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1948 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

59-94, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Zack Taylor (59-94)
Scored 671 runs, Allowed 849 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-93

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 335,564 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 109


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1947 / 1949 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
Andy Anderson 25 R R 5' 11" 172 Nov 13, 1922 1st 51 13 51 32 0 0 2 21 0 10 0 0 0 0 25 4 0.2
Hank Arft 26 L L 5' 10" 190 Jan 28, 1922 1st 69 69 69 69 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
George Binks 33 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 11, 1914 5 15 4 15 8 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 7 0 -0.1
Frank Biscan 28 L L 5' 11" 190 Mar 13, 1920 3 47 4 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Ray Coleman 26 L R 5' 11" 170 Jun 4, 1922 2 17 5 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 11 1 -0.2
Sam Dente 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 26, 1922 2 98 61 98 81 0 0 0 0 6 77 0 0 0 0 23 1 -0.1
Bob Dillinger 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 17, 1918 3 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.3
Clem Dreisewerd 32 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 24, 1916 4 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Karl Drews 28 R R 6' 4" 192 Feb 22, 1920 3 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Cliff Fannin 24 L R 6' 0" 170 May 13, 1924 4 48 29 48 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.9
Ned Garver 22 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1925 1st 46 24 46 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 4.5
Al Gerheauser 31 L L 6' 3" 190 Jun 24, 1917 5 14 2 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Tom Jordan 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 5, 1919 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Bill Kennedy 27 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 14, 1921 1st 26 20 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Dick Kokos 20 L L 5' 8" 170 Feb 28, 1928 1st 71 67 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 71 3 0 0.3
Pete Layden 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Dec 30, 1919 1st 41 25 41 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 5 30 8 5 -0.6
Paul Lehner 27 L L 5' 9" 160 Jul 1, 1920 3 103 80 103 91 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 89 0 89 14 0 -1.0
Don Lund 25 R R 6' 0" 200 May 18, 1923 3 63 35 63 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 25 45 20 2 -0.6
Jerry McCarthy 25 L L 6' 1" 205 May 23, 1923 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Les Moss 23 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 3 107 88 107 104 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.7
Joe Ostrowski 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Nov 15, 1916 1st 26 9 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Roy Partee 30 R R 5' 10" 180 Sep 7, 1917 5 82 67 82 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -1.3
Eddie Pellagrini 30 R R 5' 9" 160 Mar 13, 1918 3 105 94 105 97 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 2 7 -0.3
Whitey Platt 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 21, 1920 4 123 112 123 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 114 10 0 -0.8
Nels Potter 36 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 23, 1911 11 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jerry Priddy 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 9, 1919 6 151 146 151 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3.6
Fred Sanford 28 B R 6' 1" 200 Aug 9, 1919 4 43 33 43 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.7
Joe Schultz 29 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 29, 1918 9 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 -0.3
Blackie Schwamb 21 R R 6' 5" 198 Aug 6, 1926 1st 12 5 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Ray Shore 27 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 9, 1921 2 17 4 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Bryan Stephens 27 R R 6' 4" 175 Jul 14, 1920 2 43 12 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Chuck Stevens 29 B L 6' 1" 180 Jul 10, 1918 3 85 85 85 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Al Widmar 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Mar 20, 1925 2 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Jim Wilson 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 20, 1922 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Ken Wood 23 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 1, 1924 1st 10 5 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 -0.4
Al Zarilla 29 L R 5' 11" 180 May 1, 1919 5 144 133 144 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 57 59 136 10 0 2.3 All-Star
Sam Zoldak 29 L L 5' 11" 185 Dec 8, 1918 5 11 9 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Sam Dente

Jerry Priddy

Hank Arft
Chuck Stevens

Eddie Pellagrini

Whitey Platt

Bob Dillinger

Andy Anderson

Tom Jordan

Joe Schultz

Les Moss

Roy Partee
Joe Schultz

Don Lund
Jerry McCarthy
Roy Partee
Ken Wood

Al Zarilla

Al Gerheauser

Paul Lehner

George Binks
Ray Coleman
Karl Drews
Dick Kokos

Pete Layden
Blackie Schwamb

Bryan Stephens

Frank Biscan

Al Widmar

Fred Sanford

Bill Kennedy
Sam Zoldak

Nels Potter

Jim Wilson

Cliff Fannin
Ray Shore

Al Gerheauser
Joe Ostrowski

Ned Garver
Bryan Stephens

Ned Garver

Clem Dreisewerd

Frank Biscan

Ray Shore

Bill Kennedy

Joe Ostrowski

Karl Drews

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers