1941 St. Louis Browns season

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1941 St. Louis Browns
Major league affiliations
Location
1941 Information
Owner(s) Donald Lee Barnes
Manager(s) Fred Haney, Luke Sewell
Local television
Local radio KWK
(Dizzy Dean)
KXOK (AM)

The 1941 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses.

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[edit] Regular season

The 1941 season would mark a change in management. Luke Sewell was appointed the Browns new manager on June 5, 1941, three days after Lou Gehrig died.[1] While the St. Louis Cardinals drew over 600,000 fans, the Browns barely drew 175,000.[2] The consensus was that St. Louis could not support two teams.

[edit] Move to Los Angeles

The 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.[2] The Browns would play in the stadium that was used in the Pacific Coast League’s Los Angeles Angels. As part of the agreement to move to Los Angeles, the Browns would buy the stadium.[2] It was expected that all Major League Baseball owners would approve of the move at the upcoming Winter Meetings.[2] Before the scheduled meetings, the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. California would stay closed to Major League Baseball.

[edit] Opening Day Roster

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 --
Boston Red Sox 84 70 .545 17
Chicago White Sox 77 77 .500 24
Cleveland Indians 75 79 .487 26
Detroit Tigers 75 79 .487 26
St. Louis Browns 70 84 .455 31
Washington Senators 70 84 .455 31
Philadelphia Athletics 64 90 .416 37

[edit] Roster

1941 St. Louis Browns roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: 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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] References

  1. ^ As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.13, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5
  2. ^ a b c d As Good As It Got, The 1944 St. Louis Browns, p.12, David Alan Heller, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2003, ISBN 0-7385-3199-5