1938 Season Leaders

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

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Batting Leaders

Minimum 200 at-bats required

Complete Statistics

Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG
Taffy Wright WSN 100 263 37 92 18 10 2 36 1 13 17 0.350 0.389 0.517
Jimmie Foxx BOS 149 565 139 197 33 9 50 175 5 119 76 0.349 0.462 0.704
Jeff Heath CLE 126 502 104 172 31 18 21 112 3 33 55 0.343 0.383 0.602
Mel Almada SLA 102 436 77 149 22 2 3 37 9 38 22 0.342 0.398 0.422
Ernie Lombardi CIN 129 489 60 167 30 1 19 95 0 40 14 0.342 0.391 0.524
Ben Chapman BOS 127 480 92 163 40 8 6 80 13 65 33 0.340 0.418 0.494
Johnny Mize STL 149 531 85 179 34 16 27 102 0 74 47 0.337 0.422 0.614
Buddy Myer WSN 127 437 79 147 22 8 6 71 9 93 32 0.336 0.454 0.465
Cecil Travis WSN 146 567 96 190 30 5 5 67 6 58 22 0.335 0.401 0.432
Hal Trosky CLE 150 554 106 185 40 9 19 110 5 67 40 0.334 0.407 0.542
Hank Steinbacher CHW 106 399 59 132 23 8 4 61 1 41 19 0.331 0.393 0.459
Rip Radcliff CHW 129 503 64 166 23 6 5 81 5 36 17 0.330 0.376 0.429
Earl Averill CLE 134 482 101 159 27 15 14 93 5 81 48 0.330 0.429 0.535
Jackie Hayes CHW 62 238 40 78 21 2 1 20 3 24 6 0.328 0.389 0.445
Frank McCormick CIN 151 640 89 209 40 4 5 106 1 18 17 0.327 0.348 0.425
Joe Cronin BOS 143 530 98 172 51 5 17 94 7 91 60 0.325 0.428 0.536
George McQuinn SLA 148 602 100 195 42 7 12 82 4 58 49 0.324 0.384 0.477
Joe DiMaggio NYY 145 599 129 194 32 13 32 140 6 59 21 0.324 0.386 0.581
Joe Vosmik BOS 146 621 121 201 37 6 9 86 0 59 26 0.324 0.384 0.446
Joe Medwick STL 146 590 100 190 47 8 21 122 0 42 41 0.322 0.369 0.536
Arky Vaughan PIT 148 541 88 174 35 5 7 68 14 104 21 0.322 0.433 0.444
Stan Hack CHC 152 609 109 195 34 11 4 67 16 94 39 0.320 0.411 0.432
Debs Garms BSN 117 428 62 135 19 1 0 47 4 34 22 0.315 0.371 0.364
Hank Greenberg DET 155 556 144 175 23 4 58 146 7 119 92 0.315 0.438 0.683
Lloyd Waner PIT 147 619 79 194 25 7 5 57 5 28 11 0.313 0.343 0.401
Bill Dickey NYY 132 454 84 142 27 4 27 115 3 75 22 0.313 0.412 0.568
Bob Johnson PHA 152 563 114 176 27 9 30 113 9 87 73 0.313 0.406 0.552
Mel Ott NY1 150 527 116 164 23 6 36 116 2 118 47 0.311 0.442 0.583
Red Rolfe NYY 151 631 132 196 36 8 10 80 13 74 44 0.311 0.386 0.441
Phil Weintraub PHI 100 351 51 109 23 2 4 45 1 64 43 0.311 0.422 0.422
Dixie Walker DET 127 454 84 140 27 6 6 43 5 65 32 0.308 0.396 0.434
Babe Phelps BRO 66 208 33 64 12 2 5 46 2 23 15 0.308 0.379 0.457
Frankie Pytlak CLE 113 364 46 112 14 7 1 43 9 36 15 0.308 0.376 0.393
Wally Moses PHA 142 589 86 181 29 8 8 49 15 58 31 0.307 0.369 0.424
Wally Berger CIN 99 407 74 125 23 4 16 56 2 29 44 0.307 0.356 0.501
Charlie Gehringer DET 152 568 133 174 32 5 20 107 14 113 21 0.306 0.425 0.486
Harry Danning NY1 120 448 59 137 26 3 9 60 1 23 40 0.306 0.345 0.438
Gee Walker CHW 120 442 69 135 23 6 16 87 9 38 32 0.305 0.360 0.493
George Case WSN 107 433 69 132 27 3 2 40 11 39 28 0.305 0.362 0.395
Pinky Higgins BOS 139 524 77 159 29 5 5 106 10 71 55 0.303 0.388 0.406
Luke Appling CHW 81 294 41 89 14 0 0 44 1 42 17 0.303 0.392 0.350
Jo-Jo Moore NY1 125 506 76 153 23 6 11 56 2 22 27 0.302 0.335 0.437
Sam West WSN 92 344 51 104 19 5 5 47 1 33 21 0.302 0.363 0.430
Al Simmons WSN 125 470 79 142 23 6 21 95 2 38 40 0.302 0.357 0.511
Red Kress SLA 150 566 74 171 33 3 7 79 5 69 47 0.302 0.378 0.408
Carl Reynolds CHC 125 497 59 150 28 10 3 67 9 22 32 0.302 0.335 0.416
Jimmy Brown STL 108 382 50 115 12 6 0 38 7 27 9 0.301 0.350 0.364
Doc Cramer BOS 148 658 116 198 36 8 0 71 4 51 19 0.301 0.354 0.380
Johnny Rizzo PIT 143 555 97 167 31 9 23 111 1 54 61 0.301 0.368 0.514
Buck Jordan PHI 87 310 31 93 18 1 0 18 1 17 4 0.300 0.336 0.365
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Pitching Leaders

Minimum 50 innings pitched required

Complete Statistics

Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Jumbo Brown NY1 5 3 43 0 0 0 5 90.0 65 18 28 42 1.80 1.03
Dizzy Dean CHC 7 1 13 10 3 1 0 74.6 63 15 8 22 1.81 0.95
Bill Lee CHC 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 CHC 8 7 44 11 5 0 8 160.6 163 51 30 70 2.86 1.20
Max Butcher PHI 4 8 12 12 11 0 0 98.3 94 32 31 29 2.93 1.27
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 0 219.6 208 72 64 58 2.95 1.24
Bob Klinger PIT 12 5 28 21 10 1 1 159.3 152 53 42 58 2.99 1.22
Freddie Fitzsimmons BRO 11 8 27 26 12 3 0 202.6 205 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 1 163.6 169 56 52 99 3.08 1.35
Clay Bryant CHC 19 11 44 30 17 3 2 270.3 235 93 125 135 3.10 1.33
Joe Krakauskas WSN 7 5 29 10 5 1 0 121.3 99 42 88 104 3.12 1.54
Johnny Vander Meer CIN 15 10 32 29 16 3 0 225.3 177 78 103 125 3.12 1.24
Jim Weaver CIN 6 4 30 15 2 0 3 129.3 109 45 54 64 3.13 1.26
Lou Fette BSN 11 13 33 32 17 3 1 239.6 235 84 79 83 3.15 1.31
Dick Errickson BSN 9 7 34 10 6 1 6 122.6 113 43 56 40 3.15 1.38
Bill McGee STL 7 12 47 25 10 1 5 216.0 216 77 78 104 3.21 1.36
Bill Swift PIT 7 5 36 9 2 0 4 150.0 155 54 40 77 3.24 1.30
Al Benton DET 5 3 19 10 6 0 0 95.3 93 35 39 33 3.30 1.38
Red Ruffing NYY 21 7 31 31 22 3 0 247.3 246 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
Jack Russell CHC 6 1 42 0 0 0 3 102.3 100 38 30 29 3.34 1.27
Lefty Gomez NYY 18 12 32 32 20 4 0 239.0 239 89 99 129 3.35 1.41
Dutch Leonard WSN 12 15 33 31 15 3 0 223.3 221 85 53 68 3.43 1.23
Ed Brandt PIT 5 4 24 14 5 1 0 96.3 93 37 35 38 3.46 1.33
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 0 241.3 254 93 66 70 3.47 1.33
Dick Coffman NY1 8 4 51 3 1 1 12 111.3 116 43 21 21 3.48 1.23
Thornton Lee CHW 13 12 33 30 18 1 1 245.3 252 95 94 77 3.49 1.41
Whitey Moore CIN 6 4 19 11 3 1 0 90.3 66 35 42 38 3.49 1.20
Hal Schumacher NY1 13 8 28 28 12 3 0 185.0 178 72 50 54 3.50 1.23
Red Lucas PIT 6 3 13 13 4 0 0 84.0 90 33 16 19 3.54 1.26
Milt Shoffner BSN 8 7 26 15 9 1 1 139.6 147 55 36 49 3.54 1.31
Johnny Rigney CHW 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 STL 16 11 35 29 11 1 1 228.3 248 91 67 117 3.59 1.38
Bump Hadley NYY 9 8 29 17 8 1 1 167.3 165 67 66 61 3.60 1.38
Curt Davis STL 12 8 40 21 8 2 3 173.3 187 70 27 36 3.63 1.23
Luke Hamlin BRO 12 15 44 30 10 3 6 237.3 243 97 65 97 3.68 1.30
Bucky Walters CIN 11 6 27 22 11 2 1 168.3 168 69 66 65 3.69 1.39
Ted Lyons CHW 9 11 23 23 17 1 0 194.6 238 80 52 54 3.70 1.49
Cy Blanton PIT 11 7 29 25 10 1 0 172.6 190 71 46 80 3.70 1.37
Johnny Lanning BSN 8 7 32 18 4 1 0 138.0 146 57 52 39 3.72 1.43
Joe Heving BOS 8 1 16 11 7 1 2 82.0 94 34 22 34 3.73 1.41
Harry Eisenstat DET 9 6 32 9 5 0 4 125.3 131 52 29 37 3.73 1.28
Mace Brown PIT 15 9 51 2 0 0 5 132.6 155 56 44 55 3.80 1.50
Larry French CHC 10 19 43 27 10 3 0 201.3 210 85 62 83 3.80 1.35
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