1938 St. Louis Browns

55-97 • 0.362 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

55 Wins
97 Losses
0.362 Win %
7th Rank
755 R 962 RA
Diff -207

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755 Runs Scored
962 Runs Allowed
-207 Run Diff
180K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 AL Average

Batting Avg .280 equal to the 1938 league average (.280)
OBP .352 1% below the 1938 league average (.355)
SLG .332 3% below the 1938 league average (.341)
Team ERA 5.80 21% worse than the 1938 league average (4.79)
Runs Scored 755 8% below the 1938 league average (823 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 180,279
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Avg per Game 2,341

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Mel Almada 0.342 2 George McQuinn 0.324 3 Sam West 0.309 4 Red Kress 0.302 5 Harlond Clift 0.290

Home Runs

1 Harlond Clift 34 2 Beau Bell 13 3 George McQuinn 12 4 Red Kress 7 5 Billy Sullivan 7

RBI

1 Harlond Clift 118 2 Beau Bell 84 3 George McQuinn 82 4 Red Kress 79 5 Don Heffner 69
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
George McQuinn 148 602 100 195 0 0 12 82 58 49 4 0.324
Red Kress 150 566 74 171 0 0 7 79 69 47 5 0.302
Harlond Clift 149 534 119 155 0 0 34 118 118 67 10 0.290
Beau Bell 147 526 91 138 0 0 13 84 71 46 1 0.262
Don Heffner 141 473 47 116 0 0 2 69 65 53 1 0.245
Buster Mills 123 466 66 133 0 0 3 46 43 46 7 0.285
Mel Almada 102 436 77 149 0 0 3 37 38 22 9 0.342
Billy Sullivan 111 375 35 104 0 0 7 49 20 10 8 0.277
Mel Mazzera 86 204 33 57 0 0 6 29 12 25 1 0.279
Tommy Heath 70 194 22 44 0 0 2 22 35 24 0 0.227
Sam West 44 165 17 51 0 0 1 27 14 9 1 0.309
Bobo Newsom 46 124 9 31 0 0 0 16 1 21 0 0.250
Glenn McQuillen 43 116 14 33 0 0 0 13 4 12 0 0.284
Roy Hughes 58 96 16 27 0 0 2 13 12 11 3 0.281
Howard Mills 30 66 8 6 0 0 0 3 11 18 0 0.091
Oral Hildebrand 24 59 3 15 0 0 0 5 2 6 0 0.254
Joe Grace 12 47 7 16 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0.340
Ethan Allen 19 33 4 10 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 0.303
Russ Van Atta 25 30 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0.133
Jim Walkup 18 29 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.138
Fred Johnson 17 25 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.240
Sam Harshaney 11 24 2 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.292
Ed Cole 36 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.143
Sig Gryska 7 21 3 10 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0.476
Johnny Lucadello 7 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.150
Les Tietje 18 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.111
Bill Cox 24 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.059
Jack Knott 7 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.100
Ed Linke 21 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.200
Emil Bildilli 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
Julio Bonetti 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Vito Tamulis 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.400
Bill Trotter 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Jim Weaver 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Harry Kimberlin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glenn Liebhardt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jack Knott 4.80 2 Bobo Newsom 5.08 3 Ed Cole 5.18 4 Howard Mills 5.31 5 Fred Johnson 5.61

Wins

1 Bobo Newsom 20 2 Howard Mills 10 3 Oral Hildebrand 8 4 Russ Van Atta 4 5 Fred Johnson 3

Strikeouts

1 Bobo Newsom 226 2 Howard Mills 134 3 Oral Hildebrand 66 4 Russ Van Atta 35 5 Jim Walkup 28
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bobo Newsom 20 16 5.08 44 40 1 329.2 192 226
Howard Mills 10 12 5.31 30 27 0 210.1 116 134
Oral Hildebrand 8 10 5.69 23 23 0 163.0 73 66
Russ Van Atta 4 7 6.06 25 12 0 104.0 61 35
Jim Walkup 1 12 6.80 18 13 0 94.0 53 28
Ed Cole 1 5 5.18 36 6 3 88.2 48 26
Fred Johnson 3 7 5.61 17 6 3 69.0 27 24
Bill Cox 1 4 7.00 22 7 0 63.0 35 16
Les Tietje 2 5 7.55 17 8 0 62.0 38 15
Ed Linke 1 7 7.94 21 2 0 39.2 33 18
Jack Knott 1 2 4.80 7 4 0 30.0 15 8
Julio Bonetti 2 3 6.35 17 0 0 28.1 13 7
Emil Bildilli 1 2 7.06 5 3 0 21.2 11 11
Vito Tamulis 0 3 7.63 3 2 0 15.1 10 11
Harry Kimberlin 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 8.0 3 1
Bill Trotter 0 1 5.63 1 1 0 8.0 0 1
Jim Weaver 0 1 9.00 1 1 0 7.0 9 4
Glenn Liebhardt 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 3.0 0 1

👥 Roster (36)

Ethan Allen Mel Almada Beau Bell Emil Bildilli Julio Bonetti Harlond Clift Ed Cole Bill Cox Joe Grace Sig Gryska Sam Harshaney Tommy Heath +24 more

36 players

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