1938 St. Louis Cardinals season
St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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Record | 71–80 (.470) | |
League place | 6th | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
General managers | Branch Rickey | |
Managers | Frankie Frisch, Mike González | |
Radio | KMOX (France Laux, Jim Alt) KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Allan Anthony) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1938
Regular season
Season standings
National League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 89 | 63 | 0.586 | — | 44–33 | 45–30 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 64 | 0.573 | 2 | 44–33 | 42–31 |
New York Giants | 83 | 67 | 0.553 | 5 | 43–30 | 40–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 68 | 0.547 | 6 | 43–34 | 39–34 |
Boston Bees | 77 | 75 | 0.507 | 12 | 45–30 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 80 | 0.470 | 17½ | 36–41 | 35–39 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 69 | 80 | 0.463 | 18½ | 31–41 | 38–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 105 | 0.300 | 43 | 26–48 | 19–57 |
Record vs. opponents
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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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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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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
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 |
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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
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 |
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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
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
- Don Gutteridge, Ranked second in National League in triples (15)[1]
Farm system
Notes
- ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007