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1938 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

55-97, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gabby Street (53-90) and Ski Melillo (2-7)
Scored 755 runs, Allowed 962 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-93

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 130,417 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 102


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1937 / 1939 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 34 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 1, 1904 13 19 4 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 13 0 0.0 $
Mel Almada 25 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 7, 1913 6 102 101 102 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 101 1 0 1.0 $
Beau Bell 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 20, 1907 4 147 134 147 136 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 132 132 12 0 0.3 $
Emil Bildilli 25 R L 5' 10" 170 Sep 16, 1912 2 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Julio Bonetti 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 14, 1911 2 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Harlond Clift 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 12, 1912 5 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.8 $
Ed Cole 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 22, 1909 1st 36 6 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Cox 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 23, 1913 3 24 7 24 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.5 $
Joe Grace 24 L R 6' 1" 180 Jan 5, 1914 1st 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 -0.2 $
Sig Gryska 23 R R 5' 11" 173 Nov 4, 1914 1st 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Sam Harshaney 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 24, 1910 2 11 8 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Tommy Heath 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Aug 18, 1913 3 70 60 70 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.2 $
Don Heffner 27 R R 5' 10" 155 Feb 8, 1911 5 141 141 141 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $
Oral Hildebrand 31 R R 6' 3" 175 Apr 7, 1907 8 24 23 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.1 $
Roy Hughes 27 R R 5' 10" 167 Jan 11, 1911 4 58 18 58 27 0 0 0 21 5 2 0 0 0 0 33 0 0.3 $
Fred Johnson 44 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 10, 1894 3 17 6 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Harry Kimberlin 29 R R 6' 3" 175 Mar 13, 1909 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jack Knott 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 2, 1907 6 7 4 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Red Kress 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Jan 2, 1905 11 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 $
Glenn Liebhardt 27 R R 5' 10" 170 Jul 31, 1910 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ed Linke 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 9, 1911 6 21 2 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Johnny Lucadello 19 B R 5' 11" 160 Feb 22, 1919 1st 7 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
Mel Mazzera 24 L L 5' 11" 180 Jan 31, 1914 3 86 42 86 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 8 14 47 38 1 -0.5 $
Glenn McQuillen 23 R R 6' 0" 198 Apr 19, 1915 1st 43 27 43 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 30 12 1 -0.4 $
George McQuinn 28 L L 5' 11" 165 May 29, 1910 2 148 148 148 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Buster Mills 29 R R 5' 11" 195 Sep 16, 1908 4 123 110 123 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 6 1 113 11 0 -0.4 $
Lefty Mills 28 L L 6' 1" 187 May 12, 1910 3 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Bobo Newsom 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 8 46 40 46 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.4 $ All-Star
Billy Sullivan 27 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 23, 1910 7 111 93 111 104 0 99 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.1 $
Vito Tamulis 26 L L 5' 9" 170 Jul 11, 1911 3 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Les Tietje 27 R R 6' 0" 178 Sep 11, 1910 6 18 8 18 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7 $
Bill Trotter 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 10, 1908 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Russ Van Atta 32 L L 6' 0" 184 Jun 21, 1906 6 25 12 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jim Walkup 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 14, 1909 5 18 13 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Jim Weaver 34 R R 6' 6" 230 Nov 25, 1903 7 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Sam West 33 L L 5' 11" 165 Oct 5, 1904 12 44 41 44 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 41 3 0 -0.2 $
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

Sig Gryska

Don Heffner

Billy Sullivan

Red Kress

Sam Harshaney
Glenn McQuillen

George McQuinn

Mel Almada
Sam West

Harlond Clift

Ethan Allen

Tommy Heath
Bill Trotter

Beau Bell

Roy Hughes

Bobo Newsom

Mel Mazzera

Buster Mills

Fred Johnson
Jim Weaver

Bill Cox
Jack Knott

Oral Hildebrand

Les Tietje

Emil Bildilli
Glenn Liebhardt
Vito Tamulis

Russ Van Atta

Ed Linke

Harry Kimberlin
Johnny Lucadello

Jim Walkup

Lefty Mills

Ed Cole

Julio Bonetti

Joe Grace

1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers