The 1938 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 57th season in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and the 47th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 71–80 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1938 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates league leader 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 122 397 106 .267 4 36 1B 149 531 179 .337 27 102 2B 114 417 116 .278 1 27 SS 70 227 55 .242 1 19 3B 142 552 141 .255 9 64 OF 146 590 190 .322 21 122 OF 112 395 109 .276 8 58 OF 94 312 85 .272 4 21
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 Don Padgett 110 388 105 .271 8 65 108 382 115 .301 0 38 Pepper Martin 91 269 79 .294 2 38 Joe Stripp 54 199 57 .286 0 18 Frenchy Bordagaray 81 156 44 .282 0 21 Herb Bremer 50 151 33 .219 2 14 Jim Bucher 17 57 13 .228 0 7 Hal Epps 17 50 15 .300 1 3 Creepy Crespi 7 19 5 .263 0 1 Tuck Stainback 6 10 0 .000 0 0 Dick Siebert 1 1 1 1.000 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 Bob Weiland 35 228.1 16 11 3.59 117 Lon Warneke 31 197.0 13 8 3.97 89 Paul Dean 5 31.0 3 1 2.61 14 4 23.2 2 1 3.04 11
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 Bill McGee 47 216.0 7 12 3.21 104 Curt Davis 40 173.1 12 8 3.63 36 Roy Henshaw 27 130.0 5 11 4.02 34 Max Macon 38 129.1 4 11 4.11 39 Clyde Shoun 40 117.1 6 6 4.14 37 Si Johnson 6 15.2 0 3 7.47 4
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 Ray Harrell 32 2 3 1 4.86 32 Max Lanier 18 0 3 0 4.20 14 6 0 1 1 4.50 1 Mike Ryba 3 1 1 0 5.40 0 Howie Krist 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 Preacher Roe 1 0 0 0 13.50 1
Awards and honors Don Gutteridge, Ranked second in National League in triples (15)As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 82, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003,
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1938 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1938 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com