1938 St. Louis Browns season

The 1938 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.

1938 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record55–97 (.362)
League place7th
OwnersDonald Lee Barnes
General managersBill DeWitt
ManagersGabby Street and Ski Melillo
RadioKMOX
(France Laux, Jim Alt)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Allan Anthony)
← 1937 Seasons 1939 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 99 53 .651 55‍–‍22 44‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox 88 61 .591 52‍–‍23 36‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 86 66 .566 13 46‍–‍30 40‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers 84 70 .545 16 48‍–‍31 36‍–‍39
Washington Senators 75 76 .497 23½ 44‍–‍33 31‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox 65 83 .439 32 33‍–‍39 32‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns 55 97 .362 44 31‍–‍43 24‍–‍54
Philadelphia Athletics 53 99 .349 46 28‍–‍47 25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 12–6 12–10 10–12 11–11–1 14–8 17–5 12–9
Chicago 6–12 9–13 7–15 8–14 12–10 13–8–1 10–11
Cleveland 10–12 13–9 12–10 8–13 18–4 13–9–1 12–9
Detroit 12–10 15–7 10–12 8–14 14–8 12–10–1 13–9
New York 11–11–1 14–8 13–8 14–8 16–5–2 15–7–1 16–6–1
Philadelphia 8–14 10–12 4–18 8–14 5–16–2 12–9 6–16
St. Louis 5–17 8–13–1 9–13–1 10–12–1 7–15–1 9–12 7–15
Washington 9–12 11–10 9–12 9–13 6–16–1 16–6 15–7


Opening Day lineup

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1938 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Billy Sullivan 111 375 104 .277 7 49
1B George McQuinn 148 602 195 .324 12 82
2B Don Heffner 141 473 116 .245 2 69
SS Red Kress 150 566 171 .302 7 79
3B Harlond Clift 149 534 155 .290 34 118
OF Mel Almada 102 436 149 .342 3 37
OF Buster Mills 123 466 133 .285 3 46
OF Beau Bell 147 526 138 .262 13 84

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mel Mazzera 86 204 57 .279 6 29
Tommy Heath 70 194 44 .227 2 22
Sam West 44 165 51 .309 1 27
Glenn McQuillen 43 116 33 .284 0 13
Roy Hughes 58 96 27 .281 2 13
Joe Grace 12 47 16 .340 0 4
Ethan Allen 19 33 10 .303 0 4
Sam Harshany 11 24 7 .292 0 0
Sig Gryska 7 21 10 .476 0 4
Johnny Lucadello 7 20 3 .150 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobo Newsom 44 329.2 20 16 5.08 226
Lefty Mills 30 210.1 10 12 5.31 134
Oral Hildebrand 23 163.0 8 10 5.69 66
Harry Kimberlin 1 8.0 0 0 3.38 1
Bill Trotter 1 8.0 0 1 5.62 1
Jim Weaver 1 7.0 0 1 9.00 4

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Russ Van Atta 25 104.0 4 7 6.06 35
Jim Walkup 18 94.0 1 12 6.80 28
Ed Cole 36 88.2 1 5 5.18 26
Fred Johnson 17 69.0 3 7 5.61 24
Bill Cox 22 63.0 1 4 7.00 16
Les Tietje 17 62.0 2 5 7.55 15
Jack Knott 7 30.0 1 2 4.80 8
Emil Bildilli 5 21.2 1 2 7.06 11
Vito Tamulis 3 15.1 0 3 7.63 11

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ed Linke 21 1 7 0 7.94 18
Julio Bonetti 17 2 3 0 6.35 7
Glenn Liebhardt 2 0 0 0 6.00 1

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Fred Haney
A1 San Antonio Missions Texas League Zack Taylor
B Meridian Scrappers Southeastern League Harry Whitehouse
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Walter Holke
C Palestine Pals East Texas League Abe Miller, Neil Andrews and John Kosey
C Johnstown Johnnies Middle Atlantic League Bobby Goff
D Pennington Gap Lee Bears Appalachian League Ralph Goldsmith and Lynn Lunsford
D Siloam Springs Travelers Arkansas–Missouri League Vince "Moon" Mullen, Runt Marr
and Mike Serlick
D Easton Browns Eastern Shore League George Jacobs
D Lafayette White Sox Evangeline League Frank Oceak
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Bennie Tate
D Lincoln Links Nebraska State League Pug Griffin
D Batesville White Sox Northeast Arkansas League Elmer Kirchoff
D Findlay Browns Ohio State League Grover Hartley
D Beaver Falls Browns Pennsylvania State Association Howard Shanks
D Corpus Christi Spudders Texas Valley League Rod Whitney

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References

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  1. ^ Ed Linke page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bill Cox page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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