1939 St. Louis Browns Roster

The 1939 St. Louis Browns team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1939 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1939 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1939 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1939 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1939 St. Louis Browns primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

"It took a world war to win the St. Louis Browns a pennant, and to me it seemed a small enough price to pay." - William Mead in Even The Browns
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1939 St. Louis Browns



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Complete Roster  
 

- Emil Bildilli 5-10 170 Left Right 1912-09-16
20 Ed Cole 5-11 170 Right Right 1909-03-22
19 Bill Cox 6-01 185 Right Right 1913-06-23
19, 22 George Gill 6-01 185 Right Right 1909-02-13
- Loy Hanning 6-02 175 Right Right 1917-10-18
12, 19 Bob Harris 6-00 185 Right Right 1915-05-01
16 Fred Johnson 6-00 185 Right Right 1894-03-10
24, 33 Vern Kennedy 6-00 175 Right Left 1907-03-20
21, 25, 27 Harry Kimberlin 6-03 175 Right Right 1909-03-13
30 Jack Kramer 6-02 190 Right Right 1918-01-05
12, 17 Roxie Lawson 6-00 170 Right Right 1906-04-13
14 Johnny Marcum 5-11 197 Right Left 1909-09-09
20, 25, 27 Lefty Mills 6-01 187 Left Left 1910-05-12
33 Bob Muncrief 6-02 190 Right Right 1916-01-28
12 Bobo Newsom 6-02 220 Right Right 1907-08-11
9 Ewald Pyle 6-00½ 175 Left Left 1910-08-27
17, 22 Bill Trotter 6-02 195 Right Right 1908-08-10
21 Russ Van Atta 6-00 184 Left Left 1906-06-21
28 Jake Wade 6-02 175 Left Left 1912-04-01
24 Jim Walkup 6-01 170 Right Right 1909-12-14
11, 14 John Whitehead 6-02 195 Right Right 1909-04-27
10, 26 Joe Glenn 5-11 175 Right Right 1908-11-19
9 Sam Harshany 6-00 180 Right Right 1910-04-24
25, 31 Hal Spindel 6-00 185 Right Right 1913-05-27
8, 14 Johnny Berardino 6-00 180 Right Right 1917-05-01
6, 10 Mark Christman 5-11 180 Right Right 1913-10-21
7 Harlond Clift 5-11 180 Right Right 1912-08-12
4 Sig Gryska 5-11½ 173 Right Right 1914-11-04
1 Don Heffner 5-10 155 Right Right 1911-02-08
11 Roy Hughes 5-10½ 167 Right Right 1911-01-11
- Red Kress 5-11½ 165 Right Right 1907-01-02
- Johnny Lucadello 5-11 160 Right Both 1919-02-22
5 George McQuinn 5-11 165 Left Left 1910-05-29
- Bob Neighbors 5-11 165 Right Right 1917-11-09
6 Mel Almada 6-00 170 Left Left 1913-02-07
10 Beau Bell 6-02 185 Right Right 1907-08-20
18 Joe Gallagher 6-02 210 Right Right 1914-03-07
3 Joe Grace 6-01 180 Right Left 1914-01-05
4, 15 Myril Hoag 5-11 180 Right Right 1908-03-09
3, 8 Chet Laabs 5-08 175 Right Right 1912-04-30
18 Mel Mazzera 5-11 180 Left Left 1914-01-31
- Moose Solters 6-00 190 Right Right 1906-03-22
2 Billy Sullivan 6-00 170 Right Left 1910-10-23
33 Tommy Thompson 5-09½ 155 Right Left 1910-05-19
- Eddie Silber 5-11 170 Right Right 1914-06-06
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The 1939 St. Louis Browns played 154 games during the regular season, won 43 games, lost 111 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 102/105) where 109,159 fans witnessed their 1939 Browns finish the season with a .279 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1939 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1939 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1939 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1939 St. Louis Browns primary starters list:

1939 St. Louis Browns
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1939 St. Louis Browns
Most Games by Position

C Joe Glenn (82)
1B George McQuinn (154)
2B Johnny Berardino (114)
3B Harlond Clift (149)
SS Don Heffner (73)
LF Joe Gallagher (56)
CF Chet Laabs (70)
RF Myril Hoag (60)
  
SP Bob Harris
SP Vern Kennedy
SP Jack Kramer
  
RP John Whitehead
CL Lefty Mills


1939 St. Louis Browns
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1939 St. Louis Browns
Uniform Numbers

#1 Don Heffner
#2 Billy Sullivan
#3 Joe Grace
#3 Chet Laabs
#4 Sig Gryska
#4 Myril Hoag
#5 George McQuinn
#6 Mel Almada
#6 Mark Christman
#7 Harlond Clift
#8 Johnny Berardino
#8 Chet Laabs
#9 Sam Harshany
#9 Ewald Pyle
#10 Beau Bell
#10 Mark Christman
#10 Joe Glenn
#11 Roy Hughes
#11 John Whitehead
#12 Bob Harris
#12 Roxie Lawson
#12 Bobo Newsom
#14 Johnny Berardino
#14 Johnny Marcum
#14 John Whitehead
#15 Myril Hoag
#16 Fred Johnson
#17 Roxie Lawson
#17 Bill Trotter
#18 Joe Gallagher
#18 Mel Mazzera
#19 Bill Cox
#19 George Gill
#19 Bob Harris
#20 Ed Cole
#20 Lefty Mills
#21 Harry Kimberlin
#21 Russ Van Atta
#22 George Gill
#22 Bill Trotter
#24 Vern Kennedy
#24 Jim Walkup
#25 Harry Kimberlin
#25 Lefty Mills
#25 Hal Spindel
#26 Joe Glenn
#27 Harry Kimberlin
#27 Lefty Mills
#28 Jake Wade
#30 Jack Kramer
#31 Hal Spindel
#33 Vern Kennedy
#33 Bob Muncrief
#33 Tommy Thompson

Did you know that a 1939 St. Louis Browns Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?