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1938 MLB AL standings
The New York Yankees won the 1938 American League pennant race at 99-53, 9.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox.
🏆The 1938 playoffs, series by series
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AL standings, 1938
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| New York Yankees (NYY) z | 99 | 53 | .651 | - | 5-5 | W1 |
| Boston Red Sox (BOS) | 88 | 61 | .591 | 9.5 | 8-2 | L1 |
| Cleveland Indians (CLE) | 86 | 66 | .566 | 13 | 5-5 | L2 |
| Detroit Tigers (DET) | 84 | 70 | .545 | 16 | 8-2 | W2 |
| Washington Senators (WAS) | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23.5 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Chicago White Sox (CWS) | 65 | 83 | .439 | 32 | 4-6 | W1 |
| St. Louis Browns (SLB) | 55 | 97 | .362 | 44 | 3-7 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Athletics (PHA) | 53 | 99 | .349 | 46 | 2-8 | W1 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- z
- clinched the best record in the American League
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 8 times.
- The New York Yankees trailed by as many as 4.5 games on June 8, 1938.
- The New York Yankees took first place for good on July 13, 1938.
- The New York Yankees won 9 games in a row from June 25, 1938 to July 4, 1938, the longest run of the race.
- The Cleveland Indians led by 4.5 games as late as June 28, 1938.
- The New York Yankees went 37-11 from July 30, 1938 to September 10, 1938, turning a lead of 1 game into a lead of 16 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 44 of the 158 days played.
- Five teams held first place.
- The New York Yankees spent 87 of the season's 168 charted days in first place.