1939 St. Louis Browns season
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1939 St. Louis Browns season
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| Owner(s) | Donald Lee Barnes | |
| Manager(s) | Fred Haney | |
| Local radio | KMOX (France Laux, Cy Casper) KWK (John O'Hara, Jim Bottomley) |
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The 1939 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 43 wins and 111 losses.
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Regular season
The Browns lost a franchise record 111 games, and finished 64.5 games out of first place.[1]
Browns pitching struggled tremendously. The pitchers allowed 739 walks, which was over 100 walks more than the next worse team.[2] The team had an earned run average of 6.01.[2] The next time that a team would have an ERA over 6.00 was the Detroit Tigers in 1996. The 1996 Tigers had an ERA of 6.38.[2]
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| New York Yankees | 106 | 45 | .702 | -- |
| Boston Red Sox | 88 | 61 | .591 | 9½ |
| Cleveland Indians | 86 | 66 | .566 | 13 |
| Detroit Tigers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 16 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ |
| Chicago White Sox | 65 | 83 | .439 | 32 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 97 | .362 | 44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 43 | 111 | .279 | 64½ |
Notable transactions
- May 13, 1939: Red Kress, Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, and Jim Walkup were traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Detroit Tigers for Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs, and Mark Christman.[3]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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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 |
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| 2B | Johnny Berardino | 126 | 468 | 120 | .256 | 5 | 58 |
| OF | Chet Laabs | 95 | 317 | 95 | .300 | 10 | 62 |
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 |
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| Billy Sullivan | 118 | 332 | 96 | .289 | 5 | 50 |
| Mark Christman | 79 | 222 | 48 | .216 | 0 | 20 |
| Sam Harshany | 42 | 145 | 35 | .241 | 0 | 15 |
| Tommy Thompson | 30 | 86 | 26 | .302 | 1 | 7 |
| Red Kress | 13 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 8 |
| Beau Bell | 11 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 1 | 5 |
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 |
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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 | 1 | 1 | 3.32 | 8 |
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 |
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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 | 3 | 12 | 5.71 | 48 |
| George Gill | 27 | 95 | 1 | 12 | 7.11 | 24 |
| Johnny Marcum | 12 | 47.2 | 2 | 5 | 7.74 | 14 |
| Fred Johnson | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 2 |
| Loy Hanning | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3.60 | 8 |
| Bill Cox | 4 | 9.1 | 0 | 2 | 9.64 | 8 |
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 |
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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 |
| Jim Walkup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AA | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Myles Thomas |
| A1 | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Zack Taylor |
| B | Springfield Browns | Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League | Walter Holke |
| C | Youngstown Browns | Middle Atlantic League | Billy Urbanski |
| C | Topeka Owls | Western Association | Bill Wilson |
| D | Fayetteville Angels | Arkansas-Missouri League | Frank Oceak |
| D | Lafayette White Sox | Evangeline League | Rod Whitney |
| D | Mayfield Browns | KITTY League | Bennie Tate |
| D | Paragould Broncos | Northeast Arkansas League | Elmer Kirchoff |
| D | Beaver Falls Browns | Pennsylvania State Association | Ralph Goldsmith |
| D | Lincoln Links | Western League | Pug Griffin |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Springfield, Lafayette[4]
Notes
- ^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.11, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
- ^ a b c As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.12, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
- ^ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
References
- 1939 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1939 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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