1943 St. Louis Browns season

1943 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Sportsman's Park (since 1902); St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902);
Results
Record	72–80 (.474)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Donald Lee Barnes
General manager(s)	Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)	Luke Sewell
Local radio	KWK; (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara); KXOK; (France Laux, Ron Rawson)
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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

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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1943 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

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

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

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	11	11	2.77	114
Steve Sundra	32	208	15	11	3.25	44
Bob Muncrief	35	205	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	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	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

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toledo Mud Hens	American Association	Jack Fournier

[4]

Awards and honors

Vern Stephens, American League All-Star[5]

References

Hal Epps page at Baseball-Reference
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
Paul Dean page at Baseball-Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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

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[1] Hal Epps page at Baseball-Reference

[p55-2] 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

[p93-5] 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

1943 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1943 All-Star Game 1943 World Series