1940 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1940 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 67–87 (.435) 6th Donald Lee Barnes Bill DeWitt Fred Haney KMOX(France Laux)KWK(Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett)KXOK(Alex Buchan, Gabby Street, Ray Schmidt) 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.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1940 season: Ray Coleman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Browns.Ray Coleman page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions August 3, 1940: Willis Hudlin was signed as a free agent by the Browns.Willis Hudlin page at Baseball Reference 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 John Beradino 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 George Susce (catcher) 61 113 24 .212 0 13 Joe Gallagher Joe Gallagher (baseball) 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 Bob Harris (baseball) 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 Jack Kramer (baseball) 16 64.2 3 7 6.26 12 Lefty Mills 26 59.0 0 6 7.78 18 John Whitehead John Whitehead (baseball) 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 Bill Cox (baseball) 12 0 1 0 7.27 7 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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, ParagouldPalestine club folded, June 5, 1940Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1940 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1940 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Browns