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Awards & Things


AL Most Valuable Player
Hank Greenberg, Philadelphia (A)
152 g, 552 ab, 158 r, 191 h, 31 2b, 7 3b, 43 hr, 141 rbi, 365 tb, 129 bb, 96 k, 3 sb, 3 cs, .346 avg, .467 obp, .661 slg

NL Most Valuable Player
Earl Averill, Chicago (N)
145 g, 568 ab, 126 r, 224 h, 28 2b, 15 3b, 23 hr, 100 rbi, 351 tb, 88 bb, 52 k, 14 sb, 6 cs, .394 avg, .472 obp, .618 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher
Lefty Grove, Detroit
19-7, 0 sv, 2.83 era, 31 g, 31 gs, 260.1 ip, 244 ha, 105 r, 82 er, 7 hr, 94 bb, 160 k, 1.30 whip, .251 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher
Paul Derringer, Boston (N)
21-10, 0 sv, 3.47 era, 33 g, 33 gs, 261.2 ip, 265 ha, 115 r, 101 er, 15 hr, 53 bb, 133 k, 1.22 whip, .262 oavg

AL Rookie of the Year
Enos Slaughter, Philadelphia (A)
136 g, 497 ab, 88 r, 169 h, 34 2b, 5 3b, 16 hr, 93 rbi, 261 tb, 64 bb, 28 k, 4 sb, 0 cs, .340 avg, .412 obp, .525 slg

NL Rookie of the Year
Skeeter Webb, Brooklyn
142 g, 483 ab, 67 r, 150 h, 27 2b, 8 3b, 4 hr, 56 rbi, 205 tb, 46 bb, 47 k, 15 sb, 5 cs, .311 avg, .369 obp, .424 slg



Milestones
4/26 - Babe Herman gets hit number 2000
5/08 - Sloppy Thurston gets win number 200
5/09 - Paul Waner collects hit number 2000
5/13 - Buddy Myer gets 2000th hit
5/25 - Les Bell drives in 1000th run
6/09 - Odell Hale hits for the cycle. This is the first time this season that the cycle has been hit and the 66th time in history.
6/22 - Earl Averill drives in 1000th run
6/26 - Jimmie Foxx scores 1000th run
6/27 - Arky Vaughan hits cycle. This is the second time this season for the cycle and the 67th time in history.
7/01 - Charlie Gehringer scores 1000th run
7/04 - Earl Averill hits cycle. This is the third time for the cycle this season and the 68th time in history.
7/04 - 200 wins for Waite Hoyt
7/17 - Mel Ott scores 1000th run
7/25 - Jimmie Foxx drives in 1000th run
8/14 - Mel Ott drives in 1000th run
8/19 - Chuck Klein scores 1000th run
8/24 - Earl Averill scores 1000th run
8/31 - Chuck Klein drives in run #1000
9/10 - Ernie Koy hits for cycle. This is the fourth time that the cycle has been struck this season and the 69th time in history.
9/20 - Ernie Lombardi belts 6 hits
9/26 - Pete Fox goes 6-6



Trades
4/19 - Brooklyn gets p Joe Cascarella (29 yrs old, 3-1, 2 sv, 1.64 era, 49.0 ip, 22 k), Chicago (A) gets 2b Tony Lazzeri (33 yrs old, .234-9-55-11)
6/11 - Cincinnati gets rf Carl Reynolds (34 yrs old, .285-0-22-0) and 2b Eddie Joost (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets p Mike Cvengros (35 yrs old, 2-1, 1 sv, 0.81 era, 22.1 ip, 3 k)
7/21 - New York (N) gets ss Gordon Slade (32 yrs old, .282-2-39-2), Cincinnati gets p Lloyd Brown (32 yrs old, 3-5, 3 sv, 5.98 era, 40.2 ip, 9 k)
7/27 - Detroit gets p Dutch Lieber (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Pittsburgh gets 1b Bill Brubaker (26 yrs old, .244-2-21-2)
7/30 - St.Louis (N) gets p Jumbo Brown (30 yrs old, 6-3, 2 sv, 3.71 era, 99.1 ip, 55 k), Pittsburgh gets lf Joe Vosmik (27 yrs old, .312-3-41-2)
9/29 - Detroit gets p Euel Moore (29 yrs old, 2-0, 4.22 era, 21.1 ip, 6 k), Brooklyn gets c Johnny Peacock (27 yrs old, .337-2-33-1)



MLB Records Set or Tied

None

AL Records Set or Tied

Batting
Home Runs - 43, Hank Greenberg, Philadelphia (A)
Runs - 158, Hank Greenberg, Philadelphia (A)

NL Records Set or Tied

None



Major Free Agents

Tommy Bridges, sp
Paul Derringer, sp
Red Ruffing, sp
Whit Wyatt, cl
Joe Kuhel, 1b
Joe Cronin, ss
Joe Medwick, lf
Sam West, cf