1949 St. Louis Browns season

The 1949 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses.

1949 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record53–101 (.344)
League place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Bill DeWitt
General manager(s)Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)Zack Taylor
Local televisionKSD
Local radioWEW/KWK
(Johnny O'Hara, Tom Dailey)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 54–23 43–34
Boston Red Sox 9658 0.623 1 61–16 35–42
Cleveland Indians 8965 0.578 8 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 8767 0.565 10 50–27 37–40
Philadelphia Athletics 8173 0.526 16 52–25 29–48
Chicago White Sox 6391 0.409 34 32–45 31–46
St. Louis Browns 53101 0.344 44 36–41 17–60
Washington Senators 50104 0.325 47 26–51 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1949 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston 17–58–1415–7–19–1314–815–718–4
Chicago 5–177–158–147–156–1615–715–7
Cleveland 14–815–713–910–129–1315–713–9
Detroit 7–15–114–89–1311–1114–814–818–4
New York 13–915–712–1011–1114–817–5–115–7
Philadelphia 8–1416–613–98–148–1412–1016–6
St. Louis 7–157–157–158–145–17–110–129–13
Washington 4–187–159–134–187–156–1613–9

Roster

1949 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
CSherm Lollar10928474.261849
1BJack Graham137500119.2382479

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
John Sullivan10524355.226018
Andy Anderson7113617.12515
George Elder414411.25002
Ken Wood760.00000

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
Ned Garver41223.212173.9870
Cliff Fannin301438146.1757
Karl Drews31139.24126.6435
Ed Albrecht15105.401

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
Bill Kennedy48153.24114.6969
Joe Ostrowski40141884.7934
Red Embree35127.13135.3724

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
Tom Ferrick506463.8834
Bob Malloy51102.792
Bob Savage40006.431
Irv Medlinger300027.004
Jim Bilbrey100018.000

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
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