1938 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
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 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 57th season in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and the 47th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 71–80 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.
National League | W | L | 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 |
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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 | — |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |