St.LouisBrowns1944

A game-by-game account of the 1944 St. Louis Browns, the only pennant-winner in Browns history.

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You can still read about the 1944 Browns season here, though: http://t.co/lykr5TUO4H That's where I was getting all my information.

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Sorry, this account has been discontinued. Hardly any interest, and I don't have the time for it anymore.

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The Browns finish the month of April tomorrow with a double-header, then head back home to face the Detroit Tigers.

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drove a run home. For St. Louis, Vern Stephens had a single & RBI, as did Don Gutteridge. The White Sox outhit the Browns 10 to 6.

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with a RBI. Guy Curtright hit a RBI single, & pinch-hitter Vince Castino hit a RBI double. Tony Cuccinello hit 2 singles, & Hal Trotsky

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Sox starter Buck Ross gave up the same number of runs on 5 hits in 7 frames. Chicago was led by Myril Hoag, who hit 2 singles & a double

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Johnny Humphries got the W with a scoreless 9th for Chicago. Browns starter Al Hollingsworth gave up 3 runs, all earned, on 9 hits, while

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losing to the White Sox in the bottom of the 9th, 4-3. George Caster took the L in 2/3 of an inning in relief, giving up the winning run.

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April 29, 1944: All good things must come to an end, as the Browns can't extend their season-opening undefeated string to double digits,

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Tony Cuccinello drove home the only Chicago run.

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innings. For the Browns, Vern Stephens had a single, double, & RBI; Milt Byrnes had a single & RBI; & Gene Moore drove a run home.

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a complete game 4-hit gem, giving up only 1 earned run. Bill Dietrich took the L for the Sox, surrendering 3 earned runs on 7 hits in 8

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April 28, 1944: The Browns stay undefeated in Chicago, improving to 9-0 with a 3-1 win over the White Sox. Jack Kramer improves to 3-0 with

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single & RBI, & Mark Christman had the other Brown hit. The Browns travel to Chicago tomorrow to face the White Sox.

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drove home the only Cleveland run with a single. The Browns got a single & 2 RBI each from Vern Stephens & Hal Epps. Don Gutteridge had a

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All 7 Indian hits & all 4 Brown hits were singles. Cleveland's Pat Seerey, with 2, was the only player to get more than one. Paul O'Dea

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better, but the damage had been done. The Browns scored all those runs on only 4 hits in the entire game! Way to make 'em count, huh?

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2nd without recording an out. Indians relievers Ed Klieman (4 innings, 2 hits allowed) & Mike Naymick (3 innings, no hits allowed) were much

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St. Louis knocked Cleveland started Red Embree out of the box after only one inning when he gave up 2 runs in the 1st, then 3 more in the

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April 27, 1944: The Browns stay undefeated with a 5-1 win over the Indians. Nels Potter goes the distance, allowing 7 hits and only 1 run.