1939 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 43–111 (.279) | |
League place | 8th | |
Owners | Donald Lee Barnes | |
General managers | Bill DeWitt | |
Managers | Fred Haney | |
Radio | KMOX (France Laux, Cy Casper) KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Jim Bottomley) | |
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The 1939 St. Louis Browns season, team finished eighth in the American League with a record of 43 wins and 111 losses.
The Browns lost a franchise record 111 games—not surpassed until the 2018 Baltimore Orioles [1] (the team moved from St. Louis to Baltimore in 1954)—and finished 64.5 games out of first place. [2] : 11 The Browns played particularly poorly at home, posting an 18–59 record. The 59 home losses stood as the most in a modern-era major league season until it was matched by the 2019 Detroit Tigers, who went 22–59 at home. Because of the shorter season, the Browns home winning percentage in 1939 (.234) is still the worst in history. [3]
Browns pitching struggled tremendously. The pitchers allowed 739 walks, which was over 100 walks more than the next worse team. [2] : 12 The team had an earned run average of 6.01. [2] : 12 The next time that a team would have an ERA over 6.00 was the 1996 Detroit Tigers, who had an ERA of 6.38. [2] : 12
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 106 | 45 | 0.702 | — | 52–25 | 54–20 |
Boston Red Sox | 89 | 62 | 0.589 | 17 | 42–32 | 47–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 20½ | 44–33 | 43–34 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 69 | 0.555 | 22 | 50–27 | 36–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 26½ | 42–35 | 39–38 |
Washington Senators | 65 | 87 | 0.428 | 41½ | 37–39 | 28–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 97 | 0.362 | 51½ | 28–48 | 27–49 |
St. Louis Browns | 43 | 111 | 0.279 | 64½ | 18–59 | 25–52 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 14–8–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 8–11–1 | 18–4 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 18–4 | 19–3 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–18 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 4–18 | — | 13–9–1 | 8–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–16 | 4–18 | 6–16 | 8–14–1 | 3–19 | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 12–8 | 15–7 | — |
1939 St. Louis Browns | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Joe Glenn | 88 | 286 | 78 | .273 | 4 | 29 |
1B | George McQuinn | 154 | 617 | 195 | .316 | 20 | 94 |
2B | Johnny Berardino | 126 | 468 | 120 | .256 | 5 | 58 |
SS | Don Heffner | 110 | 375 | 100 | .267 | 1 | 35 |
3B | Harlond Clift | 151 | 526 | 142 | .270 | 15 | 84 |
OF | Joe Gallagher | 71 | 266 | 75 | .282 | 9 | 40 |
OF | Myril Hoag | 129 | 482 | 142 | .295 | 10 | 75 |
OF | Chet Laabs | 95 | 317 | 95 | .300 | 10 | 62 |
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 |
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Billy Sullivan | 118 | 332 | 96 | .289 | 5 | 50 |
Mark Christman | 79 | 222 | 48 | .216 | 0 | 20 |
Joe Grace | 74 | 207 | 63 | .304 | 3 | 22 |
Sam Harshany | 42 | 145 | 35 | .241 | 0 | 15 |
Mel Almada | 42 | 134 | 32 | .239 | 1 | 7 |
Moose Solters | 40 | 131 | 27 | .206 | 0 | 14 |
Hal Spindel | 48 | 119 | 32 | .269 | 0 | 11 |
Mel Mazzera | 33 | 110 | 33 | .300 | 3 | 22 |
Tommy Thompson | 30 | 86 | 26 | .302 | 1 | 7 |
Sig Gryska | 18 | 49 | 13 | .265 | 0 | 8 |
Red Kress | 13 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 8 |
Beau Bell | 11 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 1 | 5 |
Johnny Lucadello | 9 | 30 | 7 | .233 | 0 | 4 |
Roy Hughes | 17 | 23 | 2 | .087 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Neighbors | 7 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 1 | 1 |
Eddie Silber | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Kramer | 40 | 211.2 | 9 | 16 | 5.83 | 68 |
Vern Kennedy | 33 | 191.2 | 9 | 17 | 5.73 | 55 |
Bobo Newsom | 6 | 45.2 | 3 | 1 | 4.73 | 28 |
Emil Bildilli | 2 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 3.32 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Trotter | 41 | 156.2 | 6 | 13 | 5.34 | 61 |
Roxie Lawson | 36 | 150.2 | 3 | 7 | 5.32 | 43 |
Lefty Mills | 34 | 144.1 | 4 | 11 | 6.55 | 103 |
Bob Harris | 28 | 126.0 | 3 | 12 | 5.71 | 48 |
George Gill | 27 | 95.0 | 1 | 12 | 7.11 | 24 |
Johnny Marcum | 12 | 47.2 | 2 | 5 | 7.74 | 14 |
Jake Wade | 4 | 16.1 | 0 | 2 | 11.02 | 9 |
Fred Johnson | 5 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 2 |
Loy Hanning | 4 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 8 |
Bill Cox | 4 | 9.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.64 | 8 |
Ewald Pyle | 6 | 8.1 | 0 | 2 | 12.96 | 5 |
Russ Van Atta | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 6 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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John Whitehead | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.86 | 9 |
Harry Kimberlin | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.49 | 11 |
Ed Cole | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.11 | 5 |
Bob Muncrief | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 |
Myril Hoag | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Jim Walkup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
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