1938 New York Yankees season
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The 1938
Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the 1938 World Series, they beat the Chicago Cubs in 4 games. This marked the first time any team had won three consecutive World Series
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Offseason
- Prior to 1938 season: El Paso Texans.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 53 | 0.651 | — | 55–22 | 44–31 |
Boston Red Sox | 88 | 61 | 0.591 | 9½ | 52–23 | 36–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 86 | 66 | 0.566 | 13 | 46–30 | 40–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 16 | 48–31 | 36–39 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 76 | 0.497 | 23½ | 44–33 | 31–43 |
Chicago White Sox | 65 | 83 | 0.439 | 32 | 33–39 | 32–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 97 | 0.362 | 44 | 31–43 | 24–54 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 99 | 0.349 | 46 | 28–47 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 12–9 | |||||
Chicago | 6–12 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–8–1 | 10–11 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 8–13 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 12–9 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 13–8 | 14–8 | — | 16–5–2 | 15–7–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 5–16–2 | — | 12–9 | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 8–13–1 | 9–13–1 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 9–12 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 9–12 | 11–10 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 6–16–1 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bill Dickey | 132 | 454 | 142 | .313 | 27 | 115 |
1B | Lou Gehrig | 157 | 576 | 170 | .295 | 29 | 114 |
2B | Joe Gordon | 127 | 458 | 117 | .255 | 25 | 97 |
SS | Frankie Crosetti | 157 | 631 | 166 | .263 | 9 | 55 |
3B | Red Rolfe | 151 | 631 | 196 | .311 | 10 | 80 |
OF | George Selkirk | 99 | 335 | 85 | .254 | 10 | 62 |
OF | Tommy Henrich | 131 | 471 | 127 | .270 | 22 | 91 |
OF | Joe DiMaggio | 145 | 599 | 194 | .324 | 32 | 140 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Myril Hoag | 85 | 267 | 74 | .277 | 0 | 48 |
Jake Powell | 45 | 164 | 42 | .256 | 2 | 20 |
Bill Knickerbocker | 46 | 128 | 32 | .250 | 1 | 21 |
Joe Glenn | 41 | 123 | 32 | .260 | 0 | 25 |
Babe Dahlgren | 27 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 0 | 1 |
Art Jorgens | 9 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Red Ruffing | 31 | 247.1 | 21 | 7 | 3.31 | 127 |
Lefty Gomez | 32 | 239.0 | 18 | 12 | 3.35 | 129 |
Monte Pearson | 28 | 202.0 | 16 | 7 | 3.97 | 98 |
Spud Chandler | 23 | 172.0 | 14 | 5 | 4.03 | 36 |
Bump Hadley | 29 | 167.1 | 9 | 8 | 3.60 | 61 |
Wes Ferrell | 5 | 30.0 | 2 | 2 | 8.10 | 7 |
Atley Donald | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 6 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Steve Sundra | 25 | 93.2 | 6 | 4 | 4.80 | 33 |
Joe Beggs | 14 | 58.1 | 3 | 2 | 5.60 | 8 |
Joe Vance | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Murphy | 32 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 4.24 | 43 |
Ivy Andrews | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 | 13 |
Lee Stine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 4 |
Kemp Wicker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1938 World Series
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 3, Cubs – 1 | October 5 | Wrigley Field | 43,642 |
2 | Yankees – 6, Cubs – 3 | October 6 | Wrigley Field | 42,108 |
3 | Cubs – 2, Yankees – 5 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 55,236 |
4 | Cubs – 3, Yankees – 8 | October 9 | Yankee Stadium | 59,847 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Kansas City Blues | American Association
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Billy Meyer |
AA | Newark Bears
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International League | Johnny Neun |
A | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League
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Bruno Betzel |
B | Norfolk Tars | Piedmont League | Ray White |
B | Augusta Tigers | Sally League | Sam Agnew |
B | Wenatchee Chiefs | Western International League | Glenn Wright |
C | Akron Yankees | Middle Atlantic League | Pip Koehler |
C | Joplin Miners | Western Association | Ted Mayer |
D | El Paso Texans
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Arizona–Texas League | Jimmy Zinn |
D | Neosho Yankees | Arkansas–Missouri League | Dennis Burns |
D | Bassett Furniture Makers
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Bi-State League | Walter Novak |
D | Snow Hill Billies | Coastal Plain League | Peahead Walker |
D | Norfolk Elks | Nebraska State League | Doc Bennett |
D | Butler Yankees
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Pennsylvania State Association | Lefty Jenkins
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Newark, El Paso, Neosho, Bassett, Norfolk (NSL), Butler[2]
Notes
- ^ Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007