The 1938 Boston Bees season was the 68th season of the franchise.

Offseason On January 8, 1938, Bob Smith was released by the Boston Bees.Bob Smith at Baseball Reference On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow was released by the Bees.Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference

Regular season On June 11, 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no-hitter against the Bees. It would be the first of two consecutive no-hitters that Vander Meer pitched.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions September 10, 1938: Oliver Hill was purchased by the Bees from the Atlanta Crackers.Oliver Hill at Baseball Reference

Roster 1938 Boston Bees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters 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 83 274 65 .237 4 35 1B Elbie Fletcher 147 529 144 .272 6 48 2B Tony Cuccinello 147 555 147 .265 9 76 SS Rabbit Warstler 142 467 108 .231 0 40 3B Joe Stripp 59 229 63 .275 1 19 OF Vince DiMaggio 150 540 123 .228 14 61 OF Johnny Cooney 120 432 117 .271 0 17 OF Max West 123 418 98 .234 10 63

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 Debs Garms 117 428 135 .315 0 47 71 236 63 .267 1 14 54 180 49 .272 3 19 Gil English 53 165 41 .248 2 21 66 89 25 .281 3 19 Jimmy Hitchcock 28 76 13 .171 0 7 Johnny Riddle 19 57 16 .281 0 2 Bobby Reis 34 49 9 .184 0 4 Roy Johnson 7 29 5 .172 0 1 Eddie Mayo 8 14 3 .214 1 4 4 8 0 .000 0 0 Ralph McLeod 6 7 2 .286 0 0 Butch Sutcliffe 4 4 1 .250 0 2 Bob Kahle 8 3 1 .333 0 0 2 2 0 .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 35 268.0 14 18 3.46 71 Lou Fette 33 239.2 11 13 3.15 83 29 219.2 14 9 2.95 58

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 Ira Hutchinson 36 151.0 9 8 2.74 38 26 139.2 8 7 3.54 49 Johnny Lanning 32 138.0 8 7 3.72 39 34 122.2 9 7 3.15 40 2 11.0 1 0 3.27 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 Bobby Reis 16 1 6 0 4.99 20 5 1 0 0 6.75 3 Tommy Reis 4 0 0 0 7.11 4 3 0 0 0 2.25 1 Art Kenney 2 0 0 0 15.43 2 Johnny Niggeling 2 1 0 0 9.00 1 Hiker Moran 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 6.75 0 Frank Gabler 1 0 0 0 81.00 0

Farm system

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

Notes

References 1938 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference