1944 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 508,644, Avg. 8,937
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to St. Louis Cardinals 4-2
Manager: Luke Sewell (89-65)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1944 St. Louis Browns Roster
1944 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1944 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Browns scored 684 runs and conceded 587 runs. Vern Stephens led St. Louis with 20 home runs and drove in 109 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .293. Nels Potter topped the team with 19 wins, plus Jack Kramer, too added 15 or more wins, too Jack Kramer recorded a 2.49 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Luke Sewell coached the team. The 1944 St. Louis Browns won the League Championship Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Nels Potter	19	7	.731	2.83	32	29	2	16	3	0	232.0	211	79	73	6	70	91	1	1	4	955
Jack Kramer	17	13	.567	2.49	33	31	2	18	1	0	257.0	233	94	71	3	75	124	1	2	2	1058
Bob Muncrief	13	8	.619	3.08	33	27	5	12	3	1	219.3	216	83	75	11	50	88	3	0	3	905
Sig Jakucki	13	9	.591	3.55	35	24	8	12	4	3	198.0	211	89	78	17	54	67	3	0	1	853
Denny Galehouse	9	10	.474	3.12	24	19	1	6	2	0	153.0	162	64	53	6	44	80	1	0	0	664
George Caster	6	6	.500	2.44	42	0	34	0	0	12	81.0	91	37	22	5	33	46	0	0	0	358
Tex Shirley	5	4	.556	4.15	23	11	6	2	1	0	80.3	59	45	37	4	64	35	1	0	2	360
Al Hollingsworth	5	7	.417	4.47	26	10	8	3	2	1	92.7	108	51	46	3	37	22	1	0	4	419
Steve Sundra	2	0	1.000	1.42	3	3	0	2	0	0	19.0	15	3	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	75
Sam Zoldak	0	0		3.72	18	0	10	0	0	0	38.7	49	22	16	1	19	15	0	0	2	181
Weldon West	0	0		6.29	11	0	6	0	0	0	24.3	34	18	17	1	19	11	1	0	0	120
Willis Hudlin	0	1	.000	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10
Totals	89	65	.578	3.17	281	154	83	71	16	17	1397.3	1392	587	492	58	469	581	12	3	18	5958

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Vern Stephens	145	628	559	91	164	32	1	20	109	2	2	62	54	.293	.365	.462	.826	258	3	1	6
Mark Christman	148	607	547	56	148	25	1	6	83	5	2	47	37	.271	.332	.353	.684	193	18	3	10
Don Gutteridge	148	660	603	89	148	27	11	3	36	20	8	51	63	.245	.304	.342	.646	206	4	0	6
George McQuinn	146	623	516	83	129	26	3	11	72	4	3	85	74	.250	.357	.376	.733	194	1	1	21
Mike Kreevich	105	441	402	55	121	15	6	5	44	3	3	27	24	.301	.348	.405	.754	163	12	2	10
Milt Byrnes	128	487	407	63	120	20	4	4	45	1	7	68	50	.295	.396	.393	.789	160	8	0	12
Gene Moore	110	418	390	56	93	13	6	6	58	0	5	24	37	.238	.284	.349	.633	136	7	1	3
Al Zarilla	100	330	288	43	86	13	6	6	45	1	1	29	33	.299	.375	.448	.823	129	2	6	7
Red Hayworth	90	282	270	20	60	11	1	1	25	0	0	10	13	.222	.253	.281	.534	76	7	1	1
Frank Mancuso	88	269	244	19	50	11	0	1	24	1	0	20	32	.205	.271	.262	.533	64	11	2	3
Chet Laabs	66	235	201	28	47	10	2	5	23	3	1	29	33	.234	.330	.378	.709	76	3	0	5
Bob Muncrief	33	86	78	4	18	2	0	0	10	1	0	3	16	.231	.259	.256	.516	20	1	0	5
Mike Chartak	35	80	72	8	17	2	1	1	7	0	0	6	9	.236	.304	.333	.637	24	1	1	1
Floyd Baker	44	110	97	10	17	3	0	0	5	2	0	11	5	.175	.259	.206	.465	20	1	0	2
Jack Kramer	33	95	85	6	14	2	0	2	6	0	0	8	21	.165	.245	.259	.504	22	2	1	1
Ellis Clary	25	62	49	6	13	1	1	0	4	1	0	12	9	.265	.410	.327	.736	16	0	0	1
Frank Demaree	16	58	51	4	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	6	3	.255	.333	.294	.627	15	0	0	1
Nels Potter	32	92	82	4	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	4	.159	.207	.171	.378	14	2	1	5
Hal Epps	22	77	62	15	11	1	1	0	3	0	1	14	14	.177	.338	.226	.563	14	1	1	0
Sig Jakucki	36	76	73	9	11	1	1	1	8	0	0	1	14	.151	.162	.233	.395	17	2	0	2
Tom Turner	15	28	25	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	.320	.370	.360	.730	9	1	0	1
Tom Hafey	8	15	14	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.357	.400	.500	.900	7	0	0	0
George Caster	42	20	20	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.250	.250	.300	.550	6	0	0	0
Tex Shirley	30	28	28	7	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.143	.143	.143	.286	4	1	0	0
Babe Martin	2	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	4	0	0	0
Denny Galehouse	24	55	48	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.063	.118	.063	.180	3	3	0	4
Sam Zoldak	18	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0
Joe Schultz	3	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0
Al Hollingsworth	26	32	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.071	.188	.071	.259	2	2	0	0
Weldon West	11	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Steve Sundra	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	0	0	0
Len Schulte	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0
Willis Hudlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1734	5927	5269	684	1328	223	45	72	629	44	33	530	603	.252	.323	.352	.675	1857	93	21	107

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Gene Moore	1B	1	2	0	1	1	.667	2.000	0
George McQuinn	1B	146	1332	72	9	116	.994	9.616	0
Tom Hafey	1B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Mark Christman	1B	3	33	1	1	2	.971	11.333	0
Mike Chartak	1B	12	89	5	0	5	1.000	7.833	0
Don Gutteridge	2B	146	368	407	35	95	.957	5.308	0
Ellis Clary	2B	6	6	9	1	2	.938	2.500	0
Floyd Baker	2B	17	24	22	1	3	.979	2.706	0
Ellis Clary	3B	11	10	19	0	2	1.000	2.636	0
Mark Christman	3B	145	172	316	14	34	.972	3.366	0
Tom Turner	C	11	28	3	1	0	.969	2.818	1
Joe Schultz	C	3	8	1	2	0	.818	3.000	0
Frank Mancuso	C	87	311	35	17	9	.953	3.977	5
Red Hayworth	C	87	339	39	13	4	.967	4.345	6
Al Zarilla	OF	79	167	4	4	1	.977	2.165	0
Gene Moore	OF	98	208	5	7	2	.968	2.173	0
Babe Martin	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Chet Laabs	OF	55	108	3	0	2	1.000	2.018	0
Mike Kreevich	OF	100	282	4	4	0	.986	2.860	0
Tom Hafey	OF	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750	0
Hal Epps	OF	18	47	3	2	2	.962	2.778	0
Frank Demaree	OF	16	30	1	1	0	.969	1.938	0
Mike Chartak	OF	7	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.286	0
Milt Byrnes	OF	122	282	7	7	1	.976	2.369	0
Sam Zoldak	P	18	0	8	0	2	1.000	.444	0
Weldon West	P	11	0	3	0	0	1.000	.273	0
Steve Sundra	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Tex Shirley	P	23	6	7	2	1	.867	.565	0
Nels Potter	P	32	11	52	3	3	.955	1.969	0
Bob Muncrief	P	33	16	35	1	1	.981	1.545	0
Jack Kramer	P	33	10	62	3	5	.960	2.182	0
Sig Jakucki	P	35	7	44	0	2	1.000	1.457	0
Willis Hudlin	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Al Hollingsworth	P	26	3	14	0	0	1.000	.654	0
Denny Galehouse	P	24	3	21	3	0	.889	1.000	0
George Caster	P	42	2	13	0	0	1.000	.357	0
Vern Stephens	SS	143	239	480	35	71	.954	5.028	0
Floyd Baker	SS	16	17	46	4	6	.940	3.938	0
Totals		1616	4186	1745	171	372	.972	3.670	12

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BF
Jack Kramer	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	11.0	9	2	0	0	4	1	12	46
Denny Galehouse	WS	1	1	.500	1.50	2	2	0	2	18.0	13	3	3	2	5	1	15	71
Tex Shirley	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	8
Al Hollingsworth	WS	0	0		2.25	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	1	0	2	1	1	18
Nels Potter	WS	0	1	.000	0.93	2	2	0	0	9.7	10	5	1	0	3	1	6	44
Bob Muncrief	WS	0	1	.000	1.35	2	0	1	0	6.7	5	1	1	0	4	2	4	28
Sig Jakucki	WS	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	3.0	5	4	3	1	0	0	4	15
Totals		2	4	.333	1.49	11	6	3	3	54.3	49	16	9	3	19	6	43	230

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	IBB
George McQuinn	WS	6	24	16	2	7	2	0	1	5	7	2	.438	.609	.750	1.359	12	0	1	1
Mike Kreevich	WS	6	26	26	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.346	.577	9	0	0	0
Vern Stephens	WS	6	25	22	2	5	1	0	0	0	3	3	.227	.320	.273	.593	6	0	0	0
Gene Moore	WS	6	25	22	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	6	.182	.280	.182	.462	4	0	0	0
Chet Laabs	WS	5	17	15	1	3	1	1	0	0	2	6	.200	.294	.400	.694	6	1	0	0
Don Gutteridge	WS	6	24	21	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	5	.143	.250	.190	.440	4	0	0	0
Frank Mancuso	WS	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0
Red Hayworth	WS	6	20	17	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	.118	.250	.176	.426	3	1	0	2
Mark Christman	WS	6	22	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	0	0	0
Denny Galehouse	WS	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	0
Al Zarilla	WS	4	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	1	0	0
Floyd Baker	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Milt Byrnes	WS	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Mike Chartak	WS	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ellis Clary	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al Hollingsworth	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jack Kramer	WS	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Muncrief	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Nels Potter	WS	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tom Turner	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Sig Jakucki	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Tex Shirley	WS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		74	221	197	12	36	9	1	1	9	23	49	.183	.268	.254	.522	50	3	1	3

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
George McQuinn	WS	1B	6	6	54.3	50	2	0	3	1.000	8.613	8.667
Don Gutteridge	WS	2B	6	6	50.3	15	11	3	3	.897	4.649	4.333
Floyd Baker	WS	2B	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	.500
Mark Christman	WS	3B	6	6	54.3	3	9	1	0	.923	1.988	2.000
Red Hayworth	WS	C	6	6	51.3	45	2	1	0	.979	8.240	7.833
Frank Mancuso	WS	C	1	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	3.000
Mike Kreevich	WS	CF	6	6	54.3	20	2	0	0	1.000	3.644	3.667
Chet Laabs	WS	LF	4	4	35.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.543	1.500
Al Zarilla	WS	LF	3	2	19.3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.931	.667
Denny Galehouse	WS	P	2	2	18.0	0	5	0	0	1.000	2.500	2.500
Jack Kramer	WS	P	2	1	11.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.455	1.500
Nels Potter	WS	P	2	2	9.7	2	1	2	0	.600	2.793	1.500
Bob Muncrief	WS	P	2	0	6.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.350	.500
Al Hollingsworth	WS	P	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	1.000
Sig Jakucki	WS	P	1	1	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000
Tex Shirley	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
Gene Moore	WS	RF	6	6	54.3	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.325	1.333
Vern Stephens	WS	SS	6	6	54.3	9	19	3	4	.903	4.638	4.667
Totals			63	54	489.0	163	59	10	10	.957	4.086	3.524

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