1948 St. Louis Browns Roster

The 1948 St. Louis Browns team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1948 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1948 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1948 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1948 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1948 St. Louis Browns primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
"That's (not being called to pitch in 1944 & 1948 World Series) how I got the nickname of Sad Sam." - Sam Zoldak
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1948 St. Louis Browns



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
22 Frank Biscan 5-11 190 Left Left 1920-03-13
35 Clem Dreisewerd 6-01½ 195 Left Left 1916-01-24
29 Karl Drews 6-04 198 Right Right 1920-02-22
23 Cliff Fannin 6-00 170 Right Left 1924-05-13
31 Ned Garver 5-10½ 180 Right Right 1925-12-25
30, 44 Al Gerheauser 6-03 190 Left Left 1917-06-24
26 Bill Kennedy 6-02 195 Left Left 1921-03-14
30 Joe Ostrowski 6-00 180 Left Left 1916-11-15
27 Nels Potter 5-11 180 Right Left 1911-08-23
25 Fred Sanford 6-01 200 Right Both 1919-08-09
20 Blackie Schwamb 6-05½ 198 Right Right 1926-08-06
29 Ray Shore 6-03 210 Right Right 1921-06-09
21 Bryan Stephens 6-04 175 Right Right 1920-07-14
24 Al Widmar 6-03 185 Right Right 1925-03-20
28 Jim Wilson 6-01½ 200 Right Right 1922-02-20
26 Sam Zoldak 5-11½ 185 Left Left 1918-12-08
10 Les Moss 5-11 205 Right Right 1925-05-14
11 Roy Partee 5-10 180 Right Right 1917-09-07
7 Andy Anderson 5-11 172 Right Right 1922-11-13
3 Hank Arft 5-10½ 190 Left Left 1922-01-28
1 Sam Dente 5-11 175 Right Right 1922-04-26
6 Bob Dillinger 5-11½ 170 Right Right 1918-09-17
12 Jerry McCarthy 6-01 205 Left Left 1923-05-23
4 Eddie Pellagrini 5-09 165 Right Right 1918-03-13
2 Jerry Priddy 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1919-11-09
3 Chuck Stevens 6-01 180 Left Both 1918-07-10
19 George Binks 6-00 175 Left Left 1914-07-11
19 Ray Coleman 5-11 170 Right Left 1922-06-04
19 Dick Kokos 5-08½ 170 Left Left 1928-02-28
20 Pete Laydon 5-11 185 Right Right 1919-12-30
17 Paul Lehner 5-09 165 Left Left 1920-07-01
12 Don Lund 6-00 200 Right Right 1923-05-18
5 Whitey Platt 6-02 195 Right Right 1920-08-21
12 Ken Wood 6-00 200 Right Right 1924-07-01
14 Al Zarilla 5-11 180 Right Left 1919-05-01
8 Tom Jordan 6-01½ 195 Right Right 1919-09-05
9 Joe Schultz 5-11 184 Right Left 1918-08-29
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The 1948 St. Louis Browns played 153 games during the regular season, won 59 games, lost 94 games, and finished in sixth position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 103/106) where 335,564 fans witnessed their 1948 Browns finish the season with a .386 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1948 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1948 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1948 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1948 St. Louis Browns primary starters list:

1948 St. Louis Browns
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1948 St. Louis Browns
Most Games by Position

C Les Moss (103)
1B Chuck Stevens (85)
2B Jerry Priddy (146)
3B Bob Dillinger (153)
SS Eddie Pellagrini (98)
LF Whitey Platt (114)
CF Paul Lehner (89)
RF Dick Kokos (71)
  
SP Cliff Fannin
SP Bill Kennedy
SP Fred Sanford
  
RP Frank Biscan
RP Karl Drews
RP Joe Ostrowski
RP Al Widmar
CL Ned Garver


1948 St. Louis Browns
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1948 St. Louis Browns
Uniform Numbers

#1 Sam Dente
#2 Jerry Priddy
#3 Hank Arft
#3 Chuck Stevens
#4 Eddie Pellagrini
#5 Whitey Platt
#6 Bob Dillinger
#7 Andy Anderson
#8 Tom Jordan
#9 Joe Schultz
#10 Les Moss
#11 Roy Partee
#12 Don Lund
#12 Jerry McCarthy
#12 Ken Wood
#14 Al Zarilla
#17 Paul Lehner
#19 George Binks
#19 Ray Coleman
#19 Dick Kokos
#20 Pete Laydon
#20 Blackie Schwamb
#21 Bryan Stephens
#22 Frank Biscan
#23 Cliff Fannin
#24 Al Widmar
#25 Fred Sanford
#26 Bill Kennedy
#26 Sam Zoldak
#27 Nels Potter
#28 Jim Wilson
#29 Karl Drews
#29 Ray Shore
#30 Al Gerheauser
#30 Joe Ostrowski
#31 Ned Garver
#35 Clem Dreisewerd
#44 Al Gerheauser

Did you know that a 1948 St. Louis Browns Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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