# 1937 St. Louis Browns season

The 1937 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 46 wins and 108 losses. Despite finishing last, the Browns as a team hit .285, which was higher than the American League average of .281. Pitching was the problem - the team's ERA was 6.00 compared to the American League average of 4.62.

## Offseason

* December 2, 1936: Ray Pepper was purchased from the Browns by the Buffalo Bisons.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 102 | 52 | .662 | — | 57‍–‍20 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 13 | 49‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 86 | 68 | .558 | 16 | 47‍–‍30 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Indians | 83 | 71 | .539 | 19 | 50‍–‍28 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 80 | 72 | .526 | 21 | 44‍–‍29 | 36‍–‍43 |
| Washington Senators | 73 | 80 | .477 | 28½ | 43‍–‍35 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 97 | .358 | 46½ | 27‍–‍50 | 27‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 46 | 108 | .299 | 56 | 25‍–‍51 | 21‍–‍57 |

### Record vs. opponents

1937 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10–1 | 7–15 | 17–3 | 15–7 | 8–14–1 |
| Chicago | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 18–4 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 11–11 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | 18–4–1 | 11–11 |
| Detroit | 10–12–1 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 16–6 |
| New York | 15–7 | 13–9 | 15–7–1 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 16–6–1 | 16–6–1 |
| Philadelphia | 3–17 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 8–13–3 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 4–18 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 6–16–1 | 13–8–3 | 15–7 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 13, 1937: Bill Trotter 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 | Rollie Hemsley | 100 | 334 | 74 | .222 | 3 | 28 |
| 1B | Harry Davis | 120 | 450 | 124 | .276 | 3 | 35 |
| 2B | Tom Carey | 130 | 487 | 134 | .275 | 1 | 40 |
| SS | Bill Knickerbocker | 121 | 491 | 128 | .261 | 4 | 61 |
| 3B | Harlond Clift | 155 | 571 | 175 | .306 | 29 | 118 |
| OF | Sam West | 122 | 457 | 150 | .328 | 7 | 58 |
| OF | Beau Bell | 156 | 642 | 218 | .340 | 14 | 117 |
| OF | Joe Vosmik | 144 | 594 | 193 | .325 | 4 | 93 |

#### 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 |
| Ethan Allen | 103 | 320 | 101 | .316 | 0 | 31 |
| Ben Huffman | 76 | 176 | 48 | .273 | 1 | 24 |
| Jim Bottomley | 65 | 109 | 26 | .239 | 1 | 12 |
| Red Barkley | 31 | 101 | 27 | .267 | 0 | 14 |
| Nig Lipscomb | 36 | 96 | 31 | .323 | 0 | 8 |
| Eddie Silber | 22 | 83 | 26 | .313 | 0 | 4 |
| Rogers Hornsby | 20 | 56 | 18 | .321 | 1 | 11 |
| Tony Giuliani | 19 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 0 | 3 |
| Tommy Heath | 17 | 43 | 10 | .233 | 1 | 3 |
| Sam Harshany | 5 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Mazzera | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Cafego | 4 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| Oral Hildebrand | 30 | 201.1 | 8 | 17 | 5.14 | 75 |
| Elon Hogsett | 37 | 177.1 | 6 | 19 | 6.29 | 68 |
| Les Tietje | 5 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.20 | 5 |
| Lefty Mills | 2 | 12.2 | 1 | 1 | 6.39 | 10 |
| Bill Miller | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Bob Muncrief | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Knott | 38 | 191.1 | 8 | 18 | 4.89 | 74 |
| Jim Walkup | 27 | 150.1 | 9 | 12 | 7.36 | 46 |
| Julio Bonetti | 28 | 143.1 | 4 | 11 | 5.84 | 43 |
| Bill Trotter | 34 | 122.1 | 2 | 9 | 5.81 | 37 |
| Lou Koupal | 26 | 105.2 | 4 | 9 | 6.56 | 24 |
| Russ Van Atta | 16 | 58.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.52 | 34 |
| Earl Caldwell | 9 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.83 | 8 |
| Harry Kimberlin | 3 | 15.1 | 0 | 2 | 2.35 | 5 |
| Emil Bildilli | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.13 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Tommy Thomas | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.04 | 10 |
| Sheriff Blake | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7.61 | 12 |
| Bill Strickland | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.91 | 6 |
| George Hennessey | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.29 | 4 |
| Nig Lipscomb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 1 |
| Ed Baecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.79 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Fred Haney |
| A1 | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Zack Taylor |
| A | Des Moines Demons | Western League | Del Bissonette |
| B | Meridian Scrappers | Southeastern League | Leonard McNair, Emmett Lipscomb and Harry Whitehouse |
| B | Terre Haute Tots | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Walter Holke |
| C | Palestine Pals | East Texas League | Abe Miller |
| C | Johnstown Johnnies | Middle Atlantic League | Jack Fournier |
| D | Easton Browns | Eastern Shore League | George Jacobs |
| D | Lafayette White Sox | Evangeline League | Bobby Goff |
| D | Mayfield Clothiers | KITTY League | Clarence Mitchell and Walter Holke |
| D | Fairbury Jeffs | Nebraska State League | Sonny Brookhaus |
| D | Osceola Indians | Northeast Arkansas League | Elmer Kirchoff |
| D | Superior Blues | Northern League | George Treadwell |
| D | Findlay Browns | Ohio State League | Grover Hartley |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Mayfield
Terre Haute club folded, July 3, 1937