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1916 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1915 / 1917)
79-75, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 588 runs, Allowed 545 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-72
Manager: Fielder Jones (79-75)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 335,740 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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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 Hank Severeid 25 100 328 293 23 80 8 2 0 34 3 26 17 .273 .341 .314 .655 101 92 4 5
2 1B George Sisler* 23 151 644 580 83 177 21 11 4 76 34 26 40 37 .305 .355 .400 .755 132 232 5 19
3 2B Del Pratt 28 158 669 596 64 159 35 12 5 103 26 17 54 56 .267 .331 .391 .722 121 233 3 16
4 SS Doc Lavan 25 110 382 343 32 81 13 1 0 19 7 32 38 .236 .305 .280 .585 80 96 2 5
5 3B Jimmy Austin# 36 129 508 411 55 85 15 6 1 28 19 74 59 .207 .333 .280 .613 88 115 4 19
6 OF Armando Marsans 28 151 614 528 51 134 12 1 1 60 46 26 57 41 .254 .333 .286 .619 90 151 6 23
7 OF Burt Shotton* 31 156 728 614 97 174 23 6 1 36 41 28 110 65 .283 .392 .345 .738 126 212 0 4
8 OF Ward Miller* 31 146 594 485 72 129 17 5 1 50 25 21 72 76 .266 .371 .328 .699 115 159 9 28
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 SS Ernie Johnson* 28 74 278 236 29 54 9 3 0 19 13 30 23 .229 .323 .292 .616 89 69 3 9
10 C Grover Hartley 27 89 258 222 19 50 8 0 0 12 4 30 24 .225 .325 .261 .587 80 58 3 3
11 OF Jack Tobin* 24 77 167 150 16 32 4 1 0 10 7 12 13 .213 .272 .253 .525 61 38 0 5
12 1B Babe Borton* 27 66 119 98 10 22 1 2 1 12 1 19 13 .224 .350 .306 .657 102 30 0 2
13 3B Charlie Deal 24 23 81 74 7 10 1 0 0 10 4 6 8 .135 .200 .149 .349 7 11 0 1
14 C William Rumler 25 27 41 37 6 12 3 0 0 10 0 3 7 .324 .375 .405 .780 139 15 0 1
15 C Harry Chapman 28 18 35 31 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .097 .152 .097 .248 -24 3 0 2
16 IF Bobby Wallace 42 14 22 18 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .278 .350 .278 .628 93 5 0 2
17 OF Billy Lee 22 7 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .182 .432 33 2 0 0
18 C Verne Clemons 24 4 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 31 2 0 0
19 Gene Paulette 25 5 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 238 2 0 0
20 C George Hale 21 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 54 0 1 0
21 Ray Kennedy 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
22 P Carl Weilman* 26 46 101 91 3 14 2 0 0 6 0 6 25 .154 .206 .176 .382 17 16 0 4
23 P Dave Davenport 26 59 96 73 5 10 3 0 0 4 0 16 43 .137 .308 .178 .486 49 13 2 5
24 P Eddie Plank* 40 37 89 81 3 15 1 0 0 5 2 4 16 .185 .224 .198 .421 29 16 0 4
25 P Bob Groom 31 41 73 63 5 7 3 0 0 3 1 4 20 .111 .164 .159 .323 -1 10 0 6
26 P Ernie Koob* 23 33 57 41 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 24 .000 .268 .000 .268 -17 0 0 1
27 P Earl Hamilton* 24 23 30 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 .000 .200 .000 .200 -38 0 0 0
28 P Jim Park 23 26 20 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 .100 .100 .100 .200 -39 2 0 0
29 P Doc Crandall 28 16 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .083 .214 .083 .298 -8 1 0 0
30 P Tim McCabe 21 13 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -38 0 0 0
31 P Bill Fincher 22 12 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 130 2 0 0
32 P George Baumgardner* 24 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 3 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 158 5987 5155 591 1262 181 50 14 499 234 118 626 638 .245 .331 .307 .639 96 1585 42 164
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 4 5 6 8 6 1 1 1 6 2 7 5 6
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
#Jimmy Austin 36 508 345 38 3.0 79 .239 .207 .251 .333 .324 .280 .327 .613 .652 88 .433 -2.2 -0.3 .650 .299 .073 1.9 *5
*George Baumgardner 24 3 2 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .251 .333 .324 .000 .328 .333 .652 3 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .500 .000 /1
*Babe Borton 27 119 78 11 3.8 79 .250 .224 .251 .350 .324 .306 .328 .657 .652 102 .546 0.9 0.1 .658 .286 .082 1.0 3
Harry Chapman 28 35 30 0 0.0 79 .115 .097 .251 .152 .324 .097 .327 .248 .652 -24 .000 -4.6 -0.5 .179 .065 .000 2
Verne Clemons 24 7 6 0 0.0 79 .167 .143 .251 .143 .324 .286 .327 .429 .652 31 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .143 .143 /2
Doc Crandall 28 14 11 0 0.0 79 .125 .083 .251 .214 .324 .083 .328 .298 .652 -8 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .273 .167 .000 /1
Dave Davenport 26 96 68 4 1.6 79 .333 .137 .251 .308 .324 .178 .328 .486 .652 49 .195 -3.3 -0.4 .492 .260 .041 1
Charlie Deal 24 81 65 2 0.8 79 .152 .135 .251 .200 .324 .149 .328 .349 .652 7 .069 -8.3 -1.0 .328 .149 .014 .0 5/4
Bill Fincher 22 4 3 1 9.0 79 .250 .250 .251 .250 .324 .500 .328 .750 .652 130 .853 0.1 0.0 .667 .250 .250 1
Bob Groom 31 73 62 2 0.9 79 .163 .111 .251 .164 .324 .159 .327 .323 .652 -1 .074 -7.7 -0.9 .268 .127 .048 .0 1
George Hale 21 2 1 0 0.0 79 .000 .251 .500 .324 .000 .328 .500 .652 54 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /2
*Earl Hamilton 24 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Earl Hamilton 24 30 24 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .251 .200 .324 .000 .328 .200 .652 -38 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .250 .250 .000 1
Grover Hartley 27 258 175 18 2.8 79 .253 .225 .251 .325 .324 .261 .328 .587 .652 80 .404 -3.7 -0.4 .552 .189 .036 .0 2
*Ernie Johnson 28 278 191 22 3.1 79 .254 .229 .251 .323 .324 .292 .328 .616 .652 89 .454 -2.1 -0.2 .632 .246 .064 .0 65
Ray Kennedy 21 1 1 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .251 .000 .324 .000 .328 .000 .652 -100 .000 -0.2 0.0 .000 .000 .000
*Ernie Koob 23 57 42 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .251 .268 .324 .000 .328 .268 .652 -17 .000 -4.9 -0.6 .366 .366 .000 1
Doc Lavan 25 382 267 29 2.9 79 .266 .236 .251 .305 .324 .280 .328 .585 .652 80 .427 -7.9 -0.9 .523 .157 .044 .0 *6
Billy Lee 22 12 9 1 3.0 79 .200 .182 .251 .250 .324 .182 .327 .432 .652 33 .438 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .091 .000 /O
Armando Marsans 28 614 443 50 3.1 79 .274 .254 .251 .333 .324 .286 .328 .619 .652 90 .445 -4.2 -0.5 .557 .178 .032 2.0 *O
Tim McCabe 21 5 4 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .251 .200 .324 .000 .328 .200 .652 -38 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 1
*Ward Miller 31 594 405 56 3.8 79 .314 .266 .251 .371 .324 .328 .328 .699 .652 115 .538 12.7 1.4 .647 .219 .062 1.9 *O
Jim Park 23 20 18 0 0.0 79 .167 .100 .251 .100 .324 .100 .328 .200 .652 -39 .000 -3.4 -0.4 .167 .050 .000 .0 1
Gene Paulette 25 5 2 1 13.5 79 .667 .500 .251 .600 .324 .500 .328 1.100 .652 238 .924 0.8 0.1 1.500 .250 .000
*Eddie Plank 40 89 70 4 1.6 79 .231 .185 .251 .224 .324 .198 .328 .421 .652 29 .188 -7.1 -0.8 .333 .086 .012 .0 1
Del Pratt 28 669 470 75 4.3 79 .288 .267 .251 .331 .324 .391 .328 .722 .652 121 .601 13.7 1.6 .659 .230 .124 8.4 *4
William Rumler 25 41 26 6 6.2 79 .400 .324 .251 .375 .324 .405 .328 .780 .652 139 .748 1.8 0.2 .720 .162 .081 /2
Hank Severeid 25 328 218 31 3.8 79 .290 .273 .251 .341 .324 .314 .328 .655 .652 101 .550 0.8 0.1 .587 .140 .041 .0 2/35
*Burt Shotton 31 728 472 83 4.8 79 .316 .283 .251 .392 .324 .345 .328 .738 .652 126 .643 26.2 3.0 .716 .262 .062 2.0 *O
*George Sisler 23 644 448 77 4.7 79 .321 .305 .251 .355 .324 .400 .328 .755 .652 132 .634 19.7 2.2 .664 .178 .095 7.2 *3/O15
*Jack Tobin 24 167 123 10 2.2 79 .234 .213 .251 .272 .324 .253 .328 .525 .652 61 .305 -7.2 -0.8 .483 .167 .040 .0 O
Bobby Wallace 42 22 15 2 3.6 79 .294 .278 .251 .350 .324 .278 .328 .628 .652 93 .521 -0.1 0.0 .538 .111 .000 /56
*Carl Weilman 26 101 81 3 1.0 79 .212 .154 .251 .206 .324 .176 .328 .382 .652 17 .094 -9.2 -1.1 .286 .088 .022 1
League Average 3.6 83 .277 .248 .257 .321 .331 .323 .336 .644 .667 93 .514 .596 .199 .075
Team Total 5987 4175 526 3.4 79 .277 .245 .251 .331 .324 .307 .328 .639 .652 96 .495 -6.9 -1.0 .591 .207 .063 26.4
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
#Jimmy Austin 36 134 535 441 73 102 18 7 1 37 23 89 61 .231 .366 .311 .677 50 129 129
*George Baumgardner 24 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 4 4
*Babe Borton 27 69 127 105 13 26 1 2 1 15 1 22 14 .248 .378 .324 .702 14 66 66
Harry Chapman 28 19 37 34 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .147 .216 .147 .363 1 18 18
Verne Clemons 24 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Doc Crandall 28 17 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 16 16
Dave Davenport 26 61 98 77 7 12 4 0 0 5 0 19 45 .156 .337 .208 .545 5 59 59
Charlie Deal 24 26 96 88 13 15 2 0 0 18 5 8 8 .170 .240 .193 .433 4 25 25
Bill Fincher 22 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 12 12
Bob Groom 31 43 71 66 6 8 3 0 0 4 1 5 21 .121 .183 .167 .350 2 41 41
George Hale 21 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 4 4
*Earl Hamilton 24 29 45 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 .000 .156 .000 .156 0 28 28
Grover Hartley 27 92 277 238 25 59 9 0 0 16 5 35 25 .248 .354 .286 .640 24 89 89
*Ernie Johnson 28 77 294 254 39 65 11 4 0 25 16 36 24 .256 .357 .331 .688 29 74 74
Ray Kennedy 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Ernie Koob 23 34 59 43 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 25 .000 .271 .000 .271 0 33 33
Doc Lavan 25 114 409 369 43 97 16 1 0 25 8 38 39 .263 .335 .312 .647 38 110 110
Billy Lee 22 7 14 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .357 .250 .607 1 7 7
Armando Marsans 28 157 645 570 67 161 14 1 1 79 55 68 43 .282 .366 .316 .682 65 151 151
Tim McCabe 21 14 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 13 13
*Ward Miller 31 152 619 523 95 153 20 6 1 66 30 85 79 .293 .402 .359 .762 74 146 146
Jim Park 23 27 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 26 26
Gene Paulette 25 5 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .600 .714 .600 1.314 2 5 5
*Eddie Plank 40 38 93 88 4 19 1 0 0 7 3 5 17 .216 .258 .227 .485 5 37 37
Del Pratt 28 164 709 641 84 187 41 14 6 135 31 64 58 .292 .360 .427 .787 98 158 158
William Rumler 25 28 44 40 8 14 4 0 0 13 0 4 7 .350 .409 .450 .859 7 27 27
Hank Severeid 25 104 353 317 30 96 10 2 0 45 4 31 18 .303 .374 .347 .721 40 100 100
*Burt Shotton 31 162 798 666 128 209 28 7 1 47 49 132 68 .314 .427 .381 .809 109 156 156
*George Sisler 23 157 677 624 109 206 24 13 5 100 40 47 38 .330 .383 .434 .817 102 151 151
*Jack Tobin 24 80 175 161 21 38 5 1 0 13 8 14 14 .236 .297 .280 .577 14 77 77
Bobby Wallace 42 15 22 20 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 2 14 14
*Carl Weilman 26 48 103 96 4 16 2 0 0 8 0 7 26 .167 .223 .188 .411 4 46 46
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
#Jimmy Austin 36 8 4433 1108 4433 3789 451 924 116 50 11 294 200 38 409 229 .244 .323 .310 .632 90 1173 33 202
*George Baumgardner 24 5 251 124 251 215 15 31 5 1 0 13 1 30 49 .144 .252 .177 .429 28 38 1 5
*Babe Borton 27 4 1142 317 1142 940 139 254 31 17 4 136 21 160 101 .270 .381 .352 .734 114 331 9 33
Harry Chapman 28 5 458 147 458 404 38 80 8 5 1 44 7 37 57 .198 .269 .250 .519 48 101 2 15
Verne Clemons 24 1 7 4 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 31 2 0 0
Doc Crandall 28 9 1001 486 1001 859 108 245 35 19 9 124 9 0 114 91 .285 .372 .402 .773 120 345 4 24 0
Dave Davenport 26 3 338 157 338 289 15 30 4 0 0 13 0 29 141 .104 .196 .118 .313 -8 34 4 16
Charlie Deal 24 5 884 237 884 790 69 192 32 10 1 80 25 50 55 .243 .290 .313 .602 76 247 2 42
Bill Fincher 22 1 4 12 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 130 2 0 0
Bob Groom 31 8 758 317 758 680 44 89 14 3 0 33 3 34 96 .131 .173 .160 .334 -1 109 1 43
George Hale 21 2 13 10 13 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .231 .167 .397 22 2 1 0
*Earl Hamilton 24 6 461 211 461 387 21 52 9 1 0 12 2 1 54 82 .134 .244 .163 .407 21 63 2 18
Grover Hartley 27 6 1021 354 1021 899 98 237 46 9 2 95 25 86 78 .264 .337 .341 .678 96 307 13 23
*Ernie Johnson 28 3 905 247 905 790 94 188 27 14 7 91 45 77 58 .238 .310 .334 .644 89 264 5 33
Ray Kennedy 21 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Ernie Koob 23 2 101 61 101 78 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 20 40 .064 .255 .064 .319 -2 5 0 3
Doc Lavan 25 4 1405 393 1405 1259 106 278 39 14 2 93 29 31 101 206 .221 .284 .279 .563 71 351 10 35
Billy Lee 22 2 79 25 79 70 3 13 1 0 0 4 1 1 7 6 .186 .260 .200 .460 40 14 0 2
Armando Marsans 28 6 2026 518 2026 1805 213 504 46 18 2 177 151 26 140 105 .279 .337 .328 .665 93 592 16 65
Tim McCabe 21 2 23 20 23 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .053 .217 .053 .270 -18 1 0 0
*Ward Miller 31 7 2578 726 2578 2162 309 606 78 34 7 219 121 21 302 215 .280 .376 .358 .733 113 773 28 86
Jim Park 23 2 30 29 30 30 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 .200 .200 .233 .433 33 7 0 0
Gene Paulette 25 2 17 15 17 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .250 .294 .250 .544 55 4 0 0
*Eddie Plank 40 16 1732 610 1732 1569 130 327 38 7 3 120 13 1 68 62 .208 .252 .247 .499 49 388 23 72
Del Pratt 28 5 3259 782 3259 2944 346 846 157 64 20 402 156 68 206 201 .287 .337 .405 .741 123 1191 13 96
William Rumler 25 2 94 61 94 83 8 20 4 0 0 16 2 2 6 19 .241 .300 .289 .589 80 24 1 4
Hank Severeid 25 5 741 275 741 672 50 169 20 7 1 79 5 1 54 60 .251 .312 .307 .618 85 206 5 10
*Burt Shotton 31 7 4105 923 4105 3514 553 981 109 51 5 208 231 89 533 256 .279 .377 .343 .720 115 1207 16 42
*George Sisler 23 2 939 232 939 854 111 255 31 13 7 105 44 35 47 64 .299 .340 .390 .730 123 333 7 31
*Jack Tobin 24 3 1482 374 1482 1304 189 359 54 24 13 96 58 131 108 .275 .345 .383 .729 108 500 8 39
Bobby Wallace 42 23 9492 2343 9492 8510 1054 2293 390 143 34 1115 200 2 768 69 .269 .333 .361 .694 106 3071 47 167
*Carl Weilman 26 5 426 185 426 391 18 66 5 1 0 15 2 1 23 95 .169 .215 .187 .402 22 73 0 12
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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