1939 St. Louis Browns season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Browns
season = 1939
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, Cy Casper)
KWK
(John O'Hara, Jim Bottomley)|The by|1939 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 43 wins and 111 losses.

Regular Season

The St. Louis Browns lost a franchise record 111 games, and finished 64.5 games out of first place. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.11, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5 ]

Browns pitching struggled tremendously. The pitchers had allowed 739 walks, which was over 100 walks more than the next worse team. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.12, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5 ] The team had an Earned Run Average of 6.01. The next time that a team would have an ERA over 6.00 was the Detroit Tigers in by|1996. The 1996 Tigers had an ERA of 6.38.

eason standings

Notable transactions

May 13, 1939: Red Kress was traded by the St. Louis Browns with Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, and Jim Walkup to the Detroit Tigers for Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs, and Mark Christman. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kressre01.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; Myles Thomas, manager)
* Class A1: San Antonio Missions (Texas League; Zack Taylor, manager)
* Class B: Springfield Browns (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Walter Holke, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class C: Youngstown Browns (Middle Atlantic League; Bill Urbanski, manager)
* Class C: Topeka Owls (Western Association; Bill Wilson, manager)
* Class D: Fayetteville Angels (Arkansas-Missouri League; Frank Oceak, manager)
* Class D: Lafayette White Sox (Evangeline League; Rod Whitney, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Mayfield Browns (KITTY League; Benny Tate, manager)
* Class D: Paragould Broncos (Northeast Arkansas League; Elmer Kirchoff, manager)
* Class D: Beaver Falls Browns (Pennsylvania State Association; Ralph Goldsmith, manager)
* Class D: Lincoln Links (Western League; Pug Griffin, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1939.shtml 1939 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1939&t=SLA 1939 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com]