1938 Philadelphia Athletics

53-99 • 0.349 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

53 Wins
99 Losses
0.349 Win %
8th Rank
726 R 956 RA
Diff -230

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⚡ Quick Stats

726 Runs Scored
956 Runs Allowed
-230 Run Diff
516K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 AL Average

Batting Avg .269 4% below the 1938 league average (.280)
OBP .345 3% below the 1938 league average (.355)
SLG .325 5% below the 1938 league average (.341)
Team ERA 5.48 14% worse than the 1938 league average (4.79)
Runs Scored 726 12% below the 1938 league average (823 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 516,418
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Avg per Game 6,794

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Earle Brucker 0.374 2 Bob Johnson 0.313 3 Wally Moses 0.307 4 Frankie Hayes 0.291 5 Dick Siebert 0.284

Home Runs

1 Bob Johnson 30 2 Sam Chapman 17 3 Frankie Hayes 11 4 Billy Werber 11 5 Lou Finney 10

RBI

1 Bob Johnson 113 2 Billy Werber 69 3 Sam Chapman 63 4 Frankie Hayes 55 5 Wally Moses 49
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Wally Moses 142 589 86 181 0 0 8 49 58 31 15 0.307
Bob Johnson 152 563 114 176 0 0 30 113 87 73 9 0.313
Billy Werber 134 499 92 129 0 0 11 69 93 37 19 0.259
Lou Finney 122 454 61 125 0 0 10 48 39 25 5 0.275
Sam Chapman 114 406 60 105 0 0 17 63 55 94 3 0.259
Wayne Ambler 120 393 42 92 0 0 0 38 48 31 2 0.234
Dario Lodigiani 93 325 36 91 0 0 6 44 34 25 3 0.280
Frankie Hayes 99 316 56 92 0 0 11 55 54 51 2 0.291
Stan Sperry 60 253 28 69 0 0 0 27 15 9 1 0.273
Dick Siebert 48 194 24 55 0 0 0 28 10 9 2 0.284
Earle Brucker 53 171 26 64 0 0 3 35 19 16 1 0.374
Ace Parker 56 113 12 26 0 0 0 12 10 16 1 0.230
Lynn Nelson 67 112 12 31 0 0 0 15 7 12 0 0.277
George Caster 42 101 9 20 0 0 0 10 8 28 0 0.198
Hal Wagner 33 88 10 20 0 0 0 8 8 9 0 0.227
Nick Etten 22 81 6 21 0 0 0 11 9 7 1 0.259
Mule Haas 40 78 7 16 0 0 0 12 12 10 0 0.205
Gene Hasson 19 69 10 19 0 0 1 12 12 7 0 0.275
Bud Thomas 42 69 4 9 0 0 0 5 5 30 0 0.130
Buck Ross 29 63 4 12 0 0 1 5 2 17 0 0.190
Skeeter Newsome 17 48 7 13 0 0 0 7 1 4 1 0.271
Irv Bartling 14 46 5 8 0 0 0 5 3 7 0 0.174
Eddie Smith 43 42 4 12 0 0 0 5 3 8 0 0.286
Nels Potter 38 39 1 10 0 0 0 6 1 3 0 0.256
Babe Barna 9 30 4 4 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0.133
Al Williams 30 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0.040
Chubby Dean 16 20 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.300
Dave Smith 21 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.000
Paul Easterling 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.286
Rusty Peters 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Reninger 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.000
Randy Gumpert 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.250
Charlie Berry 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Harry Kelley 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ralph Buxton 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 George Caster 4.35 2 Bud Thomas 4.92 3 Dave Smith 5.08 4 Buck Ross 5.32 5 Lynn Nelson 5.65

Wins

1 George Caster 16 2 Lynn Nelson 10 3 Buck Ross 9 4 Bud Thomas 9 5 Eddie Smith 3

Strikeouts

1 George Caster 112 2 Eddie Smith 78 3 Lynn Nelson 75 4 Buck Ross 54 5 Bud Thomas 48
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
George Caster 16 20 4.35 42 40 1 281.1 117 112
Bud Thomas 9 14 4.92 42 29 0 212.1 62 48
Lynn Nelson 10 11 5.65 32 23 2 191.0 79 75
Buck Ross 9 16 5.32 29 28 0 184.1 80 54
Eddie Smith 3 10 5.92 43 7 4 130.2 76 78
Nels Potter 2 12 6.47 35 9 5 111.1 49 43
Al Williams 0 7 6.94 30 8 0 93.1 54 25
Dave Smith 2 1 5.08 21 0 0 44.1 28 13
Chubby Dean 2 1 3.52 6 1 0 23.0 15 3
Jim Reninger 0 2 7.15 4 4 0 22.2 14 9
Randy Gumpert 0 2 10.95 4 2 0 12.1 10 1
Ralph Buxton 0 1 4.82 5 0 0 9.1 5 9
Harry Kelley 0 2 16.88 4 3 0 8.0 10 3

👥 Roster (35)

Wayne Ambler Babe Barna Irv Bartling Charlie Berry Earle Brucker Ralph Buxton George Caster Sam Chapman Chubby Dean Paul Easterling Nick Etten Lou Finney +23 more

35 players

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