1938 Philadelphia Phillies season

1938 Philadelphia Phillies
Ballpark	Baker Bowl (Since 1887 ), Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Owners	Gerald Nugent
Managers	Jimmie Wilson
Television	none
Radio	WCAU (Bill Dwyer)
Seasons

Offseason

• December 8, 1937: Earl Grace was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Browns for Cap Clark.

Regular season

Season standings

National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Roster

1938 Philadelphia Phillies roster
Roster
Pitchers -- Elmer Burkart 24 Max Butcher 19 Bill Hallahan 21 Ed Heusser 17 Al Hollingsworth 22 Syl Johnson 24 Hal Kelleher 21 Wayne LaMaster -- Tom Lanning 15 Hugh Mulcahy 13 Claude Passeau 16 Tommy Reis 20 Pete Sivess 18 Al Smith 17 Bucky Walters		Catchers 11 Bill Atwood 10 Cap Clark 28,4 Spud Davis 12 Jimmie Wilson Infielders  8 Earl Browne 23 Gene Corbett -- Eddie Feinberg  8 Buck Jordan  9 Heinie Mueller  6 George Scharein -- Justin Stein 14 Phil Weintraub  5 Pinky Whitney  7 Del Young		Outfielders  3 Morrie Arnovich 16 Gibby Brack  1 Chuck Klein  2 Hersh Martin -- Alex Pinto 19 Art Rebel 16 Tuck Stainback  4 Ray Stoviak Other batters -- Howie Gorman		Manager 12 Jimmie Wilson Coaches Hans Lobert

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

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
Cap Clark	52	74	19	.257	0	4

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

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

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

Farm system

• Class B: Montgomery Bombers (Southeastern League; Bud Connolly, manager)
• Class D: Centreville Colts (Eastern Shore League; Patsy O'Rourke, manager)
• Class D: Jonesboro Giants (Northeast Arkansas League; Pete Cooper, Gus Albright and Fred Millican, managers)

References

• 1938 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference