1938

1938 in baseball
Japanese baseball
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National League
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<< 1937 1939 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1938.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Japanese Professional Baseball League: Tokyo Kyojin (spring); Osaka Tigers (fall); the Tigers win in a playoff versus the Kyojin for the league title (Details)
• Claxton Shield: New South Wales

Europe

• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Chicago Cubs (NL), 4 - 1 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Chicago Cubs (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Alabama-Florida League: Troy Trojans
  • American Association: Kansas City Blues
  • Appalachian League: Greeneville Burley Cubs
  • Arizona-Texas League: El Paso Texans
  • Arkansas-Missouri League: Carthage Pirates
  • Bi-State League: Bassett Furniture Makers
  • Canadian-American League: Cornwall Bisons
  • Cape Breton Colliery League: New Waterford Dodgers
  • Carolina League: Lenoir Finishers
  • Coastal Plain League: New Bern Bears
  • Cotton States League: Monroe White Sox
  • East Texas League: Tyler Trojans
  • Eastern League: Elmira Pioneers
  • Eastern Shore League: Salisbury Indians
  • Evangeline League: Lake Charles Skippers
  • Florida State League: Gainesville G-Men
  • Georgia-Florida League: Albany Travelers
  • International League: Newark Bears
  • Kitty League: Jackson Generals
  • Middle Atlantic League: Portsmouth Red Birds
  • Mountain State League: Beckley Bengals
  • Nebraska State League: Norfolk Elkhorns
  • North Carolina State League: Mooresville Moors
  • Northeast Arkansas League: Blytheville Giants
  • Northern League: Duluth Dukes
  • Ohio State League: Fremont Green Sox
  • Pacific Coast League: Sacramento Solons over San Francisco Seals, 4-1, in the league finals
  • Pennsylvania State Association: Butler Yankees
  • Piedmont League: Charlotte Hornets
  • South Atlantic League: Macon Peaches
  • Southeastern League: Mobile Shippers
  • Southern Association: Atlanta Crackers
  • Texas League: Beaumont Exporters
  • Texas Valley League: Harlingen Hubs
  • Three-I League: Decatur Commodores
  • Western Association: Ponca City Angels
  • Western International League: Bellingham Chinooks
  • West Texas-New Mexico League: Lubbock Hubbers

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Aguila de Veracruz

• Negro Leagues
  • Negro American League: Memphis Red Sox (Details)
  • Negro National League: Homestead Grays (Details)
  • East-West Game (First Game): The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 5 - 4 at Comiskey Park (Details)
  • East-West Game (Second Game): The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 14 - 3 at Penmar Park (Details)
  • East-West Game (Third Game): The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 5 - 4 at Polo Grounds (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Cuban Winter League: Santa Clara

Amateur

• National Baseball Congress World Series: Bona Allen Shoemakers (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Chukyo University Senior High School (Aichi) defeat Toho High School (Aichi), 1 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Heian High School (Kyoto) defeat Gifu Shogyo High School (Gifu), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Baseball World Cup in Great Britain (Details)
  • United Kingdom (Gold); United States (Silver)
• Central American Games in Panama (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Panama (Silver); Nicaragua (Bronze)
• Bolivarian Games in Colombia (Details)
  • Venezuela (Gold); Colombia (Silver)

Culture

Film

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Births

Further information: Births in 1938

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1938