1945 St. Louis Browns season

The 1945 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses.

1945 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–70 (.536)
League place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Richard Muckerman
General manager(s)Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)Luke Sewell
Local radioWIL
(Harry Caray, Gabby Street)
WTMV
(France Laux, Johnny O'Hara)
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Regular season

Coming off their first pennant in 1944, St. Louis didn't regress very far but still finished six games off the pace.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 8865 0.575 — 50–26 38–39
Washington Senators 8767 0.565 1½ 46–31 41–36
St. Louis Browns 8170 0.536 6 47–27 34–43
New York Yankees 8171 0.533 6½ 48–28 33–43
Cleveland Indians 7372 0.503 11 44–33 29–39
Chicago White Sox 7178 0.477 15 44–29 27–49
Boston Red Sox 7183 0.461 17½ 42–35 29–48
Philadelphia Athletics 5298 0.347 34½ 39–35 13–63

Record vs. opponents
1945 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —9–1311–1112–10–16–1614–88–14–111–11–1
Chicago 13–9—11–8–110–129–1212–108–138–14
Cleveland 11–118–11–1—11–1112–912–6–111–108–14
Detroit 10–12–112–1011–11—15–715–7–115–610–12
New York 16–612–99–127–15—16–67–1514–8
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–12–17–15–16–16—10–12–15–17
St. Louis 14–8–113–810–116–1515–712–10–1—11–11–1
Washington 11–11–114–814–812–108–1417–511–11–1—

Notable transactions

Roster
1945 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
CFrank Mancuso11936598.268138
1BGeorge McQuinn139483134.277761
2BDon Gutteridge143543129.238249
SSVern Stephens149571165.2892489
3BMark Christman7828980.277434
OFMike Kreevich8429570.237221
OFMilt Byrnes133442110.249859
OFGene Moore11035492.260550

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
Len Schulte119430106.247036
Pete Gray7723451.218013
Lou Finney5721359.277222
Babe Martin5418537.200216
Red Hayworth5616031.194017
Chet Laabs3510926.23918
Joe Schultz414413.29508
Ellis Clary26388.21112

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
Nels Potter32255.115112.47129
Jack Kramer2919310153.3699
Sig Jakucki30192.112103.5155
Tex Shirley32183.28123.6377
Al Hollingsworth26173.11292.7064
Ox Miller428.1211.594

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
Bob Muncrief27145.21342.7254
Lefty West2474.1343.6338

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
Sam Zoldak263203.3619
Earl Jones100012.5413
George Caster101216.899
Cliff Fannin50002.615
Al LaMacchia52002.002
Pete Appleton200015.431
Dee Sanders200040.501

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Ollie Marquardt
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Jimmy Adair
D Newark Moundsmen Ohio State League Mickey O'Neil

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Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Nels Potter

  • #2 in AL in strikeouts (129)

Vern Stephens

  • Led AL in home runs (24)
  • #2 in AL in runs scored (90)
  • #2 in AL in slugging percentage (.473)
  • #3 in AL in RBI (89)

References
  1. George Caster page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997


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