1940 St. Louis Browns season

1940 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Sportsman's Park (since 1902); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902);
Results
Record	67–87 (.435)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Donald Lee Barnes
General manager(s)	Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)	Fred Haney
Local radio	KMOX; (France Laux); KWK; (Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett); KXOK; (Alex Buchan, Gabby Street, Ray Schmidt)
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The 1940 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason

December 8, 1939: Moose Solters was traded by the Browns to the Chicago White Sox for Rip Radcliff.[1]
Prior to 1940 season: Ray Coleman was signed as an amateur free agent by the Browns.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	90	64	0.584	—	50–29	40–35
Cleveland Indians	89	65	0.578	1	51–30	38–35
New York Yankees	88	66	0.571	2	52–24	36–42
Boston Red Sox	82	72	0.532	8	45–34	37–38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	0.532	8	41–36	41–36
St. Louis Browns	67	87	0.435	23	37–39	30–48
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	26	36–41	28–49
Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	0.351	36	29–42	25–58

Record vs. opponents

1940 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	8–14	11–11	9–13	18–4	12–10	13–9
Chicago	11–11	—	6–16	13–9	11–11–1	16–6	13–9	12–10
Cleveland	14–8	16–6	—	11–11	10–12	14–8	11–11–1	13–9
Detroit	11–11	9–13	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4–1	16–6
New York	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	8–14	—	13–9	14–8	17–5
Philadelphia	4–18	6–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	8–14
St. Louis	10–12	9–13	11–11–1	4–18–1	8–14	14–8	—	11–11
Washington	9–13	10–12	9–13	6–16	5–17	14–8	11–11	—

Notable transactions

August 3, 1940: Willis Hudlin was signed as a free agent by the Browns.[3]

Roster

1940 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

18 Elden Auker

26 Emil Bildilli

30 Slick Coffman

27 Bill Cox

24 Bob Harris

19 Willis Hudlin

23 Vern Kennedy

19 Jack Kramer

20 Roxie Lawson

22 Lefty Mills

19 Maury Newlin

21 Johnny Niggeling

17 Bill Trotter

25 John Whitehead

Catchers

8 Sam Harshany

9 George Susce

7 Bob Swift

Infielders

4 Johnny Berardino

6 Harlond Clift

1 Don Heffner

3 Lyn Lary

3 Johnny Lucadello

5 George McQuinn

2 Alan Strange

Outfielders

8 Roy Cullenbine

16 Joe Gallagher

15 Joe Grace

14 Myril Hoag

12 Wally Judnich

10 Chet Laabs

11 Rip Radcliff

Other batters

29 Fuzz White

Manager

34 Fred Haney

Coaches

33 Fred Hofmann

32 Walter Holke

Player stats

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
3B	Harlond Clift	150	523	143	.273	20	87
SS	Johnny Berardino	142	523	135	.258	16	85
OF	Wally Judnich	137	519	157	.303	24	89
OF	Rip Radcliff	150	584	200	.342	7	81

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
George Susce	61	113	24	.212	0	13
Joe Gallagher	23	70	19	.271	2	8
Sam Harshany	3	1	0	.000	0	0

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	38	263.2	16	11	3.96	78
Vern Kennedy	34	222.1	12	17	5.59	70
Bob Harris	35	193.2	11	15	4.93	49

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
Emil Bildilli	28	97	2	4	5.57	32
Jack Kramer	16	64.2	3	7	6.26	12
John Whitehead	15	40	1	3	5.40	11
Willis Hudlin	6	11.1	0	1	11.12	4

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
Bill Trotter	36	7	6	2	3.77	29
Slick Coffman	31	2	2	1	6.27	26
Roxie Lawson	30	5	3	4	5.13	18
Lefty Mills	26	0	6	0	7.78	18
Bill Cox	12	0	1	0	7.27	7

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toledo Mud Hens	American Association	Zack Taylor
A1	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Marty McManus
B	Springfield Browns	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Art Scharein
C	Palestine Pals	East Texas League	Elmer Kirchoff
C	Tyler Trojans	East Texas League	Bobby Goff and Sam Hancock
C	St. Joseph Autos	Michigan State League	Conrad Fisher and Elmer Kirchoff
C	Youngstown Browns	Middle Atlantic League	Rod Whitney
C	Topeka Owls	Western Association	Bill Wilson and Pete Monahan
D	Pennington Gap Miners	Appalachian League	Art Hauger and James Rollins
D	Lafayette White Sox	Evangeline League	Harry Strohm
D	Mayfield Browns	KITTY League	Bennie Tate
D	Paragould Browns	Northeast Arkansas League	Tom Greenwade
D	Beaver Falls Browns	Pennsylvania State Association	Frank Oceak
D	Lincoln Links	Western League	Pug Griffin

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tyler, Paragould
Palestine club folded, June 5, 1940[4]

References

Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
Ray Coleman page at Baseball Reference
Willis Hudlin page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

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[1] Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference

[2] Ray Coleman page at Baseball Reference

[3] Willis Hudlin page at Baseball Reference

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1940 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1940 All-Star Game 1940 World Series