1938 St. Louis Browns season explained

St. Louis Browns
Season:	1938
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

Opening Day lineup

• Mel Mazzera, LF
• Billy Sullivan Jr., C
• Sam West, CF
• Beau Bell, 3B
• Harlond Clift, 3B
• Red Kress, SS
• George McQuinn, 1B
• Don Heffner, 2B
• Bobo Newsom, P

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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		111	375	104	.277	7	49
1B		148	602	195	.324	12	82
2B		141	473	116	.245	2	69
SS		150	566	171	.302	7	79
3B		149	534	155	.290	34	118
OF		102	436	149	.342	3	37
OF		123	466	133	.285	3	46
OF		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
	86	204	57	.279	6	29
	70	194	44	.227	2	22
	44	165	51	.309	1	27
	43	116	33	.284	0	13
	58	96	27	.281	2	13
	12	47	16	.340	0	4
	19	33	10	.303	0	4
	11	24	7	.292	0	0
	7	21	10	.476	0	4
	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
	44	329.2	20	16	5.08	226
	30	210.1	10	12	5.31	134
	23	163.0	8	10	5.69	66
	1	8.0	0	0	3.38	1
	1	8.0	0	1	5.62	1
	1	7.0	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
	25	104.0	4	7	6.06	35
	18	94.0	1	12	6.80	28
	36	88.2	1	5	5.18	26
	17	69.0	3	7	5.61	24
	22	63.0	1	4	7.00	16
	17	62.0	2	5	7.55	15
	7	30.0	1	2	4.80	8
	5	21.2	1	2	7.06	11
	3	15.1	0	3	7.63	11

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
	21	1	7	0	7.94	18
	17	2	3	0	6.35	7
	2	0	0	0	6.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1938 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1938 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/linkeed01.shtml Ed Linke page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kressre01.shtml Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coxbi01.shtml Bill Cox page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gracejo01.shtml 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