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1948 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 Les Moss 23 107 381 335 35 86 12 1 14 46 0 0 39 50 .257 .334 .424 .758 98 142 16 0 7
2 1B Chuck Stevens# 29 85 346 287 34 75 12 4 1 26 2 2 41 26 .261 .354 .341 .695 83 98 3 0 18
3 2B Jerry Priddy 28 151 657 560 96 166 40 9 8 79 6 5 86 71 .296 .391 .443 .834 119 248 15 1 10
4 SS Eddie Pellagrini 30 105 325 290 31 69 8 3 2 27 1 2 34 40 .238 .320 .307 .627 65 89 5 1 0
5 3B Bob Dillinger 29 153 722 644 110 207 34 10 2 44 28 11 65 34 .321 .385 .415 .799 110 267 18 1 12
6 OF Al Zarilla* 29 144 596 529 77 174 39 3 12 74 11 6 48 48 .329 .389 .482 .871 128 255 8 4 15
7 OF Whitey Platt 27 123 499 454 57 123 22 10 7 82 1 4 39 51 .271 .331 .410 .741 94 186 14 2 4
8 OF Paul Lehner* 27 103 366 333 23 92 15 4 2 46 0 2 30 19 .276 .336 .363 .699 84 121 9 0 3
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 1B Hank Arft* 26 69 296 248 25 59 10 3 5 38 1 2 45 43 .238 .355 .363 .718 89 90 7 0 3
10 SS Sam Dente 26 98 296 267 26 72 11 2 0 22 1 3 22 8 .270 .328 .326 .653 72 87 5 1 6
11 OF Dick Kokos* 20 71 291 258 40 77 15 3 4 40 4 3 28 32 .298 .374 .426 .800 110 110 1 3 2
12 C Roy Partee 30 82 257 231 14 47 8 1 0 17 2 2 25 21 .203 .284 .247 .531 40 57 7 1 0
13 OF Don Lund 25 63 176 161 21 40 7 4 3 25 0 0 10 17 .248 .305 .398 .702 83 64 1 3 2
14 OF Pete Layden 28 41 111 104 11 26 2 1 0 4 4 2 6 10 .250 .297 .288 .586 54 30 2 1 0
15 2B Andy Anderson 25 51 96 87 13 24 5 1 1 12 0 0 8 15 .276 .337 .391 .728 91 34 7 0 1
16 Joe Schultz* 29 43 43 37 0 7 0 0 0 9 0 0 6 3 .189 .302 .189 .492 31 7 1 0 0
17 OF Ray Coleman* 26 17 32 29 2 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 .172 .226 .241 .467 23 7 2 0 1
18 UT George Binks* 33 15 27 23 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .217 .280 .217 .497 32 5 0 0 2
19 OF Ken Wood 23 10 26 24 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .083 .120 .167 .287 -25 4 2 0 1
20 1B Jerry McCarthy* 25 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0 0
21 Tom Jordan 28 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 Cliff Fannin* 24 48 83 65 12 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 4 .169 .299 .169 .468 25 11 3 1 6
23 P Ned Garver 22 46 79 66 9 19 1 1 1 9 0 0 4 3 .288 .329 .379 .707 85 25 1 0 9
24 P Fred Sanford# 28 43 79 73 9 11 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 17 .151 .195 .233 .428 12 17 0 0 2
25 P Bill Kennedy* 27 26 50 44 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .250 .298 .273 .571 50 12 1 0 3
26 P Bryan Stephens 27 43 40 32 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 9 .125 .263 .156 .419 12 5 2 0 2
27 P Frank Biscan* 28 47 30 26 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .192 .300 .269 .569 50 7 0 0 0
28 P Joe Ostrowski* 31 26 25 18 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .222 .364 .222 .586 56 4 0 0 3
29 P Sam Zoldak* 29 11 23 22 3 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 .273 .273 .318 .591 55 7 0 0 1
30 P Blackie Schwamb 21 12 11 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .300 .364 .400 .764 100 4 1 0 0
31 P Al Widmar 23 49 11 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .300 .364 .400 .764 100 4 0 0 0
32 P Karl Drews 28 20 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .273 .000 .273 -25 0 0 0 0
33 P Ray Shore 27 17 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Al Gerheauser* 31 14 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 2 0 0 0
35 P Clem Dreisewerd* 32 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Nels Potter* 36 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 2 0 0 0
37 P Jim Wilson 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.1 155 6013 5303 671 1438 251 62 63 625 63 44 578 571 .271 .345 .378 .722 90 2002 131 19 113
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 6 4 2 3 6 2 3 7 2 4 6 4 5 4 7 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 Fred Sanford 28 12 21 .364 4.64 42 33 7 9 1 2 227.0 250 123 117 19 91 79 2 0 4 997 98 1.502 9.9 0.8 3.6 3.1 0.87
2 SP Cliff Fannin 24 10 14 .417 4.17 34 29 3 10 3 1 213.2 198 106 99 14 104 102 1 0 3 921 109 1.413 8.3 0.6 4.4 4.3 0.98
3 SP Ned Garver 22 7 11 .389 3.41 38 24 7 7 0 5 198.0 200 92 75 14 95 75 1 0 5 848 133 1.490 9.1 0.6 4.3 3.4 0.79
4 SP Bill Kennedy* 27 7 8 .467 4.70 26 20 5 3 0 0 132.0 132 82 69 10 104 77 5 0 5 624 97 1.788 9.0 0.7 7.1 5.3 0.74
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
5 RP Bryan Stephens 27 3 6 .333 6.02 43 12 14 2 0 3 122.2 141 94 82 14 67 35 4 0 7 570 76 1.696 10.3 1.0 4.9 2.6 0.52
6 RP Frank Biscan* 28 6 7 .462 6.11 47 4 22 1 0 2 98.2 129 78 67 3 71 45 9 0 6 494 75 2.027 11.8 0.3 6.5 4.1 0.63
7 RP Al Widmar 23 2 6 .250 4.46 49 0 21 0 0 1 82.2 88 42 41 4 48 34 0 1 6 372 102 1.645 9.6 0.4 5.2 3.7 0.71
8 RP Joe Ostrowski* 31 4 6 .400 5.97 26 9 11 3 0 3 78.1 108 54 52 6 17 20 0 1 1 347 76 1.596 12.4 0.7 2.0 2.3 1.18
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
9 Sam Zoldak* 29 2 4 .333 4.67 11 9 0 0 0 0 54.0 64 30 28 4 19 13 1 0 1 238 98 1.537 10.7 0.7 3.2 2.2 0.68
10 Karl Drews 28 3 2 .600 8.05 20 2 6 0 0 2 38.0 43 35 34 3 38 11 0 0 3 189 57 2.132 10.2 0.7 9.0 2.6 0.29
11 Ray Shore 27 1 2 .333 6.39 17 4 6 0 0 0 38.0 40 30 27 2 35 12 4 0 4 190 72 1.974 9.5 0.5 8.3 2.8 0.34
12 Blackie Schwamb 21 1 1 .500 8.53 12 5 3 0 0 0 31.2 44 34 30 3 21 7 0 0 1 156 54 2.053 12.5 0.9 6.0 2.0 0.33
13 Al Gerheauser* 31 0 3 .000 7.33 14 2 5 0 0 0 23.1 32 23 19 0 10 10 1 0 0 115 63 1.800 12.3 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
14 Clem Dreisewerd* 32 0 2 .000 5.64 13 0 9 0 0 1 22.1 28 15 14 6 8 6 0 0 0 97 82 1.612 11.3 2.4 3.2 2.4 0.75
15 Nels Potter 36 1 1 .500 5.23 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 11 7 6 1 4 4 2 0 0 49 90 1.452 9.6 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.00
16 Jim Wilson 26 0 0 13.50 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 5 4 4 0 5 1 0 0 1 18 38 3.750 16.9 0.0 16.9 3.4 0.20
Team Totals 26.2 59 94 .386 5.01 155 155 120 35 4 20 1373.1 1513 849 764 103 737 531 30 2 47 6225 91 1.638 9.9 0.7 4.8 3.5 0.72
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 8 7 6 6 4 8 8 8 8 8 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
* - 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% PO Pos. Summary
Andy Anderson 25 32 13 12 107 44 54 9 14 .916 2.97 2B-SS-1B
Hank Arft 26 69 69 69 644 598 43 3 81 .995 9.29 1B
George Binks 33 8 4 2 17 17 0 0 1 1.000 1.89 OF-1B
Frank Biscan 28 47 4 1 26 3 20 3 2 .885 0.49 P
Ray Coleman 26 5 5 5 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 OF
Sam Dente 26 81 61 56 373 141 216 16 47 .957 4.35 SS-3B
Bob Dillinger 29 153 151 149 449 187 242 20 30 .955 2.80 3B
Clem Dreisewerd 32 13 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.31 P
Karl Drews 28 20 2 0 10 0 10 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Cliff Fannin 24 34 29 10 36 10 24 2 3 .944 1.00 P
Ned Garver 22 38 24 7 54 19 34 1 3 .981 1.39 P
Al Gerheauser 31 14 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.29 P
Bill Kennedy 27 26 20 3 22 3 19 0 0 1.000 0.85 P
Dick Kokos 20 71 67 59 139 126 8 5 2 .964 1.89 OF
Pete Layden 28 30 25 24 74 69 3 2 0 .973 2.40 OF
Paul Lehner 27 91 80 75 246 235 5 6 3 .976 2.64 OF-1B
Don Lund 25 45 35 30 75 72 3 0 0 1.000 1.67 OF
Jerry McCarthy 25 2 0 0 5 3 0 2 0 .600 1.50 1B
Les Moss 23 104 88 79 414 357 52 5 8 .988 3.97 4 31 24 44% C
Joe Ostrowski 31 26 9 3 28 5 23 0 0 1.000 1.08 P
Roy Partee 30 76 67 51 325 297 22 6 7 .982 4.20 3 36 6 14% C
Eddie Pellagrini 30 97 94 69 504 194 292 18 85 .964 4.96 SS
Whitey Platt 27 114 112 107 248 230 5 13 2 .948 2.06 OF
Nels Potter 36 2 2 0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 3.00 P
Jerry Priddy 28 146 146 134 907 407 471 29 132 .968 6.01 2B
Fred Sanford 28 42 33 9 59 9 46 4 1 .932 1.31 P
Blackie Schwamb 21 12 5 0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.83 P
Ray Shore 27 17 4 0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.59 P
Bryan Stephens 27 43 12 2 26 2 22 2 2 .923 0.56 P
Chuck Stevens 29 85 85 76 800 737 56 7 89 .991 9.33 1B
Al Widmar 23 49 0 0 26 4 22 0 0 1.000 0.53 P
Jim Wilson 26 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ken Wood 23 5 5 4 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.20 OF
Al Zarilla 29 136 133 116 340 322 5 13 0 .962 2.40 OF
Sam Zoldak 29 11 9 0 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.18 P
Team Totals 27.0 155 1395 1152 6024 4119 1737 168 514 .972 3.34 7 67 30 31%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 1 8
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Andy Anderson 25 96 -2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 46/3
Hank Arft* 26 296 -6 -2 0 0 -3 -3 8 -6 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
George Binks* 33 27 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /O397
Frank Biscan* 28 30 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Ray Coleman* 26 32 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O9
Sam Dente 26 296 -12 -1 0 0 -1 5 8 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 6/5
Bob Dillinger 29 722 5 5 0 0 -14 0 17 13 1.3 27 2.7 -1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Clem Dreisewerd* 32 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Karl Drews 28 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Cliff Fannin* 24 83 -7 1 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Ned Garver 22 79 -2 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Al Gerheauser* 31 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Tom Jordan 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Bill Kennedy* 27 50 -3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Dick Kokos* 20 291 1 0 0 0 -3 -3 8 3 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ Traded O9
Pete Layden 28 111 -7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 -6 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Traded O8/97
Paul Lehner* 27 366 -10 -3 0 0 -6 -1 10 -10 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent 8O/3
Don Lund 25 176 -6 1 0 0 -4 -2 5 -6 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ Waivers O97
Jerry McCarthy* 25 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /3
Les Moss 23 381 -5 -2 0 0 1 3 10 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Joe Ostrowski* 31 25 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Roy Partee 30 257 -21 -1 0 0 0 2 7 -13 -1.3 -13 -1.3 0.0 $ Traded 2
Eddie Pellagrini 30 325 -16 -1 0 0 -1 6 9 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded 6
Whitey Platt 27 499 -9 -1 0 0 -6 -5 13 -8 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $ *7O
Nels Potter* 36 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Jerry Priddy 28 657 10 1 0 0 1 7 16 35 3.6 34 3.4 0.2 $ Purchased *4
Fred Sanford# 28 79 -10 0 0 0 0 6 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Joe Schultz* 29 43 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Blackie Schwamb 21 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Ray Shore 27 9 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Bryan Stephens 27 40 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Chuck Stevens# 29 346 -8 0 0 0 -4 -4 9 -7 -0.7 -3 -0.3 -0.4 $ 3
Al Widmar 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ken Wood 23 26 -5 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O9
Al Zarilla* 29 596 15 -1 0 0 -3 -4 16 23 2.3 26 2.6 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *O987
Sam Zoldak* 29 23 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 27.1 6013 -122 -4 0 0 -47 37 157 21 2.1 68 6.8 -4.7 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Frank Biscan* 28 98.2 4 78 61 -2 1.0 -17 -1.0 $
Clem Dreisewerd* 32 22.1 0 15 14 -1 1.0 -1 0.0 $ Traded
Karl Drews 28 38.0 2 35 23 -1 1.0 -12 -0.9 $ Purchased
Cliff Fannin 24 213.2 29 106 132 -5 1.0 26 3.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ned Garver 22 198.0 24 92 122 -5 1.0 30 4.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Al Gerheauser* 31 23.1 2 23 14 -1 1.0 -9 -0.7 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bill Kennedy* 27 132.0 20 82 82 -3 1.0 0 0.7 $ Traded
Joe Ostrowski* 31 78.1 9 54 48 -2 1.0 -6 -0.1 $ Traded
Nels Potter 36 10.1 2 7 6 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Fred Sanford 28 227.0 33 123 140 -5 1.0 17 2.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Blackie Schwamb 21 31.2 5 34 20 -1 1.0 -14 -1.2 $
Ray Shore 27 38.0 4 30 23 -1 1.0 -7 -0.4 $
Bryan Stephens 27 122.2 12 94 76 -3 1.0 -18 -1.0 $ Traded
Al Widmar 23 82.2 0 42 51 -2 1.0 9 1.3 $ Traded
Jim Wilson 26 2.2 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Traded
Sam Zoldak* 29 54.0 9 30 33 -1 1.0 3 0.6 $ Traded
Team Total 26.2 1373.1 155 849 847 -33 1.0 -2 7.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics