.
Win Shares leaders, players; Joe Medwick (St. Louis) 40, Johnny Mize (St. Louis) 34, Mel Ott (New York) 32, Billy Herman (Chicago) 29, Dick Bartell (New York) and Paul Waner (Pittsburgh) 28, Gene Moore (Boston) 27, Frank Demaree (Chicago) 26, Gabby Hartnett (Chicago), Dolph Camilli (Philadelphia) and Arky Vaughan (Pittsburgh) 25.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Jim Turner (Boston) 27, Cliff Melton (New York) 25, Lou Fette (Boston) and Carl Hubbell (New York) 23, Tex Carleton and Bill Lee (Chicago) and Claude Passeau (Philadelphia) 18, Danny MacFayden (Boston), Russ Bauers (Pittsburgh) and Dizzy Dean (St. Louis) 17.
WARP3: Medwick 8.3 (Triple Crown), Herman 8.2, Bartell 7.3, Ott 6.7, Tony Cuccinello (Boston) 6.5, Mize 6.3, Vaughan 5.7 (off year), Camilli 5.6, Moore 5.4 (peak, second of two years as an everyday player), Hartnett 5.3 (last big year), Stan Hack (Chicago) 5.0, Augie Galan (Chicago) 4.7, Waner 4.6 (last big year), Demaree 4.2 (last big year).
Pitchers, Turner 6.2 as a 33-year old rookie, Passeau 5.7, Lee Grissom (Cincinnati) 5.6, Dean 5.2, Van Lingle Mungo (Brooklyn) 5.1, Melton 4.9 as a 25-year old rookie, Bucky Walters (Cincinnati) 4.7, Fette 4.6 as a 30-year old rookie, Bauers 4.5 (as a 23-year old rookie), Carleton 4.3 (last good year), Bob Weiland (St. Louis) 4.0, Hubbell (last 20-win season), and Ed Brandt (Pittsburgh) 3.6, Lee 3.5, Paul Derringer (Cincinnati) 3.4.
WAR leaders, position players: Medwick 8.1, Ott 6.7, Bartell 6.5, Mize 6.1, Camilli 6.1, Herman 5.5, Moore 5.2, Vaughan 4.8, Hartnett 4.6, Waner 4.4, Cuccinello and Demaree 4.3. Pitchers: Turner 5.6, Melton 4.9, Dean 4.5, Carleton 4.4, Fette 4.3, Grissom 4.0, Bauers and Lee 3.9, Hubbell 3.8, Mungo 3.6.
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 Joe Medwick STL 2 70 80 0.88 | 633 237 31 .374 1.056 4
2 Gabby Hartnett CHC 3 68 80 0.85 | 356 126 12 .354 .971 0
3 Carl Hubbell NYG 1 52 80 0.65 | 97 21 0 .216 .474 0| 22-8 262 3.20 1.207 159 4
4 Jim Turner BSN 0 30 80 0.38 | 96 24 0 .250 .554 0| 20-11 257 2.38 1.091 69 1
5 Lou Fette BSN 0 29 80 0.36 | 92 22 0 .239 .521 0| 20-10 259 2.88 1.251 70
6 Dick Bartell NYG 1 26 80 0.32 | 516 158 14 .306 .836 5
7 Mel Ott NYG 0 24 80 0.30 | 545 160 31 .294 .931 7
8 Paul Waner PIT 0 21 80 0.26 | 619 219 2 .354 .855 4
9 Billy Herman CHC 0 19 80 0.24 | 564 189 8 .335 .875 2
10 Johnny Mize STL 0 18 80 0.22 | 560 204 25 .364 1.021 2
Top player: Triple-crown winner Joe Medwick (.371-31-154) just barely beat out Cub veteran Gabby Hartnett in the MVP voting, but Medwick was the best player by far. Ott (.294-31-95 with 102 walks) is second, Billy Herman and his .335 average next, Mize (.364-25-113) and Bartell (.306, 14 HR) in the honor slots.
#1 Joe Medwick, #2 Mel Ott, #3 Billy Herman, #4 Johnny Mize, #5 Dick Bartell.
Top pitcher: It was a year of rookies of all ages. Minor league veteran Jim Turner (20-11, 2.38) was the best in the league in his debut. Cliff Melton (20-9, 2.61) and Lou Fette ((20-10, 2.88) also made their debuts, and were quite spectacular.
#1 Jim Turner, #2 Cliff Melton, #3 Lou Fette, #4 Carl Hubbell, #5 Dizzy Dean.
Top rookie: I'll go with Melton as the youngest of the top debuting pitchers.
Top manager: Bill Terry edges out Charlie Grimm, as the Giants edged out the Cubs.
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