1937 St. Louis Browns season

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1937  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record46–108 (.299)
League place8th
Owners Donald Lee Barnes
General managers Bill DeWitt
Managers Rogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley
Radio KMOX
(France Laux, Jim Alt)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Ray Schmidt, Allan Anthony)
  1936 Seasons 1938  

The 1937 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 46 wins and 108 losses. Despite finishing last, the Browns as a team hit .285, which was higher than the American League average of .281. [1] Pitching was the problem - the team's ERA was 6.00 compared to the American League average of 4.62. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10252.66257204532
Detroit Tigers 8965.5781349284037
Chicago White Sox 8668.5581647303938
Cleveland Indians 8371.5391950283343
Boston Red Sox 8072.5262144293643
Washington Senators 7380.47728½43353045
Philadelphia Athletics 5497.35846½27502747
St. Louis Browns 46108.2995625512157

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 10–1211–1112–10–17–1517–315–78–14–1
Chicago 12–1010–128–149–1315–718–414–8
Cleveland 11–1112–1011–117–15–113–918–4–111–11
Detroit 10–12–114–811–119–1314–815–716–6
New York 15–713–915–7–113–914–816–6–116–6–1
Philadelphia 3–177–159–138–148–1411–118–13–3
St. Louis 7–154–184–18–17–156–16–111–117–15
Washington 14–8–18–1411–116–166–16–113–8–315–7

Notable transactions

Roster

1937 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rollie Hemsley 10033474.222328
1B Harry Davis 120450124.276335
2B Tom Carey 130487134.275140
SS Bill Knickerbocker 121491128.261461
3B Harlond Clift 155571175.30629118
OF Sam West 122457150.328758
OF Beau Bell 156642218.34014117
OF Joe Vosmik 144594193.325493

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ethan Allen 103320101.316031
Ben Huffman 7617648.273124
Jim Bottomley 6510926.239112
Red Barkley 3110127.267014
Nig Lipscomb 369631.32308
Eddie Silber 228326.31304
Rogers Hornsby 205618.321111
Tony Giuliani 195316.30203
Tommy Heath 174310.23313
Sam Harshany 5111.09100
Mel Mazzera 772.28600
Tom Cafego 440.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Oral Hildebrand 30201.18175.1475
Elon Hogsett 37177.16196.2968
Les Tietje 530.0124.205
Lefty Mills 212.2116.3910
Bill Miller 14.00113.501
Bob Muncrief 12.0004.500

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Knott 38191.18184.8974
Jim Walkup 27150.19127.3646
Julio Bonetti 28143.14115.8443
Bill Trotter 34122.1295.8137
Lou Koupal 26105.2496.5624
Russ Van Atta 1658.2125.5234
Earl Caldwell 929.0006.838
Harry Kimberlin 315.1022.355
Emil Bildilli 48.00110.132

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tommy Thomas 170107.0410
Sheriff Blake 152217.6112
Bill Strickland 90005.916
George Hennessey 501010.294
Nig Lipscomb 30006.521
Ed Baecht 300012.793

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Fred Haney
A1 San Antonio Missions Texas League Zack Taylor
A Des Moines Demons Western League Del Bissonette
B Meridian Scrappers Southeastern League Leonard McNair, Emmett Lipscomb
and Harry Whitehouse
B Terre Haute Tots Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Walter Holke
C Palestine Pals East Texas League Abe Miller
C Johnstown Johnnies Middle Atlantic League Jack Fournier
D Easton Browns Eastern Shore League George Jacobs
D Lafayette White Sox Evangeline League Bobby Goff
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Clarence Mitchell and Walter Holke
D Fairbury Jeffs Nebraska State League Sonny Brookhaus
D Osceola Indians Northeast Arkansas League Elmer Kirchoff
D Superior Blues Northern League George Treadwell
D Findlay Browns Ohio State League Grover Hartley

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mayfield

Terre Haute club folded, July 3, 1937 [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Hollingsworth, Harry (1994). The Best & Worst Baseball Teams of All Time: From the '16 A's to the '27 Yanks to the Present!. United States: SPI Books. p. 197. ISBN   1561713082.
  2. Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Bill Trotter page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997