1948 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 59–94 (.386) | |
League place | 6th | |
Owners | Richard Muckerman, Bill DeWitt | |
General managers | Bill DeWitt | |
Managers | Zack Taylor | |
Television |
KSD (Bob Ingham) | |
Radio |
WIL ( France Laux) | |
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The 1948 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses. It was the first Browns baseball season to be telecast on local television, having debuted its game broadcasts that year on KSD with Bob Ingham on the commentary box as the play by play announcer, nearly a year after other MLB teams made their television debuts.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 97 | 58 | 0.626 | — | 48–30 | 49–28 |
Boston Red Sox | 96 | 59 | 0.619 | 1 | 55–23 | 41–36 |
New York Yankees | 94 | 60 | 0.610 | 2½ | 50–27 | 44–33 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 12½ | 36–41 | 48–29 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 18½ | 39–38 | 39–38 |
St. Louis Browns | 59 | 94 | 0.386 | 37 | 34–42 | 25–52 |
Washington Senators | 56 | 97 | 0.366 | 40 | 29–48 | 27–49 |
Chicago White Sox | 51 | 101 | 0.336 | 44½ | 27–48 | 24–53 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 14–8 | 11–12 | 15–7 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 8–14 | — | 6–16 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 8–13–1 | 9–12–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–11 | 16–6 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15 | 14–8 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 16–6 | |||||
New York | 8–14 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 10–12 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 18–4 | 14–8 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–15 | 13–8–1 | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 4–18 | — | 10–12 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 12–9–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — |
1948 St. Louis Browns | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Les Moss | 107 | 335 | 86 | .257 | 14 | 46 |
1B | Chuck Stevens | 85 | 287 | 75 | .261 | 1 | 26 |
2B | Jerry Priddy | 151 | 560 | 166 | .296 | 8 | 79 |
SS | Eddie Pellagrini | 105 | 290 | 69 | .238 | 2 | 27 |
3B | Bob Dillinger | 153 | 644 | 207 | .321 | 2 | 44 |
OF | Al Zarilla | 144 | 529 | 174 | .329 | 12 | 74 |
OF | Whitey Platt | 123 | 454 | 123 | .271 | 7 | 82 |
OF | Paul Lehner | 103 | 333 | 92 | .276 | 2 | 46 |
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 |
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Sam Dente | 98 | 267 | 72 | .270 | 0 | 22 |
Dick Kokos | 71 | 258 | 77 | .298 | 4 | 40 |
Hank Arft | 69 | 248 | 59 | .238 | 5 | 38 |
Roy Partee | 82 | 231 | 47 | .203 | 0 | 17 |
Don Lund | 63 | 161 | 40 | .248 | 3 | 25 |
Pete Layden | 41 | 104 | 26 | .250 | 0 | 4 |
Andy Anderson | 51 | 87 | 24 | .276 | 1 | 12 |
Joe Schultz Jr. | 43 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 9 |
Ray Coleman | 17 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Wood | 10 | 24 | 2 | .083 | 0 | 2 |
George Binks | 15 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
Jerry McCarthy | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Jordan | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Fred Sanford | 42 | 227.0 | 12 | 21 | 4.64 | 79 |
Cliff Fannin | 34 | 213.2 | 10 | 14 | 4.17 | 102 |
Bill Kennedy | 26 | 132.0 | 7 | 8 | 4.70 | 77 |
Sam Zoldak | 11 | 54.0 | 2 | 4 | 4.67 | 13 |
Nels Potter | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.23 | 4 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ned Garver | 38 | 198.0 | 7 | 11 | 3.41 | 75 |
Bryan Stephens | 43 | 122.2 | 3 | 6 | 6.02 | 35 |
Joe Ostrowski | 26 | 78.1 | 4 | 6 | 5.97 | 20 |
Ray Shore | 17 | 38.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.39 | 12 |
Ralph Schwamb | 12 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | 8.53 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Al Widmar | 49 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4.46 | 34 |
Frank Biscan | 47 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6.11 | 45 |
Karl Drews | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8.05 | 11 |
Al Gerheauser | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.33 | 10 |
Clem Dreisewerd | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.64 | 6 |
Jim Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
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