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1949 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 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 Sherm Lollar 24 109 321 284 28 74 9 1 8 49 0 1 32 22 .261 .340 .384 .723 87 109 8 2 3
2 1B Jack Graham* 32 137 573 500 71 119 22 1 24 79 0 1 61 62 .238 .326 .430 .756 95 215 12 4 8
3 2B Jerry Priddy 29 145 634 544 83 158 26 4 11 63 5 3 80 81 .290 .382 .414 .796 106 225 17 1 9
4 SS Eddie Pellagrini 31 79 257 235 26 56 8 1 2 15 2 1 14 24 .238 .284 .306 .590 53 72 6 1 7
5 3B Bob Dillinger 30 137 605 544 68 176 22 13 1 51 20 14 51 40 .324 .385 .417 .802 108 227 14 3 7
6 OF Stan Spence* 34 104 376 314 46 77 13 3 13 45 1 1 52 36 .245 .356 .430 .786 103 135 10 2 8
7 OF Dick Kokos* 21 143 572 501 80 131 28 1 23 77 3 5 66 91 .261 .351 .459 .810 109 230 4 3 2
8 OF Roy Sievers 22 140 545 471 84 144 28 1 16 91 1 5 70 75 .306 .398 .471 .869 125 222 15 2 2
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 C Les Moss 24 97 330 278 28 81 11 0 10 39 0 1 49 32 .291 .399 .439 .838 117 122 10 1 2
10 UT Paul Lehner* 28 104 322 297 25 68 13 0 3 37 0 2 16 20 .229 .271 .303 .574 49 90 12 1 8
11 IF John Sullivan 28 105 286 243 29 55 8 3 0 18 5 2 38 35 .226 .331 .284 .615 60 69 7 0 5
12 OF Whitey Platt 28 102 269 244 29 63 8 2 3 29 0 1 24 27 .258 .325 .344 .669 73 84 8 0 1
13 SS Andy Anderson 26 71 152 136 10 17 3 0 1 5 0 1 14 21 .125 .207 .169 .376 -2 23 4 0 2
14 OF Al Zarilla* 30 15 66 56 10 14 1 0 1 6 1 1 8 2 .250 .354 .321 .675 76 18 1 1 1
15 OF George Elder* 28 41 52 44 9 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 .250 .313 .318 .631 64 14 0 0 4
16 2B Owen Friend 22 2 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 95 3 0 0 0
17 OF Ken Wood 24 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -61 0 0 0 0
18 SS Al Naples 22 2 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 10 2 0 0 0
19 Hank Arft* 27 6 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 54 2 0 0 0
20 Frankie Pack* 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
21 P Ned Garver 23 55 91 75 12 14 4 0 0 2 0 0 12 8 .187 .299 .240 .539 41 18 4 0 4
22 P Cliff Fannin* 25 37 58 55 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 15 .164 .193 .182 .375 -3 10 0 0 1
23 P Karl Drews 29 31 54 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 22 .000 .132 .000 .132 -64 0 1 0 1
24 P Joe Ostrowski* 32 40 48 37 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 9 .189 .375 .243 .618 62 9 0 0 0
25 P Al Papai 32 42 45 38 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 20 .079 .205 .079 .283 -25 3 0 0 1
26 P Bill Kennedy* 28 48 45 40 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 .150 .209 .150 .359 -6 6 3 0 2
27 P Red Embree 31 40 43 37 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 .162 .225 .162 .387 1 6 1 0 3
28 P Dick Starr 28 30 27 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .087 .222 .087 .309 -18 2 0 0 0
29 P Tom Ferrick 34 51 24 21 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .143 .182 .190 .372 -3 4 0 0 2
30 P Ralph Winegarner 39 9 6 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 1.000 1.500 284 5 0 0 0
31 P Ribs Raney 26 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Ray Shore 28 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Ed Albrecht 20 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -10 0 1 0 0
34 P Bob Malloy 31 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
35 P Bob Savage 27 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Irv Medlinger* 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Jim Bilbrey 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.5 155 5847 5112 666 1301 213 30 117 628 38 39 631 700 .254 .339 .377 .715 85 1925 138 21 83
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 6 8 5 8 2 7 4 6 1 7 6 5 6 5 6 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 Ned Garver 23 12 17 .414 3.98 41 32 5 16 1 3 223.2 245 126 99 14 102 70 3 2 10 1009 115 1.551 9.9 0.6 4.1 2.8 0.69
2 SP Cliff Fannin 25 8 14 .364 6.17 30 25 2 5 0 1 143.0 177 106 98 15 93 57 0 1 2 680 74 1.888 11.1 0.9 5.9 3.6 0.61
3 SP Karl Drews 29 4 12 .250 6.64 31 23 4 3 1 0 139.2 180 113 103 11 66 35 9 2 1 655 69 1.761 11.6 0.7 4.3 2.3 0.53
4 SP Red Embree 31 3 13 .188 5.37 35 19 8 4 0 1 127.1 146 90 76 13 89 24 3 2 6 602 85 1.846 10.3 0.9 6.3 1.7 0.27
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 CL Tom Ferrick 34 6 4 .600 3.88 50 0 29 0 0 6 104.1 102 51 45 9 41 34 1 0 0 447 118 1.371 8.8 0.8 3.5 2.9 0.83
6 RP Bill Kennedy* 28 4 11 .267 4.69 48 16 11 2 0 1 153.2 172 97 80 12 73 69 3 0 5 697 98 1.594 10.1 0.7 4.3 4.0 0.95
7 RP Al Papai 32 4 11 .267 5.06 42 15 13 6 0 2 142.1 175 103 80 8 81 31 1 0 4 677 91 1.799 11.1 0.5 5.1 2.0 0.38
8 RP Joe Ostrowski* 32 8 8 .500 4.79 40 13 12 4 0 2 141.0 185 94 75 16 27 34 0 0 1 634 96 1.504 11.8 1.0 1.7 2.2 1.26
9 RP Dick Starr 28 1 7 .125 4.32 30 8 12 1 1 0 83.1 96 46 40 6 48 44 1 0 1 380 106 1.728 10.4 0.6 5.2 4.8 0.92
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
10 Ray Shore 28 0 1 .000 10.80 13 0 4 0 0 0 23.1 27 30 28 3 31 13 2 0 4 125 43 2.486 10.4 1.2 12.0 5.0 0.42
11 Ralph Winegarner 39 0 0 7.56 9 0 6 0 0 0 16.2 24 16 14 2 2 8 0 0 0 75 62 1.560 13.0 1.1 1.1 4.3 4.00
12 Ribs Raney 26 1 2 .333 7.71 3 3 0 1 0 0 16.1 23 15 14 2 12 5 0 0 0 82 61 2.143 12.7 1.1 6.6 2.8 0.42
13 Bob Malloy 31 1 1 .500 2.79 5 0 3 0 0 0 9.2 6 3 3 0 7 2 0 0 0 39 169 1.345 5.6 0.0 6.5 1.9 0.29
14 Bob Savage 27 0 0 6.43 4 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 12 5 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 35 75 2.143 15.4 1.3 3.9 1.3 0.33
15 Ed Albrecht 20 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 1 0 1 0 0 5.0 1 3 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 20 90 1.000 1.8 0.0 7.2 1.8 0.25
16 Irv Medlinger* 22 0 0 27.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 11 13 12 1 3 4 0 0 1 26 18 3.500 24.8 2.3 6.8 9.0 1.33
17 Jim Bilbrey 25 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 34 4.000 9.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.6 53 101 .344 5.21 155 155 112 43 3 16 1341.1 1583 913 777 113 685 432 23 7 35 6190 88 1.691 10.6 0.8 4.6 2.9 0.63
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 4 8
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
Ed Albrecht 20 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Andy Anderson 26 58 36 28 178 74 98 6 24 .966 2.87 SS-2B-3B
Jim Bilbrey 25 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Bob Dillinger 30 133 131 124 400 166 209 25 22 .938 2.82 3B
Karl Drews 29 31 23 3 28 5 23 0 1 1.000 0.90 P
George Elder 28 10 7 3 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 OF
Red Embree 31 35 19 4 27 2 24 1 3 .963 0.74 P
Cliff Fannin 25 30 25 5 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 0.63 P
Tom Ferrick 34 50 0 0 33 6 26 1 2 .970 0.64 P
Owen Friend 22 2 2 2 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 6.00 2B
Ned Garver 23 41 32 16 62 15 42 5 3 .919 1.39 P
Jack Graham 32 136 136 134 1224 1118 87 19 120 .984 8.86 1B
Bill Kennedy 28 48 16 2 30 4 23 3 0 .900 0.56 P
Dick Kokos 21 138 135 130 312 290 16 6 5 .981 2.22 OF
Paul Lehner 28 74 67 64 332 314 14 4 13 .988 4.43 OF-1B
Sherm Lollar 24 93 76 72 322 279 39 4 3 .988 3.42 2 25 19 43% C
Bob Malloy 31 5 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Irv Medlinger 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Les Moss 24 83 79 62 334 283 41 10 9 .970 3.90 4 23 19 45% C
Al Naples 22 2 2 2 8 1 6 1 0 .875 3.50 SS
Joe Ostrowski 32 40 13 4 31 8 22 1 0 .968 0.75 P
Al Papai 32 42 15 6 54 13 39 2 4 .963 1.24 P
Eddie Pellagrini 31 76 67 55 407 164 227 16 52 .961 5.14 SS
Whitey Platt 28 61 58 43 164 156 5 3 1 .982 2.64 OF-1B
Jerry Priddy 29 145 144 139 849 407 415 27 96 .968 5.67 2B
Ribs Raney 26 3 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Bob Savage 27 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ray Shore 28 13 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.54 P
Roy Sievers 22 131 128 124 352 317 25 10 2 .972 2.59 OF-3B
Stan Spence 34 88 79 75 216 205 10 1 2 .995 2.44 OF-1B
Dick Starr 28 30 8 1 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.40 P
John Sullivan 28 98 78 54 358 151 187 20 42 .944 3.38 SS-3B-2B
Ralph Winegarner 39 9 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.22 P
Ken Wood 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Al Zarilla 30 15 15 11 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 OF
Team Totals 27.8 155 1395 1165 5821 4031 1625 165 406 .972 3.26 6 48 38 44%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 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
Ed Albrecht 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft /1
Andy Anderson 26 152 -20 0 0 0 -6 3 4 -19 -1.9 -13 -1.3 -0.6 $ 6/45
Hank Arft* 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Dillinger 30 605 5 -1 0 0 -20 0 15 -1 -0.1 19 1.9 -2.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Karl Drews 29 54 -11 0 0 0 0 4 1 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ Purchased 1
George Elder* 28 52 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 7O
Red Embree 31 43 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Cliff Fannin* 25 58 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Tom Ferrick 34 24 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Owen Friend 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /4
Ned Garver 23 91 -6 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jack Graham* 32 573 -7 -1 0 0 -8 -6 15 -7 -0.7 1 0.1 -0.8 $ *3
Bill Kennedy* 28 45 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Dick Kokos* 21 572 3 -1 0 0 -5 -6 16 7 0.7 12 1.2 -0.5 $ Traded *O9
Paul Lehner* 28 322 -22 -1 0 0 -3 -2 9 -19 -2.0 -16 -1.6 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent O8379
Sherm Lollar 24 321 -6 -2 0 0 0 3 9 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded 2
Bob Malloy 31 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Les Moss 24 330 7 -3 0 0 -1 3 9 15 1.5 16 1.6 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Al Naples 22 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /6
Joe Ostrowski* 32 48 -2 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Frankie Pack* 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Al Papai 32 45 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Eddie Pellagrini 31 257 -16 0 0 0 -13 5 7 -17 -1.7 -4 -0.4 -1.3 $ Traded 6
Whitey Platt 28 269 -10 0 0 0 0 -3 7 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 7O/39
Jerry Priddy 29 634 4 0 0 0 -20 7 16 7 0.7 27 2.7 -2.0 $ Purchased *4
Ribs Raney 26 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bob Savage 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Ray Shore 28 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Roy Sievers 22 545 15 -1 0 0 -7 -3 15 19 1.9 26 2.6 -0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent *O87/5
Stan Spence* 34 376 0 0 0 0 -6 -2 10 2 0.2 8 0.8 -0.6 $ Traded O87/93
Dick Starr 28 27 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
John Sullivan 28 286 -14 1 0 0 -15 5 8 -15 -1.6 0 0.0 -1.6 $ Traded 65/4
Ralph Winegarner 39 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ken Wood 24 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O79
Al Zarilla* 30 66 -2 0 0 0 -3 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent O7/98
Team Total 27.5 5847 -123 -9 0 0 -107 37 154 -48 -5.1 59 5.9 -11.0 $
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
Ed Albrecht 20 5.0 1 3 3 0 1.0 0 0.1 $ MinorLg Draft
Jim Bilbrey 25 1.0 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Karl Drews 29 139.2 23 113 86 -8 1.0 -27 -1.1 $ Purchased
Red Embree 31 127.1 19 90 78 -7 1.0 -12 0.2 $ Traded
Cliff Fannin 25 143.0 25 106 88 -8 1.0 -18 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Tom Ferrick 34 104.1 0 51 64 -6 1.0 13 2.3 $ Traded
Ned Garver 23 223.2 32 126 138 -12 1.0 12 3.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bill Kennedy* 28 153.2 16 97 95 -9 1.0 -2 1.3 $ Traded
Bob Malloy 31 9.2 0 3 6 -1 1.0 3 0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft
Irv Medlinger* 22 4.0 0 13 2 0 1.0 -11 -0.9 $ Rule 5 Draft
Joe Ostrowski* 32 141.0 13 94 87 -8 1.0 -7 0.8 $ Traded
Al Papai 32 142.1 15 103 88 -8 1.0 -15 0.0 $ Waivers
Ribs Raney 26 16.1 3 15 10 -1 1.0 -5 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Savage 27 7.0 0 5 4 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $ Waivers
Ray Shore 28 23.1 0 30 14 -1 1.0 -16 -1.2 $
Dick Starr 28 83.1 8 46 51 -5 1.0 5 1.3 $ Traded
Ralph Winegarner 39 16.2 0 16 10 -1 1.0 -6 -0.4 $
Team Total 28.6 1341.1 155 913 825 -75 1.0 -88 5.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics