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.John Sullivan at Baseball-Reference December 16, 1948: Bob Savage was selected off waivers by the Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.Bob Savage at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1949 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 SB C 109 284 74 .261 8 490 1B 137 500 119 .238 24 790 2B Jerry Priddy 145 544 158 .290 11 635 SS Eddie Pellagrini 79 235 56 .238 2 152 3B Bob Dillinger 137 544 176 .324 1 5120 OF Stan Spence 104 314 77 .245 13 451 OF Dick Kokos 143 501 131 .261 23 773 OF Roy Sievers 140 471 144 .306 16 911

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 29 105 243 55 .226 0 18 71 136 17 .125 1 5 Al Zarilla 15 56 14 .250 1 6 41 44 11 .250 0 2 Owen Friend 2 8 3 .375 0 1 Al Naples 2 7 1 .143 0 0 7 6 0 .000 0 0 Hank Arft 6 5 1 .200 0 2 Frankie Pack 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 41 223.2 12 17* 3.98 70 30 143.0 8 14 6.17 57 31 139.2 4 12 6.64 35 Ribs Raney 3 16.1 1 2 7.71 5 1 5.0 1 0 5.40 1 Tied with Paul Calvert and Sid Hudson (both with Washington)

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 48 153.2 4 11 4.69 69 Al Papai 42 142.1 4 11 5.06 31 40 141.0 8 8 4.79 34 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 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 5 1 1 0 2.79 2 4 0 0 0 6.43 1 3 0 0 0 27.00 4 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AberdeenSalinas club moved to Tijuana, August 5, 1949

References

External links 1949 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference 1949 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com