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1917 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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57-97, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fielder Jones (57-97)
Scored 510 runs, Allowed 687 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 210,486 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 99


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1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Jimmy Austin 37 B R 5' 7" 155 Dec 8, 1879 9 127 127 0 0 0 0 121 6 0 0 0 0 2.3
Ivan Bigler 24 R R 5' 9" 150 Dec 13, 1892 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dave Davenport 27 R R 6' 6" 220 Feb 20, 1890 4 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Ray Demmitt 33 L R 5' 8" 170 Feb 2, 1884 5 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 -0.1
Wally Gerber 25 R R 5' 10" 152 Aug 18, 1891 3 14 14 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0.5
Bob Groom 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 12, 1884 9 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4
George Hale 22 R R 5' 10" 160 Aug 3, 1894 3 38 38 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Earl Hamilton 25 L L 5' 8" 160 Jul 19, 1891 7 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Grover Hartley 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 2, 1888 7 19 19 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.1
Baby Doll Jacobson 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Aug 16, 1890 2 148 148 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 54 77 131 1.2
Ernie Johnson 29 L R 5' 9" 151 Apr 29, 1888 4 80 80 0 0 0 18 14 39 0 0 0 0 0.9
Duke Kenworthy 30 B R 5' 7" 165 Jul 4, 1886 4 5 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Ernie Koob 24 L L 5' 10" 160 Sep 11, 1892 3 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9
Doc Lavan 26 R R 5' 8" 151 Oct 28, 1890 5 118 118 0 0 0 7 0 110 0 0 0 0 0.5
Grover Lowdermilk 32 R R 6' 4" 190 Jan 15, 1885 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Lee Magee 28 B R 5' 11" 165 Jun 4, 1889 7 36 36 0 0 5 6 20 0 0 0 1 1 -0.3
Armando Marsans 29 R R 5' 10" 157 Oct 3, 1887 7 75 75 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 67 0 67 -0.4
Speed Martin 23 R R 6' 0" 165 Sep 15, 1893 1st 10 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Tim McCabe 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 19, 1894 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ward Miller 32 L R 5' 11" 177 Jul 5, 1884 8 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 9 25 -0.1
Vince Molyneaux 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 17, 1888 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Scrappy Moore 24 R R 5' 8" 153 Dec 16, 1892 1st 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ed Murray 22 R R 5' 6" 145 May 8, 1895 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Otto Neu 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 24, 1894 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jim Park 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 10, 1892 3 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Gene Paulette 26 R R 6' 0" 150 May 26, 1891 3 12 12 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Kewpie Pennington 20 R R 5' 8" 168 Sep 24, 1896 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Eddie Plank HOF 41 L L 5' 11" 175 Aug 31, 1875 17 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8
Del Pratt 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 10, 1888 6 123 123 0 0 2 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Tom Richardson 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 7, 1883 1st 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tom Rogers 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 12, 1892 1st 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
William Rumler 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 27, 1891 3 78 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 9 0.6
Hank Severeid 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 1, 1891 6 143 143 0 139 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
Burt Shotton 32 L R 5' 11" 175 Oct 18, 1884 8 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 107 -0.8
George Sisler HOF 24 L L 5' 11" 170 Mar 24, 1893 3 135 135 0 0 133 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6
Tod Sloan 26 L R 6' 0" 175 Dec 24, 1890 2 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 60 77 -0.2
Earl Smith 26 B R 5' 11" 170 Jan 20, 1891 2 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 29 0 51 1.0
Allan Sothoron 24 B R 5' 11" 182 Apr 27, 1893 3 49 49 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Carl Weilman 27 L L 6' 5" 187 Nov 29, 1889 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Rasty Wright 21 R R 5' 11" 160 Nov 5, 1895 1st 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers