Major League Baseball team season
| 1938 Boston Bees | |
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| League | National League |
| Ballpark | The Bee Hive |
| City | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Record | 77–75 (.507) |
| League place | 5th |
| Owners | J.A. Robert Quinn |
| Managers | Casey Stengel |
| Radio | WAAB (Fred Hoey) |
| ← 19371939 → | |
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. On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow was released by the Bees.
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.
Season standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Chicago Cubs | 89 | 63 | .586 | — | 44–33 | 45–30 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 64 | .573 | 2 | 44–33 | 42–31 |
| New York Giants | 83 | 67 | .553 | 5 | 43–30 | 40–37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 68 | .547 | 6 | 43–34 | 39–34 |
| Boston Bees | 77 | 75 | .507 | 12 | 45–30 | 32–45 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 80 | .470 | 17½ | 36–41 | 35–39 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 69 | 80 | .463 | 18½ | 31–41 | 38–39 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 105 | .300 | 43 | 26–48 | 19–57 |
Record vs. opponents
| 1938 National League record Sources: | |||||||||||||
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| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
| Boston | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 11–9 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 13–9–1 | |||||
| Brooklyn | 10–12 | — | 9–11–1 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 15–7 | 9–11 | 9–12–1 | |||||
| Chicago | 12–10 | 11–9–1 | — | 11–11 | 12–10 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 13–9–1 | |||||
| Cincinnati | 9–11 | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 12–9 | 14–7 | 10–12 | 13–9–1 | |||||
| New York | 14–8 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 9–12 | — | 16–5 | 9–13–1 | 11–9–1 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 7–15 | 4–18 | 7–14 | 5–16 | — | 8–12–1 | 6–16 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 11–9 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 13–9–1 | 12–8–1 | — | 15–7 | |||||
| St. Louis | 9–13–1 | 12–9–1 | 9–13–1 | 9–13–1 | 9–11–1 | 16–6 | 7–15 | — | |||||
Notable transactions
- September 10, 1938: Oliver Hill was purchased by the Bees from the Atlanta Crackers.
Roster
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| Debs Garms | 117 | 428 | 135 | .315 | 0 | 47 |
| Al López | 71 | 236 | 63 | .267 | 1 | 14 |
| Gene Moore | 54 | 180 | 49 | .272 | 3 | 19 |
| Gil English | 53 | 165 | 41 | .248 | 2 | 21 |
| Harl Maggert | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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| Jim Turner | 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
See also: Minor League Baseball
Notes
- Bob Smith at Baseball Reference
- Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference
- Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- Oliver Hill at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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