1938 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1938 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1938 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Hank Greenberg led with 58 home runs, Jimmie Foxx led with 175 RBI, and Frank McCormick led with 209 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 468 plate appearances at 151 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (151 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 468 plate appearances at 151 team games. 99 of the 171 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1938 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1938 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jimmie Foxx BOS 149 685 565 139 197 33 9 50 175 5 119 76 .349 .462 .704 1.166
Jeff Heath CLE 126 538 502 104 172 31 18 21 112 3 33 55 .343 .383 .602 .985
Ernie Lombardi CIN 129 529 489 60 167 30 1 19 95 0 40 14 .342 .391 .524 .915
Ben Chapman BOS 127 553 480 92 163 40 8 6 80 13 65 33 .340 .418 .494 .912
Johnny Mize SLN 149 609 531 85 179 34 16 27 102 0 74 47 .337 .422 .614 1.036
Buddy Myer WS1 127 534 437 79 147 22 8 6 71 9 93 32 .336 .454 .465 .918
Cecil Travis WS1 146 642 567 96 190 30 5 5 67 6 58 22 .335 .401 .432 .833
Hal Trosky CLE 150 626 554 106 185 40 9 19 110 5 67 40 .334 .407 .542 .948
Rip Radcliff CHA 129 545 503 64 166 23 6 5 81 5 36 17 .330 .376 .429 .805
Earl Averill CLE 134 567 482 101 159 27 15 14 93 5 81 48 .330 .429 .535 .965
Frank McCormick CIN 151 671 640 89 209 40 4 5 106 1 18 17 .327 .348 .425 .773
Joe Cronin BOS 143 637 530 98 172 51 5 17 94 7 91 60 .325 .428 .536 .964
George McQuinn SLA 148 674 602 100 195 42 7 12 82 4 58 49 .324 .384 .477 .861
Joe DiMaggio NYA 145 660 599 129 194 32 13 32 140 6 59 21 .324 .386 .581 .967
Joe Vosmik BOS 146 689 621 121 201 37 6 9 86 0 59 26 .324 .384 .446 .830
Joe Medwick SLN 146 634 590 100 190 47 8 21 122 0 42 41 .322 .369 .536 .905
Arky Vaughan PIT 148 650 541 88 174 35 5 7 68 14 104 21 .322 .433 .444 .876
Stan Hack CHN 152 707 609 109 195 34 11 4 67 16 94 39 .320 .411 .432 .843
Debs Garms BSN 117 474 428 62 135 19 1 0 47 4 34 22 .315 .371 .364 .736
Hank Greenberg DET 155 681 556 144 175 23 4 58 146 7 119 92 .315 .438 .683 1.122
Lloyd Waner PIT 147 658 619 79 194 25 7 5 57 5 28 11 .313 .343 .401 .744
Bill Dickey NYA 132 532 454 84 142 27 4 27 115 3 75 22 .313 .412 .568 .981
Bob Johnson PHA 152 652 563 114 176 27 9 30 113 9 87 73 .313 .406 .552 .959
Mel Almada 2 teams 149 689 633 101 197 29 6 4 52 13 46 38 .311 .362 .395 .757
Mel Ott NY1 150 652 527 116 164 23 6 36 116 2 118 47 .311 .442 .583 1.024
Red Rolfe NYA 151 714 631 132 196 36 8 10 80 13 74 44 .311 .386 .441 .826
Dixie Walker DET 127 526 454 84 140 27 6 6 43 5 65 32 .308 .396 .434 .830
Wally Moses PHA 142 650 589 86 181 29 8 8 49 15 58 31 .307 .369 .424 .794
Charlie Gehringer DET 152 688 568 133 174 32 5 20 107 14 113 21 .306 .425 .486 .911
Harry Danning NY1 120 476 448 59 137 26 3 9 60 1 23 40 .306 .345 .438 .783
Gee Walker CHA 120 481 442 69 135 23 6 16 87 9 38 32 .305 .360 .493 .854
George Case WS1 107 479 433 69 132 27 3 2 40 11 39 28 .305 .362 .395 .757
Sam West 2 teams 136 567 509 68 155 27 7 6 74 2 47 30 .305 .363 .420 .784
Pinky Higgins BOS 139 603 524 77 159 29 5 5 106 10 71 55 .303 .388 .406 .794
Jo-Jo Moore NY1 125 531 506 76 153 23 6 11 56 2 22 27 .302 .335 .437 .772
Al Simmons WS1 125 512 470 79 142 23 6 21 95 2 38 40 .302 .357 .511 .868
Red Kress SLA 150 644 566 74 171 33 3 7 79 5 69 47 .302 .378 .408 .786
Carl Reynolds CHN 125 530 497 59 150 28 10 3 67 9 22 32 .302 .335 .416 .752
Doc Cramer BOS 148 717 658 116 198 36 8 0 71 4 51 19 .301 .354 .380 .734
Johnny Rizzo PIT 143 617 555 97 167 31 9 23 111 1 54 61 .301 .368 .514 .882
Ernie Koy BRO 142 574 521 78 156 29 13 11 76 15 38 76 .299 .352 .468 .820
Wally Berger 2 teams 115 472 439 79 131 23 4 16 60 2 31 48 .298 .347 .478 .826
Hersh Martin PHI 120 508 466 58 139 36 6 3 39 8 34 48 .298 .347 .421 .768
Rudy York DET 135 557 463 85 138 27 2 33 127 1 92 74 .298 .417 .579 .995
Mike Kreevich CHA 129 551 489 73 145 26 12 6 73 13 55 23 .297 .371 .436 .807
Buddy Lewis WS1 151 724 656 122 194 35 9 12 91 17 58 35 .296 .354 .431 .785
Lou Gehrig NYA 157 689 576 115 170 32 6 29 114 6 107 75 .295 .410 .523 .932
Gus Suhr PIT 145 625 530 82 156 35 14 3 64 4 87 37 .294 .394 .430 .824
Pete Fox DET 155 675 634 91 186 35 10 7 96 16 31 39 .293 .328 .413 .742
Ival Goodman CIN 145 648 568 103 166 27 10 30 92 3 53 51 .292 .368 .533 .901
Rick Ferrell WS1 135 495 411 55 120 24 5 1 58 1 75 17 .292 .401 .382 .783
Harlond Clift SLA 149 658 534 119 155 25 7 34 118 10 118 67 .290 .423 .554 .977
Bruce Campbell CLE 133 575 511 90 148 27 12 12 72 11 53 57 .290 .360 .460 .820
Zeke Bonura WS1 137 589 540 72 156 27 3 22 114 2 44 29 .289 .346 .472 .818
Bobby Doerr BOS 145 590 509 70 147 26 7 5 80 5 59 39 .289 .363 .397 .760
Buster Mills SLA 123 520 466 66 133 24 4 3 46 7 43 46 .285 .350 .373 .723
Goody Rosen BRO 138 541 473 75 133 17 11 4 51 0 65 43 .281 .368 .389 .757
Marv Owen CHA 141 631 577 84 162 23 6 6 55 6 45 31 .281 .337 .373 .710
Joe Stripp 2 teams 113 471 428 43 120 17 0 1 37 2 28 17 .280 .326 .327 .653
Paul Waner PIT 148 680 625 77 175 31 6 6 69 2 47 28 .280 .331 .378 .709
Odell Hale CLE 130 559 496 69 138 32 2 8 69 8 44 39 .278 .338 .399 .737
Pep Young PIT 149 610 562 58 156 36 5 4 79 7 40 64 .278 .329 .381 .710
Billy Herman CHN 152 696 624 86 173 34 7 1 56 3 59 31 .277 .342 .359 .701
Ken Keltner CLE 149 619 576 86 159 31 9 26 113 4 33 75 .276 .319 .497 .815
Lou Finney PHA 122 502 454 61 125 21 12 10 48 5 39 25 .275 .333 .441 .773
Morrie Arnovich PHI 139 551 502 47 138 29 0 4 72 2 42 37 .275 .333 .357 .690
Frank Demaree CHN 129 532 476 63 130 15 7 8 62 1 45 34 .273 .341 .384 .725
Cookie Lavagetto BRO 137 562 487 68 133 34 6 6 79 15 68 31 .273 .364 .405 .769
Johnny McCarthy NY1 134 517 470 55 128 13 4 8 59 3 39 28 .272 .329 .368 .697
Elbie Fletcher BSN 147 596 529 71 144 24 7 6 48 5 60 40 .272 .351 .378 .729
Tommy Henrich NYA 131 575 471 109 127 24 7 22 91 6 92 32 .270 .391 .490 .882
Harry Craft CIN 151 645 612 70 165 28 9 15 83 3 29 46 .270 .305 .418 .723
Lee Handley PIT 139 629 570 91 153 25 8 6 51 7 53 31 .268 .332 .372 .704
Lyn Lary CLE 141 661 568 94 152 36 4 3 51 23 88 65 .268 .366 .361 .727
Ripper Collins CHN 143 555 490 78 131 22 8 13 61 1 54 48 .267 .344 .424 .768
Joe Kuhel CHA 117 492 412 67 110 27 4 8 51 9 72 35 .267 .376 .410 .786
Lonny Frey CIN 124 557 501 76 133 26 6 4 36 4 49 50 .265 .331 .365 .696
Tony Cuccinello BSN 147 616 555 62 147 25 2 9 76 4 52 32 .265 .331 .366 .697
Al Todd PIT 133 521 491 52 130 19 7 7 75 2 18 31 .265 .296 .375 .671
Frankie Crosetti NYA 157 757 631 113 166 35 3 9 55 27 106 97 .263 .382 .371 .752
Beau Bell SLA 147 599 526 91 138 35 3 13 84 1 71 46 .262 .350 .414 .765
Dick Bartell NY1 127 553 481 67 126 26 1 9 49 4 55 60 .262 .347 .376 .724
Jimmy Ripple NY1 134 569 501 68 131 21 3 10 60 2 49 21 .261 .333 .375 .709
Johnny Hudson BRO 135 546 498 59 130 21 5 2 37 7 39 76 .261 .315 .335 .650
Billy Rogell DET 136 597 501 76 130 22 8 3 55 9 86 37 .259 .373 .353 .727
Billy Werber PHA 134 599 499 92 129 22 7 11 69 19 93 37 .259 .377 .397 .774
Joe Gordon NYA 127 520 458 83 117 24 7 25 97 11 56 72 .255 .340 .502 .843
Don Gutteridge SLN 142 584 552 61 141 21 15 9 64 14 29 49 .255 .293 .397 .689
Billy Myers CIN 134 493 442 57 112 18 6 12 47 2 41 80 .253 .317 .403 .719
Lew Riggs CIN 142 589 531 53 134 21 13 2 55 3 40 28 .252 .311 .352 .663
Dolph Camilli BRO 146 629 509 106 128 25 11 24 100 6 119 101 .251 .393 .485 .879
Emmett Mueller PHI 136 517 444 53 111 12 4 4 34 2 64 43 .250 .346 .322 .668
Chuck Klein PHI 129 500 458 53 113 22 2 8 61 7 38 30 .247 .304 .356 .660
Don Heffner SLA 141 554 473 47 116 23 3 2 69 1 65 53 .245 .341 .319 .661
Billy Jurges CHN 137 540 465 53 114 18 3 1 47 3 58 53 .245 .335 .303 .638
Rabbit Warstler BSN 142 520 467 37 108 10 4 0 40 3 48 38 .231 .303 .270 .573
Vince DiMaggio BSN 150 611 540 71 123 28 3 14 61 11 65 134 .228 .313 .369 .682
Leo Durocher BRO 141 532 479 41 105 18 5 1 56 3 47 30 .219 .293 .284 .577
Boze Berger CHA 118 523 470 60 102 15 3 3 36 4 43 80 .217 .284 .281 .565
Josh Gibson UNQ HG 47 203 168 54 61 11 4 13 54 3 30 0 .363 .462 .708 1.171
Taffy Wright UNQ WS1 100 281 263 37 92 18 10 2 36 1 13 17 .350 .389 .517 .906
Henry Milton UNQ KCM 46 205 185 51 62 10 6 3 27 25 17 0 .335 .391 .503 .894
Hank Steinbacher UNQ CHA 106 444 399 59 132 23 8 4 61 1 41 19 .331 .393 .459 .852
Jackie Hayes UNQ CHA 62 269 238 40 78 21 2 1 20 3 24 6 .328 .389 .445 .835
Phil Weintraub UNQ PHI 100 421 351 51 109 23 2 4 45 1 64 43 .311 .422 .422 .844
Bill Perkins UNQ PS 60 228 197 36 61 9 1 7 44 3 29 0 .310 .398 .472 .870
Babe Phelps UNQ BRO 66 232 208 33 64 12 2 5 46 2 23 15 .308 .379 .457 .836
Frankie Pytlak UNQ CLE 113 406 364 46 112 14 7 1 43 9 36 15 .308 .376 .393 .769
Curtis Harris UNQ PS 58 209 178 32 54 5 2 5 38 0 17 1 .303 .364 .438 .802
Luke Appling UNQ CHA 81 338 294 41 89 14 0 0 44 1 42 17 .303 .392 .350 .742
Johnny Peacock UNQ BOS 72 214 195 29 59 7 1 1 39 4 17 4 .303 .358 .364 .723
Clyde Spearman UNQ PS 65 281 245 41 74 10 5 1 28 2 29 0 .302 .378 .396 .774
Jimmy Brown UNQ SLN 108 413 382 50 115 12 6 0 38 7 27 9 .301 .350 .364 .714
Buck Jordan UNQ 2 teams 96 339 317 31 95 18 1 0 18 1 19 4 .300 .339 .363 .702
Rollie Hemsley UNQ CLE 66 230 203 27 60 11 3 2 28 1 23 14 .296 .367 .409 .776
Pepper Martin UNQ SLN 91 290 269 34 79 18 2 2 38 4 18 34 .294 .340 .398 .738
Buddy Hassett UNQ BRO 115 376 335 49 98 11 6 0 40 3 32 19 .293 .356 .361 .717
Gene Desautels UNQ BOS 108 402 333 47 97 16 2 2 48 1 57 31 .291 .396 .369 .766
Frankie Hayes UNQ PHA 99 373 316 56 92 19 3 11 55 2 54 51 .291 .396 .475 .871
Bob Seeds UNQ NY1 81 320 296 35 86 12 3 9 52 0 20 33 .291 .338 .443 .780
Dick Siebert UNQ 2 teams 49 210 195 24 56 8 3 0 28 2 10 9 .287 .332 .359 .691
Roy Parnell UNQ PS 63 264 227 50 65 10 4 6 28 4 26 0 .286 .365 .445 .810
Augie Galan UNQ CHN 110 449 395 52 113 16 9 6 69 8 49 17 .286 .368 .418 .785
Chet Morgan UNQ DET 74 333 306 50 87 6 1 0 27 5 20 12 .284 .330 .310 .641
Red Nonnenkamp UNQ BOS 87 204 180 37 51 4 1 0 18 6 21 13 .283 .358 .317 .675
Tuck Stainback UNQ 2 teams 71 205 195 26 55 9 3 1 31 2 5 10 .282 .307 .374 .681
Dario Lodigiani UNQ PHA 93 372 325 36 91 15 1 6 44 3 34 25 .280 .361 .388 .748
Mel Mazzera UNQ SLA 86 222 204 33 57 8 2 6 29 1 12 25 .279 .329 .426 .755
Stu Martin UNQ SLN 114 460 417 54 116 26 2 1 27 4 30 28 .278 .328 .357 .685
Billy Sullivan UNQ SLA 111 401 375 35 104 16 1 7 49 8 20 10 .277 .316 .381 .697
Myril Hoag UNQ NYA 85 298 267 28 74 14 3 0 48 4 25 31 .277 .344 .352 .696
Pinky Whitney UNQ PHI 102 332 300 27 83 9 1 3 38 0 27 22 .277 .336 .343 .680
Enos Slaughter UNQ SLN 112 431 395 59 109 20 10 8 58 1 32 38 .276 .330 .438 .768
Gibby Brack UNQ 2 teams 112 362 338 50 93 22 5 5 34 3 22 44 .275 .321 .414 .736
Dusty Cooke UNQ CIN 82 264 233 41 64 15 1 2 33 0 28 36 .275 .355 .373 .728
Gabby Hartnett UNQ CHN 88 353 299 40 82 19 1 10 59 1 48 17 .274 .380 .445 .825
Kiki Cuyler UNQ BRO 82 290 253 45 69 10 8 2 23 6 34 23 .273 .363 .399 .763
Stan Sperry UNQ PHA 60 272 253 28 69 6 3 0 27 1 15 9 .273 .313 .320 .634
Terry Moore UNQ SLN 94 367 312 49 85 21 3 4 21 9 46 19 .272 .366 .397 .763
Johnny Cooney UNQ BSN 120 466 432 45 117 25 5 0 17 2 22 12 .271 .308 .352 .660
Don Padgett UNQ SLN 110 407 388 59 105 26 5 8 65 0 18 28 .271 .303 .425 .728
Matt Carlisle UNQ HG 47 205 185 36 50 3 2 4 18 1 17 1 .270 .332 .373 .705
Hank Leiber UNQ NY1 98 394 360 50 97 18 4 12 65 0 31 45 .269 .327 .442 .769
Mickey Owen UNQ SLN 122 433 397 45 106 25 2 4 36 2 32 14 .267 .325 .370 .695
Al Lopez UNQ BSN 71 256 236 19 63 6 1 1 14 5 11 24 .267 .305 .314 .619
Ken O'Dea UNQ CHN 86 262 247 22 65 12 1 3 33 1 12 18 .263 .297 .356 .654
Jo-Jo White UNQ DET 78 240 206 40 54 6 1 0 15 3 30 15 .262 .359 .301 .660
Roy Weatherly UNQ CLE 83 228 210 32 55 14 3 2 18 8 14 14 .262 .308 .386 .694
Ossie Bluege UNQ WS1 58 209 184 25 48 12 1 0 21 3 21 11 .261 .340 .337 .677
Don Ross UNQ DET 77 297 265 22 69 7 1 1 30 1 29 11 .260 .333 .306 .639
Sam Chapman UNQ PHA 114 466 406 60 105 17 7 17 63 3 55 94 .259 .353 .461 .813
George Selkirk UNQ NYA 99 407 335 58 85 12 5 10 62 9 68 52 .254 .384 .409 .793
Jake Dunn UNQ PS 63 257 223 37 56 12 2 5 34 0 28 0 .251 .337 .390 .727
Alex Kampouris UNQ 2 teams 103 384 342 48 85 10 1 7 44 0 37 63 .249 .325 .345 .670
Mark Christman UNQ DET 95 347 318 35 79 6 4 1 44 5 27 21 .248 .307 .302 .609
John Stone UNQ WS1 56 244 213 24 52 12 4 3 28 2 30 16 .244 .337 .380 .718
Joe Marty UNQ CHN 76 261 235 32 57 8 3 7 35 0 18 26 .243 .305 .391 .696
Lynn Myers UNQ SLN 70 239 227 18 55 10 2 1 19 9 9 25 .242 .271 .317 .588
Phil Cavarretta UNQ CHN 92 290 268 29 64 11 4 1 28 4 14 27 .239 .287 .321 .608
George Scharein UNQ PHI 117 415 390 47 93 16 4 1 29 11 16 33 .238 .268 .308 .576
Ray Mueller UNQ BSN 83 296 274 23 65 8 6 4 35 3 16 28 .237 .282 .354 .636
Chet Laabs UNQ DET 64 229 211 26 50 7 3 7 37 3 15 52 .237 .288 .398 .686
Virgil Davis UNQ 2 teams 82 272 251 14 59 8 0 2 24 1 19 20 .235 .292 .291 .582
Max West UNQ BSN 123 459 418 47 98 16 5 10 63 5 38 38 .234 .300 .368 .668
Wayne Ambler UNQ PHA 120 452 393 42 92 21 2 0 38 2 48 31 .234 .317 .298 .615
Del Young UNQ PHI 108 377 340 27 78 13 2 0 31 0 20 35 .229 .276 .279 .556
Gene Benson UNQ 2 teams 52 228 205 32 47 3 4 2 26 1 18 0 .229 .295 .312 .607
Tommy Heath UNQ SLA 70 236 194 22 44 13 0 2 22 0 35 24 .227 .345 .325 .670
Luke Sewell UNQ CHA 65 236 211 23 45 4 1 0 27 0 20 20 .213 .284 .242 .526
Moose Solters UNQ CLE 67 214 199 30 40 6 3 2 22 4 13 28 .201 .250 .291 .541
Bill Atwood UNQ PHI 102 311 281 27 55 8 1 3 28 0 25 26 .196 .261 .263 .525
Showing 1-50 of 171 batters listed (99 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 151 innings at 151 team games. 68 of the 168 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1938 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Bill Lee CHN 22 9 44 37 19 9 2 291.0 281 86 74 121 2.66 1.22
Ira Hutchinson BSN 9 8 36 12 4 1 4 151.0 150 46 61 38 2.74 1.40
Charlie Root CHN 8 7 44 11 5 0 8 160.2 163 51 30 70 2.86 1.20
Paul Derringer CIN 21 14 41 37 26 4 3 307.0 315 100 49 132 2.93 1.19
Danny MacFayden BSN 14 9 29 29 19 5 0 219.2 208 72 64 58 2.95 1.24
Bob Klinger PIT 12 5 28 21 10 1 1 159.1 152 53 42 58 2.99 1.22
Freddie Fitzsimmons BRO 11 8 27 26 12 3 0 202.2 205 68 43 38 3.02 1.22
Carl Hubbell NY1 13 10 24 22 13 1 1 179.0 171 61 33 104 3.07 1.14
Russ Bauers PIT 13 14 40 34 12 2 3 243.0 207 83 99 117 3.07 1.26
Lefty Grove BOS 14 4 24 21 12 1 1 163.2 169 56 52 99 3.08 1.35
Clay Bryant CHN 19 11 44 30 17 3 2 270.1 235 93 125 135 3.10 1.33
Johnny Vander Meer CIN 15 10 32 29 16 3 0 225.1 177 78 103 125 3.12 1.24
Lou Fette BSN 11 13 33 32 17 3 1 239.2 235 84 79 83 3.15 1.31
Bill McGee SLN 7 12 47 25 10 1 5 216.0 216 77 78 104 3.21 1.36
Red Ruffing NYA 21 7 31 31 22 3 0 247.1 246 91 82 127 3.31 1.33
Bill Lohrman NY1 9 6 31 14 3 0 0 152.0 152 56 33 52 3.32 1.22
Lefty Gomez NYA 18 12 32 32 20 4 0 239.0 239 89 99 129 3.35 1.41
Dutch Leonard WS1 12 15 33 31 15 3 0 223.1 221 85 53 68 3.43 1.23
Jim Turner BSN 14 18 35 34 22 3 0 268.0 267 103 54 71 3.46 1.20
Jim Tobin PIT 14 12 40 33 14 2 0 241.1 254 93 66 70 3.47 1.33
Thornton Lee CHA 13 12 33 30 18 1 1 245.1 252 95 94 77 3.49 1.41
Hal Schumacher NY1 13 8 28 28 12 3 0 185.0 178 72 50 54 3.50 1.23
Johnny Rigney CHA 9 9 38 12 7 1 1 167.0 164 66 72 84 3.56 1.41
Tot Pressnell BRO 11 14 43 19 6 1 3 192.0 209 76 56 57 3.56 1.38
Bob Weiland SLN 16 11 35 29 11 1 1 228.1 248 91 67 117 3.59 1.38
Bump Hadley NYA 9 8 29 17 8 1 1 167.1 165 67 66 61 3.60 1.38
Curt Davis SLN 12 8 40 21 8 2 3 173.1 187 70 27 36 3.63 1.23
Luke Hamlin BRO 12 15 44 30 10 3 6 237.1 243 97 65 97 3.68 1.30
Ted Lyons CHA 9 11 23 23 17 1 0 194.2 238 80 52 54 3.70 1.49
Cy Blanton PIT 11 7 29 25 10 1 0 172.2 190 71 46 80 3.70 1.37
Larry French CHN 10 19 43 27 10 3 0 201.1 210 85 62 83 3.80 1.35
Mel Harder CLE 17 10 38 29 15 2 4 240.0 257 102 62 102 3.83 1.33
Cliff Melton NY1 14 14 36 31 10 1 0 243.0 266 105 61 101 3.89 1.35
Monte Pearson NYA 16 7 28 27 17 1 0 202.0 198 89 113 98 3.97 1.54
Peaches Davis CIN 7 12 29 19 11 1 1 167.2 193 74 40 28 3.97 1.39
Lon Warneke SLN 13 8 31 26 12 4 0 197.0 199 87 64 89 3.97 1.34
Monty Stratton CHA 15 9 26 22 17 0 2 186.1 186 83 56 82 4.01 1.30
Harry Gumbert NY1 15 13 38 33 14 1 0 235.2 238 105 84 84 4.01 1.37
Spud Chandler NYA 14 5 23 23 14 2 0 172.0 183 77 47 36 4.03 1.34
Bob Feller CLE 17 11 39 36 20 2 1 277.2 225 126 208 240 4.08 1.56
George Gill DET 12 9 24 23 13 1 0 164.0 195 75 50 30 4.12 1.49
Vito Tamulis 2 teams 12 9 41 20 9 0 2 175.0 207 81 50 81 4.17 1.47
Johnny Allen CLE 14 8 30 27 13 0 0 200.0 189 93 81 112 4.18 1.35
Jack Knott 2 teams 6 12 27 22 9 0 0 161.0 170 75 69 43 4.19 1.48
Bucky Walters 2 teams 15 14 39 34 20 3 1 251.0 259 117 108 93 4.20 1.46
Jim Bagby BOS 15 11 43 25 10 1 2 198.2 218 93 90 73 4.21 1.55
Jack Wilson BOS 15 15 37 27 11 3 1 194.2 200 93 91 96 4.30 1.49
George Caster PHA 16 20 42 40 20 2 1 281.1 310 136 117 112 4.35 1.52
Al Hollingsworth 2 teams 7 18 33 25 12 1 0 208.1 220 101 89 93 4.36 1.48
Max Butcher 2 teams 9 12 36 20 14 0 2 171.0 198 85 70 50 4.47 1.57
Claude Passeau PHI 11 18 44 33 15 0 1 239.0 281 120 93 100 4.52 1.56
Fritz Ostermueller BOS 13 5 31 18 10 1 2 176.2 199 90 58 46 4.58 1.45
Tommy Bridges DET 13 9 25 20 13 0 1 151.0 171 77 58 101 4.59 1.52
Pete Appleton WS1 7 9 43 10 5 0 5 164.1 175 84 61 62 4.60 1.44
Hugh Mulcahy PHI 10 20 46 34 15 0 1 267.1 294 137 120 90 4.61 1.55
John Whitehead CHA 10 11 32 24 10 2 2 183.1 218 97 80 38 4.76 1.63
Bud Thomas PHA 9 14 42 29 7 1 0 212.1 259 116 62 48 4.92 1.51
Vern Kennedy DET 12 9 33 26 11 0 2 190.1 215 107 113 53 5.06 1.72
Bobo Newsom SLA 20 16 44 40 31 0 1 329.2 334 186 192 226 5.08 1.60
Harry Kelley 2 teams 9 10 42 17 7 2 1 156.1 179 89 56 47 5.12 1.50
Elden Auker DET 11 10 27 24 12 1 0 160.2 184 94 56 46 5.27 1.49
Howard Mills SLA 10 12 30 27 15 1 0 210.1 216 124 116 134 5.31 1.58
Buck Ross PHA 9 16 29 28 10 0 0 184.1 218 109 80 54 5.32 1.62
Tex Carleton CHN 10 9 33 24 9 0 0 167.2 213 101 74 80 5.42 1.71
Earl Whitehill CLE 9 8 26 23 4 0 0 160.1 187 99 83 60 5.56 1.68
Lynn Nelson PHA 10 11 32 23 13 0 2 191.0 215 120 79 75 5.65 1.54
Oral Hildebrand SLA 8 10 23 23 10 0 0 163.0 194 103 73 66 5.69 1.64
Wes Ferrell 2 teams 15 10 28 26 10 0 0 179.0 245 125 86 43 6.28 1.85
Jumbo Brown UNQ NY1 5 3 43 0 0 0 5 90.0 65 18 28 42 1.80 1.03
Dizzy Dean UNQ CHN 7 1 13 10 3 1 0 74.2 63 15 8 22 1.81 0.95
Ray Brown UNQ HG 14 0 20 11 11 4 3 129.0 106 28 26 70 1.95 1.02
Hilton Smith UNQ KCM 9 2 19 11 7 1 1 112.2 102 26 12 88 2.08 1.01
Willie Cornelius UNQ CAG 9 1 20 8 8 0 3 102.0 84 24 30 77 2.12 1.12
Telosh Howard UNQ BCA 4 5 12 6 4 1 0 61.2 42 16 22 55 2.34 1.04
Tommy Johnson UNQ CAG 6 2 19 11 2 1 0 95.0 99 31 32 34 2.94 1.38
Eddie Dixon UNQ BCA 5 3 23 9 6 0 3 98.2 97 33 21 55 3.01 1.20
Andy Porter UNQ BEG 6 1 8 7 3 0 0 59.0 56 20 18 33 3.05 1.25
Lefty Wilson UNQ MRS 4 2 9 5 1 0 0 50.0 46 17 15 37 3.06 1.22
Joe Krakauskas UNQ WS1 7 5 29 10 5 1 0 121.1 99 42 88 104 3.12 1.54
Bill Holland UNQ NBY 2 3 10 6 5 0 0 57.1 61 20 12 35 3.14 1.27
Dick Errickson UNQ BSN 9 7 34 10 6 1 6 122.2 113 43 56 40 3.15 1.38
Bill Swift UNQ PIT 7 5 36 9 2 0 4 150.0 155 54 40 77 3.24 1.30
Al Benton UNQ DET 5 3 19 10 6 0 0 95.1 93 35 39 33 3.30 1.38
Jack Russell UNQ CHN 6 1 42 0 0 0 3 102.1 100 38 30 29 3.34 1.27
Jim Weaver UNQ 2 teams 6 5 31 16 2 0 3 136.1 118 52 63 68 3.43 1.33
Felix Evans UNQ 2 teams 6 2 9 4 2 0 0 60.0 43 23 22 36 3.45 1.08
Ed Brandt UNQ PIT 5 4 24 14 5 1 0 96.1 93 37 35 38 3.46 1.33
Dick Coffman UNQ NY1 8 4 51 3 1 1 12 111.1 116 43 21 21 3.48 1.23
Whitey Moore UNQ CIN 6 4 19 11 3 1 0 90.1 66 35 42 38 3.49 1.20
Red Lucas UNQ PIT 6 3 13 13 4 0 0 84.0 90 33 16 19 3.54 1.26
Milt Shoffner UNQ BSN 8 7 26 15 9 1 1 139.2 147 55 36 49 3.54 1.31
Frank Bradley UNQ KCM 4 2 13 7 3 0 1 53.0 33 21 14 60 3.57 0.89
Barney Morris UNQ PC 4 4 10 9 7 1 0 72.2 57 29 30 55 3.59 1.20
Edsall Walker UNQ HG 10 0 11 10 6 2 0 74.2 71 30 22 42 3.62 1.25
Willie Jefferson UNQ MRS 3 5 13 6 5 1 0 73.2 77 30 13 42 3.67 1.22
Johnny Lanning UNQ BSN 8 7 32 18 4 1 0 138.0 146 57 52 39 3.72 1.43
Henry McHenry UNQ PS 7 1 18 13 9 1 0 116.0 104 48 42 61 3.72 1.26
Specs Roberts UNQ 2 teams 4 3 9 7 5 2 0 60.1 60 25 22 30 3.73 1.36
Harry Eisenstat UNQ DET 9 6 32 9 5 0 4 125.1 131 52 29 37 3.73 1.28
Mace Brown UNQ PIT 15 9 51 2 0 0 5 132.2 155 56 44 55 3.80 1.50
Ted Trent UNQ CAG 3 6 14 10 3 1 0 61.1 61 26 12 42 3.82 1.19
Vance Page UNQ CHN 5 4 13 9 3 0 1 68.0 90 29 13 18 3.84 1.51
Bill Byrd UNQ BEG 7 2 13 9 7 0 1 83.1 85 36 21 30 3.89 1.27
Van Mungo UNQ BRO 4 11 24 18 6 2 0 133.1 133 58 72 72 3.91 1.54
Bob Griffith UNQ BEG 4 4 13 10 9 0 2 82.0 81 36 17 36 3.95 1.20
Roy Henshaw UNQ SLN 5 11 27 15 4 0 0 130.0 132 58 48 34 4.02 1.38
Bill Harris UNQ BOS 5 5 13 11 5 1 1 80.1 83 36 21 26 4.03 1.29
Fred Frankhouse UNQ BRO 3 5 30 8 2 1 0 93.2 92 42 44 32 4.04 1.45
Johnny Taylor UNQ PC 7 2 10 9 8 0 0 75.0 65 34 30 51 4.08 1.27
Joe Heving UNQ 2 teams 9 2 19 11 7 1 2 88.0 104 40 27 34 4.09 1.49
Johnny Marcum UNQ BOS 5 6 15 11 7 0 0 92.1 113 42 25 25 4.09 1.49
Max Macon UNQ SLN 4 11 38 12 5 1 2 129.1 133 59 61 39 4.11 1.50
Barney Brown UNQ NBY 4 6 13 8 6 1 0 85.0 95 39 20 52 4.13 1.35
Floyd Kranson UNQ KCM 4 2 13 10 4 2 0 58.2 59 27 14 26 4.14 1.24
Clyde Shoun UNQ SLN 6 6 40 12 3 0 1 117.1 130 54 43 37 4.14 1.47
Slick Castleman UNQ NY1 4 5 21 14 4 0 0 90.2 108 42 37 18 4.17 1.60
Terris McDuffie UNQ 2 teams 5 6 14 9 5 0 1 94.1 106 44 31 50 4.20 1.45
Syl Johnson UNQ PHI 2 7 22 6 2 0 0 83.0 87 39 11 21 4.23 1.18
Johnny Murphy UNQ NYA 8 2 32 2 1 0 11 91.1 90 43 41 43 4.24 1.43
Denny Galehouse UNQ CLE 7 8 36 12 5 1 3 114.0 119 55 65 66 4.34 1.61
Vet Barnes UNQ KCM 5 3 11 7 3 1 0 59.1 55 29 12 61 4.40 1.13
Gene Schott UNQ CIN 5 5 31 4 0 0 2 83.0 89 41 32 21 4.45 1.46
Archie McKain UNQ BOS 5 4 37 5 1 0 6 99.2 119 50 44 27 4.52 1.64
Joe Cascarella UNQ CIN 4 7 33 1 0 0 4 61.0 66 31 22 30 4.57 1.44
Joe Bowman UNQ PIT 3 4 17 1 0 0 1 60.0 68 31 20 25 4.65 1.47
Roy Partlow UNQ HG 5 4 12 9 5 0 2 72.1 63 38 32 42 4.73 1.31
Steve Sundra UNQ NYA 6 4 25 8 3 0 0 93.2 107 50 43 33 4.80 1.60
Boots Poffenberger UNQ DET 6 7 25 15 8 1 1 125.0 147 67 66 28 4.82 1.70
Ray Harrell UNQ SLN 2 3 32 3 1 0 2 63.0 78 34 29 32 4.86 1.70
Willis Hudlin UNQ CLE 8 8 29 15 8 0 1 127.0 158 69 45 27 4.89 1.60
Bobby Reis UNQ BSN 1 6 16 2 1 0 0 57.2 61 32 41 20 4.99 1.77
Al Milnar UNQ CLE 3 1 23 5 2 0 1 68.1 90 38 26 29 5.00 1.70
Jesse Houston UNQ CAG 2 4 12 7 3 0 1 53.0 59 30 25 26 5.09 1.58
Bill Harvey UNQ PC 4 3 11 7 4 0 0 56.0 54 32 20 28 5.14 1.32
Ed Cole UNQ SLA 1 5 36 6 1 0 3 88.2 116 51 48 26 5.18 1.85
Bo Mitchell UNQ 2 teams 6 11 18 13 7 0 0 98.1 103 57 35 49 5.22 1.40
Johnny Humphries UNQ CLE 9 8 45 6 1 0 6 103.1 105 60 63 56 5.23 1.63
Monte Weaver UNQ WS1 7 6 31 18 7 0 0 139.0 157 81 74 43 5.24 1.66
Emerson Dickman UNQ BOS 5 5 32 11 3 1 0 104.0 117 61 54 22 5.28 1.64
Lee Grissom UNQ CIN 2 3 14 7 0 0 0 51.0 60 30 22 16 5.29 1.61
Webster McDonald UNQ PS 5 6 19 14 6 0 2 97.2 106 58 33 38 5.34 1.42
Joe Beggs UNQ NYA 3 2 14 9 4 0 0 58.1 69 35 20 8 5.40 1.53
Roxie Lawson UNQ DET 8 9 27 16 5 0 1 127.0 154 77 82 39 5.46 1.86
Bill Hallahan UNQ PHI 1 8 21 10 1 0 0 89.0 107 54 45 22 5.46 1.71
Pete Sivess UNQ PHI 3 6 39 8 2 0 3 116.0 143 71 69 32 5.51 1.83
Ken Chase UNQ WS1 9 10 32 21 7 0 1 150.0 151 93 113 64 5.58 1.76
Fred Johnson UNQ SLA 3 7 17 6 3 0 3 69.0 91 43 27 24 5.61 1.71
Bill Posedel UNQ BRO 8 9 33 17 6 1 1 140.0 178 88 46 49 5.66 1.60
Jack Bruton UNQ PS 3 3 13 5 2 0 0 51.2 51 33 22 17 5.75 1.41
Eddie Smith UNQ PHA 3 10 43 7 0 0 4 130.2 151 86 76 78 5.92 1.74
Cliff Blackmon UNQ BBB 2 6 13 7 5 0 0 77.0 81 51 43 42 5.96 1.61
George Coffman UNQ DET 4 4 39 6 1 0 2 95.2 120 64 48 31 6.02 1.76
Elon Hogsett UNQ WS1 5 6 31 9 1 0 3 91.0 107 61 36 33 6.03 1.57
Russ Van Atta UNQ SLA 4 7 25 12 3 1 0 104.0 118 70 61 35 6.06 1.72
Lee Rogers UNQ 2 teams 1 3 26 4 0 0 0 51.1 55 35 28 18 6.14 1.62
Spoon Carter UNQ 2 teams 7 4 21 13 6 0 0 117.1 131 81 48 59 6.21 1.53
Al Smith UNQ PHI 1 4 37 1 0 0 1 86.0 115 60 40 46 6.28 1.80
Nels Potter UNQ PHA 2 12 35 9 4 0 5 111.1 139 80 49 43 6.47 1.69
Jake Wade UNQ DET 3 2 27 2 0 0 0 70.0 73 51 48 23 6.56 1.73
Jimmie DeShong UNQ WS1 5 8 31 14 1 0 0 131.1 160 96 83 41 6.58 1.85
Jim Walkup UNQ SLA 1 12 18 13 1 0 0 94.0 127 71 53 28 6.80 1.91
Al Williams UNQ PHA 0 7 30 8 1 0 0 93.1 128 72 54 25 6.94 1.95
Bill Cox UNQ 2 teams 1 6 29 8 1 0 0 74.2 92 58 48 21 6.99 1.87
Bob Evans UNQ NE 2 5 10 7 6 0 0 55.0 69 43 20 24 7.04 1.62
Porter Moss UNQ MRS 4 4 14 8 3 1 2 52.0 61 41 22 34 7.10 1.60
Wayne LaMaster UNQ 2 teams 4 8 21 12 1 1 0 75.0 97 61 34 38 7.32 1.75
Les Tietje UNQ SLA 2 5 17 8 2 1 0 62.0 83 52 38 15 7.55 1.95
Frank Gabler UNQ 2 teams 1 7 19 7 3 0 0 69.2 104 73 35 17 9.43 2.00
Showing 1-50 of 168 pitchers listed (68 qualified)

Reading the 1938 leader tables

Of the 171 batting lines shown for 1938, 99 are qualified. Jimmie Foxx tops the qualified hitters in batting average (.349); Jeff Heath is second at .343. Josh Gibson hit .363 in 203 plate appearances, higher than any qualified hitter, but that line is marked UNQ and sits below the qualified rows. The HR column peaks with Hank Greenberg's 58; for runs batted in, Jimmie Foxx is first with 175. The 1938 pitching table lists 168 pitchers, 68 of them qualified. Bill Lee has the lowest qualified ERA, 2.66, and Carl Hubbell has the best WHIP, 1.14.

1938 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1938?
Hank Greenberg led with 58 home runs in 1938.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1938?
Jimmie Foxx led with 175 RBI in 1938.
Who led MLB in hits in 1938?
Frank McCormick led with 209 hits in 1938.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1938?
Jimmie Foxx led at .349 in 1938, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1938?
Bill Lee led with 22 wins in 1938.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1938?
Bob Feller led with 240 strikeouts in 1938.