1943 St. Louis Browns season

The 1943 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 80 losses.

1943 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	72–80 (.474)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Donald Lee Barnes
General manager(s)	Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)	Luke Sewell
Local radio	KWK (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) KXOK (France Laux, Ron Rawson)
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Offseason

• November 7, 1942: Hal Epps was drafted by the Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 minor league draft.[1]
• February 1, 1943: Paul Dean, brother of Browns broadcaster Dizzy Dean, was purchased by the Browns from the Washington Senators.[2][3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	0.636	—	54–23	44–33
Washington Senators	84	69	0.549	13½	44–32	40–37
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	15½	44–33	38–38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	0.532	16	40–36	42–36
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	20	45–32	33–44
St. Louis Browns	72	80	0.474	25	44–33	28–47
Boston Red Sox	68	84	0.447	29	39–36	29–48
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	0.318	49	27–51	22–54

Record vs. opponents

1943 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

Roster

1943 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers 16 George Caster 19 Paul Dean 23 Charlie Fuchs 22 Denny Galehouse 25 Al Hollingsworth 27 Jack Kramer 19 Al LaMacchia 36 Archie McKain 36 Ox Miller 30 Al Milnar 29 Bob Muncrief 15,33 Bobo Newsom 21 Johnny Niggeling 23 Fritz Ostermueller 38 Sid Peterson 24 Nels Potter -- Fred Sanford 17 Steve Sundra		Catchers  9 Rick Ferrell  8 Frankie Hayes 20 Joe Schultz Infielders  2 Floyd Baker  6 Mark Christman  2 Ellis Clary  7 Harlond Clift  4 Don Gutteridge  1 Don Heffner  3 George McQuinn  5 Vern Stephens		Outfielders 11 Milt Byrnes 10 Mike Chartak 14 Tony Criscola 15 Hal Epps 12 Mike Kreevich 28 Chet Laabs 14 Al Zarilla Other batters -- Hank Schmulbach		Manager 32 Luke Sewell Coaches 33 Fred Hofmann 34 Zack Taylor

Player stats

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	Frankie Hayes	88	250	47	.188	5	30
1B	George McQuinn	125	449	109	.243	12	74
2B	Don Gutteridge	132	538	147	.273	1	36
SS	Vern Stephens	137	512	148	.289	22	91
3B	Harlond Clift	105	379	88	.232	3	25
OF	Mike Chartak	108	344	88	.256	10	37
OF	Milt Byrnes	129	429	120	.280	4	50
OF	Chet Laabs	151	580	145	.250	17	85

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
Mark Christman	98	336	91	.271	2	35
Al Zarilla	70	228	58	.254	2	17
Rick Ferrell	74	209	50	.239	0	20
Mike Kreevich	60	161	41	.255	0	10
Joe Schultz Jr.	46	92	22	.239	0	8
Ellis Clary	23	69	19	.275	0	5
Tony Criscola	29	52	8	.154	0	1
Floyd Baker	22	46	8	.174	0	4
Hal Epps	8	35	10	.286	0	1
Don Heffner	18	33	4	.121	0	2
Hank Schmulbach	1	0	0	---	0	0

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
Denny Galehouse	31	224	11	11	2.77	114
Steve Sundra	32	208	15	11	3.25	44
Bob Muncrief	35	205	13	12	2.81	80
Johnny Niggeling	20	150.1	6	8	3.17	73
Bobo Newsom	10	52.1	1	6	7.39	37
Al LaMacchia	1	4	0	1	11.25	2

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
Nels Potter	33	168.1	10	5	2.78	80
Al Hollingsworth	35	154	6	13	4.21	63
Fritz Ostermueller	11	28.2	0	2	5.02	4
Al Milnar	3	14.2	1	2	5.52	7
Paul Dean	3	13.1	0	0	3.38	1

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
George Caster	35	6	8	8	2.12	43
Charlie Fuchs	13	0	0	0	4.04	9
Archie McKain	10	1	1	0	3.94	6
Sid Peterson	3	2	0	0	2.70	0
Fred Sanford	3	0	0	0	1.93	2
Jack Kramer	3	0	0	0	8.00	4
Ox Miller	2	0	0	0	12.00	3

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toledo Mud Hens	American Association	Jack Fournier

[4]

Awards and honors

• Vern Stephens, American League All-Star[5]

References

1. Hal Epps page at Baseball-Reference
2. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.55, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
3. Paul Dean page at Baseball-Reference
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
5. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 93, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5

External links

• 1943 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1943 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com