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1920 St. Louis Browns

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1919 / 1921

76-77, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Burke (76-77)
Scored 797 runs, Allowed 766 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-74

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 419,311 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 110


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1919 / 1921 Roster (40-man)

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 Salary
Jimmy Austin 40 B R 5' 7" 155 Dec 8, 1879 12 84 74 84 75 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0.7 $4,200
Bill Bayne 21 L L 5' 9" 160 Apr 18, 1899 2 18 13 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $1,800
Josh Billings 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 30, 1891 8 66 38 66 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 0.5 $3,600
George Boehler 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 2, 1892 6 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $2,400
Bill Burwell 25 L R 5' 11" 175 Mar 27, 1895 1st 35 2 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.3 $1,500
Pat Collins 23 R R 5' 11" 178 Sep 13, 1896 2 23 2 23 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.1
Dixie Davis 29 R R 5' 11" 155 Oct 12, 1890 4 38 31 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 $3,000
Joe DeBerry 23 L R 6' 1" 175 Nov 29, 1896 1st 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bert Gallia 28 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 14, 1891 9 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $3,000
Joe Gedeon 26 R R 6' 0" 167 Dec 5, 1893 7 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $4,800
Wally Gerber 28 R R 5' 10" 152 Aug 18, 1891 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $3,500
Johnnie Heving 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 29, 1896 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.0 $1,200
Baby Doll Jacobson 29 R R 6' 3" 215 Aug 16, 1890 4 154 154 154 154 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 110 44 154 0 0 5.9 $4,000
Lyman Lamb 25 R R 5' 7" 150 Mar 17, 1895 1st 9 4 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 7 2 0 0.2
Dud Lee 20 L R 5' 9" 150 Aug 22, 1899 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $1,200
Lefty Leifield 36 L L 6' 1" 165 Sep 5, 1883 12 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Hod Leverette 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 4, 1889 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Adrian Lynch 23 B R 6' 1" 185 Feb 9, 1897 1st 5 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Marty McManus 20 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 14, 1900 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $840
Billy Mullen 24 R R 5' 8" 160 Jan 23, 1896 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Earl Pruess 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 2, 1895 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.1
Ray Richmond 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 5, 1896 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Roy Sanders 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 10, 1894 2 8 1 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
John Scheneberg 32 B R 6' 1" 180 Nov 20, 1887 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Hank Severeid 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 1, 1891 9 123 114 123 116 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.6 $5,000
Urban Shocker 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 22, 1890 5 38 28 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 $3,300
John Shovlin 29 R R 5' 7" 163 Jan 14, 1891 3 7 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $2,250
George Sisler HOF 27 L L 5' 11" 170 Mar 24, 1893 6 154 154 154 154 1 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.8 $10,000
Earl Smith 29 B R 5' 11" 170 Jan 20, 1891 5 103 81 103 85 0 0 0 0 68 0 6 2 9 17 18 0 1.7 $3,000
Allan Sothoron 27 B R 5' 11" 182 Apr 27, 1893 6 36 26 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Paul Speraw 26 R R 5' 8" 145 Oct 5, 1893 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Frank Thompson 24 R R 5' 8" 155 Jul 2, 1895 1st 22 13 22 16 0 0 0 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 -0.3
Jack Tobin 28 L L 5' 8" 142 May 4, 1892 6 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 102 147 0 0 3.7
Elam Vangilder 24 R R 6' 1" 192 Apr 23, 1896 2 24 13 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7
Carl Weilman 30 L L 6' 5" 187 Nov 29, 1889 8 30 24 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $4,200
Dutch Wetzel 26 R R 5' 9" 177 Jul 7, 1893 1st 7 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 1 0 0.3
Ken Williams 30 L R 6' 0" 170 Jun 28, 1890 5 141 138 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 44 0 138 3 0 3.6 $3,300
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1919 / 1921 Roster (40-man)