1938 Major League Team Statistics

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World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

Major League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

Major League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Homestead Grays	47	17	0	.734	7.4	3.7	3.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2	New York Yankees	99	53	5	.651	6.2	4.5	1.6	-0.2	1.4	97-55	2	55-22	44-31	5-2	16-15	77-40	22-13	38-27	61-26
3	Kansas City Monarchs	42	27	1	.609	5.9	4.1	1.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
4	Chicago Cubs	89	63	2	.586	4.6	3.9	0.8	-0.1	0.7	88-64	1	44-33	45-30	9-9	23-19	70-50	19-13	47-41	42-22
5	Memphis Red Sox	39	23	2	.629	4.4	6.4	-2.0					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
6	Boston Red Sox	88	61	1	.591	6.0	5.0	1.0	-0.1	0.9	87-62	1	52-23	36-38	9-1	23-15	80-52	8-9	33-33	55-28
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	2	.573	4.7	4.1	0.5	-0.1	0.5	83-67	3	44-33	42-31	12-6	32-20	56-45	30-19	48-40	38-24
8	Philadelphia Stars	37	28	3	.569	5.3	6.0	-0.7					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
9	Cleveland Indians	86	66	1	.566	5.5	5.1	0.4	-0.1	0.4	82-70	4	46-30	40-36	6-4	27-22	64-43	22-23	30-35	56-31
10	New York Giants	83	67	2	.553	4.6	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	82-68	1	43-30	40-37	4-5	24-16	57-52	26-15	42-45	41-22
11	Baltimore Elite Giants	25	23	22	.521	6.3	4.5	1.8					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
12	Chicago American Giants	32	35	1	.478	4.9	4.5	0.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
13	Cincinnati Reds	82	68	1	.547	4.8	4.2	0.6	-0.1	0.5	84-66	-2	43-34	39-34	9-7	16-28	68-60	14-8	42-43	40-25
14	Detroit Tigers	84	70	1	.545	5.6	5.1	0.4	-0.1	0.4	83-71	1	48-31	36-39	2-8	20-23	73-54	11-16	30-36	54-34
15	Pittsburgh Crawfords	28	27	2	.509	5.5	5.7	-0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
16	Indianapolis ABCs	20	22	1	.476	4.5	5.9	-1.4					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
17	Boston Bees	77	75	1	.507	3.7	4.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	69-83	8	45-30	32-45	9-11	34-23	63-59	14-16	38-48	39-27
18	Washington Nationals	75	76	1	.497	5.4	5.7	-0.4	0.1	-0.3	71-80	4	44-33	31-43	9-8	20-20	53-57	22-19	33-53	42-23
19	Jacksonville Red Caps	11	13	1	.458	6.0	5.4	0.6					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
20	Newark Eagles	20	28	0	.417	4.6	4.8	-0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
21	Atlanta Black Crackers	30	29	0	.508	5.2	5.4	-0.2					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
22	St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	5	.470	4.6	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	76-75	-5	36-41	35-39	7-8	26-33	56-63	15-17	43-65	28-15
23	Chicago White Sox	65	83	1	.439	4.8	5.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	70-78	-5	33-39	32-44	4-8	21-25	57-70	8-13	30-54	35-29
24	New York Black Yankees	11	28	1	.282	4.5	6.6	-2.1					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
25	Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	2	.463	4.7	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	74-75	-5	31-41	38-39	3-5	16-24	51-63	18-17	45-61	24-19
26	St. Louis Browns	55	97	4	.362	4.8	6.2	-1.3	0.2	-1.1	59-93	-4	31-43	24-54	3-7	18-21	45-82	10-15	31-57	24-40
27	Birmingham Black Barons	11	36	0	.234	3.9	6.3	-2.5					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
28	Washington Black Senators	1	18	2	.053	4.0	9.3	-5.3					0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
29	Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	2	.349	4.7	6.2	-1.5	0.2	-1.3	57-95	-4	28-47	25-52	3-3	14-18	45-81	8-18	25-62	28-37
30	Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	1	.300	3.6	5.6	-1.9	0.2	-1.7	47-103	-2	26-48	19-57	6-8	22-30	35-79	10-26	32-74	13-31
	Average	52	52	2	.500	5.0	5.2				51-52		21-18	18-21	3-3	11-11	31-31	8-8	19-25	20-14

In this table, Negro League team records are for league games only. Runs scored and allowed are for all games against top Black clubs for which a box score has been discovered.

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Indianapolis ABCs	22	23.7	4.53	19	640	580	86	146	20	12	6	70	24		42		.252	.309	.359	.668	91	208		6	12
Birmingham Black Barons	34	22.3	3.85	27	972	873	104	201	20	12	4	83	22		73		.230	.298	.294	.592	70	257		11	15
Atlanta Black Crackers	33	24.2	5.22	46	1679	1519	240	409	51	26	9	197	24		115		.269	.324	.355	.679	94	539		9	36
Baltimore Elite Giants	23	29.0	6.27	41	1564	1368	257	377	60	19	17	225	22		151		.276	.351	.385	.736	94	526		8	37
Boston Red Sox	30	28.5	6.01	150	6008	5229	902	1566	298	56	98	860	55	51	649	462	.299	.378	.434	.812	99	2270		13	112		28	1188
Brooklyn Dodgers	43	29.1	4.66	151	5858	5142	704	1322	225	79	61	647	66	57	611	615	.257	.338	.367	.705	92	1888	118	20	80		45	1137
Boston Bees	39	28.7	3.67	153	5777	5250	561	1311	199	39	54	519	49	40	424	548	.250	.309	.333	.642	84	1750	134	23	78		35	1085
Chicago American Giants	33	28.8	4.93	41	1563	1402	202	349	47	21	15	168	42		120		.249	.313	.345	.657	88	483		10	31
Chicago Cubs	29	29.3	4.63	154	5975	5333	713	1435	242	70	65	673	49	50	522	476	.269	.338	.377	.715	94	2012	157	29	88		53	1133
Chicago White Sox	36	30.2	4.76	149	5811	5199	709	1439	239	55	67	657	56	39	515	489	.277	.344	.383	.726	80	1989		14	78		15	1122
Cincinnati Reds	34	28.1	4.79	151	5878	5391	723	1495	251	57	110	679	19	19	366	518	.277	.327	.406	.733	102	2190	125	32	89		52	1098
Cleveland Indians	33	27.8	5.54	153	6005	5356	847	1506	300	89	113	799	83	35	551	606	.281	.350	.434	.784	97	2323		16	78		37	1128
Detroit Tigers	31	28.1	5.56	155	6062	5270	862	1434	219	52	137	804	76	41	693	579	.272	.359	.411	.770	87	2168		22	75		34	1184
Homestead Grays	21	27.7	7.38	50	1923	1699	369	528	82	30	46	327	9		171		.311	.375	.476	.851	123	808		4	49
Jacksonville Red Caps	24	25.0	6.00	18	757	683	108	187	25	7	2	89	17		59		.274	.334	.340	.674	93	232		3	12
Kansas City Monarchs	33	28.3	5.92	51	1860	1676	302	458	83	35	23	253	96		143		.273	.334	.406	.739	111	680		9	32
Memphis Red Sox	33	29.5	4.42	36	1275	1155	159	311	45	18	7	129	39		87		.269	.325	.358	.683	95	413		9	24
New York Black Yankees	32	30.5	4.48	33	1228	1103	148	291	48	12	11	136	23		94		.264	.323	.359	.682	80	396		2	29
Newark Eagles	26	27.4	4.65	31	1118	999	144	267	38	12	18	129	13		87		.267	.328	.383	.711	87	383		3	29
New York Giants	30	28.5	4.64	152	5844	5255	705	1424	210	36	125	672	31	38	465	528	.271	.334	.396	.730	99	2081	112	33	88		39	1116
New York Yankees	28	28.2	6.15	157	6263	5410	966	1480	283	63	174	918	91	28	749	617	.274	.366	.446	.812	102	2411		39	61		43	1216
Pittsburgh Crawfords	28	27.0	5.49	41	1557	1374	225	354	67	23	21	197	22		129		.258	.325	.386	.711	87	530		9	45
Philadelphia Athletics	35	26.6	4.71	154	5935	5229	726	1410	243	62	98	686	65	53	605	590	.270	.348	.396	.744	89	2071		22	78		23	1162
Philadelphia Phillies	38	28.3	3.64	151	5718	5192	550	1318	233	29	40	503	38	46	423	507	.254	.312	.333	.645	77	1729	129	12	86		23	1088
Pittsburgh Pirates	25	29.8	4.65	152	6013	5422	707	1511	265	66	65	659	47	35	485	409	.279	.340	.388	.728	100	2103	139	19	81		50	1201
Philadelphia Stars	28	30.4	5.30	67	2423	2088	355	556	86	22	39	323	13		241		.266	.346	.385	.730	92	803		12	82
Washington Black Senators	24	27.5	4.00	15	564	494	60	134	17	4	2	50	1		53		.271	.345	.334	.679	80	165		3	14
St. Louis Browns	36	27.9	4.84	156	6052	5333	755	1498	273	36	92	713	51	40	589	525	.281	.355	.397	.752	89	2119		20	106		31	1201
St. Louis Cardinals	35	26.2	4.65	156	6040	5528	725	1542	288	74	91	680	55	40	412	492	.279	.331	.407	.738	98	2251	124	16	83		41	1147
Washington Nationals	28	28.5	5.36	152	6159	5474	814	1602	278	72	85	768	65	37	573	374	.293	.362	.416	.778	101	2279		18	93		25	1261
League Average	17	28.4	4.04	99	3180	2834	399	776	135	31	49	375	30	22	288	278	.274	.343	.396	.739	93	1121		12	45		19	616
	502	28.4	4.04	2962	95398	85013	11969	23293	4046	935	1475	11237	896	649	8632	8335	.274	.343	.396	.739	93	33634		348	1354		574	18467
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB