1933 St. Louis Browns season

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.

1933 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	55–96 (.364)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Bill Killefer, Allen Sothoron, and Rogers Hornsby
Local radio	KMOX, KWK (France Laux)
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Regular season

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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
1B	Jack Burns	144	556	160	.288	7	71

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
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
George Blaeholder	38	255.2	15	19	4.72	63

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
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

1. Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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