1938 Boston Bees season

The 1938 Boston Bees season was the 68th season of the franchise.

1938 Boston Bees
LeagueNational League
BallparkThe Bee Hive
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record77–75 (.507)
League place5th
OwnersJ.A. Robert Quinn
ManagersCasey Stengel
RadioWAAB
(Fred Hoey)
← 1937
1939 →

Offseason

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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

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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

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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

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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Roster

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1938 Boston Bees
Roster
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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 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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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Level Team League Manager
A Hartford Bees Eastern League Eddie Onslow
B Evansville Bees Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Jocko Munch
D Huntington Bees Mountain State League Dickey Kerr
D Salisbury Bees North Carolina State League Blackie Carter

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bob Smith at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  4. ^ Oliver Hill at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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