1933 St. Louis Browns season
1933 St. Louis Browns | |
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Results | |
Record | 55–96 (.364) |
League place | 8th |
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Owner(s) | Phil Ball |
Manager(s) | Bill Killefer, Allen Sothoron, and Rogers Hornsby |
Local radio | KMOX, KWK (France Laux) |
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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[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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[]
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | 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 |
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Rollie Stiles | 31 | 115 | 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 | 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 |
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Sam Gray | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4.10 | 36 |
Hank McDonald | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8.64 | 22 |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Hank Severeid |
A | Joplin Miners | Western League | Runt Marr |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Rogers Hornsby page at Baseball Reference
- ^ 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
- St. Louis Browns seasons
- 1933 Major League Baseball season
- 1933 in sports in Missouri
- Baltimore Orioles season stubs
- St. Louis sport stubs