1945 St. Louis Browns season

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1945  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record81–70 (.536)
League place3rd
Owners Richard Muckerman
General managers Bill DeWitt
Managers Luke Sewell
Radio WIL
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
WTMV
(France Laux, Johnny O'Hara)
  1944 Seasons 1946  

The 1945 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses.

Contents

Regular season

Coming off their first pennant in 1944, St. Louis didn't regress very far but still finished six games off the pace.

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 8865.57550263839
Washington Senators 8767.56546314136
St. Louis Browns 8170.536647273443
New York Yankees 8171.53348283343
Cleveland Indians 7372.5031144332939
Chicago White Sox 7178.4771544292749
Boston Red Sox 7183.46117½42352948
Philadelphia Athletics 5298.34734½39351363

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 9–1311–1112–10–16–1614–88–14–111–11–1
Chicago 13–911–8–110–129–1212–108–138–14
Cleveland 11–118–11–111–1112–912–6–111–108–14
Detroit 10–12–112–1011–1115–715–7–115–610–12
New York 16–612–99–127–1516–67–1514–8
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–12–17–15–16–1610–12–15–17
St. Louis 14–8–113–810–116–1515–712–10–111–11–1
Washington 11–11–114–814–812–108–1417–511–11–1

Notable transactions

Roster

1945 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

  PlayerGABHAVGHRRBI
C Frank Mancuso 11936598.268138
1B George McQuinn 139483134.277761
2B Don Gutteridge 143543129.238249
SS Vern Stephens 149571165.2892489
3B Mark Christman 7828980.277434
OF Mike Kreevich 8429570.237221
OF Milt Byrnes 133442110.249859
OF Gene Moore 11035492.260550

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAVGHRRBI
Len Schulte 119430106.247036
Pete Gray 7723451.218013
Lou Finney 5721359.277222
Babe Martin 5418537.200216
Red Hayworth 5616031.194017
Chet Laabs 3510926.23918
Joe Schultz 414413.29508
Ellis Clary 26388.21112

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nels Potter 32255.115112.47129
Jack Kramer 29193.010153.3699
Sig Jakucki 30192.112103.5155
Tex Shirley 32183.28123.6377
Al Hollingsworth 26173.11292.7064
Ox Miller 428.1211.594
Bob Muncrief 27145.21342.7254
Lefty West 2474.1343.6338

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Sam Zoldak 263203.3619
Earl Jones 100012.5413
George Caster 101216.899
Cliff Fannin 50002.615
Al LaMacchia 52002.002
Pete Appleton 200015.431
Dee Sanders 200040.501

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Ollie Marquardt
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Jimmy Adair
D Newark Moundsmen Ohio State League Mickey O'Neil

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Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Nels Potter

Vern Stephens

References

  1. George Caster page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997