1938 St. Louis Browns Roster

Roster for the 1938 St. Louis Browns | Baseball Almanac

The 1938 St. Louis Browns team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1938 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1938 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1938 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1938 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1938 St. Louis Browns primary starters list. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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1938 St. Louis Browns Roster

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20 Emil Bildilli 5-10 170 Left Right 1912-09-16
27 Julio Bonetti 6-00 180 Right Right 1911-07-14
26 Ed Cole 5-11 170 Right Right 1909-03-22
17 Bill Cox 6-01 185 Right Right 1913-06-23
18 Oral Hildebrand 6-03 175 Right Right 1907-04-07
16 Fred Johnson 6-00 185 Right Right 1894-03-10
23 Harry Kimberlin 6-03 175 Right Right 1909-03-13
17 Jack Knott 6-02½ 200 Right Right 1907-03-02
20 Glenn Liebhardt 5-10½ 170 Right Right 1910-07-31
22 Ed Linke 5-11 180 Right Right 1911-11-09
25 Lefty Mills 6-01 187 Left Left 1910-05-12
12 Bobo Newsom 6-02 220 Right Right 1907-08-11
20 Vito Tamulis 5-09 170 Left Left 1911-07-11
19 Les Tietje 6-00½ 178 Right Right 1910-09-11
- Bill Trotter 6-02 195 Right Right 1908-08-10
21 Russ Van Atta 6-00 184 Left Left 1906-06-21
24 Jim Walkup 6-01 170 Right Right 1909-12-14
- Jim Weaver 6-06 230 Right Right 1903-11-25
4, 8 Sam Harshaney 6-00 180 Right Right 1910-04-24
9 Tommy Heath 5-10 185 Right Right 1913-08-18
2 Billy Sullivan 6-00 170 Right Left 1910-10-23
7 Harlond Clift 5-11 180 Right Right 1912-08-12
- Sig Gryska 5-11½ 173 Right Right 1914-11-04
1 Don Heffner 5-10 155 Right Right 1911-02-08
11 Roy Hughes 5-10½ 167 Right Right 1911-01-11
3 Red Kress 5-11½ 165 Right Right 1907-01-02
23 Johnny Lucadello 5-11 160 Right Both 1919-02-22
5 George McQuinn 5-11 165 Left Left 1910-05-29
8 Ethan Allen 6-01 180 Right Right 1904-01-01
6 Mel Almada 6-00 170 Left Left 1913-02-07
10 Beau Bell 6-02 185 Right Right 1907-08-20
30 Joe Grace 6-01 180 Right Left 1914-01-05
14 Mel Mazzera 5-11 180 Left Left 1914-01-31
4 Glenn McQuillen 6-00 198 Right Right 1915-04-19
15 Buster Mills 5-11½ 195 Right Right 1908-09-16
6 Sam West 5-11 165 Left Left 1904-10-05
1938 St. Louis Browns Roster | Research by Baseball Almanac

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The 1938 St. Louis Browns played 152 games during the regular season, won 55 games, lost 97 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 100/104) where 130,417 fans witnessed their 1938 Browns finish the season with a .362 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1938 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1938 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1938 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1938 St. Louis Browns primary starters list:

1938 St. Louis Browns
Opening Day Starters

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1938 St. Louis Browns
Most Games by Position

C Billy Sullivan (99)
1B George McQuinn (148)
2B Don Heffner (141)
3B Harlond Clift (149)
SS Red Kress (150)
LF Buster Mills (106)
CF Mel Almada (101)
RF Beau Bell (132)
  
SP Oral Hildebrand
SP Lefty Mills
SP Bobo Newsom
  
RP Bill Cox
RP Ed Linke
CL Ed Cole

1938 St. Louis Browns
Salaries

Bobo Newsom $11,500.00
Harlond Clift $9,250.00
Billy Sullivan $8,500.00
Red Kress $7,500.00
Don Heffner $7,000.00
Jack Knott $6,500.00
Vito Tamulis $5,000.00
Russ Van Atta $5,000.00
Ed Linke $4,500.00
George McQuinn $3,500.00
Jim Walkup $3,000.00
Ed Cole $2,400.00
Joe Grace $2,400.00
Lefty Mills $2,400.00
Julio Bonetti $1,800.00
Glenn Liebhardt $1,800.00

1938 St. Louis Browns
Uniform Numbers

#1 Don Heffner
#2 Billy Sullivan
#3 Red Kress
#4 Sam Harshaney
#4 Glenn McQuillen
#5 George McQuinn
#6 Mel Almada
#6 Sam West
#7 Harlond Clift
#8 Ethan Allen
#8 Sam Harshaney
#9 Tommy Heath
#10 Beau Bell
#11 Roy Hughes
#12 Bobo Newsom
#14 Mel Mazzera
#15 Buster Mills
#16 Fred Johnson
#17 Bill Cox
#17 Jack Knott
#18 Oral Hildebrand
#19 Les Tietje
#20 Emil Bildilli
#20 Glenn Liebhardt
#20 Vito Tamulis
#21 Russ Van Atta
#22 Ed Linke
#23 Harry Kimberlin
#23 Johnny Lucadello
#24 Jim Walkup
#25 Lefty Mills
#26 Ed Cole
#27 Julio Bonetti
#30 Joe Grace

Did you know that a 1938 St. Louis Browns Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?