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1937 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Browns
season	1937
league	American League
ballpark	Sportsman's Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	46–108 (.299)
league_place	8th
owners	Donald Lee Barnes
general_managers	Bill DeWitt
managers	Rogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley
radio	KMOX
(France Laux, Jim Alt)
KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Ray Schmidt, Allan Anthony)

(France Laux, Jim Alt) KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Ray Schmidt, Allan Anthony) |}} The 1937 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 46 wins and 108 losses. Despite finishing last, the Browns as a team hit .285, which was higher than the American League average of .281. Pitching was the problem - the team's ERA was 6.00 compared to the American League average of 4.62.

Offseason

December 2, 1936: Ray Pepper was purchased from the Browns by the Buffalo Bisons.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 13, 1937: Bill Trotter was signed as a free agent by the Browns.

Roster

1937 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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		100	334	74	.222	3	28
1B		120	450	124	.276	3	35
2B		130	487	134	.275	1	40
SS	Bill Knickerbocker	121	491	128	.261	4	61
3B	Harlond Clift	155	571	175	.306	29	118
OF	Sam West	122	457	150	.328	7	58
OF	Beau Bell	156	642	218	.340	14	117
OF	Joe Vosmik	144	594	193	.325	4	93

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
	103	320	101	.316	0	31
Ben Huffman	76	176	48	.273	1	24
	65	109	26	.239	1	12
Red Barkley	31	101	27	.267	0	14
	36	96	31	.323	0	8
Eddie Silber	22	83	26	.313	0	4
	20	56	18	.321	1	11
Tony Giuliani	19	53	16	.302	0	3
	17	43	10	.233	1	3
	5	11	1	.091	0	0
Mel Mazzera	7	7	2	.286	0	0
Tom Cafego	4	4	0	.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
Oral Hildebrand	30	201.1	8	17	5.14	75
Elon Hogsett	37	177.1	6	19	6.29	68
Les Tietje	5	30.0	1	2	4.20	5
	2	12.2	1	1	6.39	10
	1	4.0	0	1	13.50	1
Bob Muncrief	1	2.0	0	0	4.50	0

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
Jack Knott	38	191.1	8	18	4.89	74
	27	150.1	9	12	7.36	46
	28	143.1	4	11	5.84	43
	34	122.1	2	9	5.81	37
Lou Koupal	26	105.2	4	9	6.56	24
Russ Van Atta	16	58.2	1	2	5.52	34
	9	29.0	0	0	6.83	8
Harry Kimberlin	3	15.1	0	2	2.35	5
	4	8.0	0	1	10.13	2

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
Tommy Thomas	17	0	1	0	7.04	10
	15	2	2	1	7.61	12
	9	0	0	0	5.91	6
	5	0	1	0	10.29	4
	3	0	0	0	6.52	1
	3	0	0	0	12.79	3

Farm system

and Harry Whitehouse LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mayfield

Terre Haute club folded, July 3, 1937

References

(1994). "The Best & Worst Baseball Teams of All Time: From the '16 A's to the '27 Yanks to the Present!". SPI Books.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peppera01.shtml Ray Pepper page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trottbi01.shtml Bill Trotter page at Baseball-Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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