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.
1941 St. Louis Browns | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 70–84 (.455) | |
League place | 6th | |
Owners | Donald Lee Barnes | |
General managers | Bill DeWitt | |
Managers | Fred Haney, Luke Sewell | |
Radio | KWK (Dizzy Dean) KXOK | |
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Offseason
edit- November 16, 1940: George Caster was selected off waivers by the Browns from the Philadelphia Athletics.[1]
Regular season
editThe 1941 season marked a change in management, as Luke Sewell was appointed the Browns new manager on June 5, 1941.[2] While the St. Louis Cardinals drew over 600,000 fans, the Browns barely drew 175,000.[3] The consensus was that St. Louis could not support two teams.
Potential move to Los Angeles
editThe 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.[3] 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.[3] It was expected that all Major League Baseball owners would approve of the move at the upcoming Winter Meetings.[3] Before the scheduled meetings, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and California would stay closed to Major League Baseball for another decade.
Season standings
editAmerican League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 51–26 | 50–27 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 17 | 47–30 | 37–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 24 | 38–39 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 42–35 | 33–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 31 | 40–37 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 31 | 40–37 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 37 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 9–13–1 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 6–16 | — | 17–5 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Cleveland | 13–9 | 5–17 | — | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 18–4 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–16 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 9–13 | 8–14 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 9–13–1 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 11–11 | — | 11–11–1 | |||||
Washington | 8–14 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | 11–11–1 | — |
Notable transactions
edit- May 5, 1941: Rip Radcliff was purchased from the Browns by the Detroit Tigers for $25,000.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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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 | Johnny Berardino | 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
editNote: 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 |
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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 |
Bobby Estalella | 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
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Elden Auker | 34 | 216.0 | 14 | 15 | 5.50 | 60 |
Denny Galehouse | 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
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Muncrief | 36 | 214.1 | 13 | 9 | 3.65 | 67 |
George Caster | 32 | 104.1 | 3 | 7 | 5.00 | 36 |
Johnny Allen | 20 | 67.0 | 2 | 5 | 6.58 | 27 |
Relief pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jack Kramer | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5.16 | 20 |
Bill Trotter | 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 |
Emil Bildilli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 |
Hooks Iott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
Farm system
editSt. Joseph franchise transferred to Carthage and renamed, June 3, 1941[5]
References
edit- ^ George Caster page at Baseball Reference
- ^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 13, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
- ^ a b c d As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p. 12, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
- ^ Rip Radcliff page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
External links
edit- 1941 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1941 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com