1949 St. Louis Browns season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = St. Louis Browns

| season = 1949

| misc =

| league = American League

| ballpark = Sportsman's Park

| city = St. Louis, Missouri

| record = 53–101 (.344)

| league_place = 7th

| owners = Bill DeWitt

| general_managers = Bill DeWitt

| managers = Zack Taylor

| television = KSD

| radio = WEW/KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Tom Dailey)

|}}

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

October 4, 1948: Sam Dente was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for John Sullivan, Tom Ferrick and $25,000.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sullijo06.shtml John Sullivan] at Baseball-Reference
December 16, 1948: Bob Savage was selected off waivers by the Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/savagbo01.shtml Bob Savage] at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Roster =

colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1949 St. Louis Browns
class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="background-color: #F87217; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|35\|Ed Albrecht}} {{MLBplayer\|22,36\|Jim Bilbrey}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Karl Drews}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Red Embree}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Cliff Fannin}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Tom Ferrick}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Ned Garver}} {{MLBplayer\|26,30\|Bill Kennedy}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Bob Malloy}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Irv Medlinger}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Joe Ostrowski}} {{MLBplayer\|29,37\|Al Papai}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Ribs Raney}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Bob Savage}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Ray Shore}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Dick Starr}} {{MLBplayer\|26,40\|Ralph Winegarner}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Sherm Lollar}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Les Moss}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Andy Anderson}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Bob Dillinger}} {{MLBplayer
-\|Owen Friend}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Jack Graham}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Al Naples}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Eddie Pellagrini}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Jerry Priddy}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|John Sullivan}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\| 3\|George Elder}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Dick Kokos}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Paul Lehner}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Whitey Platt}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Roy Sievers}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Stan Spence}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Ken Wood}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Al Zarilla}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Hank Arft}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Frankie Pack}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|38\|Zack Taylor}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|33\|Fred Hofmann}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Joe Schultz}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Jack Tobin}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Ralph Winegarner}}

Player stats

style="background:#fc0; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|

| = Indicates team leader

style="background:#DDFFDD; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|

| = Indicates league leader

= 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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="5%" \| Pos ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| RBI ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SB
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Sherm\|Lollar}}	109	284	74	.261	8	49	0
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Jack\|Graham\|Jack Graham (baseball)}}	137	500	119	.238	style="background:#fc0;\|24	style="background:#fc0;\|79	0
align="center" \| 2B	Jerry Priddy	145	style="background:#fc0;\|544	158	.290	11	63	5
align=center \| SS	Eddie Pellagrini	79	235	56	.238	2	15	2
align=center \| 3B	Bob Dillinger	137	style="background:#fc0;\| 544	style="background:#fc0;\|176	style="background:#fc0;\| .324	1	51	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|20
align=center \| OF	Stan Spence	104	314	77	.245	13	45	1
align=center \| OF	Dick Kokos	143	501	131	.261	23	77	3
align=center \| OF	Roy Sievers	140	471	144	.306	16	91	1

== Other batters ==

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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Paul Lehner	104	297	68	.229	3	37
align=center \| Les Moss	97	278	81	.291	10	39
align=center \| Whitey Platt	102	244	63	.258	3	29
align=center \| {{sortname\|John\|Sullivan\|John Sullivan (shortstop)}}	105	243	55	.226	0	18
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Andy\|Anderson\|Andy Anderson (baseball)}}	71	136	17	.125	1	5
align="center" \| Al Zarilla	15	56	14	.250	1	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|George\|Elder\|George Elder (baseball)}}	41	44	11	.250	0	2
align="center" \| Owen Friend	2	8	3	.375	0	1
align=center \| Al Naples	2	7	1	.143	0	0
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ken\|Wood\|Ken Wood (baseball)}}	7	6	0	.000	0	0
align="center" \| Hank Arft	6	5	1	.200	0	2
align=center \| Frankie Pack	1	1	0	.000	0	0

= Pitching =

style="background:#DDFFDD; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|

| = Indicates league leader

== Starting pitchers ==

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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| IP ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ned\|Garver}}	41	style="background:#fc0;\|223.2	style="background:#fc0;\|12	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|17*	style="background:#fc0;\|3.98	style="background:#fc0;\|70
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Cliff\|Fannin}}	30	143.0	8	14	6.17	57
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Karl\|Drews}}	31	139.2	4	12	6.64	35
align="center" \| Ribs Raney	3	16.1	1	2	7.71	5
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ed\|Albrecht}}	1	5.0	1	0	5.40	1
align="center"

Tied with Paul Calvert and Sid Hudson (both with Washington)

== Other pitchers ==

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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| IP ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Kennedy\|Bill Kennedy (1948–1957 pitcher)}}	48	153.2	4	11	4.69	69
align="center" \| Al Papai	42	142.1	4	11	5.06	31
align=center \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Ostrowski}}	40	141.0	8	8	4.79	34
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Red\|Embree}}	35	127.1	3	13	5.37	24
align="center" \| Dick Starr	30	83.1	1	7	4.32	44

== Relief pitchers ==

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

style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| W ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| L ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SV ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| ERA ! style="background:#312821;color:#de6108;" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Ferrick\|Tom Ferrick (baseball)}}	style="background:#fc0;\| 50	6	4	style="background:#fc0;\| 6	3.88	34
align="center" \| Ray Shore	13	0	1	0	10.80	13
align=center \| Ralph Winegarner	9	0	0	0	7.56	8
align=center \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Malloy\|Bob Malloy (1940s pitcher)}}	5	1	1	0	2.79	2
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Savage}}	4	0	0	0	6.43	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Irv\|Medlinger}}	3	0	0	0	27.00	4
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jim\|Bilbrey}}	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level3=AAA|team3=Baltimore Orioles|league3=International League|manager3=Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas and Jack Dunn III

|level4=AA |team4=San Antonio Missions|league4=Texas League|manager4=Gus Mancuso

|level5=A|team5=Elmira Pioneers|league5=Eastern League|manager5=Don Heffner, Jack Tobin and Sal Madrid

|level6=B|team6=Wichita Falls Spudders|league6=Big State League|manager6=Jack Bradsher

|level7=B|team7=Springfield Browns|league7=Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League|manager7=Jim Crandall

|level8=C|team8=Globe-Miami Browns|league8=Arizona–Texas League|manager8=Frank Volpi and Ed Dancisak

|level9=C|team9=Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers|league9=Canadian–American League|manager9=Jim Cullinane

|level10=C|team10=Pine Bluff Cardinals|league10=Cotton States League|manager10=Harry Chozen

|level11=C|team11=Marshall Browns|league11=East Texas League|manager11=Walt DeFreitas

|level12=C|team12=Aberdeen Pheasants|league12=Northern League|manager12=Irv Hall

|level13=C|team13=Salinas/Tijuana Colts|league13=Sunset League|manager13=Bruce Ogrodowski

|level14=C|team14=Muskogee Reds|league14=Western Association|manager14=Heinie Mueller

|level15=D|team15=Redding Browns|league15=Far West League|manager15=Ray Perry

|level16=D|team16=Pittsburg Browns|league16=Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League|manager16=Albert Barkus and Olan Smith

|level17=D|team17=Mayfield Clothiers|league17=KITTY League|manager17=Bill Enos

|level18=D|team18=Olean Oilers|league18=PONY League|manager18=Shan Deniston and Larry Mancini

|level19=D|team19=Ada Herefords|league19=Sooner State League|manager19=Bill Krueger

|level20=D|team20=Wausau Lumberjacks|league20=Wisconsin State League|manager20=Joe Skurski

}}LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Aberdeen
Salinas club moved to Tijuana, August 5, 1949

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1949.shtml 1949 St. Louis Browns team] at Baseball-Reference
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1949&t=SLA 1949 St. Louis Browns season] at baseball-almanac.com

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