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1923 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1922 / 1924)
74-78, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 688 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-79
Manager: Lee Fohl (52-49) and Jimmy Austin (22-29)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 430,296 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

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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 32 122 480 432 50 133 27 6 3 51 3 0 31 11 .308 .356 .419 .775 99 181 1 16
2 1B Dutch Schliebner 32 127 502 444 50 122 19 6 4 52 3 2 39 60 .275 .339 .372 .710 83 165 4 15
3 2B Marty McManus 23 154 658 582 86 180 35 10 15 94 14 10 49 50 .309 .367 .481 .848 118 280 4 23
4 SS Wally Gerber 31 154 689 605 85 170 26 3 1 62 4 6 54 50 .281 .342 .339 .681 76 205 2 28
5 3B Gene Robertson* 24 78 292 251 36 62 10 1 0 17 4 2 21 7 .247 .310 .295 .605 57 74 2 18
6 OF Ken Williams* 33 147 646 555 106 198 37 12 29 91 18 17 79 32 .357 .439 .623 1.062 172 346 2 10
7 OF Jack Tobin* 31 151 696 637 91 202 32 15 13 73 8 7 42 13 .317 .363 .476 .839 115 303 4 13
8 OF Baby Doll Jacobson 32 147 643 592 76 183 29 6 8 81 6 6 29 27 .309 .343 .419 .762 96 248 2 20
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 3B Homer Ezzell 27 88 308 279 31 68 6 0 0 14 4 3 15 20 .244 .287 .265 .552 43 74 2 12
10 C Pat Collins 26 85 204 181 9 32 8 0 3 30 0 0 15 45 .177 .240 .271 .511 31 49 0 8
11 2B Eddie Foster 36 27 115 100 9 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 7 .180 .241 .200 .441 14 20 1 7
12 UT Cedric Durst* 26 45 95 85 12 18 2 0 5 11 0 0 8 14 .212 .280 .412 .691 77 35 0 2
13 OF Bill Whaley 24 23 56 50 5 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 .240 .309 .320 .629 62 16 1 1
14 3B Frank Ellerbe 27 18 50 49 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 .184 .200 .184 .384 -1 9 0 0
15 C Josh Billings 30 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
16 UT Johnny Schulte* 26 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .000 .571 .000 .571 56 0 0 0
17 OF Herschel Bennett* 26 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -45 0 0 0
18 Harry Rice* 21 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 Bill Mizeur* 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 Syl Simon 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
21 C Jimmy Austin# 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Elam Vangilder 27 45 114 110 9 24 5 0 1 8 0 0 3 21 .218 .239 .291 .530 36 32 0 1
23 P Urban Shocker 32 43 108 80 9 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 16 21 .200 .333 .213 .546 43 17 0 12
24 P Dave Danforth* 33 38 89 71 5 15 5 1 0 11 0 0 9 7 .211 .309 .310 .619 60 22 1 8
25 P Ray Kolp 28 34 63 54 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 .111 .172 .130 .302 -21 7 0 5
26 P Dixie Davis 32 19 42 40 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .268 .275 .543 40 11 0 1
27 P Hub Pruett* 22 32 32 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .130 .286 .130 .416 10 3 0 4
28 P Rasty Wright 27 20 31 27 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 .222 .250 .296 .546 41 8 0 3
29 P Bill Bayne* 24 19 15 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 19 3 0 2
30 P Charley Root 24 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 1 0 0
31 P George Grant 20 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Sloppy Thurston 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Jumbo Elliott 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.6 154 5970 5296 687 1491 248 62 82 613 64 54 439 425 .282 .340 .398 .738 90 2109 0 26 209 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 6 4 5 6 2 8 8 7 6 4 6 4 4 4
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 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 43 0 0 0.0 0.0 /2
*Bill Bayne 24 15 12 1 2.2 112 .250 .231 .296 .231 .367 .231 .409 .462 .776 19 .204 -1.6 -0.2 .300 .000 .000 1
*Herschel Bennett 26 5 4 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .296 .200 .367 .000 .410 .200 .776 -45 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 /O
Josh Billings 30 9 9 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .296 .000 .367 .000 .409 .000 .776 -100 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .000 .000 .000 /2
Pat Collins 26 204 157 12 2.0 112 .218 .177 .296 .240 .367 .271 .409 .511 .776 31 .180 -19.3 -1.9 .430 .177 .094 .0 2
*Dave Danforth 33 89 64 7 2.9 112 .234 .211 .296 .309 .367 .310 .409 .619 .776 60 .297 -4.2 -0.4 .571 .225 .099 1
Dixie Davis 32 42 31 3 2.6 112 .270 .250 .296 .268 .367 .275 .409 .543 .776 40 .252 -3.7 -0.4 .400 .050 .025 1
*Cedric Durst 26 95 69 10 3.9 112 .197 .212 .296 .280 .367 .412 .409 .691 .776 77 .415 -3.8 -0.4 .642 .294 .200 .0 O/3
Frank Ellerbe 27 50 41 2 1.3 112 .205 .184 .296 .200 .367 .184 .409 .384 .776 -1 .088 -7.5 -0.8 .220 .000 .000 5
Jumbo Elliott 22 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Homer Ezzell 27 308 226 21 2.5 112 .263 .244 .296 .287 .367 .265 .409 .552 .776 43 .239 -24.2 -2.4 .430 .079 .022 .0 5/4
Eddie Foster 36 115 89 5 1.5 112 .194 .180 .296 .241 .367 .200 .409 .441 .776 14 .112 -13.0 -1.3 .341 .090 .020 4/5
Wally Gerber 31 689 469 69 3.9 112 .305 .281 .296 .342 .367 .339 .409 .681 .776 76 .421 -21.5 -2.1 .587 .144 .058 1.6 *6
George Grant 20 2 2 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .296 .000 .367 .000 .410 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Baby Doll Jacobson 32 643 435 83 5.1 112 .314 .309 .296 .343 .367 .419 .409 .762 .776 96 .540 -6.4 -0.6 .672 .159 .110 6.9 *O
Ray Kolp 28 63 53 1 0.5 112 .130 .111 .296 .172 .367 .130 .409 .302 .776 -21 .017 -10.0 -1.0 .229 .093 .019 1
Marty McManus 23 658 435 100 6.2 112 .319 .309 .296 .367 .367 .481 .409 .848 .776 118 .622 12.4 1.2 .818 .263 .172 14.5 *43
*Bill Mizeur 26 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .296 .000 .367 .000 .409 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
*Hub Pruett 22 32 24 1 1.1 112 .158 .130 .296 .286 .367 .130 .409 .416 .776 10 .068 -3.0 -0.3 .400 .217 .000 1
*Harry Rice 21 3 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .296 .000 .367 .000 .409 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
*Gene Robertson 24 292 209 23 3.0 112 .254 .247 .296 .310 .367 .295 .409 .605 .776 57 .300 -16.4 -1.6 .518 .139 .048 .0 5/4
Charley Root 24 14 12 0 0.0 112 .125 .077 .296 .143 .367 .077 .409 .220 .776 -42 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .167 .077 .000 1
Dutch Schliebner 32 502 339 55 4.4 112 .311 .275 .296 .339 .367 .372 .409 .710 .776 83 .466 -12.2 -1.2 .645 .187 .097 3.4 *3
*Johnny Schulte 26 7 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .296 .571 .367 .000 .409 .571 .776 56 .000 0.4 0.0 1.333 1.333 .000 /32
Hank Severeid 32 480 315 65 5.5 112 .311 .308 .296 .356 .367 .419 .409 .775 .776 99 .575 -1.6 -0.2 .722 .190 .111 3.0 *2
Urban Shocker 32 108 76 6 2.1 112 .271 .200 .296 .333 .367 .213 .409 .546 .776 43 .190 -6.3 -0.6 .516 .213 .013 1
Syl Simon 25 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .296 .000 .367 .000 .409 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
Sloppy Thurston 24 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Jack Tobin 31 696 455 107 6.3 112 .309 .317 .296 .363 .367 .476 .409 .839 .776 115 .632 10.2 1.0 .792 .226 .159 9.9 *O
Elam Vangilder 27 114 87 8 2.5 112 .261 .218 .296 .239 .367 .291 .409 .530 .776 36 .236 -10.9 -1.1 .407 .100 .073 .0 1
Bill Whaley 24 56 39 5 3.4 112 .250 .240 .296 .309 .367 .320 .409 .629 .776 62 .362 -2.9 -0.3 .553 .160 .080 O
*Ken Williams 33 646 384 146 10.2 112 .342 .357 .296 .439 .367 .623 .409 1.062 .776 172 .805 58.3 5.6 1.144 .411 .267 22.2 *O
Rasty Wright 27 31 24 2 2.2 112 .316 .222 .296 .250 .367 .296 .409 .546 .776 41 .204 -2.7 -0.3 .429 .111 .074 1
League Average 4.8 108 .301 .283 .290 .351 .360 .389 .401 .740 .761 95 .511 .680 .206 .106
Team Total 5970 4068 732 4.8 112 .294 .282 .296 .340 .367 .398 .409 .738 .776 90 .513 -98.8 -10.0 .670 .201 .117 71.9
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
*Bill Bayne 24 20 14 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 19 19
*Herschel Bennett 26 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 5 5
Josh Billings 30 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Pat Collins 26 89 203 188 8 31 8 0 3 27 0 15 47 .165 .227 .255 .482 11 85 85
*Dave Danforth 33 40 84 74 5 15 5 1 0 11 0 9 7 .203 .298 .297 .595 6 38 38
Dixie Davis 32 20 44 43 3 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .256 .273 .279 .552 3 19 19
*Cedric Durst 26 47 96 88 12 18 2 0 5 11 0 8 15 .205 .271 .398 .669 9 45 45
Frank Ellerbe 27 19 50 49 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .143 .160 .143 .303 1 18 18
Homer Ezzell 27 93 305 288 28 66 6 0 0 13 4 15 21 .229 .272 .250 .522 19 88 88
Eddie Foster 36 28 111 103 8 17 2 0 0 4 0 7 7 .165 .225 .184 .410 4 27 27
Wally Gerber 31 162 676 622 78 164 25 3 1 57 4 52 53 .264 .322 .318 .641 63 154 154
George Grant 20 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Baby Doll Jacobson 32 155 636 606 70 176 28 6 8 75 6 28 28 .290 .324 .396 .720 77 147 147
Ray Kolp 28 36 60 56 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 4 8 .107 .167 .125 .292 1 34 34
Marty McManus 23 162 648 597 80 174 34 10 14 87 14 47 53 .291 .347 .452 .799 93 154 154
*Bill Mizeur 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
*Hub Pruett 22 34 29 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 .125 .276 .125 .401 1 32 32
*Harry Rice 21 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
*Gene Robertson 24 82 283 260 33 61 10 1 0 16 4 21 7 .235 .297 .281 .578 21 78 78
Charley Root 24 28 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 27 27
Dutch Schliebner 32 154 585 538 57 139 23 6 4 52 4 43 70 .258 .318 .346 .664 58 146 146
*Johnny Schulte 26 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 .000 .571 .000 .571 0 7 7
Hank Severeid 32 128 476 445 46 130 26 6 3 47 3 30 12 .292 .338 .398 .736 60 122 122
Urban Shocker 32 45 99 83 8 16 1 0 0 6 0 16 22 .193 .323 .205 .528 5 43 43
Syl Simon 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Sloppy Thurston 24 49 84 82 10 25 5 1 0 4 0 2 6 .305 .321 .390 .712 11 47 47
*Jack Tobin 31 159 699 654 85 196 31 15 13 68 8 41 14 .300 .345 .453 .797 100 151 151
Elam Vangilder 27 47 117 114 9 24 5 0 1 8 0 3 22 .211 .231 .281 .511 7 45 45
Bill Whaley 24 24 56 51 4 11 2 1 0 1 0 4 2 .216 .286 .294 .580 4 23 23
*Ken Williams 33 155 641 564 99 188 35 11 28 85 17 75 34 .333 .413 .583 .997 136 147 147
Rasty Wright 27 21 29 28 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 .214 .241 .286 .527 2 20 20
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 43 15 6298 1577 6298 5384 660 1327 173 76 13 389 243 43 592 362 .246 .326 .314 .640 90 1691 44 278
*Bill Bayne 24 5 155 112 155 143 16 36 3 1 1 9 0 1 6 33 .252 .296 .308 .604 54 44 3 3
*Herschel Bennett 26 1 5 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -45 0 0 0
Josh Billings 30 11 544 243 544 488 44 106 12 5 0 29 5 0 23 73 .217 .268 .262 .530 46 128 11 22
Pat Collins 26 5 539 240 539 468 39 107 19 0 12 70 1 1 59 90 .229 .315 .346 .661 69 162 0 12
*Dave Danforth 33 8 274 207 274 228 17 35 8 2 0 16 1 0 25 57 .154 .243 .206 .449 26 47 2 19
Dixie Davis 32 7 342 149 342 307 21 65 9 1 0 24 0 1 17 31 .212 .253 .248 .501 29 76 0 0 18 0 0
*Cedric Durst 26 2 108 60 108 97 17 22 3 0 5 11 0 0 8 15 .227 .286 .412 .698 78 40 0 3
Frank Ellerbe 27 5 1427 353 1427 1272 165 346 54 19 3 136 12 12 69 123 .272 .313 .351 .664 72 447 7 79
Jumbo Elliott 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Homer Ezzell 27 1 308 88 308 279 31 68 6 0 0 14 4 3 15 20 .244 .287 .265 .552 43 74 2 12
Eddie Foster 36 13 6317 1500 6317 5652 732 1490 191 71 6 451 195 53 528 255 .264 .329 .326 .655 88 1841 25 112
Wally Gerber 31 9 3534 858 3534 3099 359 814 108 30 7 282 28 31 280 208 .263 .327 .324 .651 73 1003 18 137
George Grant 20 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 32 7 3875 936 3875 3519 492 1102 189 68 40 516 66 32 233 284 .313 .361 .440 .800 114 1547 29 94
Ray Kolp 28 3 197 104 197 166 13 30 7 1 0 9 0 0 7 25 .181 .214 .235 .449 14 39 0 24
Marty McManus 23 4 1793 430 1793 1603 223 477 88 30 29 271 28 19 114 121 .298 .349 .444 .793 101 712 12 64
*Bill Mizeur 26 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Hub Pruett 22 2 73 71 73 57 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 9 16 .140 .258 .158 .415 9 9 0 7
*Harry Rice 21 1 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Gene Robertson 24 3 328 101 328 285 39 71 12 2 0 18 5 2 23 10 .249 .310 .305 .615 59 87 2 18
Charley Root 24 1 14 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -42 1 0 0
Dutch Schliebner 32 1 586 146 586 520 61 141 23 6 4 56 4 2 44 67 .271 .333 .362 .694 80 188 4 18
*Johnny Schulte 26 1 7 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .000 .571 .000 .571 56 0 0 0
Hank Severeid 32 12 3860 1106 3860 3500 330 992 155 38 12 439 33 10 255 140 .283 .335 .360 .695 90 1259 18 87
Urban Shocker 32 8 661 258 661 537 54 114 14 2 1 45 1 3 80 148 .212 .320 .251 .571 53 135 5 39
Syl Simon 25 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Sloppy Thurston 24 1 82 47 82 79 10 25 5 1 0 4 0 0 2 6 .316 .333 .405 .738 94 32 0 0 1 0 0
*Jack Tobin 31 9 5354 1217 5354 4796 741 1498 226 87 57 449 122 41 397 238 .312 .368 .431 .799 116 2069 26 135
Elam Vangilder 27 5 327 148 327 301 34 75 15 3 4 24 0 0 11 44 .249 .283 .359 .641 63 108 3 12
Bill Whaley 24 1 56 23 56 50 5 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 .240 .309 .320 .629 62 16 1 1
*Ken Williams 33 8 3102 735 3102 2682 494 866 156 52 108 488 105 65 312 181 .323 .398 .541 .938 144 1450 21 87
Rasty Wright 27 5 159 109 159 133 15 26 2 1 0 5 0 0 16 36 .195 .282 .226 .507 40 30 0 10
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

1922 / 1924 Batting Statistics