1938 Minnesota Twins
Record: 82-80
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 805
Runs Allowed: 758
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,129,593
Manager: Walter Johnson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 8th in the AL
AA: 70-67, 2nd in the AL
A: 68-69, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
RF  Johnny Rizzo 25 152 574 99 184 44 7 28 97 0 0 57 66 .321 .385 .568 .953 111.4 24.5 3.9
2B  Billy Myers 27 155 601 87 185 26 5 13 56 3 3 33 77 .308 .342 .433 .774 85.2 15.1 5.2
1B *Lou Gehrig 35 156 535 99 121 29 6 26 95 0 1 91 119 .226 .338 .449 .787 85.1 13.6 2.2
CF  Joe Dimaggio 23 146 564 104 168 35 6 25 97 0 0 43 24 .298 .348 .514 .862 90.1 16.7 4.2
1B *Tommy Henrich 25 155 516 84 129 42 10 15 93 2 1 84 36 .250 .354 .457 .811 83.5 14.5 3.7
3B  Pie Traynor 38 148 560 74 161 36 8 4 56 3 4 24 12 .288 .316 .402 .718 61.8 7.7 3.0
C  Spud Davis 33 134 461 34 137 34 2 2 68 0 0 29 45 .297 .337 .393 .730 55.3 7.9 5.5
2B *Charlie Gehringer 35 133 403 49 103 22 6 2 53 4 2 50 55 .256 .341 .355 .695 48.4 6.3 4.6
1B *George McQuinn 28 117 218 40 63 10 0 7 27 2 1 24 27 .289 .360 .431 .791 32.2 5.7 1.2
SS  Tony Piet 31 103 186 26 43 3 4 1 19 1 0 18 28 .231 .302 .306 .609 16.3 0.9 2.2
CF  Buster Mills 29 105 169 39 55 8 0 6 26 8 2 23 10 .325 .409 .479 .889 33.0 7.2 1.2
C  Ray Mueller 26 43 126 12 34 5 4 2 13 0 0 8 12 .270 .313 .421 .734 14.4 1.9 1.6
P  Bill Hallahan 35 44 108 5 14 3 1 0 9 0 0 4 46 .130 .157 .176 .332 2.0 0.0 0.0
CF  Sammy Byrd 30 71 111 16 27 8 1 4 21 0 0 11 15 .243 .309 .441 .750 14.8 2.0 0.5
SS  Ted Gullic 31 48 102 5 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 22 .176 .200 .206 .406 2.7 0.0 1.3
P  Johnny Allen 32 31 79 9 14 2 1 0 5 0 0 2 22 .177 .195 .228 .423 3.1 0.0 0.0
P *Cy Blanton 29 28 73 6 15 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 11 .205 .216 .274 .490 4.1 0.0 0.0
P #Tex Carleton 31 35 72 1 10 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 19 .139 .151 .194 .345 0.3 0.0 0.0
CF *Sam West 33 35 46 5 11 2 1 1 5 0 2 4 8 .239 .300 .391 .691 3.9 0.0 0.4
P  Gene Schott 24 18 45 5 10 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 14 .222 .255 .311 .566 3.2 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Heving 37 29 29 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .138 .138 .138 .276 0.0 0.0 0.0
3B  Hal Luby 25 11 28 4 9 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 3 .321 .355 .393 .748 4.4 0.6 0.3
P  Dick Barrett 31 59 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Mooney 31 29 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 1985 5612 805 1517 318 65 137 770 23 16 513 674 .270 .332 .423 .755 755.8 124.5 40.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 6 5 3 2 1 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 2 4 5  
* - 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
*Bill Hallahan 35 17 17 .500 44 44 0 336.7 303 165 21 180 177 4.41 15.7
 Johnny Allen 32 15 8 .652 31 31 0 242.3 245 100 14 96 112 3.71 17.7
 Tex Carleton 31 12 12 .500 35 28 0 223.7 222 108 14 89 110 4.35 10.9
 Cy Blanton 29 9 13 .409 28 28 0 222.7 262 115 15 56 70 4.65 8.4
 Gene Schott 24 9 5 .643 18 16 0 135.0 134 57 7 58 40 3.80 10.2
 Joe Heving 37 4 8 .333 29 14 0 114.7 134 69 6 30 34 5.42 2.1
 Dick Barrett 31 7 8 .467 59 1 2 77.0 87 27 5 32 18 3.16 6.8
 Luke Hamlin 33 0 1 .000 27 0 2 29.3 27 6 2 9 4 1.84 3.6
*Jim Mooney 31 7 4 .636 29 0 13 27.3 35 12 3 20 10 3.95 2.8
 Clint Brown 34 2 4 .333 28 0 2 26.0 44 16 0 4 1 5.54 0.6
*Al Milnar 24 0 0 .000 5 0 0 8.0 4 0 0 2 2 0.00 1.4
 Frank Makosky 28 0 0 .000 8 0 0 8.0 8 4 0 2 3 4.50 0.4
Team Totals 30.8 82 80 .506 341 162 19 1450.6 1505 679 87 578 581 4.21 80.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 4 6 5 4  
* - 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
S.Davis 1128.7 128 131 470 47 1 2 .998 29.7
R.Mueller 310.0 34 38 146 12 0 1 1.000 33.3
B.Mills 6.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
T.Piet 4.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
P.Traynor 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1450.7 162 172 621 60 1 3 .999 30.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.24
L.Gehrig 1283.3 143 154 1643 117 23 169 .987 12.34
G.McQuinn 142.0 17 20 174 20 2 15 .990 12.30
T.Gullic 21.3 2 6 26 1 0 2 1.000 11.39
T.Henrich 3.0 0 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
R.Mueller 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 183 1852 138 25 187 .988 12.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.39
C.Gehringer 958.7 112 116 264 463 15 97 .980 6.83
T.Piet 366.0 37 60 98 184 6 42 .979 6.93
H.Luby 73.0 8 9 18 29 3 7 .940 5.79
T.Gullic 53.0 5 9 19 30 3 5 .942 8.32
Team Total 1450.7 162 194 399 706 27 151 .976 6.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.05
P.Traynor 1122.3 140 142 76 286 22 19 .943 2.90
G.McQuinn 292.3 19 81 22 76 3 10 .970 3.02
T.Gullic 30.0 3 8 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.30
T.Piet 6.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 233 101 372 25 29 .950 2.93
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 5.59
B.Myers 1251.7 146 153 195 546 23 114 .970 5.33
T.Gullic 124.3 13 20 26 71 4 15 .960 7.02
T.Piet 72.7 3 25 9 32 2 3 .953 5.08
P.Traynor 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
H.Luby 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 200 231 650 29 133 .968 5.47
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.00
T.Henrich 1281.0 149 152 299 2 5 0 .984 2.11
B.Mills 130.3 13 20 23 2 0 1 1.000 1.73
J.Rizzo 19.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
S.Byrd 18.0 0 8 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50
S.West 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 187 330 4 6 1 .982 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.63
J.Dimaggio 1204.7 137 140 325 4 7 2 .979 2.46
B.Mills 137.0 14 19 44 1 0 0 1.000 2.96
S.West 98.0 11 14 23 3 0 0 1.000 2.39
S.Byrd 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Gehringer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 179 394 8 7 2 .983 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.09
J.Rizzo 1242.7 142 145 284 11 6 2 .980 2.14
S.Byrd 147.0 17 19 34 1 1 1 .972 2.14
B.Mills 58.0 3 14 14 0 1 0 .933 2.17
T.Gullic 3.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1450.7 162 182 333 12 8 3 .977 2.14
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.31
B.Hallahan 336.7 44 44 23 55 2 6 .975 2.09
J.Allen 242.3 31 31 11 70 3 4 .964 3.01
T.Carleton 223.7 28 35 14 50 1 5 .985 2.58
C.Blanton 222.7 28 28 9 32 1 6 .976 1.66
G.Schott 135.0 16 18 7 27 0 1 1.000 2.27
J.Heving 114.7 14 29 3 22 0 2 1.000 1.96
D.Barrett 77.0 1 59 5 7 1 0 .923 1.40
L.Hamlin 29.3 0 27 0 13 0 1 1.000 3.99
J.Mooney 27.3 0 29 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.96
C.Brown 26.0 0 28 2 8 1 2 .909 3.46
F.Makosky 8.0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
A.Milnar 8.0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1450.6 162 341 79 292 9 28 .976 2.30
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rizzo .321
On-Base Pct Rizzo .385
Slugging Pct Rizzo .568
OPS Rizzo .953
XR Rizzo 111.4
Games Gehrig 156
At-Bats Myers 601
Runs Dimaggio 104
Hits Myers 185
Total Bases Rizzo 326
Singles Myers 141
Doubles Rizzo 44
Triples Henrich 10
Homeruns Rizzo 28
RBIs Dimaggio, Rizzo 97
Stolen Bases Mills 8
Caught Stealing Traynor 4
Walks Gehrig 91
Strikeouts Gehrig 119
ERA Allen 3.71
Wins Hallahan 17
Losses Hallahan 17
Winning Pct Allen .652
Saves Mooney 13
Games Pitched Barrett 59
Games Started Hallahan 44
Complete Games Blanton, Carleton, Hallahan 11
Shutouts Carleton 2
Innings Pitched Hallahan 336.7
Hits Allowed Hallahan 303
Homeruns Allowed Hallahan 21
Strikeouts Hallahan 177
Walks Allowed Hallahan 180
Walks per 9IP Blanton 2.3
Hits per 9IP Hallahan 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Hallahan 4.7
WHiP Carleton 1.39
OAVG Hallahan .243
OOBP Carleton .329
OSLG Carleton .365
OOPS Carleton .694
Team All-Stars
Joe Dimaggio
Bill Hallahan
Johnny Rizzo
Player Salaries
Lou Gehrig $ 12,010,000
Bill Hallahan $ 8,500,000
Tony Piet $ 3,750,000
Cy Blanton $ 3,528,571
Spud Davis $ 3,500,000
Joe Heving $ 3,450,000
Tex Carleton $ 3,221,429
Sam West $ 3,000,000
Charlie Gehringer $ 2,500,000
Johnny Allen $ 2,500,000
Pie Traynor $ 1,000,000
Si Rosenthal $ 1,000,000
Clint Brown $ 1,000,000
Otto Miller $ 900,000
Russ Van Atta $ 725,000
Ted Gullic $ 350,000
Liz Funk $ 350,000
Ab Wright $ 350,000
Sammy Byrd $ 350,000
Bob Boken $ 350,000
Bill Cronin $ 350,000
Joe Dimaggio $ 300,000
Dick Barrett $ 300,000
Luke Hamlin $ 300,000
Hal Luby $ 300,000
Frank Makosky $ 300,000
George McQuinn $ 300,000
Buster Mills $ 300,000
Al Milnar $ 300,000
Jim Mooney $ 300,000
Ray Mueller $ 300,000
Billy Myers $ 300,000
Johnny Rizzo $ 300,000
Gene Schott $ 300,000
Tommy Henrich $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded John Mihalic
Clyde Shoun
Detroit Lou Gehrig
Johnny Allen
Spud Davis
2/6 Signed     Charlie Gehringer
2/7 Traded Ben Geraghty Detroit Pie Traynor