1942 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record82–69 (.543)
League place3rd
OwnersDonald Lee Barnes
General managersBill DeWitt
ManagersLuke Sewell
Radio(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
Seasons

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

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 9359 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 8269 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 6682 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 6289 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5599 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago 8–1311–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland 8–1411–119–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit 7–1513–913–9–27–1513–911–119–13
New York 10–1215–715–715–716–615–717–5
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–169–136–166–1610–12
St. Louis 11–1113–613–911–117–1516–611–11
Washington 7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11

Notable transactions

Roster

1942 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
CRick Ferrell9927361.223026
1BGeorge McQuinn145554145.2621278
2BDon Gutteridge147616157.255150
SSVern Stephens145575169.2941492
3BHarlond Clift143541148.274755
OFGlenn McQuillen10033996.283347
OFWally Judnich132457143.3131782
OFChet Laabs144520143.2752799

Other batters

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
Mike Chartak7323759.249943
Frankie Hayes5615940.252217
Tony Criscola9115847.297113
Roy Cullenbine3810921.193214
Bob Swift297615.19718
Johnny Berardino297421.284110
Alan Strange193710.27005
Don Heffner19366.16703
Luke Sewell6121.08300
Babe Dahlgren220.00000
Ray Hayworth1111.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Elden Auker35249.014134.0862
Johnny Niggeling28206.115112.66107
Denny Galehouse32192.112123.6075
Bob Muncrief24134.1683.8939
Steve Sundra20110.2833.8226
Bob Harris633.2155.619

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Al Hollingsworth33161.01062.9660
Stan Ferens1969.0343.7823
Fritz Ostermueller1043.2313.7121

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Caster398252.8134
Pete Appleton141122.9612
Frank Biscan110112.3310
Loy Hanning111107.799
John Whitehead40006.750
Bill Trotter301018.000
Ewald Pyle20006.751

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Fred Haney
A1 San Antonio Missions Texas League Ralph Winegarner
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jimmy Adair
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Bill Hornsby
D Huntington Jewels Mountain State League Art Scharein

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References

  1. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  2. Bill Trotter page at Baseball Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
  4. "1942 Huntington Jewels Statistics".


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