1938 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 18 – October 15, 1938 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Jimmie Foxx (BSR) NL: Ernie Lombardi (CIN) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Boston Red Sox |
NL champions | Chicago Cubs |
NL runners-up | Pittsburgh Pirates |
World Series | |
Champions | New York Yankees |
Runners-up | Chicago Cubs |
The 1938 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 18 to October 15, 1938. The Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Yankees then defeated the Cubs in the World Series, four games to none. The Yankees became the first team to win the World Series three years in a row.
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World Series | ||||
AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 |
Team Name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per Game |
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New York Yankees[1] | 99 | -2.9% | 970,916 | -2.7% | 12,290 |
Chicago Cubs[2] | 89 | -4.3% | 951,640 | 6.3% | 12,359 |
New York Giants[3] | 83 | -12.6% | 799,633 | -13.7% | 10,954 |
Detroit Tigers[4] | 84 | -5.6% | 799,557 | -25.4% | 10,121 |
Cincinnati Reds[5] | 82 | 46.4% | 706,756 | 71.9% | 9,179 |
Brooklyn Dodgers[6] | 69 | 11.3% | 663,087 | 37.4% | 8,961 |
Cleveland Indians[7] | 86 | 3.6% | 652,006 | 15.4% | 8,579 |
Boston Red Sox[8] | 88 | 10.0% | 646,459 | 15.5% | 8,619 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[9] | 86 | 0.0% | 641,033 | 39.5% | 8,218 |
Washington Senators[10] | 75 | 2.7% | 522,694 | 31.4% | 6,701 |
Philadelphia Athletics[11] | 53 | -1.9% | 385,357 | -10.5% | 5,070 |
Boston Bees[12] | 77 | -2.5% | 341,149 | -11.5% | 4,549 |
Chicago White Sox[13] | 65 | -24.4% | 338,278 | -42.6% | 4,634 |
St. Louis Cardinals[14] | 71 | -12.3% | 291,418 | -32.4% | 3,598 |
Philadelphia Phillies[15] | 45 | -26.2% | 166,111 | -21.9% | 2,215 |
St. Louis Browns[16] | 55 | 19.6% | 130,417 | 5.9% | 1,694 |