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)
Seasons

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

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9953 0.651 55–22 44–31
Boston Red Sox 8861 0.591 52–23 36–38
Cleveland Indians 8666 0.566 13 46–30 40–36
Detroit Tigers 8470 0.545 16 48–31 36–39
Washington Senators 7576 0.497 23½ 44–33 31–43
Chicago White Sox 6583 0.439 32 33–39 32–44
St. Louis Browns 5597 0.362 44 31–43 24–54
Philadelphia Athletics 5399 0.349 46 28–47 25–52

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 12–612–1010–1211–11–114–817–512–9
Chicago 6–129–137–158–1412–1013–8–110–11
Cleveland 10–1213–912–108–1318–413–9–112–9
Detroit 12–1015–710–128–1414–812–10–113–9
New York 11–11–114–813–814–816–5–215–7–116–6–1
Philadelphia 8–1410–124–188–145–16–212–96–16
St. Louis 5–178–13–19–13–110–12–17–15–19–127–15
Washington 9–1211–109–129–136–16–116–615–7

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

1938 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CBilly Sullivan111375104.277749
1BGeorge McQuinn148602195.3241282
2BDon Heffner141473116.245269
SSRed Kress150566171.302779
3BHarlond Clift149534155.29034118
OFMel Almada102436149.342337
OFBuster Mills123466133.285346
OFBeau Bell147526138.2621384

Other batters

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 Mazzera8620457.279629
Tommy Heath7019444.227222
Sam West4416551.309127
Glenn McQuillen4311633.284013
Roy Hughes589627.281213
Joe Grace124716.34004
Ethan Allen193310.30304
Sam Harshany11247.29200
Sig Gryska72110.47604
Johnny Lucadello7203.15000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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 Newsom44329.220165.08226
Lefty Mills30210.110125.31134
Oral Hildebrand23163.08105.6966
Harry Kimberlin18.0003.381
Bill Trotter18.0015.621
Jim Weaver17.0019.004

Other pitchers

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 Atta25104.0476.0635
Jim Walkup1894.01126.8028
Ed Cole3688.2155.1826
Fred Johnson1769.0375.6124
Bill Cox2263.0147.0016
Les Tietje1762.0257.5515
Jack Knott730.0124.808
Emil Bildilli521.2127.0611
Vito Tamulis315.1037.6311

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ed Linke211707.9418
Julio Bonetti172306.357
Glenn Liebhardt20006.001

Farm system

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

  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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