1938 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1938 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses.Regular season
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 99 | 316 | 92 | .291 | 11 | 55 |
1B | | 122 | 454 | 125 | .275 | 10 | 48 |
2B | | 93 | 325 | 91 | .280 | 6 | 44 |
SS | | 120 | 393 | 92 | .234 | 0 | 38 |
3B | | 134 | 499 | 129 | .259 | 11 | 69 |
OF | | 142 | 589 | 181 | .307 | 8 | 49 |
OF | | 152 | 563 | 176 | .313 | 30 | 113 |
OF | | 114 | 406 | 105 | .259 | 17 | 63 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 53 | 171 | 64 | .374 | 3 | 35 |
| 40 | 78 | 16 | .205 | 0 | 12 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 42 | 281.1 | 16 | 20 | 4.35 | 112 |
| 42 | 212.1 | 9 | 14 | 4.92 | 48 |
| 32 | 191 | 10 | 11 | 5.65 | 75 |
| 4 | 22.2 | 0 | 2 | 7.15 | 9 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3.52 | 3 |
| 4 | 12.1 | 0 | 2 | 10.95 | 1 |
| 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16.88 | 3 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 35 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6.47 | 43 |
| 43 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5.92 | 78 |
| 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6.94 | 25 |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.08 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.82 | 9 |
Farm system