1938 St. Louis Browns season
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
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 111 | 375 | 104 | .277 | 7 | 49 |
1B | | 148 | 602 | 195 | .324 | 12 | 82 |
2B | | 141 | 473 | 116 | .245 | 2 | 69 |
SS | | 150 | 566 | 171 | .302 | 7 | 79 |
3B | | 149 | 534 | 155 | .290 | 34 | 118 |
OF | | 102 | 436 | 149 | .342 | 3 | 37 |
OF | | 123 | 466 | 133 | .285 | 3 | 46 |
OF | | 147 | 526 | 138 | .262 | 13 | 84 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 70 | 194 | 44 | .227 | 2 | 22 |
| 58 | 96 | 27 | .281 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | 47 | 16 | .340 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | 33 | 10 | .303 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 24 | 7 | .292 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 44 | 329.2 | 20 | 16 | 5.08 | 226 |
| 23 | 163 | 8 | 10 | 5.69 | 66 |
| 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 |
| 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5.62 | 1 |
| 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 4 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 18 | 94 | 1 | 12 | 6.80 | 28 |
| 36 | 88.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.18 | 26 |
| 17 | 69 | 3 | 7 | 5.61 | 24 |
| 22 | 63 | 1 | 4 | 7.00 | 16 |
| 7 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 4.80 | 8 |
| 5 | 21.2 | 1 | 2 | 7.06 | 11 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.94 | 18 |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.35 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
Farm system