1948 St. Louis Browns season

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1948  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record59–94 (.386)
League place6th
Owners Richard Muckerman, Bill DeWitt
General managers Bill DeWitt
Managers Zack Taylor
Television KSD
(Bob Ingham)
Radio WIL
(France Laux)
  1947 Seasons 1949  

The 1948 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses. It was the first Browns baseball season to be telecast on local television, having debuted its game broadcasts that year on KSD with Bob Ingham on the commentary box as the play by play announcer, nearly a year after other MLB teams made their television debuts.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9758.62648304928
Boston Red Sox 9659.619155234136
New York Yankees 9460.61050274433
Philadelphia Athletics 8470.54512½36414829
Detroit Tigers 7876.50618½39383938
St. Louis Browns 5994.3863734422552
Washington Senators 5697.3664029482749
Chicago White Sox 51101.33644½27482453

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 14–811–1215–714–812–1015–715–7
Chicago 8–146–168–146–166–168–13–19–12–1
Cleveland 12–1116–613–910–1216–614–8–116–6
Detroit 7–1514–89–139–1312–1011–1116–6
New York 8–1416–612–1013–912–1016–617–5
Philadelphia 10–1216–66–1610–1210–1218–414–8
St. Louis 7–1513–8–18–14–111–116–164–1810–12
Washington 7–1512–9–16–166–165–178–1412–10

Notable transactions

Roster

1948 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 10733586.2571446
1B Chuck Stevens 8528775.261126
2B Jerry Priddy 151560166.296879
SS Eddie Pellagrini 10529069.238227
3B Bob Dillinger 153644207.321244
OF Al Zarilla 144529174.3291274
OF Whitey Platt 123454123.271782
OF Paul Lehner 10333392.276246

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Sam Dente 9826772.270022
Dick Kokos 7125877.298440
Hank Arft 6924859.238538
Roy Partee 8223147.203017
Don Lund 6316140.248325
Pete Layden 4110426.25004
Andy Anderson 518724.276112
Joe Schultz Jr. 43377.18909
Ray Coleman 17295.17202
Ken Wood 10242.08302
George Binks 15235.21701
Jerry McCarthy 231.33300
Tom Jordan 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Fred Sanford 42227.012214.6479
Cliff Fannin 34213.210144.17102
Bill Kennedy 26132.0784.7077
Sam Zoldak 1154.0244.6713
Nels Potter 210.1115.234

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ned Garver 38198.07113.4175
Bryan Stephens 43122.2366.0235
Joe Ostrowski 2678.1465.9720
Ray Shore 1738.0126.3912
Ralph Schwamb 1231.2118.537

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Al Widmar 492624.4634
Frank Biscan 476726.1145
Karl Drews 203228.0511
Al Gerheauser 140307.3310
Clem Dreisewerd 130215.646
Jim Wilson 400013.500

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens American Association George Detore
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Gus Mancuso
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Packy Rogers
B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Marc Carrola
B Port Chester Clippers Colonial League Al Barillari
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Hank Helf and Irv Hall
C Globe-Miami Browns Arizona–Texas League Don Heffner
C Modesto Reds California League Bill Jackson
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Jim McDonnell
C Hannibal Pilots Central Association Walt DeFreitas
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Jim Crandall
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Ray Baker
D Redding Browns Far West League Ray Perry
D Griffin Pimentos Georgia–Alabama League Adel White and Fred Campbell
D Belleville Stags Illinois State League Jerry Nemitz and Shan Deniston
D Pittsburg Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Shan Deniston and Don Smith
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Mike Sertich, Ken Jungels and Caroll Peterson
D Peekskill Highlanders North Atlantic League Al Gardella
D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Uke Clanton
D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Port Chester, Globe-Miami

References

  1. Ed Albrecht at Baseball-Reference
  2. 1 2 Catfish Metkovich at Baseball-Reference
  3. Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference
  4. Sam Zoldak at Baseball-Reference