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.Hal Epps page at Baseball-Reference February 1, 1943: Paul Dean, brother of Browns broadcaster Dizzy Dean, was purchased by the Browns from the Washington Senators.As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.55, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, Paul Dean page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1943 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team 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 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 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 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 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

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Awards and honors Vern Stephens, American League All-StarAs Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 93, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003,

References

External links 1943 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1943 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com