The 1938 Boston Bees season was the franchises 62nd Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 season.

Offseason

On January 8, 1938, Bob Smith was released by the Boston Bees. On February 16, 1938, Tommy Thevenow

Tommy Thevenow

Thomas Joseph Thevenow was a professional baseball player who played shortstop in the Major Leagues from 1924–1938. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals during his career...

 was released by the Bees.

Regular season

On June 11, 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds

1938 Cincinnati Reds season

The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the National League with a record of 82-68, 6 games behind the Chicago Cubs.- Regular season :...

 threw a no-hitter

No-hitter

A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

 against the Bees. It would be the first of two consecutive no-hitters that Vander Meer pitched.

Notable transactions

• September 10, 1938: Oliver Hill
  Oliver Hill (baseball)
  Oliver Clinton Hill was a Major League Baseball player. He appeared in two games for the Boston Bees in , both times as a pinch hitter. In two at bats, he had one hit, a double, for a batting average of .500 and a slugging percentage of 1.000....
  
   was purchased by the Bees from the Atlanta Crackers
  Atlanta Crackers
  The Atlanta Crackers were minor league baseball teams based in Atlanta, Georgia, between 1901 and 1965. The Crackers were Atlanta's home team until the Atlanta Braves moved from Milwaukee in 1966....
  
  .

Roster

1938 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager

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		83	274	65	.237	4	35

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
	71	236	63	.267	1	14
	54	180	49	.272	3	19
	66	89	25	.281	3	19
	4	8	0	.000	0	0
	2	4	0	.000	0	0

Starting 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
	35	268	14	18	3.46	71
	29	219.2	14	9	2.95	58

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
	26	139.2	8	7	3.54	49
	34	122.2	9	7	3.15	40
	2	11	1	0	3.27	4

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
	5	1	0	0	6.75	3
	3	0	0	0	2.25	1
	1	0	0	0	6.75	0

Farm system