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1949 St. Louis Browns  (1948)  (1950)
65-89, 6th in American League
Scored 749 runs, Allowed 860 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .681
Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 106 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 70-84   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 53-101
Manager(s): Pat Carr

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS  Vern Stephens        28  154  586  108  178  28   1  50  132   1   0  107   92  .304  .408  .611  149   9.3  3e26       88  
 3B  Bob Dillinger        30  142  585   85  184  19  14   3   40  19   3   47   49  .315  .368  .410   90   5.9  4e28      -24  
 OF *Dick Kokos           21  146  564   75  142  25   2  26   80   3   1   57  145  .252  .321  .441   76   4.6  4(-1)e7   -48  
 2B  Joe Gordon           34  153  580   73  135  21   4  21   79   2   1   77   51  .233  .324  .391   73   4.2  1e16      -46  
 1B *Jack Graham          32  150  548   70  127  21   0  31   83   0   0   68   96  .232  .317  .440   73   4.5  2e21        1  
 OF  Roy Sievers          22   77  262   42   90  19   1  15   50   0   0   33   43  .344  .415  .595   67  10.2  4(+3)e11  142  
 OF  Clyde Vollmer        27   92  268   41   69  14   0  16   47   0   0   32   51  .257  .337  .489   43   5.6  4(+1)e8   100  
 C   Sherm Lollar         24   96  322   39   85   6   0  13   46   0   0   23   23  .264  .314  .404   38   4.1  2(-2)e5    -5  
 OF *Stan Spence          34  118  373   53   84   9   1  11   41   0   0   40   44  .225  .298  .343   37   3.3  3(-2)e7  -131  
 C   Mickey Owen          33   65  210   28   70   7   4   1   22   0   1   15   13  .333  .370  .419   32   5.7  2(+1)e10   92  
 OF *Catfish Metkovich    28   88  173   22   52   2   7   4   28   1   1   15   10  .301  .358  .462   27   5.8  2(+2)e12  168  
 OF *Marv Rickert         28   25   80   20   28   7   0   4   16   0   0    5    9  .350  .384  .588   18   9.0  4(0)e9    181  
 OF  Whitey Platt         28   76  138   20   37   4   0   0    4   0   0   12   14  .268  .327  .297   12   3.3  2(+2)e7   -45  
 C  *Smoky Burgess        22   21   59    4   20   1   0   0    4   0   0    7    5  .339  .409  .356    8   6.1  4(+1)e7   127  
 OF *Al Zarilla           30   36   54   10   15   4   0   2    7   0   0    4    4  .278  .328  .463    7   5.0  3(-2)e4    27  
 SS  Andy Anderson        26   23   60    8   11   1   0   2    5   0   0    6    8  .183  .258  .300    4   2.5  4e30      182  
 1B  Mike Goliat          27   16   27    2    7   1   1   1    1   0   0    3    4  .259  .333  .481    4   5.3  4e13      202  
 SS  John Sullivan        28   32   13    1    3   0   0   0    1   2   0    3    6  .231  .375  .231    1   4.9  1e34       -9  
 PH *Luke Easter          33   20   15    6    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    5    1  .200  .400  .200    1   3.9            -29  
 OF *Wally Judnich        33    6    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .125  .125  .125    0    .5  2(-1)e9  -257  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           771                   16

     * - 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  Vic Raschi           30  16  16  .500  41  38  16   1   0   0   4  283.0  298  158  132  19  152  156  4.20  154   4.8   13  
  P *Ed Lopat             31  13  16  .448  33  33   7   0   0   0   1  235.1  283  138  114  26   75   95  4.36  144   5.4   45  
  P  Bob Feller           30  11  15  .423  30  30  13   0   0   0   0  232.1  251  141  133  30   95  143  5.15  141   5.5   51  
  P  Larry Jansen         28   9  22  .290  38  37  18   1   1   0   4  279.0  318  176  152  39   91  143  4.90  174   5.6   39  
  P  Jack Kramer          31   7  10  .412  50   7   2  32   5   5   0  124.1  154  101   82  12   65   29  5.94   92   6.7   40  
  P  Dick Starr           28   5   5  .500  41   6   0  30   4   2   0   90.2  116   63   55  11   45   61  5.46   63   6.4  -38  
  P  Red Embree           31   3   4  .429  31   3   0  23   1   0   0   84.1  105   67   54  11   54   20  5.76   65   6.8   13  
  P *Harry Perkowski      26   1   1  .500  15   0   0   8   3   1   0   25.1   22   14   14   0   22    4  4.97   12   4.4  -89  
  P *Forrest Thompson     31   0   0  .000   6   0   0   3   0   0   0    7.2    6    2    2   0    5    5  2.35    3   4.6 -147  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      853         26

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Sherm Lollar          724  81  92  401   28   7   4  .984  13  10
 Mickey Owen           520  60  62  289   29   8   2  .975  30  14
 Smoky Burgess         119  13  15   69    8   1   0  .987   7   4
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jack Graham 1312 149 150 1403 126 21 133 .986 10.49 Mike Goliat 46 5 7 51 5 0 3 1.000 10.96 Marv Rickert* 20 1 6 27 2 0 2 1.000 13.05 Stan Spence 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.12 Whitey Platt 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Gordon 1353 153 153 381 457 19 101 .978 5.57 Mike Goliat 8 1 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.62 John Sullivan 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Dillinger 1166 131 139 181 366 18 23 .968 4.22 Andy Anderson 167 20 22 33 54 6 7 .935 4.69 John Sullivan 18 2 3 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.50 Roy Sievers 11 1 3 3 4 1 0 .875 5.73 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vern Stephens 1336 154 154 233 446 34 86 .952 4.57 John Sullivan 26 0 19 5 9 2 5 .875 4.91 Andy Anderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Roy Sievers           532  65  67  107    2   3   1  .973  1.84
 Marv Rickert*         439  52  53  116    1   4   0  .967  2.40
 Catfish Metkovich     368  39  54   83    8   3   0  .968  2.23
 Clyde Vollmer         215  26  29   37    5   3   0  .933  1.76
 Whitey Platt           37   0  19   13    0   1   0  .929  3.19
 Dick Kokos             33   3   7   10    1   0   0 1.000  3.00
 Stan Spence             7   0   6    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Al Zarilla*             6   0   4    2    0   0   0 1.000  3.00
 Luke Easter             2   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  3.86
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Stan Spence 745 89 94 203 16 3 0 .986 2.65 Clyde Vollmer 304 36 37 65 2 1 0 .985 1.98 Whitey Platt 280 27 47 80 3 4 0 .954 2.66 Catfish Metkovich 19 0 14 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Wally Judnich 13 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.69 Marv Rickert* 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Al Zarilla* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Kokos 1191 141 141 258 9 12 2 .957 2.02 Al Zarilla* 502 59 67 95 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 Stan Spence 36 0 16 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 Clyde Vollmer 18 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 Catfish Metkovich 12 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 Whitey Platt 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Wally Judnich 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1949 Draft


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