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1938 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1938 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 57th season in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and the 47th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 71–80 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

1938 St. Louis Cardinals
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record71–80 (.470)
League place6th
OwnersSam Breadon
General managersBranch Rickey
ManagersFrankie Frisch, Mike González
RadioKMOX
(France Laux, Jim Alt)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Allan Anthony)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

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1938 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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 —


Roster

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1938 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Mickey Owen 122 397 106 .267 4 36
1B Johnny Mize 149 531 179 .337 27 102
2B Stu Martin 114 417 116 .278 1 27
SS Lynn Myers 70 227 55 .242 1 19
3B Don Gutteridge 142 552 141 .255 9 64
OF Joe Medwick 146 590 190 .322 21 122
OF Enos Slaughter 112 395 109 .276 8 58
OF Terry Moore 94 312 85 .272 4 21

Other batters

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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
Don Padgett 110 388 105 .271 8 65
Jimmy Brown 108 382 115 .301 0 38
Pepper Martin 91 269 79 .294 2 38
Joe Stripp 54 199 57 .286 0 18
Frenchy Bordagaray 81 156 44 .282 0 21
Herb Bremer 50 151 33 .219 2 14
Jim Bucher 17 57 13 .228 0 7
Hal Epps 17 50 15 .300 1 3
Creepy Crespi 7 19 5 .263 0 1
Tuck Stainback 6 10 0 .000 0 0
Dick Siebert 1 1 1 1.000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Weiland 35 228.1 16 11 3.59 117
Lon Warneke 31 197.0 13 8 3.97 89
Paul Dean 5 31.0 3 1 2.61 14
Mort Cooper 4 23.2 2 1 3.04 11

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill McGee 47 216.0 7 12 3.21 104
Curt Davis 40 173.1 12 8 3.63 36
Roy Henshaw 27 130.0 5 11 4.02 34
Max Macon 38 129.1 4 11 4.11 39
Clyde Shoun 40 117.1 6 6 4.14 37
Si Johnson 6 15.2 0 3 7.47 4

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ray Harrell 32 2 3 1 4.86 32
Max Lanier 18 0 3 0 4.20 14
Guy Bush 6 0 1 1 4.50 1
Mike Ryba 3 1 1 0 5.40 0
Howie Krist 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Preacher Roe 1 0 0 0 13.50 1

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Notes

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  1. ^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 82, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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