1943 St. Louis Browns season explained

St. Louis Browns
Season:	1943
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	72–80 (.474)
League Place:	6th
Owners:	Donald Lee Barnes
General Managers:	Bill DeWitt
Managers:	Luke Sewell
Radio:	KWK (Dizzy Dean, Johnny O'Hara) KXOK (France Laux, Ron Rawson)

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.^[1]
• February 1, 1943: Paul Dean, brother of Browns broadcaster Dizzy Dean, was purchased by the Browns from the Washington Senators.^{[2] [3]}

Regular season

Roster

1943 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		88	250	47	.188	5	30
1B		125	449	109	.243	12	74
2B		132	538	147	.273	1	36
SS		137	512	148	.289	22	91
3B		105	379	88	.232	3	25
OF		108	344	88	.256	10	37
OF		129	429	120	.280	4	50
OF		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
	98	336	91	.271	2	35
	70	228	58	.254	2	17
	74	209	50	.239	0	20
	60	161	41	.255	0	10
	46	92	22	.239	0	8
	23	69	19	.275	0	5
	29	52	8	.154	0	1
	22	46	8	.174	0	4
	8	35	10	.286	0	1
	18	33	4	.121	0	2
	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
	31	224.0	11	11	2.77	114
	32	208.0	15	11	3.25	44
	35	205.0	13	12	2.81	80
	20	150.1	6	8	3.17	73
	10	52.1	1	6	7.39	37
	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
	33	168.1	10	5	2.78	80
	35	154.0	6	13	4.21	63
	11	28.2	0	2	5.02	4
	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
	13	0	0	0	4.04	9
	10	1	1	0	3.94	6
	3	2	0	0	2.70	0
	3	0	0	0	1.93	2
	3	0	0	0	8.00	4
	2	0	0	0	12.00	3

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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Awards and honors

• Vern Stephens, American League All-Star^[5]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/eppsha01.shtml Hal Epps page at Baseball-Reference
2. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.55, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003,
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deanpa01.shtml Paul Dean page at Baseball-Reference
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
5. As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 93, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003,