1939 St. Louis Browns season

1939 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Sportsman's Park (since 1902);
	St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902);
Results
Record	43–111 (.279)
League place	8th
Other information
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.

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
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

1939 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

-- Eddie Silber

Manager

Fred Haney

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

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

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[p11-1] 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

[p12-2] 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

[3] Red Kress page at Baseball Reference

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

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