1947 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 59-95
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 320,474, Avg. 5,312
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Muddy Ruel (59-95)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1947 St. Louis Browns Roster
1947 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1947 season with a record of 59 wins and 95 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Browns scored 564 runs and surrendered 744 runs, most in the circuit. Jeff Heath led St. Louis with 27 home runs, while Wally Judnich and Vern Stephens walloped 20 or more, too. Jeff Heath drove in 85 runs. Bob Dillinger paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .294. Jack Kramer topped the squad with 11 wins, and Sam Zoldak recorded a 3.47 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Muddy Ruel 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
Jack Kramer	11	16	.407	4.97	33	28	3	9	1	1	199.3	206	123	110	16	89	77	2	0	4	867
Sam Zoldak	9	10	.474	3.47	35	19	8	6	1	1	171.0	162	76	66	7	76	36	0	1	1	725
Bob Muncrief	8	14	.364	4.90	31	23	6	7	0	0	176.3	210	108	96	14	51	74	2	0	3	770
Ellis Kinder	8	15	.348	4.49	34	26	6	10	2	1	194.3	201	105	97	11	82	110	0	1	1	848
Fred Sanford	7	16	.304	3.71	34	23	7	9	0	4	186.7	186	89	77	17	76	62	0	0	3	803
Cliff Fannin	6	8	.429	3.58	26	18	6	6	2	1	145.7	134	70	58	10	77	77	1	0	2	637
Glen Moulder	4	2	.667	3.82	32	2	25	0	0	2	73.0	78	37	31	4	43	23	0	0	0	329
Nels Potter	4	10	.286	4.04	32	10	19	3	0	2	122.7	130	61	55	13	44	65	2	0	1	529
Walter Brown	1	0	1.000	4.89	19	0	13	0	0	0	46.0	50	27	25	3	28	10	0	0	1	202
Denny Galehouse	1	3	.250	6.12	9	4	3	0	0	1	32.3	42	26	22	3	16	11	0	0	0	155
Dizzy Dean	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	14
Bud Swartz	0	0		6.75	5	0	5	0	0	0	5.3	9	6	4	1	7	1	0	0	0	32
Hooks Iott	0	1	.000	16.20	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.3	15	16	15	4	14	6	0	0	1	54
Totals	59	95	.383	4.33	295	154	104	50	6	13	1365.0	1426	744	656	103	604	552	7	2	17	5965

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Bob Dillinger	137	635	571	70	168	23	6	3	37	34	13	56	38	.294	.361	.371	.733	212	13	4	4
Vern Stephens	150	634	562	74	157	18	4	15	83	8	4	70	61	.279	.359	.406	.765	228	7	0	2
Wally Judnich	144	564	500	58	129	24	3	18	64	2	5	60	62	.258	.338	.426	.764	213	6	0	4
Jeff Heath	141	582	491	81	123	20	7	27	85	2	1	88	87	.251	.366	.485	.850	238	14	1	2
Paul Lehner	135	523	483	59	120	25	9	7	48	5	5	28	29	.248	.294	.381	.675	184	18	3	9
Ray Coleman	110	370	343	34	89	9	7	2	30	2	5	26	32	.259	.314	.344	.658	118	15	1	0
Al Zarilla	127	434	380	34	85	15	6	3	38	3	6	40	45	.224	.303	.318	.621	121	4	3	11
Johnny Berardino	90	357	306	29	80	22	1	1	20	6	5	44	26	.261	.358	.350	.708	107	9	2	5
Billy Hitchcock	80	302	275	25	61	2	2	1	28	3	0	21	34	.222	.277	.255	.532	70	9	0	6
Jake Early	87	268	214	25	48	9	3	3	19	0	1	54	34	.224	.381	.336	.717	72	3	0	0
Les Moss	96	312	274	17	43	5	2	6	27	0	0	35	48	.157	.255	.255	.510	70	4	1	2
Hank Thompson	27	89	78	10	20	1	1	0	5	2	1	10	7	.256	.341	.295	.636	23	2	0	1
Rusty Peters	39	54	47	10	16	4	0	0	2	0	0	6	8	.340	.415	.426	.841	20	1	0	1
Jerry Witte	34	111	99	4	14	2	1	2	12	0	0	11	22	.141	.227	.242	.470	24	3	0	1
Willard Brown	21	67	67	4	12	3	0	1	6	2	2	0	7	.179	.179	.269	.448	18	2	0	0
Fred Sanford	34	62	54	5	11	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	23	.204	.218	.241	.459	13	0	0	7
Sam Zoldak	35	62	58	4	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	10	.172	.213	.207	.420	12	0	0	1
Nels Potter	32	42	35	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	2	.257	.381	.286	.667	10	0	0	0
Cliff Fannin	26	52	46	4	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	.196	.229	.217	.447	10	3	0	4
Ellis Kinder	34	67	62	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	20	.129	.143	.129	.272	8	1	0	4
Joe Schultz	43	42	38	3	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	5	.184	.262	.263	.525	10	1	0	0
Jack Kramer	33	75	62	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	25	.113	.214	.129	.343	8	1	0	5
Bob Muncrief	31	65	57	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	23	.105	.164	.105	.269	6	1	0	4
Glen Moulder	32	18	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.235	.235	.235	.471	4	0	0	1
Bud Swartz	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Dizzy Dean	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Hooks Iott	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Glenn McQuillen	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Perry Currin	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0
Walter Brown	19	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	0	0	0
Denny Galehouse	9	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	1	0	2
Totals	1760	5819	5145	564	1238	189	52	90	526	69	49	583	663	.241	.320	.350	.670	1801	118	15	76

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Jerry Witte	1B	27	218	16	4	21	.983	8.667	0
Wally Judnich	1B	129	1067	76	13	118	.989	8.860	0
Billy Hitchcock	1B	5	45	2	2	4	.959	9.400	0
Hank Thompson	2B	19	55	55	5	15	.957	5.789	0
Rusty Peters	2B	13	34	29	3	8	.955	4.846	0
Billy Hitchcock	2B	46	127	127	6	31	.977	5.522	0
Johnny Berardino	2B	86	242	221	11	61	.977	5.384	0
Billy Hitchcock	3B	17	25	42	5	5	.931	3.941	0
Bob Dillinger	3B	137	169	265	19	21	.958	3.168	0
Les Moss	C	96	362	43	7	6	.983	4.219	6
Jake Early	C	85	301	43	4	5	.989	4.047	5
Al Zarilla	OF	110	209	6	3	0	.986	1.955	0
Paul Lehner	OF	127	344	1	7	0	.980	2.717	0
Wally Judnich	OF	15	38	1	0	0	1.000	2.600	0
Jeff Heath	OF	140	297	7	4	4	.987	2.171	0
Ray Coleman	OF	93	174	7	3	4	.984	1.946	0
Willard Brown	OF	18	41	0	0	0	1.000	2.278	0
Sam Zoldak	P	35	6	44	1	2	.980	1.429	0
Bud Swartz	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Fred Sanford	P	34	7	26	1	0	.971	.971	0
Nels Potter	P	32	6	27	3	1	.917	1.031	0
Bob Muncrief	P	31	6	29	0	2	1.000	1.129	0
Glen Moulder	P	32	4	16	1	1	.952	.625	0
Jack Kramer	P	33	7	38	2	3	.957	1.364	0
Ellis Kinder	P	34	5	18	2	2	.920	.676	0
Hooks Iott	P	4	0	2	0	1	1.000	.500	0
Denny Galehouse	P	9	0	7	1	0	.875	.778	0
Cliff Fannin	P	26	10	23	2	1	.943	1.269	0
Dizzy Dean	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Walter Brown	P	19	0	9	0	0	1.000	.474	0
Vern Stephens	SS	149	283	494	24	113	.970	5.215	0
Rusty Peters	SS	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Billy Hitchcock	SS	7	12	19	1	5	.969	4.429	0
Perry Currin	SS	1	2	2	0	2	1.000	4.000	0
Totals		1617	4096	1697	134	436	.977	3.583	11

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