1938 Chicago Cubs season

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1938 Chicago Cubs 1938 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (Since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1871)
1938 Information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
General Manager(s)	Charles Weber
Manager(s)	Charlie Grimm, Gabby Hartnett
Local television	none
Local radio	WGN (Bob Elson) WBBM (Charlie Grimm, Pat Flanagan, Val Sherman) WCFL (Hal Totten) WIND (Russ Hodges, Jimmy Dudley) WJJD (John Harrington)

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Relief pitchers 3 1938 World Series 3.1 Game 1 3.2 Game 2 3.3 Game 3 3.4 Game 4 4 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Chicago Cubs	89	63	--	.586
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	2	.573
New York Giants	83	67	5	.553
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	6	.547
Boston Bees	77	75	12	.507
St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	17.5	.470
Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	18.5	.463
Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	43	.300

[edit] Roster

1938 Chicago Cubs roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] 1938 World Series

[edit] Game 1

October 5, 1938 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	12	1
Chicago (N)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
W: Red Ruffing (1-0)   L: Bill Lee (0-1)

[edit] Game 2

October 6, 1938 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	7	2
Chicago (N)	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0
W: Lefty Gomez (1-0)   L: Dizzy Dean (0-1)   S: Johnny Murphy (1)
HR: NYY – Frankie Crosetti (1), Joe DiMaggio (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 8, 1938 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (N)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	1
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	x	5	7	2
W: Monte Pearson (1-0)  L: Clay Bryant (0-1)
HR: : CHI – Joe Marty (1)    NYY – Joe Gordon (1), Bill Dickey (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 9, 1938 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	8	1
New York (A)	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	x	8	11	1
W: Red Ruffing (2-0)  L: Bill Lee (0-2)
HR: : CHI – Ken O'Dea (1)    NYY – Tommy Henrich (1)

[edit] References

• 1938 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

v • d • e 1938 MLB season by team American League Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington National League Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis 1938 All-Star Game • 1938 World Series

Preceded by New York Giants 1937

National League Championship Season 1938

Succeeded by Cincinnati Reds 1939

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