1942 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 82–69 (.543) | |
League place | 3rd | |
Owners | Donald Lee Barnes | |
General managers | Bill DeWitt | |
Managers | Luke Sewell | |
Radio | (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) | |
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The 1942 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 69 losses.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | .669 | — | 58–19 | 45–32 |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59 | .612 | 9 | 53–24 | 40–35 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69 | .543 | 19½ | 40–37 | 42–32 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 28 | 39–39 | 36–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81 | .474 | 30 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82 | .446 | 34 | 35–35 | 31–47 |
Washington Senators | 62 | 89 | .411 | 39½ | 35–42 | 27–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99 | .357 | 48 | 25–51 | 30–48 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 13–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–7 | |||||
Chicago | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 6–13 | 13–7 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–14 | 11–11 | — | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9–2 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 13–6 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 | |||||
Washington | 7–14 | 7–13 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 1, 1942: Bob Harris and Bob Swift were traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for Frankie Hayes.[1]
- June 1, 1942: Bill Trotter and Roy Cullenbine were traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Mike Chartak and Steve Sundra.[2]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 |
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C | Rick Ferrell | 99 | 273 | 61 | .223 | 0 | 26 |
1B | George McQuinn | 145 | 554 | 145 | .262 | 12 | 78 |
2B | Don Gutteridge | 147 | 616 | 157 | .255 | 1 | 50 |
SS | Vern Stephens | 145 | 575 | 169 | .294 | 14 | 92 |
3B | Harlond Clift | 143 | 541 | 148 | .274 | 7 | 55 |
OF | Glenn McQuillen | 100 | 339 | 96 | .283 | 3 | 47 |
OF | Wally Judnich | 132 | 457 | 143 | .313 | 17 | 82 |
OF | Chet Laabs | 144 | 520 | 143 | .275 | 27 | 99 |
Other batters
[edit]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 |
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Mike Chartak | 73 | 237 | 59 | .249 | 9 | 43 |
Frankie Hayes | 56 | 159 | 40 | .252 | 2 | 17 |
Tony Criscola | 91 | 158 | 47 | .297 | 1 | 13 |
Roy Cullenbine | 38 | 109 | 21 | .193 | 2 | 14 |
Bob Swift | 29 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 1 | 8 |
Johnny Berardino | 29 | 74 | 21 | .284 | 1 | 10 |
Alan Strange | 19 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 5 |
Don Heffner | 19 | 36 | 6 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
Luke Sewell | 6 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
Babe Dahlgren | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Hayworth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Elden Auker | 35 | 249.0 | 14 | 13 | 4.08 | 62 |
Johnny Niggeling | 28 | 206.1 | 15 | 11 | 2.66 | 107 |
Denny Galehouse | 32 | 192.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.60 | 75 |
Bob Muncrief | 24 | 134.1 | 6 | 8 | 3.89 | 39 |
Steve Sundra | 20 | 110.2 | 8 | 3 | 3.82 | 26 |
Bob Harris | 6 | 33.2 | 1 | 5 | 5.61 | 9 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Al Hollingsworth | 33 | 161.0 | 10 | 6 | 2.96 | 60 |
Stan Ferens | 19 | 69.0 | 3 | 4 | 3.78 | 23 |
Fritz Ostermueller | 10 | 43.2 | 3 | 1 | 3.71 | 21 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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George Caster | 39 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2.81 | 34 |
Pete Appleton | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.96 | 12 |
Frank Biscan | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.33 | 10 |
Loy Hanning | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.79 | 9 |
John Whitehead | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
Bill Trotter | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Ewald Pyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Trotter page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
- ^ "1942 Huntington Jewels Statistics".
External links
[edit]- 1942 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1942 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com