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1944 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945

89-65, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Luke Sewell (89-65)
Scored 684 runs, Allowed 587 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 508,644 (6th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

Postseason:

Lost World Series (4-2) to St. Louis Cardinals

American League Champs

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1943 / 1945 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Floyd Baker	27	L	R	5' 9"	160	Oct 10, 1916	2	44	18	44	33	0	0	0	17	0	16	0	0	0	0	12	0	-0.2
Milt Byrnes	27	L	L	5' 10"	170	Nov 15, 1916	2	128	111	128	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	51	36	122	8	0	2.2
George Caster	36	R	R	6' 1"	180	Aug 4, 1907	10	42	0	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Mike Chartak	28	L	L	6' 2"	180	Apr 28, 1916	4	35	14	35	19	0	0	12	0	0	0	4	0	3	7	18	0	-0.2
Mark Christman	30	R	R	5' 11"	175	Oct 21, 1913	4	148	148	148	148	0	0	3	0	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Ellis Clary	27	R	R	5' 8"	160	Sep 11, 1916	3	25	11	25	16	0	0	0	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0.4
Frank Demaree	34	R	R	5' 11"	185	Jun 10, 1910	12	16	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	1	16	0	0	-0.1
Hal Epps	30	L	L	6' 0"	175	Mar 26, 1914	4	22	16	22	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	18	5	1	0.1
Denny Galehouse	32	R	R	6' 1"	195	Dec 7, 1911	11	24	19	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1
Don Gutteridge	32	R	R	5' 10"	165	Jun 19, 1912	8	148	146	148	146	0	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.6
Tom Hafey	30	R	R	6' 1"	180	Jul 12, 1913	2	8	3	8	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	4	0	0.1
Red Hayworth	28	R	R	6' 1"	200	May 14, 1916	1st	90	77	90	86	0	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	-1.0
Al Hollingsworth	36	L	L	6' 0"	174	Feb 25, 1908	9	26	10	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Willis Hudlin	38	R	R	6' 0"	190	May 23, 1906	16	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Sig Jakucki	34	R	R	6' 2"	198	Aug 20, 1909	2	36	24	36	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.5
Jack Kramer	26	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jan 5, 1918	5	33	31	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5
Mike Kreevich	36	R	R	5' 7"	168	Jun 10, 1908	11	105	98	105	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	6	100	6	0	1.8
Chet Laabs	32	R	R	5' 8"	175	Apr 30, 1912	8	66	53	66	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	1	19	55	13	0	0.3
Frank Mancuso	26	R	R	6' 0"	195	May 23, 1918	1st	88	69	88	87	0	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.8
Babe Martin	24	R	R	5' 11"	194	Mar 28, 1920	1st	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.1
George McQuinn	34	L	L	5' 11"	165	May 29, 1910	8	146	141	146	146	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	All-Star
Gene Moore	34	L	L	5' 11"	175	Aug 26, 1909	13	110	92	110	98	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	98	98	15	0	-0.3
Bob Muncrief	28	R	R	6' 2"	190	Jan 28, 1916	6	33	27	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	All-Star
Nels Potter	32	L	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 23, 1911	7	32	29	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.3
Len Schulte	27	R	R	5' 10"	160	Dec 5, 1916	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Joe Schultz	25	L	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 29, 1918	5	3	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1
Tex Shirley	26	B	R	6' 1"	175	Apr 25, 1918	3	30	11	30	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	-0.4
Vern Stephens	23	R	R	5' 10"	185	Oct 23, 1920	4	145	142	145	143	0	0	0	0	0	143	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.2	All-Star
Steve Sundra	34	R	R	6' 2"	190	Mar 27, 1910	8	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Tom Turner	27	R	R	6' 2"	195	Sep 8, 1916	5	15	6	15	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.1
Lefty West	28	R	L	6' 0"	165	Sep 3, 1915	1st	11	0	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Al Zarilla	25	L	R	5' 11"	180	May 1, 1919	2	100	68	100	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	74	2	4	79	21	2	2.0
Sam Zoldak	25	L	L	5' 11"	185	Dec 8, 1918	1st	18	0	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Floyd Baker	Ellis Clary	George McQuinn	Don Gutteridge	Vern Stephens	Mark Christman	Mike Chartak Joe Schultz	Frank Mancuso
Red Hayworth	Frank Demaree Babe Martin	Milt Byrnes	Denny Galehouse Mike Kreevich	Al Zarilla	Gene Moore	George Caster	Tom Hafey Steve Sundra Tom Turner
Hal Epps Len Schulte	Jack Kramer	Lefty West	Tex Shirley	Sig Jakucki	Nels Potter	Al Hollingsworth	Sam Zoldak
Willis Hudlin	Chet Laabs	Bob Muncrief	Denny Galehouse

1943 / 1945 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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