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1926 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1925 / 1927)
62-92, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 682 runs, Allowed 845 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-92
Manager: George Sisler (62-92)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 283,986 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103

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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 Wally Schang# 36 103 332 285 36 94 19 5 8 50 5 5 32 20 .330 .405 .516 .921 134 147 4 11
2 1B George Sisler* 33 150 662 613 78 178 21 12 7 71 12 8 30 30 .290 .327 .398 .725 85 244 3 16
3 2B Ski Melillo 26 99 443 385 54 98 18 5 1 30 6 7 32 31 .255 .315 .335 .650 66 129 2 24
4 SS Wally Gerber 34 131 473 411 37 111 8 0 0 42 0 2 40 29 .270 .339 .290 .629 62 119 3 19
5 3B Marty McManus 26 149 627 549 102 156 30 10 9 68 5 7 55 62 .284 .350 .424 .775 97 233 1 22
6 OF Bing Miller 31 94 401 353 60 117 27 5 4 50 7 9 22 12 .331 .382 .470 .852 117 166 7 19
7 OF Ken Williams* 36 108 401 347 55 97 15 7 17 74 5 4 39 23 .280 .354 .510 .864 119 177 1 14
8 OF Harry Rice* 24 148 655 578 86 181 27 10 9 59 10 11 63 40 .313 .384 .441 .826 111 255 4 10
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 Gene Robertson* 27 78 274 247 23 62 12 6 1 19 5 1 17 10 .251 .302 .360 .662 69 89 1 9
10 C Pinky Hargrave# 30 92 256 235 20 66 16 3 7 37 3 0 10 38 .281 .319 .464 .782 98 109 3 8
11 OF Herschel Bennett* 29 80 254 225 33 60 14 2 1 26 2 1 22 21 .267 .337 .360 .697 78 81 2 5
12 OF Cedric Durst* 29 80 252 219 32 52 7 5 3 16 0 5 22 19 .237 .310 .356 .666 70 78 1 10
13 OF Baby Doll Jacobson 35 50 197 182 18 52 15 1 2 21 1 2 9 14 .286 .319 .412 .731 86 75 0 6
14 C Leo Dixon 31 33 111 89 7 17 3 1 0 8 1 4 11 14 .191 .294 .247 .541 39 22 2 9
15 SS Bobby LaMotte 28 36 94 79 11 16 4 3 0 9 0 0 11 6 .203 .300 .329 .629 61 26 0 4
16 3B Jimmy Austin# 46 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 277 2 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
17 P Tom Zachary* 30 34 92 86 4 23 4 1 1 5 0 0 4 19 .267 .300 .372 .672 71 32 0 2
18 P Milt Gaston 30 32 81 78 5 13 2 1 1 4 1 0 0 13 .167 .177 .256 .434 10 20 1 2
19 P Elam Vangilder 30 42 67 58 5 11 3 1 0 4 0 0 5 9 .190 .254 .276 .530 35 16 0 4
20 P Ernie Wingard* 25 42 65 61 4 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 9 .230 .266 .295 .561 43 18 0 1
21 P Win Ballou 28 43 51 42 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 18 .048 .149 .119 .268 -31 5 0 4
22 P Joe Giard* 27 22 32 29 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .276 .276 .276 .552 41 8 0 3
23 P Chet Falk* 21 19 31 31 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .194 .194 .226 .419 7 7 0 0
24 P Ernie Nevers 24 12 27 27 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .185 .185 .222 .407 4 6 0 0
25 P Dixie Davis 35 27 26 24 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .167 .231 .208 .439 13 5 0 0
26 P Charlie Robertson* 30 8 12 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .300 .417 .300 .717 85 3 0 0
27 P Claude Jonnard 28 12 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 -66 0 0 1
28 P Stew Bolen* 23 5 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 156 2 0 0
Team Totals 29.9 155 5931 5256 682 1449 253 78 72 608 64 66 437 460 .276 .335 .395 .730 86 2074 35 203
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 6 6 3 2 6 4 8 2 6 7 4 6 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 46 2 1 1 26.6 114 .500 .500 .296 .500 .368 1.000 .415 1.500 .784 277 .960 0.5 0.0 3.000 1.000 .500 .0 /5
Win Ballou 28 51 44 1 0.6 114 .043 .048 .296 .149 .369 .119 .415 .268 .784 -31 .023 -8.8 -0.9 .250 .190 .071 .0 1
*Herschel Bennett 29 254 171 27 4.2 114 .291 .267 .296 .337 .368 .360 .415 .697 .784 78 .451 -7.4 -0.7 .639 .196 .093 1.3 O
*Stew Bolen 23 4 2 1 13.3 114 .667 .500 .296 .500 .368 .500 .415 1.000 .784 156 .871 0.3 0.0 1.000 .000 .000 /1
Dixie Davis 35 26 20 1 1.3 114 .182 .167 .296 .231 .368 .208 .415 .439 .784 13 .091 -3.2 -0.3 .350 .125 .042 1
Leo Dixon 31 111 85 5 1.6 114 .227 .191 .296 .294 .368 .247 .415 .541 .784 39 .119 -8.2 -0.8 .421 .146 .056 .0 2
*Cedric Durst 29 252 182 22 3.2 114 .249 .237 .296 .310 .368 .356 .415 .666 .784 70 .334 -11.2 -1.1 .558 .196 .119 .0 O/3
*Chet Falk 21 31 25 1 1.1 114 .222 .194 .296 .194 .369 .226 .415 .419 .784 7 .063 -4.5 -0.4 .280 .032 .032 1
Milt Gaston 30 81 67 3 1.2 114 .188 .167 .296 .177 .369 .256 .415 .434 .784 10 .075 -11.2 -1.1 .338 .103 .090 1.0 1
Wally Gerber 34 473 321 39 3.2 114 .291 .270 .296 .339 .368 .290 .415 .629 .784 62 .337 -23.1 -2.3 .530 .112 .019 *6
*Joe Giard 27 32 24 2 2.2 114 .381 .276 .296 .276 .368 .276 .415 .552 .784 41 .203 -2.7 -0.3 .381 .000 .000 1
#Pinky Hargrave 30 256 177 34 5.1 114 .311 .281 .296 .319 .368 .464 .415 .782 .784 98 .540 -2.5 -0.2 .740 .238 .183 4.2 2
Baby Doll Jacobson 35 197 138 23 4.4 114 .301 .286 .296 .319 .369 .412 .415 .731 .784 86 .475 -4.5 -0.4 .629 .170 .126 1.3 O
Claude Jonnard 28 9 8 0 0.0 114 .000 .000 .296 .125 .368 .000 .415 .125 .784 -66 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .143 .143 .000 1
Bobby LaMotte 28 94 67 8 3.2 114 .219 .203 .296 .300 .368 .329 .415 .629 .784 61 .329 -5.1 -0.5 .587 .266 .127 6/5
Marty McManus 26 627 422 80 5.0 114 .308 .284 .296 .350 .368 .424 .415 .775 .784 97 .534 -4.2 -0.4 .718 .237 .140 6.4 54/3
Ski Melillo 26 443 318 39 3.3 114 .275 .255 .296 .315 .369 .335 .415 .650 .784 66 .341 -20.6 -2.0 .551 .161 .081 1.7 45
Bing Miller 31 401 264 59 6.0 114 .335 .331 .296 .382 .368 .470 .415 .852 .784 117 .608 8.4 0.8 .788 .195 .139 5.1 O
Ernie Nevers 24 27 22 1 1.2 114 .263 .185 .296 .185 .369 .222 .415 .407 .784 4 .077 -4.0 -0.4 .273 .037 .037 1
*Harry Rice 24 655 418 95 6.1 114 .325 .313 .296 .384 .368 .441 .415 .826 .784 111 .615 8.7 0.8 .787 .235 .128 9.5 *O/546
*Charlie Robertson 30 12 7 1 3.8 114 .300 .300 .296 .417 .368 .300 .415 .717 .784 85 .406 -0.1 -0.0 .714 .200 .000 /1
*Gene Robertson 27 274 195 27 3.7 114 .258 .251 .296 .302 .368 .360 .415 .662 .784 69 .392 -13.1 -1.3 .597 .194 .109 1.7 56/4
#Wally Schang 36 332 207 57 7.3 114 .335 .330 .296 .405 .368 .516 .415 .921 .784 134 .694 14.4 1.4 .934 .298 .186 6.2 2/O
*George Sisler 33 662 459 78 4.5 114 .297 .290 .296 .327 .368 .398 .415 .725 .784 85 .484 -18.3 -1.8 .634 .163 .108 8.8 *3/1
Elam Vangilder 30 67 51 4 2.1 114 .224 .190 .296 .254 .369 .276 .415 .530 .784 35 .186 -5.9 -0.6 .447 .172 .086 1
*Ken Williams 36 401 268 61 6.1 114 .261 .280 .296 .354 .369 .510 .415 .864 .784 119 .616 7.0 0.7 .858 .346 .231 7.7 O/4
*Ernie Wingard 25 65 48 5 2.8 114 .269 .230 .296 .266 .368 .295 .415 .561 .784 43 .278 -5.4 -0.5 .447 .115 .066 1/O
*Tom Zachary 30 92 65 10 4.1 114 .333 .267 .296 .300 .368 .372 .415 .672 .784 71 .439 -4.2 -0.4 .571 .151 .105 .0 1
League Average 4.8 110 .299 .281 .290 .350 .362 .391 .407 .741 .769 93 .507 .685 .213 .110
Team Total 5931 4076 685 4.5 114 .291 .276 .296 .335 .369 .395 .415 .730 .784 86 .479 -130.6 -12.9 .657 .202 .119 67.8
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 46 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1 1
Win Ballou 28 45 49 44 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 5 19 .045 .143 .114 .256 1 43 43
*Herschel Bennett 29 84 257 233 31 59 14 2 1 24 2 22 22 .253 .323 .343 .666 25 80 80
*Stew Bolen 23 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5 5
Dixie Davis 35 28 27 25 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 .160 .222 .200 .422 1 27 27
Leo Dixon 31 35 104 92 7 16 3 1 0 8 1 10 15 .174 .269 .228 .497 5 33 33
*Cedric Durst 29 84 247 225 30 49 7 5 3 15 0 21 20 .218 .287 .333 .621 21 80 80
*Chet Falk 21 20 33 33 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 19 19
Milt Gaston 30 34 83 82 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 14 .000 .012 .000 .012 3 32 32
Wally Gerber 34 138 466 424 35 108 8 0 0 39 0 39 31 .255 .322 .274 .595 37 131 131
*Joe Giard 27 23 31 31 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 22 22
#Pinky Hargrave 30 97 257 244 19 66 16 3 7 35 3 10 40 .270 .307 .447 .754 33 92 92
Baby Doll Jacobson 35 156 632 599 62 174 52 2 8 89 5 31 38 .290 .328 .424 .752 83 148 148
Claude Jonnard 28 13 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 12 12
Bobby LaMotte 28 38 93 82 10 16 4 3 0 8 0 11 6 .195 .290 .317 .607 7 36 36
Marty McManus 26 157 618 564 96 151 29 10 9 64 5 53 65 .268 .332 .402 .734 75 149 149
Ski Melillo 26 104 430 397 51 95 17 5 1 28 6 31 33 .239 .298 .315 .613 37 99 99
Bing Miller 31 139 513 474 68 144 32 7 6 59 11 32 19 .304 .357 .439 .796 72 132 132
Ernie Nevers 24 13 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 12 12
*Harry Rice 24 156 657 592 80 174 26 10 9 55 10 61 42 .294 .364 .417 .781 88 148 148
*Charlie Robertson 30 8 12 10 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .300 .417 .300 .717 1 8 8
*Gene Robertson 27 82 274 256 21 61 12 6 1 18 5 17 11 .238 .288 .344 .632 25 78 78
#Wally Schang 36 108 327 292 34 91 18 5 8 47 5 31 21 .312 .385 .490 .875 54 103 103
*George Sisler 33 158 663 631 73 173 20 12 7 66 12 29 32 .274 .309 .377 .686 73 150 150
Elam Vangilder 30 44 65 60 5 11 3 1 0 4 0 5 9 .183 .246 .267 .513 4 42 42
*Ken Williams 36 114 397 358 52 95 15 7 17 70 5 38 24 .265 .338 .489 .826 58 108 108
*Ernie Wingard 25 44 65 62 4 13 4 0 0 4 0 3 9 .210 .246 .274 .520 4 42 42
*Tom Zachary 30 36 93 89 4 23 4 1 1 5 0 4 20 .258 .290 .360 .650 9 34 34
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 46 17 6301 1579 6301 5387 661 1328 174 76 13 390 244 43 592 362 .247 .326 .314 .640 90 1693 44 278
Win Ballou 28 2 58 53 58 49 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 21 .061 .148 .143 .291 -25 7 0 4
*Herschel Bennett 29 4 685 219 685 621 95 174 29 11 4 74 7 11 44 44 .280 .334 .382 .715 80 237 6 14
*Stew Bolen 23 1 4 5 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 156 2 0 0
Dixie Davis 35 10 498 240 498 441 32 87 10 1 0 30 0 1 27 42 .197 .244 .224 .468 20 99 0 0 30 0 0
Leo Dixon 31 2 350 109 350 294 34 63 14 2 1 27 4 6 35 56 .214 .310 .286 .596 50 84 6 15
*Cedric Durst 29 3 360 140 360 316 49 74 10 5 8 27 0 5 30 34 .234 .303 .373 .676 73 118 1 13
*Chet Falk 21 2 41 36 41 39 4 11 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 .282 .317 .308 .625 59 12 0 0
Milt Gaston 30 3 196 103 196 185 17 40 8 2 2 23 2 0 0 24 .216 .220 .314 .534 34 58 1 10
Wally Gerber 34 12 4850 1209 4850 4252 486 1127 149 35 7 398 33 40 389 286 .265 .331 .321 .653 71 1367 31 178
*Joe Giard 27 2 93 52 93 82 4 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 28 .134 .184 .134 .318 -19 11 0 6
#Pinky Hargrave 30 4 601 221 601 558 61 155 34 6 15 93 5 0 27 63 .278 .316 .441 .757 91 246 4 12
Baby Doll Jacobson 35 10 5754 1378 5754 5214 760 1642 311 91 82 779 85 54 344 391 .315 .361 .457 .818 114 2381 36 160
Claude Jonnard 28 5 90 125 90 80 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 44 .038 .094 .038 .132 -64 3 0 5
Bobby LaMotte 28 5 789 221 789 693 99 175 34 9 3 85 11 6 66 50 .253 .320 .341 .661 69 236 3 27
Marty McManus 26 7 3615 856 3615 3181 504 949 185 53 56 509 51 46 297 292 .298 .362 .443 .805 103 1408 20 117
Ski Melillo 26 1 443 99 443 385 54 98 18 5 1 30 6 7 32 31 .255 .315 .335 .650 66 129 2 24
Bing Miller 31 6 3047 749 3047 2748 428 873 166 45 64 433 55 38 140 182 .318 .360 .481 .840 114 1321 40 119
Ernie Nevers 24 1 27 12 27 27 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .185 .185 .222 .407 4 6 0 0
*Harry Rice 24 4 1183 309 1183 1028 192 334 59 18 20 121 19 21 124 60 .325 .404 .476 .879 122 489 12 19
*Charlie Robertson 30 6 297 125 297 260 14 56 4 0 0 17 1 0 16 21 .215 .261 .231 .492 29 60 0 0 21 0 0
*Gene Robertson 27 6 1766 454 1766 1553 229 431 75 17 19 165 23 15 157 64 .278 .347 .384 .732 84 597 9 47
#Wally Schang 36 14 5246 1485 5246 4381 620 1263 223 77 45 582 108 41 635 466 .288 .390 .405 .795 121 1775 93 137
*George Sisler 33 11 6608 1498 6608 6053 1004 2094 311 137 88 862 324 119 361 263 .346 .386 .486 .872 135 2943 36 158
Elam Vangilder 30 8 518 285 518 474 52 112 26 4 5 39 0 1 21 76 .236 .275 .340 .614 56 161 4 19
*Ken Williams 36 11 4444 1059 4444 3838 710 1228 223 68 168 751 140 85 457 235 .320 .396 .545 .941 141 2091 26 123
*Ernie Wingard 25 3 207 113 207 190 24 47 7 3 4 26 0 0 7 27 .247 .278 .379 .657 64 72 1 9
*Tom Zachary 30 9 651 281 651 596 43 152 15 10 3 61 0 1 32 145 .255 .294 .329 .623 64 196 1 22
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

1925 / 1927 Batting Statistics