1938 Boston Bees season

1938 Boston Bees
	77–75, Finished 5th in the National League.
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1876);
Location
	The Bee Hive (since 1915); Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871);
Results
Record	77–75 (.507)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local radio	WAAB; (Fred Hoey)
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The 1938 Boston Bees season was the 68th season of the franchise.

Offseason

On January 8, 1938, Bob Smith was released by the Boston Bees.[1] On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow was released by the Bees.[2]

Regular season

On June 11, 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no-hitter against the Bees. It would be the first of two consecutive no-hitters that Vander Meer pitched.[3]

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	89	63	0.586	—	44–33	45–30
Pittsburgh Pirates	86	64	0.573	2	44–33	42–31
New York Giants	83	67	0.553	5	43–30	40–37
Cincinnati Reds	82	68	0.547	6	43–34	39–34
Boston Bees	77	75	0.507	12	45–30	32–45
St. Louis Cardinals	71	80	0.470	17½	36–41	35–39
Brooklyn Dodgers	69	80	0.463	18½	31–41	38–39
Philadelphia Phillies	45	105	0.300	43	26–48	19–57

Record vs. opponents

1938 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	10–12	12–10	11–9	8–14	14–8	9–13	13–9–1
Brooklyn	10–12	—	9–11–1	9–13	8–14	15–7	9–11	9–12–1
Chicago	12–10	11–9–1	—	11–11	12–10	18–4	12–10	13–9–1
Cincinnati	9–11	13–9	11–11	—	12–9	14–7	10–12	13–9–1
New York	14–8	14–8	10–12	9–12	—	16–5	9–13–1	11–9–1
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	4–18	7–14	5–16	—	8–12–1	6–16
Pittsburgh	13–9	11–9	10–12	12–10	13–9–1	12–8–1	—	15–7
St. Louis	9–13–1	12–9–1	9–13–1	9–13–1	9–11–1	16–6	7–15	—

Notable transactions

September 10, 1938: Oliver Hill was purchased by the Bees from the Atlanta Crackers.[4]

Roster

1938 Boston Bees

Roster

Pitchers

21 Mike Balas

30 Art Doll

27 Tom Earley

18 Dick Errickson

16 Lou Fette

19 Frank Gabler

20 Ira Hutchinson

11 Art Kenney

17 Johnny Lanning

14 Danny MacFayden

26 Hiker Moran

18 Johnny Niggeling

24 Bobby Reis

25 Tommy Reis

15 Milt Shoffner

23 Jim Turner

11 Roy Weir

Catchers

7 Al López

10 Ray Mueller

19 Johnny Riddle

10,25 Butch Sutcliffe

Infielders

3 Tony Cuccinello

2 Gil English

5 Elbie Fletcher

29 Jim Hitchcock

29 Tom Kane

29 Eddie Mayo

11 Joe Stripp

29 Joe Walsh

8 Rabbit Warstler

Outfielders

34 Johnny Cooney

6 Vince DiMaggio

9 Debs Garms

12 Roy Johnson

21 Harl Maggert

12 Ralph McLeod

1 Gene Moore

4 Max West

Other batters

22,29 Bob Kahle

Manager

31 Casey Stengel

Coaches

32 George Kelly

33 Mike Kelly

Player stats

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	Ray Mueller	83	274	65	.237	4	35
1B	Elbie Fletcher	147	529	144	.272	6	48
2B	Tony Cuccinello	147	555	147	.265	9	76
SS	Rabbit Warstler	142	467	108	.231	0	40
3B	Joe Stripp	59	229	63	.275	1	19
OF	Vince DiMaggio	150	540	123	.228	14	61
OF	Johnny Cooney	120	432	117	.271	0	17
OF	Max West	123	418	98	.234	10	63

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
Debs Garms	117	428	135	.315	0	47
Al López	71	236	63	.267	1	14
Gene Moore	54	180	49	.272	3	19
Gil English	53	165	41	.248	2	21
Harl Maggert	66	89	25	.281	3	19
Jimmy Hitchcock	28	76	13	.171	0	7
Johnny Riddle	19	57	16	.281	0	2
Bobby Reis	34	49	9	.184	0	4
Roy Johnson	7	29	5	.172	0	1
Eddie Mayo	8	14	3	.214	1	4
Joe Walsh	4	8	0	.000	0	0
Ralph McLeod	6	7	2	.286	0	0
Butch Sutcliffe	4	4	1	.250	0	2
Bob Kahle	8	3	1	.333	0	0
Tom Kane	2	2	0	.000	0	0

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
Jim Turner	35	268	14	18	3.46	71
Lou Fette	33	239.2	11	13	3.15	83
Danny MacFayden	29	219.2	14	9	2.95	58

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
Ira Hutchinson	36	151	9	8	2.74	38
Milt Shoffner	26	139.2	8	7	3.54	49
Johnny Lanning	32	138	8	7	3.72	39
Dick Errickson	34	122.2	9	7	3.15	40
Tom Earley	2	11	1	0	3.27	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobby Reis	16	1	6	4.99	20
Roy Weir	5	1	0	6.75	3
Tommy Reis	4	0	0	7.11	4
Art Doll	3	0	0	2.25	1
Art Kenney	2	0	0	15.43	2
Johnny Niggeling	2	1	0	9.00	1
Hiker Moran	1	0	0	0.00	0
Mike Balas	1	0	0	6.75	0
Frank Gabler	1	0	0	81.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Hartford Bees	Eastern League	Eddie Onslow
B	Evansville Bees	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Coleman
C	Erie Sailors	Middle Atlantic League	Jocko Munch
D	Huntington Bees	Mountain State League	Dickey Kerr
D	Salisbury Bees	North Carolina State League	Blackie Carter

[5]

Notes

Bob Smith at Baseball Reference
Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference
Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
Oliver Hill at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1938 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference

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[1] Bob Smith at Baseball Reference

[2] Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference

[3] Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

[4] Oliver Hill at Baseball Reference

[5] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1938 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1938 All-Star Game 1938 World Series