1938 St. Louis Browns season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Browns
season = 1938
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969| Uniform logo =
ballpark = Sportsman's Park
y4 = 1902
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1902
owners = Donald Lee Barnes
managers = Gabby Street and Ski Melillo
television =
radio = KMOX
(France Laux, Jim Alt)
KWK
(John O'Hara, Allan Anthony)|The 1938 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.

Offseason

December 2, 1937: Joe Vosmik was traded by the Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Red Kress, Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kressre01.shtml Red Kress page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

eason standings

Transactions

*September 8, 1938: Joe Grace was purchased by the Browns from the Memphis Chicks (Southern Association). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gracejo01.shtml Joe Grace page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AA: Toledo Mud Hens (American Association; Fred Haney, manager)
* Class A1: San Antonio Missions (Texas League; Zack Taylor, manager)
* Class B: Meridian Scrappers (Southeastern League; Harry Whitehouse, manager)
* Class B: Springfield Browns (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Walter Holke, manager)
* Class C: Palestine Pals (East Texas League; Abe Miller, Neil Andrews and John Kosey, managers)
* Class C: Johnstown Johnnies (Middle Atlantic League; Bobby Goff, manager)
* Class D: Pennington Gap Lee Bears (Appalachian League; Ralph Goldsmith and Lynn Lunsford, managers)
* Class D: Siloam Springs Travelers (Arkansas-Missouri League; Moon Mullen, Runt Marr and Mike Serlick, managers)
* Class D: Easton Browns (Eastern Shore League; George Jacobs, manager)
* Class D: Lafayette White Sox (Evangeline League; Frank Oceak, manager)
* Class D: Mayfield Clothiers (KITTY League; Benny Tate, manager)
* Class D: Lincoln Links (Nebraska State League; Pug Griffin, manager)
* Class D: Batesville White Sox (Northeast Arkansas League; Elmer Kirchoff, manager)
* Class D: Findlay Browns (Ohio State League; Grover Hartley, manager)
* Class D: Beaver Falls Browns (Pennsylvania State Association; Howard Shanks, manager)
* Class D: Corpus Christi Spudders (Texas Valley League; Rod Whitney, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1938.shtml 1938 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1938&t=SLA 1938 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com]