1938 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1938 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses.

1938 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local radioWIP
(By Saam)
WFIL
(Stan Lomax)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9953 0.651 — 55–22 44–31
Boston Red Sox 8861 0.591 9½ 52–23 36–38
Cleveland Indians 8666 0.566 13 46–30 40–36
Detroit Tigers 8470 0.545 16 48–31 36–39
Washington Senators 7576 0.497 23½ 44–33 31–43
Chicago White Sox 6583 0.439 32 33–39 32–44
St. Louis Browns 5597 0.362 44 31–43 24–54
Philadelphia Athletics 5399 0.349 46 28–47 25–52

Record vs. opponents
1938 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —12–612–1010–1211–11–114–817–512–9
Chicago 6–12—9–137–158–1412–1013–8–110–11
Cleveland 10–1213–9—12–108–1318–413–9–112–9
Detroit 12–1015–710–12—8–1414–812–10–113–9
New York 11–11–114–813–814–8—16–5–215–7–116–6–1
Philadelphia 8–1410–124–188–145–16–2—12–96–16
St. Louis 5–178–13–19–13–110–12–17–15–19–12—7–15
Washington 9–1211–109–129–136–16–116–615–7—

Notable transactions

Roster
1938 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  •  9 Earle Brucker

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
CFrankie Hayes9931692.2911155
1BLou Finney122454125.2751048
2BDario Lodigiani9332591.280644
SSWayne Ambler12039392.234038
3BBilly Werber134499129.2591169
OFWally Moses142589181.307849
OFBob Johnson152563176.31330113
OFSam Chapman114406105.2591763

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
Earle Brucker5317164.374335
Mule Haas407816.205012

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
George Caster42281.116204.35112
Bud Thomas42212.19144.9248
Lynn Nelson3219110115.6575
Jim Reninger422.2027.159

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
Chubby Dean623213.523
Randy Gumpert412.10210.951
Harry Kelley480216.883

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
Nels Potter3521256.4743
Eddie Smith4331045.9278
Al Williams300706.9425
Dave Smith212105.0813
Ralph Buxton50104.829

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Marty McManus
D Federalsburg Athletics Eastern Shore League Charlie Moss
D Lexington Indians North Carolina State League Phil Lundeen

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References
  1. Harry Kelley page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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