1949 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 53-101
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 270,936, Avg. 4,932
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Zack Taylor (53-101)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1949 St. Louis Browns Roster
1949 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1949 season with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Browns plated 667 runs and surrendered 913 runs, most in the league. Jack Graham paced St. Louis with 24 home runs, while Roy Sievers and Dick Kokos walloped 20 or more also. Roy Sievers drove in 91 runs. Bob Dillinger led all regular hitters by hitting .324. Ned Garver topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.98 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Zack Taylor 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
Ned Garver	12	17	.414	3.98	41	32	5	16	1	3	223.7	245	126	99	14	102	70	3	2	10	1009
Joe Ostrowski	8	8	.500	4.79	40	13	12	4	0	2	141.0	185	94	75	16	27	34	0	0	1	634
Cliff Fannin	8	14	.364	6.17	30	25	2	5	0	1	143.0	177	106	98	15	93	57	0	1	2	680
Tom Ferrick	6	4	.600	3.88	50	0	29	0	0	6	104.3	102	51	45	9	41	34	1	0	0	447
Bill Kennedy	4	11	.267	4.69	48	16	11	2	0	1	153.7	172	97	80	12	73	69	3	0	5	697
Al Papai	4	11	.267	5.06	42	15	13	6	0	2	142.3	175	103	80	8	81	31	1	0	4	677
Karl Drews	4	12	.250	6.64	31	23	4	3	1	0	139.7	180	113	103	11	66	35	9	2	1	655
Red Embree	3	13	.188	5.37	35	19	8	4	0	1	127.3	146	90	76	13	89	24	3	2	6	602
Ed Albrecht	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	1	3	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	20
Bob Malloy	1	1	.500	2.79	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.7	6	3	3	0	7	2	0	0	0	39
Ribs Raney	1	2	.333	7.71	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.3	23	15	14	2	12	5	0	0	0	82
Dick Starr	1	7	.125	4.32	30	8	12	1	1	0	83.3	96	46	40	6	48	44	1	0	1	380
Bob Savage	0	0		6.43	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	12	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	35
Ralph Winegarner	0	0		7.56	9	0	6	0	0	0	16.7	24	16	14	2	2	8	0	0	0	75
Jim Bilbrey	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	7
Irv Medlinger	0	0		27.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	11	13	12	1	3	4	0	0	1	26
Ray Shore	0	1	.000	10.80	13	0	4	0	0	0	23.3	27	30	28	3	31	13	2	0	4	125
Totals	53	101	.344	5.21	386	155	112	43	3	16	1341.3	1583	913	777	113	685	432	23	7	35	6190

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	605	544	68	176	22	13	1	51	20	14	51	40	.324	.385	.417	.802	227	14	3	7
Jerry Priddy	145	634	544	83	158	26	4	11	63	5	3	80	81	.290	.382	.414	.796	225	17	1	9
Roy Sievers	140	545	471	84	144	28	1	16	91	1	5	70	75	.306	.398	.471	.869	222	15	2	2
Dick Kokos	143	572	501	80	131	28	1	23	77	3	5	66	91	.261	.351	.459	.810	230	4	3	2
Jack Graham	137	573	500	71	119	22	1	24	79	0	1	61	62	.238	.326	.430	.756	215	12	4	8
Les Moss	97	330	278	28	81	11	0	10	39	0	1	49	32	.291	.399	.439	.838	122	10	1	2
Stan Spence	104	376	314	46	77	13	3	13	45	1	1	52	36	.245	.356	.430	.786	135	10	2	8
Sherm Lollar	109	321	284	28	74	9	1	8	49	0	1	32	22	.261	.340	.384	.723	109	8	2	3
Paul Lehner	104	322	297	25	68	13	0	3	37	0	2	16	20	.229	.271	.303	.574	90	12	1	8
Whitey Platt	102	269	244	29	63	8	2	3	29	0	1	24	27	.258	.325	.344	.669	84	8	0	1
Eddie Pellagrini	79	257	235	26	56	8	1	2	15	2	1	14	24	.238	.284	.306	.590	72	6	1	7
John Sullivan	105	286	243	29	55	8	3	0	18	5	2	38	35	.226	.331	.284	.615	69	7	0	5
Andy Anderson	71	152	136	10	17	3	0	1	5	0	1	14	21	.125	.207	.169	.376	23	4	0	2
Al Zarilla	15	66	56	10	14	1	0	1	6	1	1	8	2	.250	.354	.321	.675	18	1	1	1
Ned Garver	55	91	75	12	14	4	0	0	2	0	0	12	8	.187	.299	.240	.539	18	4	0	4
George Elder	41	52	44	9	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	11	.250	.313	.318	.631	14	0	0	4
Cliff Fannin	37	58	55	4	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	15	.164	.193	.182	.375	10	0	0	1
Joe Ostrowski	40	48	37	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	11	9	.189	.375	.243	.618	9	0	0	0
Red Embree	40	43	37	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	10	.162	.225	.162	.387	6	1	0	3
Bill Kennedy	48	45	40	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.150	.209	.150	.359	6	3	0	2
Owen Friend	2	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	0	0	0
Tom Ferrick	51	24	21	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.143	.182	.190	.372	4	0	0	2
Al Papai	42	45	38	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	20	.079	.205	.079	.283	3	0	0	1
Ralph Winegarner	9	6	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	5	0	0	0
Dick Starr	30	27	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.087	.222	.087	.309	2	0	0	0
Hank Arft	6	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0
Al Naples	2	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0
Ken Wood	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0
Ray Shore	13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bob Savage	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ribs Raney	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Frankie Pack	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ed Albrecht	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	1	0	0
Bob Malloy	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Karl Drews	31	54	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	.000	.132	.000	.132	0	1	0	1
Jim Bilbrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Irv Medlinger	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1960	5847	5112	666	1301	213	30	117	628	38	39	631	700	.254	.339	.377	.715	1925	138	21	83

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Stan Spence	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Whitey Platt	1B	2	21	2	1	1	.958	11.500	0
Paul Lehner	1B	18	161	13	2	13	.989	9.667	0
Jack Graham	1B	136	1118	87	19	120	.984	8.860	0
John Sullivan	2B	6	12	11	0	2	1.000	3.833	0
Jerry Priddy	2B	145	407	415	27	96	.968	5.669	0
Owen Friend	2B	2	4	8	0	1	1.000	6.000	0
Andy Anderson	2B	8	14	18	0	3	1.000	4.000	0
John Sullivan	3B	23	22	32	4	5	.931	2.348	0
Roy Sievers	3B	7	3	11	1	1	.933	2.000	0
Bob Dillinger	3B	133	166	209	25	22	.938	2.820	0
Andy Anderson	3B	8	5	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Les Moss	C	83	283	41	10	9	.970	3.904	4
Sherm Lollar	C	93	279	39	4	3	.988	3.419	2
Al Zarilla	OF	15	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.267	0
Ken Wood	OF	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Stan Spence	OF	87	205	10	1	2	.995	2.471	0
Roy Sievers	OF	125	314	14	9	1	.973	2.624	0
Whitey Platt	OF	59	135	3	2	0	.986	2.339	0
Paul Lehner	OF	56	153	1	2	0	.987	2.750	0
Dick Kokos	OF	138	290	16	6	5	.981	2.217	0
George Elder	OF	10	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.900	0
Ralph Winegarner	P	9	1	1	0	0	1.000	.222	0
Dick Starr	P	30	3	9	0	1	1.000	.400	0
Ray Shore	P	13	0	7	0	0	1.000	.538	0
Bob Savage	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Ribs Raney	P	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Al Papai	P	42	13	39	2	4	.963	1.238	0
Joe Ostrowski	P	40	8	22	1	0	.968	.750	0
Irv Medlinger	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bob Malloy	P	5	2	1	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Bill Kennedy	P	48	4	23	3	0	.900	.563	0
Ned Garver	P	41	15	42	5	3	.919	1.390	0
Tom Ferrick	P	50	6	26	1	2	.970	.640	0
Cliff Fannin	P	30	4	15	0	0	1.000	.633	0
Red Embree	P	35	2	24	1	3	.963	.743	0
Karl Drews	P	31	5	23	0	1	1.000	.903	0
Jim Bilbrey	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ed Albrecht	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
John Sullivan	SS	71	117	144	16	35	.942	3.676	0
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	76	164	227	16	52	.961	5.145	0
Al Naples	SS	2	1	6	1	0	.875	3.500	0
Andy Anderson	SS	44	55	77	6	21	.957	3.000	0
Totals		1737	4031	1625	165	406	.972	3.256	6

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