The Yankees won their fourth straight pennant and then won their fourth straight World Series by sweeping the Reds. They took the pennant by a 17-game margin, with Lou Gehrig forced to the sidelines by the disease that would take his life and now bears his name. It was easy to believe that New York would continue to win the Series for the foreseeable future. Boston finished second, followed by Cleveland, Chicago and Detroit, all over .500. Washington was mediocre, Philadelphia lost 97 games, and St. Louis lost 111.
Joe DiMaggio won the batting title with a .381 average. Veteran Jimmie Foxx was second at .360, and led in other percentage categories; on-base, slugging, and OPS. Yankees third baseman and leadoff man Red Rolfe led in runs with 139, hits with 213, and doubles with 46. Foxx led in home runs with 35, and rookie teammate Ted Williams led in RBI with 145. DiMaggio had 126, Bob Johnson 114, Hank Greenberg 112. George Case led with 51 steals.
Veteran Lefty Grove led in ERA with a 2.51 mark, but phenom Bob Feller led in innings, wins with 24 and strikeouts with 246. Feller and Bobo Newsom tied for the lead in complete games, while Red Ruffing led with five shutouts. Johnny Murphy led with 19 saves, edging Clint Brown at 18.
Win Shares leaders, players; Joe DiMaggio (New York) 34, Ted Williams (Boston) 32, Jimmie Foxx (Boston) and Red Rolfe (New York) 30, Bob Johnson (Philadelphia) 29, Bill Dickey (New York) 27, Ken Keltner (Cleveland) 26, Joe Gordon and George Selkirk (New York) 25, Luke Appling (Chicago) and Hank Greenberg (Detroit) 24.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Bob Feller (Cleveland) 32, Bobo Newsom (St. Louis/Detroit) 26, Lefty Grove (Boston) 23, Red Ruffing (New York) 22, Dutch Leonard (Washington) 21, Ted Lyons and Johnny Rigney (Chicago) 20, Tommy Bridges (Detroit) 19, Thornton Lee (Chicago) and Al Milnar (Cleveland) 18.
WAR (Wins Against Replacement) scores: DiMaggio 8.9, Foxx 7.1, Rolfe 6.9, Williams 6.8 (rookie), Gordon 6.5, Johnson 6.0 (best year), Selkirk 5.9 (best year), Dickey (last great season) and Buddy Lewis (Washington) 5.3, Greenberg 5.2, Hal Trosky (Cleveland) and Charlie Keller (New York) 5.1, Keltner (breakthrough year) and Charlie Gehringer (Detroit) 4.6, Appling 4.3.
Pitchers, Feller 8.6, Newsom 7.5, Grove 6.5 (last strong year), Ruffing 5.1 (last 20-win season), Bridges 4.8, Leonard 4.6, Mel Harder (Cleveland) 4.5, Lyons 4.4, Rigney 4.3, Milnar 3.9 (best year), Lefty Gomez (New York) 3.8, Lee 3.7.
WAR, position players: DiMaggio 9.1, Foxx 8.0, Williams 7.9, Gordon and Rolfe 7.3, Johnson 7.2, Greenberg 6.6, Selkirk 6.4, Lewis 6.2, Dickey and Trosky 5.9, Keller and Keltner 5.5. Pitchers: Feller 8.6, Newsom 7.5, Grove 6.5, Ruffing 5.1, Bridges 4.8, Leonard 4.6, Harder 4.5, Lyons 4.4, Rigney 4.3, Milnar 3.9, Gomez 3.8, Lee 3.7.
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
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1 Joe DiMaggio NYY 15 280 336 0.83 | 462 176 30 .381 1.119 3
2 Jimmie Foxx BOS 1 170 336 0.51 | 467 168 35 .360 1.158 4| 0-0 1 0.00 0.000 1
3 Bob Feller CLE 3 155 336 0.46 | 99 21 0 .212 .599 0| 24-9 297 2.85 1.244 246 1
4 Ted Williams BOS 0 126 336 0.38 | 565 185 31 .327 1.045 2
5 Red Ruffing NYY 0 116 336 0.35 | 114 35 1 .307 .689 1| 21-7 233 2.93 1.226 95
6 Bill Dickey NYY 3 110 336 0.33 | 480 145 24 .302 .915 5
7 Dutch Leonard WSH 1 71 336 0.21 | 95 21 0 .221 .482 0| 20-8 269 3.54 1.233 88
8 Bob Johnson PHA 0 52 336 0.15 | 544 184 23 .338 .993 15
9 Joe Gordon NYY 0 43 336 0.13 | 567 161 28 .284 .876 11
10 Mike Kreevich CHW 1 38 336 0.11 | 541 175 5 .323 .826 23
Top player: Joe DiMaggio, as the voters were right on the money. Joe D. was right behind Foxx in OPS, and was also one of the greats with the glove.
#1 Joe DiMaggio, #2 Jimmie Foxx, #3 Ted Williams, #4 Red Rolfe, #5 Bob Johnson, #6 Bill Dickey.
Top pitcher: Bob Feller led in wins and strikeouts and was 3rd in ERA, and threw a lot more innings than the guys ahead of him.
#1 Bob Feller, #2 Bobo Newsom, #3 Lefty Grove, #4 Red Ruffing, #5 Dutch Leonard.
Top rookie: Ted Williams posted one of the great rookie seasons ever.
Top manager: Joe McCarthy guided the Yankees to the pinnacle again.
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