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1939 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

43-111, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fred Haney (43-111)
Scored 733 runs, Allowed 1035 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 109,159 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 105


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1938 / 1940 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
Mel Almada 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 7, 1913 7 42 27 42 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 31 0 34 8 0 -0.9
Beau Bell 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Aug 20, 1907 5 11 8 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 2 0 -0.1
Johnny Berardino 22 R R 5' 11" 175 May 1, 1917 1st 126 123 126 124 0 0 0 114 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2.1
Emil Bildilli 26 R L 5' 10" 170 Sep 16, 1912 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Mark Christman 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 21, 1913 2 79 59 79 65 0 0 0 1 0 64 0 0 0 0 12 3 -1.5
Harlond Clift 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Aug 12, 1912 6 151 149 151 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.8
Ed Cole 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 22, 1909 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bill Cox 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 23, 1913 4 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Joe Gallagher 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Mar 7, 1914 1st 71 67 71 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 9 67 4 0 0.1
George Gill 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 13, 1909 3 27 11 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7
Joe Glenn 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 19, 1908 7 88 79 88 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.2
Joe Grace 25 L R 6' 1" 180 Jan 5, 1914 2 74 48 74 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 22 21 53 19 3 -0.2
Sig Gryska 24 R R 5' 11" 173 Nov 4, 1914 2 18 12 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.2
Loy Hanning 21 R R 6' 2" 175 Oct 18, 1917 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Bob Harris 24 R R 6' 0" 185 May 1, 1915 2 29 16 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.7
Sam Harshaney 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 24, 1910 3 42 36 42 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.7
Don Heffner 28 R R 5' 10" 155 Feb 8, 1911 6 110 99 110 105 0 0 0 32 0 73 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1.2
Myril Hoag 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 9, 1908 8 129 109 129 118 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 45 65 117 13 1 -0.7 All-Star
Roy Hughes 28 R R 5' 10" 167 Jan 11, 1911 5 17 4 17 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 -0.3
Fred Johnson 45 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 10, 1894 4 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Vern Kennedy 32 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 20, 1907 6 34 27 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.2
Harry Kimberlin 30 R R 6' 3" 175 Mar 13, 1909 4 17 3 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jack Kramer 21 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 5, 1918 1st 40 31 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Red Kress 34 R R 5' 11" 165 Jan 2, 1905 12 13 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Chet Laabs 27 R R 5' 8" 175 Apr 30, 1912 3 95 74 95 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 70 6 79 18 0 1.3
Roxie Lawson 33 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 13, 1906 8 37 14 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.9
Johnny Lucadello 20 B R 5' 11" 160 Feb 22, 1919 2 9 7 9 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3
Johnny Marcum 29 L R 5' 11" 197 Sep 9, 1909 7 16 6 16 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1
Mel Mazzera 25 L L 5' 11" 180 Jan 31, 1914 4 33 25 33 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 7 25 8 0 0.5
George McQuinn 29 L L 5' 11" 165 May 29, 1910 3 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 All-Star
Lefty Mills 29 L L 6' 1" 187 May 12, 1910 4 34 14 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bob Muncrief 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 28, 1916 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bob Neighbors 21 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 9, 1917 1st 7 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.1
Bobo Newsom 31 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 9 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Ewald Pyle 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Aug 27, 1910 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Eddie Silber 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 6, 1914 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Moose Solters 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 22, 1906 6 40 29 40 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 7 30 11 0 -1.0
Hal Spindel 26 R R 6' 0" 185 May 27, 1913 1st 48 26 48 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 -0.2
Billy Sullivan 28 L R 6' 0" 170 Oct 23, 1910 8 118 76 118 80 0 19 4 0 0 0 30 0 29 59 37 1 1.2
Tommy Thompson 29 L R 5' 9" 155 May 19, 1910 6 30 22 30 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 8 0 0.4
Bill Trotter 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 10, 1908 3 41 13 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Russ Van Atta 33 L L 6' 0" 184 Jun 21, 1906 7 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Jake Wade 27 L L 6' 2" 175 Apr 1, 1912 4 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Jim Walkup 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 14, 1909 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
John Whitehead 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 27, 1909 5 26 4 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Emil Bildilli
Loy Hanning
Johnny Lucadello
Bob Neighbors
Eddie Silber

Don Heffner

Billy Sullivan

Joe Grace
Red Kress

Sig Gryska
Myril Hoag

George McQuinn

Mel Almada
Mark Christman

Harlond Clift

Johnny Berardino
Chet Laabs

Sam Harshaney
Ewald Pyle

Beau Bell
Joe Glenn

Roy Hughes
Vern Kennedy
John Whitehead

Bob Harris
Roxie Lawson
Bobo Newsom

Bob Muncrief

Johnny Berardino
Johnny Marcum
John Whitehead

Myril Hoag

George Gill
Fred Johnson

Roxie Lawson
Bill Trotter

Joe Gallagher
Mel Mazzera

Bill Cox
George Gill
Bob Harris
Moose Solters

Ed Cole
Lefty Mills

Sam Harshaney
Harry Kimberlin
Russ Van Atta

George Gill
Bill Trotter

Roxie Lawson

Vern Kennedy
Jim Walkup

Harry Kimberlin
Lefty Mills
Hal Spindel

Joe Glenn
Bob Harris

Harry Kimberlin
Lefty Mills

Jake Wade
John Whitehead

Jack Kramer

Hal Spindel

Vern Kennedy
Tommy Thompson

Johnny Marcum

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers