1938 in the Negro Leagues

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1938 in the Negro Leagues

Standings

BOLD indicates League Champion

Negro National League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Homestead Grays	54	41	13	0	.759	--
2	Philadelphia Stars	76	41	32	3	.562	9.5
3	Baltimore Elite Giants	52	26	23	3	.531	12.5
4	Pittsburgh Crawfords	55	28	26	1	.518	13.0
5	Newark Eagles	53	23	30	0	.434	17.5
6	New York Black Yankees	40	11	28	1	.282	22.5
7	Washington Black Senators	22	2	20	0	.091	23.0

Negro American League

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Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
1	Kansas City Monarchs	71	45	25	1	.643	--
2	Memphis Red Sox	64	39	24	1	.619	2.5
3	Chicago American Giants	79	39	37	3	.513	9.0
4	Atlanta Black Crackers	63	32	31	0	.508	9.5
5	Jacksonville Red Caps	31	14	16	1	.467	11.0
6	Indianapolis ABCs	37	17	20	0	.460	11.5
7	Birmingham Black Barons	59	13	46	0	.220	26.5

Postseason:

• Negro American League Championship: Memphis Red Sox defeated Atlanta Black Crackers, 2 games to 0

Independent Teams

Source: Teams list from The Negro Leagues Book by Dick Clark and Larry Lester; records are from The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, John Holway

• Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
• Cuban House of David
• Louisville Black Colonels
• New York Cubans