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1938 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
55-97, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 755 runs, Allowed 962 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-93
Manager: Gabby Street (53-90) and Ski Melillo (2-7)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 130,417 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103

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1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Billy Sullivan* 27 111 401 375 35 104 16 1 7 49 8 5 20 10 .277 .316 .381 .697 74 143 1 5
2 1B George McQuinn* 28 148 674 602 100 195 42 7 12 82 4 5 58 49 .324 .384 .477 .861 114 287 1 13
3 2B Don Heffner 27 141 554 473 47 116 23 3 2 69 1 1 65 53 .245 .341 .319 .661 66 151 4 12
4 SS Red Kress 31 150 644 566 74 171 33 3 7 79 5 4 69 47 .302 .378 .408 .786 97 231 0 9
5 3B Harlond Clift 25 149 658 534 119 155 25 7 34 118 10 5 118 67 .290 .423 .554 .977 143 296 5 1
6 OF Mel Almada* 25 102 478 436 77 149 22 2 3 37 9 5 38 22 .342 .398 .422 .820 106 184 3 1
7 OF Buster Mills 29 123 520 466 66 133 24 4 3 46 7 8 43 46 .285 .350 .373 .723 81 174 3 8
8 OF Beau Bell 30 147 599 526 91 138 35 3 13 84 1 3 71 46 .262 .350 .414 .765 91 218 0 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Tommy Heath 24 70 236 194 22 44 13 0 2 22 0 1 35 24 .227 .345 .325 .670 69 63 0 7
10 OF Mel Mazzera* 24 86 222 204 33 57 8 2 6 29 1 1 12 25 .279 .329 .426 .755 88 87 3 3
11 OF Sam West* 33 44 181 165 17 51 8 2 1 27 1 0 14 9 .309 .363 .400 .763 91 66 0 2
12 OF Glenn McQuillen 23 43 122 116 14 33 4 0 0 13 0 1 4 12 .284 .308 .319 .627 57 37 0 2
13 2B Roy Hughes 27 58 109 96 16 27 3 0 2 13 3 0 12 11 .281 .361 .375 .736 85 36 0 1
14 OF Joe Grace* 24 12 49 47 7 16 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 3 .340 .367 .362 .729 83 17 0 0
15 OF Ethan Allen 34 19 36 33 4 10 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 4 .303 .343 .455 .797 98 15 0 1
16 C Sam Harshany 28 11 29 24 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .292 .370 .292 .662 68 7 0 2
17 SS Sig Gryska 23 7 24 21 3 10 2 1 0 4 0 0 3 3 .476 .542 .667 1.208 201 14 0 0
18 3B Johnny Lucadello# 19 7 20 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .200 .350 -13 4 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Bobo Newsom 30 46 139 124 9 31 4 0 0 16 0 0 1 21 .250 .256 .282 .538 35 35 0 14
20 P Lefty Mills* 28 30 82 66 8 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 11 18 .091 .221 .106 .327 -16 7 0 5
21 P Oral Hildebrand 31 24 65 59 3 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .254 .279 .288 .567 42 17 0 4
22 P Russ Van Atta* 32 25 33 30 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .133 .133 .200 .333 -18 6 0 3
23 P Jim Walkup 28 18 32 29 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .138 .138 .138 .276 -31 4 0 3
24 P Fred Johnson 44 17 26 25 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .240 .240 .240 .480 21 6 0 1
25 P Les Tietje 27 18 22 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .158 .111 .269 -32 2 0 3
26 P Ed Cole 29 36 21 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .143 .286 -28 3 0 0
27 P Bill Cox 25 24 18 17 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .059 .111 .118 .229 -43 2 0 0
28 P Ed Linke 26 21 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 37 2 0 0
29 P Jack Knott 31 7 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -50 1 0 1
30 P Julio Bonetti 26 17 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Emil Bildilli 25 5 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 26 2 0 0
32 P Vito Tamulis* 26 3 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 128 2 0 0
33 P Bill Trotter 29 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -10 0 0 1
34 P Harry Kimberlin 29 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 2
35 P Jim Weaver 34 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 156 6048 5333 755 1498 273 36 92 713 51 40 589 525 .281 .355 .397 .752 88 2119 0 20 106 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 6 4 5 8 6 8 4 5 5 3 5 6 6 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bobo Newsom 30 20 16 .556 5.08 44 40 3 31 0 1 329.2 334 205 186 30 192 226 5 1 3 1475 98 1.596 9.1 0.8 5.2 6.2 1.18
2 SP Lefty Mills* 28 10 12 .455 5.31 30 27 2 15 1 0 210.1 216 139 124 16 116 134 8 0 5 962 94 1.578 9.2 0.7 5.0 5.7 1.16
3 SP Oral Hildebrand 31 8 10 .444 5.69 23 23 0 10 0 0 163.0 194 104 103 18 73 66 3 1 1 735 88 1.638 10.7 1.0 4.0 3.6 0.90
4 SP Jim Walkup 28 1 12 .077 6.80 18 13 4 1 0 0 94.0 127 83 71 13 53 28 3 0 3 446 73 1.915 12.2 1.2 5.1 2.7 0.53
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 RP Russ Van Atta* 32 4 7 .364 6.06 25 12 5 3 1 0 104.0 118 75 70 7 61 35 1 0 3 481 82 1.721 10.2 0.6 5.3 3.0 0.57
6 RP Ed Cole 29 1 5 .167 5.18 36 6 21 1 0 3 88.2 116 69 51 8 48 26 5 1 1 432 96 1.850 11.8 0.8 4.9 2.6 0.54
7 RP Bill Cox 25 1 4 .200 7.00 22 7 11 1 0 0 63.0 81 53 49 8 35 16 0 0 1 296 71 1.841 11.6 1.1 5.0 2.3 0.46
8 RP Ed Linke 26 1 7 .125 7.94 21 2 12 0 0 0 39.2 60 37 35 6 33 18 0 0 1 206 63 2.345 13.6 1.4 7.5 4.1 0.55
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Fred Johnson 44 3 7 .300 5.61 17 6 9 3 0 3 69.0 91 50 43 7 27 24 1 0 3 319 89 1.710 11.9 0.9 3.5 3.1 0.89
10 Les Tietje 27 2 5 .286 7.55 17 8 3 2 1 0 62.0 83 55 52 8 38 15 0 0 3 296 66 1.952 12.0 1.2 5.5 2.2 0.39
11 Jack Knott 31 1 2 .333 4.80 7 4 2 0 0 0 30.0 35 19 16 3 15 8 0 0 0 138 104 1.667 10.5 0.9 4.5 2.4 0.53
12 Julio Bonetti 26 2 3 .400 6.35 17 0 10 0 0 0 28.1 41 21 20 1 13 7 0 0 1 131 78 1.906 13.0 0.3 4.1 2.2 0.54
13 Emil Bildilli* 25 1 2 .333 7.06 5 3 1 2 0 0 21.2 33 18 17 3 11 11 0 0 0 105 71 2.031 13.7 1.2 4.6 4.6 1.00
14 Vito Tamulis* 26 0 3 .000 7.63 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.1 26 15 13 2 10 11 0 0 0 81 65 2.348 15.3 1.2 5.9 6.5 1.10
15 Harry Kimberlin 29 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 8 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 32 148 1.375 9.0 1.1 3.4 1.1 0.33
16 Bill Trotter 29 0 1 .000 5.62 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 8 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 89 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.1
17 Jim Weaver 34 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 7 7 0 9 4 0 0 2 39 55 2.571 11.6 0.0 11.6 5.1 0.44
18 Glenn Liebhardt 27 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 83 1.333 12.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
Team Totals 29.8 55 97 .362 5.80 156 156 85 71 3 7 1344.2 1584 962 867 132 737 632 26 3 27 6222 86 1.726 10.6 0.9 4.9 4.2 0.86
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 4 7 8 5 8 8 8 7 8 2
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Ethan Allen 34 7 2 5 0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 OF
Mel Almada 25 101 0 101 0 265 247 9 9 1 .966 2.53 OF
Beau Bell 30 136 0 0 132 308 290 12 6 7 .981 2.22 OF-1B
Emil Bildilli 25 5 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.80 P
Julio Bonetti 26 17 7 0 7 0 2 1.000 0.41 P
Harlond Clift 25 149 501 176 306 19 31 .962 3.23 3B
Ed Cole 29 36 17 0 15 2 0 .882 0.42 P
Bill Cox 25 22 18 4 13 1 1 .944 0.77 P
Joe Grace 24 12 0 0 12 15 13 1 1 0 .933 1.17 OF
Sig Gryska 23 7 34 14 17 3 5 .912 4.43 SS
Sam Harshany 28 10 40 35 4 1 0 .975 3.90 0 C
Tommy Heath 24 65 362 315 42 5 5 .986 5.49 7 C
Don Heffner 27 141 750 365 363 22 103 .971 5.16 2B
Oral Hildebrand 31 23 20 5 14 1 0 .950 0.83 P
Roy Hughes 27 28 109 45 60 4 16 .963 3.75 2B-3B-SS
Fred Johnson 44 17 10 0 7 3 1 .700 0.41 P
Harry Kimberlin 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jack Knott 31 7 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.71 P
Red Kress 31 150 735 321 388 26 100 .965 4.73 SS
Glenn Liebhardt 27 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ed Linke 26 21 13 1 11 1 1 .923 0.57 P
Johnny Lucadello 19 6 11 5 5 1 0 .909 1.67 3B
Mel Mazzera 24 47 25 8 14 83 74 7 2 1 .976 1.72 OF
George McQuinn 28 148 1307 1207 90 10 134 .992 8.76 1B
Glenn McQuillen 23 30 30 0 0 68 66 0 2 0 .971 2.20 OF
Buster Mills 29 113 106 6 1 253 235 9 9 2 .964 2.16 OF
Lefty Mills 28 30 37 4 28 5 1 .865 1.07 P
Bobo Newsom 30 44 51 11 38 2 1 .961 1.11 P
Billy Sullivan 27 105 558 484 69 5 17 .991 5.27 3 C-1B
Vito Tamulis 26 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Les Tietje 27 17 15 5 10 0 0 1.000 0.88 P
Bill Trotter 29 1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.00 P
Russ Van Atta 32 25 26 3 21 2 3 .923 0.96 P
Jim Walkup 28 18 22 3 19 0 2 1.000 1.22 P
Jim Weaver 34 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Sam West 33 41 0 41 0 104 101 0 3 0 .971 2.46 OF
Team Totals 27.8 156 5769 4041 1583 145 434 .975 3.55 10
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 5 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics