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1943 St. Louis Browns  (1942)  (1944) 74-80, 4th in American League Scored 529 runs, Allowed 593 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .706 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 74-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 72-80 Manager(s): Pat Carr

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Milt Byrnes          26  132  474   55  138  41   6   2   57   0   2   65   56  .291  .377  .416   75   5.8  2(-1)e1    25  
 SS  Vern Stephens        22  137  523   74  136  26   2  18   80   9   2   64   90  .260  .340  .421   74   4.9  3e41      -79  
 2B  Don Gutteridge       31  140  544   52  146  29   3   0   52  11   4   37   54  .268  .317  .333   56   3.6  3e33      -52  
 1B *Johnny McCarthy      33  100  362   38  107  25  10   4   46   0   0   13   28  .296  .322  .453   51   5.2  4e13       10  
 3B  Harlond Clift        30  137  482   55  100  12   6   8   33   7   0   52   50  .207  .284  .307   46   3.1  1e28      -46  
 OF *Mike Chartak         27  110  380   42   86  10   1   8   31   0   0   50   60  .226  .317  .321   39   3.5  2(-1)e10  -96  
 C   Mickey Owen          27  124  411   21   99   8   2   0   32   2   2   31   21  .241  .292  .270   31   2.6  2(+1)e4   -49  
 UT  Mark Christman       29  105  368   16   78  12   3   0   42   0   0   20   26  .212  .256  .261   23   2.1           -152  
 OF *Al Zarilla           24   71  251   26   62   6   0   0   19   4   4   17   24  .247  .298  .271   21   2.9  3(-2)e13  -60  
 OF  Jake Powell          34   46  164   21   45  12   1   0   12   4   0    9   16  .274  .311  .360   19   4.1  2(+1)e9     2  
 OF  Ford Garrison        27   49  171   16   50   3   2   1   12   0   0    4   30  .292  .307  .351   18   4.2  2(+3)e9    -5  
 OF  Mike Kreevich        35   74  201   34   46   3   0   0   11   7   1   19   24  .229  .295  .244   16   2.6  2(0)e9   -112  
 OF *Gene Hermanski       23   35  139   16   35   3   1   0    6   3   4   23   20  .252  .361  .288   15   3.6  3(0)e9   -134  
 OF *Frank Colman         25   17   58    7   26   2   0   0    8   0   1    9    6  .448  .515  .483   14  10.9  3(+1)e9   266  
 C   Bob Finley           27   29   78   10   22   1   0   2    8   0   0    6    8  .282  .341  .372   10   5.0  4(-1)e12   98  
 2B  Jimmy Bloodworth     25   47   82    6   17   3   0   1    7   3   1    7   12  .207  .270  .280    6   2.8  3e24      -82  
 C  *Joe Schultz          24   58   91    5   18   6   0   0    9   0   2   13   13  .198  .305  .264    6   2.3  4(+5)e7   -32  
 OF *Woody Wheaton        28   14   61    4   14   5   0   0    6   0   0    5    9  .230  .288  .311    5   3.1  4(-3)e9    39  
 OF *Paul Busby           24   21   78    7   18   2   0   0    7   1   0    2    1  .231  .250  .256    4   2.2  4(0)e9    -54  
 1B *Don Hanski           27    3   11    0    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .364  .417  .455    2   8.5  4e30      347  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           541                  -46

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Johnny Niggeling     40  15  10  .600  28  28  15   0   0   0   4  220.2  175   61   50   4   80  122  2.04   67   2.7  -10  
  P  Denny Galehouse      31  14  12  .538  32  32  10   0   0   0   4  250.0  230   95   86   7   82  139  3.10   92   3.3  -92  
  P  Red Barrett          28  11  15  .423  35  35  14   0   0   0   2  284.1  289  127   94  12   73   82  2.98  124   3.9   20  
  P  Nels Potter          31   9   9  .500  44  13   5  27  15   9   1  169.0  161   67   59  11   55  100  3.14   71   3.8   26  
  P  Steve Sundra         33   9  17  .346  32  32   6   0   0   0   0  226.1  235  116   93  15   64   57  3.70  102   4.0  -37  
  P *Al Gerheauser        26   7   8  .467  26  12   4  13   0   0   1  120.0  129   54   49   4   27   49  3.68   55   4.1  -50  
  P *Ray Prim             36   6   3  .667  34   2   1  17   0   5   0   60.0   66   20   19   3   17   27  2.85   28   4.2    0  
  P  Dave Odom            25   3   3  .500  26   0   0  17   1   0   0   34.2   47   32   28   4   21   16  7.27   34   9.1  183  
  P  Rex Barney           18   0   1  .000  23   0   0  11   0   0   0   26.1   31   15   13   2   20   19  4.44   22   7.4  147  
  P  Walter Signer        32   0   2  .000  20   0   0  14   3   0   0   25.2   21    6    6   1    2    3  2.10    6   2.4 -179  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      604        -15

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mickey Owen 1024 111 121 492 78 6 2 .990 86 43 Joe Schultz 206 24 32 106 16 2 1 .984 21 13 Bob Finley 187 19 25 105 4 2 1 .982 5 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny McCarthy 806 88 93 859 77 11 74 .988 10.45 Mark Christman 351 38 42 379 35 4 31 .990 10.63 Mike Chartak 233 25 29 247 22 7 18 .975 10.38 Don Hanski 26 3 3 24 1 1 0 .962 8.65 Joe Schultz 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Gutteridge 1242 137 138 365 408 25 91 .969 5.60 Jimmy Bloodworth 173 17 26 52 57 1 13 .991 5.68 Mark Christman 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harlond Clift 1179 127 135 172 327 17 32 .967 3.81 Mark Christman 234 27 28 31 54 5 1 .944 3.27 Mickey Owen 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vern Stephens 1161 126 128 254 347 29 66 .954 4.66 Mark Christman 256 28 29 56 96 7 16 .956 5.34 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Zarilla 534 62 63 100 2 6 0 .944 1.72 Mike Kreevich 285 29 37 63 0 0 0 1.000 1.99 Paul Busby 159 18 18 48 4 2 0 .963 2.94 Jake Powell 147 15 19 42 1 5 0 .896 2.63 Frank Colman 140 15 15 23 1 2 0 .923 1.54 Mike Chartak 80 9 10 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 Ford Garrison 63 6 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Vern Stephens 6 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Milt Byrnes 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Milt Byrnes 1115 123 124 300 14 0 0 1.000 2.53 Jake Powell 148 16 17 50 3 0 0 1.000 3.22 Ford Garrison 80 8 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 Woody Wheaton 62 7 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.03 Mike Kreevich 8 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Vern Stephens 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Chartak 561 63 64 140 2 4 0 .973 2.28 Gene Hermanski 318 35 35 83 2 5 1 .944 2.40 Ford Garrison 203 22 25 40 2 1 0 .977 1.86 Mike Kreevich 162 17 21 42 4 1 0 .979 2.56 Jake Powell 78 7 10 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 Woody Wheaton 62 7 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.16 Paul Busby 14 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.64 Vern Stephens 12 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Al Zarilla 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Milt Byrnes 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1943 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Johnny Niggeling
Round 2 (#20):	Johnny McCarthy
Round 3 (#32):	Ray Prim
Round 4 (#46):	Jake Powell
Round 5 (#54):	Gene Hermanski
Round 6 (#59):	Ford Garrison
Round 7 (#63):	Walter Signer
Round 8 (#66):	Bob Finley
Round 9 (#69):	Dave Odom
Round 10 (#72):	Rex Barney
Round 11 (#74):	Paul Busby

Transactions

• 1943-16: acquired Woody Wheaton as a free agent
• 1943-17: acquired Don Hanski as a free agent
• 1943 postseason: released Mark Christman, Frank Colman, Jack Kramer

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