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1940 St. Louis Browns (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941)
67-87, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 757 runs, Allowed 882 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88
Managed by Fred Haney

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 239,591 (8th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 108
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   67-87 , Final Rank: 6, GB:   23.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 16, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           1 (last on April 20)
Most Games under .500:          26 (last on September 12)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       24.5 (last on September 1)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (June 16 to June 20)
Longest Losing Streak:          14 (July 3 to July 18)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (August 25)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (September 16)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:          4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        67  87     757     882    .435

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           37  39     419     460    .487
Road           30  48     338     422    .385

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           5   5      47      38    .500
May             9  16     125     156    .360
June           17  16     187     201    .515
July            8  21     151     211    .276
August         12  18     130     178    .400
September      16  11     117      98    .593

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     33  44     388     447    .429
Second Half    34  43     369     435    .442
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        22  21     174     173    .512

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        14  28     237     346    .333

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS            10  12     127     131    .455
CHW             9  13     104     116    .409
CLE            11  11      74      98    .500
DET             4  18      82     138    .182
NYY             8  14     124     168    .364
PHA            14   8     140     117    .636
WSH            11  11     106     114    .500

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     SLB @DET  W   5-1        1-0     1    Tied       S Coffman                  49,417 +
  2 Thu, Apr 18     SLB @DET  L   2-4        1-1     3     1.0       T Bridges                   1,356 -
  3 Sat, Apr 20     SLB  CHW  W  11-1        2-1     3     0.5       E Auker                     4,775 +
  4 Sun, Apr 21     SLB  CHW  L   2-6        2-2     4     1.0       T Lyons                     7,140 -
  5 Mon, Apr 22     SLB  CLE  L   2-5        2-3     6     1.5       W Hudlin                    1,007 --
  6 Wed, Apr 24     SLB  CLE  L   4-6        2-4     6     2.5       A Milnar                    1,239 ---
  7 Thu, Apr 25     SLB  DET  L   2-4        2-5     7     3.5       B Newsom                    1,162 ----
  8 Sat, Apr 27     SLB @CHW  W   6-2        3-5     7     3.0       J Kramer                    1,500 +
  9 Sun, Apr 28     SLB @CHW  W  11-8        4-5     5     3.0       B Harris                    8,500 ++
 10 Tue, Apr 30     SLB @NYY  W   2-1        5-5     5     2.5       E Bildilli                  7,669 +++
 11 Wed, May  1     SLB @NYY  L   3-5        5-6     5     2.5       M Pearson                   3,244 -
 12 Fri, May  3     SLB @BOS  L   8-9        5-7     6     3.5       J Heving                    6,200 --
 13 Sat, May  4     SLB @BOS  L   1-4        5-8     7     4.5       D Galehouse                 5,300 ---
 14 Sun, May  5     SLB @WSH  W   7-3        6-8     4     4.0       V Kennedy                  14,000 +
 15 Mon, May  6     SLB @WSH  W  11-9        7-8     4     3.5       S Coffman                   7,000 ++
 16 Tue, May  7     SLB @WSH  L   5-6        7-9     4     4.5       S Hudson                    1,500 -
 17 Wed, May  8     SLB @PHA  L   8-10       7-10    5     5.5       B Ross                      2,500 --
 18 Thu, May  9     SLB @PHA  W   4-2        8-10    4     5.5       B Harris                    8,000 +
 19 Fri, May 10     SLB @CLE  L   4-9        8-11    5     6.5       A Milnar                    6,000 -
 20 Sat, May 11     SLB @CLE  L   0-1        8-12    6     7.5       J Allen                     9,009 --
 21 Sun, May 12     SLB @CLE  W   5-2        9-12    5     6.5       E Auker                    10,518 +
 22 Thu, May 16     SLB  BOS  L   5-7        9-13    6     8.0       D Galehouse                 2,235 -
 23 Sun, May 19     SLB  PHA  W  10-4       10-13    5     7.5       E Auker                     5,368 +
 24 Mon, May 20     SLB  PHA  L   4-8       10-14    6     7.5       C Dean                      1,202 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May 22     SLB  WSH  L   2-9       10-15    7     8.0       K Chase                     1,074 --
 26 Thu, May 23     SLB  WSH  W   8-7       11-15    5     7.5       V Kennedy                     793 +
 27 Fri, May 24     SLB  CLE  L   2-3       11-16    7     8.0       B Feller                   24,827 -
 28 Sun, May 26     SLB  CLE  W   5-3       12-16    6     7.5       E Bildilli                        +
 29                 SLB  CLE  L   1-13      12-17    6     7.5       A Milnar                    5,188 -
 30 Mon, May 27     SLB  CHW  L   5-7       12-18    7     8.0       T Lyons                       733 --
 31 Tue, May 28     SLB  CHW  W  10-9       13-18    5     7.5       V Kennedy                         +
 32                 SLB  CHW  W   7-5       14-18    5     7.5       B Harris                    1,789 ++
 33 Wed, May 29     SLB  CHW  L   3-4       14-19    6     8.5       B Dietrich                    879 -
 34 Thu, May 30     SLB @DET  L   1-2       14-20    7     9.5       T Bridges                         --
 35                 SLB @DET  L   6-15      14-21    7     9.5       S Rowe                     33,461 ---
 36 Sat, Jun  1     SLB @NYY  L   5-8       14-22    8    10.5       S Chandler                 10,848 ----
 37 Sun, Jun  2     SLB @NYY  L   4-13      14-23    8    11.5       M Russo                           -----
 38                 SLB @NYY  L   1-11      14-24    8    11.5       M Breuer                   40,021 ------
 39 Mon, Jun  3     SLB @NYY  L   1-7       14-25    8    11.5       A Donald                    4,428 -------
 40 Tue, Jun  4     SLB @BOS  W   5-3       15-25    8    10.5       E Auker                     3,100 +
 41 Wed, Jun  5     SLB @BOS  W   4-3       16-25    8     9.5       B Harris                    3,200 ++
 42 Thu, Jun  6     SLB @BOS  L   1-3       16-26    8    10.5       L Grove                     3,000 -
 43 Fri, Jun  7     SLB @PHA  L   2-3       16-27    8    10.5       N Potter                    2,500 --
 44 Sat, Jun  8     SLB @PHA  W  15-1       17-27    8    10.0       E Auker                     2,000 +
 45 Sun, Jun  9     SLB @PHA  W   8-7       18-27    6     8.5       B Trotter                         ++
 46                 SLB @PHA  W   4-2       19-27    6     8.5       J Niggeling                11,786 +++
 47 Mon, Jun 10     SLB @WSH  W   7-4       20-27    6     8.0       J Kramer                      800 ++++
 48 Tue, Jun 11     SLB @WSH  W   5-2       21-27    6     8.0       V Kennedy                     600 +++++
 49 Wed, Jun 12     SLB @WSH  L   2-3       21-28    6     9.0       K Chase                     5,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun 14     SLB  NYY  L   3-12      21-29    6    10.0       M Pearson                  17,970 --
 51 Sat, Jun 15     SLB  NYY  L   6-7       21-30    6    11.0       J Murphy                    1,771 ---
 52 Sun, Jun 16     SLB  NYY  W  12-6       22-30    5    11.0       V Kennedy                         +
 53                 SLB  NYY  W   6-5       23-30    5    11.0       B Trotter                   9,308 ++
 54 Tue, Jun 18     SLB  BOS  W  11-7       24-30    5    10.0       B Trotter                   1,547 +++
 55 Wed, Jun 19     SLB  BOS  W   6-4       25-30    5     9.0       R Lawson                    1,768 ++++
 56 Thu, Jun 20     SLB  BOS  W   2-1       26-30    5     8.0       J Niggeling                       +++++
 57                 SLB  BOS  W  11-4       27-30    5     8.0       J Kramer                    4,958 ++++++
 58 Fri, Jun 21     SLB  WSH  L   0-1       27-31    5     9.0       S Hudson                   12,804 -
 59 Sat, Jun 22     SLB  WSH  L  10-11      27-32    5    10.0       J Haynes                    1,869 --
 60 Sun, Jun 23     SLB  WSH  L   5-12      27-33    5    10.0       D Leonard                         ---
 61                 SLB  WSH  W   3-2       28-33    5    10.0       B Harris                    4,447 +
 62 Mon, Jun 24     SLB  PHA  W   9-4       29-33    5    10.0       E Auker                       962 ++
 63 Tue, Jun 25     SLB  PHA  W  12-10      30-33    5    10.0       R Lawson                    8,089 +++
 64 Wed, Jun 26     SLB  PHA  L   4-9       30-34    5    10.0       G Caster                    1,254 -
 65 Thu, Jun 27     SLB  DET  L   1-2       30-35    5    10.5       B Newsom                   15,258 --
 66 Sat, Jun 29     SLB  DET  L   5-9       30-36    5    11.5       T Bridges                         ---
 67                 SLB  DET  -   9-9       30-36    5    11.5                                   3,849 ---
 68 Sun, Jun 30     SLB  DET  W   7-6       31-36    5    11.5       R Lawson                          +
 69                 SLB  DET  L   1-10      31-37    5    11.5       J Gorsica                   9,492 -
 70 Mon, Jul  1     SLB @CLE  W   2-1       32-37    5    10.5       E Auker                    17,079 +
 71 Tue, Jul  2     SLB @CLE  W   5-3       33-37    5     9.5       V Kennedy                   3,000 ++
 72 Wed, Jul  3     SLB @CLE  L   2-5       33-38    5    10.5       B Feller                   10,000 -
 73 Thu, Jul  4     SLB @CHW  L   3-7       33-39    6    11.5       T Lee                             --
 74                 SLB @CHW  L   5-8       33-40    6    11.5       E Smith                    19,519 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jul  5     SLB @CHW  L   8-10      33-41    6    12.0       P Appleton                  4,000 ----
 76 Sat, Jul  6     SLB @DET  L   2-11      33-42    6    13.5       B Newsom                          -----
 77                 SLB @DET  L   0-2       33-43    6    13.5       J Gorsica                  25,005 ------
 78 Sun, Jul  7     SLB @DET  L   2-5       33-44    6    14.0       S Rowe                     13,587 -------
 79 Thu, Jul 11     SLB @NYY  L   4-6       33-45    6    14.5       M Russo                     5,477 --------
 80 Sat, Jul 13     SLB @NYY  L   4-10      33-46    6    16.5       S Chandler                        ---------
 81                 SLB @NYY  L   6-12      33-47    6    16.5       B Hadley                   17,045 ----------
 82 Sun, Jul 14     SLB @BOS  L   4-5       33-48    7    17.0       E Dickman                         -----------
 83                 SLB @BOS  L   3-7       33-49    7    17.0       D Galehouse                17,000 ------------
 84 Mon, Jul 15     SLB @BOS  L   6-10      33-50    8    17.0       J Heving                    2,500 -------------
 85 Thu, Jul 18     SLB @PHA  L   3-10      33-51    8    16.5       J Babich                   12,523 --------------
 86 Fri, Jul 19     SLB @PHA  W   9-7       34-51    8    16.5       V Kennedy                   3,000 +
 87 Sat, Jul 20     SLB @WSH  W   4-1       35-51    7    16.5       J Niggeling                 3,000 ++
 88 Sun, Jul 21     SLB @WSH  W   8-4       36-51    7    17.5       R Lawson                          +++
 89                 SLB @WSH  L   4-5       36-52    7    17.5       R Monteagudo               12,000 -
 90 Tue, Jul 23     SLB  NYY  W   9-5       37-52    7    16.5       B Trotter                  11,755 +
 91 Wed, Jul 24     SLB  NYY  W  14-12      38-52    6    16.5       B Harris                    1,580 ++
 92 Thu, Jul 25     SLB  NYY  L   8-13      38-53    6    17.5       R Ruffing                   1,711 -
 93 Fri, Jul 26     SLB  BOS  L   7-14      38-54    6    17.5       J Wilson                    8,567 --
 94 Sat, Jul 27     SLB  BOS  W  13-5       39-54    6    18.0       V Kennedy                   1,382 +
 95 Sun, Jul 28     SLB  BOS  L   1-3       39-55    7    18.5       E Johnson                         -
 96                 SLB  BOS  L  10-13      39-56    7    18.5       J Bagby                     6,811 --
 97 Tue, Jul 30     SLB  WSH  L   0-4       39-57    7    18.0       D Leonard                   5,078 ---
 98 Wed, Jul 31     SLB  WSH  L   5-13      39-58    8    19.0       K Chase                       591 ----
 99 Fri, Aug  2     SLB  PHA  W   5-0       40-58    7    18.5       B Harris                    1,568 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug  3     SLB  PHA  L   7-11      40-59    7    20.0       E Heusser                   1,014 -
101 Sun, Aug  4     SLB  PHA  W   5-4       41-59    7    18.5       V Kennedy                         +
102                 SLB  PHA  W   6-4       42-59    7    18.5       E Auker                     3,515 ++
103 Mon, Aug  5     SLB  DET  L   2-9       42-60    7    18.5       S Rowe                            -
104                 SLB  DET  W   4-0       43-60    7    18.5       J Whitehead                 2,158 +
105 Tue, Aug  6     SLB  DET  L   2-6       43-61    7    19.5       B Newsom                    8,252 -
106 Wed, Aug  7     SLB  DET  L   5-7       43-62    7    20.5       J Gorsica                   1,081 --
107 Thu, Aug  8     SLB  CLE  L   4-7       43-63    7    20.5       B Feller                          ---
108                 SLB  CLE  W   2-1       44-63    7    20.5       E Auker                     3,036 +
109 Fri, Aug  9     SLB  CLE  W   4-3       45-63    7    19.5       R Lawson                    2,588 ++
110 Sun, Aug 11     SLB  CLE  L   4-12      45-64    7    19.0       A Milnar                          -
111                 SLB  CLE  W   7-6       46-64    7    19.0       B Trotter                   6,534 +
112 Mon, Aug 12     SLB  CHW  L   5-6       46-65    7    20.0       C Brown                     4,454 -
113 Tue, Aug 13     SLB  CHW  L   3-4       46-66    7    21.0       P Appleton                    713 --
114 Wed, Aug 14     SLB @DET  L   7-13      46-67    7    22.0       D Trout                     6,733 ---
115 Thu, Aug 15     SLB @DET  L   2-5       46-68    7    23.0       B Newsom                    6,962 ----
116 Fri, Aug 16     SLB @CLE  L   3-8       46-69    7    24.0       B Feller                    4,500 -----
117 Sat, Aug 17     SLB @CLE  W   2-1       47-69    7    23.0       J Niggeling                 7,500 +
118 Sun, Aug 18     SLB @CLE  -   2-2       47-69    7    23.0                                  44,686 +
119 Tue, Aug 20     SLB @WSH  W   6-3       48-69    7    22.5       E Auker                     1,500 ++
120 Wed, Aug 21     SLB @WSH  L   0-3       48-70    7    23.5       D Leonard                   1,500 -
121 Thu, Aug 22     SLB @PHA  W   8-4       49-70    7    22.5       B Harris                    8,154 +
122 Fri, Aug 23     SLB @PHA  L   4-6       49-71    7    22.5       P Vaughan                   7,500 -
123 Sat, Aug 24     SLB @PHA  W   6-5       50-71    7    21.5       B Trotter                   2,500 +
124 Sun, Aug 25     SLB @BOS  W   7-2       51-71    7    21.0       J Niggeling                       ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 SLB @BOS  L   3-17      51-72    7    21.0       J Wilson                   18,600 -
126 Mon, Aug 26     SLB @BOS  L   6-7       51-73    7    22.0       J Bagby                     2,400 --
127 Thu, Aug 29     SLB @NYY  L   3-10      51-74    7    23.0       M Russo                           ---
128                 SLB @NYY  L   5-6       51-75    7    23.0       J Murphy                    7,865 ----
129 Sat, Aug 31     SLB  DET  L   1-6       51-76    7    24.5       T Bridges                   1,819 -----
130 Sun, Sep  1     SLB  DET  W   8-2       52-76    7    24.5       J Niggeling                 5,763 +
131 Mon, Sep  2     SLB @CLE  W   2-1       53-76    7    22.5       V Kennedy                         ++
132                 SLB @CLE  W   3-0       54-76    7    22.5       E Auker                    52,491 +++
133 Wed, Sep  4     SLB @CHW  W   4-1       55-76    7    21.5       B Harris                          ++++
134 Thu, Sep  5     SLB @CHW  L   2-4       55-77    7    21.5       E Smith                    14,749 -
135 Fri, Sep  6     SLB @CHW  L   3-6       55-78    7    21.5       J Rigney                    1,420 --
136 Sat, Sep  7     SLB @DET  L   4-5       55-79    7    21.5       A Benton                   11,219 ---
137 Sun, Sep  8     SLB @DET  L   4-5       55-80    7    22.5       T Bridges                  24,632 ----
138 Tue, Sep 10     SLB  PHA  L   4-6       55-81    7    22.5       N Potter                    2,224 -----
139 Wed, Sep 11     SLB  PHA  W   3-0       56-81    7    22.5       E Auker                       472 +
140 Thu, Sep 12     SLB  WSH  L   2-7       56-82    7    23.5       R Anderson                    758 -
141 Fri, Sep 13     SLB  WSH  W   7-3       57-82    7    23.5       B Trotter                     562 +
142 Sat, Sep 14     SLB  WSH  W   5-2       58-82    7    22.5       B Harris                    1,067 ++
143 Sun, Sep 15     SLB  NYY  W  10-5       59-82    7    22.0       J Niggeling                       +++
144                 SLB  NYY  W   2-1       60-82    7    22.0       E Auker                    17,247 ++++
145 Mon, Sep 16     SLB  NYY  W  16-4       61-82    6    21.5       V Kennedy                   1,343 +++++
146 Tue, Sep 17     SLB  NYY  L   0-9       61-83    6    22.0       A Donald                    1,607 -
147 Wed, Sep 18     SLB  BOS  W  11-2       62-83    6    22.0       B Harris                      960 +
148 Thu, Sep 19     SLB  BOS  W   2-1       63-83    6    22.0       E Auker                       800 ++
149 Fri, Sep 20     SLB  CHW  W   7-6       64-83    6    22.0       M Newlin                    7,572 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sat, Sep 21     SLB  CHW  W   3-2       65-83    6    22.0       V Kennedy                   1,179 ++++
151 Sun, Sep 22     SLB  CHW  L   0-10      65-84    6    22.0       T Lyons                     4,711 -
152 Tue, Sep 24     SLB @CLE  W   7-2       66-84    6    21.5       E Auker                     1,000 +
153 Wed, Sep 25     SLB @CLE  L   2-4       66-85    6    23.0       A Milnar                    2,000 -
154 Fri, Sep 27     SLB @CHW  L   3-4       66-86    6    24.0       B Dietrich                    655 --
155 Sat, Sep 28     SLB @CHW  L   1-5       66-87    6    24.0       E Smith                     1,341 ---
156 Sun, Sep 29     SLB @CHW  W   2-1       67-87    6    23.0       E Auker                     2,931 +

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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