1942 St. Louis Browns season

The 1942 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 82 wins and 69 losses.

1942 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	82–69 (.543)
League place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Donald Lee Barnes
General manager(s)	Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)	Luke Sewell
Local radio	(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
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Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

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
Bob Swift	29	76	15	.197	1	8

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	14	13	4.08	62
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

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
Pete Appleton	14	1	1	2	2.96	12
Loy Hanning	11	1	1	0	7.79	9
Bill Trotter	3	0	1	0	18.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

[3][4]

References

1. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
2. Bill Trotter page at Baseball Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=20567

External links

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