1945 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 81-70
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 482,986, Avg. 8,966
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Luke Sewell (81-70)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1945 St. Louis Browns Roster
1945 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1945 season with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The Browns conceded 548 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. St. Louis plated 597 runs. Vern Stephens paced the squad with 24 home runs and drove in 89 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .289. Nels Potter topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.47 ERA, leading 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
Nels Potter	15	11	.577	2.47	32	32	0	21	3	0	255.3	212	75	70	10	68	129	1	0	1	1028
Bob Muncrief	13	4	.765	2.72	27	15	11	10	0	1	145.7	132	51	44	8	44	54	2	1	1	608
Al Hollingsworth	12	9	.571	2.70	26	22	3	15	1	1	173.3	164	60	52	4	68	64	0	0	2	736
Sig Jakucki	12	10	.545	3.51	30	24	4	15	1	2	192.3	188	84	75	9	65	55	1	1	2	816
Jack Kramer	10	15	.400	3.36	29	25	3	15	3	2	193.0	190	85	72	13	73	99	0	0	2	836
Tex Shirley	8	12	.400	3.63	32	24	5	10	2	0	183.7	191	79	74	8	93	77	1	0	5	808
Sam Zoldak	3	2	.600	3.36	26	1	14	1	0	0	69.7	74	32	26	3	18	19	0	1	1	297
Weldon West	3	4	.429	3.63	24	8	5	1	0	0	74.3	71	37	30	2	31	38	0	0	0	324
Al LaMacchia	2	0	1.000	2.00	5	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	34
Ox Miller	2	1	.667	1.59	4	3	0	3	0	0	28.3	23	5	5	2	5	4	0	0	1	111
George Caster	1	2	.333	6.89	10	0	6	0	0	1	15.7	20	13	12	0	7	9	0	0	0	73
Earl Jones	0	0		2.54	10	0	4	0	0	1	28.3	18	10	8	0	18	13	0	0	1	120
Cliff Fannin	0	0		2.61	5	0	2	0	0	0	10.3	8	3	3	0	5	5	0	0	0	41
Pete Appleton	0	0		15.43	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.3	3	5	4	0	7	1	0	0	0	18
Dee Sanders	0	0		40.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.3	7	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	12
Totals	81	70	.536	3.14	264	154	63	91	10	8	1382.7	1307	548	483	59	506	570	5	3	16	5862

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	149	632	571	90	165	27	3	24	89	2	1	55	70	.289	.352	.473	.825	270	11	1	5
George McQuinn	139	561	483	69	134	31	3	7	61	1	1	65	51	.277	.364	.398	.762	192	8	1	12
Don Gutteridge	143	595	543	72	129	24	3	2	49	9	6	43	46	.238	.295	.304	.599	165	6	1	8
Milt Byrnes	133	540	442	53	110	29	4	8	59	1	3	78	84	.249	.363	.387	.750	171	6	1	19
Len Schulte	119	465	430	37	106	16	1	0	36	0	3	24	35	.247	.286	.288	.575	124	7	0	11
Frank Mancuso	119	417	365	39	98	13	3	1	38	0	2	46	44	.268	.354	.329	.682	120	14	2	4
Gene Moore	110	400	354	48	92	16	2	5	50	1	3	40	26	.260	.337	.359	.695	127	3	1	5
Mark Christman	78	311	289	32	80	7	4	4	34	1	0	19	19	.277	.328	.370	.698	107	6	3	0
Mike Kreevich	84	339	295	34	70	11	1	2	21	4	1	37	27	.237	.322	.302	.624	89	7	0	7
Lou Finney	57	240	213	24	59	8	4	2	22	0	0	21	6	.277	.345	.380	.725	81	9	1	5
Pete Gray	77	253	234	26	51	6	2	0	13	5	6	13	11	.218	.259	.261	.520	61	2	0	6
Babe Martin	54	203	185	13	37	5	2	2	16	0	1	11	24	.200	.245	.281	.526	52	5	0	7
Red Hayworth	56	168	160	7	31	4	0	0	17	0	2	7	6	.194	.228	.219	.446	35	4	0	1
Nels Potter	32	99	92	3	28	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	7	.304	.319	.326	.645	30	3	0	5
Chet Laabs	35	131	109	15	26	4	3	1	8	0	0	16	17	.239	.352	.358	.709	39	2	3	3
Tex Shirley	43	73	70	7	20	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	11	.286	.296	.300	.596	21	0	1	2
Joe Schultz	41	47	44	1	13	2	0	0	8	0	0	3	1	.295	.340	.341	.681	15	1	0	0
Sig Jakucki	30	75	70	7	13	1	1	2	6	0	0	2	8	.186	.208	.314	.523	22	1	0	3
Al Hollingsworth	28	68	61	4	12	3	0	1	4	0	0	4	4	.197	.246	.295	.541	18	2	0	3
Jack Kramer	29	79	61	4	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	11	21	.148	.278	.180	.458	11	3	0	7
Ellis Clary	26	41	38	6	8	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	3	.211	.250	.316	.566	12	0	0	1
Bob Muncrief	28	54	45	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.067	.087	.133	.220	6	1	0	8
Earl Jones	10	10	10	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.600	.800	6	0	0	0
Ox Miller	6	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	1
Weldon West	24	28	27	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.074	.074	.074	.148	2	1	0	1
George Caster	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Sam Zoldak	27	20	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.050	.050	.050	.100	1	0	0	0
Al LaMacchia	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Cliff Fannin	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dee Sanders	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Pete Appleton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1701	5866	5227	597	1302	215	37	63	557	25	31	500	555	.249	.316	.341	.657	1780	102	15	124

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
George McQuinn	1B	136	1143	105	11	87	.991	9.176	0
Babe Martin	1B	6	36	4	2	1	.952	6.667	0
Lou Finney	1B	22	165	14	1	13	.994	8.136	0
Milt Byrnes	1B	2	14	1	0	0	1.000	7.500	0
Len Schulte	2B	37	72	63	12	12	.918	3.649	0
Don Gutteridge	2B	128	334	334	21	66	.970	5.219	0
Ellis Clary	2B	3	1	0	3	0	.250	.333	0
Vern Stephens	3B	4	2	11	2	2	.867	3.250	0
Len Schulte	3B	71	75	149	9	9	.961	3.155	0
Lou Finney	3B	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Ellis Clary	3B	16	15	21	2	3	.947	2.250	0
Mark Christman	3B	77	79	137	6	12	.973	2.805	0
Joe Schultz	C	4	15	1	1	0	.941	4.000	0
Frank Mancuso	C	115	467	55	6	10	.989	4.539	5
Red Hayworth	C	55	216	23	2	5	.992	4.345	1
Gene Moore	OF	100	184	10	6	0	.970	1.940	0
Babe Martin	OF	48	116	7	1	2	.992	2.563	0
Chet Laabs	OF	35	68	1	1	0	.986	1.971	0
Mike Kreevich	OF	81	230	3	2	0	.991	2.877	0
Don Gutteridge	OF	14	23	0	1	0	.958	1.643	0
Pete Gray	OF	61	162	3	7	1	.959	2.705	0
Lou Finney	OF	36	68	4	1	1	.986	2.000	0
Milt Byrnes	OF	125	319	12	4	0	.988	2.648	0
Sam Zoldak	P	26	3	9	1	0	.923	.462	0
Weldon West	P	24	2	7	0	0	1.000	.375	0
Tex Shirley	P	32	8	31	2	3	.951	1.219	0
Dee Sanders	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Nels Potter	P	32	13	43	3	4	.949	1.750	0
Bob Muncrief	P	27	9	22	2	1	.939	1.148	0
Ox Miller	P	4	0	2	1	0	.667	.500	0
Al LaMacchia	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400	0
Jack Kramer	P	29	10	39	1	4	.980	1.690	0
Earl Jones	P	10	0	3	0	1	1.000	.300	0
Sig Jakucki	P	30	7	42	1	0	.980	1.633	0
Al Hollingsworth	P	26	14	38	0	2	1.000	2.000	0
Cliff Fannin	P	5	0	1	0	1	1.000	.200	0
George Caster	P	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	.300	0
Pete Appleton	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Vern Stephens	SS	144	256	439	28	69	.961	4.826	0
Len Schulte	SS	14	20	33	2	3	.964	3.786	0
Totals		1599	4148	1674	143	312	.976	3.641	6

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