1942 St. Louis Browns season
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-Major League Baseball:*World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees *All-Star Game, July 6 at Polo Grounds: American League, 3-1-Other champions:*Negro Leagues World Series: Kansas City Monarchs over Homestead Grays...

 St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
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season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League
American League
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 with a record of 82 wins and 69 losses.

Notable transactions

  • June 1, 1942: Bob Harris
    Bob Harris (baseball)
    Robert Arthur Harris was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1938 to 1942. He was the first Wyoming-born player in Major League history....

     and Bob Swift
    Bob Swift
    Robert Virgil Swift was an American catcher, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball.Swift is pictured in one of the most famous photographs in American sporting history. He was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers on August 19, 1951, when St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck sent midget...

     were traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics
    Oakland Athletics
    The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

     for Frankie Hayes
    Frankie Hayes
    Frank Witman Hayes was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from to and, was highly regarded for his defensive abilities. He played most of his career for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics and also spent time with the St. Louis Browns,...

    .
  • June 1, 1942: Bill Trotter
    Bill Trotter
    William Felix Trotter was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between and , for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals.-External links:...

     and Roy Cullenbine
    Roy Cullenbine
    Roy Joseph Cullenbine was a Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played ten years in the Major Leagues for six teams: Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers , St...

     were traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators
    Minnesota Twins
    The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...

     for Mike Chartak
    Mike Chartak
    Michael George Chartak was a Major League Baseball outfielder.Chartak was born in 1916, in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Mike played four seasons in the major leagues: 1940 with the New York Yankees; 1942 with the Yankees, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns;...

     and Steve Sundra
    Steve Sundra
    Stephen Richard Sundra was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played during eight seasons for the New York Yankees , Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns . He batted and threw right-handed. A native of Luxor, Pennsylvania, Steve Sundra was the son of a coal miner...

    .

Roster

1942 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Other batters

Manager

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

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
29 76 15 .197 1 8

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
35 249 14 13 4.08 62
6 33.2 1 5 5.61 9

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

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
14 1 1 2 2.96 12
11 1 1 0 7.79 9
3 0 1 0 18.00 0

Farm system

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