1938 Cincinnati Reds season

1938 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Crosley Field (since 1934)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)	Warren Giles
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local radio	WSAI (Red Barber, Dick Bray)
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The 1938 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82–68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

Regular season

• Johnny Vander Meer became the only pitcher in major league history to pitch two consecutive no-hitters in 1938. On June 11, 1938, he no-hit the Boston Bees at Crosley Field. Four nights later, in the first night game played at Ebbets Field, he no-hit the Brooklyn Dodgers. One of two balls that survives from this historic game is in the Seth Swirsky collection.^[1] After his double no-hit achievement, Reds' management wanted Vander Meer to change his uniform number to "00." He politely refused.

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 Records 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

1938 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 61 Red Barrett 46 Ray Benge 58 Joe Cascarella 55 Peaches Davis 52 Paul Derringer 53 Lee Grissom 56 Al Hollingsworth 59 Ted Kleinhans 60 Whitey Moore 54 Gene Schott 57 Johnny Vander Meer 56 Bucky Walters 63 Jim Weaver		Catchers 36 Spud Davis 50 Willard Hershberger 35 Ernie Lombardi Infielders 47 Lonny Frey 38 Alex Kampouris 46,51 Don Lang 37 Frank McCormick 39 Billy Myers 45 Nolen Richardson 40 Lew Riggs 35 Justin Stein		Outfielders 62 Wally Berger 49 Nino Bongiovanni 42 Dusty Cooke 44 Harry Craft 48 Kiddo Davis 43 Lee Gamble 41 Ival Goodman Other batters 45 Buck Jordan 51 Jimmy Outlaw 59 Dick West		Manager 65 Bill McKechnie Coaches 66 Hank Gowdy 67 Edd Roush

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	Lombardi, ErnieErnie Lombardi	129	489	167	.342	19	95
OF	Goodman, IvalIval Goodman	145	568	166	.292	30	92
OF	Berger, WallyWally Berger	99	407	125	.307	16	56

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
Lang, DonDon Lang	21	50	13	.220	1	11
West, DickDick West	1	1	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
Vander Meer, JohnnyJohnny Vander Meer	32	225.1	15	10	3.12	125

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
Davis, PeachesPeaches Davis	29	167.2	7	12	3.97	28
Weaver, JimJim Weaver	30	129.1	6	4	3.13	64
Barrett, RedRed Barrett	6	28.2	2	0	3.14	5

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
Cascarella, JoeJoe Cascarella	33	4	7	4	4.57	30
Benge, RayRay Benge	9	1	1	2	4.11	5

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jim Bottomley and Dick Porter
A	Albany Senators	Eastern League	Bill McCorry
B	Durham Bulls	Piedmont League	Bill Hughes
B	Columbia Reds	Sally League	Johnny Burnett
B	Waterloo Red Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Lenny Backer
C	El Dorado Lions	Cotton States League	Frank O'Rourke
C	Muskogee Reds	Western Association	Ben Tincup
D	Rogers Reds	Arkansas–Missouri League	Lester "Pat" Patterson
D	Williamston Martins	Coastal Plain League	Art Hauger
D	Union City Greyhounds	KITTY League	Hap Bohl

^[2]

References

1. "Johnny Vander Meer, Twice Perfect". Seth.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1938 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference