1942 St. Louis Browns
82 - 69
1941 / 1943 (Organization)
3rd place in the AL (19.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
40 - 37 (.519)
42 - 32 (.568)
-2.0 wins
+8.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 730 / 667 ( +63 )
Allowed/Expected: 637 / 671 ( +34 )
Pyth Record: 85 - 66 (-3)
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Sportsman's Park IV
Attendance: 255,617 Avg Att: 3,320 (0.48)
Att Rank: 8 / 8 Lg Avg: 6,874
       
Park Factor: 1.03    
HR Factor: 1.14 R/L HR: 1.08 / 1.23
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Harlond Clift
3B
29.9
3.8
24.4
10.7
9
Y
Not Available
2 Bill Trotter
RP
33.9
-0.4
0.0
-0.1
6
Y
4
21
1937
Free Agency
3 George McQuinn
1B
32.1
1.9
15.8
4.6
5
N
10
5
1937
Draft (Rule 5) NYA AL
4 Don Heffner
2B
31.4
-0.4
0.2
-0.5
5
N
2
15
1938
Trade NYA AL
5 Bob Muncrief
SP
26.4
1.1
7.0
2.4
4
N
1
1
1935
Unknown SLN NL
6 Johnny Berardino
3B
25.2
0.2
2.4
0.8
4
Y
1
1
1937
Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Chet Laabs
RF
30.2
3.8
22.9
11.2
4
N
5
13
1939
Trade DET AL
8 Bob Harris
SP
27.2
-0.7
0.0
-1.1
4
N
5
13
1939
Trade DET AL
9 Glenn McQuillen
LF
27.2
0.6
6.0
-0.5
3
Y
Not Available
10 Bob Swift
C
27.3
-0.3
1.2
-0.8
3
N
12
1
1937
Trade NYA AL
11 John Whitehead
RP
33.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
3
N
6
2
1939
Trade CHA AL
12 Alan Strange
3B
35.7
0.0
0.8
-0.1
3
N
10
3
1939
Draft (Rule 5) Seattle (PCL)
13 Johnny Niggeling
SP
39.0
4.3
17.1
10.1
3
N
1
4
1940
Waivers CIN NL
14 Wally Judnich
CF
25.4
5.1
25.1
14.0
3
Y
1
30
1940
Purchased NYA AL
15 Elden Auker
SP
31.8
0.5
11.2
2.7
3
N
2
8
1940
Purchased BOS AL
16 Roy Cullenbine
LF
28.7
0.1
3.0
0.3
3
N
5
27
1940
Trade BRO NL
17 Loy Hanning
RP
24.7
-0.5
0.0
-0.7
2
N
Not Available
18 Ewald Pyle
RP
31.8
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
2
Y
Not Available
19 Vern Stephens
SS
21.7
2.5
19.6
5.3
2
Y
1
1
1938
Free Agency (Amateur)
20 George Caster
RP
34.9
1.4
8.3
5.1
2
N
11
16
1940
Waivers PHA AL
21 Denny Galehouse
SP
30.6
1.8
11.2
4.6
2
N
12
3
1940
Purchased BOS AL
22 Fritz Ostermueller
SP
34.8
0.3
2.5
0.9
2
N
12
3
1940
Purchased BOS AL
23 Rick Ferrell
C
36.7
-0.4
6.3
-1.6
2
N
5
15
1941
Trade WS1 AL
24 Ray Hayworth
-
38.4
0.1
0.2
0.2
1
N
Not Available
25 Frank Biscan
RP
22.3
0.7
2.5
1.5
1
Y
Not Available
26 Tony Criscola
LF
27.0
-0.5
4.2
0.8
1
Y
Not Available
27 Luke Sewell
C
41.5
-0.2
0.3
-0.0
1
N
1
19
1935
Trade WS1 AL
28 Stan Ferens
SW
27.3
0.8
3.7
1.1
1
Y
9
30
1941
Draft (Rule 5) SLN NL
29 Al Hollingsworth
SP
34.4
2.0
12.2
6.6
1
N
1
24
1942
Purchased SLN NL
30 Don Gutteridge
2B
30.0
0.7
14.5
0.1
1
N
1
27
1942
Purchased SLN NL
31 Babe Dahlgren
-
30.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
N
5
13
1942
Purchased CHN NL
32 Frankie Hayes
C
27.7
0.4
5.7
1.2
1
N
6
1
1942
Trade PHA AL
33 Steve Sundra
SP
32.3
0.9
6.3
2.5
1
N
6
7
1942
Trade WS1 AL
34 Mike Chartak
RF
26.2
1.5
8.5
3.3
1
N
6
7
1942
Trade WS1 AL
35 Pete Appleton
RP
38.1
0.7
2.7
1.6
1
N
7
10
1942
Free Agency
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Pete Appleton RP Terryville, CT (USA)
Elden Auker SP Norcatur, KS (US)
Johnny Berardino 3B Los Angeles, CA (US)
Frank Biscan RP Mount Olive, IL (US)
George Caster RP Colton, CA (USA)
Mike Chartak RF Brooklyn, NY (USA)
Harlond Clift 3B ElReno, OK (USA)
Tony Criscola LF Walla Walla, WA (US)
Roy Cullenbine LF Nashville, TN (USA)
Babe Dahlgren - San Francisco, CA (US)
Stan Ferens SW Wendel, PA (USA)
Rick Ferrell C Guilford, NC (US)
Denny Galehouse SP Doylestown, OH (US)
Don Gutteridge 2B Pittsburg, KS (USA)
Loy Hanning RP Bunker, MO (USA)
Bob Harris SP Gillette, WY (USA)
Frankie Hayes C Pennington, NJ (US)
Ray Hayworth - Oak Ridge, NC (US)
Don Heffner 2B Baltimore, MD (US)
Al Hollingsworth SP St. Louis, MO (USA)
Wally Judnich CF San Francisco, CA (US)
Chet Laabs RF Milwaukee, WI (USA)
Glenn McQuillen LF Brunswick, MD (US)
George McQuinn 1B Arlington, VA (US)
Bob Muncrief SP Byng, OK (US)
Johnny Niggeling SP Remsen, IA (USA)
Fritz Ostermueller SP Quincy, IL (US)
Ewald Pyle RP DuQuoin, IL (US)
Luke Sewell C Wetumpka, AL (US)
Luke Sewell C Wetumpka, AL (US)
Vern Stephens SS Long Beach, CA (US)
Alan Strange 3B Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Steve Sundra SP Luxor, PA (USA)
Bob Swift C Salina, KS (USA)
Bill Trotter RP Cisne, IL (USA)
John Whitehead RP Coleman, TX (USA)

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