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1938 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 Billy Sullivan* 27 111 401 375 35 104 16 1 7 49 8 5 20 10 .277 .316 .381 .697 74 143 1 5
2 1B George McQuinn* 28 148 674 602 100 195 42 7 12 82 4 5 58 49 .324 .384 .477 .861 115 287 1 13
3 2B Don Heffner 27 141 554 473 47 116 23 3 2 69 1 1 65 53 .245 .341 .319 .661 67 151 4 12
4 SS Red Kress 33 150 644 566 74 171 33 3 7 79 5 4 69 47 .302 .378 .408 .786 98 231 0 9
5 3B Harlond Clift 25 149 658 534 119 155 25 7 34 118 10 5 118 67 .290 .423 .554 .977 144 296 5 1
6 OF Mel Almada* 25 102 478 436 77 149 22 2 3 37 9 5 38 22 .342 .398 .422 .820 106 184 3 1
7 OF Buster Mills 29 123 520 466 66 133 24 4 3 46 7 8 43 46 .285 .350 .373 .723 82 174 3 8
8 OF Beau Bell 30 147 599 526 91 138 35 3 13 84 1 3 71 46 .262 .350 .414 .765 92 218 0 2
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 C Tommy Heath 24 70 236 194 22 44 13 0 2 22 0 1 35 24 .227 .345 .325 .670 69 63 0 7
10 OF Mel Mazzera* 24 86 222 204 33 57 8 2 6 29 1 1 12 25 .279 .329 .426 .755 89 87 3 3
11 OF Sam West* 33 44 181 165 17 51 8 2 1 27 1 0 14 9 .309 .363 .400 .763 92 66 0 2
12 OF Glenn McQuillen 23 43 122 116 14 33 4 0 0 13 0 1 4 12 .284 .308 .319 .627 58 37 0 2
13 2B Roy Hughes 27 58 109 96 16 27 3 0 2 13 3 0 12 11 .281 .361 .375 .736 85 36 0 1
14 OF Joe Grace* 24 12 49 47 7 16 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 3 .340 .367 .362 .729 84 17 0 0
15 OF Ethan Allen 34 19 36 33 4 10 3 1 0 4 0 0 2 4 .303 .343 .455 .797 99 15 0 1
16 C Sam Harshaney 28 11 29 24 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .292 .370 .292 .662 69 7 0 2
17 SS Sig Gryska 23 7 24 21 3 10 2 1 0 4 0 0 3 3 .476 .542 .667 1.208 202 14 0 0
18 3B Johnny Lucadello# 19 7 20 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .200 .350 -13 4 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
19 P Bobo Newsom 30 46 139 124 9 31 4 0 0 16 0 0 1 21 .250 .256 .282 .538 35 35 0 14
20 P Lefty Mills* 28 30 82 66 8 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 11 18 .091 .221 .106 .327 -15 7 0 5
21 P Oral Hildebrand 31 24 65 59 3 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 6 .254 .279 .288 .567 43 17 0 4
22 P Russ Van Atta* 32 25 33 30 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .133 .133 .200 .333 -17 6 0 3
23 P Jim Walkup 28 18 32 29 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .138 .138 .138 .276 -30 4 0 3
24 P Fred Johnson 44 17 26 25 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 .240 .240 .240 .480 21 6 0 1
25 P Les Tietje 27 18 22 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .158 .111 .269 -31 2 0 3
26 P Ed Cole 29 36 21 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .143 .286 -28 3 0 0
27 P Bill Cox 25 24 18 17 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .059 .111 .118 .229 -42 2 0 0
28 P Ed Linke 26 21 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 37 2 0 0
29 P Jack Knott 31 7 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -50 1 0 1
30 P Julio Bonetti 26 17 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
31 P Emil Bildilli 25 5 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 26 2 0 0
32 P Vito Tamulis* 26 3 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 129 2 0 0
33 P Bill Trotter 29 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -9 0 0 1
34 P Harry Kimberlin 29 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 2
35 P Jim Weaver 34 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
36 P Glenn Liebhardt 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.9 156 6048 5333 755 1498 273 36 92 713 51 40 589 525 .281 .355 .397 .752 89 2119 20 106
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 6 4 5 8 6 8 4 5 5 3 5 6 6 6 4 1
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
* - 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 Bobo Newsom 30 20 16 .556 5.08 44 40 3 31 0 1 329.2 334 205 186 30 192 226 5 1 3 1475 98 1.596 9.1 0.8 5.2 6.2 1.18
2 SP Lefty Mills* 28 10 12 .455 5.31 30 27 2 15 1 0 210.1 216 139 124 16 116 134 8 0 5 962 94 1.578 9.2 0.7 5.0 5.7 1.16
3 SP Oral Hildebrand 31 8 10 .444 5.69 23 23 0 10 0 0 163.0 194 104 103 18 73 66 3 1 1 735 88 1.638 10.7 1.0 4.0 3.6 0.90
4 SP Jim Walkup 28 1 12 .077 6.80 18 13 4 1 0 0 94.0 127 83 71 13 53 28 3 0 3 446 74 1.915 12.2 1.2 5.1 2.7 0.53
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
5 RP Russ Van Atta* 32 4 7 .364 6.06 25 12 5 3 1 0 104.0 118 75 70 7 61 35 1 0 3 481 82 1.721 10.2 0.6 5.3 3.0 0.57
6 RP Ed Cole 29 1 5 .167 5.18 36 6 21 1 0 3 88.2 116 69 51 8 48 26 5 1 1 432 97 1.850 11.8 0.8 4.9 2.6 0.54
7 RP Bill Cox 25 1 4 .200 7.00 22 7 11 1 0 0 63.0 81 53 49 8 35 16 0 0 1 296 72 1.841 11.6 1.1 5.0 2.3 0.46
8 RP Ed Linke 26 1 7 .125 7.94 21 2 12 0 0 0 39.2 60 37 35 6 33 18 0 0 1 206 63 2.345 13.6 1.4 7.5 4.1 0.55
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
9 Fred Johnson 44 3 7 .300 5.61 17 6 9 3 0 3 69.0 91 50 43 7 27 24 1 0 3 319 89 1.710 11.9 0.9 3.5 3.1 0.89
10 Les Tietje 27 2 5 .286 7.55 17 8 3 2 1 0 62.0 83 55 52 8 38 15 0 0 3 296 66 1.952 12.0 1.2 5.5 2.2 0.39
11 Jack Knott 31 1 2 .333 4.80 7 4 2 0 0 0 30.0 35 19 16 3 15 8 0 0 0 138 105 1.667 10.5 0.9 4.5 2.4 0.53
12 Julio Bonetti 26 2 3 .400 6.35 17 0 10 0 0 0 28.1 41 21 20 1 13 7 0 0 1 131 79 1.906 13.0 0.3 4.1 2.2 0.54
13 Emil Bildilli* 25 1 2 .333 7.06 5 3 1 2 0 0 21.2 33 18 17 3 11 11 0 0 0 105 72 2.031 13.7 1.2 4.6 4.6 1.00
14 Vito Tamulis* 26 0 3 .000 7.63 3 2 1 0 0 0 15.1 26 15 13 2 10 11 0 0 0 81 67 2.348 15.3 1.2 5.9 6.5 1.10
15 Harry Kimberlin 29 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 8 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 32 153 1.375 9.0 1.1 3.4 1.1 0.33
16 Bill Trotter 29 0 1 .000 5.63 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 8 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 92 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.1
17 Jim Weaver 34 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 7 7 0 9 4 0 0 2 39 58 2.571 11.6 0.0 11.6 5.1 0.44
18 Glenn Liebhardt 27 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 92 1.333 12.0 3.0 0.0 3.0
Team Totals 29.8 55 97 .362 5.80 156 156 85 71 3 7 1344.2 1584 962 867 132 737 632 26 3 27 6222 86 1.726 10.6 0.9 4.9 4.2 0.86
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 8 4 7 8 5 8 8 8 7 8 2
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Ethan Allen 34 7 4 4 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 OF
Mel Almada 25 101 101 99 265 247 9 9 1 .966 2.53 OF
Beau Bell 30 136 134 133 308 290 12 6 7 .981 2.22 OF-1B
Emil Bildilli 25 5 3 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.80 P
Julio Bonetti 26 17 0 0 7 0 7 0 2 1.000 0.41 P
Harlond Clift 25 149 148 145 501 176 306 19 31 .962 3.23 3B
Ed Cole 29 36 6 1 17 0 15 2 0 .882 0.42 P
Bill Cox 25 22 7 1 18 4 13 1 1 .944 0.77 P
Joe Grace 24 12 12 12 15 13 1 1 0 .933 1.17 OF
Sig Gryska 23 7 7 6 34 14 17 3 5 .912 4.43 SS
Sam Harshaney 28 10 8 8 40 35 4 1 0 .975 3.90 0 7 2 22% C
Tommy Heath 24 65 60 48 362 315 42 5 5 .986 5.49 7 35 17 33% C
Don Heffner 27 141 141 135 750 365 363 22 103 .971 5.16 2B
Oral Hildebrand 31 23 23 10 20 5 14 1 0 .950 0.83 P
Roy Hughes 27 27 18 17 109 45 60 4 16 .963 3.75 2B-3B-SS
Fred Johnson 44 17 6 3 10 0 7 3 1 .700 0.41 P
Harry Kimberlin 29 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jack Knott 31 7 4 0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.71 P
Red Kress 33 150 149 147 735 321 388 26 100 .965 4.73 SS
Glenn Liebhardt 27 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ed Linke 26 21 2 0 13 1 11 1 1 .923 0.57 P
Johnny Lucadello 19 6 5 5 11 5 5 1 0 .909 1.67 3B
Mel Mazzera 24 47 42 36 83 74 7 2 1 .976 1.72 OF
George McQuinn 28 148 148 146 1307 1207 90 10 134 .992 8.76 1B
Glenn McQuillen 23 30 27 23 68 66 0 2 0 .971 2.20 OF
Buster Mills 29 113 110 108 253 235 9 9 2 .964 2.16 OF
Lefty Mills 28 30 27 15 37 4 28 5 1 .865 1.07 P
Bobo Newsom 30 44 40 31 51 11 38 2 1 .961 1.11 P
Billy Sullivan 27 104 93 88 558 484 69 5 17 .991 5.27 3 47 30 39% C-1B
Vito Tamulis 26 3 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Les Tietje 27 17 8 2 15 5 10 0 0 1.000 0.88 P
Bill Trotter 29 1 1 1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.00 P
Russ Van Atta 32 25 12 3 26 3 21 2 3 .923 0.96 P
Jim Walkup 28 18 13 1 22 3 19 0 2 1.000 1.22 P
Jim Weaver 34 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Sam West 33 41 41 41 104 101 0 3 0 .971 2.46 OF
Team Totals 28.0 156 1404 1272 5769 4041 1583 145 434 .975 3.55 10 89 49 36%
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 5 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Ethan Allen 34 36 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased /O87
Mel Almada* 25 478 5 1 0 0 -8 -1 14 11 1.0 19 1.8 -0.8 $ Traded 8O
Beau Bell 30 599 -10 0 0 0 -2 -6 20 2 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ *O9/3
Emil Bildilli 25 8 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Julio Bonetti 26 8 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Harlond Clift 25 658 36 0 0 0 2 3 20 61 5.8 59 5.6 0.2 $ *5
Ed Cole 29 21 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bill Cox 25 18 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Joe Grace* 24 49 -1 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased O9
Sig Gryska 23 24 4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $ /6
Sam Harshaney 28 29 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 2
Tommy Heath 24 236 -10 -2 0 0 -1 2 8 -3 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 2
Don Heffner 27 554 -26 -3 0 0 -16 5 18 -22 -1.9 -6 -0.6 -1.3 $ Traded *4
Oral Hildebrand 31 65 -6 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Traded 1
Roy Hughes 27 109 -2 1 0 0 -1 1 4 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Traded 4/56
Fred Johnson 44 26 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Harry Kimberlin 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Jack Knott 31 11 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /1
Red Kress 33 644 -3 -3 0 0 -14 10 20 10 1.1 24 2.3 -1.2 $ Traded *6
Ed Linke 26 12 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 1
Johnny Lucadello# 19 20 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /5
Mel Mazzera* 24 222 -6 0 0 0 -5 -2 7 -6 -0.5 -1 -0.1 -0.4 $ O79/8
Glenn McQuillen 23 122 -8 0 0 0 0 -1 4 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ 7O
George McQuinn* 28 674 12 -1 0 0 -6 -7 20 18 1.7 24 2.3 -0.6 $ Rule 5 Draft *3
Buster Mills 29 520 -15 -2 0 0 0 -5 17 -5 -0.4 -5 -0.5 0.1 $ Traded *O7/89
Lefty Mills* 28 82 -13 0 0 0 0 7 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ 1
Bobo Newsom 30 139 -14 0 0 0 0 11 4 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Traded 1
Billy Sullivan* 27 401 -17 -2 0 0 2 3 13 -1 0.1 -3 -0.3 0.4 $ Traded 2/3
Vito Tamulis* 26 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Les Tietje 27 22 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bill Trotter 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Russ Van Atta* 32 33 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Jim Walkup 28 32 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Jim Weaver 34 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Sam West* 33 181 -3 0 0 0 -4 -1 6 -2 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ Traded 8O
Team Total 27.9 6048 -118 -11 0 0 -57 42 192 48 5.9 105 9.9 -4.0 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Emil Bildilli* 25 21.2 3 18 15 -1 1.0 -3 -0.1 $
Julio Bonetti 26 28.1 0 21 20 -1 1.0 -1 0.1 $
Ed Cole 29 88.2 6 69 63 -3 1.0 -6 -0.1 $ Traded
Bill Cox 25 63.0 7 53 45 -2 1.0 -8 -0.4 $ Traded
Oral Hildebrand 31 163.0 23 104 116 -5 1.0 12 1.9 $ Traded
Fred Johnson 44 69.0 6 50 49 -2 1.0 -1 0.3 $
Harry Kimberlin 29 8.0 1 3 6 0 1.0 3 0.3 $ Free Agency
Jack Knott 31 30.0 4 19 21 -1 1.0 2 0.4 $
Glenn Liebhardt 27 3.0 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Free Agency
Ed Linke 26 39.2 2 37 28 -1 1.0 -9 -0.6 $ Traded
Lefty Mills* 28 210.1 27 139 149 -6 1.0 10 2.0 $
Bobo Newsom 30 329.2 40 205 234 -10 1.0 29 4.2 $ Traded
Vito Tamulis* 26 15.1 2 15 11 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $ Traded
Les Tietje 27 62.0 8 55 44 -2 1.0 -11 -0.6 $ Traded
Bill Trotter 29 8.0 1 7 6 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Free Agency
Russ Van Atta* 32 104.0 12 75 74 -3 1.0 -1 0.4 $ Purchased
Jim Walkup 28 94.0 13 83 67 -3 1.0 -16 -0.9 $
Jim Weaver 34 7.0 1 7 5 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $ Purchased
Team Total 29.8 1344.2 156 962 955 -40 1.0 -7 6.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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