# 1938 Boston Bees season

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. On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow was released by the Bees.

## 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.

### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 89 | 63 | .586 | — | 44‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍30 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 86 | 64 | .573 | 2 | 44‍–‍33 | 42‍–‍31 |
| New York Giants | 83 | 67 | .553 | 5 | 43‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 82 | 68 | .547 | 6 | 43‍–‍34 | 39‍–‍34 |
| Boston Bees | 77 | 75 | .507 | 12 | 45‍–‍30 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 71 | 80 | .470 | 17½ | 36‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍39 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 69 | 80 | .463 | 18½ | 31‍–‍41 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 105 | .300 | 43 | 26‍–‍48 | 19‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1938 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* September 10, 1938: Oliver Hill was purchased by the Bees from the Atlanta Crackers.

### Roster
## 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

| 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 |