fter a six-year hiatus the Chicago Cubs managed to top the National League despite making it there by the slimmest of margins. After a ninth-inning 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates (who had led the National League for 2 months) on September 28th the Cubs managed to hold onto first place while winning the pennant by a mere two games. Rip Collins led the team in homers with thirteen and outfielder Augie Galan topped the Cubs in runs batted in with sixty-nine. Stan Hack batted .320 and led the National League with sixteen stolen bases and Carl Reynolds hit .302. Bill Lee and Clay Bryant were the staff pitching aces with twenty-two and nineteen victories. Dizzy Dean who tried to come back too soon after his All-Star Game toe injury of 1937 and hurt his arm had been obtained from the St. Louis Cardinals in April and won 7-of-8 decisions.