1943 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season

1943 St. Louis Browns

League| American League
Ballpark| Sportsman's Park
City| St. Louis, Missouri
Record| 72–80 (.474)
League place| 6th
Owners| Donald Lee Barnes
General managers| Bill DeWitt
Managers| Luke Sewell
Radio| KWK
(Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara)
KXOK
(France Laux, Ron Rawson)
| <- 1942 | Seasons | 1944 ->

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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[edit]

* November 7, 1942: Hal Epps was drafted by the Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 minor league draft.[1]
* February 1, 1943: Paul Dean, brother of Browns broadcaster Dizzy Dean, was purchased by the Browns from the Washington Senators.[2][3]

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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New York Yankees | 98 | 56  | 0.636  | —  | 54–23  | 44–33
Washington Senators | 84 | 69  | 0.549  | 13½  | 44–32  | 40–37
Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71  | 0.536  | 15½  | 44–33  | 38–38
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72  | 0.532  | 16  | 40–36  | 42–36
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76  | 0.506  | 20  | 45–32  | 33–44
St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80  | 0.474  | 25  | 44–33  | 28–47
Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84  | 0.447  | 29  | 39–36  | 29–48
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105  | 0.318  | 49  | 27–51  | 22–54

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1943 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BOS  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | NYY  | PHA  | SLB  | WSH
Boston | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 10–12
Chicago | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 18–4–1 | 10–12 | 14–8
Cleveland | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 8–13
Detroit | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9
New York | 17–5–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 17–5 | 11–11
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 4–18–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 5–17
St. Louis | 9–11–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 14–8 | — | 8–14
Washington | 12–10 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | —

### Roster[edit]

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[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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 | 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[edit]

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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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 | \
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### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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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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[edit]

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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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 | 3 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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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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[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AA  | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Jack Fournier

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## Awards and honors[edit]

* Vern Stephens, American League All-Star[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hal Epps page at Baseball-Reference
2. ^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.55, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
3. ^ Paul Dean page at Baseball-Reference
4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
5. ^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 93, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5

## External links[edit]

* 1943 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
* 1943 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com

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