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.

Regular season

1938 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
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.^[1]

1938 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
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

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

^ Harry Kelley page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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