1938 St. Louis Browns season

1938 St. Louis Browns
1938 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	55–97 (.362)
League place	7th
Owners	Donald Lee Barnes
General managers	Bill DeWitt
Managers	Gabby Street and Ski Melillo
Radio	KMOX; (France Laux, Jim Alt); KWK; (Johnny O'Hara, Allan Anthony)

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

December 1, 1937: Elon Hogsett was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Ed Linke.^[1]
December 2, 1937: Joe Vosmik was traded by the Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Red Kress, Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	53	0.651	—	55–22	44–31
Boston Red Sox	88	61	0.591	9½	52–23	36–38
Cleveland Indians	86	66	0.566	13	46–30	40–36
Detroit Tigers	84	70	0.545	16	48–31	36–39
Washington Senators	75	76	0.497	23½	44–33	31–43
Chicago White Sox	65	83	0.439	32	33–39	32–44
St. Louis Browns	55	97	0.362	44	31–43	24–54
Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	0.349	46	28–47	25–52

Record vs. opponents

1938 American League record v t e 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

Notable transactions

June 11, 1938: Jack Knott was traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Cox.^[3]
September 8, 1938: Joe Grace was purchased by the Browns from the Memphis Chicks (Southern Association).^[4]

Roster

1938 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

29 Ski Melillo
31 Gabby Street

Coaches

28 Fred Hofmann
29 Ski Melillo

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
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

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

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 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