1937 St. Louis Browns season

1937 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record46–108 (.299)
League place8th
OwnersDonald Lee Barnes
General managersBill DeWitt
ManagersRogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley
RadioKMOX
(France Laux, Jim Alt)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Ray Schmidt, Allan Anthony)
← 1936 Seasons 1938 →

The 1937 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 46 wins and 108 losses. Despite finishing last, the Browns as a team hit .285, which was higher than the American League average of .281.[1] Pitching was the problem - the team's ERA was 6.00 compared to the American League average of 4.62.[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 102 52 .662 — 57‍–‍20 45‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 89 65 .578 13 49‍–‍28 40‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox 86 68 .558 16 47‍–‍30 39‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 83 71 .539 19 50‍–‍28 33‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 80 72 .526 21 44‍–‍29 36‍–‍43
Washington Senators 73 80 .477 28½ 43‍–‍35 30‍–‍45
Philadelphia Athletics 54 97 .358 46½ 27‍–‍50 27‍–‍47
St. Louis Browns 46 108 .299 56 25‍–‍51 21‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

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1937 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 10–12 11–11 12–10–1 7–15 17–3 15–7 8–14–1
Chicago 12–10 — 10–12 8–14 9–13 15–7 18–4 14–8
Cleveland 11–11 12–10 — 11–11 7–15–1 13–9 18–4–1 11–11
Detroit 10–12–1 14–8 11–11 — 9–13 14–8 15–7 16–6
New York 15–7 13–9 15–7–1 13–9 — 14–8 16–6–1 16–6–1
Philadelphia 3–17 7–15 9–13 8–14 8–14 — 11–11 8–13–3
St. Louis 7–15 4–18 4–18–1 7–15 6–16–1 11–11 — 7–15
Washington 14–8–1 8–14 11–11 6–16 6–16–1 13–8–3 15–7 —


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1937 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Rollie Hemsley 100 334 74 .222 3 28
1B Harry Davis 120 450 124 .276 3 35
2B Tom Carey 130 487 134 .275 1 40
SS Bill Knickerbocker 121 491 128 .261 4 61
3B Harlond Clift 155 571 175 .306 29 118
OF Sam West 122 457 150 .328 7 58
OF Beau Bell 156 642 218 .340 14 117
OF Joe Vosmik 144 594 193 .325 4 93

Other batters

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Ethan Allen 103 320 101 .316 0 31
Ben Huffman 76 176 48 .273 1 24
Jim Bottomley 65 109 26 .239 1 12
Red Barkley 31 101 27 .267 0 14
Nig Lipscomb 36 96 31 .323 0 8
Eddie Silber 22 83 26 .313 0 4
Rogers Hornsby 20 56 18 .321 1 11
Tony Giuliani 19 53 16 .302 0 3
Tommy Heath 17 43 10 .233 1 3
Sam Harshany 5 11 1 .091 0 0
Mel Mazzera 7 7 2 .286 0 0
Tom Cafego 4 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Oral Hildebrand 30 201.1 8 17 5.14 75
Elon Hogsett 37 177.1 6 19 6.29 68
Les Tietje 5 30.0 1 2 4.20 5
Lefty Mills 2 12.2 1 1 6.39 10
Bill Miller 1 4.0 0 1 13.50 1
Bob Muncrief 1 2.0 0 0 4.50 0

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Knott 38 191.1 8 18 4.89 74
Jim Walkup 27 150.1 9 12 7.36 46
Julio Bonetti 28 143.1 4 11 5.84 43
Bill Trotter 34 122.1 2 9 5.81 37
Lou Koupal 26 105.2 4 9 6.56 24
Russ Van Atta 16 58.2 1 2 5.52 34
Earl Caldwell 9 29.0 0 0 6.83 8
Harry Kimberlin 3 15.1 0 2 2.35 5
Emil Bildilli 4 8.0 0 1 10.13 2

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tommy Thomas 17 0 1 0 7.04 10
Sheriff Blake 15 2 2 1 7.61 12
Bill Strickland 9 0 0 0 5.91 6
George Hennessey 5 0 1 0 10.29 4
Nig Lipscomb 3 0 0 0 6.52 1
Ed Baecht 3 0 0 0 12.79 3

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Fred Haney
A1 San Antonio Missions Texas League Zack Taylor
A Des Moines Demons Western League Del Bissonette
B Meridian Scrappers Southeastern League Leonard McNair, Emmett Lipscomb
and Harry Whitehouse
B Terre Haute Tots Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Walter Holke
C Palestine Pals East Texas League Abe Miller
C Johnstown Johnnies Middle Atlantic League Jack Fournier
D Easton Browns Eastern Shore League George Jacobs
D Lafayette White Sox Evangeline League Bobby Goff
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Clarence Mitchell and Walter Holke
D Fairbury Jeffs Nebraska State League Sonny Brookhaus
D Osceola Indians Northeast Arkansas League Elmer Kirchoff
D Superior Blues Northern League George Treadwell
D Findlay Browns Ohio State League Grover Hartley

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mayfield

Terre Haute club folded, July 3, 1937[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hollingsworth, Harry (1994). The Best & Worst Baseball Teams of All Time: From the '16 A's to the '27 Yanks to the Present!. United States: SPI Books. p. 197. ISBN 1561713082.
  2. ^ Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Bill Trotter page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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