1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1938 Brooklyn Dodgers
1938 Brooklyn Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Larry MacPhail
Managers	Burleigh Grimes
	← 1937 1939 →

The 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their 55th season. The team finished with a record of 69–80, finishing in seventh place in the National League. The 1938 season saw Babe Ruth hired as the first base coach,^[1] and lights installed by the team at Ebbets Field on June 15.^[2]

Offseason

March 6, 1938: Eddie Morgan and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dolph Camilli.^[3]

Regular season

June 15, 1938: Leo Durocher was the final out of the ninth inning as Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds threw the second of his two consecutive no hitters.^[4]

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

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	—

Notable transactions

April 15, 1938: Ernie Koy was purchased by the Dodgers from the New York Yankees.^[5]
May 2, 1938: Tom Winsett was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Giants.^[6]
July 9, 1938: Buck Marrow was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.^[7]
July 11, 1938: Whit Wyatt was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.^[8]
July 11, 1938: Gibby Brack was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tuck Stainback.^[9]
July 19, 1938: Johnnie Chambers was purchased by the Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[10]
August 8, 1938: Max Butcher was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne LaMaster.^[11]
August 12, 1938: Johnnie Chambers was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox for Lee Rogers.^[10]
August 23, 1938: The Dodgers traded cash and a player to be named later to the Washington Senators for Fred Sington. The Dodgers completed the deal by sending Johnnie Chambers to the Red Sox on January 5, 1939.^[10]
September 9, 1938: Jimmy Outlaw was purchased by the Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds. The purchase was voided on September 14.^[12]
September 14, 1938: Don Ross was purchased by the Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.^[13]

Roster

1938 Brooklyn Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

28 Bert Haas

Manager

13 Burleigh Grimes

Coaches

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	Babe Phelps	66	208	54	.308	5	46
1B	Dolph Camilli	146	509	128	.251	24	100
2B	Johnny Hudson	135	498	130	.261	2	37
3B	Cookie Lavagetto	137	487	133	.273	6	79
SS	Leo Durocher	141	479	105	.219	1	56
OF	Ernie Koy	142	521	156	.299	11	76
OF	Goody Rosen	138	473	133	.281	4	51
OF	Buddy Hassett	115	335	98	.293	0	40

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
Kiki Cuyler	82	253	69	.273	2	23
Gilly Campbell	54	126	31	.246	0	11
Merv Shea	48	120	22	.183	0	12
Tuck Stainback	35	104	34	.327	0	20
Pete Coscarart	32	79	12	.152	0	6
Woody English	34	72	18	.250	0	7
Oris Hockett	21	70	23	.329	1	8
Gibby Brack	40	56	12	.214	1	6
Fred Sington	28	53	19	.358	2	5
Heinie Manush	17	51	12	.235	0	6
Woody Williams	20	51	17	.333	0	6
Roy Spencer	16	45	12	.267	0	6
Packy Rogers	23	37	7	.189	0	5
Tom Winsett	12	30	9	.300	1	7
Paul Chervinko	12	27	4	.148	0	3
Greek George	7	20	4	.200	0	2
Ray Hayworth	5	4	0	.000	0	0
Ray Thomas	1	3	1	.333	0	0
Bert Haas	1	0	0	----	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
Luke Hamlin	44	237.1	12	15	3.68	97
Freddie Fitzsimmons	27	202.2	11	8	3.02	38
Van Mungo	24	133.1	4	11	3.92	72
John Gaddy	2	13.0	2	0	0.69	3
Sam Nahem	1	9.0	1	0	3.00	2

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
Tot Pressnell	43	192.0	11	14	3.56	57
Vito Tamulis	38	159.2	12	6	3.83	70
Bill Posedel	33	140.0	8	9	5.66	49
Fred Frankhouse	30	93.2	3	5	4.04	32
Max Butcher	24	72.2	5	4	6.56	21
Lee Rogers	12	23.2	0	2	5.70	11
Waite Hoyt	6	16.1	0	3	4.96	3
Jim Winford	2	5.2	0	1	11.12	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Buck Marrow	15	1	4.58	6
Wayne LaMaster	3	1	4.76	3
Dykes Potter	2	0	4.50	1

Awards and honors

1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Leo Durocher starting shortstop
- Cookie Lavagetto
- Babe Phelps

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Nashville Vols	Southern Association	Chuck Dressen
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Clyde Sukeforth
B	Winston-Salem Twins	Piedmont League	Walt Van Grofski Joe Prerost
B	Pensacola Pilots	Southeastern League	Wally Dashiell
B	Clinton Owls	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Oliver Marquardt
C	Greenwood Crackers	Cotton States League	Elmer Yoter
C	Dayton Ducks	Middle Atlantic League	Red Rollings Howard Holmes Jim Lindsey
D	Tallahassee Capitols	Georgia–Florida League	Tim Muchison
D	Beatrice Blues	Nebraska State League	Leon Riley
D	Cooleemee Weavers	North Carolina State League	Joe Bird
D	Superior Blues	Northern League	George Treadwell

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira, Pensacola, Superior

Notes

^ June 18, 1938 in History
^ McGee, Bob. The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rutgers UP, 2005. 137. Google Book Search link
^ Eddie Morgan at Baseball-Reference
^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
^ Ernie Koy at Baseball-Reference
^ Tom Winsett at Baseball-Reference
^ Buck Marrow at Baseball-Reference
^ Whit Wyatt at Baseball-Reference
^ Gibby Brack at Baseball-Reference
^ ^a ^b ^c Johnnie Chambers at Baseball-Reference
^ Max Butcher at Baseball-Reference
^ Jimmy Outlaw at Baseball-Reference
^ Don Ross at Baseball-Reference

References

External links

1938 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Retrosheet

[1] June 18, 1938 in History

[2] McGee, Bob. The Greatest Ballpark Ever: Ebbets Field and the Story of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Rutgers UP, 2005. 137. Google Book Search link

[3] Eddie Morgan at Baseball-Reference

[4] Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p. 55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

[5] Ernie Koy at Baseball-Reference

[6] Tom Winsett at Baseball-Reference

[7] Buck Marrow at Baseball-Reference

[8] Whit Wyatt at Baseball-Reference

[9] Gibby Brack at Baseball-Reference

[chambers-10] Johnnie Chambers at Baseball-Reference

[11] Max Butcher at Baseball-Reference

[12] Jimmy Outlaw at Baseball-Reference

[13] Don Ross at Baseball-Reference

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