1943 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 72-80
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 214,392, Avg. 4,079
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Luke Sewell (72-80)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1943 St. Louis Browns Roster
1943 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1943 season with a record of 72 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Browns plated 596 runs and surrendered 604 runs. Vern Stephens paced St. Louis with 22 home runs, while Chet Laabs walloped 20 or more, too. Vern Stephens drove in 91 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .289. Steve Sundra led the team with 15 wins, and Denny Galehouse registered a 2.77 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Luke Sewell coached the team.

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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
Steve Sundra	15	11	.577	3.25	32	29	3	13	3	0	208.0	212	89	75	10	66	44	0	1	4	884
Bob Muncrief	13	12	.520	2.81	35	27	5	12	3	1	205.0	211	80	64	13	48	80	2	0	3	856
Denny Galehouse	11	11	.500	2.77	31	28	3	14	2	1	224.0	217	80	69	8	74	114	1	1	1	947
Nels Potter	10	5	.667	2.78	33	13	13	8	0	1	168.3	146	56	52	11	54	80	3	0	3	690
George Caster	6	8	.429	2.12	35	0	32	0	0	8	76.3	69	22	18	4	41	43	1	1	0	331
Johnny Niggeling	6	8	.429	3.17	20	20	0	7	0	0	150.3	122	61	53	7	57	73	6	0	3	628
Al Hollingsworth	6	13	.316	4.21	35	20	13	9	1	3	154.0	169	81	72	7	51	63	2	2	4	669
Sid Peterson	2	0	1.000	2.70	3	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	15	3	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	48
Archie McKain	1	1	.500	3.94	10	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	16	9	7	0	6	6	0	0	1	72
Al Milnar	1	2	.333	5.52	3	2	1	1	0	0	14.7	23	11	9	0	9	7	0	0	0	76
Bobo Newsom	1	6	.143	7.39	10	9	1	0	0	0	52.3	69	45	43	7	35	37	1	0	0	257
Fred Sanford	0	0		1.93	3	0	0	0	0	0	9.3	7	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	37
Paul Dean	0	0		3.38	3	1	0	0	0	0	13.3	16	5	5	0	3	1	1	1	0	58
Charlie Fuchs	0	0		4.04	13	0	5	0	0	0	35.7	42	22	16	4	11	9	1	2	1	157
Jack Kramer	0	0		8.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	11	8	8	0	8	4	1	0	2	46
Ox Miller	0	0		12.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	8	8	2	3	3	2	0	0	29
Al LaMacchia	0	1	.000	11.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	6	5	0	2	2	0	0	2	23
Fritz Ostermueller	0	2	.000	5.02	11	3	5	0	0	0	28.7	36	16	16	1	13	4	0	0	0	127
Totals	72	80	.474	3.41	283	153	89	64	9	14	1385.0	1397	604	525	74	488	572	22	8	25	5935

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	137	571	512	75	148	27	3	22	91	3	2	54	73	.289	.357	.482	.839	247	11	0	5
Don Gutteridge	132	592	538	77	147	35	6	1	36	10	9	50	46	.273	.335	.366	.701	197	7	0	4
Chet Laabs	151	665	580	83	145	27	7	17	85	5	7	73	105	.250	.338	.409	.747	237	13	4	8
Milt Byrnes	129	492	429	58	120	28	7	4	50	1	4	53	49	.280	.362	.406	.767	174	9	2	8
George McQuinn	125	516	449	53	109	19	2	12	74	4	3	56	65	.243	.327	.374	.701	168	8	0	11
Mark Christman	98	364	336	31	91	11	5	2	35	0	3	19	19	.271	.318	.351	.669	118	5	4	5
Mike Chartak	108	387	344	38	88	16	2	10	37	1	3	39	55	.256	.333	.401	.734	138	8	1	3
Harlond Clift	105	441	379	43	88	11	3	3	25	5	4	54	37	.232	.329	.301	.630	114	10	1	7
Al Zarilla	70	251	228	27	58	7	1	2	17	1	1	17	20	.254	.309	.320	.629	73	4	1	5
Rick Ferrell	74	246	209	12	50	7	0	0	20	0	0	34	14	.239	.348	.273	.621	57	3	1	2
Frankie Hayes	88	290	250	16	47	7	0	5	30	1	0	37	36	.188	.295	.276	.571	69	8	1	2
Mike Kreevich	60	193	161	24	41	6	0	0	10	4	1	26	13	.255	.358	.292	.650	47	2	0	6
Joe Schultz	46	102	92	6	22	5	0	0	8	0	1	9	8	.239	.307	.293	.600	27	4	0	1
Ellis Clary	23	81	69	15	19	2	0	0	5	1	2	11	6	.275	.375	.304	.679	21	0	0	1
Steve Sundra	32	79	73	9	16	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.219	.240	.274	.514	20	0	0	4
Hal Epps	8	38	35	2	10	4	0	0	1	1	1	3	4	.286	.342	.400	.742	14	2	0	0
Bob Muncrief	35	77	66	5	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.152	.188	.167	.355	11	4	0	8
Denny Galehouse	31	83	72	5	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	20	.125	.160	.139	.299	10	0	0	8
Floyd Baker	22	53	46	5	8	2	0	0	4	0	1	6	4	.174	.269	.217	.487	10	1	0	1
Tony Criscola	29	60	52	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	.154	.267	.154	.421	8	0	0	0
Nels Potter	33	63	55	0	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	.145	.203	.164	.367	9	2	0	4
Al Hollingsworth	36	54	50	2	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.140	.173	.200	.373	10	2	0	2
Bobo Newsom	10	16	15	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	5	0	0	1
Don Heffner	18	37	33	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.121	.171	.152	.323	5	1	0	2
George Caster	35	23	22	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.136	.174	.182	.356	4	1	0	0
Johnny Niggeling	20	57	49	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	11	.061	.115	.061	.177	3	1	0	5
Al Milnar	3	7	6	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	4	0	0	1
Fritz Ostermueller	11	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0
Jack Kramer	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0
Sid Peterson	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Paul Dean	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ox Miller	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Archie McKain	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al LaMacchia	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Charlie Fuchs	13	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Fred Sanford	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1
Hank Schmulbach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1708	5864	5175	595	1269	229	36	78	552	37	43	569	645	.245	.322	.349	.670	1804	107	15	105

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
George McQuinn	1B	122	1072	86	9	88	.992	9.492	0
Don Heffner	1B	1	6	1	0	0	1.000	7.000	0
Frankie Hayes	1B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Mark Christman	1B	20	161	11	0	11	1.000	8.600	0
Mike Chartak	1B	18	161	9	4	8	.977	9.444	0
Don Heffner	2B	13	21	17	1	4	.974	2.923	0
Don Gutteridge	2B	132	328	331	29	64	.958	4.992	0
Ellis Clary	2B	3	8	11	1	1	.950	6.333	0
Mark Christman	2B	14	29	35	1	10	.985	4.571	0
Harlond Clift	3B	104	126	252	20	20	.950	3.635	0
Ellis Clary	3B	14	10	25	1	3	.972	2.500	0
Mark Christman	3B	37	41	74	1	5	.991	3.108	0
Floyd Baker	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Joe Schultz	C	26	83	9	2	1	.979	3.538	1
Frankie Hayes	C	76	301	40	6	8	.983	4.487	4
Rick Ferrell	C	70	327	52	5	7	.987	5.414	2
Al Zarilla	OF	60	123	5	5	2	.962	2.133	0
Vern Stephens	OF	11	20	3	0	0	1.000	2.091	0
Chet Laabs	OF	150	346	16	9	4	.976	2.413	0
Mike Kreevich	OF	51	146	5	1	1	.993	2.961	0
Hal Epps	OF	8	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	0
Tony Criscola	OF	13	24	0	1	0	.960	1.846	0
Mike Chartak	OF	77	160	4	5	2	.970	2.130	0
Milt Byrnes	OF	114	289	13	1	3	.997	2.649	0
Steve Sundra	P	32	10	47	4	2	.934	1.781	0
Fred Sanford	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Nels Potter	P	33	10	36	1	2	.979	1.394	0
Sid Peterson	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Fritz Ostermueller	P	11	0	8	0	0	1.000	.727	0
Johnny Niggeling	P	20	10	25	0	4	1.000	1.750	0
Bobo Newsom	P	10	1	5	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Bob Muncrief	P	35	10	28	1	2	.974	1.086	0
Al Milnar	P	3	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Ox Miller	P	2	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Archie McKain	P	10	1	4	1	0	.833	.500	0
Al LaMacchia	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Jack Kramer	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Al Hollingsworth	P	35	7	27	2	3	.944	.971	0
Denny Galehouse	P	31	7	33	2	0	.952	1.290	0
Charlie Fuchs	P	13	3	7	2	0	.833	.769	0
Paul Dean	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
George Caster	P	35	2	17	0	1	1.000	.543	0
Vern Stephens	SS	123	220	339	34	51	.943	4.545	0
Mark Christman	SS	24	48	52	1	15	.990	4.167	0
Floyd Baker	SS	10	23	26	2	7	.961	4.900	0
Totals		1576	4155	1672	152	329	.975	3.697	7

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