1938 NL
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National
Team W L WPct GB
New York (G) 93 69 .574 --
Cincinnati 93 69 .574 --
Brooklyn 90 72 .556 3
Montreal 83 79 .512 10
Boston (N) 80 82 .494 13
Pittsburgh 72 90 .444 21
St. Louis (C) 66 96 .407 27
San Diego 66 96 .407 27
   
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-0) Seattle (M) Mariners over Cincinnati Reds
NL League Series (4-3) Cincinnati Reds over New York (G) Giants
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
CIN 5.4 875 162 5755 1651 280 63 126 543 488 .287 .348 .423 .771
NYG 5.4 874 162 5738 1685 286 43 130 521 509 .294 .352 .426 .779
MON 4.8 770 162 5667 1585 253 54 105 559 596 .280 .344 .399 .743
BSN 4.6 747 162 5685 1614 276 54 66 513 643 .284 .343 .386 .729
BRK 4.5 735 162 5663 1544 267 42 51 523 583 .273 .334 .362 .696
PIT 4.1 660 162 5794 1572 238 47 97 296 573 .271 .307 .379 .686
SLC 4.0 643 162 5709 1526 263 45 47 370 588 .267 .312 .354 .666
SDP 4.0 640 162 5693 1481 241 29 97 492 704 .260 .319 .364 .683
Totals 4.6 5944 1296 45704 12658 2104 377 719 3817 4684 .277 .333 .387 .719
Average   743 162 5713 1582 263 47 90 477 586  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
BRK 4.3 691 162 3.70 1477.3 1483 9.2 486 3.0 697 4.3 31
MON 4.4 717 162 4.03 1458.3 1501 9.3 488 3.0 665 4.1 27
NYG 4.5 725 162 4.00 1450.0 1496 9.2 480 3.0 685 4.2 21
CIN 4.7 769 162 4.24 1473.7 1613 10.0 459 2.8 577 3.6 28
PIT 4.8 780 162 4.03 1470.0 1652 10.2 460 2.8 556 3.4 20
BSN 4.9 787 162 4.16 1448.3 1571 9.7 499 3.1 575 3.5 26
SLC 5.1 820 162 4.57 1458.3 1630 10.1 480 3.0 486 3.0 20
SDP 5.3 858 162 4.81 1453.0 1745 10.8 528 3.3 389 2.4 16
Totals 4.7 6147 1296 4.19 11689.0 12691 9.8 3880 3.0 4630 3.6 189
Average   768 162   1461 1586   485   579   24
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
NYG 95 67 -2 5 20 5 4 4 9 1.01 1.05 2,285,387   Matt Ida
BRK 86 76 4 4 11 0 2 1 8 0.96 0.88 1,829,942   Ty Kubick
BSN 77 85 3 3 14 0 1 0 15 0.94 0.87 1,915,512   Ben Thompson
CIN 91 71 2 3 11 0 0 0 7 1.01 1.25 1,975,341   Shashank Misra
MON 86 76 -3 3 16 1 3 1 12 0.99 1.06 2,344,736   Hyram the Camel Jockey
SDP 60 102 6 3 11 6 2 0 11 1.04 0.90 1,879,007   Jamie D'Agostini
PIT 69 93 3 2 8 0 1 1 18 1.09 1.00 1,383,064   Jay Zorn
SLC 63 99 3 2 7 0 1 1 7 0.98 0.97 680,192   Gabby Street
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
NYG 279 147.14 87.98 43.85 9.27 0.40 6.53 6.69 7.74 13.23
CIN 279 150.31 87.37 41.29 3.14 4.48 6.16 3.51 9.45 14.57
BRK 270 114.94 105.59 49.44 3.42 5.48 6.32 6.83 8.54 18.86
MON 249 115.07 88.96 44.94 12.53 2.72 3.97 8.37 6.74 10.63
BSN 240 124.37 79.50 36.10 8.58 2.97 5.32 3.41 6.95 8.88
PIT 216 77.73 95.06 43.18 8.72 4.94 4.74 6.40 5.96 12.44
SLC 198 84.38 73.48 40.11 6.95 3.52 7.10 5.18 5.40 11.97
SDP 198 84.81 73.60 39.56 7.08 2.64 6.33 5.31 9.22 8.98
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Wally Berger NYG .344, 46 HR, 143 RBI
Platinum Arm: Vito Tamulis BRK 22-7, 2.96, 285.3 IP, 96 K
Bronze Rookie: Jim Bagby NYG 20-9, 4.25, 284.0 IP, 91 K
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Rip Sewell SDP .975, 27 PO, 51 A, 2 E
C Shanty Hogan MON .992, 430 PO, 50 A, 4 E
55.0% (22-40) Runners Thrown Out
1B Frank McCormick PIT .992, 1665 PO, 132 A, 15 E
2B Buddy Myer CIN .979, 324 PO, 590 A, 20 E
3B Pinky Whitney SLC .973, 84 PO, 378 A, 13 E
SS Travis Jackson BSN .961, 247 PO, 613 A, 35 E
LF George Selkirk NYG .981, 252 PO, 8 A, 5 E
CF Dom Dallessandro BRK .971, 329 PO, 10 A, 10 E
RF Bill Nicholson CIN .975, 334 PO, 17 A, 9 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
JohnsonMON.354
HassettPIT.350
BergerNYG.344
ChiozzaSLC.337
BoyleBSN.330
On-Base Pct
GalanNYG.422
EstalellaBRK.419
JohnsonMON.415
BergerNYG.413
ChiozzaSLC.397
Slugging Pct
BergerNYG.647
BonuraCIN.539
JohnsonMON.518
OttSDP.508
LombardiNYG.497
OPS
BergerNYG1.060
JohnsonMON.933
BonuraCIN.904
GalanNYG.874
OttSDP.873
XR
BergerNYG140.1
BonuraCIN104.6
NicholsonCIN103.1
HassettPIT102.3
GalanNYG101.3
Games
MooreBSN159
HassettPIT158
McCormickPIT158
SelkirkNYG158
BonuraCIN157
At-Bats
WhitneySLC617
HassettPIT608
MyerCIN606
BergerNYG604
BonuraCIN603
Runs
BergerNYG129
BonuraCIN113
GalanNYG106
SelkirkNYG99
NicholsonCIN98
Hits
HassettPIT213
BergerNYG208
RolfeNYG193
CuccinelloSDP191
BoyleBSN189
Total Bases
BergerNYG391
BonuraCIN325
McCormickPIT296
HassettPIT293
LombardiNYG286
Singles
HassettPIT162
CuccinelloSDP149
WhitneySLC149
BoyleBSN146
RolfeNYG138
Doubles
RolfeNYG41
HafeySLC40
BonuraCIN38
OrsattiSLC38
LavagettoNYG37
Triples
JohnsonMON12
FoxCIN10
KoyCIN9
MyerCIN9
HaleMON8
Homeruns
BergerNYG46
OttSDP40
BonuraCIN31
LombardiNYG27
DelanceyCIN26
RBIs
BergerNYG143
LombardiNYG113
OttSDP107
RolfeNYG107
BonuraCIN105
Stolen Bases
WatwoodBSN20
SelkirkNYG16
WhiteheadBSN15
LavagettoNYG12
GalanNYG9
Caught Stealing
WatwoodBSN14
WhiteheadBSN10
GalanNYG6
HassettPIT6
HandleyBRK5
Walks
EstalellaBRK117
OttSDP101
GalanNYG92
SelkirkNYG91
FletcherSDP87
Strikeouts
WeintraubMON108
MorganSLC95
VergezPIT93
OttSDP89
HafeySLC88
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
TamulisBRK2.96
DeanNYG3.15
BryantMON3.15
Vander MeerBSN3.20
RoeCIN3.22
Wins
ChandlerBSN 23
NewsomNYG 23
TamulisBRK 22
BagbyNYG 20
GalehouseSLC 20
Losses
SwiftMON 21
LoganSLC 20
MahaffeyBSN 20
VandenbergSLC 20
GalehouseSLC 19
Winning Pct
TamulisBRK.759
BagbyNYG.690
NewsomNYG.676
CaseyBRK.667
RigneyPIT.667
Saves
JohnsonBRK 25
BentonNYG 15
KrakauskasCIN 15
HogsettSLC 13
GrissomPIT 9
Games Pitched
McKainMON 87
CaseyBRK 74
BentonNYG 72
FalkCIN 68
HarderCIN 66
Games Started
GalehouseSLC 44
LoganSLC 44
SwiftMON 44
Vander MeerBSN 44
BaechtMON 43
Complete Games
RigneyPIT 25
GalehouseSLC 24
SwiftMON 22
LeonardPIT 21
LoganSLC 20
Shutouts
GalehouseSLC 5
BroacaMON 3
DerringerNYG 3
LeonardPIT 3
MeltonBRK 3
Innings Pitched
SwiftMON355.0
GalehouseSLC349.0
LoganSLC347.0
RigneyPIT342.7
LeonardPIT337.7
Hits Allowed
LoganSLC 397
SwiftMON 389
LeonardPIT 387
GalehouseSLC 363
ChandlerBSN 362
Homeruns Allowed
LoganSLC 29
GalehouseSLC 26
VandenbergSLC 26
PrimCIN 25
RoeCIN 23
Strikeouts
Vander MeerBSN 195
DeanNYG 188
MungoBRK 184
RigneyPIT 180
FellerBRK 165
Walks Allowed
VandenbergSLC 138
Vander MeerBSN 134
BryantMON 127
FellerBRK 123
NewsomNYG 121
Walks per 9IP
PrimCIN1.5
DeanNYG1.7
SwiftMON1.7
RoeCIN1.7
LeonardPIT1.8
Hits per 9IP
Vander MeerBSN7.3
BryantMON7.9
DeanNYG8.0
DerringerNYG8.3
RigneyPIT8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP
DeanNYG6.3
Vander MeerBSN5.7
MungoBRK5.4
DerringerNYG5.3
LamasterPIT5.0
WHiP
DeanNYG1.08
RoeCIN1.16
TamulisBRK1.23
MeltonBRK1.23
Vander MeerBSN1.25
OAVG
Vander MeerBSN.220
DeanNYG.236
BryantMON.239
RigneyPIT.248
DerringerNYG.248
OOBP
DeanNYG.272
RoeCIN.286
TamulisBRK.298
RigneyPIT.300
Vander MeerBSN.301
OSLG
Vander MeerBSN.314
BryantMON.327
RigneyPIT.348
MeltonBRK.358
RoeCIN.358
OOPS
Vander MeerBSN.615
DeanNYG.636
RoeCIN.644
BryantMON.645
RigneyPIT.649
   
League All-Stars
Jim Bagby Wally Berger Zeke Bonura
Buzz Boyle Lou Chiozza Tony Cuccinello
Paul Dean Bill Dickey Bobby Estalella
Chick Hafey Buddy Hassett Oral Hildebrand
Hank Johnson Roy Johnson Joe Krakauskas
Tony Lazzeri Ernie Lombardi Frank McCormick
Van Mungo Bobo Newsom Bill Nicholson
Mel Ott Bill Swift Vito Tamulis
Johnny Vander Meer  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Van Mungo BRK $ 18,700,000  
2.    Ted Lyons SDP $ 17,460,000  
3.    Wally Berger NYG $ 12,100,000  
4.    Mel Ott SDP $ 11,000,000  
5.    Roy Johnson MON $ 10,100,000  
6.    Babe Herman PIT $ 9,200,000  
7.    Buddy Myer CIN $ 9,000,000  
8.    Tony Lazzeri MON $ 8,750,000  
9.    Ed Baecht MON $ 8,600,000  
10.    Billy Sullivan BRK $ 8,400,000  
11.    Roy Mahaffey BSN $ 7,500,000  
  Bobo Newsom NYG $ 7,500,000  
13.    John Stone BRK $ 7,000,000  
14.    Paul Dean NYG $ 6,871,429  
15.    Earl Clark PIT $ 6,500,000  
16.    Bill Swift MON $ 6,100,000  
17.    Billy Herman BSN $ 6,000,000  
  Chick Hafey SLC $ 6,000,000  
19.    Johnny Watwood BSN $ 5,650,000  
20.    Dusty Cooke BSN $ 5,120,000  
21.    Pinky Higgins CIN $ 5,012,037  
22.    Travis Jackson BSN $ 5,000,000  
  Shanty Hogan MON $ 5,000,000  
  Johnny Murphy BSN $ 5,000,000  
25.    Vito Tamulis BRK $ 4,507,143