Batters Debuting in 1938 Sorted by Debut Date Previous Year / Next Year
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Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Jim Bagby 1938-1947 322 620 59 140 16 2 3 56 8 68 .226 .239 .273 1 0 Apr 18 21.222 Joe Gordon 1938-1950 1566 5707 914 1530 264 52 253 975 759 702 .268 .357 .466 89 60 Apr 18 23.059 Dario Lodigiani 1938-1946 405 1364 142 355 71 7 16 156 141 86 .260 .338 .358 12 8 Apr 18 21.316 Taffy Wright 1938-1949 1029 3583 465 1115 175 55 38 553 346 155 .311 .376 .423 32 33 Apr 18 26.251 Joe Beggs 1938-1948 238 198 14 33 3 0 0 11 8 48 .167 .199 .182 0 0 Apr 19 27.166 Roy Cullenbine 1938-1947 1181 3879 627 1072 209 32 110 599 853 399 .276 .408 .432 26 20 Apr 19 24.183 Willard Hershberger 1938-1940 160 402 41 127 16 5 0 70 20 16 .316 .356 .381 2 0 Apr 19 27.326 Bob Klinger 1938-1947 265 348 28 71 5 0 0 21 20 41 .204 .247 .218 0 0 Apr 19 29.319 Ernie Koy 1938-1942 558 1846 238 515 108 29 36 260 137 284 .279 .332 .427 40 0 Apr 19 28.214 Harl Maggert 1938-1938 66 89 12 25 3 0 3 19 10 20 .281 .354 .416 0 0 Apr 19 23.350 Heinie Mueller 1938-1941 441 1281 144 324 55 11 17 127 156 124 .253 .337 .353 10 0 Apr 19 25.273 Art Rebel 1938-1945 33 81 14 27 4 0 0 6 7 5 .333 .386 .383 1 0 Apr 19 24.046 Johnny Rizzo 1938-1942 557 1842 268 497 90 16 61 289 200 197 .270 .345 .435 7 0 Apr 19 25.263 Don Ross 1938-1946 498 1488 129 390 63 4 12 162 166 70 .262 .338 .334 10 6 Apr 19 23.277 Enos Slaughter 1938-1959 2380 7946 1247 2383 413 148 169 1304 1018 538 .300 .382 .453 71 15 Apr 19 21.357 Coaker Triplett 1938-1945 470 1307 148 334 47 14 27 173 123 114 .256 .320 .375 10 0 Apr 19 26.122 Charlie Wagner 1938-1946 103 170 14 20 1 0 0 8 5 47 .118 .143 .124 0 0 Apr 19 25.137 Max West 1938-1948 824 2676 338 681 136 20 77 380 353 340 .254 .344 .407 19 0 Apr 19 21.142 Mark Christman 1938-1949 911 3081 294 781 113 23 19 348 219 179 .253 .306 .324 17 17 Apr 20 24.181 Max Lanier 1938-1953 328 535 46 99 4 1 0 27 23 45 .185 .219 .196 0 0 Apr 20 22.245 Atley Donald 1938-1945 153 356 27 57 6 1 1 23 11 90 .160 .185 .191 0 1 Apr 21 27.245 Bob Kahle 1938-1938 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 Apr 21 22.149 Max Macon 1938-1947 226 502 54 133 17 4 3 46 16 32 .265 .288 .333 9 0 Apr 21 22.189 Tot Pressnell 1938-1942 154 149 9 24 2 0 0 16 9 26 .161 .209 .174 0 0 Apr 21 31.256 Ed Cole 1938-1939 42 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 .136 .136 .136 0 0 Apr 22 29.031 Nino Bongiovanni 1938-1939 68 166 17 43 7 0 0 16 9 8 .259 .297 .301 0 0 Apr 23 26.123 Cap Clark 1938-1938 52 74 11 19 1 1 0 4 9 10 .257 .337 .297 0 0 Apr 23 31.216 Bill Posedel 1938-1946 138 227 13 40 8 0 0 21 12 38 .176 .218 .211 0 0 Apr 23 31.264 Bill Humphrey 1938-1938 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 24 26.311 Dick Midkiff 1938-1938 13 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .200 .300 0 0 Apr 24 23.208 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Al Epperly 1938-1950 14 8 2 2 1 0 0 5 2 3 .250 .400 .375 0 0 Apr 25 19.353 Pete Coscarart 1938-1946 864 2992 399 728 129 22 28 269 295 361 .243 .314 .329 34 0 Apr 26 24.314 Jesse Landrum 1938-1938 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 26 25.269 Dykes Potter 1938-1938 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 26 27.159 Lloyd Russell 1938-1938 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 26 25.016 Mike Balas 1938-1938 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 27 27.353 Dick Errickson 1938-1942 168 228 10 37 3 0 0 6 5 44 .162 .180 .175 0 0 Apr 27 26.053 Tommy Reis 1938-1938 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Apr 27 23.264 Lee Rogers 1938-1938 28 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .000 .364 .000 0 0 Apr 27 24.201 Johnny Niggeling 1938-1946 184 420 16 59 4 1 0 17 20 100 .140 .181 .155 0 1 Apr 30 34.294 Woody Davis 1938-1938 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 May 2 25.007 Hank Helf 1938-1946 78 196 18 36 11 0 6 22 10 41 .184 .227 .332 0 1 May 5 24.252 Bobby Mattick 1938-1942 206 690 54 161 31 1 0 64 33 60 .233 .269 .281 7 0 May 5 22.151 Jim Asbell 1938-1938 17 33 6 6 2 0 0 3 3 9 .182 .250 .242 0 0 May 8 23.320 Johnny Humphries 1938-1946 211 329 25 63 18 1 0 19 15 126 .191 .229 .252 1 1 May 8 22.319 Bob Uhl 1938-1940 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 8 24.233 Sam Chapman 1938-1951 1368 4988 754 1329 210 52 180 773 562 682 .266 .342 .438 41 38 May 16 22.035 Norm Schlueter 1938-1944 118 296 18 55 11 2 0 26 17 48 .186 .230 .236 3 2 May 28 21.245 Justin Stein 1938-1938 22 57 9 16 1 1 0 3 2 5 .281 .305 .333 0 0 May 28 26.292 Oscar Georgy 1938-1938 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 4 21.191 Ray Stoviak 1938-1938 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jun 5 22.364 Bill Lefebvre 1938-1944 75 87 8 24 5 2 1 11 15 11 .276 .382 .414 0 0 Jun 10 22.211 Glenn McQuillen 1938-1947 210 643 82 176 24 16 4 75 34 49 .274 .311 .379 1 5 Jun 16 23.058 Dave Smith 1938-1939 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .143 .000 0 0 Jun 16 23.181 Art Kenney 1938-1938 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 1 22.063 Joe Walsh 1938-1938 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Jul 1 21.110 Don Lang 1938-1948 138 373 35 100 17 2 5 42 49 45 .268 .355 .365 2 0 Jul 4 23.111 Packy Rogers 1938-1938 23 37 3 7 1 1 0 5 6 6 .189 .302 .270 0 0 Jul 12 25.077 Lynn Myers 1938-1939 144 344 42 83 16 3 1 29 21 48 .241 .285 .314 10 0 Jul 13 24.140 Ray Thomas 1938-1938 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 Jul 22 28.013 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Jim Tabor 1938-1947 1005 3788 473 1021 191 29 104 598 286 377 .270 .322 .418 69 54 Aug 2 21.270 Harry Boyles 1938-1939 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 0 0 Aug 3 24.247 Tom Kane 1938-1938 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 Aug 3 31.231 Johnnie Wittig 1938-1949 84 91 5 10 1 0 0 5 2 28 .110 .129 .121 0 0 Aug 4 24.049 Vance Page 1938-1941 96 93 5 22 5 0 0 7 5 21 .237 .276 .290 0 0 Aug 6 32.325 George Myatt 1938-1947 407 1345 220 381 44 14 4 99 156 120 .283 .362 .346 72 22 Aug 16 24.063 Al Baker 1938-1938 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Aug 20 32.173 Preacher Roe 1938-1954 333 620 37 68 3 0 1 28 38 215 .110 .161 .119 0 0 Aug 22 23.177 Jim Hitchcock 1938-1938 28 76 2 13 0 0 0 7 2 11 .171 .192 .171 1 0 Aug 24 27.057 Butch Sutcliffe 1938-1938 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 .250 .500 .250 0 0 Aug 28 23.037 Johnny Gerlach 1938-1939 12 27 2 9 0 0 0 1 4 2 .333 .419 .333 0 0 Sep 3 21.115 George Meyer 1938-1938 24 81 10 24 2 2 0 9 11 17 .296 .387 .370 3 1 Sep 3 29.031 Oris Hockett 1938-1945 551 2165 259 598 112 21 13 214 159 157 .276 .329 .365 43 48 Sep 4 28.340 Mike Tresh 1938-1949 1027 3169 326 788 75 14 2 297 402 263 .249 .335 .283 19 21 Sep 4 24.193 Woody Williams 1938-1945 338 1255 133 314 40 5 1 79 88 52 .250 .301 .292 14 0 Sep 5 26.015 Rene Monteagudo 1938-1945 156 270 32 78 9 1 0 21 29 12 .289 .358 .330 2 0 Sep 6 22.178 Irv Bartling 1938-1938 14 46 5 8 1 1 0 5 3 7 .174 .224 .239 0 0 Sep 8 24.073 Nick Etten 1938-1947 937 3320 426 921 167 25 89 526 480 199 .277 .371 .423 22 13 Sep 8 24.354 Lou Boudreau 1938-1952 1646 6029 861 1779 385 66 68 789 796 309 .295 .380 .415 51 50 Sep 9 21.054 Hal Epps 1938-1944 125 391 58 99 13 9 1 21 37 43 .253 .319 .340 5 3 Sep 9 24.167 Ray Mack 1938-1947 791 2707 273 629 113 24 34 278 261 365 .232 .301 .330 35 17 Sep 9 22.009 Ralph Buxton 1938-1949 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 11 24.096 Eddie Feinberg 1938-1939 16 38 2 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 .184 .225 .211 0 0 Sep 11 20.347 Alex Pitko 1938-1939 11 27 2 7 1 0 0 3 4 6 .259 .355 .296 1 0 Sep 11 23.293 Clay Smith 1938-1940 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .083 .000 0 0 Sep 13 24.002 George Archie 1938-1946 121 421 50 115 24 4 3 53 37 47 .273 .333 .371 10 4 Sep 14 24.140 Mort Cooper 1938-1949 297 654 50 127 16 0 6 68 23 118 .194 .223 .246 0 0 Sep 14 25.196 Creepy Crespi 1938-1942 264 911 125 240 32 4 4 88 90 102 .263 .336 .321 8 0 Sep 14 20.210 Tom Lanning 1938-1938 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 Sep 14 31.145 Benny McCoy 1938-1941 337 1214 182 327 52 18 16 156 190 122 .269 .369 .381 8 6 Sep 14 22.309 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Player From To G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS Debut Age +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+ Ralph McLeod 1938-1938 6 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .429 0 0 Sep 14 21.330 Joe Rogalski 1938-1938 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Sep 14 26.060 Mickey Livingston 1938-1951 561 1490 128 354 56 9 19 153 144 141 .238 .310 .326 7 0 Sep 17 23.306 Les Powers 1938-1939 21 55 7 18 1 1 0 2 4 7 .327 .373 .382 0 0 Sep 17 28.316 Jim Reninger 1938-1939 8 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .077 .200 .077 0 0 Sep 17 23.194 Charley Suche 1938-1938 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 Sep 18 23.044 Chuck Workman 1938-1946 526 1749 213 423 57 7 50 230 161 202 .242 .311 .368 24 0 Sep 18 23.255 Bob Harris 1938-1942 128 202 15 39 4 2 0 12 14 43 .193 .245 .233 0 0 Sep 19 23.141 Steve Mesner 1938-1945 451 1574 153 397 67 6 2 167 121 69 .252 .308 .306 11 0 Sep 23 20.253 Joe Grace 1938-1947 484 1561 225 442 76 18 20 172 179 135 .283 .362 .393 9 17 Sep 24 24.262 Johnny Lucadello 1938-1947 239 686 95 181 36 7 5 60 93 56 .264 .353 .359 6 3 Sep 24 19.214 Tom Earley 1938-1945 94 114 15 23 5 0 0 8 4 26 .202 .229 .246 1 0 Sep 27 21.220 John Gaddy 1938-1938 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 0 0 Sep 27 24.234 Oscar Grimes 1938-1946 602 1832 235 469 73 24 18 200 297 303 .256 .363 .352 30 12 Sep 28 23.168 Sig Gryska 1938-1939 25 70 7 23 4 1 0 12 9 13 .329 .405 .414 3 1 Sep 28 23.328 Dick West 1938-1943 119 299 30 66 10 2 3 35 12 42 .221 .253 .298 6 0 Sep 28 22.308 Hiker Moran 1938-1939 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .167 .375 .167 0 0 Sep 29 26.271 Tommy Irwin 1938-1938 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 .111 .333 .111 0 0 Oct 1 25.285 Sam Nahem 1938-1948 90 61 3 10 0 0 0 3 1 11 .164 .177 .164 0 0 Oct 2 22.348 +-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
Pitchers Debuting in 1938 Sorted by Debut Date
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Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Jim Bagby 1938-1947 97 96 .503 3.96 303 198 84 13 9 1666.3 1815 733 98 608 431 Apr 18 21.222 Joe Beggs 1938-1948 48 35 .578 2.96 238 41 23 4 29 693.7 688 228 39 189 178 Apr 19 27.166 Bob Klinger 1938-1947 66 61 .520 3.68 265 130 48 7 23 1089.7 1153 445 46 358 357 Apr 19 29.319 Charlie Wagner 1938-1946 32 23 .582 3.91 100 67 30 5 0 527.7 532 229 38 245 157 Apr 19 25.137 Max Lanier 1938-1953 108 82 .568 3.01 327 204 91 21 17 1619.3 1490 541 65 611 821 Apr 20 22.245 Atley Donald 1938-1945 65 33 .663 3.52 153 115 54 6 1 932.3 907 365 66 369 369 Apr 21 27.245 Max Macon 1938-1947 17 19 .472 4.24 81 29 9 2 3 297.3 307 140 20 128 90 Apr 21 22.189 Tot Pressnell 1938-1942 32 30 .516 3.80 154 42 17 4 12 526.3 547 222 30 134 157 Apr 21 31.256 Ed Cole 1938-1939 1 7 .125 5.31 42 6 1 0 3 95.0 124 56 9 54 31 Apr 22 29.031 Bill Posedel 1938-1946 41 43 .488 4.56 138 87 45 6 6 679.3 757 344 48 248 227 Apr 23 31.264 Bill Humphrey 1938-1938 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 0 1 0 Apr 24 26.311 Dick Midkiff 1938-1938 1 1 .500 5.09 13 2 0 0 0 35.3 43 20 5 21 10 Apr 24 23.208 Al Epperly 1938-1950 2 0 1.000 4.00 14 4 1 0 0 36.0 42 16 2 20 13 Apr 25 19.353 Dykes Potter 1938-1938 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 Apr 26 27.159 Mike Balas 1938-1938 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 3 1 0 0 0 Apr 27 27.353 Dick Errickson 1938-1942 36 47 .434 3.85 168 77 31 6 12 736.3 804 315 36 290 176 Apr 27 26.053 Tommy Reis 1938-1938 0 1 .000 12.27 8 0 0 0 0 11.0 16 15 1 9 6 Apr 27 23.264 Lee Rogers 1938-1938 1 3 .250 6.14 26 4 0 0 0 51.3 55 35 4 28 18 Apr 27 24.201 Johnny Niggeling 1938-1946 64 69 .481 3.22 184 161 81 12 0 1250.7 1111 447 60 516 620 Apr 30 34.294 Woody Davis 1938-1938 0 0 1.50 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 0 4 1 May 02 25.007 Johnny Humphries 1938-1946 52 63 .452 3.78 211 111 49 9 12 1002.0 1024 421 50 373 317 May 08 22.319 Bob Uhl 1938-1940 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 0 0 2 0 May 08 24.233 Oscar Georgy 1938-1938 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 1 0 Jun 04 21.191 Bill Lefebvre 1938-1944 5 5 .500 5.03 36 10 3 0 3 132.3 162 74 10 51 36 Jun 10 22.211 Dave Smith 1938-1939 2 1 .667 5.08 22 0 0 0 0 44.3 51 25 0 30 13 Jun 16 23.181 Art Kenney 1938-1938 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 4 0 8 2 Jul 01 22.063 Harry Boyles 1938-1939 0 4 .000 5.79 11 2 1 0 1 32.7 35 21 2 31 19 Aug 03 24.247 Johnnie Wittig 1938-1949 10 25 .286 4.89 84 39 7 1 4 307.3 344 167 23 163 121 Aug 04 24.049 Vance Page 1938-1941 15 16 .484 4.03 95 30 12 1 5 314.7 372 141 15 106 100 Aug 06 32.325 Al Baker 1938-1938 0 0 9.39 3 0 0 0 0 7.7 13 8 2 2 2 Aug 20 32.173 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Player From To W L WL% ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO Debut Age +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+ Preacher Roe 1938-1954 127 84 .602 3.43 333 261 101 17 10 1914.3 1907 730 199 504 956 Aug 22 23.177 Rene Monteagudo 1938-1945 3 7 .300 6.42 46 11 5 0 2 168.3 221 120 11 95 93 Sep 06 22.178 Ralph Buxton 1938-1949 0 2 .000 4.25 19 0 0 0 2 36.0 34 17 4 21 23 Sep 11 24.096 Clay Smith 1938-1940 1 1 .500 5.49 18 1 0 0 0 39.3 50 24 4 15 17 Sep 13 24.002 Mort Cooper 1938-1949 128 75 .631 2.97 295 239 128 33 14 1840.7 1666 607 85 571 913 Sep 14 25.196 Tom Lanning 1938-1938 0 1 .000 6.43 3 1 0 0 0 7.0 9 5 0 2 2 Sep 14 31.145 Joe Rogalski 1938-1938 0 0 2.57 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 12 2 0 0 2 Sep 14 26.060 Jim Reninger 1938-1939 0 4 .000 7.38 8 6 1 0 0 39.0 52 32 6 26 12 Sep 17 23.194 Charley Suche 1938-1938 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 4 0 3 1 Sep 18 23.044 Bob Harris 1938-1942 30 52 .366 4.96 127 89 26 4 2 646.0 770 356 58 294 205 Sep 19 23.141 Tom Earley 1938-1945 18 24 .429 3.78 91 37 15 2 5 359.7 349 151 27 143 104 Sep 27 21.220 John Gaddy 1938-1938 2 0 1.000 0.69 2 2 1 0 0 13.0 13 1 0 4 3 Sep 27 24.234 Hiker Moran 1938-1939 1 1 .500 3.91 7 2 1 0 0 23.0 22 10 3 12 4 Sep 29 26.271 Sam Nahem 1938-1948 10 8 .556 4.69 90 12 3 0 1 224.3 222 117 8 127 101 Oct 02 22.348 +-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
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