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.Ed Linke page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1937: Joe Vosmik was traded by the Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Red Kress, Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom.Red Kress page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.Bill Cox page at Baseball Reference September 8, 1938: Joe Grace was purchased by the Browns from the Memphis Chicks (Southern Association).Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1938 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Mel Mazzera 86 204 57 .279 6 29 70 194 44 .227 2 22 Sam West 44 165 51 .309 1 27 Glenn McQuillen 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 Sig Gryska 7 21 10 .476 0 4 Johnny Lucadello 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 Lefty Mills 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 Russ Van Atta 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 Les Tietje 17 62.0 2 5 7.55 15 7 30.0 1 2 4.80 8 5 21.2 1 2 7.06 11 Vito Tamulis 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

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

References

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