1949 St. Louis Browns season

1949 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 53–101 (.344)
League place 7th
Other information
Owner(s) Bill DeWitt
General manager(s) Bill DeWitt
Manager(s) Zack Taylor
Local television KSD
Local radio WEW/KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Tom Dailey)
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The 1949 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 --
Boston Red Sox 96 58 .623 1
Cleveland Indians 89 65 .578 8
Detroit Tigers 87 67 .565 10
Philadelphia Athletics 81 73 .526 16
Chicago White Sox 63 91 .409 34
St. Louis Browns 53 101 .344 44
Washington Senators 50 104 .325 47

Record vs. opponents

1949 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston 17–5 8–14 15–7–1 9–13 14–8 15–7 18–4
Chicago 5–17 7–15 8–14 7–15 6–16 15–7 15–7
Cleveland 14–8 15–7 13–9 10–12 9–13 15–7 13–9
Detroit 7–15–1 14–8 9–13 11–11 14–8 14–8 18–4
New York 13–9 15–7 12–10 11–11 14–8 17–5–1 15–7
Philadelphia 8–14 16–6 13–9 8–14 8–14 12–10 16–6
St. Louis 7–15 7–15 7–15 8–14 5–17–1 10–12 9–13
Washington 4–18 7–15 9–13 4–18 7–15 6–16 13–9

Roster

1949 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Lollar, ShermSherm Lollar 109 284 74 .261 8 49
1B Graham, JackJack Graham 137 500 119 .238 24 79

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan 105 243 55 .226 0 18
Anderson, AndyAndy Anderson 71 136 17 .125 1 5
Elder, GeorgeGeorge Elder 41 44 11 .250 0 2
Wood, KenKen Wood 7 6 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Garver, NedNed Garver 41 223.2 12 17 3.98 70
Fannin, CliffCliff Fannin 30 143 8 14 6.17 57
Drews, KarlKarl Drews 31 139.2 4 12 6.64 35
Albrecht, EdEd Albrecht 1 5 1 0 5.40 1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kennedy, BillBill Kennedy 48 153.2 4 11 4.69 69
Ostrowski, JoeJoe Ostrowski 40 141 8 8 4.79 34
Embree, RedRed Embree 35 127.1 3 13 5.37 24

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ferrick, TomTom Ferrick 50 6 4 6 3.88 34
Malloy, BobBob Malloy 5 1 1 0 2.79 2
Savage, BobBob Savage 4 0 0 0 6.43 1
Medlinger, IrvIrv Medlinger 3 0 0 0 27.00 4
Bilbrey, JimJim Bilbrey 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Baltimore Orioles International League Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas and Jack Dunn III
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Gus Mancuso
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Don Heffner, Jack Tobin and Sal Madrid
B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Jack Bradsher
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jim Crandall
C Globe-Miami Browns Arizona–Texas League Frank Volpi and Ed Dancisak
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Jim Cullinane
C Pine Bluff Cardinals Cotton States League Harry Chozen
C Marshall Browns East Texas League Walt DeFreitas
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Irv Hall
C Salinas/Tijuana Colts Sunset League Bruce Ogrodowski
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Heinie Mueller
D Redding Browns Far West League Ray Perry
D Pittsburg Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Albert Barkus and Olan Smith
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Bill Enos
D Olean Oilers PONY League Shan Deniston and Larry Mancini
D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Bill Krueger
D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Aberdeen

Salinas club moved to Tijuana, August 5, 1949

References

  1. John Sullivan at Baseball-Reference
  2. Bob Savage at Baseball-Reference

External links

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