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1948 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season

Summary

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Browns
season	1948
league	American League
ballpark	Sportsman's Park
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	59–94 (.386)
league_place	6th
owners	Richard Muckerman, Bill DeWitt
general_managers	Bill DeWitt
managers	Zack Taylor
television	KSD
(Bob Ingham)
radio	WIL
(France Laux)

(Bob Ingham) (France Laux) |}} 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.

Offseason

November 24, 1947: Ed Albrecht was drafted by the Browns from the New York Giants in the 1947 minor league draft.
December 9, 1947: Johnny Berardino was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Catfish Metkovich and $50,000.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.)
June 4, 1948: Ray Coleman was traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Binks and $20,000.
June 15, 1948: Sam Zoldak was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Kennedy and $100,000.

Roster

1948 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	107	335	86	.257	14	46
1B	85	287	75	.261	1	26
2B	151	560	166	.296	8	79
SS	105	290	69	.238	2	27
3B	153	644	207	.321	2	44
OF	144	529	174	.329	12	74
OF	123	454	123	.271	7	82
OF	103	333	92	.276	2	46

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
Sam Dente	98	267	72	.270	0	22
Dick Kokos	71	258	77	.298	4	40
Hank Arft	69	248	59	.238	5	38
Roy Partee	82	231	47	.203	0	17
Don Lund	63	161	40	.248	3	25
Pete Layden	41	104	26	.250	0	4
	51	87	24	.276	1	12
Joe Schultz Jr.	43	37	7	.189	0	9
	17	29	5	.172	0	2
Ken Wood	10	24	2	.083	0	2
	15	23	5	.217	0	1
Jerry McCarthy	2	3	1	.333	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Fred Sanford	42	227.0	12	21	4.64	79
	34	213.2	10	14	4.17	102
	26	132.0	7	8	4.70	77
	11	54.0	2	4	4.67	13
Nels Potter	2	10.1	1	1	5.23	4

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
Ned Garver	38	198.0	7	11	3.41	75
Bryan Stephens	43	122.2	3	6	6.02	35
Joe Ostrowski	26	78.1	4	6	5.97	20
Ray Shore	17	38.0	1	2	6.39	12
Ralph Schwamb	12	31.2	1	1	8.53	7

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
Al Widmar	49	2	6	2	4.46	34
	47	6	7	2	6.11	45
	20	3	2	2	8.05	11
Al Gerheauser	14	0	3	0	7.33	10
	13	0	2	1	5.64	6
	4	0	0	0	13.50	0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Port Chester, Globe-Miami

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/albreed01.shtml Ed Albrecht] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/metkoca01.shtml Catfish Metkovich] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemra01.shtml Ray Coleman] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zoldasa01.shtml Sam Zoldak] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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