1939 St. Louis Browns season

1939 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 43–111 (.279)
League place 8th
Other information
Owner(s) Donald Lee Barnes
General manager(s) Bill DeWitt
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.

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
New York Yankees 106 45 .702 --
Boston Red Sox 88 61 .591 9½
Cleveland Indians 86 66 .566 13
Chicago White Sox 85 69 .552 22.5
Washington Senators 75 76 .497 23½
Detroit Tigers 84 70 .545 16
Philadelphia Athletics 55 97 .362 44
St. Louis Browns 43 111 .279 64½

Record vs. opponents

1939 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL 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 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1939 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
2B Berardino, JohnnyJohnny Berardino 126 468 120 .256 5 58
OF Laabs, ChetChet 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
Sullivan, BillyBilly Sullivan 118 332 96 .289 5 50
Christman, MarkMark Christman 79 222 48 .216 0 20
Harshany, SamSam Harshany 42 145 35 .241 0 15
Thompson, TommyTommy Thompson 30 86 26 .302 1 7
Kress, RedRed Kress 13 43 12 .279 0 8
Bell, BeauBeau 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
Kramer, JackJack Kramer 40 211.2 9 16 5.83 68
Kennedy, VernVern Kennedy 33 191.2 9 17 5.73 55
Newsom, BoboBobo Newsom 6 45.2 3 1 4.73 28
Bildilli, EmilEmil 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
Trotter, BillBill Trotter 41 156.2 6 13 5.34 61
Lawson, RoxieRoxie Lawson 36 150.2 3 7 5.32 43
Mills, LeftyLefty Mills 34 144.1 4 11 6.55 103
Harris, BobBob Harris 28 126 3 12 5.71 48
Gill, GeorgeGeorge Gill 27 95 1 12 7.11 24
Marcum, JohnnyJohnny Marcum 12 47.2 2 5 7.74 14
Johnson, FredFred Johnson 5 14 0 1 6.43 2
Hanning, LoyLoy Hanning 4 10 0 1 3.60 8
Cox, BillBill 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
Whitehead, JohnJohn Whitehead 26 1 3 1 5.86 9
Kimberlin, HarryHarry Kimberlin 17 1 2 0 5.49 11
Cole, EdEd Cole 6 0 2 0 7.11 5
Walkup, JimJim Walkup 1 0 1 0 0.00 0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

  1. ↑ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.11, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
  2. 1 2 3 As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.12, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
  3. ↑ Red Kress page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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