FAMOUS QUOTES, AMAZING FACTS & INCREDIBLE MOMENTS

• Ernie Koob (LHP 1915-17, 19) holds the MLB record for most walks in a season without recording a hit. In 1916, he would go 0-for-41 while recording 15 walks.
• Ethan Allen (OF, 1937-38) would spend his life promoting the game of baseball across the country. He was brought on by the Baseball Film Bureau as the Director of Motion Picture Activities to produce instructional films. He would write several books on instructional baseball techniques. He was responsible for the creation of the creation of the All Star Baseball Game, distributed by the Cadaco-Ellis Company. 
• Tommy Lasorda (RHP, 1953) won a spot on the Browns opening day roster, however the cash strapped organization could not afford his contract and he was returned to the Dodgers.
• Grover Lowdermilk (LHP 1915, 17-19)  struck out 458 batters in 1907, which is still a minor league record. 
• Bob Nieman (LF 1951-52) becomes the only player in MLB history to hit a home run in his first two plate appearances in the same game on September 14, 1951 vs. the Boston Red Sox
• Tom Jones (1B, 1904-09) set an MLB record for the most putouts in a single MLB game with 22 putouts. This record still stands today. In 1906,  Hal Chase also recorded 22 putouts with the New York Highlanders. These two players would hold this record until Ernie Banks matched this number in 1963. Bill Buckner (1983), Don Mattingly (1987) , and Alvin Davis (1988) have also matched this mark.
• George McQuinn (1B, 1939-46) After seizing the American League pennant in 1944, McQuinn and Browns pitcher Sig Jakucki argued for the winning baseball from the clinching game over the Yankees. Realizing they couldn't cut the ball in half, they agreed to to flip a coin for the ball. McQuinn went home with the baseball.
• Hal Schwenk (1913) One of a handful of players to pitch an extra inning, complete game victory in their only Major League appearance. it is believed that only three pitchers have met this feat, but the number is not documented

• Hobe Ferris (INF, 1908-09) “I have been in the game a long while, but I have never seen a man play such remarkable ball for a team as has Ferris for us. … You never see him that he is not hustling.”  ~ Manager Jimmy McAleer
• Jimmy Austin (INF 1911-23, 25-26, 29) "What an arm. Every fourth heave across the diamond went into the right field bleachers" ~ New York Times writer John Kieran, describing the strong and wild arm of Austin's strong and wild arm
• Fred Schulte (OF, 1927-32) “If Schulte had the disposition of a Cobb, he’d be one of the greatest outfielders of all time.” ~ Browns' Manager Dan Howley had told a reporter in 1928
• Oscar Melillo (2B, 1926-35) "They told me to eat nothing but spinach for the next few months if I wanted to live, I tried to talk them into letting me have a steak, spaghetti, ravioli, or goulash once in a while, but they said nothing doing. When I told them I couldn’t stand the monotony of spinach three times a day, they told me I could have some variety by boiling it for breakfast, making a salad of it for lunch, and baking it for dinner.” ~ Melillo describing his new "spinach" diet
• Bill Veeck (Legendary Owner, 1951-53) "I think the best way to make a living is to be a baseball owner. The Browns are a team that has never been afraid to lose. In St. Louis, we had a great time, even when we were losing." 
• Bob "Sugar" Cain (LHP, Detroit Tigers 1951, Browns 52-53) “It stays fresh on my mind. I can remember it just like it happened yesterday .... I didn’t know whether to throw the ball underhanded or overhanded to Gaedel. I just wanted to be careful not to hit him. Dizzy Trout told me later that if he’d been the pitcher, he’d have thrown the ball right between his eyes.” ~ Cain describing having to pitch to Eddie Gaedel
• Muddy Ruel (Catcher 1915, 1933 / Manager 1947) “This game of baseball is so beautiful, mainly because it’s so simple. The Good Lord every season supplies approximately 400 men and boys in this country with the physique and the mechanical ability to play in the major leagues. Given that good health and that skill, they’re sure to succeed—unless they make mistakes. So, that’s the basis of my operation. I try to keep them from making mistakes.”  
• Ned Garver (RHP, 1948-52, Second in 1951 MVP voting) "I was called by the Associated Press in Cleveland and was told that I won the night before the award was announced. The Associated Press congratulated me for being the MVP . The next morning they called me again and told me they were sorry, but I didn’t win the award after all. Apparently New York writers left me off the ballot entirely. Yogi Berra won the MVP. I don’t have any bitterness toward baseball except for this."

• May 5-6, 1917 - Browns toss the first (and still only) no-hitters in consecutive days in the history of Major League Baseball. Ernie Koob would record the first no-hitter in Browns history, shutting down the Chicago White Sox. On May 7, Bob Groom hurled an 11-inning no-hitter against the same Chicago White Sox. Groom had closed out and earned a save in the first game of the scheduled double header, and was sent out to start game two. The "Sox" failed to record a hit in either outing. Lost in the history books is that Browns catcher Hank Severeid caught and guided both of these no-hitters.
• May 23, 1929 - Browns "giant" Oscar Melillo would hit for the cycle for the first time in his career, in a 7-5 win over the Cleveland Indians. The 5'8", 150 pound second baseman would record the cycle in his first four at bats. He hit his double in the second inning, and his home run in the third inning. Both of these hits came off Indians starter, Wes Ferrell. Melillo would grab a single in the fourth inning, and his triple in the sixth inning.
• June 13, 1930 - Browns owner Phil Ball would trade his best pitcher and hitter to the Washington Nationals. LF Heinie Manush was batting .328 in the first 49 games, when he refused to meet with Ball before a Browns game. RHP General Crowder was off to a slow start with a 3-7 record. After an argument with an umpire, a frustrated Crowder threw a ball into the stands that narrowly missed Phil Ball in his owners box seats. As the story goes, Ball was so upset with his two best players that he called the Washington Nationals and offered to trade his stars. The Nationals would send LF Goose Goslin to the Browns for Crowder and Manush. The Nationals were set to offer more players, but Ball jumped at the trade after Goslin was set. Goslin would end up hitting .326 for St. Louis with 30 home runs and 100 RBIs.
• July 15, 1904 - Browns rookie RHP Fred Glade sets an MLB record as St. Louis thumps Washington. Glade would strikeout 15 Senators without walking a batter. This record would be broken by dozens of today's fireball pitchers, but at one time Glade was in the record books.
• July 17, 1947 - Negro Baseball League star, Hank Thompson, makes his MLB debut with the St. Louis Browns.  Thompson would become the third former Negro League player to play in the Major Leagues. He started the game at second base for the Browns in the 16-2 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics. He would go hitless in the game, but his defense was perfect (two assists, one putout). Thompson would also become the first Negro Baseball player for the New York Giants, after the Browns released him in 1948.
• August 7, 1922 - CF Ken Williams would become the first player in the history of Major league Baseball to hit two home runs in the same inning against the Washington Nationals. In the bottom of the sixth inning, he would hit the first homer off of LHP George Mogridge and the second off RHP Eric Erickson.
• August 8, 1920 - George Sisler hits for the Cycle vs Washington, including ten total bases and four RBIs, as Browns win 11-4 in the second game of a Double Header.   Sisler would hit his first Cycle of his career off Nationals' pitcher Eric Erickson. In the first Inning, he would his a single off Ericson. In the third inning, he would hit his 27th double of the season. In the fourth inning, Sisler would hit his 14th home run of the season, driving in two runs.  He would drive in two runs with his ninth triple of the season, in the sixth inning
• August 13, 1921 - George Sisler hits for the Cycle vs Detroit as Browns win 7-5. Sisler would be a perfect 5-for-5 against Detroit's RHP Carl Holling. Sisler started the game with a triple in the first inning. He would hit his home run in the fourth inning, and then follow up with two doubles (fifth and seventh inning). His final at bat would be an RBI single in the ninth. Sisler would finish the game with three runs driven in. 
• August 24, 1951 - "Grandstand Managers Night" vs the Philadelphia Athletics. Bill Veeck had his manager, Zack Taylor, give up his control of the team to "frustrated" fans of St. Louis. In the section directly behind the Browns dugout, 1115 "fan managers" were given cards that would correspond to game time decisions that the manager would need to make. The crowd would be asked questions on what the lineup should be, and what actions the manager should make during the game. They would hold up a "YES" or "NO" card, depend upon the situation. Not all the Grandstands answers were correct, but the Browns would go on to win the game, 5-3. Bill Veeck was disappointed that the widely publicized game, which also included fireworks and an appearance by Max Patkin, only drew 3,925 fans. Historical note, most of the fans who participated in the unique game were women who knew the game and its strategies. Caps off to those ladies
• August 30, 1912 - Earl Hamilton will go down in the history MLB history book as being the first pitcher to record a no-hitter without recording a strikeout. The most impressive note of this accomplishment was that it was against Ty Cobb and the Tigers. Although he failed to strikeout a Tiger, he did record a walk to Cobb who would later score on an errand throw by 2B Del Pratt. The Browns would win the game, 5-1.
• September 28, 1947 - Dizzy Dean takes the mound for the Browns. While serving as the Browns radio broadcaster, Dean claimed he could pitch better than anyone on the roster. He would pitch four scoreless innings against the White Sox, and record a single in his only at bat. 
• October 2, 1949 - Browns introduced the first "Bullpen Game" in baseball history. Last game of the season. First game of a double header vs. the Chicago White Sox. The Browns used one pitcher per inning in a nine inning game. This set the MLB record for the number of pitchers used in one game. White Sox manager, Jack Onslow, attempted to protest the number of pitchers used to no successful
• December 14, 1921 - The Browns traded 13 players to the Columbus Senators for LHP Dave Danforth - One of the biggest, one-sided trades in MLB history
• October 2, 1949 - The Browns orchestrated the first "Bull Pen Game" Major League Baseball history. Last game of the season. First game of a double header vs. the Chicago White Sox. The Browns used one pitcher per inning in a nine inning game. This set the MLB record for the number of pitchers used in one game. The lineup of pitchers for this game was: 1st Inning - Ned Garver, 2nd Inning - Joe Ostrowski, 3rd Inning - Cliff Fannin, 4th Inning - Tom Ferrick, 5th Inning - Karl Drews, 6th Inning - Bill Kennedy, 7th Inning - Al Papai, 8th Inning - Red Embree, 9th Inning - Dick Starr. White Sox manager, Jack Onslow, protested the number of Browns pitchers throughout the game, but since there is no rule stating the maximum number of pitchers that can be used in a game, he could only voice his constant displeasure. 

DONALD BARNES INTRODUCES NEW LOGO

In 1936, Browns owner, Donald Barnes was lookin for ways to bring more attention to his ball club. He decided "rebrand" his team's logo in order to spark the fanbase in St. Louis. The result was the iconic "Louis IX" logo that would become the classic symbol of this franchise. This design was the result of a huge fan contest throughout the St. Louis area, and developed by Browns Fan Helen Seevers. The emblem shows off one the cities most identified symbols of the city, the statue of King Louis IX which sits atop Art Hill in Forest Park. The statue sits atop a shield with nine stripes and eight stars. The stripes represent the nine players on the field, and the stars represent the eight teams in the American League. It would become the primary logo of the Browns until the introduction of "Louie" by Bill Veeck in 1952. 

PLAYERS WHO PLAYED FOR CARDINALS AND BROWNS

Between 1902-53, 66 players would play for both the Brown and their National League cousins, the St. Louis Cardinals. Some of these players had made their mark with one franchise, and then crossed the field before playing for the other. Some players became Hall of Famers, while others just continued their MLB careers. The most well known players to have time in both the Cardinals and Browns jerseys are listed below: 

• 1B Jim Bottomley (Cardinals: 1922-32 / Browns: 1936-37) 
• RHP Harry Brecheen (Cardinals: 1940, 43-52 / Browns: 1953) 
• OF Jesse Burkett (Cardinals: 1899-1901 / Browns: 1902-03) 
• OF Deb Garms (Cardinals: 1943-45 / Browns 1932-35) 
• INF Don Gutteridge (Cardinals: 1936-40 / Browns: 1942-45) 
• 2B Rogers Hornsby (Cardinals: 1915-26, 1933 / Browns: 1933-37) 
• INF Bobby Wallace (Cardinals 1899-01 / Browns: 1902-16) 

There was one player who would play for the Cardinals, Browns, and the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal Baseball League - 

• Doc Crandall (Cardinals: 1913 / Terriers: 1914-15 / Browns: 1916)