1933 St. Louis Browns season

1933 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	55–96 (.364)
League place	8th
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	Bill Killefer, Allen Sothoron, and Rogers Hornsby
Radio	KMOX, KWK (France Laux)
← 1932 Seasons 1934 →

The 1933 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 96 losses, 43½ games behind the AL Champion Washington Senators.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	99	53	0.651	—	46–30	53–23
New York Yankees	91	59	0.607	7	51–23	40–36
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	0.523	19½	46–29	33–43
Cleveland Indians	75	76	0.497	23½	45–32	30–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	25	43–35	32–44
Chicago White Sox	67	83	0.447	31	35–41	32–42
Boston Red Sox	63	86	0.423	34½	32–40	31–46
St. Louis Browns	55	96	0.364	43½	30–46	25–50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Notable transactions

• July 26, 1933: Rogers Hornsby was signed as a free agent by the Browns.^[1]

Roster

1933 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 12 George Blaeholder -- Garland Braxton 14 Lloyd Brown 16 Dick Coffman 15 Sam Gray 17 Bump Hadley 19 Wally Hebert 18 Jack Knott 30 Hank McDonald 22 Rollie Stiles 28 Ed Wells		Catchers 25 Jack Crouch  8 Rick Ferrell -- Rollie Hemsley  9 Muddy Ruel  8 Merv Shea Infielders  2 Jack Burns  1 Jim Levey  5 Ski Melillo  7 Art Scharein 24 Lin Storti		Outfielders  4 Bruce Campbell 27 Debs Garms 26 Ted Gullic  3 Carl Reynolds  6 Sam West Other batters 16 Rogers Hornsby		Manager 16 Rogers Hornsby 33 Bill Killefer 29 Allen Sothoron Coaches 29 Allen Sothoron

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	Merv Shea	94	279	73	.262	1	27
1B	Jack Burns	144	556	160	.288	7	71
2B	Ski Melillo	132	496	145	.292	3	79
SS	Jim Levey	141	529	103	.195	2	36
3B	Art Scharein	123	471	96	.204	0	26
OF	Carl Reynolds	135	475	136	.286	8	71
OF	Bruce Campbell	148	567	157	.277	16	106
OF	Sam West	133	517	155	.300	11	48

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
Ted Gullic	104	304	74	.243	5	35
Lin Storti	70	210	41	.195	3	21
Debs Garms	78	189	60	.317	4	24
Rollie Hemsley	32	95	23	.242	1	15
Rick Ferrell	22	72	18	.250	1	5
Muddy Ruel	36	63	12	.190	0	8
Jack Crouch	19	30	5	.167	1	5
Rogers Hornsby	11	9	3	.333	1	2

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
Bump Hadley	45	316.2	15	20	3.92	149
George Blaeholder	38	255.2	15	19	4.72	63
Ed Wells	36	203.2	6	14	4.20	58
Lloyd Brown	8	39.0	1	6	7.15	7

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
Rollie Stiles	31	115.0	3	7	5.01	29
Wally Hebert	33	88.1	4	6	5.30	19
Jack Knott	20	82.2	1	8	5.01	19
Dick Coffman	21	81.0	3	7	5.89	19
Garland Braxton	5	8.1	0	1	9.72	5

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
Sam Gray	38	7	4	4	4.10	36
Hank McDonald	25	0	4	0	8.64	22

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Hank Severeid
A	Joplin Miners	Western League	Runt Marr

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio^[2]

Notes

References

• 1933 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1933 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com