1938 Cincinnati Reds season

1938 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s) Warren Giles
Manager(s) Bill McKechnie
Local radio WSAI
(Red Barber, Dick Bray)
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The 1938 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82–68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

  • Johnny Vander Meer became the only pitcher in major league history to pitch two consecutive no-hitters in 1938. On June 11, 1938, he no-hit the Boston Bees at Crosley Field. Four nights later, in the first night game played at Ebbets Field, he no-hit the Brooklyn Dodgers. One of two balls that survives from this historic game is in the Seth Swirsky collection.[1] After his double no-hit achievement, Reds' management wanted Vander Meer to change his uniform number to "00." He politely refused.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 8963 0.586 — 44–33 45–30
Pittsburgh Pirates 8664 0.573 2 44–33 42–31
New York Giants 8367 0.553 5 43–30 40–37
Cincinnati Reds 8268 0.547 6 43–34 39–34
Boston Bees 7775 0.507 12 45–30 32–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7180 0.470 17½ 36–41 35–39
Brooklyn Dodgers 6980 0.463 18½ 31–41 38–39
Philadelphia Phillies 45105 0.300 43 26–48 19–57

Record vs. opponents

1938 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —10–1212–1011–98–1414–89–1313–9–1
Brooklyn 10–12—9–11–19–138–1415–79–119–12–1
Chicago 12–1011–9–1—11–1112–1018–412–1013–9–1
Cincinnati 9–1113–911–11—12–914–710–1213–9–1
New York 14–814–810–129–12—16–59–13–111–9–1
Philadelphia 8–147–154–187–145–16—8–12–16–16
Pittsburgh 13–911–910–1212–1013–9–112–8–1—15–7
St. Louis 9–13–112–9–19–13–19–13–19–11–116–67–15—

Roster

1938 Cincinnati Reds
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
CErnie Lombardi129489167.3421995
OFIval Goodman145568166.2923092
OFWally Berger99407125.3071656

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 Lang215013.220111
Dick West110.00000

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
Johnny Vander Meer32225.115103.12125

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
Peaches Davis29167.27123.9728
Jim Weaver30129.1643.1364
Red Barrett628.2203.145

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
Joe Cascarella334744.5730
Ray Benge91124.115

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Syracuse Chiefs International League Jim Bottomley and Dick Porter
A Albany Senators Eastern League Bill McCorry
B Durham Bulls Piedmont League Bill Hughes
B Columbia Reds Sally League Johnny Burnett
B Waterloo Red Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Lenny Backer
C El Dorado Lions Cotton States League Frank O'Rourke
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Ben Tincup
D Rogers Reds Arkansas–Missouri League Lester "Pat" Patterson
D Williamston Martins Coastal Plain League Art Hauger
D Union City Greyhounds KITTY League Hap Bohl

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References

  1. ↑ "Johnny Vander Meer, Twice Perfect". Seth.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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