1948 St. Louis Browns season explained

St. Louis Browns
Season:	1948
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	59–94 (.386)
League Place:	6th
Owners:	Richard Muckerman, Bill DeWitt
General Managers:	Bill DeWitt
Managers:	Zack Taylor
Television:	KSD (Bob Ingham)
Radio:	WIL (France Laux)

The 1948 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses. It was the first Browns baseball season to be telecast on local television, having debuted its game broadcasts that year on KSD with Bob Ingham on the commentary box as the play by play announcer, nearly a year after other MLB teams made their television debuts.

Offseason

November 24, 1947: Ed Albrecht was drafted by the Browns from the New York Giants in the 1947 minor league draft.^[1]
December 9, 1947: Johnny Berardino was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Catfish Metkovich and $50,000.^[2]

Regular season

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.)^[2]
June 4, 1948: Ray Coleman was traded by the Browns to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Binks and $20,000.^[3]
June 15, 1948: Sam Zoldak was traded by the Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Bill Kennedy and $100,000.^[4]

Roster

1948 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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	107	335	86	.257	14	46
1B	85	287	75	.261	1	26
2B	151	560	166	.296	8	79
SS	105	290	69	.238	2	27
3B	153	644	207	.321	2	44
OF	144	529	174	.329	12	74
OF	123	454	123	.271	7	82
OF	103	333	92	.276	2	46

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
98	267	72	.270	0	22
71	258	77	.298	4	40
69	248	59	.238	5	38
82	231	47	.203	0	17
63	161	40	.248	3	25
41	104	26	.250	0	4
51	87	24	.276	1	12
43	37	7	.189	0	9
17	29	5	.172	0	2
10	24	2	.083	0	2
15	23	5	.217	0	1
2	3	1	.333	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
42	227.0	12	21	4.64	79
34	213.2	10	14	4.17	102
26	132.0	7	8	4.70	77
11	54.0	2	4	4.67	13
2	10.1	1	1	5.23	4

Other pitchers