1933 AL

The 1933 season of the American League was the thirty-third season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Washington Senators	153	99	53	1	.647	-.-	850 (5.56)	665 (4.35)	0.287	0.350	0.402	3.82	0.978
2	New York Yankees	152	91	59	2	.599	7.0	927 (6.10)	768 (5.05)	0.283	0.367	0.440	4.36	0.972
3	Philadelphia Athletics	152	79	72	1	.520	19.5	875 (5.76)	853 (5.61)	0.285	0.360	0.440	4.81	0.966
4	Cleveland Indians	151	75	76	0	.497	23.5	654 (4.33)	669 (4.43)	0.261	0.319	0.360	3.71	0.974
5	Detroit Tigers	155	75	79	1	.484	25.0	722 (4.66)	733 (4.73)	0.269	0.327	0.380	3.95	0.971
6	Chicago White Sox	151	67	83	1	.444	31.0	683 (4.52)	814 (5.39)	0.272	0.339	0.360	4.45	0.970
7	Boston Red Sox	149	63	86	0	.423	34.5	700 (4.70)	758 (5.09)	0.271	0.337	0.377	4.35	0.965
8	St. Louis Browns	153	55	96	2	.359	43.5	669 (4.37)	820 (5.36)	0.253	0.320	0.360	4.82	0.975

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Charlie Gehringer Billy Rogell	Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers	155
At Bats	Doc Cramer	Philadelphia Athletics	661
Runs Scored	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	138
Hits	Heinie Manush	Washington Senators	221
Doubles	Joe Cronin	Washington Senators	45
Triples	Heinie Manush	Washington Senators	17
Home Runs	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	48
Total Bases	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	403
Runs Batted In	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	163
Stolen Bases	Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	27
Caught Stealing	Ben Chapman	New York Yankees	18
Walks	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	114
Hit by Pitch	Jimmie Dykes	Chicago White Sox	12
Strikeouts	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	93
Sacrifice Hits	Mule Haas	Chicago White Sox	30
Batting Average	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	0.356
On-Base Percentage	Mickey Cochrane	Philadelphia Athletics	0.459
Slugging Percentage	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	0.703
On-Base plus Slugging	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	1.152
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	200

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Alvin Crowder Lefty Grove	Washington Senators Philadelphia Athletics	24
Losses	Ted Lyons	Chicago White Sox	21
Win-Loss Percentage	Lefty Grove Russ Van Atta	Philadelphia Athletics New York Yankees	0.750
Appearances	Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	52
Games Started	Earl Whitehill	Washington Senators	37
Complete Games	Lefty Grove	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Shutouts	Oral Hildebrand	Cleveland Indians	6
Games Finished	Chief Hogsett	Detroit Tigers	34
Saves	Jack Russell	Washington Senators	13
Innings Pitched	Bump Hadley	St. Louis Browns	316.2
Batters Faced	Bump Hadley	St. Louis Browns	1365
Hits Allowed	Alvin Crowder	Washington Senators	311
Home Runs Allowed	George Blaeholder	St. Louis Browns	24
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Bump Hadley	St. Louis Browns	141
Hit Batsmen	Tommy Bridges Bob Kline Jake Miller	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox	6
Strikeouts	Lefty Gomez	New York Yankees	163
Wild Pitches	Johnny Allen Lloyd Brown Ted Lyons	New York Yankees St. Louis Browns/Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox	10
Balks	Don Brennan Vic Frazier Willis Hudlin	New York Yankees Chicago White Sox/Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians	2
Runs Allowed	Bump Hadley	St. Louis Browns	152
Earned Runs Allowed	Bump Hadley	St. Louis Browns	138
Earned Run Average	Mel Harder	Cleveland Indians	2.95
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Firpo Marberry	Detroit Tigers	1.229

The American League won the first midsummer classic at Comiskey Park in Chicago, IL on Thursday, July 6, 1933 by a score of 4 to 2. The league's manager was Connie Mack.

In the World Series, the American League champion Washington Senators were defeated by the National League's New York Giants, 4 games to 1.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Jimmie Foxx, a first baseman with the Philadelphia Athletics. In the award's voting, he had 74 out of a possible 80 points and 4 first place votes.