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1938 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1938
misc	World Series champions
American League champions
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
record
league_place	1st
owners	Jacob Ruppert
general_managers	Ed Barrow
managers	Joe McCarthy

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The 1938 New York Yankees season was their 36th season. The team finished with a record of 99–53, winning their tenth pennant, finishing 9.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the 1938 World Series, they beat the Chicago Cubs in 4 games. This marked the first time any team had won three consecutive World Series.

Offseason

Prior to 1938 season: Milo Candini was acquired by the Yankees from the El Paso Texans.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1938 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	132	454	142	.313	27	115
1B	157	576	170	.295	29	114
2B	127	458	117	.255	25	97
SS	157	631	166	.263	9	55
3B	151	631	196	.311	10	80
OF	99	335	85	.254	10	62
OF	131	471	127	.270	22	91
OF	145	599	194	.324	32	140

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
85	267	74	.277	0	48
45	164	42	.256	2	20
46	128	32	.250	1	21
41	123	32	.260	0	25
27	43	8	.186	0	1
9	17	4	.235	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
31	247.1	21	7	3.31	127
32	239.0	18	12	3.35	129
28	202.0	16	7	3.97	98
23	172.0	14	5	4.03	36
29	167.1	9	8	3.60	61
5	30.0	2	2	8.10	7
2	12.0	0	1	5.25	6

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
25	93.2	6	4	4.80	33
14	58.1	3	2	5.60	8
3	11.1	0	0	7.15	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
32	8	2	11	4.24	43
19	1	3	1	3.00	13
4	0	0	0	1.04	4
1	1	0	0	0.00	0

1938 World Series

Main article: 1938 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Chicago Cubs (0)

	Game		Score		Date		Location		Attendance
1
2
3
4

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kansas City, Newark, El Paso, Neosho, Bassett, Norfolk (NSL), Butler

Notes

References

"Milo Candini Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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