1942 St. Louis Browns season

1942 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Sportsman's Park (since 1902); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902);
Results
Record	82–69 (.543)
League place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Donald Lee Barnes
General manager(s)	Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)	Luke Sewell
Local 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

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

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

1942 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

26,27 Pete Appleton

18 Elden Auker

27 Frank Biscan

16 George Caster

19 Stan Ferens

22 Denny Galehouse

24 Loy Hanning

20 Bob Harris

25 Al Hollingsworth

29 Bob Muncrief

21 Johnny Niggeling

23 Fritz Ostermueller

23 Ewald Pyle

17 Steve Sundra

17 Bill Trotter

26 John Whitehead

Catchers

9 Rick Ferrell

8 Frankie Hayes

32 Luke Sewell

8 Bob Swift

Infielders

20 Johnny Berardino

7 Harlond Clift

4 Don Gutteridge

1 Don Heffner

3 George McQuinn

5 Vern Stephens

2 Alan Strange

Outfielders

10 Mike Chartak

14 Tony Criscola

50 Roy Cullenbine

12 Wally Judnich

28 Chet Laabs

15 Glenn McQuillen

Other batters

-- Babe Dahlgren

10 Ray Hayworth

Manager

32 Luke Sewell

Coaches

33 Fred Hofmann

34 Zack Taylor

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
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

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	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	10	6	2.96	60
Stan Ferens	19	69	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

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

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
https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=20567

External links

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[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] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=20567

1942 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
1942 All-Star Game 1942 World Series