1938 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 55-97
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 130,417, Avg. 2,955
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Gabby Street (53-90)
Manager: Oscar Melillo (2-7)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1938 St. Louis Browns Roster
1938 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1938 season with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Browns scored 755 runs and allowed 962 runs, most in the circuit. Harlond Clift walloped 34 home runs for St. Louis and drove in 118 runs. Mel Almada led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .342. Bobo Newsom topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 5.08 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Gabby Street and Oscar Melillo 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bobo Newsom	20	16	.556	5.08	44	40	3	31	0	1	329.7	334	205	186	30	192	226	5	1	3	1475
Howard Mills	10	12	.455	5.31	30	27	2	15	1	0	210.3	216	139	124	16	116	134	8	0	5	962
Oral Hildebrand	8	10	.444	5.69	23	23	0	10	0	0	163.0	194	104	103	18	73	66	3	1	1	735
Russ Van Atta	4	7	.364	6.06	25	12	5	3	1	0	104.0	118	75	70	7	61	35	1	0	3	481
Fred Johnson	3	7	.300	5.61	17	6	9	3	0	3	69.0	91	50	43	7	27	24	1	0	3	319
Julio Bonetti	2	3	.400	6.35	17	0	10	0	0	0	28.3	41	21	20	1	13	7	0	0	1	131
Les Tietje	2	5	.286	7.55	17	8	3	2	1	0	62.0	83	55	52	8	38	15	0	0	3	296
Jack Knott	1	2	.333	4.80	7	4	2	0	0	0	30.0	35	19	16	3	15	8	0	0	0	138
Emil Bildilli	1	2	.333	7.06	5	3	1	2	0	0	21.7	33	18	17	3	11	11	0	0	0	105
Bill Cox	1	4	.200	7.00	22	7	11	1	0	0	63.0	81	53	49	8	35	16	0	0	1	296
Ed Cole	1	5	.167	5.18	36	6	21	1	0	3	88.7	116	69	51	8	48	26	5	1	1	432
Ed Linke	1	7	.125	7.94	21	2	12	0	0	0	39.7	60	37	35	6	33	18	0	0	1	206
Jim Walkup	1	12	.077	6.80	18	13	4	1	0	0	94.0	127	83	71	13	53	28	3	0	3	446
Harry Kimberlin	0	0		3.38	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	32
Glenn Liebhardt	0	0		6.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	13
Bill Trotter	0	1	.000	5.63	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	8	7	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	35
Jim Weaver	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	7	7	0	9	4	0	0	2	39
Vito Tamulis	0	3	.000	7.63	3	2	1	0	0	0	15.3	26	15	13	2	10	11	0	0	0	81
Totals	55	97	.362	5.80	290	156	85	71	3	7	1344.7	1584	962	867	132	737	632	26	3	27	6222

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
George McQuinn	148	674	602	100	195	42	7	12	82	4	5	58	49	.324	.384	.477	.861	287	1	13
Red Kress	150	644	566	74	171	33	3	7	79	5	4	69	47	.302	.378	.408	.786	231	0	9
Harlond Clift	149	658	534	119	155	25	7	34	118	10	5	118	67	.290	.423	.554	.977	296	5	1
Mel Almada	102	478	436	77	149	22	2	3	37	9	5	38	22	.342	.398	.422	.820	184	3	1
Beau Bell	147	599	526	91	138	35	3	13	84	1	3	71	46	.262	.350	.414	.765	218	0	2
Buster Mills	123	520	466	66	133	24	4	3	46	7	8	43	46	.285	.350	.373	.723	174	3	8
Don Heffner	141	554	473	47	116	23	3	2	69	1	1	65	53	.245	.341	.319	.661	151	4	12
Billy Sullivan	111	401	375	35	104	16	1	7	49	8	5	20	10	.277	.316	.381	.697	143	1	5
Mel Mazzera	86	222	204	33	57	8	2	6	29	1	1	12	25	.279	.329	.426	.755	87	3	3
Sam West	44	181	165	17	51	8	2	1	27	1	0	14	9	.309	.363	.400	.763	66	0	2
Tommy Heath	70	236	194	22	44	13	0	2	22	0	1	35	24	.227	.345	.325	.670	63	0	7
Glenn McQuillen	43	122	116	14	33	4	0	0	13	0	1	4	12	.284	.308	.319	.627	37	0	2
Bobo Newsom	46	139	124	9	31	4	0	0	16	0	0	1	21	.250	.256	.282	.538	35	0	14
Roy Hughes	58	109	96	16	27	3	0	2	13	3	0	12	11	.281	.361	.375	.736	36	0	1
Joe Grace	12	49	47	7	16	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	3	.340	.367	.362	.729	17	0	0
Oral Hildebrand	24	65	59	3	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	6	.254	.279	.288	.567	17	0	4
Sig Gryska	7	24	21	3	10	2	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	.476	.542	.667	1.208	14	0	0
Ethan Allen	19	36	33	4	10	3	1	0	4	0	0	2	4	.303	.343	.455	.797	15	0	1
Sam Harshaney	11	29	24	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.292	.370	.292	.662	7	0	2
Fred Johnson	17	26	25	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.240	.240	.240	.480	6	0	1
Howard Mills	30	82	66	8	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	11	18	.091	.221	.106	.327	7	0	5
Jim Walkup	18	32	29	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.138	.138	.138	.276	4	0	3
Russ Van Atta	25	33	30	2	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	.133	.133	.200	.333	6	0	3
Johnny Lucadello	7	20	20	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.150	.200	.350	4	0	0
Ed Cole	36	21	21	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	0	0
Vito Tamulis	3	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	0	0
Emil Bildilli	5	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0
Ed Linke	21	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	2	0	0
Les Tietje	18	22	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.158	.111	.269	2	0	3
Jack Knott	7	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	1
Bill Cox	24	18	17	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.059	.111	.118	.229	2	0	0
Jim Weaver	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bill Trotter	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	1
Julio Bonetti	17	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Harry Kimberlin	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2
Glenn Liebhardt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1724	6048	5333	755	1498	273	36	92	713	51	40	589	525	.281	.355	.397	.752	2119	20	106

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Billy Sullivan	1B	6	43	4	0	7	1.000	7.833	0
George McQuinn	1B	148	1207	90	10	134	.992	8.764	0
Beau Bell	1B	4	24	0	0	4	1.000	6.000	0
Roy Hughes	2B	21	41	47	4	13	.957	4.190	0
Don Heffner	2B	141	365	363	22	103	.971	5.163	0
Johnny Lucadello	3B	6	5	5	1	0	.909	1.667	0
Roy Hughes	3B	5	4	13	0	3	1.000	3.400	0
Harlond Clift	3B	149	176	306	19	31	.962	3.235	0
Billy Sullivan	C	99	441	65	5	10	.990	5.111	3
Tommy Heath	C	65	315	42	5	5	.986	5.492	7
Sam Harshaney	C	10	35	4	1	0	.975	3.900	0
Sam West	OF	41	101	0	3	0	.971	2.463	0
Buster Mills	OF	113	235	9	9	2	.964	2.159	0
Glenn McQuillen	OF	30	66	0	2	0	.971	2.200	0
Mel Mazzera	OF	47	74	7	2	1	.976	1.723	0
Joe Grace	OF	12	13	1	1	0	.933	1.167	0
Beau Bell	OF	132	266	12	6	3	.979	2.106	0
Mel Almada	OF	101	247	9	9	1	.966	2.535	0
Ethan Allen	OF	7	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.571	0
Jim Weaver	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jim Walkup	P	18	3	19	0	2	1.000	1.222	0
Russ Van Atta	P	25	3	21	2	3	.923	.960	0
Bill Trotter	P	1	0	5	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Les Tietje	P	17	5	10	0	0	1.000	.882	0
Vito Tamulis	P	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bobo Newsom	P	44	11	38	2	1	.961	1.114	0
Howard Mills	P	30	4	28	5	1	.865	1.067	0
Ed Linke	P	21	1	11	1	1	.923	.571	0
Glenn Liebhardt	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Jack Knott	P	7	0	5	0	0	1.000	.714	0
Harry Kimberlin	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Fred Johnson	P	17	0	7	3	1	.700	.412	0
Oral Hildebrand	P	23	5	14	1	0	.950	.826	0
Bill Cox	P	22	4	13	1	1	.944	.773	0
Ed Cole	P	36	0	15	2	0	.882	.417	0
Julio Bonetti	P	17	0	7	0	2	1.000	.412	0
Emil Bildilli	P	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	.800	0
Red Kress	SS	150	321	388	26	100	.965	4.727	0
Roy Hughes	SS	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Sig Gryska	SS	7	14	17	3	5	.912	4.429	0
Totals		1586	4041	1583	145	434	.975	3.546	10

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