As quoted by Bill DeWitt, who served as general manager of the Browns for years, "We operated close to the belt.

We had to," DeWitt told author William B. Mead in the 1978 book Even the Browns: Baseball During World War II.

"[3] The Browns attempted to move to Los Angeles in 1941, but the attack on Pearl Harbor, done one day before meetings about relocation, scuttled those plans.

It was in his final full year as owner (1944) when the Browns won the American League pennant, their only one in St. Louis.

[6][7] Muckerman was a minor stockholder of the team since 1939 before being named to the board of directors in 1942, with his purchase of stock being related to the move.