1948 St. Louis Browns season

The 1948 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses. It was the first Browns baseball season to be telecast on local television, having debuted its game broadcasts that year on KSD with Bob Ingham on the commentary box as the play by play announcer, nearly a year after other MLB teams made their television debuts.

1948 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record59–94 (.386)
League place6th
Other information
Owner(s)Richard Muckerman, Bill DeWitt
General manager(s)Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)Zack Taylor
Local televisionKSD
(Bob Ingham)
Local radioWIL
(France Laux)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9758 0.626 — 48–30 49–28
Boston Red Sox 9659 0.619 1 55–23 41–36
New York Yankees 9460 0.610 2½ 50–27 44–33
Philadelphia Athletics 8470 0.545 12½ 36–41 48–29
Detroit Tigers 7876 0.506 18½ 39–38 39–38
St. Louis Browns 5994 0.386 37 34–42 25–52
Washington Senators 5697 0.366 40 29–48 27–49
Chicago White Sox 51101 0.336 44½ 27–48 24–53

Record vs. opponents
1948 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —14–811–1215–714–812–1015–715–7
Chicago 8–14—6–168–146–166–168–13–19–12–1
Cleveland 12–1116–6—13–910–1216–614–8–116–6
Detroit 7–1514–89–13—9–1312–1011–1116–6
New York 8–1416–612–1013–9—12–1016–617–5
Philadelphia 10–1216–66–1610–1210–12—18–414–8
St. Louis 7–1513–8–18–14–111–116–164–18—10–12
Washington 7–1512–9–16–166–165–178–1412–10—

Notable transactions
  • April 20, 1948: The Browns returned Catfish Metkovich to the Cleveland Indians to complete the deal made on December 9, 1947. The Cleveland Indians also sent $15,000 to the Browns to complete the trade. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)[2]
  • June 4, 1948: Ray Coleman was traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Binks and $20,000.[3]
  • June 15, 1948: Sam Zoldak was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Kennedy and $100,000.[4]

Roster
1948 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
CLes Moss10733586.2571446
1BChuck Stevens8528775.261126
2BJerry Priddy151560166.296879
SSEddie Pellagrini10529069.238227
3BBob Dillinger153644207.321244
OFAl Zarilla144529174.3291274
OFWhitey Platt123454123.271782
OFPaul Lehner10333392.276246

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
Andy Anderson518724.276112
Ray Coleman17295.17202
George Binks15235.21701
Tom Jordan110.00000

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
Cliff Fannin34213.210144.17102
Bill Kennedy26132784.7077
Sam Zoldak1154244.6713

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

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
Frank Biscan476726.1145
Karl Drews203228.0511
Clem Dreisewerd130215.646
Jim Wilson400013.500

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens American Association George Detore
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Gus Mancuso
A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Packy Rogers
B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Marc Carrola
B Port Chester Clippers Colonial League Al Barillari
B Springfield Browns Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Hank Helf and Irv Hall
C Globe-Miami Browns Arizona–Texas League Don Heffner
C Modesto Reds California League Bill Jackson
C Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers Canadian–American League Jim McDonnell
C Hannibal Pilots Central Association Walt DeFreitas
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Jim Crandall
C Muskogee Reds Western Association Ray Baker
D Redding Browns Far West League Ray Perry
D Griffin Pimentos Georgia–Alabama League Adel White and Fred Campbell
D Belleville Stags Illinois State League Jerry Nemitz and Shan Deniston
D Pittsburg Browns Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League Shan Deniston and Don Smith
D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Mike Sertich, Ken Jungels and Caroll Peterson
D Peekskill Highlanders North Atlantic League Al Gardella
D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Uke Clanton
D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Port Chester, Globe-Miami

References
  1. Ed Albrecht at Baseball-Reference
  2. Catfish Metkovich at Baseball-Reference
  3. Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference
  4. Sam Zoldak at Baseball-Reference
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