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1944 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 106 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102



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1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Red Hayworth 28 90 282 270 20 60 11 1 1 25 0 0 10 13 .222 .253 .281 .534 48 76 0 1 1
2 1B George McQuinn* 34 146 623 516 83 129 26 3 11 72 4 3 85 74 .250 .357 .376 .733 104 194 1 1 21
3 2B Don Gutteridge 32 148 660 603 89 148 27 11 3 36 20 8 51 63 .245 .304 .342 .646 79 206 4 0 6
4 SS Vern Stephens 23 145 628 559 91 164 32 1 20 109 2 2 62 54 .293 .365 .462 .826 129 258 3 1 6
5 3B Mark Christman 30 148 607 547 56 148 25 1 6 83 5 2 47 37 .271 .332 .353 .684 90 193 18 3 10
6 OF Gene Moore* 34 110 418 390 56 93 13 6 6 58 0 5 24 37 .238 .284 .349 .633 75 136 7 1 3
7 OF Mike Kreevich 36 105 441 402 55 121 15 6 5 44 3 3 27 24 .301 .348 .405 .754 109 163 12 2 10
8 OF Milt Byrnes* 27 128 487 407 63 120 20 4 4 45 1 7 68 50 .295 .396 .393 .789 119 160 8 0 12
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 OF Al Zarilla* 25 100 330 288 43 86 13 6 6 45 1 1 29 33 .299 .375 .448 .823 128 129 2 6 7
10 C Frank Mancuso 26 88 269 244 19 50 11 0 1 24 1 0 20 32 .205 .271 .262 .533 48 64 11 2 3
11 OF Chet Laabs 32 66 235 201 28 47 10 2 5 23 3 1 29 33 .234 .330 .378 .709 96 76 3 0 5
12 MI Floyd Baker* 27 44 110 97 10 17 3 0 0 5 2 0 11 5 .175 .259 .206 .465 30 20 1 0 2
13 UT Mike Chartak* 28 35 80 72 8 17 2 1 1 7 0 0 6 9 .236 .304 .333 .637 77 24 1 1 1
14 OF Hal Epps* 30 22 77 62 15 11 1 1 0 3 0 1 14 14 .177 .338 .226 .563 58 14 1 1 0
15 IF Ellis Clary 27 25 62 49 6 13 1 1 0 4 1 0 12 9 .265 .410 .327 .736 106 16 0 0 1
16 OF Frank Demaree 34 16 58 51 4 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 3 .255 .333 .294 .627 75 15 0 0 1
17 C Tom Turner 27 15 28 25 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .320 .370 .360 .730 103 9 1 0 1
18 UT Tom Hafey 30 8 15 14 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .357 .400 .500 .900 149 7 0 0 0
19 C Joe Schultz* 25 3 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 2 0 0 0
20 OF Babe Martin 24 2 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 383 4 0 0 0
21 Len Schulte 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
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
22 P Jack Kramer 26 33 95 85 6 14 2 0 2 6 0 0 8 21 .165 .245 .259 .504 40 22 2 1 1
23 P Nels Potter* 32 32 92 82 4 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 4 .159 .207 .171 .378 5 14 2 1 5
24 P Bob Muncrief 28 33 86 78 4 18 2 0 0 10 1 0 3 16 .231 .259 .256 .516 43 20 1 0 5
25 P Sig Jakucki 34 36 76 73 9 11 1 1 1 8 0 0 1 14 .151 .162 .233 .395 9 17 2 0 2
26 P Denny Galehouse 32 24 55 48 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .063 .118 .063 .180 -49 3 3 0 4
27 P Al Hollingsworth* 36 26 32 28 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .071 .188 .071 .259 -27 2 2 0 0
28 P Tex Shirley# 26 30 28 28 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 4 1 0 0
29 P George Caster 36 42 20 20 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .300 .550 52 6 0 0 0
30 P Lefty West 28 11 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 0
31 P Steve Sundra 34 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 -17 0 0 0 0
32 P Sam Zoldak* 25 18 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 2 0 0 0
33 P Willis Hudlin 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.8 154 5928 5269 684 1328 223 45 72 629 44 33 530 603 .252 .323 .352 .675 87 1857 86 21 107
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 2 7 3 6 2 7 6 2 2 7 6 5 5 5 4 1
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
* - 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 Jack Kramer 26 17 13 .567 2.49 33 31 2 18 1 0 257.0 233 94 71 3 75 124 1 2 2 1058 146 1.198 8.2 0.1 2.6 4.3 1.65
2 SP Nels Potter 32 19 7 .731 2.83 32 29 2 16 3 0 232.0 211 79 73 6 70 91 1 1 4 955 129 1.211 8.2 0.2 2.7 3.5 1.30
3 SP Bob Muncrief 28 13 8 .619 3.08 33 27 5 12 3 1 219.1 216 83 75 11 50 88 3 0 3 905 118 1.213 8.9 0.5 2.1 3.6 1.76
4 SP Sig Jakucki 34 13 9 .591 3.55 35 24 8 12 4 3 198.0 211 89 78 17 54 67 3 0 1 853 103 1.338 9.6 0.8 2.5 3.0 1.24
5 SP Denny Galehouse 32 9 10 .474 3.12 24 19 1 6 2 0 153.0 162 64 53 6 44 80 1 0 0 664 117 1.346 9.5 0.4 2.6 4.7 1.82
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 36 6 6 .500 2.44 42 0 34 0 0 12 81.0 91 37 22 5 33 46 0 0 0 358 150 1.531 10.1 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.39
7 RP Al Hollingsworth* 36 5 7 .417 4.47 26 10 8 3 2 1 92.2 108 51 46 3 37 22 1 0 4 419 82 1.565 10.5 0.3 3.6 2.1 0.59
8 RP Tex Shirley 26 5 4 .556 4.15 23 11 6 2 1 0 80.1 59 45 37 4 64 35 1 0 2 360 88 1.531 6.6 0.4 7.2 3.9 0.55
9 RP Sam Zoldak* 25 0 0 3.72 18 0 10 0 0 0 38.2 49 22 16 1 19 15 0 0 2 181 99 1.759 11.4 0.2 4.4 3.5 0.79
10 RP Lefty West* 28 0 0 6.29 11 0 6 0 0 0 24.1 34 18 17 1 19 11 1 0 0 120 59 2.178 12.6 0.4 7.0 4.1 0.58
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 Steve Sundra 34 2 0 1.000 1.42 3 3 0 2 0 0 19.0 15 3 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 75 262 1.000 7.1 0.5 1.9 0.5 0.25
12 Willis Hudlin 38 0 1 .000 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 98 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
Team Totals 30.5 89 65 .578 3.17 154 154 83 71 16 17 1397.1 1392 587 492 58 469 581 12 3 18 5958 115 1.332 9.0 0.4 3.0 3.7 1.24
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 2 5 2 2 3 4 2 2 4 4 1
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Floyd Baker 27 33 18 17 114 41 68 5 9 .956 3.30 2B-SS
Milt Byrnes 27 122 111 100 296 282 7 7 1 .976 2.37 OF
George Caster 36 42 0 0 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 0.36 P
Mike Chartak 28 19 14 9 110 105 5 0 5 1.000 5.79 1B-OF
Mark Christman 30 148 148 146 537 205 317 15 36 .972 3.53 3B-1B
Ellis Clary 27 16 11 10 45 16 28 1 4 .978 2.59 3B-2B
Frank Demaree 34 16 16 5 32 30 1 1 0 .969 1.94 OF
Hal Epps 30 18 16 15 52 47 3 2 2 .962 2.78 OF
Denny Galehouse 32 24 19 6 27 3 21 3 0 .889 1.00 P
Don Gutteridge 32 146 146 132 810 368 407 35 95 .957 5.31 2B
Tom Hafey 30 5 3 1 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF-1B
Red Hayworth 28 86 77 58 391 339 39 13 4 .967 4.34 6 37 16 30% 39% C
Al Hollingsworth 36 26 10 3 17 3 14 0 0 1.000 0.65 P
Willis Hudlin 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Sig Jakucki 34 35 24 12 51 7 44 0 2 1.000 1.46 P
Jack Kramer 26 33 31 18 75 10 62 3 5 .960 2.18 P
Mike Kreevich 36 100 98 91 290 282 4 4 0 .986 2.86 OF
Chet Laabs 32 55 53 49 111 108 3 0 2 1.000 2.02 OF
Frank Mancuso 26 87 69 56 363 311 35 17 9 .953 3.98 5 35 14 29% 39% C
Babe Martin 24 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
George McQuinn 34 146 141 137 1413 1332 72 9 116 .994 9.62 1B
Gene Moore 34 98 92 88 223 210 5 8 3 .964 2.17 OF-1B
Bob Muncrief 28 33 27 12 52 16 35 1 1 .981 1.55 P
Nels Potter 32 32 29 16 66 11 52 3 3 .955 1.97 P
Joe Schultz 25 3 2 2 11 8 1 2 0 .818 3.00 0 3 0 0% 39% C
Tex Shirley 26 23 11 2 15 6 7 2 1 .867 0.57 P
Vern Stephens 23 143 142 138 754 239 480 35 71 .954 5.03 SS
Steve Sundra 34 3 3 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Tom Turner 27 11 6 5 32 28 3 1 0 .969 2.82 1 1 1 50% 38% C
Lefty West 28 11 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.27 P
Al Zarilla 25 79 68 64 175 167 4 4 1 .977 2.16 OF
Sam Zoldak 25 18 0 0 8 0 8 0 2 1.000 0.44 P
Team Totals 29.9 154 1386 1194 6102 4186 1745 171 372 .972 3.67 12 76 31 29% 39%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 7 3
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Floyd Baker* 27 44 110 -8 0 0 1 2 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.3 .487 .496 -0.4 0.3 -4 Amateur Free Agent 46
Milt Byrnes* 27 128 487 12 -2 0 -1 -4 5 0.5 10 15 1.5 .504 .503 1.6 -0.6 16 *O879
George Caster 36 42 20 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 Waivers 1
Mike Chartak* 28 35 80 -2 0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.2 .490 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -1 Traded 3/O79
Mark Christman 30 148 607 -6 0 0 3 -0 -3 -0.3 12 10 0.9 .498 .498 0.6 0.3 7 Traded *5/3
Ellis Clary 27 25 62 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 3 0.3 .506 .501 0.3 0.0 3 Traded 5/4
Frank Demaree 34 16 58 -1 0 0 0 -1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 Free Agency O7/9
Hal Epps* 30 22 77 -3 -0 0 0 -0 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 MinorLg Draft 8O
Denny Galehouse 32 24 55 -10 0 0 0 5 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.6 .476 .496 -0.6 0.0 -4 Purchased 1
Don Gutteridge 32 148 660 -17 1 0 -8 7 -17 -1.9 14 -3 -0.6 .487 .488 0.3 -0.1 5 *4
Tom Hafey 30 8 15 1 0 0 0 -0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 /O739
Red Hayworth 28 90 282 -18 0 0 -1 2 -16 -1.8 6 -10 -1.2 .480 .489 -1.1 0.1 -9 2
Al Hollingsworth* 36 26 32 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 Conditional Deal 1
Willis Hudlin 38 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .511 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Free Agency /1
Sig Jakucki 34 36 76 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 Purchased 1
Jack Kramer 26 33 95 -7 0 0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 Amateur Free Agent 1
Mike Kreevich 36 105 441 4 -0 0 0 -1 3 0.3 9 12 1.2 .503 .502 1.2 -0.1 12 Free Agency O8/9
Chet Laabs 32 66 235 -1 0 0 0 -3 -3 -0.4 5 2 0.1 .494 .498 0.1 -0.3 2 Traded O79/8
Frank Mancuso 26 88 269 -16 0 0 -1 2 -15 -1.7 6 -9 -1.1 .481 .490 -1.0 0.1 -8 2
Babe Martin 24 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .573 .501 0.2 0.0 1 Amateur Free Agent /7O
George McQuinn* 34 146 623 4 -0 0 -3 -7 -6 -0.7 13 7 0.6 .495 .496 0.9 -1.1 10 Rule 5 Draft *3
Gene Moore* 34 110 418 -13 -2 0 3 -5 -16 -1.9 9 -8 -1.0 .483 .489 -1.3 -0.2 -11 Traded O9/3
Bob Muncrief 28 33 86 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 Unknown 1
Nels Potter* 32 32 92 -10 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 Rule 5 Draft 1
Len Schulte 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .533 .500 0.0 0.0 0
Joe Schultz* 25 3 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .481 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 Rule 5 Draft /2
Tex Shirley# 26 30 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
Vern Stephens 23 145 628 20 -0 0 1 10 31 3.4 13 44 4.7 .523 .521 4.6 1.2 43 Amateur Free Agent *6
Steve Sundra 34 3 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 Traded /1
Tom Turner 27 15 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 Purchased 2
Lefty West 28 11 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
Al Zarilla* 25 100 330 10 0 0 1 -4 8 0.8 7 14 1.6 .508 .505 1.4 -0.3 13 Amateur Free Agent O7/98
Sam Zoldak* 25 18 6 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 Traded 1
Team Total 29.8 1734 5928 -87 -2 0 -5 45 -49 -5.9 123 73 5.6 .497 .499 6.1 -0.7 78
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
George Caster 36 80.2 42 0 37 4.13 4.19 -0.03 0.00 103.1 4.35 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.6 7 .505 .501 Waivers
Denny Galehouse 32 153.0 24 19 64 3.76 4.10 -0.03 0.00 107.1 4.43 11 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.1 21 .554 .508 Purchased
Al Hollingsworth* 36 92.2 26 10 51 4.95 3.97 -0.04 0.00 103.9 4.17 -8 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .466 .495 Conditional Deal
Willis Hudlin 38 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 4.06 -0.04 0.00 112.0 4.59 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .400 .499 Free Agency
Sig Jakucki 34 198.0 35 24 89 4.05 4.13 -0.03 0.00 105.8 4.41 8 0.9 1.0 -0.1 1.9 20 .525 .505 Purchased
Jack Kramer 26 257.0 33 31 94 3.29 4.03 -0.03 0.00 104.8 4.25 27 3.3 1.0 -0.2 4.6 44 .599 .520 Amateur Free Agent
Bob Muncrief 28 219.1 33 27 83 3.41 4.03 -0.03 0.00 105.6 4.29 21 2.5 1.0 -0.1 3.6 35 .576 .516 Unknown
Nels Potter 32 232.0 32 29 79 3.06 4.05 -0.03 0.00 106.0 4.33 32 3.9 1.0 -0.1 5.1 47 .623 .524 Rule 5 Draft
Tex Shirley 26 80.1 23 11 45 5.04 4.05 -0.03 0.00 102.7 4.19 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .464 .495
Steve Sundra 34 19.0 3 3 3 1.42 4.14 -0.03 0.00 109.4 4.56 7 0.9 -0.0 1.0 8 .786 .505 Traded
Lefty West* 28 24.1 11 0 18 6.66 4.30 -0.03 0.00 104.4 4.53 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -4 .444 .496
Sam Zoldak* 25 38.2 18 0 22 5.12 3.90 -0.03 0.00 101.1 3.98 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .470 .497 Traded
Team Total 30.5 1397.0 281 154 587 3.78 4.06 -0.03 0.00 105.2 4.31 81 10.0 1.0 -0.8 17.2 170 .536 .505
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics