1938 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1938 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 55–97 (.362) 7th Donald Lee Barnes Bill DeWitt Gabby Street and Ski Melillo 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.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.Red Kress page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Opening Day lineup Mel Mazzera, LF Billy Sullivan Jr., C Sam West, CF Beau Bell, 3B Harlond Clift, 3B Red Kress, SS George McQuinn, 1B Don Heffner, 2B Bobo Newsom, P Notable transactions June 11, 1938: Jack Knott was traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Cox.Bill Cox page at Baseball Reference September 8, 1938: Joe Grace was purchased by the Browns from the Memphis Chicks (Southern Association).Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference Roster 1938 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers 20 Emil Bildilli 27 Julio Bonetti 26 Ed Cole 17 Bill Cox 18 Oral Hildebrand 16 Fred Johnson 23 Harry Kimberlin 17 Jack Knott 20 Glenn Liebhardt 22 Ed Linke 25 Lefty Mills 12 Bobo Newsom 20 Vito Tamulis 19 Les Tietje -- Bill Trotter 21 Russ Van Atta 24 Jim Walkup -- Jim Weaver Catchers 4,8 Sam Harshany  9 Tommy Heath  2 Billy Sullivan Infielders  7 Harlond Clift -- Sig Gryska  1 Don Heffner 11 Roy Hughes  3 Red Kress 23 Johnny Lucadello  5 George McQuinn Outfielders  8 Ethan Allen  6 Mel Almada 10 Beau Bell 30 Joe Grace 14 Mel Mazzera  4 Glenn McQuillen 15 Buster Mills  6 Sam West Manager 29 Ski Melillo 31 Gabby Street Coaches 28 Fred Hofmann 29 Ski Melillo 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 C Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan, Jr. 111 375 104 .277 7 49 1B George McQuinn 148 602 195 .324 12 82 2B Don Heffner 141 473 116 .245 2 69 SS Red Kress 150 566 171 .302 7 79 3B Harlond Clift 149 534 155 .290 34 118 OF Mel Almada 102 436 149 .342 3 37 OF Buster Mills 123 466 133 .285 3 46 OF 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 Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Mel Mazzera 86 204 57 .279 6 29 Tommy Heath Tommy Heath (baseball) 70 194 44 .227 2 22 Sam West 44 165 51 .309 1 27 Glenn McQuillen 43 116 33 .284 0 13 Roy Hughes Roy Hughes (baseball) 58 96 27 .281 2 13 Joe Grace Joe Grace (baseball) 12 47 16 .340 0 4 Ethan Allen Ethan Allen (baseball) 19 33 10 .303 0 4 Sam Harshany 11 24 7 .292 0 0 Sig Gryska 7 21 10 .476 0 4 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Bobo Newsom 44 329.2 20 16 5.08 226 Lefty Mills 30 210.1 10 12 5.31 134 Oral Hildebrand 23 163.0 8 10 5.69 66 Harry Kimberlin 1 8.0 0 0 3.38 1 Bill Trotter 1 8.0 0 1 5.62 1 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Russ Van Atta 25 104.0 4 7 6.06 35 Jim Walkup Jim Walkup (right-handed pitcher) 18 94.0 1 12 6.80 28 Ed Cole Ed Cole (baseball) 36 88.2 1 5 5.18 26 Fred Johnson Fred Johnson (baseball) 17 69.0 3 7 5.61 24 Bill Cox Bill Cox (baseball) 22 63.0 1 4 7.00 16 Les Tietje 17 62.0 2 5 7.55 15 Jack Knott 7 30.0 1 2 4.80 8 Emil Bildilli 5 21.2 1 2 7.06 11 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Ed Linke 21 1 7 0 7.94 18 Julio Bonetti 17 2 3 0 6.35 7 Glenn Liebhardt Glenn Liebhardt (1930s pitcher) 2 0 0 0 6.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Fred Haney A1 San Antonio Missions Texas League Zack Taylor B Meridian Scrappers Southeastern League Harry Whitehouse B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Walter Holke C Palestine Pals East Texas League Abe Miller, Neil Andrews and John Kosey C Johnstown Johnnies Middle Atlantic League Bobby Goff D Pennington Gap Lee Bears Appalachian League Ralph Goldsmith and Lynn Lunsford D Siloam Springs Travelers Arkansas–Missouri League Vince "Moon" Mullen, Runt Marr and Mike Serlick D Easton Browns Eastern Shore League George Jacobs D Lafayette White Sox Evangeline League Frank Oceak D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Bennie Tate D Lincoln Links Nebraska State League Pug Griffin D Batesville White Sox Northeast Arkansas League Elmer Kirchoff D Findlay Browns Ohio State League Grover Hartley D Beaver Falls Browns Pennsylvania State Association Howard Shanks D Corpus Christi Spudders Texas Valley League Rod Whitney Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1938 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1938 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Browns