# 1949 St. Louis Browns season

The 1949 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses.

## Offseason

* October 4, 1948: Sam Dente was traded by the Browns to the Washington Senators for John Sullivan, Tom Ferrick and $25,000.
* December 16, 1948: Bob Savage was selected off waivers by the Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 54‍–‍23 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Boston Red Sox | 96 | 58 | .623 | 1 | 61‍–‍16 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 | 49‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 10 | 50‍–‍27 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 73 | .526 | 16 | 52‍–‍25 | 29‍–‍48 |
| Chicago White Sox | 63 | 91 | .409 | 34 | 32‍–‍45 | 31‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Browns | 53 | 101 | .344 | 44 | 36‍–‍41 | 17‍–‍60 |
| Washington Senators | 50 | 104 | .325 | 47 | 26‍–‍51 | 24‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1949 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 17–5 | 8–14 | 15–7–1 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 18–4 |
| Chicago | 5–17 | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 15–7 | 15–7 |
| Cleveland | 14–8 | 15–7 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 15–7 | 13–9 |
| Detroit | 7–15–1 | 14–8 | 9–13 | — | 11–11 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 18–4 |
| New York | 13–9 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 17–5–1 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 8–14 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 |
| St. Louis | 7–15 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 5–17–1 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 4–18 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 4–18 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 13–9 | — |

### 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 | Sherm Lollar | 109 | 284 | 74 | .261 | 8 | 49 |
| 1B | Jack Graham | 137 | 500 | 119 | .238 | 24 | 79 |
| 2B | Jerry Priddy | 145 | 544 | 158 | .290 | 11 | 63 |
| SS | Eddie Pellagrini | 79 | 235 | 56 | .238 | 2 | 15 |
| 3B | Bob Dillinger | 137 | 544 | 176 | .324 | 1 | 51 |
| OF | Stan Spence | 104 | 314 | 77 | .245 | 13 | 45 |
| OF | Dick Kokos | 143 | 501 | 131 | .261 | 23 | 77 |
| OF | Roy Sievers | 140 | 471 | 144 | .306 | 16 | 91 |

#### 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 |
| Paul Lehner | 104 | 297 | 68 | .229 | 3 | 37 |
| Les Moss | 97 | 278 | 81 | .291 | 10 | 39 |
| Whitey Platt | 102 | 244 | 63 | .258 | 3 | 29 |
| John Sullivan | 105 | 243 | 55 | .226 | 0 | 18 |
| Andy Anderson | 71 | 136 | 17 | .125 | 1 | 5 |
| Al Zarilla | 15 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 1 | 6 |
| George Elder | 41 | 44 | 11 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
| Owen Friend | 2 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Naples | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Wood | 7 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Arft | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
| Frankie Pack | 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 |
| Ned Garver | 41 | 223.2 | 12 | 17 | 3.98 | 70 |
| Cliff Fannin | 30 | 143.0 | 8 | 14 | 6.17 | 57 |
| Karl Drews | 31 | 139.2 | 4 | 12 | 6.64 | 35 |
| Ribs Raney | 3 | 16.1 | 1 | 2 | 7.71 | 5 |
| Ed Albrecht | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Kennedy | 48 | 153.2 | 4 | 11 | 4.69 | 69 |
| Al Papai | 42 | 142.1 | 4 | 11 | 5.06 | 31 |
| Joe Ostrowski | 40 | 141.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.79 | 34 |
| Red Embree | 35 | 127.1 | 3 | 13 | 5.37 | 24 |
| Dick Starr | 30 | 83.1 | 1 | 7 | 4.32 | 44 |

#### 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 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3.88 | 34 |
| Ray Shore | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 | 13 |
| Ralph Winegarner | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 8 |
| Bob Malloy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.79 | 2 |
| Bob Savage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 1 |
| Irv Medlinger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 4 |
| Jim Bilbrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Baltimore Orioles | International League | Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas and Jack Dunn III |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Gus Mancuso |
| A | Elmira Pioneers | Eastern League | Don Heffner, Jack Tobin and Sal Madrid |
| B | Wichita Falls Spudders | Big State League | Jack Bradsher |
| B | Springfield Browns | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Jim Crandall |
| C | Globe-Miami Browns | Arizona–Texas League | Frank Volpi and Ed Dancisak |
| C | Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers | Canadian–American League | Jim Cullinane |
| C | Pine Bluff Cardinals | Cotton States League | Harry Chozen |
| C | Marshall Browns | East Texas League | Walt DeFreitas |
| C | Aberdeen Pheasants | Northern League | Irv Hall |
| C | Salinas/Tijuana Colts | Sunset League | Bruce Ogrodowski |
| C | Muskogee Reds | Western Association | Heinie Mueller |
| D | Redding Browns | Far West League | Ray Perry |
| D | Pittsburg Browns | Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League | Albert Barkus and Olan Smith |
| D | Mayfield Clothiers | KITTY League | Bill Enos |
| D | Olean Oilers | PONY League | Shan Deniston and Larry Mancini |
| D | Ada Herefords | Sooner State League | Bill Krueger |
| D | Wausau Lumberjacks | Wisconsin State League | Joe Skurski |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Aberdeen Salinas club moved to Tijuana, August 5, 1949