1938 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

1938 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack
Managers	Connie Mack
Radio	WIP (By Saam) WFIL (Stan Lomax)
← 1937 1939 →

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

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	53	.651	—	55‍–‍22	44‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9½	52‍–‍23	36‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13	46‍–‍30	40‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	84	70	.545	16	48‍–‍31	36‍–‍39
Washington Senators	75	76	.497	23½	44‍–‍33	31‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox	65	83	.439	32	33‍–‍39	32‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns	55	97	.362	44	31‍–‍43	24‍–‍54
Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	.349	46	28‍–‍47	25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1938 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–6	12–10	10–12	11–11–1	14–8	17–5	12–9
Chicago	6–12	—	9–13	7–15	8–14	12–10	13–8–1	10–11
Cleveland	10–12	13–9	—	12–10	8–13	18–4	13–9–1	12–9
Detroit	12–10	15–7	10–12	—	8–14	14–8	12–10–1	13–9
New York	11–11–1	14–8	13–8	14–8	—	16–5–2	15–7–1	16–6–1
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	4–18	8–14	5–16–2	—	12–9	6–16
St. Louis	5–17	8–13–1	9–13–1	10–12–1	7–15–1	9–12	—	7–15
Washington	9–12	11–10	9–12	9–13	6–16–1	16–6	15–7	—

Notable transactions

May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Washington Senators.

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

1938 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Connie Mack

Coaches

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	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	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	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

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	42	212.1	9	14	4.92	48
Lynn Nelson	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	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	43	3	10	4	5.92	78
Nels Potter	35	2	12	5	6.47	43
Al Williams	30	0	7	0	6.94	25
Dave Smith	21	2	1	0	5.08	13
Ralph Buxton	5	0	1	0	4.82	9

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Marty McManus
D	Federalsburg Athletics	Eastern Shore League	Charlie Moss
D	Lexington Indians	North Carolina State League	Phil Lundeen

References

Harry Kelley page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1938 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro American League

Negro National League

Athletics

Established in 1901
Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics, the Kansas City Athletics and the Oakland Athletics
Based in West Sacramento, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Columbia Park
Shibe Park
Municipal Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training: Latta Park Baseball Field; Barrs Field; Cramton Bowl; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John Fisher
President: Dave Kaval
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (17)

AL Wild Card (4)

Minors

Triple-A: Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A: Midland RockHounds
High-A: Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A: Stockton Ports
Rookie: ACL Athletics; DSL Athletics

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