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1937 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938

46-108, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Rogers Hornsby (25-52) and Jim Bottomley (21-56)
Scored 715 runs, Allowed 1023 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 123,121 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 104


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1936 / 1938 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ethan Allen 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 1, 1904 12 103 69 103 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 53 15 78 26 1 -0.3 $
Ed Baecht 30 R R 6' 3" 195 May 15, 1907 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Red Barkley 24 R R 5' 11" 160 Sep 19, 1912 1st 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Beau Bell 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 20, 1907 3 156 156 156 156 0 0 26 0 2 0 0 0 131 131 0 0 1.6 $ All-Star
Emil Bildilli 24 R L 5' 10" 170 Sep 16, 1912 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Sheriff Blake 37 B R 6' 0" 180 Sep 17, 1899 10 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Julio Bonetti 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 14, 1911 1st 28 16 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jim Bottomley HOF 37 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 23, 1900 16 65 20 65 24 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 -0.4 $
Tom Cafego 25 L R 5' 10" 160 Aug 21, 1911 1st 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -0.1 $
Earl Caldwell 32 R R 6' 1" 178 Apr 9, 1905 4 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tom Carey 30 R R 5' 8" 170 Oct 11, 1906 3 130 127 130 129 0 0 0 87 1 44 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2.1 $
Harlond Clift 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 12, 1912 4 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 $8,500 All-Star
Harry Davis 29 L L 5' 10" 160 Mar 7, 1908 3 120 111 120 112 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 -0.8 $
Tony Giuliani 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 24, 1912 2 19 15 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Sam Harshaney 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 24, 1910 1st 5 4 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Tommy Heath 23 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 18, 1913 2 17 13 17 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 $
Rollie Hemsley 30 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 24, 1907 10 100 89 100 95 0 94 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -1.4 $10,000
George Hennessey 29 R R 5' 10" 168 Oct 28, 1907 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Oral Hildebrand 30 R R 6' 3" 175 Apr 7, 1907 7 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Chief Hogsett 33 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 2, 1903 9 40 26 40 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.9 $
Rogers Hornsby HOF 41 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 27, 1896 23 20 12 20 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 $18,333
Ben Huffman 22 L R 5' 11" 175 Jul 18, 1914 1st 76 36 76 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 -0.2 $
Harry Kimberlin 28 R R 6' 3" 175 Mar 13, 1909 2 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bill Knickerbocker 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 29, 1911 5 121 120 121 121 0 0 0 6 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Jack Knott 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 2, 1907 5 38 22 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Lou Koupal 38 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 19, 1898 6 26 13 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Nig Lipscomb 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 24, 1911 1st 36 22 36 30 3 0 0 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $
Mel Mazzera 23 L L 5' 11" 180 Jan 31, 1914 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 $
Bill Miller 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 12, 1910 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Lefty Mills 27 L L 6' 1" 187 May 12, 1910 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bob Muncrief 21 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 28, 1916 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Eddie Silber 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 6, 1914 1st 22 20 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15 21 1 0 -0.8 $
Bill Strickland 29 R R 6' 2" 170 Mar 29, 1908 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tommy Thomas 37 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 23, 1899 12 17 2 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Les Tietje 26 R R 6' 0" 178 Sep 11, 1910 5 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bill Trotter 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 10, 1908 1st 34 12 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Russ Van Atta 31 L L 6' 0" 184 Jun 21, 1906 5 16 6 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Joe Vosmik 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 4, 1910 8 144 142 144 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 143 1 0 1.2 $12,000
Jim Walkup 27 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 14, 1909 4 27 18 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Sam West 32 L L 5' 11" 165 Oct 5, 1904 11 122 105 122 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 105 17 0 2.3 $ All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Sam Harshaney
Bob Muncrief

Bill Knickerbocker

Jim Bottomley

Tom Carey

Rogers Hornsby

Joe Vosmik

Sam West

Harlond Clift

Ethan Allen

Bill Trotter

Beau Bell

Rollie Hemsley

Sheriff Blake
Tony Giuliani

Harry Kimberlin
Bill Strickland

Nig Lipscomb

Chief Hogsett

Jack Knott

Oral Hildebrand

Tommy Heath
Les Tietje

Ed Baecht
Earl Caldwell
Eddie Silber

Russ Van Atta

Lou Koupal

Emil Bildilli
Julio Bonetti

Jim Walkup

George Hennessey
Bill Miller
Lefty Mills
Tommy Thomas

Red Barkley

Harry Davis

Ben Huffman

Mel Mazzera

Tom Cafego

1936 / 1938 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers