1945 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1945 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 81–70 (.536) 3rd Richard Muckerman Bill DeWitt Luke Sewell WIL(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)WTMV(France Laux, Johnny O'Hara) The 1945 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses. Regular season Coming off their first pennant in 1944, St. Louis didn't regress very far but still finished six games off the pace. Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions August 8, 1945: George Caster was selected off waivers from the Browns by the Detroit Tigers.George Caster page at Baseball Reference Roster 1945 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers 36 Pete Appleton 16 George Caster 23 Cliff Fannin 25 Al Hollingsworth 22 Sig Jakucki 17,35 Earl Jones 19 Jack Kramer 27,31 Al LaMacchia 36 Ox Miller 29 Bob Muncrief 24 Nels Potter 23 Dee Sanders 21 Tex Shirley 20 Lefty West 26 Sam Zoldak Catchers  9 Red Hayworth  8 Frank Mancuso  7 Joe Schultz Infielders  6 Mark Christman  2 Ellis Clary  4 Don Gutteridge  3 George McQuinn  1 Len Schulte  5 Vern Stephens Outfielders 11 Milt Byrnes 10 Frank Demaree 1,14 Pete Gray 12 Mike Kreevich 28 Chet Laabs -- Babe Martin 15 Gene Moore Manager 32 Luke Sewell Coaches 33 Fred Hofmann 34 Zack Taylor    Jack Tobin Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in   ⌖ Position Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits AVG Average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in C Frank Mancuso 119 365 98 .268 1 38 1B George McQuinn 139 483 134 .277 7 61 2B Don Gutteridge 143 543 129 .238 2 49 SS Vern Stephens 149 571 165 .289 24 89 3B Mark Christman 78 289 80 .277 4 34 OF Mike Kreevich 84 295 70 .237 2 21 OF Milt Byrnes 133 442 110 .249 8 59 OF Gene Moore 110 354 92 .260 5 50 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits AVG Average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Len Schulte 119 430 106 .247 0 36 Pete Gray 77 234 51 .218 0 13 Lou Finney 57 213 59 .277 2 22 Babe Martin 54 185 37 .200 2 16 Red Hayworth 56 160 31 .194 0 17 Chet Laabs 35 109 26 .239 1 8 Joe Schultz 41 44 13 .295 0 8 Ellis Clary 26 38 8 .211 1 2 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games played IP W L ERA SO Nels Potter 32 255.1 15 11 2.47 129 Jack Kramer 29 193.0 10 15 3.36 99 Sig Jakucki 30 192.1 12 10 3.51 55 Tex Shirley 32 183.2 8 12 3.63 77 Al Hollingsworth 26 173.1 12 9 2.70 64 Ox Miller 4 28.1 2 1 1.59 4 Bob Muncrief 27 145.2 13 4 2.72 54 Lefty West 24 74.1 3 4 3.63 38 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games played W L SV ERA SO Sam Zoldak 26 3 2 0 3.36 19 Earl Jones 10 0 0 1 2.54 13 George Caster 10 1 2 1 6.89 9 Cliff Fannin 5 0 0 0 2.61 5 Al LaMacchia 5 2 0 0 2.00 2 Pete Appleton 2 0 0 0 15.43 1 Dee Sanders 2 0 0 0 40.50 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Ollie Marquardt A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Jimmy Adair D Newark Moundsmen Ohio State League Mickey O'NeilJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Awards and honors League top five finishers Nels Potter #2 in AL in strikeouts (129) Vern Stephens Led AL in home runs (24) #2 in AL in runs scored (90) #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.473) #3 in AL in RBI (89) References 2 External links 1945 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1945 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Browns