1939 World Series
The Browns defeated the Dodgers in the 1937 World Series. Brooklyn, has never won a championship. As the 30’s come to an end though, the franchise has to be optimistic. They did win 3 NL pennants, which never happened before 1932.
Griffith and the Brown bats dominated game one, 11-1. Now it gets dicey for St. Louis. They’ll be pitching some bad pitchers. Game 2 Browns started Ray Sherid had an ERA of 5.83 this year. It ends up not mattering though, as St. Louis again dominates 16-3.
A Jimmie Foxx home run and a complete game from Johnny Marcum give game three to Brooklyn, 3-1. Amazingly, Robert Griffith repeats his game 1 performance. 9 innings, 4 hits, and 1 run. He loses though 1-0, and the series is tied at 2!
A 7 run lead is too much for Brooklyn to overcome, and despite making it close, the Browns take game five 9-8.
Game 6 is a thriller. Each team scores 4 runs in the middle frames. A ninth inning error got the Dodgers Luke Appling to third base with nobody out. Browns reliever Garland Braxton then stuck out the next 3 Dodgers to come to the plate, and a golden opportunity was gone.
In the bottom of the tenth, Johnny Hopp beat out a slow ground ball to SS. He then stole second base. At the plate, the man who knocked in the winning run in each of the last 3 World Series. Joe DiMaggio tripled to left field, and St. Louis Browns have won their 4th straight World Series!!!!