1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt‎
name = Brooklyn Dodgers
season = 1938
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1890
Uniform
ballpark = Ebbets Field
y4 = 1913
city = Brooklyn, New York
y5 = 1883
owners = James & Dearie Mulvey
general manager =Larry MacPhail
managers = Burleigh Grimes
television = none
radio = none|The 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers season saw the team finish in seventh place during a gimmick filled season that saw Babe Ruth hired as the 1st base coach and the team install lights at Ebbets Field.

eason standings

1938 Roster

Batting Stats

1938 Awards

*1938 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
**Leo Durocher starting shortstop
**Cookie Lavagetto
**Babe Phelps

1938 Transactions

*March 6: Traded Eddie Morgan and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dolph Camilli
*April 15: Purchased Ernie Koy from the New York Yankees
*May 2: Sold Tom Winsett to the New York Giants
*July 9: Sold Buck Marrow to the Cleveland Indians
*July 11: Purchased Whit Wyatt from the Cleveland Indians
*July 11: Traded Gibby Brack to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tuck Stainback
*July 19: Purchased Johnnie Chambers from the St. Louis Cardinals
*August 8: Traded Max Butcher to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne LaMaster
*August 12: Traded Johnnie Chambers to the Boston Red Sox for Lee Rogers
*August 23: Traded cash and a player to be named (Johnnie Chambers) to the Washington Senators for Fred Sington
*September 9: Purchased Jimmy Outlaw and Jake Mooty from the Cincinnati Reds
*September 14: Purchased Don Ross from the Detroit Tigers

1938 Minor League Teams

*A1: Nashville Vols (managed by Chuck Dressen) - Southern Association
*A: Elmira Pioneers (managed by Clyde Sukeforth) - Eastern League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*B: Winston-Salem Twins (managed by Walt VanGrofski/Joe Prerost) - Piedmont League
*B: Pensacola Pilots (managed by Wally Dashiell) - Southeastern League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
*B: Clinton Owls (managed by Oliver Marquardt) - Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
*C: Greenwood Crackers (managed by Elmer Yoter) - Cotton States League
*C: Dayton Ducks (managed by Red Rollings/Howard Holmes/Jim Lindsey) - Middle Atlantic League
*D: Tallahassee Capitols (managed by Tim Muchison) - Georgia-Florida League
*D: Beatrice Blues (managed by Leon Riley) - Nebraska State League
*D: Cooleemee Weavers (managed by Joe Bird) - North Carolina State League
*D: Superior Blues (managed by George Treadwell) - Northern League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

External links

* [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1938_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=602 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform]
* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/bdodgers/brooklyn.html Brooklyn Dodgers reference site]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1938.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1938&t=BRO Baseball Almanac season page]
* [http://pressbox.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2007/la/history_records.pdf Dodgers Media Guide History]
* [http://www.acmewebpages.com/dodgers/ Acme Dodgers page]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]