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1939 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
43-111, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 733 runs, Allowed 1035 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 53-101
Manager: Fred Haney (43-111)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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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 Joe Glenn 30 88 320 286 29 78 13 1 4 29 4 4 31 40 .273 .344 .367 .711 80 105 6 0 3
2 1B George McQuinn* 29 154 702 617 101 195 37 13 20 94 6 5 65 42 .316 .383 .515 .898 126 318 11 2 18
3 2B Johnny Berardino 22 126 515 468 42 120 24 5 5 58 6 2 37 36 .256 .314 .361 .675 71 169 10 2 8
4 SS Don Heffner 28 110 434 375 45 100 10 2 1 35 1 7 48 39 .267 .350 .312 .662 69 117 11 0 11
5 3B Harlond Clift 26 151 653 526 90 142 25 2 15 84 4 3 111 55 .270 .402 .411 .813 106 216 6 5 11
6 OF Joe Gallagher 25 71 290 266 41 75 17 2 9 40 0 1 17 42 .282 .327 .462 .790 98 123 7 1 6
7 OF Myril Hoag 31 129 515 482 58 142 23 4 10 75 9 5 24 35 .295 .329 .421 .751 89 203 16 1 8
8 OF Chet Laabs 27 95 356 317 52 95 20 5 10 62 4 1 33 62 .300 .368 .489 .856 115 155 7 1 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
9 UT Billy Sullivan* 28 118 374 332 53 96 17 5 5 50 3 3 34 18 .289 .362 .416 .778 97 138 10 4 4
10 SS Mark Christman 25 79 248 222 27 48 6 3 0 20 2 1 20 10 .216 .281 .270 .551 40 60 9 0 6
11 OF Joe Grace* 25 74 229 207 35 63 11 2 3 22 3 2 19 24 .304 .363 .420 .783 98 87 1 0 3
12 C Sam Harshany 29 42 156 145 15 35 2 0 0 15 0 1 9 8 .241 .290 .255 .545 39 37 4 1 1
13 OF Mel Almada* 26 42 146 134 17 32 2 1 1 7 1 0 10 8 .239 .292 .291 .583 48 39 2 0 2
14 OF Moose Solters 33 40 141 131 14 27 6 1 0 14 1 0 10 20 .206 .262 .267 .530 35 35 2 0 0
15 C Hal Spindel 26 48 128 119 13 32 3 1 0 11 0 2 8 7 .269 .315 .311 .626 59 37 3 0 1
16 OF Mel Mazzera* 25 33 123 110 21 33 5 2 3 22 0 0 10 20 .300 .364 .464 .827 108 51 1 1 2
17 OF Tommy Thompson* 29 30 113 86 23 26 5 0 1 7 0 0 23 7 .302 .455 .395 .850 117 34 0 1 3
18 SS Sig Gryska 24 18 55 49 4 13 2 0 0 8 3 1 6 10 .265 .345 .306 .652 67 15 1 0 0
19 SS Red Kress 32 13 50 43 5 12 1 0 0 8 1 0 6 2 .279 .367 .302 .670 72 13 4 0 1
20 OF Beau Bell 31 11 38 32 4 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 3 .219 .324 .344 .668 70 11 1 1 1
21 2B Johnny Lucadello# 20 9 33 30 0 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 .233 .281 .300 .581 47 9 0 0 1
22 MI Roy Hughes 28 17 28 23 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .087 .222 .087 .309 -19 2 1 0 1
23 SS Bob Neighbors 21 7 11 11 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .455 .636 56 5 0 0 0
24 Eddie Silber 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
25 P Jack Kramer 21 40 80 66 6 9 2 0 1 6 0 0 7 17 .136 .219 .212 .431 10 14 1 0 7
26 P Vern Kennedy* 32 34 80 67 9 10 4 0 0 6 0 0 3 10 .149 .186 .209 .395 -0 14 1 0 10
27 P Bill Trotter 30 41 51 37 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 21 .108 .250 .108 .358 -6 4 1 0 7
28 P Lefty Mills* 29 34 51 47 4 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 25 .234 .265 .319 .584 48 15 1 0 2
29 P Roxie Lawson 33 37 48 43 6 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 .186 .186 .256 .442 11 11 0 0 5
30 P Bob Harris 24 29 43 37 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .189 .268 .189 .457 18 7 2 0 2
31 P George Gill 30 27 27 26 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -22 4 0 0 1
32 P Johnny Marcum* 29 16 23 22 3 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 2 .455 .478 .500 .978 148 11 1 0 0
33 P John Whitehead 30 26 19 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .059 .158 .059 .217 -43 1 1 0 0
34 P Bobo Newsom 31 6 18 18 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .278 .500 26 5 0 0 0
35 P Harry Kimberlin 30 17 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 70 3 0 0 0
36 P Emil Bildilli 26 2 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -54 0 0 0 1
37 P Jake Wade* 27 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
38 P Fred Johnson 45 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
39 P Russ Van Atta* 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
40 P Ewald Pyle* 28 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
41 P Loy Hanning 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
42 P Bill Cox 26 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
43 P Ed Cole 30 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.3 156 6132 5422 733 1453 242 50 91 696 48 38 558 606 .268 .339 .381 .720 82 2068 121 20 132 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 6 6 7 8 5 7 5 5 1 8 7 6 8 6
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 Jack Kramer 21 9 16 .360 5.83 40 31 5 10 2 0 211.2 269 150 137 18 127 68 3 0 9 998 83 1.871 11.4 0.8 5.4 2.9 0.54
2 SP Vern Kennedy 32 9 17 .346 5.73 33 27 5 12 1 0 191.2 229 130 122 18 115 55 1 0 3 906 85 1.795 10.8 0.8 5.4 2.6 0.48
3 SP Bob Harris 24 3 12 .200 5.71 28 16 5 6 0 0 126.0 162 88 80 5 71 48 0 0 8 591 85 1.849 11.6 0.4 5.1 3.4 0.68
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
4 RP Bill Trotter 30 6 13 .316 5.34 41 13 14 4 0 0 156.2 205 120 93 16 54 61 5 1 0 714 91 1.653 11.8 0.9 3.1 3.5 1.13
5 RP Roxie Lawson 33 3 7 .300 5.32 36 14 14 5 0 0 150.2 181 93 89 10 83 43 2 0 4 693 91 1.752 10.8 0.6 5.0 2.6 0.52
6 RP Lefty Mills* 29 4 11 .267 6.55 34 14 12 4 0 2 144.1 147 114 105 16 113 103 8 1 4 695 74 1.801 9.2 1.0 7.0 6.4 0.91
7 RP George Gill 30 1 12 .077 7.11 27 11 10 5 0 0 95.0 139 89 75 10 34 24 3 0 1 453 68 1.821 13.2 0.9 3.2 2.3 0.71
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
8 John Whitehead 30 1 3 .250 5.86 26 4 12 0 0 1 66.0 88 49 43 10 17 9 2 0 2 302 83 1.591 12.0 1.4 2.3 1.2 0.53
9 Johnny Marcum 29 2 5 .286 7.74 12 6 5 2 0 0 47.2 66 43 41 12 10 14 1 0 0 214 63 1.594 12.5 2.3 1.9 2.6 1.40
10 Bobo Newsom 31 3 1 .750 4.73 6 6 0 3 0 0 45.2 50 26 24 5 22 28 1 0 0 211 103 1.577 9.9 1.0 4.3 5.5 1.27
11 Harry Kimberlin 30 1 2 .333 5.49 17 3 6 0 0 0 41.0 59 35 25 6 19 11 2 0 0 205 88 1.902 13.0 1.3 4.2 2.4 0.58
12 Emil Bildilli* 26 1 1 .500 3.32 2 2 0 2 0 0 19.0 21 8 7 0 6 8 0 0 0 85 146 1.421 9.9 0.0 2.8 3.8 1.33
13 Jake Wade* 27 0 2 .000 11.02 4 2 0 1 0 0 16.1 26 25 20 1 19 9 0 0 0 93 44 2.755 14.3 0.6 10.5 5.0 0.47
14 Fred Johnson 45 0 1 .000 6.43 5 2 2 1 0 0 14.0 23 12 10 0 9 2 0 0 0 70 75 2.286 14.8 0.0 5.8 1.3 0.22
15 Loy Hanning 21 0 1 .000 3.60 4 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 6 5 4 1 4 8 0 0 0 43 135 1.000 5.4 0.9 3.6 7.2 2.00
16 Bill Cox 26 0 2 .000 9.64 4 2 1 1 0 0 9.1 10 10 10 0 8 8 0 0 1 47 50 1.929 9.6 0.0 7.7 7.7 1.00
17 Ewald Pyle* 28 0 2 .000 12.96 6 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 17 15 12 3 11 5 0 0 0 55 37 3.360 18.4 3.2 11.9 5.4 0.45
18 Russ Van Atta* 33 0 0 11.57 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 10 9 0 7 6 1 1 0 38 42 2.286 11.6 0.0 9.0 7.7 0.86
19 Ed Cole 30 0 2 .000 7.11 6 0 5 0 0 0 6.1 8 7 5 1 6 5 0 0 0 34 68 2.211 11.4 1.4 8.5 7.1 0.83
20 Bob Muncrief 23 0 0 15.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 18 32 3.333 21.0 3.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
21 Myril Hoag 31 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
22 Jim Walkup 29 0 1 .000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.5 43 111 .279 6.01 156 156 100 56 3 3 1371.1 1724 1035 916 133 739 516 29 3 32 6474 81 1.796 11.3 0.9 4.9 3.4 0.70
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 6 8 8 2 8 8 8 7 8 7
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
Mel Almada 26 34 3 31 0 78 75 2 1 1 .987 2.26 OF
Beau Bell 31 9 9 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.22 OF
Johnny Berardino 22 124 721 325 363 33 71 .954 5.55 2B-3B-SS
Emil Bildilli 26 2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 P
Mark Christman 25 65 375 151 209 15 45 .960 5.54 SS-2B
Harlond Clift 26 149 533 184 324 25 34 .953 3.41 3B
Ed Cole 30 6 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.17 P
Bill Cox 26 4 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Joe Gallagher 25 67 56 0 11 160 143 8 9 1 .944 2.25 OF
George Gill 30 27 40 25 13 2 1 .950 1.41 P
Joe Glenn 30 82 339 280 48 11 4 .968 4.00 3 C
Joe Grace 25 53 10 22 21 95 83 9 3 0 .968 1.74 OF
Sig Gryska 24 14 63 20 35 8 4 .873 3.93 SS
Loy Hanning 21 4 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Bob Harris 24 28 42 8 32 2 4 .952 1.43 P
Sam Harshany 29 36 177 153 23 1 3 .994 4.89 7 C
Don Heffner 28 105 566 222 315 29 54 .949 5.11 SS-2B
Myril Hoag 31 118 11 49 60 238 218 13 7 2 .971 1.96 OF-P
Roy Hughes 28 7 25 11 14 0 4 1.000 3.57 2B-SS
Fred Johnson 45 5 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.40 P
Vern Kennedy 32 33 39 7 31 1 1 .974 1.15 P
Harry Kimberlin 30 17 11 2 8 1 0 .909 0.59 P
Jack Kramer 21 40 43 7 34 2 2 .953 1.03 P
Red Kress 32 13 60 27 29 4 10 .933 4.31 SS
Chet Laabs 27 79 3 70 6 212 199 7 6 0 .972 2.61 OF
Roxie Lawson 33 36 32 8 23 1 1 .969 0.86 P
Johnny Lucadello 20 7 34 16 15 3 3 .912 4.43 2B
Johnny Marcum 29 12 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 0.75 P
Mel Mazzera 25 25 18 0 7 58 56 1 1 0 .983 2.28 OF
George McQuinn 29 154 1504 1377 116 11 122 .993 9.69 1B
Lefty Mills 29 34 25 2 20 3 0 .880 0.65 P
Bob Muncrief 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bob Neighbors 21 5 12 5 6 1 1 .917 2.20 SS
Bobo Newsom 31 6 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.67 P
Ewald Pyle 28 6 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.67 P
Moose Solters 33 30 22 1 7 77 70 2 5 0 .935 2.40 OF
Hal Spindel 26 32 141 126 14 1 4 .993 4.38 7 C
Billy Sullivan 28 82 31 0 28 280 251 17 12 12 .957 3.27 0 OF-C-1B
Tommy Thompson 29 23 0 0 23 44 40 3 1 0 .977 1.87 OF
Bill Trotter 30 41 38 9 29 0 3 1.000 0.93 P
Russ Van Atta 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jake Wade 27 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Jim Walkup 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
John Whitehead 30 26 19 4 15 0 2 1.000 0.73 P
Team Totals 27.5 156 6149 4137 1813 199 391 .968 3.61 17
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics