1938 St. Louis Cardinals roster

32 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1938 MLB season.

1938 Cardinals roster: batting

1938 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Joe Medwick146590100190211220.322.369.905
Don Gutteridge1425526114196414.255.293.689
Johnny Mize14953185179271020.337.4221.036
Stu Martin114417541161274.278.328.685
Mickey Owen122397451064362.267.325.695
Enos Slaughter112395591098581.276.330.768
Don Padgett110388591058650.271.303.728
Jimmy Brown108382501150387.301.350.714
Terry Moore9431249854219.272.366.763
Pepper Martin9126934792384.294.340.738
Lynn Myers7022718551199.242.271.588
Frenchy Bordagaray8115619440212.282.325.652
Herb Bremer5015114332141.219.263.567
Jim Bucher1757713070.228.254.570
Hal Epps1750815132.300.327.687
Creepy Crespi71925010.263.333.702

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1938 Cardinals roster: pitching

1938 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bob WeilandP352916113.59228.11171.381
Bill McGeeP47257123.21216.01041.365
Lon WarnekeP31261383.97197.0891.340
Curt DavisP40211283.63173.1361.233
Roy HenshawP27155114.02130.0341.380
Max MaconP38124114.11129.1391.502
Clyde ShounP4012664.14117.1371.471
Ray HarrellP323234.8663.0321.702
Max LanierP183034.2045.0141.890
Paul DeanP54312.6131.0141.350
Mort CooperP43213.0423.2111.231
Si JohnsonP63037.4715.242.110
Guy BushP60014.506.011.501
Mike RybaP30115.405.001.800
Preacher RoeP100013.502.213.000
Howie KristP20000.001.110.750

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.