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1951 St. Louis Browns  (1950)  (1952) 64-90, 6th in American League Scored 557 runs, Allowed 621 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 74-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 52-102 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Luke Easter          35  139  532   65  152  11   4  31   90   0   0   44   82  .286  .344  .496   88   6.1  4e17       26  
 OF *Ray Coleman          29  144  556   76  157  24  10  10   45   6   6   53   71  .282  .348  .415   78   5.1  3(-2)e9    16  
 2B *Bobby Young          26  151  632   68  178  17   9   6   55   4   6   38   71  .282  .323  .366   71   3.9  3e17       63  
 SS  Vern Stephens        30  119  410   56  120  13   2  13   48   1   0   47   52  .293  .366  .429   65   5.8  3e31      -70  
 OF *Jim Delsing          25  143  501   56  118  12   5  11   46   5   5   61   54  .236  .320  .345   56   3.8  3(-1)e7   -29  
 3B  Fred Marsh           27  143  470   48  116  24   6   0   46   6   0   52   60  .247  .324  .323   50   3.6  3e36       13  
 C   Sherm Lollar         26  105  334   30   82  18   0   3   27   0   0   53   38  .246  .348  .326   40   4.1  2(-2)e7   -73  
 OF  Don Lenhardt         28   88  329   41   78  14   5   7   37   4   3   36   42  .237  .315  .374   37   3.8  4(+2)e9  -106  
 OF  Jack Maguire         26   60  136   17   38   3   2   2   19   2   1   17   27  .279  .355  .375   18   4.6  4(0)e9     64  
 OF *Barney McCosky       34   59  101    9   33   4   0   2    5   1   2    8    7  .327  .376  .426   16   6.1  2(+1)e9    85  
 OF  Roy Sievers          24   36  107    9   30   2   0   3   13   0   0    9   31  .280  .342  .383   14   4.8  4(+3)e9   119  
 OF *Vern Benson          26   30   49    4   17   5   1   1    8   0   0    9   10  .347  .448  .551   13  11.1  4(+3)e25  218  
 C   Mickey Owen          35   70  229   21   41   8   0   0   13   2   2   24   29  .179  .255  .214   12   1.7  2(+1)e9   -55  
 1B *Hank Arft            29   77  120    9   20   4   3   3   20   1   1   14   12  .167  .268  .325   10   2.6  2e15     -143  
 SS *Johnny Bero          28   34  103    5   22   2   0   0    5   2   0   15   25  .214  .311  .233    8   2.9  3e31     -116  
 SS  Tom Upton            24   42  129    7   26   7   4   0    6   0   1    5   15  .202  .231  .318    8   2.2  3e32        4  
 SS  Bill Jennings        25   14   26    4    6   2   0   0    1   0   0    6    6  .231  .394  .308    3   5.2  2e35      174  
 OF  Wally Post           21   19   49    2    9   6   0   0    2   0   0    3    8  .184  .222  .306    3   2.4  3(-2)e17 -110  
 2B  Mike Goliat          29   16   29    3    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .207  .258  .207    1   2.0  3e23     -134  
 OF  Bob Cerv             26    8   18    1    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    8  .167  .286  .222    1   2.5  3(+1)e25  -55  
 1B *Ben Taylor           23   28   24    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .208  .310  .208    1   1.6  4e30     -216  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           604                   -9

     * - 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  Larry Jansen         30  17  16  .515  39  37  16   2   0   1   3  307.0  300  135  108  24   84  174  3.17  128   3.7    4  
  P  Sal Maglie           34  16  18  .471  40  39  23   0   0   0   4  320.1  313  152  133  36  133  186  3.74  166   4.7   44  
  P *Ed Lopat             33  13  14  .481  31  31  15   0   0   0   3  258.2  242   87   72  18   80  125  2.51  100   3.5    3  
  P  Vic Raschi           32   8  19  .296  36  35  13   1   0   0   3  277.1  274  128  107  28  101  185  3.47  135   4.3   33  
  P  Satchel Paige        45   4   5  .444  44   0   0  31   0   2   0   65.2   65   34   32   6   38   58  4.39   38   5.3  -52  
  P *Stubby Overmire      32   3   3  .500  37   0   0  26   0   0   0   47.2   65   26   25   4   26   12  4.72   37   7.1   27  
  P  Bob Feller           32   2  15  .118  35  12   4  21   4   5   0  127.1  138   59   47  14   40   55  3.32   67   4.7    8  
  P *Morrie Martin        28   1   0 1.000   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    3.2    2    0    0   0    2    0  0.00    0   1.5 -323  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 32                                                                                      675         16

     * - 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 845 90 101 517 33 5 3 .991 26 13 Mickey Owen 563 64 69 378 40 10 1 .977 38 24 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luke Easter 1196 132 134 1163 108 15 132 .988 9.56 Hank Arft 202 21 33 198 22 2 15 .991 9.79 Ben Taylor 9 1 3 11 3 0 2 1.000 14.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Young 1358 150 151 341 469 16 121 .981 5.37 Mike Goliat 41 4 6 15 20 0 5 1.000 7.68 Jack Maguire 8 0 3 3 1 1 0 .800 4.50 Johnny Bero 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Fred Marsh 1238 139 142 135 256 34 39 .920 2.84 Vern Stephens 130 12 19 18 17 2 1 .946 2.42 Jack Maguire 28 3 5 5 5 0 1 1.000 3.21 Vern Benson 10 0 4 1 1 1 0 .667 1.80 Mike Goliat 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Sherm Lollar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vern Stephens 796 86 96 147 253 16 58 .962 4.52 Tom Upton 301 35 35 62 95 4 27 .975 4.69 Johnny Bero 232 25 29 43 78 4 16 .968 4.70 Bill Jennings 62 6 10 16 19 0 1 1.000 5.11 Fred Marsh 17 2 4 6 8 0 4 1.000 7.41 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Delsing 624 66 83 182 5 6 0 .969 2.70 Don Lenhardt 469 53 56 139 3 5 0 .966 2.73 Jack Maguire 113 13 16 35 3 0 0 1.000 3.03 Roy Sievers 78 9 12 26 0 1 0 .963 2.99 Vern Benson 39 5 7 4 0 1 0 .800 0.93 Wally Post 37 4 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.16 Barney McCosky 18 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 Ray Coleman 15 0 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 Bob Cerv 15 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Coleman 740 84 87 176 9 3 1 .984 2.25 Jim Delsing 402 47 50 84 7 1 1 .989 2.04 Barney McCosky 224 18 44 50 6 1 1 .982 2.25 Jack Maguire 18 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Vern Benson 9 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 Don Lenhardt 8 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bob Cerv 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ray Coleman 469 50 56 115 5 5 1 .960 2.30 Don Lenhardt 279 30 33 59 0 3 0 .952 1.90 Jim Delsing 209 23 27 49 0 1 0 .980 2.11 Roy Sievers 153 18 19 47 1 1 1 .980 2.82 Jack Maguire 149 18 20 36 3 1 1 .975 2.36 Wally Post 91 10 12 20 0 1 0 .952 1.99 Vern Benson 28 3 4 8 0 1 0 .889 2.60 Bob Cerv 23 2 3 9 0 1 0 .900 3.47 Barney McCosky 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1951 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Sherm Lollar
Round 2 (#17):	Don Lenhardt
Round 3 (#32):	Mickey Owen

Transactions

• 1951-07: traded Morrie Martin to PHA for Mike Goliat
• 1951-07: acquired Vern Benson as a free agent
• 1951-09: acquired Wally Post as a free agent
• 1951-16: acquired Bob Cerv as a free agent
• 1951 postseason: released Tommy Fine, Sal Maglie, Cuddles Marshall, Carl Sawatski

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