1940 St. Louis Browns season explained

St. Louis Browns
Season:	1940
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	67–87 (.435)
League Place:	6th
Owners:	Donald Lee Barnes
General Managers:	Bill DeWitt
Managers:	Fred Haney
Radio:	KMOX (France Laux) KWK (Johnny O'Hara, Johnny Neblett) KXOK (Alex Buchan, Gabby Street, Ray Schmidt)

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

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1940 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		130	398	97	.244	0	39
1B		151	594	166	.279	16	84
2B		126	487	115	.236	3	53
3B		150	523	143	.273	20	87
SS		142	523	135	.258	16	85
OF		137	519	157	.303	24	89
OF		150	584	200	.342	7	81
OF		86	257	59	.230	7	31

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
	80	229	59	.258	5	25
	105	218	59	.271	10	40
	76	191	50	.262	3	26
	54	167	31	.186	0	6
	61	113	24	.212	0	13
	23	70	19	.271	2	8
	17	63	20	.317	2	10
	27	54	3	.056	0	3
	2	2	0	.000	0	0
	3	1	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
	38	263.2	16	11	3.96	78
	34	222.1	12	17	5.59	70
	35	193.2	11	15	4.93	49
	28	153.2	7	11	4.45	82
	1	6.0	1	0	6.00	3

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
	28	97.0	2	4	5.57	32
	16	64.2	3	7	6.26	12
	26	59.0	0	6	7.78	18
	15	40.0	1	3	5.40	11
	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
	36	7	6	2	3.77	29
	31	2	2	1	6.27	26
	30	5	3	4	5.13	18
	12	0	1	0	7.27	7

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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

External links

• 1940 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1940 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/radclri01.shtml Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemra01.shtml Ray Coleman page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudliwi01.shtml 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