
1938 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 73-79
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Fresco Thompson (73-79)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 129,343, Avg. 1,702
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1938 season with a record of 73 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.
Fresco Thompson served as manager.
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kirby Higbe | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.96 | 46 | 218.0 | 201 | 106 | 96 | 103 | ||||||||||||
Charles George | 12 | 14 | .462 | 3.84 | 47 | 176.0 | 177 | 88 | 75 | 76 | ||||||||||||
Newt Kimball | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.33 | 33 | 184.0 | 187 | 77 | 68 | 71 | ||||||||||||
Hank Johnson | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.10 | 31 | 178.0 | 183 | 96 | 81 | 55 | ||||||||||||
Sheriff Blake | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.70 | 33 | 163.0 | 168 | 78 | 67 | 53 | ||||||||||||
Harold Carson | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.96 | 43 | 157.0 | 171 | 75 | 69 | 40 | ||||||||||||
William Yocke | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.67 | 11 | 52.0 | 59 | 28 | 27 | 16 | ||||||||||||
Jim Prendergast | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.71 | 12 | 65.0 | 77 | 37 | 34 | 38 | ||||||||||||
Johnny Hutchings | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 11.0 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Totals | 71 | 66 | .518 | 3.86 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1204.0 | 1239 | 585 | 517 | 0 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Clancy | 156 | 626 | 626 | 189 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .302 | .302 | .369 | .671 | 231 | |||||||||||
Hank Majeski | 151 | 560 | 560 | 182 | 38 | 11 | 4 | .325 | .325 | .454 | .779 | 254 | |||||||||||
Red Howell | 144 | 515 | 515 | 168 | 37 | 15 | 8 | .326 | .326 | .503 | .829 | 259 | |||||||||||
LeGrant Scott | 150 | 522 | 522 | 168 | 26 | 9 | 7 | .322 | .322 | .446 | .768 | 233 | |||||||||||
Jack Glynn | 133 | 529 | 529 | 140 | 20 | 9 | 10 | .265 | .265 | .393 | .658 | 208 | |||||||||||
Otto Bluege | 141 | 524 | 524 | 132 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .252 | .252 | .311 | .563 | 163 | |||||||||||
Woody Arkeketa | 144 | 510 | 510 | 124 | 19 | 8 | 3 | .243 | .243 | .329 | .573 | 168 | |||||||||||
Milton McDougal | 96 | 271 | 271 | 74 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .376 | .649 | 102 | |||||||||||
Jack Crouch | 90 | 260 | 260 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .304 | .546 | 79 | |||||||||||
Fresco Thompson | 92 | 275 | 275 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .298 | .527 | 82 | |||||||||||
Hank Johnson | 53 | 90 | 90 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .322 | .322 | .456 | .778 | 41 | |||||||||||
Kirby Higbe | 47 | 76 | 76 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .224 | .289 | .513 | 22 | |||||||||||
Sheriff Blake | 33 | 62 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .242 | .242 | .290 | .532 | 18 | |||||||||||
Harold Carson | 49 | 68 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .191 | .191 | .265 | .456 | 18 | |||||||||||
Joseph Dooley | 12 | 39 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .282 | .282 | .308 | .590 | 12 | |||||||||||
Charles George | 47 | 50 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .280 | .500 | 14 | |||||||||||
William Yocke | 13 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .381 | .381 | .571 | .952 | 12 | |||||||||||
Julian Tubb | 10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .538 | .538 | .615 | 1.154 | 8 | |||||||||||
Jim Prendergast | 13 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 9 | |||||||||||
Newt Kimball | 33 | 58 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .103 | .103 | .172 | .276 | 10 | |||||||||||
Mel Hicks | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1611 | 5108 | 5108 | 0 | 1428 | 229 | 78 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .381 | .660 | 1945 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bud Clancy | 1B | 156 | 1341 | 108 | 12 | .992 | 9.288 | |
Hank Majeski | 2B | 150 | 426 | 430 | 23 | .974 | 5.707 | |
Woody Arkeketa | 3B | 103 | 88 | 180 | 16 | .944 | 2.602 | |
Fresco Thompson | 3B | 62 | 72 | 125 | 10 | .952 | 3.177 | |
Jack Crouch | C | 86 | 363 | 45 | 5 | .988 | 4.744 | |
Milton McDougal | C | 81 | 337 | 53 | 6 | .985 | 4.815 | |
LeGrant Scott | OF | 150 | 285 | 6 | 9 | .970 | 1.940 | |
Red Howell | OF | 144 | 264 | 10 | 7 | .975 | 1.903 | |
Jack Glynn | OF | 133 | 456 | 9 | 10 | .979 | 3.496 | |
Joseph Dooley | OF | 12 | 25 | 0 | 2 | .926 | 2.083 | |
Charles George | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
Kirby Higbe | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
Harold Carson | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
Newt Kimball | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Sheriff Blake | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Hank Johnson | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
Jim Prendergast | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
William Yocke | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
Johnny Hutchings | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
Otto Bluege | SS | 141 | 250 | 342 | 45 | .929 | 4.199 | |
Totals | 1479 | 3907 | 1308 | 145 | 0 | .973 | 3.526 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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