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1938 Season

1937 / 1939

1938 World Series
New York Yankees Dressed to the Nines	Defeated	Chicago Cubs Dressed to the Nines

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Lee

All-1938 Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Joe Medwick	SLN	4.8	4.7	-0.6
Jeff Heath	CLE	4.3	4.0	-0.3
Johnny Rizzo	PIT	4.0	4.4	-1.1
Wally Berger	MULT	2.7	2.5	-0.4

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Joe DiMaggio	NYA	5.4	5.2	0.1
Earl Averill	CLE	5.0	4.8	0.1
Bob Johnson	PHA	4.8	5.1	-0.4
Harry Craft	CIN	2.7	1.7	0.8

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ival Goodman	CIN	5.9	5.1	0.1
Ben Chapman	BOS	3.5	3.2	-0.1
Tommy Henrich	NYA	3.3	2.9	-0.1
Goody Rosen	BRO	2.3	2.0	-0.1

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Arky Vaughan	PIT	8.6	6.7	2.8
Joe Cronin	BOS	6.3	5.8	1.4
Cecil Travis	WS1	5.0	4.6	1.3
Dick Bartell	NY1	4.1	2.6	2.3

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Buddy Myer	WS1	5.4	5.2	0.7
Charlie Gehringer	DET	5.1	5.3	0.3
Pep Young	PIT	4.2	2.0	2.7
Billy Herman	CHN	3.6	2.1	2.1

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Mel Ott	NY1	8.9	8.3	0.5
Harlond Clift	SLA	6.1	5.9	0.5
Stan Hack	CHN	5.3	5.1	0.3
Red Rolfe	NYA	3.8	3.5	0.5

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Jimmie Foxx	BOS	7.6	8.1	-1.1
Hank Greenberg	DET	7.0	6.9	-0.5
Johnny Mize	SLN	6.8	7.0	-0.9
Hal Trosky	CLE	4.4	4.5	-0.7

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ernie Lombardi	CIN	5.6	5.7	0.4
Bill Dickey	NYA	5.1	5.1	0.5
Rudy York	DET	4.6	4.7	0.3
Rick Ferrell	WS1	3.0	2.9	0.5

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bill Lee	CHN	291.0	7.9	7.7	0.2
Red Ruffing	NYA	247.3	6.1	5.3	0.9
Thornton Lee*	CHA	245.3	5.9	5.4	0.5
Clay Bryant	CHN	270.3	5.6	4.9	0.7
Paul Derringer	CIN	307.0	5.5	5.5	0.1
Bob Feller	CLE	277.7	5.2	5.1	0.0
Bobo Newsom	SLA	329.7	5.0	4.8	0.2
George Caster	PHA	281.3	5.0	4.9	0.1
Lefty Grove*	BOS	163.7	4.9	5.1	-0.3
Ted Lyons	CHA	194.7	4.5	4.7	-0.2

Swingman	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Charley Root	CHN	160.7	3.1	3.1	0.0
Bill Swift	PIT	150.0	2.0	1.7	0.3
Joe Heving	MULT	88.0	1.7	1.9	-0.3
Pete Appleton	WS1	164.3	1.3	1.1	0.2

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Jumbo Brown	NY1	90.0	2.6	2.5	0.1
Jack Russell	CHN	102.3	1.8	1.7	0.2
Dick Coffman	NY1	111.3	1.0	1.3	-0.3
Johnny Murphy	NYA	91.3	0.9	1.3	-0.4
Archie McKain*	BOS	99.7	0.7	1.0	-0.3
Ivy Andrews	NYA	48.0	0.6	0.6	-0.0
Lee Stine	NYA	8.7	0.5	0.5	0.0
Dave Smith	PHA	44.3	0.3	0.5	-0.2
Woody Davis	DET	6.0	0.3	0.3	-0.0
Clint Brown	CHA	13.7	0.3	0.2	0.1

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James