The 1938 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 86–66, 13 games behind the New York Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1938 Cleveland Indians 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 RBICFrankie Pytlak113364112.3081431BHal Trosky150554185.334191102BOdell Hale130496138.278869SSLyn Lary141568152.2683513BKen Keltner149576159.27626113 OF 133 511 148 .290 12 72 OF 134 482 159 .330 14 93OFJeff Heath126502172.34321112

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 RBIRoy Weatherly8321055.262218Rollie Hemsley6620360.296228Moose Solters6719940.201222John Kroner5111729.248117Skeeter Webb205816.27602Hank Helf6131.07701Oscar Grimes4102.20002Tommy Irwin391.11100Ray Mack262.33302 2 5 2 .400 0 0 1 2 0 .000 0 0Lloyd Russell200 .---00

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 39 277.2 17 11 4.08 240 38 240.0 17 10 3.83 102 30 200.0 14 8 4.19 112Earl Whitehill26160.1985.5660Willis Hudlin29127.0884.8927

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 SOClay Smith411.0006.553 Joe Heving 3 6.0 1 1 9.00 0Charley Suche11.10027.001

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SOJohnny Humphries459865.2356Denny Galehouse367834.3466Al Milnar233115.0029Bill Zuber150315.0214Ken Jungels91008.807

Awards and honors All Star Game

Johnny Allen, pitcher

Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)

Bob Feller, pitcher

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Troy, GainesvilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links 1938 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference