# 1938 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1938 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 57th season in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and the 47th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 71–80 during the season and finished sixth in the National League.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### 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 | Mickey Owen | 122 | 397 | 106 | .267 | 4 | 36 |
| 1B | Johnny Mize | 149 | 531 | 179 | .337 | 27 | 102 |
| 2B | Stu Martin | 114 | 417 | 116 | .278 | 1 | 27 |
| SS | Lynn Myers | 70 | 227 | 55 | .242 | 1 | 19 |
| 3B | Don Gutteridge | 142 | 552 | 141 | .255 | 9 | 64 |
| OF | Joe Medwick | 146 | 590 | 190 | .322 | 21 | 122 |
| OF | Enos Slaughter | 112 | 395 | 109 | .276 | 8 | 58 |
| OF | Terry Moore | 94 | 312 | 85 | .272 | 4 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Don Padgett | 110 | 388 | 105 | .271 | 8 | 65 |
| Jimmy Brown | 108 | 382 | 115 | .301 | 0 | 38 |
| Pepper Martin | 91 | 269 | 79 | .294 | 2 | 38 |
| Joe Stripp | 54 | 199 | 57 | .286 | 0 | 18 |
| Frenchy Bordagaray | 81 | 156 | 44 | .282 | 0 | 21 |
| Herb Bremer | 50 | 151 | 33 | .219 | 2 | 14 |
| Jim Bucher | 17 | 57 | 13 | .228 | 0 | 7 |
| Hal Epps | 17 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 1 | 3 |
| Creepy Crespi | 7 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 1 |
| Tuck Stainback | 6 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Siebert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
| Bob Weiland | 35 | 228.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.59 | 117 |
| Lon Warneke | 31 | 197.0 | 13 | 8 | 3.97 | 89 |
| Paul Dean | 5 | 31.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.61 | 14 |
| Mort Cooper | 4 | 23.2 | 2 | 1 | 3.04 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Bill McGee | 47 | 216.0 | 7 | 12 | 3.21 | 104 |
| Curt Davis | 40 | 173.1 | 12 | 8 | 3.63 | 36 |
| Roy Henshaw | 27 | 130.0 | 5 | 11 | 4.02 | 34 |
| Max Macon | 38 | 129.1 | 4 | 11 | 4.11 | 39 |
| Clyde Shoun | 40 | 117.1 | 6 | 6 | 4.14 | 37 |
| Si Johnson | 6 | 15.2 | 0 | 3 | 7.47 | 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 |
| Ray Harrell | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4.86 | 32 |
| Max Lanier | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.20 | 14 |
| Guy Bush | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Mike Ryba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 |
| Howie Krist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Preacher Roe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* Don Gutteridge, Ranked second in National League in triples (15)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Columbus Red Birds | American Association | Burt Shotton |
| AA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Ray Blades |
| AA | Sacramento Solons | Pacific Coast League | Bill Killefer |
| A1 | Houston Buffaloes | Texas League | Ira Smith and Johnny Watwood |
| B | Cedar Rapids Raiders | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Cap Crossley |
| B | Decatur Commodores | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Tony Kaufmann |
| B | Asheville Tourists | Piedmont League | Hal Anderson |
| B | Columbus Red Birds | Sally League | George Payne |
| B | Mobile Shippers | Southeastern League | Marty Purtell |
| C | Pine Bluff Judges | Cotton States League | Leroy "Cowboy" Jones |
| C | Jacksonville Jax | East Texas League | Tony Robello |
| C | Portsmouth Red Birds | Middle Atlantic League | Benny Borgmann |
| C | Springfield Cardinals | Western Association | Clay Hopper |
| D | Union City Red Birds | Alabama–Florida League | Fred Lucas |
| D | Johnson City Soldiers | Appalachian League | Joe Sims and Phil Clark |
| D | Albuquerque Cardinals | Arizona–Texas League | Bill DeLancey |
| D | Monett Red Birds | Arkansas–Missouri League | Heinie Mueller |
| D | Martinsville Manufacturers | Bi-State League | Arnold Anderson |
| D | Kinston Eagles | Coastal Plain League | Tommy West |
| D | Cambridge Cardinals | Eastern Shore League | Joe Davis |
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| D | New Iberia Cardinals | Evangeline League | Harrison Wickel and Jimmie Sanders |
| D | Daytona Beach Islanders | Florida State League | Jimmie Sanders and Harrison Wickel |
| D | Albany Travelers | Georgia–Florida League | Johnny Keane |
| D | Paducah Indians | KITTY League | Pete Mondino |
| D | Grand Island Cardinals | Nebraska State League | Benny Hassler |
| D | Shelby/Gastonia Cardinals | North Carolina State League | George Silvey |
| D | Caruthersville Pilots | Northeast Arkansas League | Bunny Simmons, Al Iezzi and Wilson Koewing |
| D | Duluth Dukes | Northern League | Dutch Dorman |
| D | Fostoria Red Birds | Ohio State League | Jack Farmer |
| D | Midland Cardinals | West Texas–New Mexico League | Fincher Withers |