1941 St. Louis Browns season
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| Owner(s) | Donald Lee Barnes | |
| Manager(s) | Fred Haney, Luke Sewell | |
| Local radio | KWK (Dizzy Dean) KXOK |
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The 1941 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses.
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Offseason [edit]
- November 16, 1940: George Caster was selected off waivers by the Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]
Regular season [edit]
The 1941 season marked a change in management, as Luke Sewell was appointed the Browns new manager on June 5, 1941.[2] While the St. Louis Cardinals drew over 600,000 fans, the Browns barely drew 175,000.[3] The consensus was that St. Louis could not support two teams.
Potential move to Los Angeles [edit]
The Browns ownership had reached an agreement to move the franchise to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce had guaranteed attendance of 500,000, a figure that the Browns had not seen since their 1924 season.[3] The Browns would play in the stadium that was used by the Pacific Coast League’s Los Angeles Angels. As part of the agreement to move to Los Angeles, the Browns would buy the stadium.[3] It was expected that all Major League Baseball owners would approve of the move at the upcoming Winter Meetings.[3] Before the scheduled meetings, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and California would stay closed to Major League Baseball for another decade.
Season standings [edit]
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | -- |
| Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | .545 | 17 |
| Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | .500 | 24 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26 |
| St. Louis Browns | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 |
| Washington Senators | 70 | 84 | .455 | 31 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | .416 | 37 |
Opening Day lineup [edit]
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Notable transactions [edit]
- May 5, 1941: Rip Radcliff was purchased from the Browns by the Detroit Tigers for $25,000.[4]
Roster [edit]
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Player stats [edit]
Batting [edit]
Starters by position [edit]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| SS | Johnny Berardino | 128 | 469 | 127 | .271 | 5 | 89 |
Other batters [edit]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Bobby Estalella | 46 | 83 | 20 | .241 | 0 | 14 |
Pitching [edit]
Starting pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Elden Auker | 34 | 216 | 14 | 15 | 5.50 | 60 |
| Denny Galehouse | 30 | 190.1 | 9 | 10 | 3.64 | 61 |
Other pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| George Caster | 32 | 104.1 | 3 | 7 | 5.00 | 36 |
| Johnny Allen | 20 | 67 | 2 | 5 | 6.58 | 27 |
Relief pitchers [edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Bill Trotter | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5.98 | 17 |
| Emil Bildilli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 |
Farm system [edit]
St. Joseph franchise transferred to Carthage and renamed, June 3, 1941[5]
References [edit]
- ^ George Caster page at Baseball Reference
- ^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 13, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
- ^ a b c d As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 12, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
- ^ Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997
External links [edit]
- 1941 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1941 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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