1949 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1949 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 53–101 (.344) 7th Bill DeWitt Bill DeWitt Zack Taylor KSD 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.John Sullivan at Baseball-Reference December 16, 1948: Bob Savage was selected off waivers by the Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.Bob Savage at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Roster 1949 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers 35 Ed Albrecht 22,36 Jim Bilbrey 20 Karl Drews 35 Red Embree 23 Cliff Fannin 24 Tom Ferrick 31 Ned Garver 26,30 Bill Kennedy 30 Bob Malloy 18 Irv Medlinger 21 Joe Ostrowski 29,37 Al Papai 40 Ribs Raney 27 Bob Savage 34 Ray Shore 28 Dick Starr 26,40 Ralph Winegarner Catchers  9 Sherm Lollar 10 Les Moss Infielders  7 Andy Anderson  6 Bob Dillinger -- Owen Friend 11 Jack Graham  3 Al Naples  4 Eddie Pellagrini  2 Jerry Priddy  1 John Sullivan Outfielders  3 George Elder 19 Dick Kokos 17 Paul Lehner  5 Whitey Platt 15 Roy Sievers  8 Stan Spence 12 Ken Wood 14 Al Zarilla Other batters  3 Hank Arft  3 Frankie Pack Manager 38 Zack Taylor Coaches 33 Fred Hofmann 32 Joe Schultz 25 Jack Tobin 40 Ralph Winegarner Player stats = Indicates team leader = 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB C Sherm Lollar 109 284 74 .261 8 490 1B Jack Graham Jack Graham (baseball) 137 500 119 .238 24 790 2B Jerry Priddy 145 544 158 .290 11 635 SS Eddie Pellagrini 79 235 56 .238 2 152 3B Bob Dillinger 137 544 176 .324 1 5120 OF Stan Spence 104 314 77 .245 13 451 OF Dick Kokos 143 501 131 .261 23 773 OF Roy Sievers 140 471 144 .306 16 911 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 Paul Lehner 104 297 68 .229 3 37 Les Moss 97 278 81 .291 10 39 Whitey Platt 102 244 63 .258 3 29 John Sullivan John Sullivan (shortstop) 105 243 55 .226 0 18 Andy Anderson Andy Anderson (baseball) 71 136 17 .125 1 5 Al Zarilla 15 56 14 .250 1 6 George Elder George Elder (baseball) 41 44 11 .250 0 2 Owen Friend 2 8 3 .375 0 1 Al Naples 2 7 1 .143 0 0 Ken Wood Ken Wood (baseball) 7 6 0 .000 0 0 Hank Arft 6 5 1 .200 0 2 Frankie Pack 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 Garver 41 223.2 12 17* 3.98 70 Cliff Fannin 30 143.0 8 14 6.17 57 Karl Drews 31 139.2 4 12 6.64 35 Ribs Raney 3 16.1 1 2 7.71 5 Ed Albrecht 1 5.0 1 0 5.40 1 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 Player G IP W L ERA SO Bill Kennedy Bill Kennedy (1948–1957 pitcher) 48 153.2 4 11 4.69 69 Al Papai 42 142.1 4 11 5.06 31 Joe Ostrowski 40 141.0 8 8 4.79 34 Red Embree 35 127.1 3 13 5.37 24 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 Player G W L SV ERA SO Tom Ferrick Tom Ferrick (baseball) 50 6 4 6 3.88 34 Ray Shore 13 0 1 0 10.80 13 Ralph Winegarner 9 0 0 0 7.56 8 Bob Malloy Bob Malloy (1940s pitcher) 5 1 1 0 2.79 2 Bob Savage 4 0 0 0 6.43 1 Irv Medlinger 3 0 0 0 27.00 4 Jim Bilbrey 1 0 0 0 18.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 SkurskiLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AberdeenSalinas club moved to Tijuana, August 5, 1949 References External links 1949 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference 1949 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Browns