1938 Newark Bears Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 104-48
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Johnny Neun (104-48)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 236,943, Avg. 3,118

1938 Newark Bears Roster

Playoffs - Newark Bears 4 games, Rochester Red Wings 3
Finals - Newark Bears 4 games, Buffalo Bisons 1

The Newark Bears of the International League ended the 1938 season with a record of 104 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the IL.

Johnny Neun 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
John Haley	17	2	.895	3.47	34	22					174.0	160	73	67		101
Marius Russo	17	8	.680	3.15	32	27					206.0	200	86	72		73
Atley Donald	16	7	.696	3.66	25	25					192.0	202	85	78		83
Nick Strincevich	11	4	.733	4.32	30	9					102.0	102	60	49		46
Lee Stine	11	8	.579	5.18	25	21					139.0	159	82	80		48
Tiny Bonham	8	2	.800	4.04	15	11					89.0	105	50	40		35
Jack Fallon	8	4	.667	4.84	31	12					106.0	113	66	57		43
Joe Beggs	6	3	.667	3.43	12	10					76.0	85	39	29		15
Phil Page	5	4	.556	4.76	35	2					68.0	88	43	36		27
Norm Branch	3	2	.600	4.50	13	7					64.0	71	36	32		30
Johnny Lindell	1	1	.500	0.00	4						17.0	18	18			7
Frank Makosky	1	2	.333	5.40	21	0					35.0	43	24	21		17
Hiram Bithorn	0	0		7.00	2						9.0	12	9	7		4
Xavier Rescigno	0	1	.000	10.50	7						12.0	14	15	14		8
Totals	104	48	.684	4.06	286	146	0	0	0	0	1289.0	1372	686	582	0	537	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
Charlie Keller	150	578	578		211	36	8	22						.365	.365	.569	.934	329
Merrill May	146	519	519		172	36	5	12						.331	.331	.489	.821	254
Les Scarsella	128	508	508		156	31	6	14						.307	.307	.474	.781	241
Jim Gleeson	123	487	487		151	50	7	16						.310	.310	.540	.850	263
Mickey Witek	120	483	483		143	15	4	6						.296	.296	.381	.677	184
Ham Schulte	135	494	494		141	27	2	4						.285	.285	.372	.658	184
Buddy Rosar	91	323	323		125	26	2	15						.387	.387	.619	1.006	200
Mike Chartak	95	284	284		90	14	6	8						.317	.317	.493	.810	140
Bob Seeds	59	230	230		77	6	3	28						.335	.335	.752	1.087	173
Frankie Kelleher	77	273	273		77	11	1	12						.282	.282	.462	.744	126
Billy Holm	78	214	214		58	11	2	5						.271	.271	.411	.682	88
Buddy Blair	49	167	167		41	7	0	1						.246	.246	.305	.551	51
Clyde McCullough	28	93	93		20	2	3	2						.215	.215	.366	.581	34
Atley Donald	25	78	78		18	2	0	0						.231	.231	.256	.487	20
Marius Russo	33	73	73		15	2	0	0						.205	.205	.233	.438	17
Lee Stine	43	77	77		15	3	0	0						.195	.195	.234	.429	18
John Haley	34	70	70		14	2	0	1						.200	.200	.271	.471	19
Norm Branch	15	27	27		9	2	0	0						.333	.333	.407	.741	11
Harry Bassin	12	25	25		7	0	0	1						.280	.280	.400	.680	10
Jack Fallon	31	34	34		7	3	0	0						.206	.206	.294	.500	10
Phil Page	35	22	22		6	1	0	0						.273	.273	.318	.591	7
Tiny Bonham	15	33	33		4	0	1	0						.121	.121	.182	.303	6
Nick Strincevich	30	34	34		4	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	4
Joe Beggs	13	31	31		2	0	0	0						.065	.065	.065	.129	2
Johnny Lindell	4	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Frank Makosky	21	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1590	5171	5171	0	1564	287	50	147	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.302	.463	.765	2392	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Les Scarsella	1B	128	1150	101	13		.990	9.773
Ham Schulte	2B	134	310	432	23		.970	5.537
Merrill May	3B	145	129	280	19		.956	2.821
Buddy Rosar	C	86	410	36	3		.993	5.186
Billy Holm	C	55	263	23	3		.990	5.200
Clyde McCullough	C	24	106	20	9		.933	5.250
Charlie Keller	OF	150	255	15	7		.975	1.800
Jim Gleeson	OF	122	245	7	3		.988	2.066
Frankie Kelleher	OF	71	111	4	4		.966	1.620
Bob Seeds	OF	59	122	6	1		.992	2.169
Mike Chartak	OF	55	109	4	6		.950	2.055
Phil Page	P	35						.000
John Haley	P	34						.000
Marius Russo	P	32						.000
Jack Fallon	P	31						.000
Nick Strincevich	P	30						.000
Lee Stine	P	25						.000
Atley Donald	P	25						.000
Frank Makosky	P	21						.000
Tiny Bonham	P	15						.000
Norm Branch	P	13						.000
Joe Beggs	P	12						.000
Xavier Rescigno	P	7						.000
Johnny Lindell	P	4						.000
Hiram Bithorn	P	2						.000
Mickey Witek	SS	99	167	269	26		.944	4.404
Buddy Blair	SS	42	88	119	15		.932	4.929
Totals		1456	3465	1316	132	0	.973	3.284

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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