1943 St. Louis Browns season

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1943  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record72–80 (.474)
League place6th
Owners Donald Lee Barnes
General managers Bill DeWitt
Managers Luke Sewell
RadioKWK
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
KXOK
(France Laux, Ron Rawson)
  1942 Seasons 1944  

The 1943 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 80 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856.63654234433
Washington Senators 8469.54913½44324037
Cleveland Indians 8271.53615½44333838
Chicago White Sox 8272.5321640364236
Detroit Tigers 7876.5062045323344
St. Louis Browns 7280.4742544332847
Boston Red Sox 6884.4472939362948
Philadelphia Athletics 49105.3184927512254

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 8–1412–1011–11–15–17–111–1111–9–110–12
Chicago 14–87–159–1310–1218–4–110–1214–8
Cleveland 10–1215–715–79–1316–69–138–13
Detroit 11–11–113–97–1510–1213–911–1113–9
New York 17–5–112–1013–912–1016–617–511–11
Philadelphia 11–114–18–16–169–136–168–145–17
St. Louis 9–11–112–1013–911–115–1714–88–14
Washington 12–108–1413–89–1311–1117–514–8

Roster

1943 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Frankie Hayes 8825047.188530
1B George McQuinn 125449109.2431274
2B Don Gutteridge 132538147.273136
SS Vern Stephens 137512148.2892291
3B Harlond Clift 10537988.232325
OF Mike Chartak 10834488.2561037
OF Milt Byrnes 129429120.280450
OF Chet Laabs 151580145.2501785

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mark Christman 9833691.271235
Al Zarilla 7022858.254217
Rick Ferrell 7420950.239020
Mike Kreevich 6016141.255010
Joe Schultz Jr. 469222.23908
Ellis Clary 236919.27505
Tony Criscola 29528.15401
Floyd Baker 22468.17404
Hal Epps 83510.28601
Don Heffner 18334.12102
Hank Schmulbach 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Denny Galehouse 31224.011112.77114
Steve Sundra 32208.015113.2544
Bob Muncrief 35205.013122.8180
Johnny Niggeling 20150.1683.1773
Bobo Newsom 1052.1167.3937
Al LaMacchia 14.00111.252

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nels Potter 33168.11052.7880
Al Hollingsworth 35154.06134.2163
Fritz Ostermueller 1128.2025.024
Al Milnar 314.2125.527
Paul Dean 313.1003.381

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
George Caster 356882.1243
Charlie Fuchs 130004.049
Archie McKain 101103.946
Sid Peterson 32002.700
Fred Sanford 30001.932
Jack Kramer 30008.004
Ox Miller 200012.003

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Jack Fournier

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Awards and honors

References

  1. Hal Epps page at Baseball-Reference
  2. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.55, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN   0-7385-3199-5
  3. Paul Dean page at Baseball-Reference
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
  5. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 93, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN   0-7385-3199-5