1938 Boston Bees season
1938 Boston Bees | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | The Bee Hive |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 77–75 (.507) |
League place | 5th |
Owners | J.A. Robert Quinn |
Managers | Casey Stengel |
Radio | WAAB (Fred Hoey) |
The 1938 Boston Bees season was the 68th season of the franchise.
Offseason
On January 8, 1938, Bob Smith was released by the Boston Bees.[1] On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow was released by the Bees.[2]
Regular season
On June 11, 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no-hitter against the Bees. It would be the first of two consecutive no-hitters that Vander Meer pitched.[3]
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Chicago Cubs | 89 | 63 | .586 | — | 44–33 | 45–30 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 64 | .573 | 2 | 44–33 | 42–31 |
New York Giants | 83 | 67 | .553 | 5 | 43–30 | 40–37 |
Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 68 | .547 | 6 | 43–34 | 39–34 |
Boston Bees | 77 | 75 | .507 | 12 | 45–30 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 80 | .470 | 17½ | 36–41 | 35–39 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 69 | 80 | .463 | 18½ | 31–41 | 38–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 105 | .300 | 43 | 26–48 | 19–57 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
- September 10, 1938: Oliver Hill was purchased by the Bees from the Atlanta Crackers.[4]
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 | Ray Mueller | 83 | 274 | 65 | .237 | 4 | 35 |
1B | Elbie Fletcher | 147 | 529 | 144 | .272 | 6 | 48 |
2B | Tony Cuccinello | 147 | 555 | 147 | .265 | 9 | 76 |
SS | Rabbit Warstler | 142 | 467 | 108 | .231 | 0 | 40 |
3B | Joe Stripp | 59 | 229 | 63 | .275 | 1 | 19 |
OF | Vince DiMaggio | 150 | 540 | 123 | .228 | 14 | 61 |
OF | Johnny Cooney | 120 | 432 | 117 | .271 | 0 | 17 |
OF | Max West | 123 | 418 | 98 | .234 | 10 | 63 |
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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Debs Garms | 117 | 428 | 135 | .315 | 0 | 47 |
Al López | 71 | 236 | 63 | .267 | 1 | 14 |
Gene Moore | 54 | 180 | 49 | .272 | 3 | 19 |
Gil English | 53 | 165 | 41 | .248 | 2 | 21 |
Harl Maggert | 66 | 89 | 25 | .281 | 3 | 19 |
Jimmy Hitchcock | 28 | 76 | 13 | .171 | 0 | 7 |
Johnny Riddle | 19 | 57 | 16 | .281 | 0 | 2 |
Bobby Reis | 34 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 0 | 4 |
Roy Johnson | 7 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Mayo | 8 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 1 | 4 |
Joe Walsh | 4 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph McLeod | 6 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Butch Sutcliffe | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Kahle | 8 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Kane | 2 | 2 | 0 | .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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Jim Turner | 35 | 268.0 | 14 | 18 | 3.46 | 71 |
Lou Fette | 33 | 239.2 | 11 | 13 | 3.15 | 83 |
Danny MacFayden | 29 | 219.2 | 14 | 9 | 2.95 | 58 |
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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Ira Hutchinson | 36 | 151.0 | 9 | 8 | 2.74 | 38 |
Milt Shoffner | 26 | 139.2 | 8 | 7 | 3.54 | 49 |
Johnny Lanning | 32 | 138.0 | 8 | 7 | 3.72 | 39 |
Dick Errickson | 34 | 122.2 | 9 | 7 | 3.15 | 40 |
Tom Earley | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 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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Bobby Reis | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4.99 | 20 |
Roy Weir | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Tommy Reis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 4 |
Art Doll | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 |
Art Kenney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 2 |
Johnny Niggeling | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Hiker Moran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Mike Balas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
Frank Gabler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Notes
- ^ Bob Smith at Baseball Reference
- ^ Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference
- ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
- ^ Oliver Hill at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References