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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

  October 5, 1938 at Wrigley Fld (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

  October 6, 1938 at Wrigley Fld (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

  October 8, 1938 at Yankee Stad (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

  October 9, 1938 at Yankee Stad (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

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Frankie Crosetti    4  16  1  4  2  1  1   6  2  4  .250  .368  .688  0 | 631 166  9  .263  .753  27
*Bill Dickey         4  15  2  6  0  0  1   2  1  0  .400  .438  .600  1 | 454 142 27  .313  .980   3
 Joe DiMaggio        4  15  4  4  0  0  1   2  1  1  .267  .313  .467  0 | 599 194 32  .324  .967   6
*Lou Gehrig          4  14  4  4  0  0  0   0  2  3  .286  .375  .286  0 | 576 170 29  .295  .933   6
*Lefty Gomez         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  86  13  0  .151  .363   0
 Joe Gordon          4  15  3  6  2  0  1   6  1  3  .400  .438  .733  1 | 458 117 25  .255  .842  11
*Tommy Henrich       4  16  3  4  1  0  1   1  0  1  .250  .250  .500  0 | 471 127 22  .270  .881   6
 Myril Hoag          2   5  3  2  1  0  0   1  0  0  .400  .400  .600  0 | 267  74  0  .277  .696   4
 Johnny Murphy       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  32   2  0  .063  .185   1
 Monte Pearson       1   3  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .333  .500  .333  0 |  76  13  0  .171  .465   1
 Jake Powell         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 164  42  2  .256  .704   3
*Red Rolfe           4  18  0  3  0  0  0   1  0  3  .167  .167  .167  1 | 631 196 10  .311  .827  13
 Red Ruffing         2   6  1  1  0  0  0   1  1  0  .167  .286  .167  0 | 107  24  3  .224  .695   0
*George Selkirk      3  10  0  2  0  0  0   1  2  1  .200  .333  .200  0 | 335  85 10  .254  .793   9
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 135 22 37  6  1  5  21 11 16  .274  .333  .444  3 |        174  .274  .808  91

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago Cubs

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Clay Bryant         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 106  24  3  .226  .590   0
#Tex Carleton        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  65  15  0  .231  .588   1
*Phil Cavarretta     4  13  1  6  1  0  0   0  0  1  .462  .462  .538  0 | 268  64  1  .239  .608   4
#Ripper Collins      4  15  1  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  .133  .133  .133  0 | 490 131 13  .267  .768   1
 Dizzy Dean          2   3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .667  .667  .667  0 |  26   5  0  .192  .423   0
 Frank Demaree       3  10  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .100  .182  .100  0 | 476 130  8  .273  .725   1
 Larry French        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  62  13  0  .210  .559   0
#Augie Galan         2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 395 113  6  .286  .786   8
*Stan Hack           4  17  3  8  1  0  0   1  1  2  .471  .500  .529  0 | 609 195  4  .320  .843  16
 Gabby Hartnett      3  11  0  1  0  1  0   0  0  2  .091  .091  .273  0 | 299  82 10  .274  .825   1
 Billy Herman        4  16  1  3  0  0  0   0  1  4  .188  .235  .188  0 | 624 173  1  .277  .701   3
 Billy Jurges        4  13  0  3  1  0  0   0  1  3  .231  .286  .308  0 | 465 114  1  .245  .638   3
 Tony Lazzeri        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 120  32  5  .267  .813   0
 Bill Lee            2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 101  20  0  .198  .477   1
 Joe Marty           3  12  1  6  1  0  1   5  0  2  .500  .500  .833  0 | 235  57  7  .243  .696   0
*Ken O'Dea           3   5  1  1  0  0  1   2  1  0  .200  .333  .800  0 | 247  65  3  .263  .653   1
 Vance Page          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  26   4  0  .154  .308   0
 Carl Reynolds       4  12  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  3  .000  .077  .000  0 | 497 150  3  .302  .751   9
 Charley Root        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  48   8  0  .167  .419   0
 Jack Russell        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  32   7  0  .219  .578   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 136  9 33  4  1  2   8  6 26  .243  .275  .331  0 |         65  .269  .712  49

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Red Ruffing         2   1.50 2-0  0  2 18.0 17  3  2 11 | 21-7  247  3.31  1.33 127   
 Monte Pearson       1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  5  1  2  9 | 16-7  202  3.97  1.54  98   
*Lefty Gomez         1   3.86 1-0  0  0  7.0  9  3  1  5 | 18-12 239  3.35  1.41 129   
 Johnny Murphy       1   0.00 0-0  1  0  2.0  2  0  1  1 |  8-2   91  4.24  1.43  43 11
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.75 4-0  1  3 36.0 33  7  6 26 |            3.91 1.450   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago Cubs

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Bill Lee            2   2.45 0-2  0  0 11.0 15  3  1  8 | 22-9  291  2.66  1.22 121  2
 Dizzy Dean          2   6.48 0-1  0  0  8.3  8  6  1  2 |  7-1   75  1.81  0.95  22   
 Clay Bryant         1   6.75 0-1  0  0  5.3  6  4  5  3 | 19-11 270  3.10  1.33 135  2
*Larry French        3   2.70 0-0  0  0  3.3  1  1  1  2 | 10-19 201  3.80  1.35  83   
 Charley Root        1   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  1  0  1 |  8-7  161  2.86  1.20  70  8
 Jack Russell        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.7  1  0  1  0 |  6-1  102  3.34  1.27  29  3
 Vance Page          1  13.50 0-0  0  0  1.3  2  2  0  0 |  5-4   68  3.84  1.51  18  1
 Tex Carleton        1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  1  2  2  0 | 10-9  168  5.42  1.71  80   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.03 0-4  0  0 34.0 37 19 11 16 |            3.37 1.340   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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