1939 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1939 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 43–111 (.279) 8th Donald Lee Barnes Bill DeWitt Fred Haney KMOX (France Laux, Cy Casper)KWK(Johnny O'Hara, Jim Bottomley) The 1939 St. Louis Browns season, team finished eighth in the American League with a record of 43 wins and 111 losses. Regular season The Browns lost a franchise record 111 games—not surpassed until the 2018 Baltimore Orioleshttps://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2018/09/26/red-sox-orioles-split-double-header/ Red Sox send Orioles to record-112th loss, 19-3 Jimmy Golen AP Boston.com September 26, 2018 September 26, 2018 (the team moved from St. Louis to Baltimore in 1954)—and finished 64.5 games out of first place.As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, 0-7385-3199-511 The Browns played particularly poorly at home, posting an 18–59 record. The 59 home losses stood as the most in a modern-era major league season until it was matched by the 2019 Detroit Tigers, who went 22–59 at home. Because of the shorter season, the Browns home winning percentage in 1939 (.234) is still the worst in history.https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-tie-record-with-59th-home-loss-of-season Tigers tie MLB record with 59th home loss MLB.com September 26, 2019 September 27, 2019 Browns pitching struggled tremendously. The pitchers allowed 739 walks, which was over 100 walks more than the next worse team.12 The team had an earned run average of 6.01.12 The next time that a team would have an ERA over 6.00 was the 1996 Detroit Tigers, who had an ERA of 6.38.12 Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL 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.Red Kress page at Baseball Reference Roster 1939 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers -- Emil Bildilli 20 Ed Cole 19 Bill Cox 19,22 George Gill -- Loy Hanning 12,19 Bob Harris 16 Fred Johnson 24,33 Vern Kennedy 21,25,27 Harry Kimberlin 30 Jack Kramer 12,17 Roxie Lawson 14 Johnny Marcum 20,25,27 Lefty Mills 33 Bob Muncrief 12 Bobo Newsom  9 Ewald Pyle 17,22 Bill Trotter 21 Russ Van Atta 28 Jake Wade 24 Jim Walkup 11,14 John Whitehead Catchers 10,26 Joe Glenn  9 Sam Harshany 25,31 Hal Spindel Infielders 8,14 Johnny Berardino 6,10 Mark Christman  7 Harlond Clift  4 Sig Gryska  1 Don Heffner 11 Roy Hughes -- Red Kress -- Johnny Lucadello  5 George McQuinn -- Bob Neighbors Outfielders  6 Mel Almada 10 Beau Bell 18 Joe Gallagher  3 Joe Grace 4,15 Myril Hoag 3,8 Chet Laabs 18 Mel Mazzera -- Moose Solters  2 Billy Sullivan 33 Tommy Thompson Other batters -- Eddie Silber Manager 32 Fred Haney Coaches 28 Fred Hofmann 29 Frank Shellenback 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 Joe Glenn Joe Glenn (baseball) 88 286 78 .273 4 29 1B George McQuinn 154 617 195 .316 20 94 2B Johnny Berardino John Beradino 126 468 120 .256 5 58 SS Don Heffner 110 375 100 .267 1 35 3B Harlond Clift 151 526 142 .270 15 84 OF Joe Gallagher Joe Gallagher (baseball) 71 266 75 .282 9 40 OF Myril Hoag 129 482 142 .295 10 75 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 Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan, Jr. 118 332 96 .289 5 50 Mark Christman 79 222 48 .216 0 20 Joe Grace 74 207 63 .304 3 22 Sam Harshany 42 145 35 .241 0 15 Mel Almada 42 134 32 .239 1 7 Moose Solters 40 131 27 .206 0 14 Hal Spindel 48 119 32 .269 0 11 Mel Mazzera 33 110 33 .300 3 22 Tommy Thompson Tommy Thompson (outfielder) 30 86 26 .302 1 7 Sig Gryska 18 49 13 .265 0 8 Red Kress 13 43 12 .279 0 8 Beau Bell 11 32 7 .219 1 5 Johnny Lucadello 9 30 7 .233 0 4 Roy Hughes 17 23 2 .087 0 1 Bob Neighbors 7 11 2 .182 1 1 Eddie Silber 1 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 Jack Kramer Jack Kramer (baseball) 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 19.0 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 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 Bob Harris (baseball) 28 126.0 3 12 5.71 48 George Gill George Gill (pitcher) 27 95.0 1 12 7.11 24 Johnny Marcum 12 47.2 2 5 7.74 14 Jake Wade 4 16.1 0 2 11.02 9 Fred Johnson Fred Johnson (baseball) 5 14.0 0 1 6.43 2 Loy Hanning 4 10.0 0 1 3.60 8 Bill Cox Bill Cox (baseball) 4 9.1 0 2 9.64 8 Ewald Pyle 6 8.1 0 2 12.96 5 Russ Van Atta 2 7.0 0 0 11.57 6 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 John Whitehead John Whitehead (baseball) 26 1 3 1 5.86 9 Harry Kimberlin 17 1 2 0 5.49 11 Ed Cole Ed Cole (baseball) 6 0 2 0 7.11 5 Bob Muncrief 2 0 0 0 15.00 1 Myril Hoag 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Jim Walkup Jim Walkup (right-handed pitcher) 1 0 1 0 0.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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, LafayetteJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References 2 External links 1939 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1939 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Browns