1908 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

83-69, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy McAleer (83-69)
Scored 544 runs, Allowed 483 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-68

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park II · Attendance: 618,947 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102

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1907 / 1909 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Tubby Spencer	24	91	310	286	19	60	6	1	0	28	1		17	24	.210	.254	.238	.492	59	68		0	7
2	1B	Tom Jones	31	155	617	549	43	135	14	2	1	50	18		30	21	.246	.290	.284	.574	86	156		4	34
3	2B	Jimmy Williams	31	148	619	539	63	127	20	7	4	53	7		55	70	.236	.310	.321	.631	104	173		3	22
4	SS	Bobby Wallace	34	137	560	487	59	123	24	4	1	60	5		52	47	.253	.327	.324	.652	111	158		2	19
5	3B	Hobe Ferris	33	148	601	555	54	150	26	7	2	74	6		14	71	.270	.291	.353	.644	108	196		2	30
6	OF	Roy Hartzell*	26	115	467	422	41	112	5	6	2	32	24		19	38	.265	.302	.320	.622	101	135		3	23
7	OF	George Stone*	31	148	659	588	89	165	21	8	5	31	20		55	67	.281	.345	.369	.714	131	217		3	13
8	OF	Danny Hoffman*	28	99	402	363	41	91	9	7	1	25	17		23	56	.251	.304	.322	.627	103	117		5	11
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Charlie Jones	32	74	286	263	37	61	11	2	0	17	14		14	39	.232	.279	.289	.568	84	76		3	6
10	OF	Al Schweitzer	25	64	213	182	22	53	4	2	1	14	6		20	25	.291	.374	.352	.725	135	64		4	7
11	C	Jim Stephens	24	47	164	150	14	30	4	1	0	6	0		9	22	.200	.255	.240	.495	60	36		2	3
12	OF	Emmet Heidrick*	31	26	97	93	8	20	2	2	1	6	3		1	18	.215	.223	.312	.535	73	29		0	3
13	UT	Dode Criss*	23	64	91	82	15	28	6	0	0	14	1		9	5	.341	.407	.415	.821	166	34		0	0
14	C	Syd Smith	24	27	80	76	6	14	4	0	0	5	2		4	7	.184	.225	.237	.462	49	18		0	0
15	C	Bert Blue	30	11	28	24	2	9	1	2	0	1	0		3	5	.375	.444	.583	1.028	232	14		0	1
16	MI	Joe Yeager	32	10	20	15	3	5	1	0	0	1	2		1	1	.333	.474	.400	.874	183	6		3	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
17	P	Harry Howell	31	41	125	120	10	22	7	0	1	9	0		4	33	.183	.210	.267	.476	54	32		0	1
18	P	Rube Waddell	31	43	103	91	4	10	4	0	1	8	0		8	35	.110	.190	.187	.377	22	17		1	3
19	P	Jack Powell	33	33	94	89	3	21	3	1	0	6	0		1	10	.236	.244	.292	.537	73	26		0	4
20	P	Bill Dinneen	32	27	62	59	4	12	1	0	0	1	0		2	12	.203	.230	.220	.450	46	13		0	1
21	P	Barney Pelty	27	21	46	42	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	5	.119	.119	.119	.238	-23	5		0	4
22	P	Bill Grahame?	24	21	44	42	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	24	.119	.119	.119	.238	-23	5		0	2
23	P	Bill Bailey*	20	22	38	34	3	3	0	0	0	4	0		2	13	.088	.139	.088	.227	-26	3		0	2
		Team Totals	29.8	155	5726	5151	543	1261	173	52	20	447	126		343	648	.245	.296	.310	.607	96	1598		35	197
		Rank in 8 AL teams				1	4	2	4	5	2		7	1	5	2	2	4	3	3		2		8		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Harry Howell	31	18	18	.500	1.89	41	32	7	27	2	1	324.1	279	103	68	1	70		117	17	0	6	1251	127	1.076	7.7	0.0	1.9	3.2	1.67
2	SP	Rube Waddell*	31	19	14	.576	1.89	43	36	6	25	5	3	285.2	223	93	60	0	90		232	8	0	7	1143	127	1.096	7.0	0.0	2.8	7.3	2.58
3	SP	Jack Powell	33	16	13	.552	2.11	33	32	1	23	5	1	256.0	208	73	60	1	47		85	6	0	0	954	113	0.996	7.3	0.0	1.7	3.0	1.81
4	SP	Bill Dinneen	32	14	7	.667	2.10	27	16	10	11	2	0	167.0	133	52	39	2	53		39	4	0	1	633	114	1.114	7.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	0.74
5	SP	Barney Pelty	27	7	4	.636	1.99	20	13	5	7	1	0	122.0	104	44	27	0	32		36	10	0	2	473	120	1.115	7.7	0.0	2.4	2.7	1.13
6	SP	Bill Grahame*	24	6	7	.462	2.30	21	13	4	7	0	0	117.1	104	46	30	0	32		47	12	0	0	477	104	1.159	8.0	0.0	2.5	3.6	1.47
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	RP	Bill Bailey*	20	3	5	.375	3.04	22	12	8	7	0	0	106.2	85	53	36	2	50		42	3	0	5	439	79	1.266	7.2	0.2	4.2	3.5	0.84
8	RP	Dode Criss	23	0	1	.000	6.50	9	1	7	0	0	0	18.0	15	14	13	1	13		9	3	0	1	76	38	1.556	7.5	0.5	6.5	4.5	0.69
		Team Totals	29.6	83	69	.546	2.15	155	155	48	107	15	5	1397.0	1151	478	333	7	387		607	63	0	22	5446	112	1.101	7.4	0.0	2.5	3.9	1.57
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		2				3	4	4	4	1	3	2	1	6		5
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Bill Bailey	20	22		29	0	26	3	0	.897	1.18							P
Bert Blue	30	8		52	42	7	3	1	.942	6.13	1		6	4	40%		C
Dode Criss	23	21		27	21	4	2	0	.926	1.19							P-OF-1B
Bill Dinneen	32	27		48	3	44	1	1	.979	1.74							P
Hobe Ferris	33	148		565	222	316	27	27	.952	3.64							3B
Bill Grahame	24	21		43	6	35	2	2	.953	1.95							P
Roy Hartzell	26	111		273	161	88	24	11	.912	2.24							OF-SS-3B-2B
Emmet Heidrick	31	25		47	42	3	2	1	.957	1.80							OF
Danny Hoffman	28	99		212	185	19	8	8	.962	2.06							OF
Harry Howell	31	41		127	21	101	5	3	.961	2.98							P
Charlie Jones	32	72		134	116	13	5	2	.963	1.79							OF
Tom Jones	31	155		1730	1616	90	24	79	.986	11.01							1B
Barney Pelty	27	21		54	8	45	1	2	.981	2.52							P-SS
Jack Powell	33	33		61	2	56	3	0	.951	1.76							P
Al Schweitzer	25	55		105	86	14	5	3	.952	1.82							OF
Syd Smith	24	24		173	137	32	4	1	.977	7.04	6		19	20	51%		C
Tubby Spencer	24	88		516	398	109	9	9	.983	5.76	12		76	70	48%		C
Jim Stephens	24	45		272	193	68	11	4	.960	5.80	4		40	43	52%		C
George Stone	31	148		301	274	11	16	3	.947	1.93							OF
Rube Waddell	31	43		94	5	79	10	1	.894	1.95							P
Bobby Wallace	34	137		837	286	510	41	45	.951	5.81							SS
Jimmy Williams	31	148		828	352	445	31	50	.963	5.39							2B
Joe Yeager	32	5		16	4	12	0	0	1.000	3.20							2B-SS
Team Totals	29.6	155		6544	4180	2127	237	253	.964	4.21	23		141	137	49%
Rank in 8 AL teams							7	1	2
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Bill Bailey*	20	38	-5	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$		1
Bert Blue	30	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$	Rule 5 Draft	/2
Dode Criss*	23	91	6	0	0	0	0	-1	3	8	1.0	8	0.8	0.2	$	Purchased	O/13
Bill Dinneen	32	62	-3	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	Traded	1
Hobe Ferris	33	601	3	-2	0	0	6	5	19	31	3.1	25	2.6	0.5	$	Traded	*5
Bill Grahame?	24	44	-5	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Roy Hartzell*	26	467	0	1	0	0	2	-3	15	15	1.5	13	1.4	0.1	$	Purchased	O6/54
Emmet Heidrick*	31	97	-3	0	0	0	0	-1	3	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Jumped Lgs	O
Danny Hoffman*	28	402	1	1	0	0	7	-4	13	18	1.9	11	1.1	0.8	$	Traded	O
Harry Howell	31	125	-6	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	Traded	1
Charlie Jones	32	286	-5	2	0	0	-1	-2	9	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$	Traded	O
Tom Jones	31	617	-8	-2	0	0	-2	-5	20	3	0.0	5	0.5	-0.5	$	Rule 5 Draft	*3
Barney Pelty	27	46	-5	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	Purchased	1/6
Jack Powell	33	94	-3	-1	0	0	0	3	3	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Al Schweitzer	25	213	8	-1	0	0	2	-2	7	14	1.6	12	1.3	0.3	$	Rule 5 Draft	O
Syd Smith	24	80	-4	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	Traded	2
Tubby Spencer	24	310	-12	-2	0	0	1	6	10	3	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$		2
Jim Stephens	24	164	-6	0	0	0	-1	3	5	1	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	Rule 5 Draft	2
George Stone*	31	659	20	1	0	0	4	-8	20	37	4.2	33	3.4	0.8	$	Traded	*O
Rube Waddell	31	103	-8	-1	0	0	0	3	3	-3	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	Purchased	1
Bobby Wallace	34	560	7	-2	0	0	17	9	18	49	5.1	32	3.3	1.8	$	Jumped Lgs	*6
Jimmy Williams	31	619	3	-1	0	0	7	0	20	29	2.9	22	2.3	0.6	$	Traded	*4
Joe Yeager	32	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$	Traded	/46
Team Total	29.8	5726	-20	-7	0	0	42	15	182	212	20.8	170	17.6	3.2	$
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Bill Bailey*	20	106.2	12	53	47	2	1.0	-6	-1.1	$
Dode Criss	23	18.0	1	14	8	0	1.0	-6	-0.8	$	Purchased
Bill Dinneen	32	167.0	16	52	73	4	1.0	21	2.2	$	Traded
Bill Grahame*	24	117.1	13	46	51	2	1.0	5	0.3	$	Purchased
Harry Howell	31	324.1	32	103	142	7	1.0	39	4.0	$	Traded
Barney Pelty	27	122.0	13	44	53	3	1.0	9	0.8	$	Purchased
Jack Powell	33	256.0	32	73	112	5	1.0	39	4.2	$	Purchased
Rube Waddell*	31	285.2	36	93	125	6	1.0	32	3.2	$	Purchased
Team Total	29.6	1397.0	155	478	611	29	1.0	133	12.8	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1907 / 1909 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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