1937 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 46-108
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 123,121, Avg. 2,701
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Rogers Hornsby (25-52)
Manager: Jim Bottomley (21-56)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1937 St. Louis Browns Roster
1937 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1937 season with a record of 46 wins and 108 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Browns scored 715 runs and surrendered 1023 runs, most in the circuit. Harlond Clift paced St. Louis with 29 home runs and drove in 118 runs. Beau Bell topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .340. Jim Walkup paced the team with 9 wins, while Jack Knott recorded a 4.89 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Rogers Hornsby and Jim Bottomley coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Jim Walkup	9	12	.429	7.36	27	18	4	6	0	0	150.3	218	127	123	16	83	46	0	8	720
Oral Hildebrand	8	17	.320	5.14	30	27	2	12	1	1	201.3	228	127	115	18	87	75	3	4	904
Jack Knott	8	18	.308	4.89	38	22	10	8	0	2	191.3	220	117	104	25	91	74	5	3	866
Elon Hogsett	6	19	.240	6.29	37	26	8	8	1	2	177.3	245	144	124	19	75	68	5	1	842
Lou Koupal	4	9	.308	6.56	26	13	9	6	0	0	105.7	150	87	77	10	55	24	0	1	505
Julio Bonetti	4	11	.267	5.84	28	16	10	7	0	1	143.3	190	103	93	13	60	43	2	5	663
Sheriff Blake	2	2	.500	7.61	15	1	6	0	0	1	36.7	55	33	31	5	20	12	0	1	180
Bill Trotter	2	9	.182	5.81	34	12	14	3	0	1	122.3	150	88	79	14	50	37	7	0	562
Howard Mills	1	1	.500	6.39	2	2	0	1	0	0	12.7	16	13	9	1	10	10	0	4	66
Les Tietje	1	2	.333	4.20	5	4	1	2	0	0	30.0	32	15	14	0	17	5	0	0	132
Russ Van Atta	1	2	.333	5.52	16	6	4	1	0	0	58.7	74	41	36	2	32	34	0	2	280
Bob Muncrief	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	12
Bill Strickland	0	0		5.91	9	0	6	0	0	0	21.3	28	18	14	2	15	6	2	0	100
Gerard Lipscomb	0	0		6.52	3	0	3	0	0	0	9.7	13	9	7	3	5	1	0	0	45
Earl Caldwell	0	0		6.83	9	2	1	0	0	0	29.0	39	22	22	3	13	8	2	0	138
Ed Baecht	0	0		12.79	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.3	13	15	9	3	6	3	2	0	39
Tommy Thomas	0	1	.000	7.04	17	2	14	0	0	0	30.7	46	26	24	2	10	10	1	3	146
Emil Bildilli	0	1	.000	10.13	4	1	3	0	0	0	8.0	12	9	9	1	3	2	0	0	37
George Hennessey	0	1	.000	10.29	5	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	15	8	8	2	6	4	0	1	38
Bill Miller	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	6	6	1	4	1	1	0	24
Harry Kimberlin	0	2	.000	2.35	3	2	1	1	0	0	15.3	16	13	4	2	9	5	0	1	72
Totals	46	108	.299	6.00	313	156	102	55	2	8	1363.0	1770	1023	909	143	653	468	30	34	6371

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Beau Bell	156	699	642	82	218	51	8	14	117	2	2	53	54	.340	.391	.509	.900	327	1	3
Joe Vosmik	144	655	594	81	193	47	9	4	93	2	3	49	38	.325	.377	.455	.832	270	1	11
Harlond Clift	155	679	571	103	175	36	7	29	118	8	5	98	80	.306	.413	.546	.960	312	6	4
Sam West	122	506	457	68	150	37	4	7	58	1	1	46	28	.328	.390	.473	.862	216	0	3
Tom Carey	130	513	487	54	134	24	1	1	40	1	2	21	26	.275	.306	.335	.641	163	1	4
Bill Knickerbocker	121	530	491	53	128	29	5	4	61	3	2	30	32	.261	.303	.365	.668	179	0	9
Harry Davis	120	528	450	89	124	25	3	3	35	7	6	71	26	.276	.374	.364	.739	164	0	7
Ethan Allen	103	349	320	39	101	18	1	0	31	3	4	21	17	.316	.360	.378	.738	121	1	7
Rollie Hemsley	100	364	334	30	74	12	3	3	28	0	0	25	29	.222	.276	.302	.578	101	0	5
Ben Huffman	76	189	176	18	48	9	0	1	24	1	0	10	7	.273	.323	.341	.664	60	3	0
Gerard Lipscomb	36	109	96	11	31	9	1	0	8	0	0	11	10	.323	.398	.438	.836	42	1	1
Red Barkley	31	117	101	9	27	6	0	0	14	1	0	14	17	.267	.357	.327	.683	33	0	2
Eddie Silber	22	89	83	10	26	2	0	0	4	0	2	5	13	.313	.352	.337	.690	28	0	1
Jim Bottomley	65	127	109	11	26	7	0	1	12	1	0	18	15	.239	.346	.330	.677	36	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	20	63	56	7	18	3	0	1	11	0	0	7	5	.321	.397	.429	.825	24	0	0
Tony Giuliani	19	58	53	6	16	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	.302	.339	.321	.660	17	0	2
Jim Walkup	27	61	58	8	14	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	.241	.241	.241	.483	14	0	3
Oral Hildebrand	30	81	70	9	14	3	0	0	7	0	0	2	2	.200	.222	.243	.465	17	0	9
Elon Hogsett	40	64	62	6	13	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	13	.210	.234	.290	.525	18	0	0
Tommy Heath	17	53	43	4	10	0	2	1	3	0	0	10	3	.233	.377	.395	.773	17	0	0
Jack Knott	38	62	57	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	18	.140	.155	.140	.296	8	0	4
Julio Bonetti	28	53	47	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.149	.216	.170	.386	8	0	2
Russ Van Atta	16	15	13	3	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.462	.533	.692	1.226	9	0	0
Lou Koupal	26	35	32	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.094	.121	.094	.215	3	0	2
Mel Mazzera	7	7	7	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	4	0	0
Earl Caldwell	9	10	9	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.333	.556	3	0	1
Harry Kimberlin	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0
Bill Strickland	9	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0
Sheriff Blake	15	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	1
Sam Harshaney	5	14	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.091	.286	.182	.468	2	0	0
Bill Trotter	34	41	33	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	17	.030	.179	.061	.240	2	0	2
Ed Baecht	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Emil Bildilli	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Les Tietje	5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
Tommy Thomas	17	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Tom Cafego	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Howard Mills	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Bill Miller	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
George Hennessey	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1
Bob Muncrief	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1766	6123	5510	715	1573	327	44	71	682	30	27	514	510	.285	.348	.399	.747	2201	14	85

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Rollie Hemsley	1B	2	6	1	0	0	1.000	3.500	0
Harry Davis	1B	112	1065	54	10	108	.991	9.991	0
Jim Bottomley	1B	24	179	12	1	16	.995	7.958	0
Beau Bell	1B	26	238	17	6	18	.977	9.808	0
Gerard Lipscomb	2B	27	73	82	6	28	.963	5.741	0
Bill Knickerbocker	2B	6	15	11	1	5	.963	4.333	0
Rogers Hornsby	2B	17	30	41	4	10	.947	4.176	0
Tom Carey	2B	87	202	253	8	58	.983	5.230	0
Red Barkley	2B	31	75	81	5	20	.969	5.032	0
Gerard Lipscomb	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Harlond Clift	3B	155	198	405	34	50	.947	3.890	0
Tom Carey	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Beau Bell	3B	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Ben Huffman	C	42	140	20	5	4	.970	3.810	3
Rollie Hemsley	C	94	332	70	13	13	.969	4.277	1
Tommy Heath	C	14	55	6	0	1	1.000	4.357	1
Sam Harshaney	C	4	15	4	2	0	.905	4.750	0
Tony Giuliani	C	19	61	10	1	1	.986	3.737	3
Sam West	OF	105	298	17	4	6	.987	3.000	0
Joe Vosmik	OF	143	333	12	10	4	.972	2.413	0
Eddie Silber	OF	21	27	0	4	0	.871	1.286	0
Harry Davis	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Tom Cafego	OF	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Beau Bell	OF	131	222	22	4	6	.984	1.863	0
Ethan Allen	OF	78	186	8	4	1	.980	2.487	0
Jim Walkup	P	27	7	37	2	1	.957	1.630	0
Russ Van Atta	P	16	2	14	2	0	.889	1.000	0
Bill Trotter	P	34	2	18	3	0	.870	.588	0
Les Tietje	P	5	0	3	0	1	1.000	.600	0
Tommy Thomas	P	17	1	6	0	0	1.000	.412	0
Bill Strickland	P	9	1	3	0	0	1.000	.444	0
Bob Muncrief	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Howard Mills	P	2	0	3	1	0	.750	1.500	0
Bill Miller	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Gerard Lipscomb	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Lou Koupal	P	26	3	19	0	1	1.000	.846	0
Jack Knott	P	38	2	26	1	1	.966	.737	0
Harry Kimberlin	P	3	0	3	1	0	.750	1.000	0
Elon Hogsett	P	37	8	28	3	2	.923	.973	0
Oral Hildebrand	P	30	5	36	2	1	.953	1.367	0
George Hennessey	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Earl Caldwell	P	9	0	6	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Julio Bonetti	P	28	6	38	4	1	.917	1.571	0
Sheriff Blake	P	15	2	8	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Emil Bildilli	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ed Baecht	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Bill Knickerbocker	SS	115	205	368	25	59	.958	4.983	0
Tom Carey	SS	44	91	144	7	25	.971	5.341	0
Totals		1616	4088	1897	174	441	.972	3.704	8

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