1938 Kansas City Blues Statistics
American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 84-67
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Billy Meyer (84-67)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 257,913, Avg. 3,416
1938 Kansas City Blues RosterTeam Record: 84-67
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Billy Meyer (84-67)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 257,913, Avg. 3,416
Playoffs - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 2
Finals - Kansas City Blues 4 games, St. Paul Saints 3
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1938 season with a record of 84 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the AA.
Billy Meyer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washburn | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.98 | 35 | 15 | 131.0 | 115 | 65 | 58 | 96 | |||||||||||
| Marv Breuer | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.85 | 36 | 25 | 213.0 | 210 | 104 | 91 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Al Piechota | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.59 | 29 | 25 | 173.0 | 175 | 77 | 69 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Kemp Wicker | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.41 | 27 | 22 | 161.0 | 161 | 68 | 61 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Joe Vance | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.68 | 13 | 10 | 84.0 | 79 | 28 | 25 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Frank Makosky | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.61 | 24 | 1 | 69.0 | 64 | 26 | 20 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.20 | 30 | 9 | 109.0 | 121 | 76 | 63 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Jack LaRocca | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.17 | 19 | 19 | 95.0 | 98 | 52 | 44 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Norm Branch | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.21 | 16 | 6 | 56.0 | 58 | 23 | 20 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Fred Gay | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.09 | 31 | 8 | 92.0 | 91 | 57 | 52 | 70 | |||||||||||
| Tiny Bonham | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.38 | 10 | 9 | 72.0 | 81 | 31 | 27 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Jim Prendergast | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 6.0 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| William Yocke | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 8 | 22.0 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Charley Stanceu | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George Jeffcoat | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 84 | 67 | .556 | 3.70 | 284 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1289.0 | 1285 | 607 | 530 | 0 | 552 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Gallagher | 152 | 583 | 583 | 200 | 35 | 4 | 24 | .343 | .343 | .540 | .883 | 315 | |||||||||||
| Harry Davis | 147 | 602 | 602 | 180 | 31 | 7 | 10 | .299 | .299 | .424 | .723 | 255 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Joost | 145 | 578 | 578 | 167 | 33 | 6 | 5 | .289 | .289 | .393 | .682 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Miller | 147 | 531 | 531 | 154 | 33 | 11 | 14 | .290 | .290 | .473 | .763 | 251 | |||||||||||
| Wally Judnich | 150 | 557 | 557 | 152 | 34 | 10 | 22 | .273 | .273 | .488 | .761 | 272 | |||||||||||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 129 | 440 | 440 | 122 | 20 | 11 | 8 | .277 | .277 | .427 | .705 | 188 | |||||||||||
| Buzz Boyle | 120 | 353 | 353 | 99 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .280 | .280 | .388 | .669 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Bill Matheson | 107 | 318 | 318 | 92 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .289 | .289 | .396 | .686 | 126 | |||||||||||
| Chris Hartje | 44 | 128 | 128 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .289 | .289 | .406 | .695 | 52 | |||||||||||
| El Breese | 53 | 151 | 151 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .238 | .291 | .530 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Clyde McCullough | 46 | 132 | 132 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .364 | .614 | 48 | |||||||||||
| George Washburn | 42 | 61 | 61 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .311 | .311 | .361 | .672 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Leo Norris | 32 | 90 | 90 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .267 | .478 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Riddle | 20 | 52 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .308 | .558 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Ogrodowski | 16 | 44 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .273 | .523 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Al Piechota | 30 | 60 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .183 | .200 | .383 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Fred Gay | 37 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .303 | .303 | .606 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Joe Vance | 18 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .290 | .290 | .484 | .774 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Gil English | 20 | 58 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .155 | .155 | .190 | .345 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Kemp Wicker | 27 | 59 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .153 | .153 | .220 | .373 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Jack LaRocca | 19 | 32 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .312 | .531 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Marv Breuer | 36 | 63 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .127 | .238 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Bob Miller | 30 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .135 | .162 | .297 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Charles Warren | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Norm Branch | 18 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Frank Makosky | 24 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tiny Bonham | 10 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Frankie Kelleher | 8 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Jack Glynn | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Billy Holm | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Rosettie | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1645 | 5121 | 5121 | 0 | 1418 | 251 | 67 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | .277 | .409 | .686 | 2094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Davis | 1B | 147 | 1365 | 80 | 16 | .989 | 9.830 | |
| Jack Saltzgaver | 2B | 113 | 256 | 318 | 21 | .965 | 5.080 | |
| Leo Norris | 2B | 27 | 36 | 59 | 5 | .950 | 3.519 | |
| Eddie Joost | 3B | 113 | 113 | 235 | 16 | .956 | 3.080 | |
| Gil English | 3B | 18 | 9 | 26 | 2 | .946 | 1.944 | |
| El Breese | C | 47 | 172 | 22 | 5 | .975 | 4.128 | |
| Clyde McCullough | C | 43 | 188 | 18 | 5 | .976 | 4.791 | |
| Chris Hartje | C | 41 | 162 | 25 | 4 | .979 | 4.561 | |
| Johnny Riddle | C | 19 | 70 | 10 | 3 | .964 | 4.211 | |
| Bruce Ogrodowski | C | 15 | 66 | 6 | 3 | .960 | 4.800 | |
| Joe Gallagher | OF | 152 | 335 | 15 | 9 | .975 | 2.303 | |
| Wally Judnich | OF | 148 | 335 | 1 | 8 | .977 | 2.270 | |
| Buzz Boyle | OF | 104 | 155 | 6 | 9 | .947 | 1.548 | |
| Bill Matheson | OF | 69 | 98 | 6 | 5 | .954 | 1.507 | |
| Marv Breuer | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| George Washburn | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Gay | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Miller | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Al Piechota | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Kemp Wicker | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Makosky | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Jack LaRocca | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Branch | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Vance | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Tiny Bonham | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| William Yocke | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Charley Stanceu | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Prendergast | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| George Jeffcoat | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Miller | SS | 146 | 316 | 469 | 33 | .960 | 5.377 | |
| Totals | 1486 | 3676 | 1296 | 144 | 0 | .972 | 3.346 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
