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1938 World Series (4-0): New York Yankees (99-53) over Chicago Cubs (89-63)


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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 5, 1938 at Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     3 12  1
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  9  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ruffing
              CHC - Lee, Russell (9)

               WP - Red Ruffing
	       LP - Bill Lee
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 43,642

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 6, 1938 at Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  0  0    0  2  2     6  7  2
    Chicago Cubs                 1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     3 11  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Gomez, Murphy (8)
              CHC - Dean, French (9)

               WP - Lefty Gomez
	       LP - Dizzy Dean
             SAVE - Johnny Murphy

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Crosetti, DiMaggio
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 42,108

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 8, 1938 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0     2  5  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  2  2    0  1  x     5  7  2

    PITCHERS: CHC - Bryant, Russell (6), French (7)
              NYY - Pearson

               WP - Monte Pearson
	       LP - Clay Bryant
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - Marty
              NYY - Dickey, Gordon

  ATTENDANCE: 55,236

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 9, 1938 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0     3  8  1
    New York Yankees             0  3  0    0  0  1    0  4  x     8 11  1

    PITCHERS: CHC - Lee, Root (4), Page (7), French (8), Carleton (8), Dean (8)
              NYY - Ruffing

               WP - Red Ruffing
	       LP - Bill Lee
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CHC - O'Dea
              NYY - Henrich

  ATTENDANCE: 59,847

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Frankie Crosetti 4 16 1 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 .250 .368 .688 1.056 0 1 157 631 113 166 9 55 27 .263 .752
Bill Dickey 4 15 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 .400 .438 .600 1.038 1 0 132 454 84 142 27 115 3 .313 .981
Joe DiMaggio 4 15 4 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 .267 .313 .467 .779 0 0 145 599 129 194 32 140 6 .324 .967
Lou Gehrig 4 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .286 .375 .286 .661 0 0 157 576 115 170 29 114 6 .295 .932
Lefty Gomez 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 32 86 5 13 0 7 0 .151 .363
Joe Gordon 4 15 3 6 2 0 1 6 1 3 .400 .438 .733 1.171 1 0 127 458 83 117 25 97 11 .255 .843
Tommy Henrich 4 16 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 1 131 471 109 127 22 91 6 .270 .882
Myril Hoag 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0 0 85 267 28 74 0 48 4 .277 .696
Johnny Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 32 4 2 0 2 1 .063 .185
Monte Pearson 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 0 0 28 76 8 13 0 6 1 .171 .465
Jake Powell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 164 27 42 2 20 3 .256 .704
Red Rolfe 4 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 151 631 132 196 10 80 13 .311 .826
Red Ruffing 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 0 0 45 107 12 24 3 17 0 .224 .695
George Selkirk 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0 0 99 335 58 85 10 62 9 .254 .793
Totals 39 135 22 37 6 1 5 21 11 16 .274 .333 .444 .778 3 2 157 5410 966 1480 174 91 .274 .812

Chicago Cubs Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Clay Bryant 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 50 106 16 24 3 15 0 .226 .590
Tex Carleton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 65 9 15 0 7 1 .231 .588
Phil Cavarretta 4 13 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 .462 .462 .538 1.000 0 0 92 268 29 64 1 28 4 .239 .608
Ripper Collins 4 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .133 .267 0 0 143 490 78 131 13 61 1 .267 .768
Dizzy Dean 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 13 26 3 5 0 1 0 .192 .423
Frank Demaree 3 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 0 0 129 476 63 130 8 62 1 .273 .725
Larry French 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 62 7 13 0 7 0 .210 .559
Augie Galan 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 110 395 52 113 6 69 8 .286 .785
Stan Hack 4 17 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 .471 .500 .529 1.029 0 1 152 609 109 195 4 67 16 .320 .843
Gabby Hartnett 3 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .273 .364 0 0 88 299 40 82 10 59 1 .274 .825
Billy Herman 4 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .188 .235 .188 .423 0 0 152 624 86 173 1 56 3 .277 .701
Billy Jurges 4 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 .231 .286 .308 .593 0 0 137 465 53 114 1 47 3 .245 .638
Tony Lazzeri 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 54 120 21 32 5 23 0 .267 .814
Bill Lee 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 44 101 10 20 0 13 1 .198 .476
Joe Marty 3 12 1 6 1 0 1 5 0 2 .500 .500 .833 1.333 0 1 76 235 32 57 7 35 0 .243 .696
Ken O'Dea 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .200 .333 .800 1.133 0 0 86 247 22 65 3 33 1 .263 .654
Vance Page 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 26 2 4 0 1 0 .154 .308
Carl Reynolds 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 0 125 497 59 150 3 67 9 .302 .752
Charlie Root 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 48 2 8 0 3 0 .167 .418
Jack Russell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 32 4 7 0 3 0 .219 .577
Totals 53 136 9 33 4 1 2 8 6 26 .243 .275 .331 .606 0 2 154 5333 713 1435 65 49 .269 .715

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Lefty Gomez 1 1 3.86 1 0 0 0 7.0 9 3 1 5 1.429 32 32 3.35 18 12 0 239.0 239 99 129 1.414
Johnny Murphy 1 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 1.500 32 2 4.24 8 2 11 91.1 90 41 43 1.434
Monte Pearson 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 5 1 2 9 0.778 28 27 3.97 16 7 0 202.0 198 113 98 1.540
Red Ruffing 2 2 1.50 2 0 0 2 18.0 17 3 2 11 1.056 31 31 3.31 21 7 0 247.1 246 82 127 1.326
Totals 5 4 1.75 4 0 1 3 36.0 33 7 6 26 1.083 157 157 3.914 99 53 1382.0 1436 566 567 1.449

Chicago Cubs Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Clay Bryant 1 1 6.75 0 1 0 0 5.1 6 4 5 3 2.063 44 30 3.10 19 11 2 270.1 235 125 135 1.332
Tex Carleton 1 0 inf 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 33 24 5.42 10 9 0 167.2 213 74 80 1.712
Dizzy Dean 2 1 6.48 0 1 0 0 8.1 8 6 1 2 1.080 13 10 1.81 7 1 0 74.2 63 8 22 0.951
Larry French 3 0 2.70 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 2 0.600 43 27 3.80 10 19 0 201.1 210 62 83 1.351
Bill Lee 2 2 2.45 0 2 0 0 11.0 15 3 1 8 1.455 44 37 2.66 22 9 2 291.0 281 74 121 1.220
Vance Page 1 0 13.50 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 1.500 13 9 3.84 5 4 1 68.0 90 13 18 1.515
Charlie Root 1 0 3.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 44 11 2.86 8 7 8 160.2 163 30 70 1.201
Jack Russell 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 1.200 42 0 3.34 6 1 3 102.1 100 30 29 1.270
Totals 13 4 5.03 0 4 0 0 34.0 37 19 11 16 1.412 154 154 3.370 89 63 1396.2 1414 454 583 1.337

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