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1943 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944)
72-80, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 596 runs, Allowed 604 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-77
Manager: Luke Sewell (72-80)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 214,392 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101

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1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Frankie Hayes 28 88 290 250 16 47 7 0 5 30 1 0 37 36 .188 .295 .276 .571 66 69 8 1 2
2 1B George McQuinn* 33 125 516 449 53 109 19 2 12 74 4 3 56 65 .243 .327 .374 .701 103 168 8 0 11
3 2B Don Gutteridge 31 132 592 538 77 147 35 6 1 36 10 9 50 46 .273 .335 .366 .701 103 197 7 0 4
4 SS Vern Stephens 22 137 571 512 75 148 27 3 22 91 3 2 54 73 .289 .357 .482 .839 142 247 11 0 5
5 3B Harlond Clift 30 105 441 379 43 88 11 3 3 25 5 4 54 37 .232 .329 .301 .630 83 114 10 1 7
6 OF Mike Chartak* 27 108 387 344 38 88 16 2 10 37 1 3 39 55 .256 .333 .401 .734 113 138 8 1 3
7 OF Milt Byrnes* 26 129 492 429 58 120 28 7 4 50 1 4 53 49 .280 .362 .406 .767 122 174 9 2 8
8 OF Chet Laabs 31 151 665 580 83 145 27 7 17 85 5 7 73 105 .250 .338 .409 .747 116 237 13 4 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Mark Christman 29 98 364 336 31 91 11 5 2 35 0 3 19 19 .271 .318 .351 .669 94 118 5 4 5
10 OF Al Zarilla* 24 70 251 228 27 58 7 1 2 17 1 1 17 20 .254 .309 .320 .629 83 73 4 1 5
11 C Rick Ferrell 37 74 246 209 12 50 7 0 0 20 0 0 34 14 .239 .348 .273 .621 81 57 3 1 2
12 OF Mike Kreevich 35 60 193 161 24 41 6 0 0 10 4 1 26 13 .255 .358 .292 .650 89 47 2 0 6
13 C Joe Schultz* 24 46 102 92 6 22 5 0 0 8 0 1 9 8 .239 .307 .293 .600 74 27 4 0 1
14 3B Ellis Clary 26 23 81 69 15 19 2 0 0 5 1 2 11 6 .275 .375 .304 .679 98 21 0 0 1
15 OF Tony Criscola* 27 29 60 52 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 7 .154 .267 .154 .421 23 8 0 0 0
16 IF Floyd Baker* 26 22 53 46 5 8 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 4 .174 .269 .217 .487 42 10 1 0 1
17 OF Hal Epps* 29 8 38 35 2 10 4 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 .286 .342 .400 .742 115 14 2 0 0
18 2B Don Heffner 32 18 37 33 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .121 .171 .152 .323 -6 5 1 0 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Denny Galehouse 31 31 83 72 5 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 20 .125 .160 .139 .299 -13 10 0 0 8
20 P Steve Sundra 33 32 79 73 9 16 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .219 .240 .274 .514 49 20 0 0 4
21 P Bob Muncrief 27 35 77 66 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .152 .188 .167 .355 3 11 4 0 8
22 P Nels Potter* 31 33 63 55 0 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 .145 .203 .164 .367 7 9 2 0 4
23 P Johnny Niggeling 39 20 57 49 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11 .061 .115 .061 .177 -48 3 1 0 5
24 P Al Hollingsworth* 35 36 54 50 2 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .140 .173 .200 .373 8 10 2 0 2
25 P George Caster 35 35 23 22 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .136 .174 .182 .356 3 4 1 0 0
26 P Bobo Newsom 35 10 16 15 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 5 0 0 1
27 P Al Milnar* 29 3 7 6 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 187 4 0 0 1
28 P Charlie Fuchs# 30 13 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
29 P Fritz Ostermueller* 35 11 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 66 2 0 0 0
30 P Paul Dean 30 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Sid Peterson 25 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Jack Kramer 25 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 331 2 0 0 0
33 P Al LaMacchia 21 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
34 P Fred Sanford# 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
35 P Archie McKain# 32 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Ox Miller 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.2 153 5864 5175 595 1269 229 36 78 552 37 43 569 645 .245 .322 .349 .670 94 1804 107 15 105
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 5 7 3 8 2 8 6 3 1 6 5 4 5 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Denny Galehouse 31 11 11 .500 2.77 31 28 3 14 2 1 224.0 217 80 69 8 74 114 1 1 1 947 120 1.299 8.7 0.3 3.0 4.6 1.54
2 SP Steve Sundra 33 15 11 .577 3.25 32 29 3 13 3 0 208.0 212 89 75 10 66 44 0 1 4 884 103 1.337 9.2 0.4 2.9 1.9 0.67
3 SP Bob Muncrief 27 13 12 .520 2.81 35 27 5 12 3 1 205.0 211 80 64 13 48 80 2 0 3 856 118 1.263 9.3 0.6 2.1 3.5 1.67
4 SP Al Hollingsworth* 35 6 13 .316 4.21 35 20 13 9 1 3 154.0 169 81 72 7 51 63 2 2 4 669 79 1.429 9.9 0.4 3.0 3.7 1.24
5 SP Johnny Niggeling 39 6 8 .429 3.17 20 20 0 7 0 0 150.1 122 61 53 7 57 73 6 0 3 628 105 1.191 7.3 0.4 3.4 4.4 1.28
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL George Caster 35 6 8 .429 2.12 35 0 32 0 0 8 76.1 69 22 18 4 41 43 1 1 0 331 157 1.441 8.1 0.5 4.8 5.1 1.05
7 RP Nels Potter 31 10 5 .667 2.78 33 13 13 8 0 1 168.1 146 56 52 11 54 80 3 0 3 690 120 1.188 7.8 0.6 2.9 4.3 1.48
8 RP Charlie Fuchs 30 0 0 4.04 13 0 5 0 0 0 35.2 42 22 16 4 11 9 1 2 1 157 82 1.486 10.6 1.0 2.8 2.3 0.82
9 RP Fritz Ostermueller* 35 0 2 .000 5.02 11 3 5 0 0 0 28.2 36 16 16 1 13 4 0 0 0 127 66 1.709 11.3 0.3 4.1 1.3 0.31
10 RP Archie McKain* 32 1 1 .500 3.94 10 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 16 9 7 0 6 6 0 0 1 72 85 1.375 9.0 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Bobo Newsom 35 1 6 .143 7.39 10 9 1 0 0 0 52.1 69 45 43 7 35 37 1 0 0 257 45 1.987 11.9 1.2 6.0 6.4 1.06
12 Al Milnar* 29 1 2 .333 5.52 3 2 1 1 0 0 14.2 23 11 9 0 9 7 0 0 0 76 60 2.182 14.1 0.0 5.5 4.3 0.78
13 Paul Dean 30 0 0 3.38 3 1 0 0 0 0 13.1 16 5 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 58 99 1.425 10.8 0.0 2.0 0.7 0.33
14 Sid Peterson 25 2 0 1.000 2.70 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 15 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 48 123 1.800 13.5 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.00
15 Fred Sanford 23 0 0 1.93 3 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 37 173 1.179 6.8 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50
16 Jack Kramer 25 0 0 8.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 11 8 8 0 8 4 1 0 2 46 42 2.111 11.0 0.0 8.0 4.0 0.50
17 Ox Miller 28 0 0 12.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 8 8 2 3 3 2 0 0 29 28 1.667 10.5 3.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
18 Al LaMacchia 21 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 6 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 23 30 2.750 20.3 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
Team Totals 32.3 72 80 .474 3.41 153 153 89 64 9 14 1385.0 1397 604 525 74 488 572 22 8 25 5935 98 1.361 9.1 0.5 3.2 3.7 1.17
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 5 7 6 8 7 6 6 8 1 4
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Floyd Baker 26 11 53 24 27 2 7 .962 4.64 SS-3B
Milt Byrnes 26 114 23 66 26 303 289 13 1 3 .997 2.65 OF
George Caster 35 35 19 2 17 0 1 1.000 0.54 P
Mike Chartak 27 95 0 0 77 343 321 13 9 10 .974 3.52 OF-1B
Mark Christman 29 95 454 279 172 3 41 .993 4.75 3B-SS-1B-2B
Ellis Clary 26 17 56 18 36 2 4 .964 3.18 3B-2B
Harlond Clift 30 104 398 126 252 20 20 .950 3.63 3B
Tony Criscola 27 13 10 2 1 25 24 0 1 0 .960 1.85 OF
Paul Dean 30 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Hal Epps 29 8 0 8 0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 OF
Rick Ferrell 37 70 384 327 52 5 7 .987 5.41 2 C
Charlie Fuchs 30 13 12 3 7 2 0 .833 0.77 P
Denny Galehouse 31 31 42 7 33 2 0 .952 1.29 P
Don Gutteridge 31 132 688 328 331 29 64 .958 4.99 2B
Frankie Hayes 28 77 348 301 41 6 8 .983 4.44 4 C-1B
Don Heffner 32 14 46 27 18 1 4 .978 3.21 2B-1B
Al Hollingsworth 35 35 36 7 27 2 3 .944 0.97 P
Jack Kramer 25 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Mike Kreevich 35 51 3 47 1 152 146 5 1 1 .993 2.96 OF
Chet Laabs 31 150 125 24 6 371 346 16 9 4 .976 2.41 OF
Al LaMacchia 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Archie McKain 32 10 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.50 P
George McQuinn 33 122 1167 1072 86 9 88 .992 9.49 1B
Ox Miller 28 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Al Milnar 29 3 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Bob Muncrief 27 35 39 10 28 1 2 .974 1.09 P
Bobo Newsom 35 10 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Johnny Niggeling 39 20 35 10 25 0 4 1.000 1.75 P
Fritz Ostermueller 35 11 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.73 P
Sid Peterson 25 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Nels Potter 31 33 47 10 36 1 2 .979 1.39 P
Fred Sanford 23 3 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Joe Schultz 24 26 94 83 9 2 1 .979 3.54 1 C
Vern Stephens 22 134 9 0 3 616 240 342 34 51 .945 4.34 SS-OF
Steve Sundra 33 32 61 10 47 4 2 .934 1.78 P
Al Zarilla 24 60 0 6 56 133 123 5 5 2 .962 2.13 OF
Team Totals 29.6 153 5979 4155 1672 152 329 .975 3.70 7
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics