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1950 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 / 1951

58-96, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Zack Taylor (58-96)
Scored 684 runs, Allowed 916 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 247,131 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 112

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1949 / 1951 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 25 126 474 396 55 111 22 3 13 65 2 0 64 25 .280 .391 .449 .841 111 178 12 8 6
2 1B Don Lenhardt 27 139 579 480 75 131 22 6 22 81 3 2 90 94 .273 .390 .481 .871 118 231 7 2 7
3 2B Owen Friend 23 119 427 372 48 88 15 2 8 50 2 1 40 68 .237 .312 .352 .664 67 131 14 1 14
4 SS Tom Upton 23 124 449 389 50 92 5 6 2 30 7 2 52 45 .237 .328 .296 .624 58 115 8 1 7
5 3B Leo Thomas 26 35 148 121 19 24 6 0 1 9 0 1 20 14 .198 .312 .273 .585 48 33 4 0 7
6 OF Ken Wood 25 128 411 369 42 83 24 0 13 62 0 4 38 58 .225 .299 .396 .695 74 146 16 1 3
7 OF Dick Kokos* 22 143 582 490 77 128 27 5 18 67 8 8 88 73 .261 .375 .447 .822 106 219 10 1 3
8 OF Ray Coleman* 28 117 422 384 54 104 25 6 8 55 7 5 32 37 .271 .330 .430 .760 90 165 13 2 4
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 UT Roy Sievers 23 113 408 370 46 88 20 4 10 57 1 3 34 42 .238 .305 .395 .700 75 146 11 2 2
10 IF Snuffy Stirnweiss 31 93 381 326 32 71 16 2 1 24 3 3 51 49 .218 .324 .288 .612 55 94 7 0 4
11 1B Hank Arft* 28 98 332 280 45 75 16 4 1 32 3 2 46 48 .268 .375 .364 .739 87 102 3 2 4
12 C Les Moss 25 84 250 222 24 59 6 0 8 34 0 1 26 32 .266 .343 .401 .744 87 89 7 0 2
13 OF Jim Delsing* 24 69 230 209 25 55 5 2 0 15 1 4 20 23 .263 .328 .306 .634 60 64 4 0 1
14 SS Billy DeMars 24 61 204 178 25 44 5 1 0 13 0 1 22 13 .247 .330 .287 .617 56 51 6 0 4
15 3B Bill Sommers 27 65 170 137 24 35 5 1 0 14 0 1 25 14 .255 .370 .307 .677 72 42 5 0 8
16 3B Frankie Gustine 30 9 23 19 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 8 .158 .273 .211 .483 23 4 1 0 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
17 P Ned Garver 24 51 106 91 13 26 4 0 1 10 0 0 8 9 .286 .343 .363 .706 78 33 3 0 7
18 P Al Widmar 25 36 72 67 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 22 .149 .186 .179 .365 -8 12 3 0 2
19 P Stubby Overmire 31 31 62 48 3 8 0 1 0 8 0 1 12 2 .167 .333 .208 .542 39 10 0 0 2
20 P Dick Starr 29 33 41 36 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .139 .162 .139 .301 -24 5 0 0 4
21 P Fritz Dorish 28 30 38 31 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 8 .161 .297 .226 .523 33 7 1 0 1
22 P Cliff Fannin* 26 33 34 34 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .206 .382 -4 7 0 0 0
23 P Don Johnson 23 25 33 29 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .069 .100 .069 .169 -57 2 1 0 3
24 P Duane Pillette 27 27 25 22 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .136 .208 .182 .390 -1 4 1 0 1
25 P Joe Ostrowski* 33 9 22 18 2 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 7 .222 .364 .389 .753 90 7 0 0 0
26 P Cuddles Marshall 25 28 12 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .333 .667 68 4 0 0 0
27 P Tommy Fine# 35 16 12 12 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .333 .333 .500 .833 108 6 0 0 0
28 P Jack Bruner* 25 13 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .167 .000 .167 -55 0 0 0 0
29 P Tom Ferrick 35 16 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 26 1 0 0 0
30 P Lou Kretlow 29 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Sid Schacht 32 9 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -10 0 1 0 0
32 P Ed Albrecht 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Ribs Raney 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Bill Kennedy* 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Russ Bauers* 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Lou Sleater* 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 25.4 154 5971 5163 684 1269 235 43 106 642 39 40 691 742 .246 .337 .370 .707 78 1908 138 20 97
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 6 8 3 8 5 5 1 4 1 8 7 6 6 7 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 Ned Garver 24 13 18 .419 3.39 37 31 4 22 2 0 260.0 264 120 98 18 108 85 4 1 6 1124 146 1.431 9.1 0.6 3.7 2.9 0.79
2 SP Al Widmar 25 7 15 .318 4.76 36 26 8 8 1 4 194.2 211 115 103 16 74 78 3 0 1 863 104 1.464 9.8 0.7 3.4 3.6 1.05
3 SP Stubby Overmire* 31 9 12 .429 4.19 31 19 4 8 2 0 161.0 200 89 75 11 45 39 1 0 1 722 118 1.522 11.2 0.6 2.5 2.2 0.87
4 SP Cliff Fannin 26 5 9 .357 6.53 25 16 8 3 0 1 102.0 116 82 74 18 58 42 0 0 1 475 76 1.706 10.2 1.6 5.1 3.7 0.72
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 Dick Starr 29 7 5 .583 5.02 32 16 7 4 1 2 123.2 140 83 69 11 74 30 7 0 5 576 99 1.730 10.2 0.8 5.4 2.2 0.41
6 RP Fritz Dorish 28 4 9 .308 6.44 29 13 8 4 0 0 109.0 162 90 78 13 36 36 9 2 4 529 77 1.817 13.4 1.1 3.0 3.0 1.00
7 RP Don Johnson 23 5 6 .455 6.09 25 12 6 4 1 1 96.0 126 72 65 14 55 31 1 0 1 455 81 1.885 11.8 1.3 5.2 2.9 0.56
8 RP Cuddles Marshall 25 1 3 .250 7.88 28 2 13 0 0 1 53.2 72 52 47 1 51 24 1 0 3 280 63 2.292 12.1 0.2 8.6 4.0 0.47
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 Duane Pillette 27 3 5 .375 7.09 24 7 7 1 0 2 73.2 104 62 58 6 44 18 2 1 3 360 70 2.009 12.7 0.7 5.4 2.2 0.41
10 Joe Ostrowski* 33 2 4 .333 2.51 9 7 2 2 0 0 57.1 57 22 16 2 7 15 0 0 0 237 198 1.116 8.9 0.3 1.1 2.4 2.14
11 Tommy Fine 35 0 1 .000 8.10 14 0 2 0 0 0 36.2 53 38 33 6 25 6 0 0 0 181 62 2.127 13.0 1.5 6.1 1.5 0.24
12 Jack Bruner* 25 1 2 .333 4.63 13 1 7 0 0 1 35.0 36 21 18 4 23 16 2 0 0 162 108 1.686 9.3 1.0 5.9 4.1 0.70
13 Tom Ferrick 35 1 3 .250 4.13 16 0 10 0 0 2 24.0 24 15 11 2 7 6 0 2 0 102 121 1.292 9.0 0.8 2.6 2.3 0.86
14 Lou Kretlow 29 0 2 .000 11.93 9 2 6 0 0 0 14.1 25 19 19 2 18 10 2 0 0 84 42 3.000 15.7 1.3 11.3 6.3 0.56
15 Sid Schacht 32 0 0 16.03 8 1 2 0 0 0 10.2 24 22 19 5 14 7 0 0 2 70 32 3.563 20.3 4.2 11.8 5.9 0.50
16 Ed Albrecht 21 0 1 .000 5.40 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 6 7 4 0 7 1 0 0 0 32 96 1.950 8.1 0.0 9.5 1.4 0.14
17 Bill Kennedy* 29 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
18 Russ Bauers 36 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 127 3.500 27.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
19 Ribs Raney 27 0 1 .000 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 10 127 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
20 Lou Sleater* 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 27.0 58 96 .377 5.20 154 154 98 56 7 14 1365.1 1629 916 789 129 651 448 32 6 28 6285 95 1.670 10.7 0.9 4.3 3.0 0.69
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 7 7 4 7 5 8 8 7 6 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 21 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 0 P
Hank Arft 28 84 77 68 756 701 51 4 59 .995 8.95 1B
Russ Bauers 36 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 P
Jack Bruner 25 13 1 0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.31 0 1 100% 0 P
Ray Coleman 28 98 93 82 264 253 7 4 1 .985 2.65 OF
Jim Delsing 24 53 49 46 155 150 4 1 3 .994 2.91 OF
Billy DeMars 24 59 47 38 266 118 129 19 32 .929 4.19 SS-3B
Fritz Dorish 28 29 13 4 20 5 14 1 3 .950 0.66 1 2 67% 0 P
Cliff Fannin 26 25 16 3 22 3 17 2 2 .909 0.80 0 0 0 P
Tom Ferrick 35 16 0 0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.56 0 0 0 P
Tommy Fine 35 14 0 0 7 1 6 0 2 1.000 0.50 0 2 100% 0 P
Owen Friend 23 118 112 98 641 271 340 30 68 .953 5.09 2B-3B-SS
Ned Garver 24 38 31 22 85 28 52 5 4 .941 2.11 0 3 100% 0 P-OF
Frankie Gustine 30 6 6 5 21 10 8 3 3 .857 3.00 3B
Don Johnson 23 25 12 4 22 2 17 3 0 .864 0.76 3 3 50% 0 P
Bill Kennedy 29 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 P
Dick Kokos 22 127 127 118 361 342 8 11 2 .970 2.76 OF
Lou Kretlow 29 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.22 0 0 0 P
Don Lenhardt 27 132 124 114 778 709 58 11 79 .986 5.68 1B-OF-3B
Sherm Lollar 25 111 101 94 423 367 48 8 9 .981 3.81 3 12 25 23 48% 5 C
Cuddles Marshall 25 28 2 0 7 0 5 2 0 .714 0.18 0 0 0 P
Les Moss 25 60 53 43 234 204 20 10 4 .957 3.73 6 7 9 14 61% 3 C
Joe Ostrowski 33 9 7 2 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.11 1 0 0% 0 P
Stubby Overmire 31 31 19 8 29 4 24 1 0 .966 0.90 2 2 50% 0 P
Duane Pillette 27 24 7 1 18 3 13 2 2 .889 0.67 1 1 50% 0 P
Ribs Raney 27 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 1 100% 0 P
Sid Schacht 32 8 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 1 0 0% 0 P
Roy Sievers 23 96 89 82 304 248 48 8 6 .974 2.99 OF-3B
Lou Sleater 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bill Sommers 27 54 34 31 145 53 83 9 10 .938 2.34 3B-2B
Dick Starr 29 32 16 4 26 2 21 3 3 .885 0.72 1 4 80% 1 P
Snuffy Stirnweiss 31 92 90 78 417 195 209 13 51 .969 4.12 2B-3B-SS
Leo Thomas 26 35 35 33 111 35 72 4 7 .964 3.06 3B
Tom Upton 23 118 112 97 562 199 333 30 65 .947 4.51 SS-3B-2B
Al Widmar 25 36 26 8 49 17 32 0 3 1.000 1.36 2 3 60% 0 P
Ken Wood 25 94 83 81 187 162 16 9 2 .952 1.89 OF
Team Totals 25.8 154 1386 1164 5943 4090 1657 196 420 .967 3.39 9 19 34 37 56% 9
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 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft /1
Hank Arft* 28 332 -4 1 0 0 -3 -4 9 -1 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 3
Jack Bruner* 25 12 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Ray Coleman* 28 422 -6 0 0 0 -2 -3 12 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ Traded O897
Jim Delsing* 24 230 -12 -1 0 0 -2 0 7 -8 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $ Traded 8O
Billy DeMars 24 204 -11 0 0 0 -14 4 6 -15 -1.5 -1 -0.1 -1.4 $ Traded 6/5
Fritz Dorish 28 38 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Cliff Fannin* 26 34 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Tom Ferrick 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Tommy Fine# 35 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Owen Friend 23 427 -19 0 0 0 -12 4 12 -15 -1.4 -3 -0.3 -1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 45/6
Ned Garver 24 106 -3 0 0 0 0 8 3 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1/7O
Frankie Gustine 30 23 -2 -1 0 0 -2 0 1 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Traded /5
Don Johnson 23 33 -7 0 0 0 0 2 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Dick Kokos* 22 582 6 -2 0 0 4 -6 16 18 1.8 14 1.4 0.4 $ Traded *O79
Lou Kretlow 29 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Don Lenhardt 27 579 14 -1 0 0 -8 -6 16 15 1.5 23 2.2 -0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent 37O5
Sherm Lollar 25 474 9 -1 0 0 1 4 13 26 2.6 25 2.4 0.2 $ Traded *2
Cuddles Marshall 25 12 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Les Moss 25 250 -4 -1 0 0 -2 2 7 2 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Joe Ostrowski* 33 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Traded /1
Stubby Overmire 31 62 -4 -1 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Duane Pillette 27 25 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ribs Raney 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Sid Schacht 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Roy Sievers 23 408 -14 -1 0 0 -5 -1 12 -9 -0.9 -4 -0.4 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent O857
Bill Sommers 27 170 -5 0 0 0 -4 1 5 -3 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ Traded 54
Dick Starr 29 41 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Snuffy Stirnweiss 31 381 -21 -2 0 0 -12 3 11 -21 -2.0 -9 -0.9 -1.1 $ Traded 45/6
Leo Thomas 26 148 -9 0 0 0 -3 0 4 -8 -0.8 -5 -0.5 -0.3 $ Purchased 5
Tom Upton 23 449 -23 2 0 0 -17 8 13 -17 -1.6 0 0.0 -1.6 $ Rule 5 Draft *6/45
Al Widmar 25 72 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Ken Wood 25 411 -16 -3 0 0 -9 -4 12 -20 -1.9 -11 -1.1 -0.8 $ Amateur Free Agent O9/7
Team Total 25.4 5971 -164 -11 0 0 -90 39 169 -57 -5.2 33 3.1 -8.3 $
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 21 6.2 1 7 4 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $ MinorLg Draft
Russ Bauers 36 2.0 0 4 1 0 1.0 -3 -0.2 $ Free Agency
Jack Bruner* 25 35.0 1 21 23 -2 1.0 2 0.5 $ Purchased
Fritz Dorish 28 109.0 13 90 73 -5 1.0 -17 -0.5 $ Purchased
Cliff Fannin 26 102.0 16 82 68 -5 1.0 -14 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Tom Ferrick 35 24.0 0 15 16 -1 1.0 1 0.3 $ Traded
Tommy Fine 35 36.2 0 38 25 -2 1.0 -13 -0.8 $ Free Agency
Ned Garver 24 260.0 31 120 174 -12 1.0 54 7.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Don Johnson 23 96.0 12 72 64 -4 1.0 -8 0.2 $ Traded
Bill Kennedy* 29 2.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Traded
Lou Kretlow 29 14.1 2 19 10 -1 1.0 -9 -0.7 $ Traded
Cuddles Marshall 25 53.2 2 52 36 -2 1.0 -16 -0.9 $ Purchased
Joe Ostrowski* 33 57.1 7 22 38 -3 1.0 16 2.0 $ Traded
Stubby Overmire* 31 161.0 19 89 108 -7 1.0 19 3.1 $ Waivers
Duane Pillette 27 73.2 7 62 49 -3 1.0 -13 -0.4 $ Traded
Ribs Raney 27 2.0 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Sid Schacht 32 10.2 1 22 7 0 1.0 -15 -1.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Lou Sleater* 23 1.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Waivers
Dick Starr 29 123.2 16 83 83 -6 1.0 0 1.1 $ Traded
Al Widmar 25 194.2 26 115 130 -9 1.0 15 3.1 $ Traded
Team Total 27.0 1365.1 154 916 912 -62 1.0 -4 12.3 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1949 / 1951 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics