1938 Cleveland Indians season

The 1938 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 86–66, 13 games behind the New York Yankees.

1938 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkLeague Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersCy Slapnicka
ManagersOssie Vitt
RadioWCLE
(Jack Graney, Pinky Hunter)
← 1937 Seasons 1939 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 99 53 .651 55‍–‍22 44‍–‍31
Boston Red Sox 88 61 .591 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

Record vs. opponents

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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


Roster

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1938 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Frankie Pytlak 113 364 112 .308 1 43
1B Hal Trosky 150 554 185 .334 19 110
2B Odell Hale 130 496 138 .278 8 69
SS Lyn Lary 141 568 152 .268 3 51
3B Ken Keltner 149 576 159 .276 26 113
OF Bruce Campbell 133 511 148 .290 12 72
OF Earl Averill 134 482 159 .330 14 93
OF Jeff Heath 126 502 172 .343 21 112

Other batters

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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
Roy Weatherly 83 210 55 .262 2 18
Rollie Hemsley 66 203 60 .296 2 28
Moose Solters 67 199 40 .201 2 22
John Kroner 51 117 29 .248 1 17
Skeeter Webb 20 58 16 .276 0 2
Hank Helf 6 13 1 .077 0 1
Oscar Grimes 4 10 2 .200 0 2
Tommy Irwin 3 9 1 .111 0 0
Ray Mack 2 6 2 .333 0 2
Chuck Workman 2 5 2 .400 0 0
Lou Boudreau 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Lloyd Russell 2 0 0 .--- 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Feller 39 277.2 17 11 4.08 240
Mel Harder 38 240.0 17 10 3.83 102
Johnny Allen 30 200.0 14 8 4.19 112
Earl Whitehill 26 160.1 9 8 5.56 60
Willis Hudlin 29 127.0 8 8 4.89 27

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Clay Smith 4 11.0 0 0 6.55 3
Joe Heving 3 6.0 1 1 9.00 0
Charley Suche 1 1.1 0 0 27.00 1

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Johnny Humphries 45 9 8 6 5.23 56
Denny Galehouse 36 7 8 3 4.34 66
Al Milnar 23 3 1 1 5.00 29
Bill Zuber 15 0 3 1 5.02 14
Ken Jungels 9 1 0 0 8.80 7

Awards and honors

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All Star Game

Johnny Allen, pitcher

Earl Averill, outfielder (starter)

Bob Feller, pitcher

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AA Milwaukee Brewers American Association Allen Sothoron
A1 New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Larry Gilbert
B Spartanburg Spartans Sally League Eddie Moore and Chick Galloway
C Oswego Netherlands Canadian–American League Riley Parker
C Springfield Indians Middle Atlantic League Earl Wolgamot
D Troy Trojans Alabama–Florida League Charley Hilcher, Tilden Campbell and Gene Babbitt
D Gainesville G-Men Florida State League Don McShane
D Hopkinsville Hoppers KITTY League Red Smith
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Hughie Wise
D Logan Indians Mountain State League Eddie Hock
D Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Jack Knight

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Troy, Gainesville[1]

References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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