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1939 St. Louis Browns  (1938)  (1940)
55-99, 7th in American League
Scored 639 runs, Allowed 907 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-103
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .646
Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 65-89   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 43-111
Manager(s): Pat Carr

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Johnny Mize          26  154  589  105  185  38  11  36  108   0   0  100   64  .314  .413  .599  146   9.2  4e19      -57  
 3B  Harlond Clift        26  154  568   71  140  20   2  16   72   2   0  104   66  .246  .362  .373   81   4.8  1e25      -78  
 2B *Lonny Frey           28  146  525   82  128  30   8  15   79   5   3   81   64  .244  .351  .417   75   4.7  2e22      -72  
 OF *Doc Cramer           33  151  639   84  188  17   4   0   47   7   3   28   44  .294  .324  .333   68   3.9  4(-1)e7   -77  
 OF *Rip Radcliff         33  112  410   43  115  19   2   9   60   7   1   20   32  .280  .313  .402   48   4.2  4(+1)e12   50  
 OF *Lloyd Waner          33  123  411   43  125  11   7   0   44   1   0   15   24  .304  .333  .365   48   4.3  1(-1)e9    36  
 SS *Benny McCoy          23   64  236   26   75  14   9   2   37   9   2   34   37  .318  .404  .479   47   7.6  4e41       41  
 SS  Johnny Berardino     22  126  469   45  109  18   5   4   31   9   1   29   46  .232  .274  .318   41   3.0  3e88      -83  
 C   Rollie Hemsley       32  130  420   35  105  12   4   0   36   9   6   26   40  .250  .292  .298   34   2.7  3(-1)e6   -61  
 OF *Joe Grace            25   89  205   26   55   2   1   3   24   4   0   23   25  .268  .339  .332   24   4.1  3(-3)e12 -112  
 C   Willard Hershberger  29   57  177   20   50   8   1   0   17   0   0   14    6  .282  .335  .339   19   4.0  3(-1)e6  -129  
 OF *Mel Almada           26   59  157   11   25   1   0   2   10   0   0   14   24  .159  .230  .204    8   1.7  2(-2)e9  -122  
 OF *Tommy Thompson       29   40   55    7   13   1   0   0    3   0   0   14    5  .236  .391  .255    6   3.9  2(-3)e12 -204  
 PH  Johnny Lucadello     20   41   40    3   12   4   0   0    5   0   0    3    2  .300  .349  .400    5   5.1            168  
 OF  Beau Bell            31    7   15    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    3  .133  .278  .133    0   1.6  3(0)e12  -248  
 PH  Bill Knickerbocker   27   10    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125  .125  .125    0    .5           -135  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           657                  -53

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Paul Derringer       32  20  10  .667  35  35  19   0   0   0   3  288.1  319  123   97  15   44  136  3.03  132   4.1  -23  
  P  Bob Feller           20  11  25  .306  41  35  17   6   1   1   2  291.1  286  157  116  26  164  282  3.58  155   4.7   94  
  P  Joe Bowman           29   8  13  .381  27  27   5   0   0   0   1  168.0  253  129  118  23   40   72  6.32  142   7.6  104  
  P  Bill Crouch          31   6   4  .600  20   0   0  17   3  10   0   43.0   56   28   24   6   21   18  5.02   31   6.5   95  
  P  George Gill          30   3   2  .600  41   1   0  27   1   1   0   72.0  110   56   42   9   25   21  5.25   63   7.7  -11  
  P  John Whitehead       30   3   6  .333  37   4   2  14   0   1   0   70.0  129   77   67  14   16   11  8.61   82  10.1   75  
  P  Curt Davis           35   2  22  .083  34  34   9   0   0   0   0  239.2  315  161  127  22   58   88  4.77  158   5.8   57  
  P *Lefty Mills          29   1   3  .250  28   0   0  20   2   1   0   44.0   60   50   39   6   41   36  7.98   45   9.3  100  
  P  Roxie Lawson         33   1  13  .071  28  17   3  11   1   1   0  140.2  181  120  100  22   72   48  6.40  119   7.4   97  
  P *Emil Bildilli        26   0   1  .000   8   1   0   4   1   1   0   19.1   19    6    3   0    7   13  1.40    6   3.1 -134  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      937         57

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Rollie Hemsley       1005 115 118  591   58   9   5  .986  64  26
 Willard Hershberger   369  39  51  235   23   6   4  .977  20  12
 Joe Grace               3   0   1    2    0   0   0 1.000   1   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Mize 1376 154 154 1422 108 24 157 .985 10.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lonny Frey 1272 141 145 337 402 22 97 .971 5.23 Benny McCoy 73 9 9 18 26 2 8 .957 5.40 Johnny Berardino 16 2 2 5 4 0 2 1.000 5.06 Johnny Lucadello 15 2 3 4 8 0 2 1.000 7.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harlond Clift 1376 154 154 166 406 32 43 .947 3.74 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Berardino 961 106 110 207 308 65 60 .888 4.82 Benny McCoy 413 48 49 96 142 9 31 .964 5.18 Bill Knickerbocker 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Doc Cramer           1011 116 117  241   10   9   0  .965  2.23
 Rip Radcliff          249  29  29   54    3   6   0  .905  2.06
 Mel Almada             39   2  16    7    1   0   0 1.000  1.85
 Tommy Thompson         32   3   6    4    0   0   0 1.000  1.12
 Joe Grace              31   3   8    3    1   0   0 1.000  1.15
 Beau Bell              14   1   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.66
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lloyd Waner 996 109 122 237 21 11 0 .959 2.33 Mel Almada 301 37 39 86 4 3 0 .968 2.69 Doc Cramer 49 6 6 20 0 1 0 .952 3.67 Joe Grace 16 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 Tommy Thompson 11 1 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.18 Rip Radcliff 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rip Radcliff 664 77 77 148 8 4 3 .975 2.12 Joe Grace 370 40 47 89 3 5 0 .948 2.24 Doc Cramer 245 28 28 65 3 3 0 .958 2.49 Tommy Thompson 62 6 12 17 0 2 0 .895 2.47 Beau Bell 17 2 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 Mel Almada 10 0 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.72 Lloyd Waner 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1939 Draft


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