$Unique_ID{BAS00108} $Title{Postseason Play: World Series 1938} $Subtitle{} $Author{ Ivor-Campbell, Frederick} $Subject{World Series 1938 New York Yankees Chicago Cubs} $Log{} Total Baseball: The Highlights of the Game Postseason Play: World Series 1938 Frederick Ivor-Campbell New York Yankees (AL), 4; Chicago Cubs (NL), 0 GAME 1 AT CHI OCT 5 ---------------------------------------- NY 020 000 100 3 12 1 CHI 001 000 000 1 9 1 Pitchers: RUFFING vs LEE, Russell (9) Attendance: 43,642 GAME 2 AT CHI OCT 6 ---------------------------------------- NY 020 000 022 6 7 2 CHI 102 000 000 3 11 0 Pitchers: GOMEZ, Murphy (8) vs J.DEAN, French (9) Home Runs: Crosetti-NY, DiMaggio-NY Attendance: 42,108 GAME 3 AT NY OCT 8 ---------------------------------------- CHI 000 010 010 2 5 1 NY 000 022 01X 5 7 2 Pitchers: BRYANT, Russell (6), French (7) vs PEARSON Home Runs: Dickey-NY, Gordon-NY, Marty-CHI Attendance: 55,236 GAME 4 AT NY OCT 9 ---------------------------------------- CHI 000 100 020 3 8 1 NY 030 001 04X 8 11 1 Pitchers: LEE, Root (4), Page (7), French (8), Carleton (8), J.Dean (8) vs RUFFING Home Runs: Henrich-NY, O'Dea-CHI Attendance: 59,847 As they had six years earlier, the Cubs faced the Yankees in the World Series, and as they had six years earlier, New York swept the Series in four games. Although Cub batters made nearly as many hits as the Yankees, they did much less damage, driving in 13 fewer runs. In Game One, Yankee ace Red Ruffing scattered nine Cub hits, holding Chicago to a single run. The Cubs' Bill Lee was nearly as effective in scattering hits, but a base on balls in the second (the game's only walk) followed by a pair of singles sandwiched around an error accounted for two runs--all the Yankees would need for the win (though they scored once more in the sixth). In Game Two the Cubs outhit the Yankees 11 to 7, but scored only half as many runs as the New Yorkers. Chicago's Dizzy Dean, pitching on craft and guile with his fastball gone, managed to keep the game close until the final innings. With a 3-2 lead going into the eighth, though, he gave up a two-run homer to Frank Crosetti, and the same to Joe DiMaggio in the ninth before being relieved. Yankee fireman Johnny Murphy, meanwhile, held Chicago scoreless over the final two innings to preserve Lefty Gomez's win. Utility outfielder Joe Marty drove in both Chicago runs in Game Three with a grounder to third in the fifth and a homer in the eighth. (His .500 BA was tops for both teams, and he drove in five of the Cubs' nine Series runs.) But again the Cubs fell short, as Yankee rookie second baseman Joe Gordon homered to tie the score in the bottom of the fifth with the first of what would be five Yankee runs by the time Bill Dickey's homer in the eighth ended the scoring for the day. Cub second baseman Billy Herman's wild throw with two out in the second inning of Game Four led to three unearned runs, and a Yankee lead they would not relinquish. Though their lead was cut to one run (4-3) when Chicago scored twice in the top of the eighth, the Yankees took advantage of two wild pitches and two walks to turn their four hits into four runs that crushed Cub hopes and gave the New Yorkers a record third consecutive world championship. NY (A) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frankie Crosetti, ss .250 4 16 1 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 0 Bill Dickey, c .400 4 15 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 Joe Di Maggio, of .267 4 15 4 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 Lou Gehrig, 1b .286 4 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Lefty Gomez, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Gordon, 2b .400 4 15 3 6 2 0 1 6 1 3 1 Tommy Henrich, of .250 4 16 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Myril Hoag, of-1 .400 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Johnny Murphy, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monte Pearson, p .333 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jake Powell, of .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Rolfe, 3b .167 4 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 Red Ruffing, p .167 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 George Selkirk, of .200 3 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 TOTAL .274 135 22 37 6 1 5 21 11 16 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lefty Gomez 1 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 9 3 1 5 Johnny Murphy 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 Monte Pearson 1 0 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 9.0 5 1 2 9 Red Ruffing 2 0 1.50 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 17 3 2 11 TOTAL 4 0 1.75 5 4 3 1 0 36.0 33 7 6 26 CHI (N) ============================================================================== PLAYER/POS AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RB BB SO SB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clay Bryant, p .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tex Carleton, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Cavarretta, of-3 .462 4 13 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ripper Collins, 1b .133 4 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Dizzy Dean, p .667 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Demaree, of .100 3 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Larry French, p .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Augie Galan, ph .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Stan Hack, 3b .471 4 17 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Gabby Hartnett, c .091 3 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Billy Herman, 2b .188 4 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Billy Jurges, ss .231 4 13 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 Tony Lazzeri, ph .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Lee, p .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Marty, of .500 3 12 1 6 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 Ken O'Dea, c-1 .200 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 Vance Page, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Reynolds, of-3 .000 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Charlie Root, p .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Russell, p .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL .243 136 9 33 4 1 2 8 6 26 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SV SHO IP H ER BB SO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clay Bryant 0 1 6.75 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 5 3 Tex Carleton 0 0 INF 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 2 0 Dizzy Dean 0 1 6.48 2 1 0 0 0 8.1 8 6 1 2 Larry French 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 2 Bill Lee 0 2 2.45 2 2 0 0 0 11.0 15 3 1 8 Vance Page 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 Charlie Root 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 Jack Russell 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 1 0 TOTAL 0 4 5.03 13 4 0 0 0 34.0 37 19 11 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------