1940 St. Louis Browns season

1940  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	67–87 (.435)
League place	6th
Owners	Donald Lee Barnes
General managers	Bill DeWitt
Managers	Fred Haney
Radio	KMOX (France Laux) KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett) KXOK (Alex Buchan, Gabby Street, Ray Schmidt)
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The 1940 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason

• December 8, 1939: Moose Solters was traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Rip Radcliff. ^[1]
• Prior to 1940 season: Ray Coleman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Browns. ^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	90	64	0.584	—	50–29	40–35
Cleveland Indians	89	65	0.578	1	51–30	38–35
New York Yankees	88	66	0.571	2	52–24	36–42
Boston Red Sox	82	72	0.532	8	45–34	37–38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	0.532	8	41–36	41–36
St. Louis Browns	67	87	0.435	23	37–39	30–48
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	26	36–41	28–49
Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	0.351	36	29–42	25–58

Record vs. opponents

1940 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	8–14	11–11	9–13	18–4	12–10	13–9
Chicago	11–11	—	6–16	13–9	11–11–1	16–6	13–9	12–10
Cleveland	14–8	16–6	—	11–11	10–12	14–8	11–11–1	13–9
Detroit	11–11	9–13	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4–1	16–6
New York	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	8–14	—	13–9	14–8	17–5
Philadelphia	4–18	6–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	8–14
St. Louis	10–12	9–13	11–11–1	4–18–1	8–14	14–8	—	11–11
Washington	9–13	10–12	9–13	6–16	5–17	14–8	11–11	—

Notable transactions

• August 3, 1940: Willis Hudlin was signed as a free agent by the Browns. ^[3]

Roster

1940 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 18 Elden Auker 26 Emil Bildilli 30 Slick Coffman 27 Bill Cox 24 Bob Harris 19 Willis Hudlin 23 Vern Kennedy 19 Jack Kramer 20 Roxie Lawson 22 Lefty Mills 19 Maury Newlin 21 Johnny Niggeling 17 Bill Trotter 25 John Whitehead		Catchers  8 Sam Harshany  9 George Susce  7 Bob Swift Infielders  4 Johnny Berardino  6 Harlond Clift  1 Don Heffner  3 Lyn Lary  3 Johnny Lucadello  5 George McQuinn  2 Alan Strange		Outfielders  8 Roy Cullenbine 16 Joe Gallagher 15 Joe Grace 14 Myril Hoag 12 Wally Judnich 10 Chet Laabs 11 Rip Radcliff Other batters 29 Fuzz White		Manager 34 Fred Haney Coaches 33 Fred Hofmann 32 Walter Holke

Player stats

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Swift	130	398	97	.244	0	39
1B	George McQuinn	151	594	166	.279	16	84
2B	Don Heffner	126	487	115	.236	3	53
3B	Harlond Clift	150	523	143	.273	20	87
SS	Johnny Berardino	142	523	135	.258	16	85
OF	Wally Judnich	137	519	157	.303	24	89
OF	Rip Radcliff	150	584	200	.342	7	81
OF	Roy Cullenbine	86	257	59	.230	7	31

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
Joe Grace	80	229	59	.258	5	25
Chet Laabs	105	218	59	.271	10	40
Myril Hoag	76	191	50	.262	3	26
Alan Strange	54	167	31	.186	0	6
George Susce	61	113	24	.212	0	13
Joe Gallagher	23	70	19	.271	2	8
Johnny Lucadello	17	63	20	.317	2	10
Lyn Lary	27	54	3	.056	0	3
Fuzz White	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Sam Harshany	3	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Elden Auker	38	263.2	16	11	3.96	78
Vern Kennedy	34	222.1	12	17	5.59	70
Bob Harris	35	193.2	11	15	4.93	49
Johnny Niggeling	28	153.2	7	11	4.45	82
Maury Newlin	1	6.0	1	0	6.00	3

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
Emil Bildilli	28	97.0	2	4	5.57	32
Jack Kramer	16	64.2	3	7	6.26	12
Lefty Mills	26	59.0	0	6	7.78	18
John Whitehead	15	40.0	1	3	5.40	11
Willis Hudlin	6	11.1	0	1	11.12	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
Bill Trotter	36	7	6	2	3.77	29
Slick Coffman	31	2	2	1	6.27	26
Roxie Lawson	30	5	3	4	5.13	18
Bill Cox	12	0	1	0	7.27	7

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toledo Mud Hens	American Association	Zack Taylor
A1	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Marty McManus
B	Springfield Browns	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Art Scharein
C	Palestine Pals	East Texas League	Elmer Kirchoff
C	Tyler Trojans	East Texas League	Bobby Goff and Sam Hancock
C	St. Joseph Autos	Michigan State League	Conrad Fisher and Elmer Kirchoff
C	Youngstown Browns	Middle Atlantic League	Rod Whitney
C	Topeka Owls	Western Association	Bill Wilson and Pete Monahan
D	Pennington Gap Miners	Appalachian League	Art Hauger and James Rollins
D	Lafayette White Sox	Evangeline League	Harry Strohm
D	Mayfield Browns	KITTY League	Bennie Tate
D	Paragould Browns	Northeast Arkansas League	Tom Greenwade
D	Beaver Falls Browns	Pennsylvania State Association	Frank Oceak
D	Lincoln Links	Western League	Pug Griffin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tyler, Paragould
Palestine club folded, June 5, 1940 ^[4]

References

1. Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
2. Ray Coleman page at Baseball Reference
3. Willis Hudlin page at Baseball Reference
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

• 1940 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1940 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com