1938 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1938 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1938 in baseball.

The 1938 Major League Baseball season.

Statistical leaders

Hank Greenberg, Hall of Famer and 2-time MVP

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Jimmie Foxx BOS	.349	Ernie Lombardi CIN	.342
HR	Hank Greenberg DET	58	Mel Ott NYG	36
RBI	Jimmie Foxx BOS	175	Joe Medwick STL	122
Wins	Red Ruffing NYY	21	Bill Lee CHC	22
ERA	Lefty Grove BOS	3.08	Bill Lee CHC	2.66
SO	Bob Feller CLE	240	Clay Bryant CHC	135
SV	Johnny Murphy NYY	11	Dick Coffman NYG	12
SB	Frankie Crosetti NYY	27	Stan Hack CHC	16

External links

1938 season at Baseball-reference.com

1938 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1938 All-Star Game 1938 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015

See also