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)
← 1941 Seasons 1943 →

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 103 51 0.669 — 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 93 59 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 82 69 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 75 79 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 73 81 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 66 82 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 62 89 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 55 99 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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
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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
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

[3][4]

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".

External links


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