1938 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 73-79
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Fresco Thompson (73-79)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 129,343, Avg. 1,702

1938 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1938 season with a record of 73 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.

Fresco Thompson served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Kirby Higbe	15	10	.600	3.96	46						218.0	201	106	96		103
Charles George	12	14	.462	3.84	47						176.0	177	88	75		76
Newt Kimball	11	9	.550	3.33	33						184.0	187	77	68		71
Hank Johnson	11	13	.458	4.10	31						178.0	183	96	81		55
Sheriff Blake	8	11	.421	3.70	33						163.0	168	78	67		53
Harold Carson	7	3	.700	3.96	43						157.0	171	75	69		40
William Yocke	4	3	.571	4.67	11						52.0	59	28	27		16
Jim Prendergast	3	3	.500	4.71	12						65.0	77	37	34		38
Johnny Hutchings	0	0		0.00	5						11.0	16				6
Totals	71	66	.518	3.86	261	0	0	0	0	0	1204.0	1239	585	517	0	458	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Bud Clancy	156	626	626		189	25	4	3						.302	.302	.369	.671	231
Hank Majeski	151	560	560		182	38	11	4						.325	.325	.454	.779	254
Red Howell	144	515	515		168	37	15	8						.326	.326	.503	.829	259
LeGrant Scott	150	522	522		168	26	9	7						.322	.322	.446	.768	233
Jack Glynn	133	529	529		140	20	9	10						.265	.265	.393	.658	208
Otto Bluege	141	524	524		132	16	6	1						.252	.252	.311	.563	163
Woody Arkeketa	144	510	510		124	19	8	3						.243	.243	.329	.573	168
Milton McDougal	96	271	271		74	7	6	3						.273	.273	.376	.649	102
Jack Crouch	90	260	260		63	12	2	0						.242	.242	.304	.546	79
Fresco Thompson	92	275	275		63	9	2	2						.229	.229	.298	.527	82
Hank Johnson	53	90	90		29	6	3	0						.322	.322	.456	.778	41
Kirby Higbe	47	76	76		17	2	0	1						.224	.224	.289	.513	22
Sheriff Blake	33	62	62		15	1	1	0						.242	.242	.290	.532	18
Harold Carson	49	68	68		13	2	0	1						.191	.191	.265	.456	18
Joseph Dooley	12	39	39		11	1	0	0						.282	.282	.308	.590	12
Charles George	47	50	50		11	3	0	0						.220	.220	.280	.500	14
William Yocke	13	21	21		8	1	0	1						.381	.381	.571	.952	12
Julian Tubb	10	13	13		7	1	0	0						.538	.538	.615	1.154	8
Jim Prendergast	13	24	24		6	1	1	0						.250	.250	.375	.625	9
Newt Kimball	33	58	58		6	2	1	0						.103	.103	.172	.276	10
Mel Hicks	4	15	15		2	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Totals	1611	5108	5108	0	1428	229	78	44	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.381	.660	1945	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bud Clancy	1B	156	1341	108	12		.992	9.288
Hank Majeski	2B	150	426	430	23		.974	5.707
Woody Arkeketa	3B	103	88	180	16		.944	2.602
Fresco Thompson	3B	62	72	125	10		.952	3.177
Jack Crouch	C	86	363	45	5		.988	4.744
Milton McDougal	C	81	337	53	6		.985	4.815
LeGrant Scott	OF	150	285	6	9		.970	1.940
Red Howell	OF	144	264	10	7		.975	1.903
Jack Glynn	OF	133	456	9	10		.979	3.496
Joseph Dooley	OF	12	25	0	2		.926	2.083
Charles George	P	47						.000
Kirby Higbe	P	46						.000
Harold Carson	P	43						.000
Newt Kimball	P	33						.000
Sheriff Blake	P	33						.000
Hank Johnson	P	31						.000
Jim Prendergast	P	12						.000
William Yocke	P	11						.000
Johnny Hutchings	P	5						.000
Otto Bluege	SS	141	250	342	45		.929	4.199
Totals		1479	3907	1308	145	0	.973	3.526

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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