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1938 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1938 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses.

1938 Philadelphia Athletics

American League
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
53–99 (.349)
8th
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
WIP(By Saam)WFIL(Stan Lomax)

The 1938 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	53	.651	—	55‍–‍22	44‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox	88	61	.591	9½	52‍–‍23	36‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians	86	66	.566	13	46‍–‍30	40‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	84	70	.545	16	48‍–‍31	36‍–‍39
Washington Senators	75	76	.497	23½	44‍–‍33	31‍–‍43
Chicago White Sox	65	83	.439	32	33‍–‍39	32‍–‍44
St. Louis Browns	55	97	.362	44	31‍–‍43	24‍–‍54
Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	.349	46	28‍–‍47	25‍–‍52

.mw-parser-output .navbar-header{text-align:center;position:relative;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar-header .navbar{position:absolute;right:0;top:0;margin:0 5px}1938 American League recordvteSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Boston	—	12–6	12–10	10–12	11–11–1	14–8	17–5	12–9
Chicago	6–12	—	9–13	7–15	8–14	12–10	13–8–1	10–11
Cleveland	10–12	13–9	—	12–10	8–13	18–4	13–9–1	12–9
Detroit	12–10	15–7	10–12	—	8–14	14–8	12–10–1	13–9
New York	11–11–1	14–8	13–8	14–8	—	16–5–2	15–7–1	16–6–1
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	4–18	8–14	5–16–2	—	12–9	6–16
St. Louis	5–17	8–13–1	9–13–1	10–12–1	7–15–1	9–12	—	7–15
Washington	9–12	11–10	9–12	9–13	6–16–1	16–6	15–7	—

May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Washington Senators.

1938 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers
-- Ralph Buxton
16 George Caster
19 Chubby Dean
-- Randy Gumpert
15 Harry Kelley
22 Lynn Nelson
24 Nels Potter
30 Jim Reninger
17 Buck Ross
11 Dave Smith
18 Eddie Smith
21,20 Bud Thomas
21 Al Williams		Catchers
29 Charlie Berry
9 Earle Brucker
8 Frankie Hayes
26 Hal Wagner
Infielders

12 Wayne Ambler -- Irv Bartling -- Nick Etten 8 Lou Finney 5 Gene Hasson 7 Dario Lodigiani 2 Skeeter Newsome 25,30 Ace Parker 11 Rusty Peters 10 Dick Siebert 7 Stan Sperry 3 Billy Werber | | Outfielders 14 Babe Barna 14 Sam Chapman 10 Paul Easterling 30 Mule Haas 4 Bob Johnson 1 Wally Moses | | Manager Connie Mack Coaches

29 Charlie Berry 28 Lena Blackburne 27 Earle Mack |

Column 1	Column 2
	= Indicates team leader

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	GP	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Frankie Hayes	99	316	92	.291	11	55
1B	Lou Finney	122	454	125	.275	10	48
2B	Dario Lodigiani	93	325	91	.280	6	44
SS	Wayne Ambler	120	393	92	.234	0	38
3B	Billy Werber	134	499	129	.259	11	69
OF	Wally Moses	142	589	181	.307	8	49
OF	Bob Johnson	152	563	176	.313	30	113
OF	Sam Chapman	114	406	105	.259	17	63

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
Stan Sperry	60	253	69	.273	0	27
Dick Siebert	48	194	55	.284	0	28
Earle Brucker	53	171	64	.374	3	35
Ace Parker	56	113	26	.230	0	12
Hal Wagner	33	88	20	.227	0	8
Nick Etten	22	81	21	.259	0	11
Mule Haas	40	78	16	.205	0	12
Gene Hasson	19	69	19	.275	1	12
Skeeter Newsome	17	48	13	.271	0	7
Irv Bartling	14	46	8	.174	0	5
Babe Barna	9	30	4	.133	0	2
Paul Easterling	4	7	2	.286	0	0
Rusty Peters	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Berry	1	2	0	.000	0	0

Column 1	Column 2
	= Indicates league leader

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Caster	42	281.1	16	20	4.35	112
Bud Thomas	42	212.1	9	14	4.92	48
Lynn Nelson	32	191.0	10	11	5.65	75
Buck Ross	29	184.1	9	16	5.32	54
Jim Reninger	4	22.2	0	2	7.15	9

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chubby Dean	6	23.0	2	1	3.52	3
Randy Gumpert	4	12.1	0	2	10.95	1
Harry Kelley	4	8.0	0	2	16.88	3

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Eddie Smith	43	3	10	4	5.92	78
Nels Potter	35	2	12	5	6.47	43
Al Williams	30	0	7	0	6.94	25
Dave Smith	21	2	1	0	5.08	13
Ralph Buxton	5	0	1	0	4.82	9

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Marty McManus
D	Federalsburg Athletics	Eastern Shore League	Charlie Moss
D	Lexington Indians	North Carolina State League	Phil Lundeen

1938 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
1938 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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