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1937 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938)
46-108, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 715 runs, Allowed 1023 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (25-52) and Jim Bottomley (21-56)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
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 - 103

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1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Rollie Hemsley 30 100 364 334 30 74 12 3 3 28 0 0 25 29 .222 .276 .302 .578 46 101 0 5
2 1B Harry Davis* 29 120 528 450 89 124 25 3 3 35 7 6 71 26 .276 .374 .364 .739 87 164 0 7
3 2B Tom Carey 30 130 513 487 54 134 24 1 1 40 1 2 21 26 .275 .306 .335 .641 61 163 1 4
4 SS Bill Knickerbocker 25 121 530 491 53 128 29 5 4 61 3 2 30 32 .261 .303 .365 .668 67 179 0 9
5 3B Harlond Clift 24 155 679 571 103 175 36 7 29 118 8 5 98 80 .306 .413 .546 .960 140 312 6 4
6 OF Sam West* 32 122 506 457 68 150 37 4 7 58 1 1 46 28 .328 .390 .473 .862 116 216 0 3
7 OF Beau Bell 29 156 699 642 82 218 51 8 14 117 2 2 53 54 .340 .391 .509 .900 125 327 1 3
8 OF Joe Vosmik 27 144 655 594 81 193 47 9 4 93 2 3 49 38 .325 .377 .455 .832 109 270 1 11
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Ethan Allen 33 103 349 320 39 101 18 1 0 31 3 4 21 17 .316 .360 .378 .738 86 121 1 7
10 C Ben Huffman* 22 76 189 176 18 48 9 0 1 24 1 0 10 7 .273 .323 .341 .664 67 60 3 0
11 1B Jim Bottomley* 37 65 127 109 11 26 7 0 1 12 1 0 18 15 .239 .346 .330 .677 71 36 0 0
12 2B Red Barkley 24 31 117 101 9 27 6 0 0 14 1 0 14 17 .267 .357 .327 .683 73 33 0 2
13 2B Nig Lipscomb 26 36 109 96 11 31 9 1 0 8 0 0 11 10 .323 .398 .438 .836 110 42 1 1
14 OF Eddie Silber 23 22 89 83 10 26 2 0 0 4 0 2 5 13 .313 .352 .337 .690 75 28 0 1
15 2B Rogers Hornsby 41 20 63 56 7 18 3 0 1 11 0 0 7 5 .321 .397 .429 .825 108 24 0 0
16 C Tony Giuliani 24 19 58 53 6 16 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .302 .339 .321 .660 67 17 0 2
17 C Tommy Heath 23 17 53 43 4 10 0 2 1 3 0 0 10 3 .233 .377 .395 .773 95 17 0 0
18 C Sam Harshany 27 5 14 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .091 .286 .182 .468 20 2 0 0
19 Mel Mazzera* 23 7 7 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .571 .857 111 4 0 0
20 OF Tom Cafego* 25 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
21 P Oral Hildebrand 30 30 81 70 9 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 .200 .222 .243 .465 17 17 0 9
22 P Chief Hogsett* 33 40 64 62 6 13 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 13 .210 .234 .290 .525 31 18 0 0
23 P Jack Knott 30 38 62 57 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 .140 .155 .140 .296 -25 8 0 4
24 P Jim Walkup 27 27 61 58 8 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .241 .241 .241 .483 22 14 0 3
25 P Julio Bonetti 25 28 53 47 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .149 .216 .170 .386 -2 8 0 2
26 P Bill Trotter 28 34 41 33 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 .030 .179 .061 .240 -37 2 0 2
27 P Lou Koupal 38 26 35 32 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .094 .121 .094 .215 -45 3 0 2
28 P Russ Van Atta* 31 16 15 13 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .462 .533 .692 1.226 206 9 0 0
29 P Sheriff Blake# 37 15 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -49 1 0 1
30 P Les Tietje 26 5 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
31 P Earl Caldwell 32 9 10 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556 38 3 0 1
32 P Bill Strickland 29 9 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -16 1 0 0
33 P Harry Kimberlin 28 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 38 1 0 0
34 P Lefty Mills* 27 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Tommy Thomas 37 17 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
36 P Emil Bildilli 24 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
37 P Bill Miller 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
38 P Ed Baecht 30 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
39 P George Hennessey 29 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
40 P Bob Muncrief 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 156 6123 5510 715 1573 327 44 71 682 30 27 514 510 .285 .348 .399 .747 88 2201 0 14 85 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 7 2 1 8 6 8 8 8 6 2 7 6 6 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Oral Hildebrand 30 8 17 .320 5.14 30 27 2 12 1 1 201.1 228 127 115 18 87 75 3 0 4 904 94 1.565 10.2 0.8 3.9 3.4 0.86
2 SP Jack Knott 30 8 18 .308 4.89 38 22 10 8 0 2 191.1 220 117 104 25 91 74 5 0 3 866 98 1.625 10.3 1.2 4.3 3.5 0.81
3 SP Chief Hogsett* 33 6 19 .240 6.29 37 26 8 8 1 2 177.1 245 144 124 19 75 68 5 0 1 842 76 1.805 12.4 1.0 3.8 3.5 0.91
4 SP Jim Walkup 27 9 12 .429 7.36 27 18 4 6 0 0 150.1 218 127 123 16 83 46 0 0 8 720 65 2.002 13.1 1.0 5.0 2.8 0.55
5 SP Julio Bonetti 25 4 11 .267 5.84 28 16 10 7 0 1 143.1 190 103 93 13 60 43 2 0 5 663 82 1.744 11.9 0.8 3.8 2.7 0.72
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Bill Trotter 28 2 9 .182 5.81 34 12 14 3 0 1 122.1 150 88 79 14 50 37 7 0 0 562 83 1.635 11.0 1.0 3.7 2.7 0.74
7 RP Lou Koupal 38 4 9 .308 6.56 26 13 9 6 0 0 105.2 150 87 77 10 55 24 0 0 1 505 73 1.940 12.8 0.9 4.7 2.0 0.44
8 RP Russ Van Atta* 31 1 2 .333 5.52 16 6 4 1 0 0 58.2 74 41 36 2 32 34 0 0 2 280 87 1.807 11.4 0.3 4.9 5.2 1.06
9 RP Tommy Thomas 37 0 1 .000 7.04 17 2 14 0 0 0 30.2 46 26 24 2 10 10 1 0 3 146 68 1.826 13.5 0.6 2.9 2.9 1.00
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Sheriff Blake 37 2 2 .500 7.61 15 1 6 0 0 1 36.2 55 33 31 5 20 12 0 0 1 180 63 2.045 13.5 1.2 4.9 2.9 0.60
11 Les Tietje 26 1 2 .333 4.20 5 4 1 2 0 0 30.0 32 15 14 0 17 5 0 0 0 132 114 1.633 9.6 0.0 5.1 1.5 0.29
12 Earl Caldwell 32 0 0 6.83 9 2 1 0 0 0 29.0 39 22 22 3 13 8 2 0 0 138 70 1.793 12.1 0.9 4.0 2.5 0.62
13 Bill Strickland 29 0 0 5.91 9 0 6 0 0 0 21.1 28 18 14 2 15 6 2 0 0 100 81 2.016 11.8 0.8 6.3 2.5 0.40
14 Harry Kimberlin 28 0 2 .000 2.35 3 2 1 1 0 0 15.1 16 13 4 2 9 5 0 0 1 72 205 1.630 9.4 1.2 5.3 2.9 0.56
15 Lefty Mills* 27 1 1 .500 6.39 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.2 16 13 9 1 10 10 0 0 4 66 75 2.053 11.4 0.7 7.1 7.1 1.00
16 Nig Lipscomb 26 0 0 6.52 3 0 3 0 0 0 9.2 13 9 7 3 5 1 0 0 0 45 74 1.862 12.1 2.8 4.7 0.9 0.20
17 Emil Bildilli* 24 0 1 .000 10.12 4 1 3 0 0 0 8.0 12 9 9 1 3 2 0 0 0 37 47 1.875 13.5 1.1 3.4 2.3 0.67
18 George Hennessey 29 0 1 .000 10.29 5 0 4 0 0 0 7.0 15 8 8 2 6 4 0 0 1 38 47 3.000 19.3 2.6 7.7 5.1 0.67
19 Ed Baecht 30 0 0 12.79 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 13 15 9 3 6 3 2 0 0 39 38 3.000 18.5 4.3 8.5 4.3 0.50
20 Bill Miller 27 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 6 1 4 1 1 0 0 24 36 2.750 15.8 2.3 9.0 2.3 0.25
21 Bob Muncrief 21 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 107 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 30.2 46 108 .299 6.00 156 156 102 55 2 8 1363.0 1770 1023 909 143 653 468 30 0 34 6371 80 1.778 11.7 0.9 4.3 3.1 0.72
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 8 8 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 7 4444
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Ethan Allen 33 78 12 54 14 198 186 8 4 1 .980 2.49 OF
Ed Baecht 30 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Red Barkley 24 31 161 75 81 5 20 .969 5.03 2B
Beau Bell 29 159 0 0 131 514 462 42 10 24 .981 3.17 OF-1B-3B
Emil Bildilli 24 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Sheriff Blake 37 15 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Julio Bonetti 25 28 48 6 38 4 1 .917 1.57 P
Jim Bottomley 37 24 192 179 12 1 16 .995 7.96 1B
Tom Cafego 25 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 OF
Earl Caldwell 32 9 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Tom Carey 30 132 705 293 397 15 83 .979 5.23 2B-SS-3B
Harlond Clift 24 155 637 198 405 34 50 .947 3.89 3B
Harry Davis 29 113 0 0 1 1129 1065 54 10 108 .991 9.90 1B-OF
Tony Giuliani 24 19 72 61 10 1 1 .986 3.74 3 C
Sam Harshany 27 4 21 15 4 2 0 .905 4.75 0 C
Tommy Heath 23 14 61 55 6 0 1 1.000 4.36 1 C
Rollie Hemsley 30 96 422 338 71 13 13 .969 4.26 1 C-1B
George Hennessey 29 5 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Oral Hildebrand 30 30 43 5 36 2 1 .953 1.37 P
Chief Hogsett 33 37 39 8 28 3 2 .923 0.97 P
Rogers Hornsby 41 17 75 30 41 4 10 .947 4.18 2B
Ben Huffman 22 42 165 140 20 5 4 .970 3.81 3 C
Harry Kimberlin 28 3 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.00 P
Bill Knickerbocker 25 121 625 220 379 26 64 .958 4.95 SS-2B
Jack Knott 30 38 29 2 26 1 1 .966 0.74 P
Lou Koupal 38 26 22 3 19 0 1 1.000 0.85 P
Nig Lipscomb 26 31 161 73 82 6 28 .963 5.00 2B-P-3B
Bill Miller 27 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Lefty Mills 27 2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.50 P
Bob Muncrief 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Eddie Silber 23 21 2 6 15 31 27 0 4 0 .871 1.29 OF
Bill Strickland 29 9 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.44 P
Tommy Thomas 37 17 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.41 P
Les Tietje 26 5 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.60 P
Bill Trotter 28 34 23 2 18 3 0 .870 0.59 P
Russ Van Atta 31 16 18 2 14 2 0 .889 1.00 P
Joe Vosmik 27 143 143 0 0 355 333 12 10 4 .972 2.41 OF
Jim Walkup 27 27 46 7 37 2 1 .957 1.63 P
Sam West 32 105 0 105 0 319 298 17 4 6 .987 3.00 OF
Team Totals 28.6 156 6159 4088 1897 174 441 .972 3.70 8
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 3 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1936 / 1938 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics