1942 St. Louis Browns season

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1942  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record82–69 (.543)
League place3rd
Owners Donald Lee Barnes
General managers Bill DeWitt
Managers Luke Sewell
Radio(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
  1941 Seasons 1943  

The 1942 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 69 losses.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103510.66958–1945–32
Boston Red Sox 93590.612953–2440–35
St. Louis Browns 82690.54319½40–3742–32
Cleveland Indians 75790.4872839–3936–40
Detroit Tigers 73810.4743043–3430–47
Chicago White Sox 66820.4463435–3531–47
Washington Senators 62890.41139½35–4227–47
Philadelphia Athletics 55990.3574825–5130–48

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago 8–1311–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland 8–1411–119–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit 7–1513–913–9–27–1513–911–119–13
New York 10–1215–715–715–716–615–717–5
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–169–136–166–1610–12
St. Louis 11–1113–613–911–117–1516–611–11
Washington 7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11

Notable transactions

Roster

1942 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rick Ferrell 9927361.223026
1B George McQuinn 145554145.2621278
2B Don Gutteridge 147616157.255150
SS Vern Stephens 145575169.2941492
3B Harlond Clift 143541148.274755
OF Glenn McQuillen 10033996.283347
OF Wally Judnich 132457143.3131782
OF Chet Laabs 144520143.2752799

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mike Chartak 7323759.249943
Frankie Hayes 5615940.252217
Tony Criscola 9115847.297113
Roy Cullenbine 3810921.193214
Bob Swift 297615.19718
Johnny Berardino 297421.284110
Alan Strange 193710.27005
Don Heffner 19366.16703
Luke Sewell 6121.08300
Babe Dahlgren 220.00000
Ray Hayworth 1111.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Elden Auker 35249.014134.0862
Johnny Niggeling 28206.115112.66107
Denny Galehouse 32192.112123.6075
Bob Muncrief 24134.1683.8939
Steve Sundra 20110.2833.8226
Bob Harris 633.2155.619

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Al Hollingsworth 33161.01062.9660
Stan Ferens 1969.0343.7823
Fritz Ostermueller 1043.2313.7121

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
George Caster 398252.8134
Pete Appleton 141122.9612
Frank Biscan 110112.3310
Loy Hanning 111107.799
John Whitehead 40006.750
Bill Trotter 301018.000
Ewald Pyle 20006.751

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Fred Haney
A1 San Antonio Missions Texas League Ralph Winegarner
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jimmy Adair
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Bill Hornsby
D Huntington Jewels Mountain State League Art Scharein

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References

  1. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bill Trotter page at Baseball Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
  4. "1942 Huntington Jewels Statistics".