1942 St. Louis Browns season

1942 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	82–69 (.543)
League place	3rd
Owners	Donald Lee Barnes
General managers	Bill DeWitt
Managers	Luke Sewell
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

v t e 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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

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	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

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
Elden Auker	35	249.0	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	161.0	10	6	2.96	60
Stan Ferens	19	69.0	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

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References

External links

• 1942 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1942 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com