The 1941 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason November 16, 1940: George Caster was selected off waivers by the Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.George Caster page at Baseball Reference

Regular season The 1941 season marked a change in management, as Luke Sewell was appointed the Browns new manager on June 5, 1941.As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 13, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, While the St. Louis Cardinals drew over 600,000 fans, the Browns barely drew 175,000.As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 12, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, The consensus was that St. Louis could not support two teams.

Potential move to Los Angeles The Browns ownership had reached an agreement to move the franchise to Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce had guaranteed attendance of 500,000, a figure that the Browns had not seen since their 1924 season. The Browns would play in the stadium that was used by the Pacific Coast League's Los Angeles Angels. As part of the agreement to move to Los Angeles, the Browns would buy the stadium. It was expected that all Major League Baseball owners would approve of the move at the upcoming Winter Meetings. Before the scheduled meetings, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and California would stay closed to Major League Baseball for another decade.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 5, 1941: Rip Radcliff was purchased from the Browns by the Detroit Tigers for $25,000.Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1941 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 Rick Ferrell 100 321 81 .252 2 23 1B George McQuinn 130 495 147 .297 18 80 2B Don Heffner 110 399 93 .233 0 17 SS 128 469 127 .271 5 89 3B Harlond Clift 154 584 149 .255 17 84 OF Wally Judnich 146 546 155 .284 14 83 OF Chet Laabs 118 392 109 .278 15 59 OF Roy Cullenbine 149 501 159 .317 9 98

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 Joe Grace 115 362 112 .309 6 60 Johnny Lucadello 107 351 98 .279 2 31 Bob Swift 63 170 44 .259 0 21 Alan Strange 45 112 26 .232 0 11 46 83 20 .241 0 14 Rip Radcliff 19 71 20 .282 2 14 Frank Grube 18 39 6 .154 0 1 George Archie 9 29 11 .379 0 5 Glenn McQuillen 7 21 7 .333 0 3 Chuck Stevens 4 13 2 .154 0 2 Vern Stephens 3 2 1 .500 0 0 Myril Hoag 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 34 216.0 14 15 5.50 60 30 190.1 9 10 3.64 61 Bob Harris 34 186.2 12 14 5.21 57 Johnny Niggeling 24 168.1 7 9 3.80 68 Vern Kennedy 6 45.0 2 4 4.40 6

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 Bob Muncrief 36 214.1 13 9 3.65 67 32 104.1 3 7 5.00 36 20 67.0 2 5 6.58 27

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 Jack Kramer 29 4 3 2 5.16 20 29 4 2 0 5.98 17 Fritz Ostermueller 15 0 3 0 4.50 20 Maury Newlin 14 0 2 1 6.51 10 Archie McKain 8 0 1 1 8.10 2 2 0 0 0 11.57 2 Hooks Iott 2 0 0 0 9.00 1

Farm system

St. Joseph franchise transferred to Carthage and renamed, June 3, 1941Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links 1941 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1941 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com