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1949 St. Louis Browns season

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1949 St. Louis Browns
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record53–101 (.344)
OwnersBill DeWitt
ManagersZack Taylor
TelevisionKSD
RadioWEW/KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Tom Dailey)
← 1948 Seasons 1950 →

The 1949 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 54‍–‍23 43‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox 96 58 .623 1 61‍–‍16 35‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 89 65 .578 8 49‍–‍28 40‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 87 67 .565 10 50‍–‍27 37‍–‍40
Philadelphia Athletics 81 73 .526 16 52‍–‍25 29‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox 63 91 .409 34 32‍–‍45 31‍–‍46
St. Louis Browns 53 101 .344 44 36‍–‍41 17‍–‍60
Washington Senators 50 104 .325 47 26‍–‍51 24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 17–5 8–14 15–7–1 9–13 14–8 15–7 18–4
Chicago 5–17 7–15 8–14 7–15 6–16 15–7 15–7
Cleveland 14–8 15–7 13–9 10–12 9–13 15–7 13–9
Detroit 7–15–1 14–8 9–13 11–11 14–8 14–8 18–4
New York 13–9 15–7 12–10 11–11 14–8 17–5–1 15–7
Philadelphia 8–14 16–6 13–9 8–14 8–14 12–10 16–6
St. Louis 7–15 7–15 7–15 8–14 5–17–1 10–12 9–13
Washington 4–18 7–15 9–13 4–18 7–15 6–16 13–9


Roster

1949 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Sherm Lollar 109 284 74 .261 8 49
1B Jack Graham 137 500 119 .238 24 79

Other batters

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
John Sullivan 105 243 55 .226 0 18
Andy Anderson 71 136 17 .125 1 5
George Elder 41 44 11 .250 0 2
Ken Wood 7 6 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ned Garver 41 223.2 12 17 3.98 70
Cliff Fannin 30 143 8 14 6.17 57
Karl Drews 31 139.2 4 12 6.64 35
Ed Albrecht 1 5 1 0 5.40 1

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Kennedy 48 153.2 4 11 4.69 69
Joe Ostrowski 40 141 8 8 4.79 34
Red Embree 35 127.1 3 13 5.37 24

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Ferrick 50 6 4 6 3.88 34
Bob Malloy 5 1 1 0 2.79 2
Bob Savage 4 0 0 0 6.43 1
Irv Medlinger 3 0 0 0 27.00 4
Jim Bilbrey 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Baltimore Orioles International League Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas and Jack Dunn III
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Gus Mancuso
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Don Heffner, Jack Tobin and Sal Madrid
B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Jack Bradsher
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jim Crandall
C Globe-Miami Browns Arizona–Texas League Frank Volpi and Ed Dancisak
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Jim Cullinane
C Pine Bluff Cardinals Cotton States League Harry Chozen
C Marshall Browns East Texas League Walt DeFreitas
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Irv Hall
C Salinas/Tijuana Colts Sunset League Bruce Ogrodowski
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Heinie Mueller
D Redding Browns Far West League Ray Perry
D Pittsburg Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Albert Barkus and Olan Smith
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Bill Enos
D Olean Oilers PONY League Shan Deniston and Larry Mancini
D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Bill Krueger
D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Aberdeen
Salinas club moved to Tijuana, August 5, 1949

References

  1. ^ John Sullivan at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bob Savage at Baseball-Reference