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1945 St. Louis Browns  (1944)  (1946) 84-70, 3rd in American League Scored 747 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .688 Park Factor: Batting - 109 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 76-78   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-70 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 *Joe Kuhel            39  150  591  116  175  33  19   8   67   9   2   85   39  .296  .385  .457  108   6.7  1e17       64  
 SS  Vern Stephens        24  151  629   93  189  31   6  16  115   6   5   57   85  .300  .361  .445   93   5.3  3e29      -19  
 2B  Dutch Meyer          29  149  586   90  178  41  10  13  100   1   4   32   40  .304  .340  .474   87   5.4  4e16       55  
 OF *Gene Moore           35  120  402   44  133  17   1   9   65   0   1   35   28  .331  .383  .445   67   6.3  2(-3)e9   133  
 OF *Milt Byrnes          28  142  491   58  121  24   4   9   79   0   1   68   92  .246  .335  .367   62   4.2  2(-1)e5   -48  
 C   Frank Mancuso        27  118  406   43  125  17   4   0   44   0   1   41   55  .308  .373  .369   57   5.2  3(-1)e4    60  
 OF *Al Gionfriddo        23  124  375   64  102  11   6   4   28   8   0   54   17  .272  .363  .365   53   5.0  3(+3)e13  -34  
 OF  Mike Kreevich        37  139  500   74  114  23   3   2   40   6   4   61   52  .228  .317  .298   49   3.2  2(0)e6    -49  
 3B  Mark Christman       31   94  294   30   85  14   6   5   38   1   2   20   16  .289  .338  .429   38   4.7  2e26       68  
 3B *Lou Finney           34   64  173   26   54   8   2   3   24   0   0   15    7  .312  .375  .434   28   6.1  4e65       90  
 3B  Harlond Clift        32   37  121   23   33   5   0   5   15   0   1   24   25  .273  .388  .438   21   6.1  1e31      170  
 C   Mickey Owen          29   44   94    6   26   7   0   0   16   0   0    7    5  .277  .327  .351   10   3.9  2(+1)e12  -83  
 3B  Len Schulte          28   35  100   11   25   5   0   0    7   0   0    5   16  .250  .292  .300    8   3.2  2e26       18  
 1B  Babe Martin          25   27   78    8   22   1   2   0    6   0   0    3   17  .282  .301  .346    8   3.6  4e30      121  
 C  *Joe Schultz          26   16   54    4   17   3   0   0    6   0   0    3    1  .315  .345  .370    7   5.2  4(+5)e16   34  
 2B  Don Gutteridge       33   74   80   11   18   3   0   1    6   4   1    5   10  .225  .267  .300    6   2.8  3e25      -31  
 C   Red Hayworth         29   19   38    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .079  .146  .079    0    .3  3(-1)e5  -221  
 OF *Pete Gray            30    5    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .167  .167  .167    0    .9  4(+3)e17 -186  
 PH  Ellis Clary          28    4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -566  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           711                   24

     * - 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  Nels Potter          33  20  12  .625  36  36  22   0   0   0   6  280.2  249  104   95  14   74  176  3.05   94   3.0    4  
  P  Jack Kramer          27  17  12  .586  31  31   7   0   0   0   1  213.0  228  108   96  24   79  139  4.06  118   5.0   44  
  P  Sig Jakucki          35  15   9  .625  31  31   8   0   0   0   1  208.1  231  110  101  19   79   66  4.36  118   5.1   35  
  P  Tex Shirley          27   9  15  .375  29  29   5   0   0   0   2  201.0  234  128  114  14   99   95  5.10  123   5.4   33  
  P *Lefty West           29   5   2  .714  32   3   0  20   3   1   0   85.1   95   45   40   5   29   54  4.22   45   4.7  105  
  P  Bob Feller           26   4   3  .571  10   9   7   1   0   0   1   81.1   67   31   27   3   40   84  2.99   31   3.6  -18  
  P  Clyde King           21   4   4  .500  32   2   0  21   1   1   0   87.1  100   51   49   8   37   31  5.05   51   5.1  -39  
  P  Ox Miller            30   3   2  .600  20   0   0  14   5   4   0   31.0   31   15   15   6    7    1  4.35   16   4.9  107  
  P *Earl Jones           26   2   1  .667  21   0   0  11   4   2   0   31.2   20    8    7   2   18   15  1.99    9   2.7    6  
  P *Al Gerheauser        28   2   9  .182  23  11   3  10   0   0   0   99.2  120   49   43   4   28   50  3.88   53   4.8  -38  
  P  Lou Lucier           27   1   0 1.000  10   0   0   6   1   0   0   12.1    9    4    4   1    3    2  2.92    3   2.7   37  
  P  Lee Pfund            25   1   0 1.000   8   1   0   5   1   0   0   29.1   30   13   12   0   13   11  3.68   12   3.7 -161  
  P  Johnny Hetki         23   1   1  .500  24   1   0  14   3   1   0   35.0   49   22   20   3   16    9  5.14   28   7.3  256  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      706         24

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Frank Mancuso 982 110 113 590 40 7 2 .989 34 17 Mickey Owen 196 20 30 127 8 10 1 .931 16 7 Joe Schultz 123 15 15 66 5 6 0 .922 14 5 Red Hayworth 95 9 16 52 1 1 0 .981 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Kuhel 1302 143 147 1289 125 13 123 .991 9.77 Babe Martin 93 11 13 105 6 1 9 .991 10.74 Lou Finney 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dutch Meyer 1239 145 147 342 391 14 84 .981 5.32 Don Gutteridge 134 6 53 34 39 4 12 .948 4.90 Len Schulte 23 3 3 6 6 1 3 .923 4.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Christman 651 70 84 105 177 12 21 .959 3.90 Harlond Clift 323 35 37 48 79 5 8 .962 3.54 Lou Finney 261 30 33 48 67 12 6 .906 3.96 Len Schulte 161 19 23 19 44 2 4 .969 3.52 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vern Stephens 1345 149 149 285 422 36 78 .952 4.73 Len Schulte 51 5 7 14 17 1 4 .969 5.47 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Milt Byrnes 707 77 84 181 5 2 1 .989 2.37 Al Gionfriddo 599 67 69 153 1 5 1 .969 2.32 Lou Finney 54 6 6 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.67 Babe Martin 33 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Don Gutteridge 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Gene Moore 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Kreevich 1085 118 134 296 24 6 1 .982 2.65 Al Gionfriddo 187 22 23 58 4 2 0 .969 2.98 Milt Byrnes 104 12 15 34 2 2 0 .947 3.12 Babe Martin 17 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 Don Gutteridge 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Lou Finney 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Moore 895 97 107 148 7 8 1 .951 1.56 Milt Byrnes 337 38 44 50 2 2 0 .963 1.39 Don Gutteridge 59 7 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.76 Lou Finney 46 5 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.76 Babe Martin 38 5 6 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.66 Al Gionfriddo 11 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 Pete Gray 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Mike Kreevich 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1945 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Joe Kuhel
Round 2 (#15):	Don Gutteridge
Round 2 (#18):	Mickey Owen
Round 4 (#40):	Dutch Meyer
Round 5 (#52):	Lou Lucier
Round 6 (#64):	Johnny Hetki

Transactions

• 1945-11: traded SLA#3 to WAA for Harlond Clift
• 1945-12: traded Lou Finney, Lou Lucier to BOA for BOA#2
• 1945-12: acquired Lee Pfund as a free agent

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