🏆 World Series Champions

1938 New York Yankees

99-53 • 0.651 Win% • 1st in AL

📊 Season Record

99 Wins
53 Losses
0.651 Win %
1st Rank
966 R 710 RA
Diff +256

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966 Runs Scored
710 Runs Allowed
+256 Run Diff
1,096K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 AL Average

Batting Avg .273 3% below the 1938 league average (.280)
OBP .361 2% above the 1938 league average (.355)
SLG .370 8% above the 1938 league average (.341)
Team ERA 3.91 18% better than the 1938 league average (4.79)
Runs Scored 966 17% above the 1938 league average (823 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium I
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 1,096,011
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Avg per Game 13,873

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Joe DiMaggio 0.324 2 Bill Dickey 0.313 3 Red Rolfe 0.311 4 Lou Gehrig 0.295 5 Myril Hoag 0.277

Home Runs

1 Joe DiMaggio 32 2 Lou Gehrig 29 3 Bill Dickey 27 4 Joe Gordon 25 5 Tommy Henrich 22

RBI

1 Joe DiMaggio 140 2 Bill Dickey 115 3 Lou Gehrig 114 4 Joe Gordon 97 5 Tommy Henrich 91
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frankie Crosetti 157 631 113 166 0 0 9 55 106 97 27 0.263
Red Rolfe 151 631 132 196 0 0 10 80 74 44 13 0.311
Joe DiMaggio 145 599 129 194 0 0 32 140 59 21 6 0.324
Lou Gehrig 157 576 115 170 0 0 29 114 107 75 6 0.295
Tommy Henrich 131 471 109 127 0 0 22 91 92 32 6 0.270
Joe Gordon 127 458 83 117 0 0 25 97 56 72 11 0.255
Bill Dickey 132 454 84 142 0 0 27 115 75 22 3 0.313
George Selkirk 99 335 58 85 0 0 10 62 68 52 9 0.254
Myril Hoag 85 267 28 74 0 0 0 48 25 31 4 0.277
Jake Powell 45 164 27 42 0 0 2 20 15 20 3 0.256
Bill Knickerbocker 46 128 15 32 0 0 1 21 11 10 0 0.250
Joe Glenn 41 123 10 32 0 0 0 25 10 14 1 0.260
Red Ruffing 45 107 12 24 0 0 3 17 17 21 0 0.224
Lefty Gomez 32 86 5 13 0 0 0 7 4 18 0 0.151
Monte Pearson 28 76 8 13 0 0 0 6 7 7 1 0.171
Spud Chandler 23 69 10 14 0 0 3 4 1 23 0 0.203
Bump Hadley 29 54 3 5 0 0 0 4 11 15 0 0.093
Babe Dahlgren 27 43 8 8 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.186
Steve Sundra 25 33 4 6 0 0 1 2 3 12 0 0.182
Johnny Murphy 32 32 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 13 1 0.062
Joe Beggs 14 20 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.250
Arndt Jorgens 9 17 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0.235
Ivy Andrews 19 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.167
Wes Ferrell 5 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.167
Atley Donald 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Joe Vance 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.750
Lee Stine 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Kemp Wicker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ivy Andrews 3.00 2 Red Ruffing 3.31 3 Lefty Gomez 3.35 4 Bump Hadley 3.60 5 Monte Pearson 3.97

Wins

1 Red Ruffing 21 2 Lefty Gomez 18 3 Monte Pearson 16 4 Spud Chandler 14 5 Bump Hadley 9

Strikeouts

1 Lefty Gomez 129 2 Red Ruffing 127 3 Monte Pearson 98 4 Bump Hadley 61 5 Johnny Murphy 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Red Ruffing 21 7 3.31 31 31 0 247.1 82 127
Lefty Gomez 18 12 3.35 32 32 0 239.0 99 129
Monte Pearson 16 7 3.97 28 27 0 202.0 113 98
Spud Chandler 14 5 4.03 23 23 0 172.0 47 36
Bump Hadley 9 8 3.60 29 17 1 167.1 66 61
Steve Sundra 6 4 4.80 25 8 0 93.2 43 33
Johnny Murphy 8 2 4.24 32 2 11 91.1 41 43
Joe Beggs 3 2 5.40 14 9 0 58.1 20 8
Ivy Andrews 1 3 3.00 19 1 1 48.0 17 13
Wes Ferrell 2 2 8.10 5 4 0 30.0 18 7
Atley Donald 0 1 5.25 2 2 0 12.0 14 6
Joe Vance 0 0 7.15 3 1 0 11.1 4 2
Lee Stine 0 0 1.04 4 0 0 8.2 1 4
Kemp Wicker 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
NYA def. CHN 4-0

👥 Roster (28)

Ivy Andrews Joe Beggs Spud Chandler Frankie Crosetti Babe Dahlgren Joe DiMaggio Bill Dickey Atley Donald Wes Ferrell Lou Gehrig Joe Glenn Lefty Gomez +16 more

28 players

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