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1923 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1922 / 1924

74-78, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lee Fohl (52-49) and Jimmy Austin (22-29)
Scored 688 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-79

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · Attendance: 430,296 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104


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1922 / 1924 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 98 181 1 16
2 1B Dutch Schliebner 32 127 502 444 50 122 19 6 4 52 3 2 39 60 .275 .339 .372 .710 82 165 4 15
3 2B Marty McManus 23 154 658 582 86 180 35 10 15 94 14 10 49 50 .309 .367 .481 .848 117 280 4 23
4 SS Wally Gerber 31 154 689 605 85 170 26 3 1 62 4 6 54 50 .281 .342 .339 .681 75 205 2 28
5 3B Gene Robertson* 23 78 292 251 36 62 10 1 0 17 4 2 21 7 .247 .310 .295 .605 56 74 2 18
6 OF Ken Williams* 33 147 646 555 106 198 37 12 29 91 18 17 79 32 .357 .439 .623 1.062 171 346 2 10
7 OF Jack Tobin* 31 151 696 637 91 202 32 15 13 73 8 7 42 13 .317 .363 .476 .839 114 303 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 95 248 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 42 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 11 18 2 0 5 11 0 0 8 14 .212 .280 .412 .691 76 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 31 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 55 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 -46 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 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 42 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 59 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 -22 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 9 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 40 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 Charlie Root 24 27 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .077 .143 .077 .220 -43 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
33 P Jumbo Elliott 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.6 154 5970 5296 686 1491 248 62 82 613 64 54 439 425 .282 .340 .398 .738 89 2109 26 209
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 6 4 5 6 2 8 8 7 6 4 6 4 4 4 8 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 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 Elam Vangilder 27 16 17 .485 3.06 41 35 5 20 4 1 282.1 276 129 96 12 120 74 6 0 5 1210 137 1.403 8.8 0.4 3.8 2.4 0.62
2 SP Urban Shocker 32 20 12 .625 3.41 43 35 8 24 3 5 277.1 292 122 105 12 49 109 3 0 2 1154 123 1.230 9.5 0.4 1.6 3.5 2.22
3 SP Dave Danforth* 33 16 14 .533 3.94 38 29 4 16 0 1 226.1 221 111 99 4 87 96 12 3 2 967 106 1.361 8.8 0.2 3.5 3.8 1.10
4 SP Dixie Davis 32 4 6 .400 3.62 19 17 1 5 1 0 109.1 106 61 44 3 63 36 5 0 1 493 116 1.546 8.7 0.2 5.2 3.0 0.57
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 Ray Kolp 28 5 12 .294 3.89 34 17 10 11 1 1 171.1 178 91 74 11 54 44 6 0 0 736 108 1.354 9.4 0.6 2.8 2.3 0.81
6 RP Hub Pruett* 22 4 7 .364 4.31 32 8 14 3 0 2 104.1 109 57 50 3 64 59 3 0 2 473 97 1.658 9.4 0.3 5.5 5.1 0.92
7 RP Rasty Wright 27 7 4 .636 6.42 20 8 4 4 0 0 82.2 107 64 59 6 34 26 5 0 3 386 65 1.706 11.6 0.7 3.7 2.8 0.76
8 RP Charlie Root 24 0 4 .000 5.70 27 2 15 0 0 0 60.0 68 45 38 4 18 27 6 0 1 263 74 1.433 10.2 0.6 2.7 4.1 1.50
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 Bill Bayne* 24 2 2 .500 4.50 19 2 7 0 0 0 46.0 49 25 23 4 31 15 3 0 0 209 94 1.739 9.6 0.8 6.1 2.9 0.48
10 George Grant 20 0 0 5.19 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 15 7 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 43 84 2.077 15.6 0.0 3.1 2.1 0.67
11 Sloppy Thurston 24 0 0 6.75 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 23 68 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
12 Jumbo Elliott* 22 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 21 4.000 9.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.9 74 78 .487 3.93 154 154 71 83 9 10 1373.1 1430 719 599 59 528 488 49 3 16 5964 107 1.426 9.4 0.4 3.5 3.2 0.92
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 3 2 1 7 6 2 2 3 6 5 2
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 GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Bill Bayne 24 19 2 0 12 3 8 1 1 .917 0.58 P
Herschel Bennett 26 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Josh Billings 31 5 1 1 12 8 3 1 1 .917 2.75 1 1 1 50% C
Pat Collins 26 45 37 35 196 161 31 4 4 .980 4.09 3 20 16 44% C
Dave Danforth 33 38 29 16 61 7 54 0 2 1.000 1.61 P
Dixie Davis 32 19 17 5 25 5 18 2 2 .920 1.21 P
Cedric Durst 26 19 16 14 89 84 2 3 6 .966 4.78 OF-1B
Frank Ellerbe 27 14 10 9 30 11 18 1 2 .967 2.07 3B
Jumbo Elliott 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Homer Ezzell 27 82 68 63 281 96 175 10 16 .964 3.35 3B-2B
Eddie Foster 36 27 26 21 99 42 52 5 15 .949 3.48 2B-3B
Wally Gerber 31 154 154 154 837 334 461 42 86 .950 5.16 SS
George Grant 20 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Baby Doll Jacobson 32 146 146 145 430 409 10 11 4 .974 2.87 OF
Ray Kolp 28 34 17 11 52 10 37 5 2 .904 1.38 P
Marty McManus 23 153 153 150 972 555 385 32 102 .967 6.14 2B-1B
Hub Pruett 22 32 8 3 33 2 30 1 1 .970 1.00 P
Gene Robertson 23 75 71 61 219 87 118 14 7 .936 2.73 3B-2B
Charlie Root 24 27 2 0 14 1 13 0 0 1.000 0.52 P
Dutch Schliebner 32 127 127 127 1233 1141 79 13 102 .989 9.61 1B
Johnny Schulte 26 2 0 0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 0 1B-C
Hank Severeid 32 116 116 105 603 511 88 4 9 .993 5.16 3 76 61 45% C
Urban Shocker 32 43 35 24 70 11 56 3 3 .957 1.56 P
Sloppy Thurston 24 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50 P
Jack Tobin 31 151 151 150 292 269 14 9 3 .969 1.87 OF
Elam Vangilder 27 41 35 20 66 4 61 1 4 .985 1.59 P
Bill Whaley 24 13 11 10 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 OF
Ken Williams 33 145 145 144 368 333 23 12 5 .967 2.46 OF
Rasty Wright 27 20 8 4 29 4 23 2 1 .931 1.35 P
Team Totals 29.3 154 1386 1272 6063 4119 1767 177 379 .971 3.79 7 97 78 45%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

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
Bill Bayne* 24 15 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Herschel Bennett* 26 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /8O
Josh Billings 31 9 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded /2
Pat Collins 26 204 -20 -1 0 0 0 2 7 -12 -1.2 -12 -1.2 0.0 $ 2
Dave Danforth* 33 89 -5 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
Dixie Davis 32 42 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Cedric Durst* 26 95 -4 0 0 0 -1 -1 3 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ O/379
Frank Ellerbe 27 50 -7 0 0 0 0 0 2 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Traded 5
Homer Ezzell 27 308 -24 0 0 0 4 3 10 -7 -0.7 -11 -1.1 0.4 $ 5/4
Eddie Foster 36 115 -12 0 0 0 1 1 4 -6 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $ Waivers 4/5
Wally Gerber 31 689 -24 0 0 0 3 10 21 10 1.0 7 0.7 0.3 $ *6
George Grant 20 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Baby Doll Jacobson 32 643 -10 -1 0 0 5 -4 20 10 1.0 5 0.5 0.5 $ Traded *8O
Ray Kolp 28 63 -10 0 0 0 0 4 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
Marty McManus 23 658 6 0 0 0 -5 3 21 25 2.5 30 3.0 -0.5 $ *43
Bill Mizeur* 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Hub Pruett* 22 32 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Harry Rice* 21 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
Gene Robertson* 23 292 -16 1 0 0 -3 2 9 -7 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ 5/4
Charlie Root 24 14 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Dutch Schliebner 32 502 -15 0 0 0 0 -6 16 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Traded *3
Johnny Schulte* 26 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /32
Hank Severeid 32 480 -4 0 0 0 4 4 16 20 2.0 16 1.6 0.4 $ *2
Urban Shocker 32 108 -7 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Syl Simon 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Jack Tobin* 31 696 6 1 0 0 -9 -7 20 11 1.1 20 2.0 -0.9 $ Purchased *O9
Elam Vangilder 27 114 -11 0 0 0 0 8 4 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Bill Whaley 24 56 -3 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ O/879
Ken Williams* 33 646 49 -3 0 0 5 -7 20 64 6.4 59 5.9 0.5 $ *7O
Rasty Wright 27 31 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Team Total 29.6 5970 -132 -3 0 0 4 32 186 87 8.7 83 8.3 0.4 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bill Bayne* 24 46.0 2 25 28 0 1.0 3 0.4 $
Dave Danforth* 33 226.1 26 111 137 0 1.0 26 3.0 $
Dixie Davis 32 109.1 17 61 66 0 1.0 5 0.8 $
Jumbo Elliott* 22 1.0 0 3 1 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
George Grant 20 8.2 0 7 5 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Ray Kolp 28 171.1 17 91 104 0 1.0 13 1.6 $
Hub Pruett* 22 104.1 8 57 63 0 1.0 6 0.8 $
Charlie Root 24 60.0 2 45 36 0 1.0 -9 -0.7 $
Urban Shocker 32 277.1 35 122 168 1 1.0 46 5.0 $ Traded
Sloppy Thurston 24 4.0 1 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Elam Vangilder 27 282.1 35 129 171 1 1.0 42 4.7 $
Rasty Wright 27 82.2 8 64 50 0 1.0 -14 -1.1 $
Team Total 28.9 1373.1 151 719 831 2 1.0 112 14.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1922 / 1924 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics