1941 St. Louis Browns season

The 1941 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses.

1941 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record70–84 (.455)
League place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Donald Lee Barnes
General manager(s)Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)Fred Haney, Luke Sewell
Local radioKWK
(Dizzy Dean)
KXOK
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Offseason

Regular season

The 1941 season marked a change in management, as Luke Sewell was appointed the Browns new manager on June 5, 1941.[2] While the St. Louis Cardinals drew over 600,000 fans, the Browns barely drew 175,000.[3] The consensus was that St. Louis could not support two teams.

Potential move to Los Angeles

The Browns ownership had reached an agreement to move the franchise to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce had guaranteed attendance of 500,000, a figure that the Browns had not seen since their 1924 season.[3] The Browns would play in the stadium that was used by the Pacific Coast League's Los Angeles Angels. As part of the agreement to move to Los Angeles, the Browns would buy the stadium.[3] It was expected that all Major League Baseball owners would approve of the move at the upcoming Winter Meetings.[3] Before the scheduled meetings, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and California would stay closed to Major League Baseball for another decade.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10153 0.656 — 51–26 50–27
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 17 47–30 37–40
Chicago White Sox 7777 0.500 24 38–39 39–38
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 26 42–35 33–44
Detroit Tigers 7579 0.487 26 43–34 32–45
St. Louis Browns 7084 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Washington Senators 7084 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Philadelphia Athletics 6490 0.416 37 36–41 28–49

Record vs. opponents
1941 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —16–69–1311–119–13–116–69–1314–8
Chicago 6–16—17–512–10–18–1410–1211–11–113–9
Cleveland 13–95–17—10–127–1515–713–9–112–10
Detroit 11–1110–12–112–10—11–1113–911–117–15
New York 13–9–114–815–711–11—14–818–416–6–1
Philadelphia 6–1612–107–159–138–14—11–1111–11
St. Louis 13–911–11–19–13–111–114–1811–11—11–11–1
Washington 8–149–1310–1215–76–16–111–1111–11–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1941 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
SSJohnny Berardino128469127.271589

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
Bobby Estalella468320.241014

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
Elden Auker3421614155.5060
Denny Galehouse30190.19103.6461

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
George Caster32104.1375.0036
Johnny Allen2067256.5827

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
Bill Trotter294205.9817
Emil Bildilli200011.572

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Zack Taylor and Fred Haney
A1 San Antonio Missions Texas League Marty McManus
B Meridian Eagles Southeastern League Bennie Tate
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Art Scharein
C St. Joseph Autos Michigan State League Elmer Kirchoff
C Youngstown Browns Middle Atlantic League Joe Bilgere and Len Schulte
C St. Joseph Ponies/Carthage Browns Western Association Walter Holke, Gus Albright and Dennis Burns
D Lafayette White Sox Evangeline League Bobby Goff
D Mayfield Browns KITTY League Bill Hornsby
D Paragould Browns Northeast Arkansas League Sam Hancock and Gus Albright
D Pueblo Rollers Western League Pug Griffin

St. Joseph franchise transferred to Carthage and renamed, June 3, 1941[5]

References
  1. George Caster page at Baseball Reference
  2. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 13, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
  3. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 12, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
  4. Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997


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