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1938 Philadelphia A's  (1937)  (1939) 64-90, 6th in American League Scored 821 runs, Allowed 886 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .677 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 77-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 53-99 Manager(s): David Dick

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Bob Johnson          32  151  611  128  198  27  14  36  130   6   4   82   73  .324  .404  .591  141   8.6  3(-2)e16   36  
 OF *Jeff Heath           23  127  518   93  177  29  23  26  118   0   0   36   58  .342  .381  .637  123   9.3  3(+1)e9    33  
 SS *Arky Vaughan         26  144  594  113  192  39   4   5   54  10   3  101   23  .323  .423  .428  115   7.5  2e36      -25  
 3B *Buddy Lewis          21  154  673  113  203  30   6  12   85   9   4   54   34  .302  .353  .418   96   5.1  4e47      -15  
 OF  Sam Chapman          22  124  446   77  112  15  10  21   72   2   0   67  105  .251  .355  .471   77   6.0  3(-1)e16   12  
 OF  Frank Demaree        28  131  517   66  140  18   4   8   58   1   1   53   43  .271  .340  .368   62   4.2  3(+1)e8   -18  
 1B *Johnny McCarthy      28  127  500   61  139  15   7   6   76   0   1   30   29  .278  .315  .372   59   4.2  2e12      -11  
 C   Earle Brucker        37   70  188   31   77  22   0   4   41   0   0   27   17  .410  .475  .590   52  11.4  4(+2)e5    67  
 C  *Ken O'Dea            25   75  270   21   64  15   0   4   29   1   0    7   25  .237  .255  .337   20   2.6  2(+2)e12  -61  
 1B *Dick Siebert         26   78  148   24   42   9   2   0   10   2   2   19    8  .284  .376  .372   20   4.9  2e4        57  
 2B  Wayne Ambler         22   60  178   18   48  13   0   0   17   0   0   16   10  .270  .325  .343   19   3.8  4e39       52  
 C   Gus Mancuso          32   46  173   14   49   8   0   3   27   0   0   12   18  .283  .323  .382   18   3.6  3(-2)e9  -144  
 2B *Stan Sperry          24   79  256   23   56   7   2   0   23   0   1   15   11  .219  .260  .262   16   2.2  4e32     -112  
 PH *Gene Hasson          22   25   21    3    4   1   1   0    2   0   0    4    1  .190  .320  .333    2   4.1           -193  
 OF *Mule Haas            34    5    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .250  .400  .250    0   4.5  3(+1)e5   108  
 PH  Ace Parker           26   15   13    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .077  .250  .077    0    .7           -240  
 PH  Irv Bartling         24    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -464  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           828                   -7

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Bill Lee             28  15  15  .500  36  34  21   0   0   0   1  268.2  316  173  149  30   87  117  4.99  162   5.3   91  
  P  Dutch Leonard        29  12  16  .429  33  33  11   0   0   0   0  243.1  281  149  122  15   66   74  4.51  136   4.9   44  
  P *Bob Weiland          32  12  16  .429  32  32  14   0   0   0   1  249.2  271  135  112  21   75  118  4.04  130   4.7  -12  
  P  Bump Hadley          34   9   9  .500  24  22  11   2   1   0   3  179.2  176   75   66  18   68   66  3.31   85   4.2  -24  
  P  Joe Heving           37   5   2  .714  39   4   1  22   2   2   0   96.0  140   76   65   9   26   42  6.09   79   7.4   72  
  P  Al Williams          24   5   2  .714  36   0   0  26   1   0   0   56.1   83   44   38   4   29   14  6.07   48   7.6   -5  
  P  Lynn Nelson          33   4  13  .235  22  19   7   3   0   1   0  131.2  172  129  112  30   71   49  7.66  122   8.2   79  
  P  Johnny Marcum        28   2   9  .182  26   9   3  10   1   2   0   96.2  121   63   52  21   16   24  4.84   65   5.9    9  
  P  Jim Reninger         23   0   2  .000   2   1   0   1   0   0   0    6.0    8    8    6   1    7    3  9.00    6   9.8   84  
  P  Dave Smith           23   0   6  .000  26   0   0  22   6   4   0   46.1   61   34   29   0   22   12  5.63   30   5.8    1  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      868         34

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ken O'Dea 633 71 75 307 32 14 4 .960 31 17 Earle Brucker 372 41 50 166 19 2 1 .989 14 11 Gus Mancuso 369 42 45 167 15 6 0 .968 11 4 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny McCarthy 1122 126 126 1266 161 14 105 .990 11.45 Dick Siebert 251 28 33 274 43 1 34 .997 11.35 Earle Brucker 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 .667 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Sperry 608 68 72 182 213 16 54 .961 5.84 Bob Johnson 459 51 53 166 161 26 36 .926 6.42 Wayne Ambler 297 34 35 93 101 12 24 .942 5.87 Ace Parker 10 1 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Lewis 1374 154 154 128 328 37 23 .925 2.99 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Arky Vaughan 1285 144 144 244 514 29 108 .963 5.31 Wayne Ambler 89 10 12 16 28 0 4 1.000 4.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Chapman 478 53 57 88 4 6 1 .939 1.73 Jeff Heath 439 49 49 108 5 5 0 .958 2.32 Frank Demaree 433 49 49 96 3 2 0 .980 2.06 Bob Johnson 25 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Johnson 860 97 97 261 7 9 0 .968 2.81 Sam Chapman 510 57 59 147 13 2 0 .988 2.83 Mule Haas 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jeff Heath 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Demaree 727 82 82 153 4 3 0 .981 1.94 Jeff Heath 636 71 74 118 3 1 0 .992 1.71 Sam Chapman 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Mule Haas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ace Parker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1938 Draft

Round 1 (#9):	Gus Mancuso
Round 2 (#21):	Frank Demaree
Round 3 (#32):	Johnny Marcum
Round 4 (#42):	Ken O'Dea

Transactions

• 1938-01: acquired Johnny McCarthy as a free agent

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