1948 St. Louis Browns season

1948 St. Louis Browns
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Owners	Richard Muckerman
Managers	Zack Taylor
Television	KSD (Bob Ingham)
Radio	WIL (France Laux)
Seasons

The 1948 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

• November 24, 1947: Ed Albrecht was drafted by the Browns from the New York Giants in the 1947 minor league draft.
• December 9, 1947: Johnny Berardino was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Catfish Metkovich and $50,000.

Regular Season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	97	58	.626	—	48‍–‍30	49‍–‍28
Boston Red Sox	96	59	.619	1	55‍–‍23	41‍–‍36
New York Yankees	94	60	.610	2½	50‍–‍27	44‍–‍33
Philadelphia Athletics	84	70	.545	12½	36‍–‍41	48‍–‍29
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	18½	39‍–‍38	39‍–‍38
St. Louis Browns	59	94	.386	37	34‍–‍42	25‍–‍52
Washington Senators	56	97	.366	40	29‍–‍48	27‍–‍49
Chicago White Sox	51	101	.336	44½	27‍–‍48	24‍–‍53

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.)

Roster

1948 St. Louis Browns roster
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

• Class AAA: Toledo Mud Hens (American Association; George Detore, manager)
• Class AA: San Antonio Missions (Texas League; Gus Mancuso, manager)
• Class A: Elmira Pioneers (Eastern League; Packy Rogers, manager)
• Class B: Wichita Falls Spudders (Big State League; Marc Carrola, manager)
• Class B: Port Chester Clippers (Colonial League; Al Barillari, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
• Class B: Springfield Browns (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Hank Helf and Irv Hall, managers)
• Class C: Globe-Miami Browns (Arizona-Texas League; Don Heffner, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
• Class C: Modesto Reds (California League; Bill Jackson, manager)
• Class C: Gloversville-Johnstown Glovers (Canadian-American League; Jim McDonnell, manager)
• Class C: Hannibal Pilots (Central Association; Walt DeFreitas, manager)
• Class C: Aberdeen Pheasants (Northern League; Jim Crandall, manager)
• Class C: Muskogee Reds (Western Association; Ray Baker, manager)
• Class D: Redding Browns (Far West League; Ray Perry, manager)
• Class D: Griffin Pimentos (Georgia-Alabama League; Adel White and Paul Campbell, managers)
• Class D: Belleville Stags (Illinois State League; Jerry Nemitz and Shan Deniston, managers)
• Class D: Pittsburg Browns (Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League; Shan Deniston and Don Smith, managers)
• Class D: Mayfield Clothiers (KITTY League; Mike Sertich, Ken Jungels and Carroll "Pete" Peterson, managers)
• Class D: Peekskill Highlanders (North Atlantic League; Al Gardella, manager)
• Class D: Ada Herefords (Sooner State League; Ucal Clanton, manager)
• Class D: Wausau Lumberjacks (Wisconsin State League; Joe Skurski, manager)

References

• 1948 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1948 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com