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1917 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918)
57-97, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 510 runs, Allowed 687 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97
Manager: Fielder Jones (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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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
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
24 P Allen Sothoron# 24 49 103 92 8 20 5 1 0 11 0 5 17 .217 .265 .293 .559 73 27 1 5
25 P Dave Davenport 27 47 100 92 0 9 1 0 0 8 0 4 48 .098 .135 .109 .244 -24 10 0 4
26 P Bob Groom 32 38 78 72 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 27 .111 .147 .139 .286 -11 10 0 3
27 P Eddie Plank* 41 20 46 38 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 3 10 .105 .190 .132 .322 0 5 1 4
28 P Ernie Koob* 24 39 43 35 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 .114 .225 .114 .339 5 4 0 3
29 P Tom Rogers 25 24 32 29 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .172 .200 .172 .372 16 5 0 2
30 P Earl Hamilton* 25 27 25 19 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 .368 .478 .421 .899 179 8 0 2
31 P Rasty Wright 21 16 13 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .200 .333 .200 .533 66 2 0 1
32 P Grover Lowdermilk 32 3 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P Carl Weilman* 27 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Vince Molyneaux 28 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Jim Park 24 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
36 P Speed Martin 23 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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
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* - 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 8 6 4 7 8 7 7 6 6 8
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
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* - 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