
1938 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 53-99
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 385,357, Avg. 8,466
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (53-99)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1938 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1938 season with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
The Athletics plated 726 runs and yielded 956 runs. Bob Johnson walloped 30 home runs for Philadelphia, while Sam Chapman swatted 20 or more, too. Bob Johnson drove in 113 runs and topped all regular batters with a .313 average. George Caster led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 4.35 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Caster | 16 | 20 | .444 | 4.35 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 281.3 | 310 | 156 | 136 | 25 | 117 | 0 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1250 |
Lynn Nelson | 10 | 11 | .476 | 5.65 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 191.0 | 215 | 142 | 120 | 29 | 79 | 0 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 870 |
Bud Thomas | 9 | 14 | .391 | 4.92 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 212.3 | 259 | 138 | 116 | 23 | 62 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 945 |
Buck Ross | 9 | 16 | .360 | 5.32 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 184.3 | 218 | 132 | 109 | 23 | 80 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 849 |
Eddie Smith | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.92 | 43 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 130.7 | 151 | 102 | 86 | 13 | 76 | 0 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 614 |
Chubby Dean | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.52 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 103 |
Dave Smith | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.08 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 50 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 207 |
Nels Potter | 2 | 12 | .143 | 6.47 | 35 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 111.3 | 139 | 95 | 80 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 517 |
Ralph Buxton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.82 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
Jim Reninger | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
Randy Gumpert | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.95 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 |
Harry Kelley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 16.88 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Al Williams | 0 | 7 | .000 | 6.94 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93.3 | 128 | 93 | 72 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 456 |
Totals | 53 | 99 | .349 | 5.48 | 297 | 154 | 98 | 56 | 3 | 12 | 1324.0 | 1573 | 956 | 806 | 142 | 599 | 0 | 473 | 18 | 4 | 28 | 6085 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wally Moses | 142 | 650 | 589 | 86 | 181 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 58 | 31 | .307 | .369 | .424 | .794 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Johnson | 152 | 652 | 563 | 114 | 176 | 27 | 9 | 30 | 113 | 9 | 8 | 87 | 73 | .313 | .406 | .552 | .959 | 311 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Werber | 134 | 599 | 499 | 92 | 129 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 69 | 19 | 15 | 93 | 37 | .259 | .377 | .397 | .774 | 198 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Finney | 122 | 502 | 454 | 61 | 125 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 25 | .275 | .333 | .441 | .773 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Chapman | 114 | 466 | 406 | 60 | 105 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 94 | .259 | .353 | .461 | .813 | 187 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frankie Hayes | 99 | 373 | 316 | 56 | 92 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 51 | .291 | .396 | .475 | .871 | 150 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Ambler | 120 | 452 | 393 | 42 | 92 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 31 | .234 | .317 | .298 | .615 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Dario Lodigiani | 93 | 372 | 325 | 36 | 91 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 25 | .280 | .361 | .388 | .748 | 126 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Sperry | 60 | 272 | 253 | 28 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | .273 | .313 | .320 | .634 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Earle Brucker | 53 | 191 | 171 | 26 | 64 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | .374 | .437 | .561 | .998 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Siebert | 48 | 209 | 194 | 24 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | .284 | .329 | .356 | .684 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lynn Nelson | 67 | 119 | 112 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .277 | .319 | .277 | .596 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ace Parker | 56 | 128 | 113 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | .230 | .293 | .274 | .567 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Etten | 22 | 90 | 81 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .259 | .333 | .383 | .716 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Wagner | 33 | 100 | 88 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .227 | .299 | .273 | .572 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
George Caster | 42 | 112 | 101 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | .198 | .264 | .248 | .511 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Hasson | 19 | 82 | 69 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .275 | .383 | .464 | .846 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mule Haas | 40 | 93 | 78 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | .205 | .311 | .231 | .542 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Skeeter Newsome | 17 | 51 | 48 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .271 | .286 | .354 | .640 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Smith | 43 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .286 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buck Ross | 29 | 71 | 63 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .190 | .227 | .238 | .465 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Nels Potter | 38 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .256 | .275 | .282 | .557 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bud Thomas | 42 | 81 | 69 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .130 | .189 | .145 | .334 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Irv Bartling | 14 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .174 | .224 | .239 | .464 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chubby Dean | 16 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Barna | 9 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .133 | .212 | .133 | .345 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Easterling | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Gumpert | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Williams | 30 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .040 | .111 | .040 | .151 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Smith | 21 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Reninger | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rusty Peters | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Buxton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Berry | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Kelley | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1699 | 5934 | 5229 | 726 | 1410 | 243 | 62 | 98 | 686 | 65 | 53 | 605 | 590 | .270 | .348 | .396 | .744 | 2071 | 0 | 22 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Dick Siebert | 1B | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 403 | 41 | 0 | 35 | 1.000 | 9.652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Hasson | 1B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 154 | 6 | 7 | 17 | .958 | 8.421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mule Haas | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Finney | 1B | 64 | 0 | 0.0 | 574 | 24 | 6 | 35 | .990 | 9.344 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nick Etten | 1B | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 212 | 10 | 3 | 20 | .987 | 1.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earle Brucker | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Stan Sperry | 2B | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 185 | 13 | 26 | .959 | 5.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ace Parker | 2B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 4.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dario Lodigiani | 2B | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | 233 | 21 | 45 | .953 | 5.325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Johnson | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .857 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Ambler | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Werber | 3B | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 168 | 266 | 30 | 21 | .935 | 3.239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ace Parker | 3B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 2.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dario Lodigiani | 3B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 3 | .915 | 3.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Johnson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Irv Bartling | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hal Wagner | C | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .972 | 3.433 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frankie Hayes | C | 90 | 0 | 0.0 | 319 | 38 | 9 | 2 | .975 | 3.967 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earle Brucker | C | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 188 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 4.727 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Berry | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wally Moses | OF | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .966 | 2.266 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Johnson | OF | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 400 | 21 | 16 | 3 | .963 | 2.807 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mule Haas | OF | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Finney | OF | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 124 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 2.783 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Easterling | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sam Chapman | OF | 110 | 0 | 0.0 | 229 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .952 | 2.155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Babe Barna | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Williams | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bud Thomas | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 1.095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Smith | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .698 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Smith | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Buck Ross | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 2 | .953 | 1.414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Reninger | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nels Potter | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lynn Nelson | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Kelley | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Randy Gumpert | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chubby Dean | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Caster | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 1 | .933 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ralph Buxton | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rusty Peters | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ace Parker | SS | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 40 | 2 | 6 | .972 | 2.654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Skeeter Newsome | SS | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 43 | 2 | 7 | .971 | 4.467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Irv Bartling | SS | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 8 | .914 | 4.923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wayne Ambler | SS | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 209 | 310 | 32 | 54 | .942 | 4.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1571 | 0 | 0.0 | 3964 | 1637 | 206 | 308 | .965 | 3.565 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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