1938 New York Yankees season

1938 New York Yankees
1938 American League Champions 1938 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jacob Ruppert
General manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Manager(s)	Joe McCarthy
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The 1938 New York Yankees season was their 36th season. The team finished with a record of 99–53, winning their 10th pennant, finishing 9.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by 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.

Offseason

• Prior to 1938 season: Milo Candini was acquired by the Yankees from the El Paso Texans.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	99	53	.651	--
Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9.5
Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13.0
Detroit Tigers	84	70	.545	16.0
Washington Senators	75	76	.497	23.5
Chicago White Sox	65	83	.439	32.0
St. Louis Browns	55	97	.362	44.0
Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	.349	46.0

Record vs. opponents

1938 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

1938 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 24 Ivy Andrews 22 Joe Beggs 21 Spud Chandler 28 Atley Donald 25 Wes Ferrell 11 Lefty Gomez 14 Bump Hadley 19 Johnny Murphy 16 Monte Pearson 15 Red Ruffing 33 Lee Stine 32 Steve Sundra 25 Joe Vance 20 Kemp Wicker		Catchers  8 Bill Dickey 26 Joe Glenn 18 Art Jorgens Infielders  1 Frankie Crosetti 12 Babe Dahlgren  4 Lou Gehrig  6 Joe Gordon 10 Bill Knickerbocker  2 Red Rolfe		Outfielders  5 Joe DiMaggio 17 Tommy Henrich  9 Myril Hoag  7 Jake Powell  3 George Selkirk		Manager -- Joe McCarthy Coaches 30 Earle Combs 29 Art Fletcher 31 Johnny Schulte

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
C	Dickey, BillBill Dickey	132	454	142	.313	27	115
1B	Gehrig, LouLou Gehrig	157	576	170	.295	29	114
2B	Gordon, JoeJoe Gordon	127	458	117	.255	25	97
3B	Rolfe, RedRed Rolfe	151	631	196	.311	10	80
SS	Crosetti, FrankieFrankie Crosetti	157	631	166	.263	9	55
OF	DiMaggio, JoeJoe DiMaggio	145	599	194	.324	32	140
OF	Henrich, TommyTommy Henrich	131	471	127	.270	22	91
OF	Selkirk, GeorgeGeorge Selkirk	99	335	85	.254	10	62

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
Hoag, MyrilMyril Hoag	85	267	74	.277	0	48
Powell, JakeJake Powell	45	164	42	.256	2	20
Knickerbocker, BillBill Knickerbocker	46	128	32	.250	1	21
Glenn, JoeJoe Glenn	41	123	32	.260	0	25
Dahlgren, BabeBabe Dahlgren	27	43	8	.186	0	1
Jorgens, ArtArt 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
Gomez, LeftyLefty Gomez	32	239	18	12	3.35	129
Ruffing, RedRed Ruffing	31	247.1	21	7	3.31	127
Pearson, MonteMonte Pearson	28	202	16	7	3.97	98
Chandler, SpudSpud Chandler	23	172	14	5	4.03	36
Hadley, BumpBump Hadley	29	167.1	9	8	3.60	61
Ferrell, WesWes Ferrell	5	30	2	2	8.10	7
Donald, AtleyAtley Donald	2	12	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
Sundra, SteveSteve Sundra	25	93.2	6	4	4.80	33
Beggs, JoeJoe Beggs	14	58.1	3	2	5.60	8
Vance, JoeJoe 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
Murphy, JohnnyJohnny Murphy	32	8	2	11	4.24	43
Andrews, IvyIvy Andrews	19	1	3	1	3.00	13
Stine, LeeLee Stine	4	0	0	0	1.04	4
Wicker, KempKemp 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
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
AA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Billy Meyer
AA	Newark Bears	International League	Johnny Neun
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	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	Arizona–Texas League	Jimmy Zinn
D	Neosho Yankees	Arkansas–Missouri League	Dennis Burns
D	Bassett Furniture Makers	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	Pennsylvania State Association	Lefty Jenkins

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Newark, El Paso, Neosho, Bassett, Norfolk (NSL), Butler^[2]

Notes

1. Milo Candini page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1938 New York Yankees
• 1938 World Series
• 1938 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com