Statistical leaders
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| 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 zero. The Yankees became the first team to win the World Series three years in a row.
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American League
| National League
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| World Series | ||||
| AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
| NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | ||
| Team | Manager | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | Joe Cronin | Finished 2nd |
| Chicago White Sox | Jimmy Dykes | |
| Cleveland Indians | Ossie Vitt | Finished 3rd |
| Detroit Tigers | Mickey Cochrane and Del Baker | |
| New York Yankees | Joe McCarthy | Won 3rd straight World Series |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | |
| St. Louis Browns | Gabby Street and Ski Melillo | |
| Washington Senators | Bucky Harris |
| Team | Manager | Comments |
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| Boston Bees | Casey Stengel | |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | Burleigh Grimes | |
| Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm and Gabby Hartnett | Won NL pennant |
| Cincinnati Reds | Bill McKechnie | |
| New York Giants | Bill Terry | Finished 3rd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Jimmie Wilson | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Pie Traynor | Finished 2nd |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Frankie Frisch and Mike González |
| 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 |
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