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 (John 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
New York Yankees	99	53	.651	--
Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9.5
Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13.0
Detroit Tigers	84	70	.545	16.0
Washington Senators	75	76	.497	23.5
Chicago White Sox	65	83	.439	32.0
St. Louis Browns	55	97	.362	44.0
Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	.349	46.0

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

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	Sullivan, BillyBilly Sullivan	111	375	104	.277	7	49
SS	Kress, RedRed Kress	150	566	171	.302	7	79
OF	Mills, BusterBuster Mills	123	466	133	.285	3	46

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
Heath, TommyTommy Heath	70	194	44	.227	2	22
Hughes, RoyRoy Hughes	58	96	27	.281	2	13
Grace, JoeJoe Grace	12	47	16	.340	0	4
Allen, EthanEthan Allen	19	33	10	.303	0	4
Harshany, SamSam Harshany	11	24	7	.292	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
Newsom, BoboBobo Newsom	44	329.2	20	16	5.08	226
Hildebrand, OralOral Hildebrand	23	163	8	10	5.69	66
Kimberlin, HarryHarry Kimberlin	1	8	0	0	3.38	1
Trotter, BillBill Trotter	1	8	0	1	5.62	1
Weaver, JimJim 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
Walkup, JimJim Walkup	18	94	1	12	6.80	28
Cole, EdEd Cole	36	88.2	1	5	5.18	26
Johnson, FredFred Johnson	17	69	3	7	5.61	24
Cox, BillBill Cox	22	63	1	4	7.00	16
Knott, JackJack Knott	7	30	1	2	4.80	8
Bildilli, EmilEmil 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
Linke, EdEd Linke	21	1	7	7.94	18
Bonetti, JulioJulio Bonetti	17	2	3	6.35	7
Liebhardt, GlennGlenn 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

Notes

↑ 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

References

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

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (9)

American League Wild Card
(3)

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

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