New York won its third straight pennant and swept the Cubs in the World Series. Boston made a respectable showing, finishing 9.5 games back, but that was as close as anyone could get to the Yankee juggernaut. Cleveland finished third and Detroit fourth, followed by Washington and Chicago. St. Louis and Philadelphia both barely missed losing 100 games.
Jimmie Foxx led the league with a .349 average, followed by Jeff Heath at .343 and Ben Chapman at .340. Foxx also led the league in on-base, slugging, and OPS, and with 175 RBI. Hank Greenberg led in runs with 144 and challenged Babe Ruth's single-season record with 58 home runs in a tougher hitting park. Joe Vosmik led with 201 hits, Joe Cronin with 51 doubles, Heath with 18 triples, and Frankie Crosetti with 27 steals.
For pitching leaders, Red Ruffing had 21 wins, and Bobo Newsom won 20. Rookie Bob Feller gained 240 strikeouts, with Newsom second again at 226. Lefty Grove led with a 3.08 ERA, followed by Ruffing at 3.31. Newsom had 31 complete games. Johnny Murphy had 11 saves.
Win Shares leaders, players; Jimmie Foxx (Boston) and Hank Greenberg (Detroit) 34, Joe Cronin (Boston) and Joe DiMaggio (New York) 30, Charlie Gehringer and Rudy York (Detroit) and Bill Dickey (New York) 27, Earl Averill (Cleveland) 26, Hal Trosky (Cleveland), Lou Gehrig (New York) and Harlond Clift (St. Louis) 25, Buddy Myer (Washington) 24.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Red Ruffing (New York) 25, Bob Feller (Cleveland) 22, Bobo Newsom (St. Louis) 21, Mel Harder (Cleveland) 20, Thornton Lee (Chicago), Lefty Gomez (New York) and George Caster (Philadelphia) 19.
WARP3 scores: Cronin 8.5, Myer 7.4 in his last full season, Foxx 7.0, Greenberg 6.6, Dickey 6.4, Clift 6.2, Cecil Travis (Washington) 6.0, DiMaggio and Jeff Heath (Cleveland) 5.7, Joe Gordon (New York) 5.2, Ben Chapman (Boston) 5.0, Bob Johnson (Philadelphia) 4.8, Averill 4.7 in his last full season, Gehringer 4.5, York 4.4, Trosky 4.3.
Pitchers, Caster 6.2, Newsom 6.0, Ruffing 5.9, Feller 5.2 in his first full year (19, but not a rookie), Lee 5.0, Harder 4.7, Gomez 4.5 in his last good year, also Dutch Leonard (Washington) 4.5, Lefty Grove (Boston) and Monte Stratton (Chicago) 4.2.
WAR leaders, position players: Foxx 9.4, Greenberg 8.8, Cronin 7.7, Clift 7.1, DiMaggio 7.0, Dickey 6.4, Gehringer 6.3, Averill, Gehrig, and Myer 6.0, York 5.9, Johnson 5.8. Pitchers: Ruffing 5.7, Feller 5.3, Caster, Grove, Harder, and Lee 4.8, Gomez 4.6, Lyons and Newsom 4.2, Rigney 4.1.
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 Jimmie Foxx BOS 19 305 336 0.91 | 565 197 50 .349 1.166 5
2 Bill Dickey NYY 3 196 336 0.58 | 454 142 27 .313 .981 3
3 Hank Greenberg DET 0 162 336 0.48 | 556 175 58 .315 1.122 7
4 Red Ruffing NYY 0 146 336 0.43 | 107 24 3 .224 .695 0| 21-7 247 3.31 1.326 127
5 Bobo Newsom SLB 0 111 336 0.33 | 124 31 0 .250 .538 0| 20-16 330 5.08 1.595 226 1
6 Joe DiMaggio NYY 0 106 336 0.32 | 599 194 32 .324 .967 6
7 Joe Cronin BOS 0 92 336 0.27 | 530 172 17 .325 .964 7
8 Earl Averill CLE 0 34 336 0.10 | 482 159 14 .330 .965 5
9 Cecil Travis WSH 0 33 336 0.10 | 567 190 5 .335 .833 6
10 Charlie Gehringer DET 0 27 336 0.08 | 568 174 20 .306 .911 14
Top player: The big hitters Foxx and Greenberg were the best in the AL in 1938, with Foxx leading the league in average and RBI, Greenberg threatening Ruth's record with a 58 homer season. It's a tough choice between them.
#1 Jimmie Foxx, #2 Hank Greenberg, #3 Joe Cronin, #4 Joe DiMaggio, #5 Bill Dickey.
Top pitcher: Not a good overall year for AL pitchers. Youngster Bob Feller didn't draw any voting support in spite of stellar stats including the strikeout lead. Old pro Ruffing was the best of the lot.
#1 Red Ruffing, #2 Bob Feller, #3 Bobo Newsom, #4 Lefty Gomez, #5 George Caster.
Top rookie: Joe Gordon batted but .255 for the Yankees, but hit 25 HR and played stellar defense for the champs, who didn't miss Tony Lazzeri at all. Sam Chapman of Philadelphia also had a good year.
Top manager: Joe McCarthy did it again.
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