1938 Boston Bees
LeagueNational League
BallparkThe Bee Hive
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record77–75 (.507)
League place5th
OwnersJ.A. Robert Quinn
ManagersCasey Stengel
RadioWAAB
(Fred Hoey)
← 1937
1939 →

The 1938 Boston Bees season was the 68th season of the franchise.

Offseason

On January 8, 1938, Bob Smith was released by the Boston Bees.[1] On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow was released by the Bees.[2]

Regular season

On June 11, 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no-hitter against the Bees. It would be the first of two consecutive no-hitters that Vander Meer pitched.[3]

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 89 63 0.586 — 44–33 45–30
Pittsburgh Pirates 86 64 0.573 2 44–33 42–31
New York Giants 83 67 0.553 5 43–30 40–37
Cincinnati Reds 82 68 0.547 6 43–34 39–34
Boston Bees 77 75 0.507 12 45–30 32–45
St. Louis Cardinals 71 80 0.470 17½ 36–41 35–39
Brooklyn Dodgers 69 80 0.463 18½ 31–41 38–39
Philadelphia Phillies 45 105 0.300 43 26–48 19–57

Record vs. opponents

1938 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 10–12 12–10 11–9 8–14 14–8 9–13 13–9–1
Brooklyn 10–12 — 9–11–1 9–13 8–14 15–7 9–11 9–12–1
Chicago 12–10 11–9–1 — 11–11 12–10 18–4 12–10 13–9–1
Cincinnati 9–11 13–9 11–11 — 12–9 14–7 10–12 13–9–1
New York 14–8 14–8 10–12 9–12 — 16–5 9–13–1 11–9–1
Philadelphia 8–14 7–15 4–18 7–14 5–16 — 8–12–1 6–16
Pittsburgh 13–9 11–9 10–12 12–10 13–9–1 12–8–1 — 15–7
St. Louis 9–13–1 12–9–1 9–13–1 9–13–1 9–11–1 16–6 7–15 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1938 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Ray Mueller 83 274 65 .237 4 35
1B Elbie Fletcher 147 529 144 .272 6 48
2B Tony Cuccinello 147 555 147 .265 9 76
SS Rabbit Warstler 142 467 108 .231 0 40
3B Joe Stripp 59 229 63 .275 1 19
OF Vince DiMaggio 150 540 123 .228 14 61
OF Johnny Cooney 120 432 117 .271 0 17
OF Max West 123 418 98 .234 10 63

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
Debs Garms 117 428 135 .315 0 47
Al López 71 236 63 .267 1 14
Gene Moore 54 180 49 .272 3 19
Gil English 53 165 41 .248 2 21
Harl Maggert 66 89 25 .281 3 19
Jimmy Hitchcock 28 76 13 .171 0 7
Johnny Riddle 19 57 16 .281 0 2
Bobby Reis 34 49 9 .184 0 4
Roy Johnson 7 29 5 .172 0 1
Eddie Mayo 8 14 3 .214 1 4
Joe Walsh 4 8 0 .000 0 0
Ralph McLeod 6 7 2 .286 0 0
Butch Sutcliffe 4 4 1 .250 0 2
Bob Kahle 8 3 1 .333 0 0
Tom Kane 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting 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
Jim Turner 35 268.0 14 18 3.46 71
Lou Fette 33 239.2 11 13 3.15 83
Danny MacFayden 29 219.2 14 9 2.95 58

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
Ira Hutchinson 36 151.0 9 8 2.74 38
Milt Shoffner 26 139.2 8 7 3.54 49
Johnny Lanning 32 138.0 8 7 3.72 39
Dick Errickson 34 122.2 9 7 3.15 40
Tom Earley 2 11.0 1 0 3.27 4

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
Bobby Reis 16 1 6 0 4.99 20
Roy Weir 5 1 0 0 6.75 3
Tommy Reis 4 0 0 0 7.11 4
Art Doll 3 0 0 0 2.25 1
Art Kenney 2 0 0 0 15.43 2
Johnny Niggeling 2 1 0 0 9.00 1
Hiker Moran 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Mike Balas 1 0 0 0 6.75 0
Frank Gabler 1 0 0 0 81.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Hartford Bees Eastern League Eddie Onslow
B Evansville Bees Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
C Erie Sailors Middle Atlantic League Jocko Munch
D Huntington Bees Mountain State League Dickey Kerr
D Salisbury Bees North Carolina State League Blackie Carter

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Notes

  1. ^ Bob Smith at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Tommy Thevenow at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.55, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  4. ^ Oliver Hill at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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