1938 Boston Bees season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Bees 1938 National League The Bee Hive Boston, Massachusetts 77–75 (.507) 5th J.A. Robert Quinn Casey Stengel WAAB(Fred Hoey) The 1938 Boston Bees season was the 68th season of the franchise. Offseason On January 8, 1938, Bob Smith was released by the Boston Bees.Bob Smith at Baseball Reference On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow was released by the Bees.Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference Regular season On June 11, 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no-hitter against the Bees. It would be the first of two consecutive no-hitters that Vander Meer pitched.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, 978-1-55365-507-7 Season standings Boston Bees Record vs. opponents BSN Notable transactions September 10, 1938: Oliver Hill was purchased by the Bees from the Atlanta Crackers.Oliver Hill at Baseball Reference Roster 1938 Boston Bees Roster Pitchers 21 Mike Balas 30 Art Doll 27 Tom Earley 18 Dick Errickson 16 Lou Fette 19 Frank Gabler 20 Ira Hutchinson 11 Art Kenney 17 Johnny Lanning 14 Danny MacFayden 26 Hiker Moran 18 Johnny Niggeling 24 Bobby Reis 25 Tommy Reis 15 Milt Shoffner 23 Jim Turner 11 Roy Weir Catchers  7 Al López 10 Ray Mueller 19 Johnny Riddle 10,25 Butch Sutcliffe Infielders  3 Tony Cuccinello  2 Gil English  5 Elbie Fletcher 29 Jim Hitchcock 29 Tom Kane 29 Eddie Mayo 11 Joe Stripp 29 Joe Walsh  8 Rabbit Warstler Outfielders 34 Johnny Cooney  6 Vince DiMaggio  9 Debs Garms 12 Roy Johnson 21 Harl Maggert 12 Ralph McLeod  1 Gene Moore  4 Max West Other batters 22,29 Bob Kahle Manager 31 Casey Stengel Coaches 32 George Kelly 33 Mike Kelly 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 Ray Mueller 83 274 65 .237 4 35 1B Elbie Fletcher 147 529 144 .272 6 48 2B Tony Cuccinello 147 555 147 .265 9 76 SS Rabbit Warstler 142 467 108 .231 0 40 3B Joe Stripp 59 229 63 .275 1 19 OF Vince DiMaggio 150 540 123 .228 14 61 OF Johnny Cooney 120 432 117 .271 0 17 OF Max West 123 418 98 .234 10 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 Debs Garms 117 428 135 .315 0 47 Al López 71 236 63 .267 1 14 Gene Moore Gene Moore (outfielder) 54 180 49 .272 3 19 Gil English 53 165 41 .248 2 21 Harl Maggert Harl Maggert (1930s outfielder) 66 89 25 .281 3 19 Jimmy Hitchcock 28 76 13 .171 0 7 Johnny Riddle 19 57 16 .281 0 2 Bobby Reis 34 49 9 .184 0 4 Roy Johnson 7 29 5 .172 0 1 Eddie Mayo 8 14 3 .214 1 4 Joe Walsh Joe Walsh (NL infielder) 4 8 0 .000 0 0 Ralph McLeod 6 7 2 .286 0 0 Butch Sutcliffe 4 4 1 .250 0 2 Bob Kahle 8 3 1 .333 0 0 Tom Kane Tom Kane (baseball) 2 2 0 .000 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 Jim Turner Jim Turner (baseball) 35 268.0 14 18 3.46 71 Lou Fette 33 239.2 11 13 3.15 83 Danny MacFayden 29 219.2 14 9 2.95 58 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 Ira Hutchinson 36 151.0 9 8 2.74 38 Milt Shoffner 26 139.2 8 7 3.54 49 Johnny Lanning 32 138.0 8 7 3.72 39 Dick Errickson 34 122.2 9 7 3.15 40 Tom Earley 2 11.0 1 0 3.27 4 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 Bobby Reis 16 1 6 0 4.99 20 Roy Weir 5 1 0 0 6.75 3 Tommy Reis 4 0 0 0 7.11 4 Art Doll 3 0 0 0 2.25 1 Art Kenney 2 0 0 0 15.43 2 Johnny Niggeling 2 1 0 0 9.00 1 Hiker Moran 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Mike Balas 1 0 0 0 6.75 0 Frank Gabler 1 0 0 0 81.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Hartford Bees Eastern League Eddie Onslow B Evansville Bees Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Jocko Munch D Huntington Bees Mountain State League Dickey Kerr D Salisbury Bees North Carolina State League Blackie Carter Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1938 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Bees Boston Bees Category:1930s in Boston