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1949 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

53-101, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Zack Taylor (53-101)
Scored 667 runs, Allowed 913 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-99

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 270,936 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 109 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 104


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1948 / 1950 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
Ed Albrecht 20 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 28, 1929 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Andy Anderson 26 R R 5' 11" 172 Nov 13, 1922 2 71 36 71 58 0 0 0 9 8 43 0 0 0 0 12 2 -1.9
Hank Arft 27 L L 5' 10" 190 Jan 28, 1922 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0
Jim Bilbrey 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 20, 1924 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bob Dillinger 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 17, 1918 4 137 131 137 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.1 All-Star
Karl Drews 29 R R 6' 4" 192 Feb 22, 1920 4 31 23 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7
George Elder 28 L R 5' 11" 180 Mar 10, 1921 1st 41 7 41 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 22 11 -0.2
Red Embree 31 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 30, 1917 8 40 19 40 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.1
Cliff Fannin 25 L R 6' 0" 170 May 13, 1924 5 37 25 37 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 -0.4
Tom Ferrick 34 R R 6' 2" 220 Jan 6, 1915 6 51 0 51 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.3
Owen Friend 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 21, 1927 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ned Garver 23 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1925 2 55 32 55 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 3.7
Jack Graham 32 L L 6' 2" 200 Dec 24, 1916 2 137 136 137 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7
Bill Kennedy 28 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 14, 1921 2 48 16 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Dick Kokos 21 L L 5' 8" 170 Feb 28, 1928 2 143 135 143 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 138 6 0 0.7
Paul Lehner 28 L L 5' 9" 160 Jul 1, 1920 4 104 67 104 74 0 0 18 0 0 0 12 35 10 56 31 0 -2.0
Sherm Lollar 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 23, 1924 4 109 76 109 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.4
Bob Malloy 31 R R 5' 11" 185 May 28, 1918 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Irv Medlinger 22 L L 5' 11" 185 Jun 18, 1927 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Les Moss 24 R R 5' 11" 205 May 14, 1925 4 97 79 97 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1.5
Al Naples 22 R R 5' 9" 168 Aug 29, 1926 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Joe Ostrowski 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Nov 15, 1916 2 40 13 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Frankie Pack 21 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 10, 1928 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Al Papai 32 R R 6' 3" 185 May 7, 1917 2 42 15 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Eddie Pellagrini 31 R R 5' 9" 160 Mar 13, 1918 4 79 67 79 76 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 1 4 -1.7
Whitey Platt 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 21, 1920 5 102 58 102 61 0 0 2 0 0 0 59 0 1 59 40 1 -0.6
Jerry Priddy 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 9, 1919 7 145 144 145 145 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.7
Ribs Raney 26 R R 6' 4" 190 Feb 16, 1923 1st 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Bob Savage 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 1, 1921 5 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ray Shore 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 9, 1921 3 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Roy Sievers 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 18, 1926 1st 140 128 140 131 0 0 0 0 7 0 50 77 0 125 9 1 1.9
Stan Spence 34 L L 5' 10" 180 Mar 20, 1915 9 104 79 104 88 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 49 7 87 17 0 0.2
Dick Starr 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 2, 1921 3 30 8 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
John Sullivan 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 2, 1920 6 105 78 105 98 0 0 0 6 23 72 0 0 0 0 3 6 -1.6
Ralph Winegarner 39 R R 6' 0" 182 Oct 29, 1909 6 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ken Wood 24 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 1, 1924 2 7 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 5 0 -0.1
Al Zarilla 30 L R 5' 11" 180 May 1, 1919 6 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 7 15 0 0 -0.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Owen Friend

John Sullivan

Jerry Priddy

Hank Arft
George Elder
Al Naples
Frankie Pack

Eddie Pellagrini

Whitey Platt

Bob Dillinger

Andy Anderson

Stan Spence

Sherm Lollar

Les Moss

Jack Graham

Ken Wood

Al Zarilla

Roy Sievers

Paul Lehner

Irv Medlinger

Dick Kokos

Karl Drews

Joe Ostrowski

Jim Bilbrey

Cliff Fannin

Tom Ferrick

Bill Kennedy
Ralph Winegarner

Bob Savage

Dick Starr

Al Papai
Ribs Raney

Bill Kennedy
Bob Malloy

Ned Garver

Ray Shore

Ed Albrecht
Red Embree

Jim Bilbrey

Al Papai

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers