1938 St. Louis Browns season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = St. Louis Browns

| season = 1938

| misc =

| league = American League

| ballpark = Sportsman's Park

| city = St. Louis, Missouri

| record = 55–97 (.362)

| league_place = 7th

| owners = Donald Lee Barnes

| general_managers = Bill DeWitt

| managers = Gabby Street and Ski Melillo

| television =

| radio = KMOX
(France Laux, Jim Alt)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Allan Anthony)

|}}

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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/linkeed01.shtml 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kressre01.shtml Red Kress page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Opening Day lineup =

= Notable transactions =

June 11, 1938: Jack Knott was traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Cox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coxbi01.shtml Bill Cox page at Baseball Reference]
September 8, 1938: Joe Grace was purchased by the Browns from the Memphis Chicks (Southern Association).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gracejo01.shtml Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference]

= Roster =

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1938 St. Louis Browns
colspan="10" style="background-color: #F87217; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|20\|Emil Bildilli}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Julio Bonetti}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Ed Cole}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Bill Cox}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Oral Hildebrand}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Fred Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Harry Kimberlin}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Jack Knott}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Glenn Liebhardt}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Ed Linke}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Lefty Mills}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Bobo Newsom}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Vito Tamulis}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Les Tietje}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Bill Trotter}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Russ Van Atta}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Jim Walkup}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Jim Weaver}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|4,8\|Sam Harshany}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Tommy Heath}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Billy Sullivan}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Harlond Clift}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Sig Gryska}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Don Heffner}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Roy Hughes}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Red Kress}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Johnny Lucadello}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|George McQuinn}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Ethan Allen}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Mel Almada}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Beau Bell}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Joe Grace}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Mel Mazzera}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Glenn McQuillen}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Buster Mills}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Sam West}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|29\|Ski Melillo}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Gabby Street}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|28\|Fred Hofmann}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Ski Melillo}}

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"

colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1938 St. Louis Browns

colspan="10" style="background-color: #F87217; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

{{MLBplayer

-|Bill Trotter}}

{{MLBplayer

-|Jim Weaver}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

{{MLBplayer

-|Sig Gryska}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Billy\|Sullivan\|Billy Sullivan, Jr.}}	111	375	104	.277	7	49
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|George\|McQuinn}}	148	602	195	.324	12	82
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Don\|Heffner}}	141	473	116	.245	2	69
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Red\|Kress}}	150	566	171	.302	7	79
align="center" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Harlond\|Clift}}	149	534	155	.290	34	118
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Mel\|Almada}}	102	436	149	.342	3	37
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Buster\|Mills}}	123	466	133	.285	3	46
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Beau\|Bell}}	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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Mel Mazzera	86	204	57	.279	6	29
align=center \| {{sortname\|Tommy\|Heath\|Tommy Heath (baseball)}}	70	194	44	.227	2	22
align="center" \| Sam West	44	165	51	.309	1	27
align=center \| Glenn McQuillen	43	116	33	.284	0	13
align=center \| {{sortname\|Roy\|Hughes\|Roy Hughes (baseball)}}	58	96	27	.281	2	13
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Grace\|Joe Grace (baseball)}}	12	47	16	.340	0	4
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ethan\|Allen\|Ethan Allen (baseball)}}	19	33	10	.303	0	4
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Sam\|Harshany}}	11	24	7	.292	0	0
align="center" \| Sig Gryska	7	21	10	.476	0	4
align=center \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bobo\|Newsom}}	44	329.2	20	16	5.08	226
align="center" \| Lefty Mills	30	210.1	10	12	5.31	134
align=center \| {{sortname\|Oral\|Hildebrand}}	23	163.0	8	10	5.69	66
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Harry\|Kimberlin}}	1	8.0	0	0	3.38	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Trotter}}	1	8.0	0	1	5.62	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Weaver\|Jim Weaver (right-handed pitcher)}}	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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Russ Van Atta	25	104.0	4	7	6.06	35
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Walkup\|Jim Walkup (right-handed pitcher)}}	18	94.0	1	12	6.80	28
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ed\|Cole\|Ed Cole (baseball)}}	36	88.2	1	5	5.18	26
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Fred\|Johnson\|Fred Johnson (baseball)}}	17	69.0	3	7	5.61	24
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Cox\|Bill Cox (baseball)}}	22	63.0	1	4	7.00	16
align="center" \| Les Tietje	17	62.0	2	5	7.55	15
align=center \| {{sortname\|Jack\|Knott}}	7	30.0	1	2	4.80	8
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Emil\|Bildilli}}	5	21.2	1	2	7.06	11
align="center" \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ed\|Linke}}	21	1	7	0	7.94	18
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Julio\|Bonetti}}	17	2	3	0	6.35	7
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Glenn\|Liebhardt\|Glenn Liebhardt (1930s pitcher)}}	2	0	0	0	6.00	1

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System

|level5=AA|team5=Toledo Mud Hens|league5=American Association|manager5=Fred Haney

|level6=A1|team6=San Antonio Missions|league6=Texas League|manager6=Zack Taylor

|level7=B|team7=Meridian Scrappers|league7=Southeastern League|manager7=Harry Whitehouse

|level8=B|team8=Springfield Browns|league8=Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League|manager8=Walter Holke

|level9=C|team9=Palestine Pals|league9=East Texas League|manager9=Abe Miller, Neil Andrews and John Kosey

|level10=C|team10=Johnstown Johnnies|league10=Middle Atlantic League|manager10=Bobby Goff

|level11=D|team11=Pennington Gap Lee Bears|league11=Appalachian League|manager11=Ralph Goldsmith and Lynn Lunsford

|level12=D|team12=Siloam Springs Travelers|league12=Arkansas–Missouri League|manager12=Vince "Moon" Mullen, Runt Marr
and Mike Serlick

|level13=D|team13=Easton Browns|league13=Eastern Shore League|manager13=George Jacobs

|level14=D|team14=Lafayette White Sox|league14=Evangeline League|manager14=Frank Oceak

|level15=D|team15=Mayfield Clothiers|league15=KITTY League|manager15=Bennie Tate

|level16=D|team16=Lincoln Links|league16=Nebraska State League|manager16=Pug Griffin

|level17=D|team17=Batesville White Sox|league17=Northeast Arkansas League|manager17=Elmer Kirchoff

|level18=D|team18=Findlay Browns|league18=Ohio State League|manager18=Grover Hartley

|level19=D|team19=Beaver Falls Browns|league19=Pennsylvania State Association|manager19=Howard Shanks

|level20=D|team20=Corpus Christi Spudders|league20=Texas Valley League|manager20=Rod Whitney

}}

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

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1938.shtml 1938 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1938&t=SLA 1938 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com]

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