1940 St. Louis Browns season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Browns
season = 1940
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969| Uniform logo =
ballpark = Sportsman's Park
y4 = 1902
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1902
owners = Donald Lee Barnes
managers = Fred Haney
television =
radio = KMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(John O'Hara, Johnny Neblett)
KXOK (AM)
(Alex Buchan, Gabby Street, Ray Schmidt)|The 1940 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses.

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

*December 8, 1939: Rip Radcliffe was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Browns for Moose Solters. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/radclri01.shtml]

Roster

Starting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AA: Toledo Mud Hens (American Association; Zack Taylor, manager)
* Class A1: San Antonio Missions (Texas League; Marty McManus, manager)
* Class B: Springfield Browns (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Art Scharein, manager)
* Class C: Palestine Pals (East Texas League; Elmer Kirchoff, manager) — Club folded, June 5
* Class C: Tyler Trojans (East Texas League; Bobby Goff and Sam Hancock, managers) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class C: St. Joseph Autos (Michigan State League; Conrad Fisher and Elmer Kirchoff, managers)
* Class C: Youngstown Browns (Middle Atlantic League; Rod Whitney, manager)
* Class C: Topeka Owls (Western Association; Bill Wilson and Pete Monahan, managers)
* Class D: Pennington Gap Miners (Appalachian League; Art Hauger and Jim Rollins, managers)
* Class D: Lafayette White Sox (Evangeline League; Harry Strohm, manager)
* Class D: Mayfield Browns (KITTY League; Benny Tate, manager)
* Class D: Paragould Browns (Northeast Arkansas League; Tom Greenwade, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Beaver Falls Browns (Pennsylvania State Association; Frank Oceak, manager)
* Class D: Lincoln Links (Western League; Pug Griffin, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1940.shtml 1940 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1940&t=SLA 1940 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com]