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.
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.)[2]
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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 1948 St Louis BrownsLeagueAmerican LeagueBallparkSportsman s ParkCitySt Louis MissouriRecord59 94 386 League place6thOwnersRichard Muckerman Bill DeWittGeneral managersBill DeWittManagersZack TaylorTelevisionKSD Bob Ingham RadioWIL France Laux 1947 Seasons 1949 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Notable transactions 2 4 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 1 1 Starters by position 3 1 2 Other batters 3 2 Pitching 3 2 1 Starting pitchers 3 2 2 Other pitchers 3 2 3 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 References 6 External linksOffseason editNovember 24 1947 Ed Albrecht was drafted by the Browns from the New York Giants in the 1947 minor league draft 1 December 9 1947 Johnny Berardino was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Catfish Metkovich and 50 000 2 Regular season editSeason standings edit vteAmerican League W L Pct GB Home Road Cleveland Indians 97 58 0 626 48 30 49 28 Boston Red Sox 96 59 0 619 1 55 23 41 36 New York Yankees 94 60 0 610 2 50 27 44 33 Philadelphia Athletics 84 70 0 545 12 36 41 48 29 Detroit Tigers 78 76 0 506 18 39 38 39 38 St Louis Browns 59 94 0 386 37 34 42 25 52 Washington Senators 56 97 0 366 40 29 48 27 49 Chicago White Sox 51 101 0 336 44 27 48 24 53 Record vs opponents edit 1948 American League recordvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH Boston 14 8 11 12 15 7 14 8 12 10 15 7 15 7 Chicago 8 14 6 16 8 14 6 16 6 16 8 13 1 9 12 1 Cleveland 12 11 16 6 13 9 10 12 16 6 14 8 1 16 6 Detroit 7 15 14 8 9 13 9 13 12 10 11 11 16 6 New York 8 14 16 6 12 10 13 9 12 10 16 6 17 5 Philadelphia 10 12 16 6 6 16 10 12 10 12 18 4 14 8 St Louis 7 15 13 8 1 8 14 1 11 11 6 16 4 18 10 12 Washington 7 15 12 9 1 6 16 6 16 5 17 8 14 12 10 Notable transactions edit 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 2 June 4 1948 Ray Coleman was traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Binks and 20 000 3 June 15 1948 Sam Zoldak was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Kennedy and 100 000 4 Roster edit 1948 St Louis Browns Roster Pitchers 22 Frank Biscan 35 Clem Dreisewerd 29 Karl Drews 23 Cliff Fannin 31 Ned Garver 30 44 Al Gerheauser 26 Bill Kennedy 30 Joe Ostrowski 27 Nels Potter 25 Fred Sanford 20 Ralph Schwamb 29 Ray Shore 21 Bryan Stephens 24 Al Widmar 28 Jim Wilson 26 Sam Zoldak Catchers 10 Les Moss 11 Roy Partee Infielders 7 Andy Anderson 3 Hank Arft 1 Sam Dente 6 Bob Dillinger 12 Jerry McCarthy 4 Eddie Pellagrini 2 Jerry Priddy 3 Chuck Stevens Outfielders 19 George Binks 19 Ray Coleman 19 Dick Kokos 20 Pete Layden 17 Paul Lehner 12 Don Lund 5 Whitey Platt 12 Ken Wood 14 Al Zarilla Other batters 8 Tom Jordan 9 Joe Schultz Manager 38 Zack Taylor Coaches 33 Fred Hofmann 35 Jack Tobin 32 Ralph WinegarnerPlayer stats editBatting edit Starters by position edit Note Pos Position G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg HR RBI C Les Moss 107 335 86 257 14 46 1B Chuck Stevens 85 287 75 261 1 26 2B Jerry Priddy 151 560 166 296 8 79 SS Eddie Pellagrini 105 290 69 238 2 27 3B Bob Dillinger 153 644 207 321 2 44 OF Al Zarilla 144 529 174 329 12 74 OF Whitey Platt 123 454 123 271 7 82 OF Paul Lehner 103 333 92 276 2 46 Other batters edit 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 Andy Anderson 51 87 24 276 1 12 Joe Schultz Jr 43 37 7 189 0 9 Ray Coleman 17 29 5 172 0 2 Ken Wood 10 24 2 083 0 2 George Binks 15 23 5 217 0 1 Jerry McCarthy 2 3 1 333 0 0 Tom Jordan 1 1 0 000 0 0 Pitching edit Starting pitchers edit 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 Cliff Fannin 34 213 2 10 14 4 17 102 Bill Kennedy 26 132 0 7 8 4 70 77 Sam Zoldak 11 54 0 2 4 4 67 13 Nels Potter 2 10 1 1 1 5 23 4 Other pitchers edit 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 edit 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 Frank Biscan 47 6 7 2 6 11 45 Karl Drews 20 3 2 2 8 05 11 Al Gerheauser 14 0 3 0 7 33 10 Clem Dreisewerd 13 0 2 1 5 64 6 Jim Wilson 4 0 0 0 13 50 0Farm system editSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League Manager AAA Toledo Mud Hens American Association George Detore AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Gus Mancuso A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Packy Rogers B Wichita Falls Spudders Big State League Marc Carrola B Port Chester Clippers Colonial League Al Barillari B Springfield Browns Illinois Indiana Iowa League Hank Helf and Irv Hall C Globe Miami Browns Arizona Texas League Don Heffner C Modesto Reds California League Bill Jackson C Gloversville Johnstown Glovers Canadian American League Jim McDonnell C Hannibal Pilots Central Association Walt DeFreitas C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Jim Crandall C Muskogee Reds Western Association Ray Baker D Redding Browns Far West League Ray Perry D Griffin Pimentos Georgia Alabama League Adel White and Fred Campbell D Belleville Stags Illinois State League Jerry Nemitz and Shan Deniston D Pittsburg Browns Kansas Oklahoma Missouri League Shan Deniston and Don Smith D Mayfield Clothiers KITTY League Mike Sertich Ken Jungels and Caroll Peterson D Peekskill Highlanders North Atlantic League Al Gardella D Ada Herefords Sooner State League Uke Clanton D Wausau Lumberjacks Wisconsin State League Joe Skurski LEAGUE CHAMPIONS Port Chester Globe MiamiReferences edit Ed Albrecht at Baseball Reference a b Catfish Metkovich at Baseball Reference Ray Coleman at Baseball Reference Sam Zoldak at Baseball ReferenceExternal links edit1948 St Louis Browns team at Baseball Reference 1948 St Louis Browns season at baseball almanac com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 St Louis Browns season amp oldid 1196519273, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
