# 1933 St. Louis Browns season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 53‍–‍23 |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19½ | 46‍–‍29 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 45‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34½ | 32‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43½ | 30‍–‍46 | 25‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1933 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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.

### Roster
## 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 39.0 | 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 |
| Rollie Stiles | 31 | 115.0 | 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 | 81.0 | 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 |
| Sam Gray | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4.10 | 36 |
| Hank McDonald | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8.64 | 22 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Hank Severeid |
| A | Joplin Miners | Western League | Runt Marr |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: San Antonio