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1909 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910

61-89, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy McAleer (61-89)
Scored 441 runs, Allowed 575 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-93

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 366,274 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 95


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1908 / 1910 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 Lou Criger 37 74 250 212 15 36 1 1 0 9 2 25 22 .170 .261 .184 .444 45 39 1 12
2 1B Tom Jones 32 97 380 337 30 84 9 3 0 29 13 18 14 .249 .299 .294 .593 93 99 6 19
3 2B Jimmy Williams 32 110 415 374 32 73 3 6 0 22 6 29 34 .195 .257 .235 .492 60 88 2 10
4 SS Bobby Wallace 35 116 451 403 36 96 12 2 0 35 7 38 25 .238 .310 .278 .588 92 112 4 6
5 3B Hobe Ferris 34 148 583 556 36 120 18 5 4 58 11 12 59 .216 .232 .288 .520 69 160 0 15
6 OF Roy Hartzell* 27 152 647 595 64 161 12 5 0 32 14 29 51 .271 .312 .308 .620 102 183 7 16
7 OF George Stone* 32 83 350 310 33 89 5 4 1 15 8 24 34 .287 .340 .339 .679 121 105 1 15
8 OF Danny Hoffman* 29 110 440 387 44 104 6 7 2 26 24 41 68 .269 .349 .336 .685 123 130 7 5
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 UT Art Griggs 24 108 401 364 38 102 17 5 0 43 11 24 39 .280 .330 .354 .684 123 129 3 10
10 OF Jack McAleese 30 85 312 267 33 57 7 0 0 12 18 32 38 .213 .318 .240 .558 82 64 9 4
11 C Jim Stephens 25 79 244 223 18 49 5 0 3 18 5 13 28 .220 .278 .283 .561 82 63 5 3
12 OF Al Schweitzer 26 27 85 76 7 17 2 0 0 2 3 5 16 .224 .298 .250 .548 78 19 3 1
13 OF Walt Devoy 24 19 73 69 7 17 3 1 0 8 4 3 13 .246 .278 .319 .597 94 22 0 1
14 OF Ned Crompton* 20 17 72 63 7 10 2 1 0 2 1 7 18 .159 .254 .222 .476 55 14 1 1
15 OF Burt Shotton* 24 17 71 61 5 16 0 1 0 0 3 5 8 .262 .328 .295 .623 103 18 1 4
16 UT Ham Patterson 31 17 50 49 2 10 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 .204 .204 .224 .429 39 11 0 1
17 C Wib Smith* 22 17 44 42 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 .190 .190 .190 .381 24 8 0 2
18 UT Harry Howell 32 18 39 34 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 2 15 .176 .222 .206 .428 39 7 0 3
19 C Bill Killefer 21 11 29 29 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 .138 .138 .138 .276 -10 4 0 0
20 OF Claude Rossman* 28 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -19 1 0 0
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
21 P Barney Pelty 28 37 100 91 6 15 2 1 0 3 2 5 17 .165 .208 .209 .417 36 19 0 4
22 P Jack Powell 34 34 83 78 3 14 1 1 0 6 0 1 10 .179 .190 .218 .408 33 17 0 4
23 P Bill Bailey* 21 38 82 77 1 22 1 1 0 7 1 3 20 .286 .313 .325 .637 107 25 0 2
24 P Rube Waddell 32 31 78 75 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 23 .067 .103 .080 .183 -40 6 0 0
25 P Bill Grahame? 25 34 68 63 6 10 0 0 0 2 0 5 27 .159 .221 .159 .379 24 10 0 0
26 P Dode Criss* 24 35 49 48 2 14 6 1 0 7 0 0 8 .292 .306 .458 .764 148 22 1 0
27 P Bill Dinneen 33 17 42 36 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 5 6 .194 .293 .222 .515 68 8 0 1
28 P Ed Kusel? 23 3 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 95 3 0 0
29 P Jack Gilligan# 23 3 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -28 1 0 1
30 P Chuck Rose* 23 3 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -59 0 0 1
31 P Phil Stremmel 29 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Bill McCorry* 21 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -45 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.8 154 5487 4964 443 1151 116 45 10 351 136 331 612 .232 .287 .279 .566 84 1387 51 141
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 6 8 7 5 7 1 6 3 6 7 6 6 6 5 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 Jack Powell 34 12 16 .429 2.11 34 27 6 18 4 3 239.0 221 83 56 1 42 82 4 0 2 930 115 1.100 8.3 0.0 1.6 3.1 1.95
2 SP Rube Waddell* 32 11 14 .440 2.37 31 28 3 16 5 0 220.1 204 78 58 1 57 141 7 0 3 829 103 1.185 8.3 0.0 2.3 5.8 2.47
3 SP Barney Pelty 28 11 11 .500 2.30 27 23 3 17 5 0 199.1 158 63 51 2 53 88 5 1 2 770 105 1.059 7.1 0.1 2.4 4.0 1.66
4 SP Bill Bailey* 21 9 10 .474 2.44 32 20 12 17 1 0 199.0 174 71 54 2 75 114 6 0 9 784 99 1.251 7.9 0.1 3.4 5.2 1.52
5 SP Bill Grahame* 25 8 14 .364 3.12 34 21 11 13 3 1 187.1 171 78 65 3 60 82 5 0 7 733 78 1.233 8.2 0.1 2.9 3.9 1.37
6 SP Bill Dinneen 33 6 7 .462 3.46 17 13 3 8 3 0 112.0 112 53 43 3 29 26 1 1 2 449 70 1.259 9.0 0.2 2.3 2.1 0.90
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 Dode Criss 24 1 5 .167 3.42 11 6 5 3 0 0 55.1 53 33 21 0 32 43 2 0 4 236 72 1.536 8.6 0.0 5.2 7.0 1.34
8 RP Harry Howell 32 1 1 .500 3.13 10 3 6 0 0 0 37.1 42 21 13 0 8 16 3 0 3 154 79 1.339 10.1 0.0 1.9 3.9 2.00
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
9 Chuck Rose* 23 1 2 .333 5.40 3 3 0 3 0 0 25.0 32 17 15 1 7 6 3 0 0 107 46 1.560 11.5 0.4 2.5 2.2 0.86
10 Ed Kusel 23 0 3 .000 7.13 3 3 0 3 0 0 24.0 43 28 19 1 1 2 0 0 0 113 35 1.833 16.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.00
11 Jack Gilligan 23 1 2 .333 5.48 3 3 0 3 0 0 23.0 28 19 14 1 9 4 2 0 1 100 45 1.609 11.0 0.4 3.5 1.6 0.44
12 Phil Stremmel 29 0 2 .000 4.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 20 9 9 0 4 6 1 0 0 70 56 1.333 10.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
13 Bill McCorry 21 0 2 .000 9.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 15.0 29 21 15 1 6 10 0 0 1 79 28 2.333 17.4 0.6 3.6 6.0 1.67
Team Totals 28.3 61 89 .407 2.88 154 154 49 105 21 4 1354.2 1287 574 433 16 383 620 39 2 34 5354 85 1.233 8.6 0.1 2.5 4.1 1.62
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 7 5 3 4 7 7 6 7 5 4 4
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 21 35 59 5 52 2 1 .966 1.63 P-OF
Lou Criger 37 73 492 387 98 7 16 .986 6.64 7 91 71 44% C
Dode Criss 24 11 12 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.09 P
Ned Crompton 20 17 33 26 4 3 1 .909 1.76 OF
Walt Devoy 24 19 50 46 3 1 0 .980 2.58 OF-1B
Bill Dinneen 33 17 41 6 34 1 1 .976 2.35 P
Hobe Ferris 34 148 615 249 330 36 28 .941 3.91 3B-2B
Jack Gilligan 23 3 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.67 P
Bill Grahame 25 34 71 9 58 4 5 .944 1.97 P
Art Griggs 24 99 599 517 60 22 23 .963 5.83 1B-OF-2B-SS
Roy Hartzell 27 151 510 257 219 34 20 .933 3.15 OF-SS-2B
Danny Hoffman 29 110 248 230 10 8 6 .968 2.18 OF
Harry Howell 32 18 46 15 27 4 2 .913 2.33 P-3B-OF
Tom Jones 32 97 1042 956 75 11 57 .989 10.63 1B-3B
Bill Killefer 21 11 63 36 21 6 2 .905 5.18 0 11 15 58% C
Ed Kusel 23 3 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.33 P
Jack McAleese 30 81 150 121 15 14 2 .907 1.68 OF-3B
Bill McCorry 21 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Ham Patterson 31 12 75 73 2 0 2 1.000 6.25 OF-1B
Barney Pelty 28 37 132 33 90 9 6 .932 3.32 P-SS-2B-1B-OF
Jack Powell 34 34 71 9 58 4 0 .944 1.97 P
Chuck Rose 23 3 7 1 4 2 0 .714 1.67 P
Claude Rossman 28 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Al Schweitzer 26 22 30 26 2 2 0 .933 1.27 OF
Burt Shotton 24 17 47 41 2 4 0 .915 2.53 OF
Wib Smith 22 14 56 36 11 9 0 .839 3.36 4 15 8 35% C-1B
Jim Stephens 25 72 447 335 103 9 9 .980 6.08 6 87 75 46% C
George Stone 32 81 167 147 8 12 4 .928 1.91 OF
Phil Stremmel 29 2 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.50 P
Rube Waddell 32 31 80 13 56 11 1 .863 2.23 P
Bobby Wallace 35 116 610 242 336 32 39 .948 4.98 SS-3B
Jimmy Williams 32 109 521 221 280 20 42 .962 4.60 2B
Team Totals 29.8 154 6298 4045 1986 267 267 .958 4.07 17 204 169 45%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 2 4
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* 21 82 0 -1 0 0 0 3 3 5 0.4 5 0.6 -0.2 $ 1/O
Lou Criger 37 250 -12 -1 0 0 4 5 8 4 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 2
Dode Criss* 24 49 2 -1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.4 4 0.5 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Ned Crompton* 20 72 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased O
Walt Devoy 24 73 -1 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ O/3
Bill Dinneen 33 42 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hobe Ferris 34 583 -20 -2 0 0 -4 4 19 -3 -0.9 1 0.1 -1.0 $ Traded *54
Jack Gilligan# 23 10 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Bill Grahame? 25 68 -5 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Art Griggs 24 401 8 -1 0 0 -6 -4 13 10 1.2 16 1.8 -0.6 $ Rule 5 Draft 3O/46
Roy Hartzell* 27 647 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 20 18 1.8 19 2.2 -0.4 $ Purchased O6/4
Danny Hoffman* 29 440 11 0 0 0 0 -3 15 23 2.6 23 2.6 0.0 $ Traded *O
Harry Howell 32 39 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1/5O
Tom Jones 32 380 -3 -1 0 0 1 -3 12 6 0.5 5 0.6 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 3/5
Bill Killefer 21 29 -3 0 0 0 -1 1 1 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $1,200 Purchased 2
Ed Kusel? 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Jack McAleese 30 312 -4 1 0 0 -5 -3 10 -1 -0.1 4 0.5 -0.6 $ O/5
Bill McCorry* 21 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Ham Patterson 31 50 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /3O
Barney Pelty 28 100 -6 0 0 0 -1 3 3 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased 1/643O
Jack Powell 34 83 -6 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Chuck Rose* 23 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Claude Rossman* 28 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /O
Al Schweitzer 26 85 -2 0 0 0 -2 -1 3 -2 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft O
Burt Shotton* 24 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft O
Wib Smith* 22 44 -3 0 0 0 -3 1 1 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ 2/3
Jim Stephens 25 244 -4 -1 0 0 2 5 8 10 0.9 8 0.9 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
George Stone* 32 350 7 -1 0 0 1 -4 11 14 1.6 13 1.5 0.1 $ Traded O
Phil Stremmel 29 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Rube Waddell 32 78 -11 0 0 0 0 3 3 -5 -0.8 -5 -0.6 -0.2 $1,200 Purchased 1
Bobby Wallace 35 451 -3 -2 0 0 0 7 15 17 1.6 17 2.0 -0.4 $ Jumped Lgs 65
Jimmy Williams 32 415 -16 -1 0 0 -1 0 14 -4 -0.9 -3 -0.3 -0.6 $ Traded *4
Team Total 29.8 5487 -85 -12 0 0 -18 21 176 82 6.0 100 11.7 -5.7 $2,400
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* 21 199.0 20 71 87 -2 1.0 16 2.1 $
Dode Criss 24 55.1 6 33 24 -1 1.0 -9 -1.1 $ Purchased
Bill Dinneen 33 112.0 13 53 49 -1 1.0 -4 -0.5 $ Traded
Jack Gilligan 23 23.0 3 19 10 0 1.0 -9 -1.1 $ Purchased
Bill Grahame* 25 187.1 21 78 82 -2 1.0 4 0.5 $ Purchased
Harry Howell 32 37.1 3 21 16 0 1.0 -5 -0.6 $ Traded
Ed Kusel 23 24.0 3 32 11 0 1.0 -21 -2.7 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bill McCorry 21 15.0 2 21 7 0 1.0 -14 -1.8 $ Rule 5 Draft
Barney Pelty 28 199.1 23 63 87 -2 1.0 24 3.1 $ Purchased
Jack Powell 34 239.0 27 83 105 -2 1.0 22 2.8 $ Purchased
Chuck Rose* 23 25.0 3 17 11 0 1.0 -6 -0.8 $ Purchased
Phil Stremmel 29 18.0 2 9 8 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft
Rube Waddell* 32 220.1 28 78 97 -2 1.0 19 2.4 $ Purchased
Team Total 28.3 1354.2 154 578 594 -12 1.0 16 2.2 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

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