1938 St. Louis Cardinals season

1938 St. Louis Cardinals
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
← 1937 Seasons 1939 →

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.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1938 National League record v t e 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	—

Roster

1938 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers 17 Guy Bush 30 Mort Cooper 27 Curt Davis 19 Paul Dean 27 Ray Harrell 31 Roy Henshaw 12 Si Johnson 33 Howie Krist 32 Max Lanier 16 Max Macon 29 Bill McGee 19 Preacher Roe 19 Mike Ryba 36 Clyde Shoun 18 Lon Warneke 20 Bob Weiland		Catchers 11 Herb Bremer  8 Mickey Owen Infielders 15 Jimmy Brown 30 Jim Bucher 24 Creepy Crespi  5 Don Gutteridge  6 Stu Martin 10 Johnny Mize 22 Lynn Myers 17 Joe Stripp		Outfielders 14 Frenchy Bordagaray 17 Hal Epps  1 Pepper Martin  7 Joe Medwick  2 Terry Moore  4 Don Padgett  9 Enos Slaughter 34 Tuck Stainback Other batters 22 Dick Siebert		Manager  3 Frankie Frisch 25 Mike González Coaches 25 Mike González 26 Buzzy Wares

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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

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
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

Awards and honors

• Don Gutteridge, Ranked second in National League in triples (15)^[1]

Farm system

Notes

References

• 1938 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1938 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com