# 1943 St. Louis Browns season

The 1943 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 80 losses.

## Offseason

* November 7, 1942: Hal Epps was drafted by the Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 minor league draft.
* February 1, 1943: Paul Dean, brother of Browns broadcaster Dizzy Dean, was purchased by the Browns from the Washington Senators.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | .636 | — | 54‍–‍23 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Washington Senators | 84 | 69 | .549 | 13½ | 44‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 15½ | 44‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 16 | 40‍–‍36 | 42‍–‍36 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | .506 | 20 | 45‍–‍32 | 33‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80 | .474 | 25 | 44‍–‍33 | 28‍–‍47 |
| Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84 | .447 | 29 | 39‍–‍36 | 29‍–‍48 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 49 | 27‍–‍51 | 22‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1943 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 10–12 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 18–4–1 | 10–12 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 8–13 |
| Detroit | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 |
| New York | 17–5–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 17–5 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 4–18–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 |
| St. Louis | 9–11–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 |
| Washington | 12–10 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Frankie Hayes | 88 | 250 | 47 | .188 | 5 | 30 |
| 1B | George McQuinn | 125 | 449 | 109 | .243 | 12 | 74 |
| 2B | Don Gutteridge | 132 | 538 | 147 | .273 | 1 | 36 |
| SS | Vern Stephens | 137 | 512 | 148 | .289 | 22 | 91 |
| 3B | Harlond Clift | 105 | 379 | 88 | .232 | 3 | 25 |
| OF | Mike Chartak | 108 | 344 | 88 | .256 | 10 | 37 |
| OF | Milt Byrnes | 129 | 429 | 120 | .280 | 4 | 50 |
| OF | Chet Laabs | 151 | 580 | 145 | .250 | 17 | 85 |

#### 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 |
| Mark Christman | 98 | 336 | 91 | .271 | 2 | 35 |
| Al Zarilla | 70 | 228 | 58 | .254 | 2 | 17 |
| Rick Ferrell | 74 | 209 | 50 | .239 | 0 | 20 |
| Mike Kreevich | 60 | 161 | 41 | .255 | 0 | 10 |
| Joe Schultz Jr. | 46 | 92 | 22 | .239 | 0 | 8 |
| Ellis Clary | 23 | 69 | 19 | .275 | 0 | 5 |
| Tony Criscola | 29 | 52 | 8 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
| Floyd Baker | 22 | 46 | 8 | .174 | 0 | 4 |
| Hal Epps | 8 | 35 | 10 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Heffner | 18 | 33 | 4 | .121 | 0 | 2 |
| Hank Schmulbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Denny Galehouse | 31 | 224.0 | 11 | 11 | 2.77 | 114 |
| Steve Sundra | 32 | 208.0 | 15 | 11 | 3.25 | 44 |
| Bob Muncrief | 35 | 205.0 | 13 | 12 | 2.81 | 80 |
| Johnny Niggeling | 20 | 150.1 | 6 | 8 | 3.17 | 73 |
| Bobo Newsom | 10 | 52.1 | 1 | 6 | 7.39 | 37 |
| Al LaMacchia | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Nels Potter | 33 | 168.1 | 10 | 5 | 2.78 | 80 |
| Al Hollingsworth | 35 | 154.0 | 6 | 13 | 4.21 | 63 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 11 | 28.2 | 0 | 2 | 5.02 | 4 |
| Al Milnar | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 2 | 5.52 | 7 |
| Paul Dean | 3 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| George Caster | 35 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2.12 | 43 |
| Charlie Fuchs | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.04 | 9 |
| Archie McKain | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.94 | 6 |
| Sid Peterson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 |
| Fred Sanford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 2 |
| Jack Kramer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 4 |
| Ox Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Jack Fournier |

## Awards and honors

* Vern Stephens, American League All-Star