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.
Offseason November 24, 1947: Ed Albrecht was drafted by the Browns from the New York Giants in the 1947 minor league draft.Ed Albrecht at Baseball-Reference December 9, 1947: Johnny Berardino was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Catfish Metkovich and $50,000.Catfish Metkovich at Baseball-Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions 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.) June 4, 1948: Ray Coleman was traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Binks and $20,000.Ray Coleman at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1948: Sam Zoldak was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Kennedy and $100,000.Sam Zoldak at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1948 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 107 335 86 .257 14 46 1B 85 287 75 .261 1 26 2B 151 560 166 .296 8 79 SS 105 290 69 .238 2 27 3B 153 644 207 .321 2 44 OF 144 529 174 .329 12 74 OF 123 454 123 .271 7 82 OF 103 333 92 .276 2 46
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 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 51 87 24 .276 1 12 Joe Schultz Jr. 43 37 7 .189 0 9 17 29 5 .172 0 2 Ken Wood 10 24 2 .083 0 2 15 23 5 .217 0 1 Jerry McCarthy 2 3 1 .333 0 0 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 Fred Sanford 42 227.0 12 21 4.64 79 34 213.2 10 14 4.17 102 26 132.0 7 8 4.70 77 11 54.0 2 4 4.67 13 Nels Potter 2 10.1 1 1 5.23 4
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 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 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 47 6 7 2 6.11 45 20 3 2 2 8.05 11 Al Gerheauser 14 0 3 0 7.33 10 13 0 2 1 5.64 6 4 0 0 0 13.50 0
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Port Chester, Globe-Miami
References
External links 1948 St. Louis Browns team at Baseball-Reference 1948 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com