1938 Sacramento Solons season

Sacramento Solons 1938 95–82 Pacific Coast League Edmonds Field Sacramento, California 3rd Bill Killefer The 1938 Sacramento Solons season saw the Sacramento Solons baseball team win the Pacific Coast League (PCL) pennant. Led by manager Bill Killefer, the Solons finished third in the PCL with a 95–82 record, but qualified for the PCL's four-team playoffs. They defeated the first-place Los Angeles Angels, four games to one, in the opening round, and then defeated the fourth-place San Francisco Seals in the championship series, again by four games to one, to win the PCL's President's Trophy. However, the PCL's rules were changed in 1938 such that the pennant was awarded in 1938 to Angels as the team with the best record in the regular season.Solons Down Seals Twice To Take President's Trophy The Sacramento Bee October 3, 1938 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46358474/solons-down-seals-twice-to-take/ Newspapers.com Left-hander Tony Freitas was the team's leading pitcher, compiling a 24–11 record and 2.67 earned run average (ERA) in 290 inning pitched. Cotton Pippen also pitched well, compiling a 17–8 record with a 3.15 ERA in 223 inning pitched.1938 Sacramento Solons Sports Reference LLC Baseball-Reference.com March 8, 2020 https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=57583d62 The Solons had a team batting of .250, the lowest among all nine PCL teams, and 42 points lower than the San Francisco Seals' .292 team batting average. Further, no Sacramento batter ranked among the league's top 25 in batting average. 1938 PCL standings Team W L Pct. GB Los Angeles Angels 105 73 .590 -- Seattle Rainiers 100 75 .571 3.5 Sacramento Solons 95 82 .537 9.5 San Francisco Seals 93 85 .522 12.0 San Diego Padres 92 85 .520 12.5 Portland Beavers 79 96 .451 21.0 Hollywood Stars 79 99 .444 22.5 Oakland Oaks 65 113 .446 40.0 Statistics Batting Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR SLG RBI SB CF Buster Adams 67 270 79 .293 9 .478 36 24 2B Dib Williams 177 675 190 .281 15 .421 88 13 SS Joe Orengo 177 622 172 .277 8 .453 83 11 C Herman Franks 143 470 129 .274 9 .406 67 2 LF Max Marshall 162 656 175 .267 11 .393 57 16 1B Larry Barton 164 580 153 .264 7 .434 74 7 RF Nick Cullop 138 485 124 .256 20 .423 66 7 CF Bill James 100 334 85 .254 2 .338 40 4 3B Johnny Vergez 167 583 145 .249 16 .386 80 19 C Frank Grube 72 181 40 .221 0 .232 18 0 LF Bud Hafey 54 172 37 .215 3 .331 11 2 CF Ray Dieffenback 41 106 21 .198 1 .245 Jolley Coast Bat King; Hurlers Star As Stickers Los Angeles Times November 27, 1938 II-15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46356608/jolley-coast-bat-king-hurlers-star-as/ Newspapers.com Pitching Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L PCT ERA SO Tony Freitas 38 290.0 24 11 .686 2.67 Cotton Pippen 32 223.0 17 8 .680 3.15 Bill Walker 31 226.0 17 12 .586 2.95 Bill Schmidt 43 280.0 17 12 .548 3.66 Dick Newsome 33 180.0 11 11 .500 3.50 Lee Sherill 25 159.0 5 10 .333 3.79 References Further reading "The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957", by Dennis Snelling (McFarland 2011) Sacramento Solons season Category:Pacific Coast League seasons