1917 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 210,486 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 99

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1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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	26	143	544	501	45	133	23	4	1	57	6		28	20	.265	.306	.333	.639	98	167		1	14
2	1B	George Sisler*	24	135	587	539	60	190	30	9	2	52	37		30	19	.353	.390	.453	.843	161	244		3	15
3	2B	Del Pratt	29	123	499	450	40	111	22	8	1	53	18		33	36	.247	.301	.338	.639	98	152		2	14
4	SS	Doc Lavan	26	118	388	355	19	85	8	5	0	30	5		19	34	.239	.284	.290	.574	78	103		3	11
5	3B	Jimmy Austin#	37	127	534	455	61	109	18	8	0	19	13		50	46	.240	.319	.314	.633	97	143		3	26
6	OF	Burt Shotton*	32	118	469	398	47	89	9	1	1	20	16		62	47	.224	.330	.259	.589	83	103		1	8
7	OF	Tod Sloan*	26	109	351	313	32	72	6	2	2	25	8		28	34	.230	.307	.281	.589	83	88		7	3
8	OF	Baby Doll Jacobson	26	148	572	529	53	131	23	7	4	55	10		31	67	.248	.294	.340	.635	97	180		4	8
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	Armando Marsans	29	75	286	257	31	59	12	0	0	20	11		20	6	.230	.285	.276	.561	74	71		0	9
10	MI	Ernie Johnson*	29	80	224	199	28	49	6	2	2	20	13		12	16	.246	.296	.327	.622	93	65		2	11
11	OF	Earl Smith#	26	52	222	199	31	56	7	7	0	10	5		15	21	.281	.332	.387	.719	123	77		0	8
12	3B	Lee Magee#	28	36	125	112	11	19	1	0	0	4	3		6	6	.170	.212	.179	.390	21	20		0	7
13	OF	Ward Miller*	32	43	102	82	13	17	1	1	1	2	7		16	15	.207	.350	.280	.630	96	23		2	2
14	OF	William Rumler	26	78	97	88	7	23	3	4	1	16	2		8	9	.261	.323	.420	.743	131	37		0	1
15	C	George Hale	22	38	73	61	4	12	2	1	0	8	0		10	12	.197	.310	.262	.572	78	16		0	2
16	OF	Ray Demmitt*	33	14	54	53	6	15	1	2	0	7	1		0	8	.283	.296	.377	.674	109	20		1	0
17	MI	Wally Gerber	25	14	43	39	2	12	1	1	0	2	1		3	2	.308	.357	.385	.742	130	15		0	1
18	IF	Gene Paulette	26	12	26	22	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.182	.280	.182	.462	44	4		0	1
19	UT	Grover Hartley	28	19	16	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.231	.333	.231	.564	75	3		0	1
20	2B	Bill Kenworthy	30	5	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	-12	1		0	0
21	3B	Scrappy Moore	24	4	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	8	1		0	0
22	SS	Ed Murray	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
23		Tom Richardson	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
24	SS	Otto Neu	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0	0
25		Pete Bigler	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0		0	0
26	P	Allen Sothoron#	24	49	103	92	8	20	5	1	0	11	0		5	17	.217	.265	.293	.559	73	27		1	5
27	P	Dave Davenport	27	47	100	92	0	9	1	0	0	8	0		4	48	.098	.135	.109	.244	-24	10		0	4
28	P	Bob Groom	32	38	78	72	4	8	2	0	0	2	0		3	27	.111	.147	.139	.286	-11	10		0	3
29	P	Eddie Plank*	41	20	46	38	0	4	1	0	0	2	0		3	10	.105	.190	.132	.322	0	5		1	4
30	P	Ernie Koob*	24	39	43	35	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		5	17	.114	.225	.114	.339	5	4		0	3
31	P	Tom Rogers	25	24	32	29	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.172	.200	.172	.372	16	5		0	2
32	P	Earl Hamilton*	25	27	25	19	0	7	1	0	0	0	0		4	3	.368	.478	.421	.899	179	8		0	2
33	P	Rasty Wright	21	16	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.200	.333	.200	.533	66	2		0	1
34	P	Grover Lowdermilk	32	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
35	P	Carl Weilman*	27	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
36	P	Vince Molyneaux	28	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
37	P	Jim Park	24	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
38	P	Speed Martin	23	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
39	P	Kewpie Pennington	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Tim McCabe	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.2	155	5693	5091	511	1250	183	63	15	425	157	0	405	540	.246	.305	.315	.620	92	1604	0	31	166	0	0
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	8	4	4	6	5		5		8	3	4	8	6	6		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

* - 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	Dave Davenport	27	17	17	.500	3.08	47	39	6	20	2	2	280.2	273	137	96	5	105		100	8	1	11	1178	85	1.347	8.8	0.2	3.4	3.2	0.95
2	SP	Allen Sothoron	24	14	19	.424	2.83	48	32	14	17	3	4	276.2	259	135	87	2	96		85	9	0	5	1147	92	1.283	8.4	0.1	3.1	2.8	0.89
3	SP	Bob Groom	32	8	19	.296	2.94	38	28	6	11	4	3	232.2	193	80	76	3	95		82	5	0	2	938	89	1.238	7.5	0.1	3.7	3.2	0.86
4	SP	Eddie Plank*	41	5	6	.455	1.79	20	14	4	8	1	1	131.0	105	39	26	2	38		26	2	0	1	520	146	1.092	7.2	0.1	2.6	1.8	0.68
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
5	RP	Ernie Koob*	24	6	14	.300	3.91	39	18	10	3	1	1	133.2	139	81	58	1	57		47	6	0	5	560	67	1.466	9.4	0.1	3.8	3.2	0.82
6	RP	Tom Rogers	25	3	6	.333	3.89	24	8	12	3	0	0	108.2	112	58	47	2	44		27	3	0	1	457	67	1.436	9.3	0.2	3.6	2.2	0.61
7	RP	Earl Hamilton*	25	0	9	.000	3.14	27	8	9	2	0	1	83.0	86	46	29	1	41		19	2	0	3	358	83	1.530	9.3	0.1	4.4	2.1	0.46
8	RP	Rasty Wright	21	0	1	.000	5.45	16	1	11	0	0	0	39.2	48	31	24	0	10		5	1	0	1	173	48	1.462	10.9	0.0	2.3	1.1	0.50
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		Vince Molyneaux	28	0	0		4.91	7	0	2	0	0	0	22.0	18	15	12	0	20		4	0	0	3	96	53	1.727	7.4	0.0	8.2	1.6	0.20
10		Jim Park	24	1	1	.500	6.64	13	0	7	0	0	0	20.1	27	20	15	1	12		9	0	0	1	93	39	1.918	12.0	0.4	5.3	4.0	0.75
11		Grover Lowdermilk	32	2	1	.667	1.42	3	2	1	2	1	0	19.0	16	5	3	0	4		9	0	0	0	82	184	1.053	7.6	0.0	1.9	4.3	2.25
12		Carl Weilman*	27	1	2	.333	1.89	5	3	2	0	0	0	19.0	19	9	4	1	6		9	0	0	0	77	138	1.316	9.0	0.5	2.8	4.3	1.50
13		Speed Martin	23	0	2	.000	5.74	9	2	5	0	0	0	15.2	20	13	10	0	5		5	0	0	2	64	45	1.596	11.5	0.0	2.9	2.9	1.00
14		Tim McCabe	22	0	0		23.14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	6	6	1	4		2	0	0	0	14	11	3.429	15.4	3.9	15.4	7.7	0.50
15		Kewpie Pennington	20	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	27.8	57	97	.370	3.20	155	155	90	66	12	12	1385.1	1320	675	493	19	537		429	36	1	35	5761	81	1.340	8.6	0.1	3.5	2.8	0.80
		Rank in 8 AL teams		7	2		7				8	6	4	7	8	7	7	6	6		4147
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	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary
Jimmy Austin	37	127				468	169	273	26	25	.944	3.48		3B-SS
Dave Davenport	27	47				93	4	83	6	0	.935	1.85		P
Ray Demmitt	33	14	0	0	14	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.07		OF
Wally Gerber	25	14				58	16	38	4	4	.931	3.86		SS-2B
Bob Groom	32	38				69	9	59	1	3	.986	1.79		P
George Hale	22	28				109	75	26	8	3	.927	3.61	1	C
Earl Hamilton	25	27				26	8	18	0	1	1.000	0.96		P
Grover Hartley	28	6				11	6	4	1	0	.909	1.67	0	C-SS-3B
Baby Doll Jacobson	26	142	0	54	77	451	411	25	15	10	.967	3.07		OF-1B
Ernie Johnson	29	71				344	122	197	25	19	.927	4.49		SS-2B-3B
Bill Kenworthy	30	4				18	6	10	2	3	.889	4.00		2B
Ernie Koob	24	39				55	4	44	7	3	.873	1.23		P
Doc Lavan	26	117				648	244	354	50	70	.923	5.11		SS-2B
Grover Lowdermilk	32	3				6	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.00		P
Lee Magee	28	32	0	0	1	156	80	74	2	8	.987	4.81		3B-2B-1B-OF
Armando Marsans	29	73	0	67	0	188	161	20	7	1	.963	2.48		OF-3B-2B
Speed Martin	23	9				15	3	11	1	0	.933	1.56		P
Tim McCabe	22	1				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00		P
Ward Miller	32	25	12	4	9	29	24	4	1	1	.966	1.12		OF
Vince Molyneaux	28	7				9	0	9	0	0	1.000	1.29		P
Scrappy Moore	24	2				8	2	4	2	2	.750	3.00		3B
Ed Murray	22	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		SS
Otto Neu	22	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		SS
Jim Park	24	13				8	0	7	1	0	.875	0.54		P
Gene Paulette	26	9				70	56	10	4	3	.943	7.33		1B-2B-3B
Kewpie Pennington	20	1				0	0	0	0	0		0.00		P
Eddie Plank	41	20				39	5	33	1	0	.974	1.90		P
Del Pratt	29	121				730	346	355	29	64	.960	5.79		2B-1B
Tom Rogers	25	24				38	1	34	3	0	.921	1.46		P
William Rumler	26	9	3	0	6	16	13	2	1	0	.938	1.67		OF
Hank Severeid	26	140				713	532	157	24	10	.966	4.92	19	C-1B
Burt Shotton	32	107	107	0	0	208	182	10	16	6	.923	1.79		OF
George Sisler	24	135				1516	1386	106	24	97	.984	11.05		1B-2B
Tod Sloan	26	77	16	1	60	135	120	10	5	4	.963	1.69		OF
Earl Smith	26	51	22	29	0	129	114	12	3	5	.977	2.47		OF
Allen Sothoron	24	48				105	13	81	11	0	.895	1.96		P
Carl Weilman	27	5				11	0	10	1	1	.909	2.00		P
Rasty Wright	21	16				16	3	13	0	0	1.000	1.00		P
Team Totals	27.9	155				6511	4131	2099	281	343	.957	3.88	20
Rank in 8 AL teams									1	1	8
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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