1938 Season
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1938 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Bill Lee
CHN
SP
28.7
7.7
28.1
18.5
2 Paul Derringer
CIN
SP
31.7
5.5
24.6
14.5
3 Clay Bryant
CHN
SP
26.6
4.9
22.2
13.2
4 Freddie Fitzsimmons
BRO
SP
36.9
4.4
14.1
7.4
5 Luke Hamlin
BRO
SP
34.0
3.7
14.1
6.2
6 Bill McGee *
SLN
SP
28.6
3.4
14.0
6.7
7 Johnny Vander Meer
CIN
SP
23.7
3.4
16.1
8.7
8 Danny MacFayden
BSN
SP
33.1
3.4
16.7
9.5
9 Carl Hubbell
NY1
SP
35.0
3.3
14.7
8.8
10 Lou Fette
BSN
SP
31.3
3.3
15.7
7.8
11 Tot Pressnell *
BRO
SP
31.9
3.2
11.7
5.1
12 Russ Bauers
PIT
SP
24.1
3.2
17.4
9.4
13 Charley Root
CHN
SW
39.3
3.1
14.7
9.0
14 Curt Davis
SLN
SP
34.8
2.6
11.6
5.7
15 Dizzy Dean
CHN
SP
28.5
2.5
8.8
6.3
16 Jumbo Brown
NY1
RP
31.2
2.5
11.1
7.6
17 Bob Klinger *
PIT
SP
30.1
2.5
12.8
7.5
18 Jim Tobin
PIT
SP
25.5
2.4
14.9
6.9
19 Hal Schumacher
NY1
SP
27.6
2.3
13.0
7.0
20 Bob Weiland
SLN
SP
32.5
2.3
13.5
5.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1938 American League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Thornton Lee
CHA
SP
31.8
5.4
18.6
10.0
2 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
33.2
5.3
22.9
14.3
3 Mel Harder
CLE
SP
28.7
5.2
21.4
13.0
4 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
19.7
5.1
22.0
12.4
5 Lefty Grove
BOS
SP
38.3
5.1
17.5
11.8
6 George Caster
PHA
SP
30.9
4.9
18.5
8.7
7 Bobo Newsom
SLA
SP
30.9
4.8
20.7
9.2
8 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
37.5
4.7
14.2
7.4
9 Johnny Rigney
CHA
SP
23.7
4.6
13.5
7.6
10 Lefty Gomez
NYA
SP
29.6
4.5
20.3
11.9
11 Monty Stratton
CHA
SP
26.1
3.9
14.2
7.7
12 George Gill
DET
SP
29.4
3.8
14.3
8.6
13 Dutch Leonard
WS1
SP
29.3
3.3
17.3
9.5
14 Harry Eisenstat
DET
SP
22.7
3.1
13.1
8.7
15 Jim Bagby *
BOS
SP
21.8
3.1
15.0
8.0
16 Jack Wilson
BOS
SP
26.2
2.9
14.1
7.3
17 Johnny Allen
CLE
SP
33.8
2.7
14.9
7.9
18 Al Benton
DET
SP
27.3
2.7
9.8
6.5
19 Bump Hadley
NYA
SP
34.0
2.7
13.1
7.2
20 Fritz Ostermueller
BOS
SP
30.8
2.6
12.9
6.7
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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

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