1938

Contents

1 Baseball
2 American Football
3 FIFA World Cup
4 Professional Tennis
5 Snooker
6 Births
7 Deaths

[edit] Baseball

The New York Yankees defeat Chicago Cubs in the World Series 4-0.
Boston's Jimmie Foxx wins batting crown with a .349 average.
Detroit's Hank Greenberg wins the Home Run title with 58 round-trippers.
Chicago Cub rightie Bill Lee wins ERA crown (2.66).
Cincinnati hurler Johnny Vander Meer becomes the only major leaguer to ever toss back-to-back no-hitters.
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[edit] American Football

The New York Giants defeat the Green Bay Packers in the NFL title game by a score of 23-17.

[edit] FIFA World Cup

The tournament takes place in France.
Italy defeats Hungary 4-2.
Brazil's Leonidas wins the Golden Shoe Award with 7 goals in the tournament.

[edit] Professional Tennis

Don Budge becomes the first man to ever win the Grand Slam (all four major professional tennis tournaments).

[edit] Snooker

Joe Davis defeats Sidney Smith 37-24 to win the World Snooker Championship.

[edit] Births

1/10/38	MLB Hall-of-Famer Willie McCovey in Mobile, Alabama.
1/18/38	MLB free-agency pioneer Curt Flood in Houston, Texas.
2/18/38	MLB pinch-hit specialist Manny Mota in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
4/10/38	NFL player and long-time Monday Night Football broadcaster Don Meredith in Mt. Vernon, Texas.
6/15/38	MLB Hall-of-Famer Billy Williams in Whistler, Alabama.
8/9/38	Professional tennis player and winner of the professional tennis grand slam in 1962, Rod Laver in Rockhampton, Australia.
8/22/38	NFL player and long-time football broadcaster Paul Maguire in Youngstown, Ohio.
11/7/38	MLB 283-game winner Jim Kaat in Zeeland, Michigan.

[edit] Deaths

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