The Detroit Tigers won the pennant, the only interruption of the Yankees' run of six pennants in seven years. It wasn't easy, as this was the best AL pennant race in years, with the Indians one game back and the Yankees two games back. Chicago and Boston tied for 4th, just 8 behind. Boston led the early going, then Detroit and Cleveland swapped the lead back and forth. The Yankees made a run at the end. St. Louis and Washington were also-rans, while Philadelphia lost 100. The Yankee offense struggled as the loss of Lou Gehrig was felt, especially when Bill Dickey got old and Frankie Crosetti hit just .194. The pitching also struggled a bit.
Joe DiMaggio won another batting title at .352, edging Luke Appling at .348 and Ted Williams at .344. Williams led in on-base, while Hank Greenberg led in slugging and OPS, as well as total bases, doubles (50), home runs (41) and RBI (150). Williams led with 134 runs. Playing in the toughest hitters' park, DiMaggio led in OPS+. Barney McCoskey led with 19 triples and George Case with 35 steals.
Bob Feller dominated the pitching categories again with another Triple Crown. He had 27 wins, 261 strikeouts, and a 2.61 ERA. Bobo Newsom was second in all categories with 21 wins, 164 strikeouts, and a 2.83 ERA. Al Benton led with 17 saves.
Win Shares leaders, players; Hank Greenberg (Detroit) and Joe DiMaggio (New York) 31, Ted Williams (Boston) and Lou Boudreau (Cleveland) 30, Luke Appling (Chicago) 28, Hal Trosky (Cleveland) 27, Rudy York (Detroit) and Joe Gordon (New York) 26, Joe Cronin and Jimmie Foxx (Boston), Barney McCosky (Detroit) and Charlie Keller (New York) 24.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Bob Feller (Cleveland) 34, Bobo Newsom (Detroit) 26, Johnny Rigney (Chicago) 24, Eldon Auker (St. Louis) 22, Dutch Leonard and Ken Chase (Washington) 20, Thornton Lee (Chicago) 19, Eddie Smith (Chicago) and Schoolboy Rowe (Detroit) 18.
WAR scores: DiMaggio 7.3, Greenberg 6.4, Williams 6.0, Gordon 5.8, Appling 5.6, Boudreau (first year as regular) and Keller 5.4, Foxx 4.6, York 4.4, McCosky 4.0, Harlond Clift (St. Louis) 3.9, Joe Kuhel (Chicago) 3.5, Trosky (last good year), Frankie Hayes (Philadelphia) and Charlie Gehringer (Detroit) 3.4.
Pitchers, Feller 9.4, Newsom 7.3, Rigney 6.0, Auker 5.0 (last good year), Leonard and Rowe 4.9, Chase (career year) and Tommy Bridges (Detroit) 4.8, Lee and Johnny Babich (Philadelphia) 4.4, Smith 3.9.
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 Hank Greenberg DET 16 292 336 0.87 | 573 195 41 .340 1.103 6
2 Bob Feller CLE 6 222 336 0.66 | 115 18 2 .157 .481 0| 27-11 320 2.61 1.133 261 4
3 Joe DiMaggio NYY 0 151 336 0.45 | 508 179 31 .352 1.051 1
4 Bobo Newsom DET 1 120 336 0.36 | 107 23 0 .215 .484 0| 21-5 264 2.83 1.269 164
5 Lou Boudreau CLE 1 119 336 0.35 | 627 185 9 .295 .814 6
6 Jimmie Foxx BOS 0 110 336 0.33 | 515 153 36 .297 .993 4
7 Schoolboy Rowe DET 0 62 336 0.18 | 67 18 1 .269 .752 1| 16-3 169 3.46 1.260 61
8 Rudy York DET 0 61 336 0.18 | 588 186 33 .316 .993 3
9 Rip Radcliff SLB 0 55 336 0.16 | 584 200 7 .342 .858 6
10 Luke Appling CHW 0 54 336 0.16 | 566 197 0 .348 .862 3
Top player: Hank Greenberg. Almost a dead heat between Greenberg and DiMaggio, but Greenberg holds the trump card of the pennant-winning team.
#1 Hank Greenberg, #2 Joe DiMaggio, #3 Ted Williams, #4 Lou Boudreau, #5 Luke Appling.
Top pitcher: Bob Feller by a margin rarely seen. Triple crown winner.
#1 Bob Feller, #2 Bobo Newsom, #3 Johnny Rigney, #4 Elden Auker, #5 Dutch Leonard.
Best rookie: Walt Judnich edges out Dom DiMaggio. Both lost significant parts of their careers, and a shot at the Hall of Fame, to war service. Judnich hit .303 with 24 HR and 89 RBI for St. Louis, and DiMaggio hit .301 and played great defense for Boston.
Best manager: Del Baker brought the Tigers home in front after a terrific pennant race.
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