1938 Philadelphia Athletics season
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 season
involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League
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 with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses.

Notable transactions

  • May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley
    Harry Kelley (baseball)
    Harry Leroy Kelley was a Major League Baseball pitcher from through and again from until . In between, he pitched mainly for the Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association. He was born in 1906 in the town of Parkin, Arkansas, and died there in 1958....

     was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Washington Senators
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Roster

1938 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders

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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 99 316 92 .291 11 55
2B 93 325 91 .280 6 44
3B 134 499 129 .259 11 69
OF 152 563 176 .313 30 113

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
53 171 64 .374 3 35
40 78 16 .205 0 12

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
42 281.1 16 20 4.35 112
42 212.1 9 14 4.92 48
32 191 10 11 5.65 75
4 22.2 0 2 7.15 9

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
6 23 2 1 3.52 3
4 12.1 0 2 10.95 1
4 8 0 2 16.88 3

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 2 1 0 5.08 13
5 0 1 0 4.82 9

Farm system

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