1943 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1943 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 72–80 (.474) 6th Donald Lee Barnes Bill DeWitt Luke Sewell KWK(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)KXOK(France Laux, Ron Rawson) The 1943 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 80 losses. Offseason November 7, 1942: Hal Epps was drafted by the Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 minor league draft.Hal Epps page at Baseball-Reference February 1, 1943: Paul Dean, brother of Browns broadcaster Dizzy Dean, was purchased by the Browns from the Washington Senators.As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.55, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, 0-7385-3199-5Paul Dean page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL 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 = Indicates team 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 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 Pitching 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 31 224.0 11 11 2.77 114 Steve Sundra 32 208.0 15 11 3.25 44 Bob Muncrief 35 205.0 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 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 35 154.0 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 Paul Dean (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Jack Fournier Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Awards and honors Vern Stephens, American League All-StarAs Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 93, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, 0-7385-3199-5 References 2 External links 1943 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1943 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Browns