# 1946 St. Louis Browns season

The 1946 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 66 wins and 88 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 104 | 50 | .675 | — | 61‍–‍16 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Tigers | 92 | 62 | .597 | 12 | 48‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍32 |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 67 | .565 | 17 | 47‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Washington Senators | 76 | 78 | .494 | 28 | 38‍–‍38 | 38‍–‍40 |
| Chicago White Sox | 74 | 80 | .481 | 30 | 40‍–‍38 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Cleveland Indians | 68 | 86 | .442 | 36 | 36‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 66 | 88 | .429 | 38 | 35‍–‍41 | 31‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 55 | 31‍–‍46 | 18‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1946 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | — | 13–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12 |
| Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 5–17 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 |
| Detroit | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 12–10 |
| New York | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 10–12 | 6–16–1 |
| St. Louis | 8–14–1 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 15, 1946: Joe Grace and Al LaMacchia were traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for Jeff Heath.

### 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 | Frank Mancuso | 87 | 262 | 63 | .240 | 3 | 23 |
| 1B | Chuck Stevens | 122 | 432 | 107 | .248 | 3 | 27 |
| 2B | Johnny Berardino | 144 | 582 | 154 | .265 | 5 | 68 |
| SS | Vern Stephens | 115 | 450 | 138 | .307 | 14 | 64 |
| 3B | Mark Christman | 128 | 458 | 118 | .258 | 1 | 41 |
| OF | Al Zarilla | 125 | 371 | 96 | .259 | 4 | 43 |
| OF | Wally Judnich | 142 | 511 | 134 | .262 | 15 | 72 |
| OF | Jeff Heath | 86 | 316 | 87 | .275 | 12 | 57 |

#### 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 |
| Chet Laabs | 80 | 264 | 69 | .261 | 16 | 52 |
| Bob Dillinger | 83 | 225 | 63 | .280 | 0 | 11 |
| Johnny Lucadello | 87 | 210 | 52 | .248 | 1 | 15 |
| Hank Helf | 71 | 182 | 35 | .192 | 6 | 21 |
| Glenn McQuillen | 59 | 166 | 40 | .241 | 1 | 12 |
| Joe Grace | 48 | 161 | 37 | .230 | 1 | 13 |
| Babe Dahlgren | 28 | 80 | 14 | .175 | 0 | 9 |
| Jerry Witte | 18 | 73 | 14 | .192 | 2 | 4 |
| Joe Schultz | 42 | 57 | 22 | .386 | 0 | 14 |
| Paul Lehner | 16 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 5 |
| Les Moss | 12 | 35 | 13 | .371 | 0 | 5 |
| Lou Finney | 16 | 30 | 9 | .300 | 0 | 3 |
| Ken Sears | 7 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| George Bradley | 4 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
| George Archie | 4 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Martin | 3 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Len Schulte | 4 | 5 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 |
| Jack Kramer | 31 | 194.2 | 13 | 11 | 3.19 | 69 |
| Denny Galehouse | 30 | 180.0 | 8 | 12 | 3.65 | 90 |
| Nels Potter | 23 | 145.0 | 8 | 9 | 3.72 | 72 |
| Tex Shirley | 27 | 139.2 | 6 | 12 | 4.96 | 45 |
| Fred Sanford | 3 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.05 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Sam Zoldak | 35 | 170.1 | 9 | 11 | 3.43 | 51 |
| Bob Muncrief | 29 | 115.1 | 3 | 12 | 4.99 | 49 |
| Stan Ferens | 34 | 88.0 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 28 |
| Ellis Kinder | 33 | 86.2 | 3 | 3 | 3.32 | 59 |
| Cliff Fannin | 27 | 86.2 | 5 | 2 | 3.01 | 52 |
| Ox Miller | 11 | 35.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.88 | 12 |
| Chet Johnson | 5 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 8 |
| Al Milnar | 4 | 14.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.45 | 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 |
| Tom Ferrick | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2.78 | 13 |
| Frank Biscan | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.16 | 9 |
| Al LaMacchia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 |
| Al Hollingsworth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 3 |
| Steve Sundra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 1 |
| Ray Shore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toledo Mud Hens | American Association | Don Gutteridge and George Detore |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Jimmy Adair |
| A | Elmira Pioneers | Eastern League | Ralph Winegarner |
| B | Springfield Browns | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Tony Robello |
| B | Spartanburg Spartans | Tri-State League | Frank Kappelman |
| C | Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers | Canadian–American League | Bennie Huffman |
| C | Paris Red Peppers | East Texas League | Homer Peel |
| C | Aberdeen Pheasants | Northern League | Gus Albright |
| D | Pittsburg Browns | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | Jim Crandall |
| D | Mayfield Clothiers | KITTY League | Ed O'Connell |
| D | Newark Moundsmen | Ohio State League | Bob Boken |