1938 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1938 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 53 99 y 8th Connie Mack Connie Mack WIP(By Saam)WFIL(Stan Lomax) The 1938 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses. Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Notable transactions May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Washington Senators.Harry Kelley page at Baseball Reference Roster 1938 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers -- Ralph Buxton 16 George Caster 19 Chubby Dean -- Randy Gumpert 15 Harry Kelley 22 Lynn Nelson 24 Nels Potter 30 Jim Reninger 17 Buck Ross 11 Dave Smith 18 Eddie Smith 21,20 Bud Thomas 21 Al Williams Catchers 29 Charlie Berry  9 Earle Brucker  8 Frankie Hayes 26 Hal Wagner Infielders 12 Wayne Ambler -- Irv Bartling -- Nick Etten  8 Lou Finney  5 Gene Hasson  7 Dario Lodigiani  2 Skeeter Newsome 25,30 Ace Parker 11 Rusty Peters 10 Dick Siebert  7 Stan Sperry  3 Billy Werber Outfielders 14 Babe Barna 14 Sam Chapman 10 Paul Easterling 30 Mule Haas  4 Bob Johnson  1 Wally Moses Manager Connie Mack Coaches 29 Charlie Berry 28 Lena Blackburne 27 Earle Mack Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 GP AB H Avg. HR RBI C Frankie Hayes 99 316 92 .291 11 55 1B Lou Finney 122 454 125 .275 10 48 2B Dario Lodigiani 93 325 91 .280 6 44 SS Wayne Ambler 120 393 92 .234 0 38 3B Billy Werber 134 499 129 .259 11 69 OF Wally Moses 142 589 181 .307 8 49 OF Bob Johnson Bob Johnson (outfielder) 152 563 176 .313 30 113 OF Sam Chapman 114 406 105 .259 17 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 Stan Sperry 60 253 69 .273 0 27 Dick Siebert 48 194 55 .284 0 28 Earle Brucker Earle Brucker, Sr. 53 171 64 .374 3 35 Ace Parker 56 113 26 .230 0 12 Hal Wagner 33 88 20 .227 0 8 Nick Etten 22 81 21 .259 0 11 Mule Haas 40 78 16 .205 0 12 Gene Hasson 19 69 19 .275 1 12 Skeeter Newsome 17 48 13 .271 0 7 Irv Bartling 14 46 8 .174 0 5 Babe Barna 9 30 4 .133 0 2 Paul Easterling 4 7 2 .286 0 0 Rusty Peters 2 7 0 .000 0 0 Charlie Berry 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Caster 42 281.1 16 20 4.35 112 Bud Thomas Bud Thomas (pitcher) 42 212.1 9 14 4.92 48 Lynn Nelson baseball 32 191.0 10 11 5.65 75 Buck Ross 29 184.1 9 16 5.32 54 Jim Reninger 4 22.2 0 2 7.15 9 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 Dean 6 23.0 2 1 3.52 3 Randy Gumpert 4 12.1 0 2 10.95 1 Harry Kelley Harry Kelley (baseball) 4 8.0 0 2 16.88 3 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 Eddie Smith Eddie Smith (pitcher) 43 3 10 4 5.92 78 Nels Potter 35 2 12 5 6.47 43 Al Williams Al Williams (1930s pitcher) 30 0 7 0 6.94 25 Dave Smith Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1914) 21 2 1 0 5.08 13 Ralph Buxton 5 0 1 0 4.82 9 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Marty McManus D Federalsburg Athletics Eastern Shore League Charlie Moss D Lexington Indians North Carolina State League Phil Lundeen Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1938 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1938 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1938 in Philadelphia