1938 Oakland Athletics
Record: 90-72
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 869
Runs Allowed: 784
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,305,906
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 7th in the AL
AA: 73-64, 1st in the AL
A: 62-75, 6th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B *Stan Hack 28 152 621 124 188 35 9 13 86 1 3 85 16 .303 .386 .451 .836 103.8 22.7 7.1
LF *Jeff Heath 23 154 566 92 164 36 11 14 96 1 0 86 52 .290 .378 .466 .845 96.6 19.7 1.9
3B  Ken Keltner 21 151 591 93 170 38 10 13 75 4 6 53 37 .288 .346 .452 .797 84.6 16.3 5.1
1B *Gene Hasson 22 147 529 66 152 46 6 9 90 0 0 79 68 .287 .377 .448 .825 86.8 18.8 2.5
3B  Mike Kreevich 30 147 462 67 145 21 12 3 69 0 3 47 25 .314 .374 .431 .805 68.8 13.5 6.1
CF  Hank Leiber 27 110 406 68 113 22 3 9 65 0 0 38 40 .278 .343 .414 .757 55.0 9.6 1.8
RF *Paul Waner 35 138 394 73 141 30 8 14 77 2 0 32 16 .358 .406 .581 .987 76.0 19.3 0.8
RF  Hack Wilson 38 127 343 57 97 11 2 17 66 0 0 27 65 .283 .333 .475 .809 50.2 9.1 0.9
LF *Roy Weatherly 23 109 329 45 110 18 2 1 44 1 0 20 5 .334 .371 .410 .782 46.6 10.0 1.7
C  Rick Ferrell 32 98 259 37 58 10 1 1 24 0 0 29 9 .224 .301 .282 .583 22.2 1.2 2.6
C *Mickey Cochrane 35 64 202 17 45 3 1 2 21 0 0 13 19 .223 .272 .277 .549 13.8 0.0 2.9
C  Harry Danning 26 66 185 18 45 7 3 1 21 0 0 10 23 .243 .279 .330 .609 15.7 0.8 2.5
2B  Bobby Reeves 34 91 173 28 53 8 2 1 16 0 0 11 18 .306 .348 .393 .741 21.3 3.9 1.4
CF  Gibby Brack 30 73 166 29 49 13 1 5 29 0 0 11 28 .295 .337 .476 .813 25.2 5.3 0.4
P  Whit Wyatt 30 44 120 6 22 2 0 0 11 0 0 2 20 .183 .197 .200 .397 4.0 0.0 0.0
P  Mort Cooper 25 42 95 8 17 2 0 3 7 0 0 3 20 .179 .204 .295 .499 6.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 25 42 96 9 19 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 21 .198 .196 .208 .404 3.6 0.0 0.0
C *Hal Wagner 22 23 82 9 20 3 0 0 9 0 0 9 3 .244 .326 .280 .607 7.0 0.3 1.5
P *Harry Eisenstat 22 32 71 10 13 2 0 1 6 0 0 2 24 .183 .205 .254 .459 3.6 0.0 0.0
SS  Bill Akers 33 62 57 12 12 2 0 1 4 0 0 11 8 .211 .338 .298 .636 5.6 0.4 0.5
P *Bunny Hearn 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Mace Brown 29 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Roy Joiner 31 31 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P  Buck Marrow 28 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Monty Stratton 26 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Benge 36 74 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Kirby Higbe 23 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 2121 5761 869 1636 310 71 108 829 9 12 571 522 .284 .347 .419 .766 798.6 151.1 39.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 1 2 4 1 3 2 7 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Whit Wyatt 30 25 9 .735 44 44 0 350.0 367 146 22 139 163 3.75 24.8
 Mort Cooper 25 15 17 .469 42 42 0 319.0 365 160 31 104 140 4.51 14.5
 Bill Zuber 25 17 16 .515 42 42 0 283.3 293 135 5 140 136 4.29 14.2
*Harry Eisenstat 22 12 7 .632 32 32 0 218.0 280 121 20 37 86 5.00 9.0
 Ray Benge 36 6 5 .545 74 0 11 80.3 91 32 5 32 36 3.59 7.6
 Monty Stratton 26 4 3 .571 57 0 2 71.0 85 35 9 10 10 4.44 4.2
 Mace Brown 29 6 10 .375 44 0 14 53.3 66 34 3 32 14 5.74 1.9
*Roy Joiner 31 3 1 .750 31 0 1 32.7 45 23 3 9 8 6.34 0.5
 Buck Marrow 28 0 2 .000 21 0 0 25.7 30 12 1 5 12 4.21 1.2
 Kirby Higbe 23 1 1 .500 20 0 1 23.0 29 14 0 7 8 5.48 0.9
*Bunny Hearn 34 1 1 .500 2 2 0 11.7 13 6 1 8 6 4.63 0.5
*Paul Waner 35 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 2 0 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 28.7 90 72 .556 410 162 29 1470.0 1665 719 100 525 619 4.40 79.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 2 4 1 7 5 6 5 2 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 39.9
M.Cochrane 464.3 51 59 198 20 2 0 .991 52.9
R.Ferrell 439.7 48 51 199 12 4 1 .981 27.3
H.Danning 369.0 40 46 173 14 1 0 .995 43.8
H.Wagner 197.0 23 23 97 13 1 0 .991 55.6
Team Total 1470.0 162 179 667 59 8 1 .989 45.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.24
G.Hasson 1264.3 145 146 1612 122 11 177 .994 12.34
R.Ferrell 90.0 9 13 109 10 0 13 1.000 11.90
R.Weatherly 43.7 3 7 58 8 0 1 1.000 13.61
B.Reeves 37.0 4 7 45 0 1 4 .978 10.95
H.Danning 31.0 1 9 43 2 1 9 .978 13.06
M.Kreevich 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
B.Akers 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1470.0 162 184 1873 142 13 204 .994 12.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.39
S.Hack 1317.0 145 146 347 635 11 147 .989 6.71
R.Weatherly 77.0 8 9 20 42 1 9 .984 7.25
B.Reeves 76.0 9 9 19 39 1 13 .983 6.87
Team Total 1470.0 162 164 386 716 13 169 .988 6.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.05
M.Kreevich 1213.0 143 145 95 339 6 28 .986 3.22
B.Reeves 174.3 14 44 13 44 4 3 .934 2.94
B.Akers 78.7 5 20 8 14 1 2 .957 2.52
K.Keltner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Hack 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 211 116 397 11 33 .979 3.14
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 5.59
K.Keltner 1310.3 149 150 247 578 26 129 .969 5.67
B.Reeves 92.0 10 12 21 30 1 10 .981 4.99
B.Akers 60.7 3 23 8 28 1 8 .973 5.34
S.Hack 6.0 0 3 5 6 0 2 1.000 16.50
R.Weatherly 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 189 281 642 28 149 .971 5.65
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.00
J.Heath 1236.0 137 139 233 18 4 3 .984 1.83
G.Brack 126.0 15 15 16 0 2 0 .889 1.14
R.Weatherly 78.0 9 10 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.19
H.Wilson 11.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
H.Leiber 9.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
P.Waner 8.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
M.Kreevich 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 174 270 19 7 3 .976 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.63
H.Leiber 870.0 103 105 238 11 7 5 .973 2.58
R.Weatherly 296.3 34 40 83 6 2 2 .978 2.70
H.Wilson 152.7 9 43 33 2 0 1 1.000 2.06
G.Brack 104.0 12 16 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.60
J.Heath 46.0 4 10 15 2 0 0 1.000 3.33
H.Wagner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 215 398 22 9 9 .979 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.09
P.Waner 743.0 74 120 147 3 10 1 .938 1.82
H.Wilson 506.0 63 69 100 5 8 0 .929 1.87
R.Weatherly 145.0 18 20 37 3 1 2 .976 2.48
G.Brack 60.0 7 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Heath 16.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56
Team Total 1470.0 162 222 297 11 19 3 .942 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.31
W.Wyatt 350.0 44 44 31 78 2 6 .982 2.80
M.Cooper 319.0 42 42 17 76 1 6 .989 2.62
B.Zuber 283.3 42 42 13 43 0 2 1.000 1.78
H.Eisenstat 218.0 32 32 14 57 1 8 .986 2.93
R.Benge 80.3 0 74 6 12 1 0 .947 2.02
M.Stratton 71.0 0 57 4 16 1 2 .952 2.54
M.Brown 53.3 0 44 2 14 0 3 1.000 2.70
R.Joiner 32.7 0 31 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.76
B.Marrow 25.7 0 21 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.75
K.Higbe 23.0 0 20 0 4 1 1 .800 1.57
B.Hearn 11.7 2 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.63
P.Waner 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 410 91 317 7 29 .983 2.50
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kreevich .314
On-Base Pct Hack .386
Slugging Pct Waner .492
OPS Heath .845
XR Hack 103.8
Games Heath 154
At-Bats Hack 621
Runs Hack 124
Hits Hack 188
Total Bases Hack 280
Singles Hack 131
Doubles Hasson 46
Triples Kreevich 12
Homeruns Wilson 17
RBIs Heath 96
Stolen Bases Keltner 4
Caught Stealing Keltner 6
Walks Heath 86
Strikeouts Hasson 68
ERA Wyatt 3.75
Wins Wyatt 25
Losses Cooper 17
Winning Pct Wyatt .735
Saves Brown 14
Games Pitched Benge 74
Games Started Wyatt 44
Complete Games Cooper, Wyatt 16
Shutouts Wyatt 4
Innings Pitched Wyatt 350.0
Hits Allowed Wyatt 367
Homeruns Allowed Cooper 31
Strikeouts Wyatt 163
Walks Allowed Zuber 140
Walks per 9IP Eisenstat 1.5
Hits per 9IP Zuber 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Zuber 4.3
WHiP Wyatt 1.45
OAVG Zuber .272
OOBP Wyatt .342
OSLG Zuber .365
OOPS Zuber .721
Team All-Stars
Mace Brown
Player Salaries
Paul Waner $ 9,500,000
Whit Wyatt $ 7,000,001
Hank Leiber $ 6,500,000
Mickey Cochrane $ 6,000,000
Ray Benge $ 5,300,000
Hack Wilson $ 5,005,000
Stan Hack $ 4,750,000
Rick Ferrell $ 4,000,001
Si Johnson $ 3,500,000
Bobby Reeves $ 2,000,000
Bill Akers $ 904,000
Mike Kreevich $ 885,714
Bunny Hearn $ 470,000
Harry Danning $ 350,000
Gibby Brack $ 300,000
Mace Brown $ 300,000
Mort Cooper $ 300,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 300,000
Earl Grace $ 300,000
Gene Hasson $ 300,000
Kirby Higbe $ 300,000
Bill Zuber $ 300,000
Roy Joiner $ 300,000
Ken Keltner $ 300,000
Buck Marrow $ 300,000
Monty Stratton $ 300,000
Hal Wagner $ 300,000
Roy Weatherly $ 300,000
Jeff Heath $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Paul Derringer
Red Barkley
Round Draft Pick.
New York (G) Paul Waner
2/5 Signed     Bill Akers