1938 St. Louis Browns season

1938 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Sportsman's Park (since 1902); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902);
Results
Record	55–97 (.362)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Donald Lee Barnes
General manager(s)	Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)	Gabby Street and Ski Melillo
Local radio	KMOX; (France Laux, Jim Alt); KWK; (Johnny O'Hara, Allan Anthony)
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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: Chief 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

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Notable transactions

June 11, 1938: Jack Knott was traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox 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

20 Emil Bildilli

27 Julio Bonetti

26 Ed Cole

17 Bill Cox

18 Oral Hildebrand

16 Fred Johnson

23 Harry Kimberlin

17 Jack Knott

20 Glenn Liebhardt

22 Ed Linke

25 Lefty Mills

12 Bobo Newsom

20 Vito Tamulis

19 Les Tietje

-- Bill Trotter

21 Russ Van Atta

24 Jim Walkup

-- Jim Weaver

Catchers

4,8 Sam Harshany

9 Tommy Heath

2 Billy Sullivan

Infielders

7 Harlond Clift

-- Sig Gryska

1 Don Heffner

11 Roy Hughes

3 Red Kress

23 Johnny Lucadello

5 George McQuinn

Outfielders

8 Ethan Allen

6 Mel Almada

10 Beau Bell

30 Joe Grace

14 Mel Mazzera

4 Glenn McQuillen

15 Buster Mills

6 Sam West

Manager

29 Ski Melillo

31 Gabby Street

Coaches

28 Fred Hofmann

29 Ski Melillo

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	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
Tommy Heath	70	194	44	.227	2	22
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

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
Oral Hildebrand	23	163	8	10	5.69	66
Harry Kimberlin	1	8	0	0	3.38	1
Bill Trotter	1	8	0	1	5.62	1
Jim Weaver	1	7	0	1	9.00	4

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
Jim Walkup	18	94	1	12	6.80	28
Ed Cole	36	88.2	1	5	5.18	26
Fred Johnson	17	69	3	7	5.61	24
Bill Cox	22	63	1	4	7.00	16
Jack Knott	7	30	1	2	4.80	8
Emil Bildilli	5	21.2	1	2	7.06	11

Relief pitchers

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

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

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

[5]

References

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

External links

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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

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