1933 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record55–96 (.364)
League place8th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersBill Killefer, Allen Sothoron, and Rogers Hornsby
RadioKMOX, KWK
(France Laux)
← 1932 Seasons 1934 →

The 1933 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 96 losses, 43½ games behind the AL Champion Washington Senators.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 99 53 0.651 — 46–30 53–23
New York Yankees 91 59 0.607 7 51–23 40–36
Philadelphia Athletics 79 72 0.523 19½ 46–29 33–43
Cleveland Indians 75 76 0.497 23½ 45–32 30–44
Detroit Tigers 75 79 0.487 25 43–35 32–44
Chicago White Sox 67 83 0.447 31 35–41 32–42
Boston Red Sox 63 86 0.423 34½ 32–40 31–46
St. Louis Browns 55 96 0.364 43½ 30–46 25–50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League record

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


Notable transactions

Roster

1933 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
C Merv Shea 94 279 73 .262 1 27
1B Jack Burns 144 556 160 .288 7 71
2B Ski Melillo 132 496 145 .292 3 79
SS Jim Levey 141 529 103 .195 2 36
3B Art Scharein 123 471 96 .204 0 26
OF Carl Reynolds 135 475 136 .286 8 71
OF Bruce Campbell 148 567 157 .277 16 106
OF Sam West 133 517 155 .300 11 48

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
Ted Gullic 104 304 74 .243 5 35
Lin Storti 70 210 41 .195 3 21
Debs Garms 78 189 60 .317 4 24
Rollie Hemsley 32 95 23 .242 1 15
Rick Ferrell 22 72 18 .250 1 5
Muddy Ruel 36 63 12 .190 0 8
Jack Crouch 19 30 5 .167 1 5
Rogers Hornsby 11 9 3 .333 1 2

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
Bump Hadley 45 316.2 15 20 3.92 149
George Blaeholder 38 255.2 15 19 4.72 63
Ed Wells 36 203.2 6 14 4.20 58
Lloyd Brown 8 39.0 1 6 7.15 7

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
Rollie Stiles 31 115.0 3 7 5.01 29
Wally Hebert 33 88.1 4 6 5.30 19
Jack Knott 20 82.2 1 8 5.01 19
Dick Coffman 21 81.0 3 7 5.89 19
Garland Braxton 5 8.1 0 1 9.72 5

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
Sam Gray 38 7 4 4 4.10 36
Hank McDonald 25 0 4 0 8.64 22

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A San Antonio Missions Texas League Hank Severeid
A Joplin Miners Western League Runt Marr

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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