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1938 Cleveland Indians Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
86-66, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 847 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-70
Manager: Ossie Vitt (86-66)
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 652,006 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

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1937 / 1939 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 86-66, Final Rank:3, GB: 13.0
Days in First57last on Tuesday, Jul 12, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 73last on Jul 12, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead4.5last on Tuesday, Jun 28, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind17last on Friday, Sep 16, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50023last on Wednesday, Aug 3
Most Games under .5001last on Tuesday, Apr 19
Longest Winning Streak9Tuesday, Aug 30 to Wednesday, Sep 7
Longest Losing Streak5Wednesday, Jun 8 to Tuesday, Jun 14
Most Runs Allowed15Monday, May 9, Thursday, Aug 25 and Friday, Aug 26
Most Runs Scored15Thursday, May 19
Times Shutout by Opponent7 
Times Opponent Shutout5 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 86 66 847 782 .566
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 46 30 425 363 .605
Road 40 36 422 419 .526
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 8 3 64 44 .727
May 16 9 139 108 .640
June 16 10 157 133 .615
July 13 8 112 103 .619
August 15 23 208 257 .395
September 17 11 153 123 .607
October 1 2 14 14 .333
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 41 25 367 301 .621
Second Half 45 41 480 481 .523
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 27 22 243 238 .551
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 26 16 276 227 .619
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 10 12 96 127 .455
CHW 13 9 125 99 .591
DET 12 10 112 99 .545
NYY 8 13 94 135 .381
PHA 18 4 145 111 .818
SLB 13 9 135 111 .591
WSH 12 9 140 100 .571

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 19 CLE SLB L 2 6 0-1 5 1.5 Newsom 2:40 31,600 -
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 20 CLE SLB W 9 0 1-1 4 1.5 Feller 2:30 4,500 +
3 3 Thursday, Apr 21 CLE SLB W 4 3 2-1 3 1.0 Whitehill 2:25 3,000 ++
4 4 Friday, Apr 22 CLE @ DET W 4 3 3-1 1 Tied Harder 2:28 54,500 +++
5 5 Saturday, Apr 23 CLE @ DET W 6 3 4-1 1 Tied Allen 2:41 13,200 ++++
6 6 Sunday, Apr 24 CLE @ DET W 9 4 5-1 1 up 1.0 Feller 2:21 32,969 +++++
7 7 Tuesday, Apr 26 CLE @ CHW W 10 6 6-1 1 up 1.5 Whitehill 2:16 3,000 ++++++
8 8 Wednesday, Apr 27 CLE @ CHW L 3 6 6-2 1 up 0.5 Lee 2:04 2,500 -
9 9 Thursday, Apr 28 CLE @ SLB W 11 6 7-2 1 up 0.5 Galehouse 2:40 1,276 +
10 10 Friday, Apr 29 CLE @ SLB W 3 2 8-2 1 up 1.5 Feller 2:20 5,654 ++
11 11 Saturday, Apr 30 CLE DET L 3 5 8-3 1 up 1.5 Kennedy 2:17 12,000 -
12 12 Sunday, May 1 CLE DET W 4 3 9-3 1 up 1.5 Harder 2:26 23,782 +
13 13 Monday, May 2 CLE DET W 11 3 10-3 1 up 2.5 Allen 2:17 7,500 ++
14 14 Tuesday, May 3 CLE @ WSH W 10 9 11-3 1 up 3.0 Heving 2:45 8,000 +++
15 15 Wednesday, May 4 CLE @ WSH L 0 1 11-4 1 up 2.0 Leonard 3:10 10,000 -
16 16 Thursday, May 5 CLE @ WSH L 6 8 11-5 1 up 1.0 Hogsett 2:55 5,000 --
17 17 Friday, May 6 CLE @ PHA W 4 1 12-5 1 up 1.5 Allen 2:21 2,000 +
18 18 Saturday, May 7 CLE @ PHA W 4 2 13-5 1 up 1.5 Hudlin 2:11 8,000 ++
19 19 Sunday, May 8 CLE @ BOS L 0 5 13-6 1 up 0.5 Wilson 2:01 33,100 -
20 20 Monday, May 9 CLE @ BOS L 3 15 13-7 2 0.5 Bagby 2:11 --
21 21 Wednesday, May 11 CLE @ NYY L 1 4 13-8 3 1.0 Chandler 1:54 12,620 ---
22 22 Thursday, May 12 CLE @ NYY W 3 2 14-8 2 1.0 Feller 2:04 19,782 +
23 23 Friday, May 13 CLE CHW L 6 7 14-9 3 1.0 Stratton 2:25 11,000 -
24 24 Monday, May 16 CLE PHA W 4 3 15-9 2 1.0 Hudlin 2:21 2,500 +
25 25 Tuesday, May 17 CLE PHA W 5 1 16-9 2 0.5 Whitehill 2:02 1,500 ++
26 26 Wednesday, May 18 CLE PHA W 7 2 17-9 1 Tied Feller 2:30 4,000 +++
27 27 Thursday, May 19 CLE WSH W 15 3 18-9 1 up 1.0 Hudlin 2:05 0 ++++
28 28 Friday, May 20 CLE WSH W 6 3 19-9 1 up 1.0 Allen 1:58 19,000 +++++
29 29 Saturday, May 21 CLE WSH L 4 5 19-10 1 up 1.0 Chase 2:55 13,000 -
30 30 Sunday, May 22 CLE NYY W 8 3 20-10 1 up 2.0 Humphries 2:35 62,244 +
31 31 Tuesday, May 24 CLE NYY W 9 5 21-10 1 up 2.0 Allen 2:15 9,500 ++
32 32 Wednesday, May 25 CLE BOS W 6 4 22-10 1 up 3.0 Harder 2:15 7,500 +++
33 33 Thursday, May 26 CLE BOS L 4 8 22-11 1 up 2.0 Wilson 2:17 5,000 -
34 34 Sunday, May 29 CLE @ SLB L 6 8 22-12 1 up 2.5 Newsom 2:40 6,278 --
35 35 Monday, May 30 CLE CHW W 5 2 23-12 1 up 3.5 Feller 2:04 0 +
36 36 Monday, May 30 CLE CHW W 8 1 24-12 1 up 3.5 Allen 2:07 ++
37 37 Wednesday, Jun 1 CLE @ PHA L 5 9 24-13 1 up 3.0 Nelson 2:20 7,500 -
38 38 Thursday, Jun 2 CLE @ PHA W 10 5 25-13 1 up 2.5 Whitehill 2:43 14,000 +
39 39 Friday, Jun 3 CLE @ PHA W 10 5 26-13 1 up 2.5 Allen 2:29 5,000 ++
40 40 Saturday, Jun 4 CLE @ WSH W 11 4 27-13 1 up 3.0 Galehouse 2:24 20,000 +++
41 41 Sunday, Jun 5 CLE @ WSH W 5 4 28-13 1 up 4.0 Hudlin 2:45 22,000 ++++
42 42 Monday, Jun 6 CLE @ WSH L 4 5 28-14 1 up 3.0 Krakauskas 2:43 -
43 43 Tuesday, Jun 7 CLE @ BOS W 7 5 29-14 1 up 4.0 Humphries 2:17 7,000 +
44 44 Wednesday, Jun 8 CLE @ BOS L 6 7 29-15 1 up 4.5 McKain 2:36 5,000 -
45 45 Thursday, Jun 9 CLE @ BOS L 0 8 29-16 1 up 3.5 Grove 2:05 12,000 --
46 46 Friday, Jun 10 CLE @ NYY L 2 8 29-17 1 up 2.5 Gomez 2:06 22,366 ---
47 47 Sunday, Jun 12 CLE @ NYY L 6 7 29-18 1 up 1.5 Ruffing 2:25 43,702 ----
48 48 Tuesday, Jun 14 CLE WSH L 6 7 29-19 1 up 0.5 DeShong 3:00 6,000 -----
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 15 CLE WSH W 6 4 30-19 1 up 0.5 Whitehill 2:22 5,000 +
50 50 Thursday, Jun 16 CLE WSH W 4 1 31-19 1 up 0.5 Feller 2:22 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Friday, Jun 17 CLE PHA W 8 1 32-19 1 up 1.0 Allen 2:18 9,000 +++
52 52 Saturday, Jun 18 CLE PHA L 4 8 32-20 1 up 1.0 Nelson 2:25 10,000 -
53 53 Sunday, Jun 19 CLE PHA W 5 4 33-20 1 up 1.5 Humphries 2:12 20,000 +
54 54 Tuesday, Jun 21 CLE NYY W 10 5 34-20 1 up 2.0 Feller 2:30 20,000 ++
55 55 Wednesday, Jun 22 CLE NYY W 3 1 35-20 1 up 3.5 Harder 2:02 0 +++
56 56 Wednesday, Jun 22 CLE NYY W 7 1 36-20 1 up 3.5 Allen 1:55 67,459 ++++
57 57 Thursday, Jun 23 CLE NYY L 6 8 36-21 1 up 3.5 Hadley 2:40 8,400 -
58 58 Friday, Jun 24 CLE BOS W 7 6 37-21 1 up 4.5 Humphries 2:30 12,000 +
59 59 Monday, Jun 27 CLE BOS W 7 3 38-21 1 up 4.0 Feller 2:35 10,000 ++
60 60 Tuesday, Jun 28 CLE DET W 5 4 39-21 1 up 4.5 Allen 2:20 12,000 +++
61 61 Wednesday, Jun 29 CLE DET L 3 4 39-22 1 up 3.0 Auker 2:25 15,000 -
62 62 Thursday, Jun 30 CLE DET W 10 9 40-22 1 up 3.0 Allen 2:55 15,000 +
63 63 Sunday, Jul 3 CLE @ CHW W 2 1 41-22 1 up 1.5 Allen 1:59 0 ++
64 64 Sunday, Jul 3 CLE @ CHW L 0 3 41-23 1 up 1.5 Lee 1:48 8,000 -
65 65 Monday, Jul 4 CLE @ DET L 3 7 41-24 1 Tied Auker 2:17 0 --
66 66 Monday, Jul 4 CLE @ DET L 2 5 41-25 1 Tied Eisenstat 2:22 53,700 ---
67 67 Friday, Jul 8 CLE SLB W 8 7 42-25 1 up 1.0 Harder 2:54 8,000 +
68 68 Saturday, Jul 9 CLE SLB W 5 4 43-25 1 up 1.0 Humphries 3:22 10,000 ++
69 69 Sunday, Jul 10 CLE SLB W 8 7 44-25 1 up 2.0 Galehouse 2:22 27,107 +++
70 70 Tuesday, Jul 12 CLE @ WSH L 8 9 44-26 1 up 0.5 Hogsett 2:21 8,000 -
71 71 Wednesday, Jul 13 CLE @ WSH L 3 4 44-27 2 0.5 Kelley 2:09 10,000 --
72 72 Thursday, Jul 14 CLE @ WSH W 5 1 45-27 2 0.5 Harder 2:05 6,000 +
73 73 Friday, Jul 15 CLE @ PHA L 4 5 45-28 2 1.5 Ross 2:15 5,000 -
74 74 Saturday, Jul 16 CLE @ PHA W 9 8 46-28 2 1.5 Humphries 3:11 8,000 +
75 75 Sunday, Jul 17 CLE @ PHA W 7 6 47-28 2 1.5 Feller 2:44 14,580 ++
76 76 Tuesday, Jul 19 CLE @ NYY W 5 3 48-28 2 0.5 Harder 2:05 7,528 +++
77 77 Friday, Jul 22 CLE @ BOS L 4 7 48-29 2 1.0 Wilson 2:30 2,000 -
78 78 Monday, Jul 25 CLE @ BOS L 0 4 48-30 2 1.0 Dickman 1:52 0 --
79 79 Monday, Jul 25 CLE @ BOS W 3 0 49-30 2 1.0 Harder 1:55 29,000 +
80 80 Tuesday, Jul 26 CLE PHA W 4 2 50-30 2 1.5 Feller 2:10 7,500 ++
81 81 Wednesday, Jul 27 CLE PHA W 12 11 51-30 2 1.5 Milnar 2:58 7,500 +++
82 82 Friday, Jul 29 CLE WSH W 12 4 52-30 2 1.0 Allen 1:59 15,000 ++++
83 83 Saturday, Jul 30 CLE WSH W 8 5 53-30 2 1.0 Harder 2:15 +++++
84 84 Monday, Aug 1 CLE WSH L 8 11 53-31 2 2.5 Hogsett 3:15 5,000 -
85 85 Tuesday, Aug 2 CLE BOS W 7 4 54-31 2 1.5 Galehouse 2:16 5,000 +
86 86 Wednesday, Aug 3 CLE BOS L 3 4 54-32 2 2.0 Wilson 2:25 0 -
87 87 Wednesday, Aug 3 CLE BOS W 8 6 55-32 2 2.0 Whitehill 2:20 36,397 +
88 88 Friday, Aug 5 CLE NYY L 1 6 55-33 2 3.5 Hadley 2:38 62,753 -
89 89 Saturday, Aug 6 CLE NYY L 3 7 55-34 2 4.5 Gomez 2:58 43,399 --
90 90 Sunday, Aug 7 CLE NYY L 0 7 55-35 2 5.5 Ruffing 2:33 56,242 ---
91 91 Tuesday, Aug 9 CLE @ SLB L 3 4 55-36 2 5.0 Mills 2:12 0 ----
92 92 Tuesday, Aug 9 CLE @ SLB W 8 1 56-36 2 5.0 Whitehill 2:10 +
93 93 Wednesday, Aug 10 CLE @ SLB W 9 6 57-36 2 5.0 Humphries 2:21 1,346 ++
94 94 Thursday, Aug 11 CLE @ SLB L 7 8 57-37 2 6.5 Newsom 2:12 0 -
95 95 Thursday, Aug 11 CLE @ SLB L 2 8 57-38 2 6.5 Tietje 2:11 --
96 96 Friday, Aug 12 CLE @ CHW W 12 9 58-38 2 6.5 Whitehill 3:07 0 +
97 97 Friday, Aug 12 CLE @ CHW L 5 6 58-39 2 6.5 Rigney 2:24 0 -
98 98 Saturday, Aug 13 CLE @ CHW W 13 4 59-39 2 7.0 Feller 2:48 0 +
99 99 Saturday, Aug 13 CLE @ CHW L 1 2 59-40 2 7.0 Lee 1:39 10,000 -
100 100 Sunday, Aug 14 CLE @ CHW W 6 4 60-40 2 7.5 Jungels 2:28 8,000 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Tuesday, Aug 16 CLE SLB W 9 6 61-40 2 8.0 Harder 2:07 6,000 ++
102 102 Wednesday, Aug 17 CLE SLB L 7 10 61-41 2 8.5 Johnson 2:23 25,200 -
103 103 Thursday, Aug 18 CLE SLB L 1 9 61-42 2 9.0 Newsom 2:25 5,000 --
104 104 Friday, Aug 19 CLE CHW L 2 7 61-43 2 10.0 Lee 1:57 ---
105 105 Saturday, Aug 20 CLE CHW W 8 2 62-43 2 10.0 Harder 1:54 2,500 +
106 106 Sunday, Aug 21 CLE CHW L 3 4 62-44 2 11.0 Lyons 2:00 0 -
107 107 Sunday, Aug 21 CLE CHW W 3 2 63-44 2 11.0 Galehouse 2:15 +
108 108 Monday, Aug 22 CLE CHW L 2 4 63-45 2 11.5 Whitehead 2:15 0 -
109 109 Tuesday, Aug 23 CLE @ BOS L 3 13 63-46 3 12.5 Ostermueller 2:24 0 --
110 110 Tuesday, Aug 23 CLE @ BOS L 12 14 63-47 3 12.5 Wilson 2:38 18,500 ---
111 111 Wednesday, Aug 24 CLE @ BOS W 5 3 64-47 2 12.0 Harder 2:02 7,000 +
112 112 Thursday, Aug 25 CLE @ NYY L 2 5 64-48 3 14.0 Gomez 2:01 0 -
113 113 Thursday, Aug 25 CLE @ NYY L 3 15 64-49 3 14.0 Ruffing 2:20 40,692 --
114 114 Friday, Aug 26 CLE @ NYY L 9 15 64-50 3 14.0 Ferrell 2:35 0 ---
115 115 Friday, Aug 26 CLE @ NYY W 8 5 65-50 3 14.0 Hudlin 2:18 37,139 +
116 116 Saturday, Aug 27 CLE @ NYY L 7 8 65-51 3 16.0 Andrews 2:27 0 -
117 117 Saturday, Aug 27 CLE @ NYY L 0 13 65-52 3 16.0 Pearson 2:58 40,959 --
118 118 Sunday, Aug 28 CLE @ WSH W 6 5 66-52 3 16.0 Harder 2:20 12,000 +
119 119 Monday, Aug 29 CLE @ WSH L 4 6 66-53 3 17.0 Chase 1:57 0 -
120 120 Tuesday, Aug 30 CLE @ PHA W 10 8 67-53 3 17.0 Humphries 2:30 +
121 121 Wednesday, Aug 31 CLE @ PHA W 8 6 68-53 3 16.0 Hudlin 2:08 ++
122 122 Thursday, Sep 1 CLE @ PHA W 11 4 69-53 3 15.0 Feller 2:17 +++
123 123 Saturday, Sep 3 CLE @ SLB W 10 2 70-53 3 14.5 Harder 2:17 1,503 ++++
124 124 Sunday, Sep 4 CLE @ SLB W 11 3 71-53 3 14.5 Allen 2:28 0 +++++
125 125 Sunday, Sep 4 CLE @ SLB T 1 1 71-53 3 14.5 1:47 +++++
126 126 Monday, Sep 5 CLE @ CHW W 6 4 72-53 3 14.5 Milnar 2:04 0 ++++++
127 127 Monday, Sep 5 CLE @ CHW W 4 2 73-53 3 14.5 Hudlin 2:21 +++++++
128 128 Tuesday, Sep 6 CLE @ DET W 6 0 74-53 2 14.0 Feller 1:52 4,800 ++++++++
129 129 Wednesday, Sep 7 CLE @ DET W 1 0 75-53 2 13.0 Harder 1:46 3,000 +++++++++
130 130 Thursday, Sep 8 CLE DET L 1 4 75-54 2 14.0 Benton 2:09 2,000 -
131 131 Friday, Sep 9 CLE DET L 5 11 75-55 2 15.0 Bridges 2:12 5,000 --
132 132 Saturday, Sep 10 CLE SLB L 2 4 75-56 2 16.0 Newsom 2:03 2,500 ---
133 133 Sunday, Sep 11 CLE SLB W 6 2 76-56 3 15.5 Feller 2:11 9,000 +
134 134 Sunday, Sep 11 CLE SLB L 3 4 76-57 3 15.5 Van Atta 2:05 9,000 -
135 135 Tuesday, Sep 13 CLE NYY L 1 7 76-58 3 16.5 Ruffing 2:14 4,000 --
136 136 Thursday, Sep 15 CLE BOS W 3 2 77-58 3 16.0 Harder 1:56 0 +
137 137 Thursday, Sep 15 CLE BOS L 2 3 77-59 3 16.0 Ostermueller 1:59 2,000 -
138 138 Friday, Sep 16 CLE BOS L 1 2 77-60 3 17.0 McKain 2:06 2,500 --
139 139 Saturday, Sep 17 CLE BOS W 5 4 78-60 3 16.0 Humphries 1:58 +
140 140 Sunday, Sep 18 CLE PHA W 7 3 79-60 3 15.0 Hudlin 1:51 0 ++
141 141 Sunday, Sep 18 CLE PHA L 3 14 79-61 3 15.0 Thomas 2:03 -
142 142 Monday, Sep 19 CLE PHA W 4 3 80-61 3 14.0 Harder 2:07 474 +
143 143 Tuesday, Sep 20 CLE WSH W 9 1 81-61 3 13.0 Galehouse 1:40 ++
144 144 Friday, Sep 23 CLE @ DET W 8 1 82-61 3 12.0 Feller 2:06 0 +++
145 145 Friday, Sep 23 CLE @ DET W 6 5 83-61 3 12.0 Whitehill 1:55 ++++
146 146 Saturday, Sep 24 CLE @ DET L 6 7 83-62 3 12.0 Eisenstat 2:20 8,900 -
147 147 Sunday, Sep 25 CLE @ DET L 5 7 83-63 3 12.0 Poffenberger 1:56 19,700 --
148 148 Tuesday, Sep 27 CLE CHW W 6 1 84-63 3 12.5 Feller 2:05 +
149 149 Wednesday, Sep 28 CLE CHW L 11 14 84-64 3 12.5 Lee 2:26 1,500 -
150 150 Thursday, Sep 29 CLE CHW W 9 8 85-64 3 12.5 Milnar 2:15 1,000 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Saturday, Oct 1 CLE DET W 5 0 86-64 3 11.5 Galehouse 1:38 ++
152 152 Sunday, Oct 2 CLE DET L 1 4 86-65 3 13.0 Eisenstat 2:07 0 -
153 153 Sunday, Oct 2 CLE DET L 8 10 86-66 3 13.0 Harris 1:37 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1937 / 1939 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits