1938 World Series

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The 1938 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs, with the Yankees sweeping the Series in four games for their record third straight championship and the seventh in their history.

Dizzy Dean, whose sore arm had carried the Cubs all year, ran out of gas in the Series as the Yanks crushed the Cubs again. The Cubs didn't win a meaningful game against the Yankees until an interleague game in 2003.

"After a six-year hiatus, the Chicago Cubs managed to top the National League, despite making it there by the slimmest of margins. After a ninth-inning, 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates (who had led the National League for 2½ months) on September 28th, the Cubs managed to hold onto first place while winning the pennant by a mere two games. Ripper Collins led the team in homers with thirteen, and outfielder Augie Galan topped the Cubs in runs batted in with sixty-nine. Stan Hack batted .320 and led the National League with sixteen stolen bases, and Carl Reynolds hit .302. Bill Lee and Clay Bryant were the staff pitching aces with twenty-two and nineteen victories. Dizzy Dean, who tried to come back too soon after his All-Star Game toe injury of 1937 and hurt his arm, had been obtained from the St. Louis Cardinals in April and won 7-of-8 decisions."

"Their opponents, the 2x-defending champion New York Yankees were still dominate in the American League. This time five New Yorkers compiled RBI totals over ninety, and those five; Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, rookie Joe Gordon and Tommy Henrich had home run totals ranging from thirty-two to twenty-two. Red Ruffing led the American League in victories with twenty-one, followed in the rotation by Lefty Gomez (eighteen wins), Monte Pearson (sixteen wins) and Spud Chandler (fourteen wins). The result was a 9½ game lead over the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant."

Managers: Joe McCarthy (New York), Gabby Hartnett (Chicago)

Umpires: Charlie Moran (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL), Ziggy Sears (NL), Lou Kolls (AL)

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Summary

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

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

October 5: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	12	1
Chicago (N)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
W: Red Ruffing (1-0) L: Bill Lee (0-1)

[edit] Game 2

October 6: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	7	2
Chicago (N)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0
W: Lefty Gomez (1-0) L: Dizzy Dean (0-1) S: Johnny Murphy (1)
HR: NYY – Frankie Crosetti (1), Joe DiMaggio (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 8: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (N)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	x	5	7	2
W: Monte Pearson (1-0) L: Clay Bryant (0-1)
HR: : CHI – Joe Marty (1) NYY – Joe Gordon (1), Bill Dickey (1)