1947 St. Louis Browns season

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1947  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record59–95 (.383)
League place8th
Owners Richard Muckerman
General managers Bill DeWitt
Managers Muddy Ruel
Radio WIL
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
  1946 Seasons 1948  

The 1947 St. Louis Browns season was the Major League Baseball franchise's 47th in the American League (AL) and its 46th in St. Louis. The 1947 Browns finished eighth and last in the league with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, 38 games in arrears of the eventual World Series champion New York Yankees. The Browns were managed by Muddy Ruel in the former catcher's only stint as an MLB pilot, and drew only 320,474 fans to Sportsman's Park, 16th and last in the majors. On July 17, they became the third big-league team to racially integrate its ranks. However, the experiment failed when the two pioneer players, Hank Thompson and Willard Brown, were sent back to the Negro leagues in late August; the Browns would not field another African-American player until all-time great Satchel Paige joined them in July 1951.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757.63055224235
Detroit Tigers 8569.5521246313938
Boston Red Sox 8371.5391449303441
Cleveland Indians 8074.5191738394235
Philadelphia Athletics 7876.5061939383938
Chicago White Sox 7084.4552732433841
Washington Senators 6490.4163336412849
St. Louis Browns 5995.3833829483047

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 16–6–19–1312–10–19–1310–12–115–712–10
Chicago 6–16–111–117–1510–1211–1111–1114–8
Cleveland 13–911–118–14–27–1511–11–117–513–9
Detroit 10–12–115–714–8–28–14–111–1115–712–10
New York 13–912–1015–714–8–113–915–715–7
Philadelphia 12–10–111–1111–11–111–119–1313–911–11
St. Louis 7–1511–115–177–157–159–1313–9
Washington 10–128–149–1310–127–1511–119–13

Roster

1947 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 Les Moss 9627443.157627
1B Wally Judnich 144500129.2581864
2B Johnny Berardino 9030680.261120
3B Bob Dillinger 137571168.294337
SS Vern Stephens 150562157.2791583
OF Al Zarilla 12738085.224338
OF Paul Lehner 135483120.248748
OF Jeff Heath 141491123.2512785

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ray Coleman 11034389.259230
Billy Hitchcock 8027561.222128
Jake Early 8721448.224319
Jerry Witte 349914.141212
Hank Thompson 277820.25605
Willard Brown 216712.17916
Rusty Peters 394716.34002
Joe Schultz Jr. 43387.18411
Perry Currin 320.00000
Glenn McQuillen 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Kramer 33199.111164.9777
Ellis Kinder 34194.18154.49110
Fred Sanford 34186.27163.7162
Bob Muncrief 31176.18144.9074
Cliff Fannin 26145.2683.5877
Dizzy Dean 14.0000.000

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sam Zoldak 35171.09103.4736
Nels Potter 32122.24104.0465
Denny Galehouse 932.1136.1211

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Glen Moulder 324223.8223
Walter Brown 191004.8910
Bud Swartz 50006.751
Hooks Iott 401016.206

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Frank Snyder
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Jimmy Adair and Marc Carrola
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Ralph Winegarner
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bennie Huffman
C Globe-Miami Browns Arizona–Texas League Lloyd Brown
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Packy Rogers
C Hannibal Pilots Central Association Herb Nordquist
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Don Heffner
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Ray Baker
D Baton Rouge Red Sticks Evangeline League Eddie Moore
D Belleville Stags Illinois State League Walt DeFreitas
D Pittsburg Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Jim Crandall
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Shan Deniston
D Newark Moundsmen Ohio State League Ed Dancisak
D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Uke Clanton
D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Belleville

References

  1. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 187, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, ISBN   978-0-7432-9461-4
  2. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 188
  3. "Paul Lehner". Baseballbiography.com. Retrieved July 1, 2015.