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1918 St. Louis Browns

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1917 / 1919

58-64, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Fielder Jones (22-24), Jimmy Austin (7-9) and Jimmy Burke (29-31)
Scored 426 runs, Allowed 448 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-64

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 122,076 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100


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1917 / 1919 Batting 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 Les Nunamaker 29 85 315 274 22 71 9 2 0 22 6 28 16 .259 .339 .307 .645 98 84 5 8
2 1B George Sisler* 25 114 506 452 69 154 21 9 2 41 45 40 17 .341 .400 .440 .841 158 199 5 9
3 2B Joe Gedeon 24 123 499 441 39 94 14 3 1 41 8 27 29 .213 .271 .265 .536 64 117 8 23
4 SS Jimmy Austin# 38 110 442 367 42 97 14 4 0 20 18 53 32 .264 .359 .324 .683 109 119 1 21
5 3B Fritz Maisel 28 90 354 284 43 66 4 2 0 16 11 46 17 .232 .341 .261 .602 85 74 1 23
6 OF Earl Smith# 27 89 319 286 28 77 10 5 0 32 13 13 16 .269 .303 .339 .642 97 97 1 19
7 OF Jack Tobin* 26 122 550 480 59 133 19 5 0 36 13 48 26 .277 .349 .338 .686 110 162 5 17
8 OF Ray Demmitt* 34 116 464 405 45 114 23 5 1 61 10 38 35 .281 .346 .370 .716 120 150 2 19
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 Tim Hendryx 27 88 269 219 22 61 14 3 0 33 5 37 35 .279 .388 .370 .757 132 81 2 11
10 SS Wally Gerber 26 56 195 171 10 41 4 0 0 10 2 19 11 .240 .316 .263 .579 77 45 0 5
11 C Hank Severeid 27 51 156 133 8 34 4 0 0 11 4 18 4 .256 .357 .286 .643 97 38 3 2
12 UT Pete Johns 30 46 97 89 5 16 1 1 0 11 0 4 6 .180 .215 .213 .429 31 19 0 4
13 IF Ernie Johnson* 30 29 35 34 7 9 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 .265 .286 .294 .580 78 10 1 0
14 C George Hale 23 12 31 30 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 .133 .161 .167 .328 1 5 0 0
15 Ken Williams* 28 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 53 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
16 P Allan Sothoron# 25 29 70 63 5 10 1 0 0 5 0 3 21 .159 .197 .175 .372 14 11 0 4
17 P Dave Davenport 28 31 67 52 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 9 22 .135 .274 .212 .486 49 11 1 5
18 P Tom Rogers 26 29 56 53 7 13 3 1 0 3 0 0 7 .245 .245 .340 .585 79 18 0 3
19 P Bert Gallia 26 19 47 46 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 .130 .130 .130 .261 -20 6 0 1
20 P Rasty Wright 22 18 42 34 5 10 0 0 0 3 0 6 5 .294 .400 .294 .694 113 10 0 2
21 P Urban Shocker 27 14 37 34 1 11 3 0 0 3 0 3 9 .324 .378 .412 .790 142 14 0 0
22 P Grover Lowdermilk 33 13 29 28 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 5 .250 .276 .357 .633 94 10 0 0
23 P Byron Houck 26 27 21 20 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .150 .190 .200 .390 20 4 0 0
24 P Lefty Leifield* 34 15 20 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 .053 .100 .105 .205 -37 2 0 0
25 P Bugs Bennett 26 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 53 1 0 0
26 P Tim McCabe 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 123 4627 4019 426 1040 152 40 5 360 139 397 340 .259 .331 .320 .651 100 1287 35 176
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 6 5 8 7 2 1 4 7 2 2 5 2 8 2 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 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
Jimmy Austin# 38 442 2 0 0 0 -7 5 15 15 1.5 22 2.4 -0.9 $ Traded 65
Bugs Bennett 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Dave Davenport 28 67 -4 -1 0 0 0 2 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Jumped Lgs 1
Ray Demmitt* 34 464 5 -1 0 0 6 -6 16 20 2.1 14 1.5 0.6 $ Traded *O
Bert Gallia 26 47 -7 0 0 0 0 1 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Traded 1
Joe Gedeon 24 499 -21 -1 0 0 8 0 17 3 -0.2 -5 -0.5 0.3 $ Traded *4
Wally Gerber 26 195 -5 -1 0 0 -5 4 7 0 -0.2 5 0.5 -0.7 $ 6
George Hale 23 31 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 2
Tim Hendryx 27 269 7 -1 0 0 -3 -3 9 9 1.0 12 1.3 -0.3 $ Traded O
Byron Houck 26 21 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Pete Johns 30 97 -8 0 0 0 0 0 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 3/5O64
Ernie Johnson* 30 35 -1 1 0 0 -1 1 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 6/5
Lefty Leifield* 34 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
Grover Lowdermilk 33 29 -1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Fritz Maisel 28 354 -5 1 0 0 -2 3 12 9 0.8 11 1.2 -0.4 $ Traded 5/O
Les Nunamaker 29 315 -2 -1 0 0 0 5 11 13 1.2 13 1.4 -0.2 $ Traded 2/3O
Tom Rogers 26 56 -2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Hank Severeid 27 156 0 -1 0 0 -2 3 5 5 0.5 7 0.8 -0.3 $ 2
Urban Shocker 27 37 1 -1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
George Sisler* 25 506 26 4 0 0 12 -4 16 54 6.0 42 4.6 1.4 $ Free Agency *3/1
Earl Smith# 27 319 -4 1 0 0 0 -4 11 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ O
Allan Sothoron# 25 70 -7 0 0 0 0 2 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Jack Tobin* 26 550 3 0 0 0 -1 -4 17 15 1.6 16 1.7 -0.1 $ Purchased *O
Ken Williams* 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Rasty Wright 22 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
Team Total 28.3 4627 -32 -1 0 0 5 12 154 138 12.9 133 14.5 -1.6 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

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# 38 442 291 43 4.0 79 .290 .264 .256 .359 .326 .324 .326 .683 .652 109 .563 6.5 0.7 .707 .253 .060 .0 65
Bugs Bennett 26 4 3 0 0.0 79 .250 .250 .256 .250 .326 .250 .326 .500 .652 53 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
Dave Davenport 28 67 50 3 1.6 79 .207 .135 .256 .274 .326 .212 .326 .486 .652 49 .198 -2.9 -0.3 .467 .250 .077 .0 1
Ray Demmitt* 34 464 310 51 4.5 79 .306 .281 .256 .346 .326 .370 .326 .716 .652 120 .611 9.7 1.1 .687 .207 .089 1.8 *O
Bert Gallia 26 47 41 1 0.7 79 .176 .130 .256 .130 .326 .130 .326 .261 .652 -20 .045 -6.8 -0.8 .150 .000 .000 1
Joe Gedeon 24 499 370 30 2.2 79 .226 .213 .256 .271 .326 .265 .326 .536 .652 64 .301 -19.5 -2.2 .461 .132 .052 1.8 *4
Wally Gerber 26 195 135 14 2.8 79 .256 .240 .256 .316 .326 .263 .326 .579 .652 77 .402 -4.0 -0.5 .508 .146 .023 .0 6
George Hale 23 31 26 1 1.0 79 .160 .133 .256 .161 .326 .167 .326 .328 .652 1 .100 -3.7 -0.4 .231 .067 .033 2
Tim Hendryx 27 269 169 31 5.0 79 .332 .279 .256 .388 .326 .370 .326 .757 .652 132 .657 10.8 1.2 .791 .283 .091 .0 O
Byron Houck 26 21 17 1 1.6 79 .176 .150 .256 .190 .326 .200 .326 .390 .652 20 .193 -2.0 -0.2 .294 .100 .050 1
Pete Johns 30 97 77 4 1.4 79 .193 .180 .256 .215 .326 .213 .326 .429 .652 31 .159 -7.8 -0.9 .315 .079 .034 3/5O64
Ernie Johnson* 30 35 25 3 3.3 79 .281 .265 .256 .286 .326 .294 .326 .580 .652 78 .469 -1.0 -0.1 .600 .147 .029 .0 6/5
Lefty Leifield* 34 20 18 0 0.0 79 .071 .053 .256 .100 .326 .105 .326 .205 .652 -37 .000 -3.2 -0.4 .167 .105 .053 1
Grover Lowdermilk 33 29 21 3 3.9 79 .304 .250 .256 .276 .326 .357 .326 .633 .652 94 .548 -0.3 -0.0 .524 .143 .107 1
Fritz Maisel 28 354 241 25 2.8 79 .247 .232 .256 .341 .326 .261 .326 .602 .652 85 .402 -2.9 -0.3 .606 .229 .028 .0 5/O
Tim McCabe 23 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Les Nunamaker 29 315 211 28 3.6 79 .275 .259 .256 .339 .326 .307 .326 .645 .652 98 .514 0.2 0.0 .606 .172 .047 .0 2/3O
Tom Rogers 26 56 43 4 2.5 79 .283 .245 .256 .245 .326 .340 .326 .585 .652 79 .356 -1.8 -0.2 .450 .094 .094 1
Hank Severeid 27 156 101 13 3.5 79 .264 .256 .256 .357 .326 .286 .326 .643 .652 97 .500 0.8 0.1 .636 .195 .030 .0 2
Urban Shocker 27 37 23 5 5.9 79 .440 .324 .256 .378 .326 .412 .326 .790 .652 142 .724 1.8 0.2 .739 .176 .088 1
George Sisler* 25 506 307 78 6.9 79 .351 .341 .256 .400 .326 .440 .326 .841 .652 158 .777 30.9 3.5 .970 .288 .100 3.8 *3/1
Earl Smith# 27 319 228 29 3.5 79 .285 .269 .256 .303 .326 .339 .326 .642 .652 97 .495 -2.6 -0.3 .593 .161 .070 .0 O
Allan Sothoron# 25 70 57 2 1.0 79 .238 .159 .256 .197 .326 .175 .326 .372 .652 14 .086 -6.6 -0.8 .264 .063 .016 1
Jack Tobin* 26 550 364 56 4.2 79 .293 .277 .256 .349 .326 .338 .326 .686 .652 110 .582 7.0 0.8 .657 .188 .060 .0 *O
Ken Williams* 28 2 1 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .256 .500 .326 .000 .326 .500 .652 53 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
Rasty Wright 22 42 26 4 4.2 79 .345 .294 .256 .400 .326 .294 .326 .694 .652 113 .582 1.0 0.1 .667 .176 .000 1
League Average 3.7 82 .276 .253 .261 .323 .332 .322 .333 .645 .665 94 .523 .608 .194 .069
Team Total 28.2 4627 3155 429 3.7 79 .282 .259 .256 .331 .326 .320 .326 .651 .652 100 .526 3.5 0.2 .624 .195 .061 9.7
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# 38 140 566 487 68 143 21 6 0 32 27 78 41 .294 .392 .361 .754 69 110 110
Bugs Bennett 26 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Dave Davenport 28 40 84 68 5 11 2 0 2 5 0 14 28 .162 .321 .279 .601 5 31 31
Ray Demmitt* 34 148 598 539 72 168 34 7 1 98 15 56 45 .312 .380 .406 .786 83 116 116
Bert Gallia 26 24 60 60 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 .150 .150 .150 .300 1 19 19
Joe Gedeon 24 157 631 580 62 137 20 4 1 66 12 39 37 .236 .298 .290 .588 48 123 123
Wally Gerber 26 71 254 226 16 60 6 0 0 16 3 28 14 .265 .346 .292 .638 23 56 56
George Hale 23 15 41 39 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 6 .154 .195 .205 .400 1 12 12
Tim Hendryx 27 112 350 292 35 90 21 4 0 53 7 55 45 .308 .423 .408 .830 50 88 88
Byron Houck 26 34 27 26 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 .154 .185 .192 .377 1 27 27
Pete Johns 30 59 122 116 8 23 1 1 0 17 0 6 8 .198 .238 .224 .462 6 46 46
Ernie Johnson* 30 37 45 44 10 12 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 .273 .289 .295 .584 4 29 29
Lefty Leifield* 34 19 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .040 .000 .040 0 15 15
Grover Lowdermilk 33 17 37 36 4 9 4 0 0 3 0 1 6 .250 .270 .361 .631 4 13 13
Fritz Maisel 28 115 445 376 70 98 6 3 0 26 16 68 22 .261 .375 .293 .668 41 90 90
Les Nunamaker 29 108 412 364 36 105 13 3 0 36 9 41 20 .288 .371 .341 .712 45 85 85
Tom Rogers 26 37 71 71 12 20 5 2 0 5 0 0 9 .282 .282 .408 .690 8 29 29
Hank Severeid 27 65 208 177 13 51 6 0 0 18 6 27 5 .288 .394 .322 .716 22 51 51
Urban Shocker 27 18 51 46 2 17 5 0 0 5 0 5 11 .370 .431 .478 .910 9 14 14
George Sisler* 25 145 673 607 111 227 31 13 3 66 66 59 22 .374 .435 .483 .918 126 114 114
Earl Smith# 27 114 400 380 45 113 15 7 0 52 19 19 20 .297 .333 .374 .706 47 89 89
Allan Sothoron# 25 37 87 83 9 15 2 0 0 9 0 4 27 .181 .218 .205 .423 4 29 29
Jack Tobin* 26 156 715 638 95 195 28 7 0 58 19 70 33 .306 .380 .371 .752 89 122 122
Ken Williams* 28 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 2 2
Rasty Wright 22 23 55 46 8 15 0 0 0 5 0 9 6 .326 .436 .326 .762 6 18 18
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# 38 10 5409 1345 5409 4611 554 1130 148 62 11 333 231 56 512 606 .245 .325 .311 .637 92 1435 37 249
Bugs Bennett 26 1 4 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 53 1 0 0
Dave Davenport 28 5 505 235 505 433 18 46 6 0 1 24 0 0 42 211 .106 .194 .127 .321 -4 55 5 25
Ray Demmitt* 34 6 1649 419 1649 1429 186 371 50 31 7 146 39 20 158 139 .260 .340 .353 .693 113 504 16 46
Bert Gallia 26 7 340 190 340 316 20 54 9 2 0 15 2 0 14 104 .171 .206 .212 .418 26 67 0 10
Joe Gedeon 24 5 1199 311 1199 1066 107 227 36 10 1 83 29 0 75 110 .213 .274 .268 .542 63 286 14 44
Wally Gerber 26 4 454 143 454 408 25 94 8 2 0 24 9 1 33 37 .230 .293 .260 .553 69 106 3 10
George Hale 23 4 117 60 117 103 5 18 3 1 0 9 0 0 11 21 .175 .261 .223 .484 50 23 1 2
Tim Hendryx 27 6 957 268 957 791 88 204 39 15 6 97 18 6 119 101 .258 .362 .368 .730 120 291 10 37
Byron Houck 26 4 193 118 193 175 6 20 4 1 1 10 0 0 7 45 .114 .153 .166 .319 -7 29 1 10
Pete Johns 30 2 208 74 208 189 12 37 3 2 0 22 2 7 12 17 .196 .248 .233 .480 44 44 1 6
Ernie Johnson* 30 5 1164 356 1164 1023 129 246 34 16 9 111 62 3 89 83 .240 .306 .331 .638 89 339 8 44
Lefty Leifield* 34 10 654 275 654 579 45 104 11 9 0 30 5 0 47 130 .180 .244 .230 .473 41 133 2 26
Grover Lowdermilk 33 7 166 92 166 156 6 22 6 1 0 5 0 0 7 51 .141 .183 .192 .375 13 30 1 2
Fritz Maisel 28 6 2449 592 2449 2111 295 510 56 24 6 148 194 29 260 177 .242 .327 .299 .626 88 632 7 71
Tim McCabe 23 4 23 22 23 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .053 .217 .053 .270 -18 1 0 0
Les Nunamaker 29 8 1914 585 1914 1706 154 441 62 24 2 163 34 13 155 179 .258 .325 .326 .652 94 557 14 39
Tom Rogers 26 2 88 53 88 82 7 18 3 1 0 3 0 1 12 .220 .229 .280 .509 57 23 0 5
Hank Severeid 27 7 1441 469 1441 1306 103 336 47 11 2 147 15 1 100 84 .257 .314 .315 .629 91 411 9 26
Urban Shocker 27 3 118 52 118 100 3 23 3 0 0 10 0 0 9 33 .230 .306 .260 .566 72 26 2 7
George Sisler* 25 4 2032 481 2032 1845 240 599 82 31 11 198 126 35 117 100 .325 .370 .421 .790 143 776 15 55
Earl Smith# 27 3 571 155 571 512 61 140 18 13 0 46 19 0 30 42 .273 .315 .359 .674 107 184 1 28
Allan Sothoron# 25 4 176 82 176 158 13 30 6 1 0 16 0 0 8 39 .190 .234 .241 .474 46 38 1 9
Jack Tobin* 26 4 2032 496 2032 1784 248 492 73 29 13 132 71 0 179 134 .276 .346 .371 .717 109 662 13 56
Ken Williams* 28 3 274 83 274 247 23 56 10 4 0 18 5 3 18 25 .227 .285 .300 .584 76 74 2 7
Rasty Wright 22 2 55 34 55 44 5 12 0 0 0 4 0 8 10 .273 .385 .273 .657 102 12 0 3
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

1917 / 1919 Batting Statistics