1948 St. Louis Browns Roster (40-man)

1947 Season 1949 Season

Record: 59-94-2, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Zack Taylor (59-94-2)

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park III

Attendance: 335,564 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 106
One-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 109

Pythagorean W-L: 60-93, 671 Runs, 849 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Andy Anderson	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	172	Nov 13, 1922	1st	51	13	51	32	0	0	2	21	0	10	0	0	0	0	25	5	0.2	$2,500
Hank Arft	26	us US	L	L	5' 10"	190	Jan 28, 1922	1st	69	69	69	69	0	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$3,600
George Binks	33	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Jul 11, 1914	5	15	4	15	8	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	8	0	-0.2
Frank Biscan	28	us US	L	L	5' 11"	190	Mar 13, 1920	3	47	4	47	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$3,000
Ray Coleman	26	us US	L	R	5' 11"	170	Jun 4, 1922	2	17	5	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	11	1	-0.2
Sam Dente	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Apr 26, 1922	2	98	61	98	81	0	0	0	0	6	77	0	0	0	0	24	2	0.3
Bob Dillinger	29	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Sep 17, 1918	3	153	151	153	153	0	0	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.5
Clem Dreisewerd	32	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Jan 24, 1916	4	13	0	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Karl Drews	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	192	Feb 22, 1920	3	20	2	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Cliff Fannin	24	us US	L	R	6' 0"	170	May 13, 1924	4	48	29	48	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4.2
Ned Garver	22	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Dec 25, 1925	1st	46	24	46	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	5.6
Al Gerheauser	31	us US	L	L	6' 3"	190	Jun 24, 1917	5	14	2	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Tom Jordan	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Sep 5, 1919	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		$5,000
Bill Kennedy	27	us US	L	L	6' 2"	195	Mar 14, 1921	1st	26	20	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1
Dick Kokos	20	us US	L	L	5' 8"	170	Feb 28, 1928	1st	71	68	71	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	71	3	0	0.8
Pete Layden	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 30, 1919	1st	41	25	41	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	5	30	8	5	-0.7
Paul Lehner	27	us US	L	L	5' 9"	160	Jul 1, 1920	3	103	79	103	91	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	89	0	89	14	0	-0.7
Don Lund	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	May 18, 1923	3	63	34	63	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	25	45	22	3	-0.5
Jerry McCarthy	25	us US	L	L	6' 1"	205	May 23, 1923	1st	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1
Les Moss	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	205	May 14, 1925	3	107	88	107	104	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.8
Joe Ostrowski	31	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Nov 15, 1916	1st	26	9	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Roy Partee	30	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Sep 7, 1917	5	82	67	82	76	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	-2.1	$10,000
Eddie Pellagrini	30	us US	R	R	5' 9"	160	Mar 13, 1918	3	105	94	105	97	0	0	0	0	0	97	0	0	0	0	2	8	-0.1
Whitey Platt	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Aug 21, 1920	4	123	112	123	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	114	0	0	114	10	0	-0.7
Nels Potter	36	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 23, 1911	11	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$8,500
Jerry Priddy	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Nov 9, 1919	6	151	146	151	146	0	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4.5
Fred Sanford	28	us US	B	R	6' 1"	200	Aug 9, 1919	4	43	33	43	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.0
Joe Schultz	29	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 29, 1918	9	43	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0
Ralph Schwamb	21	us US	R	R	6' 5"	198	Aug 6, 1926	1st	12	5	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Ray Shore	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Jun 9, 1921	2	17	4	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Bryan Stephens	27	us US	R	R	6' 4"	175	Jul 14, 1920	2	43	12	43	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Chuck Stevens	29	us US	B	L	6' 1"	180	Jul 10, 1918	3	85	85	85	85	0	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Al Widmar	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Mar 20, 1925	2	49	0	49	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Jim Wilson	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Feb 20, 1922	3	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$6,500
Ken Wood	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	Jul 1, 1924	1st	10	5	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	0	-0.5
Al Zarilla	29	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	May 1, 1919	5	144	134	144	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	57	59	136	9	1	3.0	$7,500	All-Star
Sam Zoldak	29	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Dec 8, 1918	5	11	9	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$10,500
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Zack Taylor	49	us US	Jul 27, 1898	Manager	Apr 20	Oct 3
Fred Hofmann	54	us US	Jun 10, 1894		Apr 20	Oct 3
Jack Tobin	56	us US	May 4, 1892		Apr 20	Oct 3
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date