1938 NL

The 1938 season of the National League was the sixty-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	Chicago Cubs	154	89	63	2	.578	-.-	713 (4.63)	598 (3.88)	0.269	0.334	0.377	3.37	0.978
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	152	86	64	2	.566	2.0	707 (4.65)	630 (4.14)	0.279	0.338	0.388	3.46	0.974
3	New York Giants	152	83	67	2	.546	5.0	705 (4.64)	637 (4.19)	0.271	0.330	0.396	3.62	0.973
4	Cincinnati Reds	151	82	68	1	.543	6.0	723 (4.79)	634 (4.20)	0.277	0.323	0.406	3.62	0.972
5	Boston Bees	153	77	75	1	.503	12.0	561 (3.67)	618 (4.04)	0.250	0.306	0.333	3.40	0.972
6	St. Louis Cardinals	156	71	80	5	.455	17.5	725 (4.65)	721 (4.62)	0.279	0.329	0.407	3.84	0.967
7	Brooklyn Dodgers	151	69	80	2	.457	18.5	704 (4.66)	710 (4.70)	0.257	0.336	0.367	4.07	0.973
8	Philadelphia Phillies	151	45	105	1	.298	43.0	550 (3.64)	840 (5.56)	0.254	0.310	0.333	4.93	0.966

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Stan Hack Billy Herman	Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs	152
At Bats	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	640
Runs Scored	Mel Ott	New York Giants	116
Hits	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	209
Doubles	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	47
Triples	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	16
Home Runs	Mel Ott	New York Giants	36
Total Bases	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	326
Runs Batted In	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	122
Stolen Bases	Stan Hack	Chicago Cubs	16
Walks	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	119
Hit by Pitch	Ival Goodman	Cincinnati Reds	15
Strikeouts	Vince DiMaggio	Boston Bees	134
Sacrifice Hits	Del Young	Philadelphia Phillies	15
Grounded into Double Plays	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	30
Batting Average	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati Reds	0.342
On-Base Percentage	Mel Ott	New York Giants	0.442
Slugging Percentage	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	0.614
On-Base plus Slugging	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	1.036
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mel Ott	New York Giants	178

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	22
Losses	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Win-Loss Percentage	Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	0.710
Appearances	Mace Brown Dick Coffman	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	51
Games Started	Paul Derringer Bill Lee	Cincinnati Reds Chicago Cubs	37
Complete Games	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	26
Shutouts	Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	9
Games Finished	Dick Coffman	New York Giants	35
Saves	Dick Coffman	New York Giants	12
Innings Pitched	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	307.0
Batters Faced	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	1263
Hits Allowed	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	315
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Turner	Boston Bees	21
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Clay Bryant	Chicago Cubs	125
Hit Batsmen	Tex Carleton Claude Passeau Tot Pressnell	Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies Brooklyn Dodgers	8
Strikeouts	Clay Bryant	Chicago Cubs	135
Wild Pitches	Tex Carleton	Chicago Cubs	12
Balks	Tex Carleton Al Hollingsworth Bob Klinger	Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds/Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates	2
Runs Allowed	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	162
Earned Runs Allowed	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	137
Earned Run Average	Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	2.66
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	1.140

The National League won the sixth midsummer classic at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, OH on Wednesday, July 6, 1938 by a score of 4 to 1. The league's manager was Bill Terry.

In the World Series, the National League champion Chicago Cubs were defeated by the American League's New York Yankees, 4 games to 0.

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Ernie Lombardi, a catcher with the Cincinnati Reds. In the award's voting, he had 229 out of a possible 336 points and 10 first place votes.