1927 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics

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1927 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928)
59-94, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 724 runs, Allowed 904 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-92
Manager: Dan Howley (59-94)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 247,879 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105; one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 109

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1926 / 1928 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	Wally Schang#	37	97	311	264	40	84	15	2	5	42	3	2	41	33	.318	.414	.447	.861	121	118		2	4
2	1B	George Sisler*	34	149	661	614	87	201	32	8	5	97	27	7	24	15	.327	.357	.430	.787	101	264		4	19
3	2B	Ski Melillo	27	107	400	356	45	80	18	2	0	26	3	6	25	28	.225	.276	.287	.562	44	102		0	19
4	SS	Wally Gerber	35	142	498	438	44	98	13	9	0	45	3	6	35	25	.224	.284	.295	.579	49	129		2	23
5	3B	Frank O'Rourke	32	140	627	538	85	144	25	3	1	39	18	8	64	43	.268	.358	.331	.689	78	178		12	13
6	OF	Bing Miller	32	143	553	492	83	160	32	7	5	75	8	7	30	26	.325	.375	.449	.824	110	221		9	22
7	OF	Ken Williams*	37	131	496	423	70	136	23	6	17	74	9	7	57	30	.322	.403	.525	.928	136	222		1	15
8	OF	Harry Rice*	25	137	588	520	90	149	26	9	7	68	5	4	50	21	.287	.351	.412	.763	95	214		2	16
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	IF	Spencer Adams*	29	88	294	259	32	69	11	3	0	29	1	8	24	33	.266	.333	.332	.665	71	86		2	9
10	OF	Herschel Bennett*	30	93	283	256	40	68	12	2	3	30	6	2	14	21	.266	.311	.363	.675	72	93		3	10
11	C	Steve O'Neill	35	74	224	191	14	44	7	0	1	22	0	3	20	6	.230	.303	.283	.586	51	54		0	13
12	OF	Fred Schulte	26	60	216	189	32	60	16	5	3	34	5	3	20	14	.317	.383	.503	.885	125	95		0	7
13	C	Leo Dixon	32	36	111	103	6	20	3	1	0	12	0	1	7	6	.194	.245	.243	.488	25	25		0	1
14	SS	Otto Miller	26	51	87	76	8	17	5	0	0	8	0	1	8	5	.224	.306	.289	.595	53	22		1	2
15	SS	Red Kress	20	7	27	23	3	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	3	3	.304	.385	.609	.993	151	14		0	1
16	1B	Guy Sturdy*	27	5	22	21	5	9	1	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	.429	.455	.476	.931	139	10		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	Milt Gaston	31	37	106	96	13	25	8	0	3	15	0	0	5	26	.260	.297	.438	.735	86	42		0	5
18	P	Elam Vangilder	31	44	73	68	5	19	4	0	1	8	0	0	0	11	.279	.290	.382	.672	71	26		1	4
19	P	Sam Jones	34	32	65	55	2	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	7	18	.109	.246	.145	.392	2	8		3	0
20	P	Ernie Wingard*	26	43	60	56	6	10	2	1	3	12	0	0	4	4	.179	.233	.411	.644	62	23		0	0
21	P	Lefty Stewart	26	29	58	49	4	15	1	0	0	3	0	1	5	16	.306	.370	.327	.697	80	16		0	4
22	P	Ernie Nevers	25	27	33	32	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.219	.219	.250	.469	20	8		0	1
23	P	Tom Zachary*	31	13	32	28	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.107	.167	.107	.274	-29	3		0	2
24	P	Win Ballou	29	21	30	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.036	.069	.071	.140	-64	2		0	1
25	P	Alvin Crowder*	28	21	25	23	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.261	.292	.304	.596	53	7		0	1
26	P	Chet Falk*	22	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	1		0	0
27	P	Jim Wright	26	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-45	0		0	0
28	P	Boom-Boom Beck	22	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	28	1		0	0
29	P	Stew Bolen*	24	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	151	2		0	0
30	P	George Blaeholder	23	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	151	2		0	0
		Team Totals	31.4	155	5900	5217	724	1442	263	59	55	657	90	66	449	417	.276	.339	.381	.720	84	1988		42	192
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	5	6	8	7	3		4	4	6	3	7	6	5	6		5
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 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
*Spencer Adams	29	294	207	26	3.4	113	.305	.266	.297	.333	.365	.332	.417	.665	.782	71	.337	-11.4	-1.1	.530	.131	.066	.0	45
Win Ballou	29	30	28	0	0.0	113	.050	.036	.297	.069	.365	.071	.416	.140	.782	-64	.000	-7.0	-0.7	.111	.071	.036		1
Boom-Boom Beck	22	4	3	0	0.0	113	.250	.250	.297	.250	.365	.250	.416	.500	.782	28	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000		/1
*Herschel Bennett	30	283	200	29	3.9	113	.280	.266	.297	.311	.365	.363	.416	.675	.782	72	.398	-11.5	-1.1	.600	.168	.098	4.0	O
George Blaeholder	23	3	2	1	13.3	113	1.000	.333	.297	.333	.365	.667	.416	1.000	.782	151	.864	0.2	0.0	1.000	.333	.333		/1
*Stew Bolen	24	3	2	1	13.3	113	.333	.333	.297	.333	.365	.667	.416	1.000	.782	151	.864	0.2	0.0	1.000	.333	.333		/1
*Alvin Crowder	28	25	18	2	3.0	113	.273	.261	.297	.292	.365	.304	.417	.596	.782	53	.288	-1.7	-0.2	.471	.087	.043		1
Leo Dixon	32	111	85	6	1.9	113	.206	.194	.297	.245	.365	.243	.416	.488	.782	25	.150	-12.0	-1.2	.369	.107	.049		2
*Chet Falk	22	5	4	0	0.0	113	.250	.200	.297	.200	.365	.200	.416	.400	.782	3	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.000	.000		/1
Milt Gaston	31	106	76	12	4.2	113	.328	.260	.297	.297	.365	.438	.416	.735	.782	86	.436	-2.5	-0.2	.662	.229	.177	.0	1
Wally Gerber	35	498	369	35	2.5	113	.237	.224	.297	.284	.365	.295	.416	.579	.782	49	.233	-35.9	-3.5	.471	.144	.071	.0	*6/5
Sam Jones	34	65	49	2	1.1	113	.162	.109	.297	.246	.365	.145	.417	.392	.782	2	.061	-8.1	-0.8	.367	.164	.036		1
Red Kress	20	27	17	5	7.8	113	.316	.304	.297	.385	.365	.609	.417	.993	.782	151	.707	1.6	0.2	1.063	.435	.304	.0	/6
Ski Melillo	27	400	301	27	2.4	113	.244	.225	.297	.276	.365	.287	.416	.562	.782	44	.215	-30.6	-3.0	.440	.124	.062	.0	4
Bing Miller	32	553	361	79	5.8	113	.336	.325	.297	.375	.365	.449	.416	.824	.782	110	.583	6.9	0.7	.770	.187	.124	6.2	*O
Otto Miller	26	87	62	6	2.6	113	.239	.224	.297	.306	.365	.289	.416	.595	.782	53	.240	-5.2	-0.5	.500	.158	.066		65
Ernie Nevers	25	33	26	2	2.0	113	.304	.219	.297	.219	.365	.250	.416	.469	.782	20	.171	-4.0	-0.4	.320	.031	.031		1
Steve O'Neill	35	224	163	16	2.6	113	.234	.230	.297	.303	.365	.283	.416	.586	.782	51	.245	-14.1	-1.4	.473	.141	.052	.0	2
Frank O'Rourke	32	627	415	62	4.0	113	.289	.268	.297	.358	.365	.331	.416	.689	.782	78	.410	-15.9	-1.5	.657	.201	.063	1.9	*54/3
*Harry Rice	25	588	391	74	5.0	113	.289	.287	.297	.351	.365	.412	.416	.763	.782	95	.518	-5.2	-0.5	.712	.223	.125	5.8	*O/5
#Wally Schang	37	311	186	48	6.9	113	.350	.318	.297	.414	.365	.447	.416	.861	.782	121	.655	9.9	0.9	.890	.288	.129	3.8	2
Fred Schulte	26	216	139	36	6.9	113	.331	.317	.297	.383	.365	.503	.416	.885	.782	125	.656	6.8	0.6	.886	.302	.185	3.8	O
*George Sisler	34	661	439	95	5.8	113	.330	.327	.297	.357	.365	.430	.416	.787	.782	101	.579	-1.6	-0.2	.743	.174	.103	8.4	*3
Lefty Stewart	26	58	39	6	4.1	113	.455	.306	.297	.370	.365	.327	.416	.697	.782	80	.424	-1.4	-0.1	.571	.102	.020		1
*Guy Sturdy	27	22	12	5	11.1	113	.429	.429	.297	.455	.365	.476	.416	.931	.782	139	.820	1.3	0.1	1.083	.190	.048	.0	/3
Elam Vangilder	31	73	53	7	3.5	113	.321	.279	.297	.290	.365	.382	.416	.672	.782	71	.357	-3.3	-0.3	.551	.103	.103	.0	1
*Ken Williams	37	496	309	88	7.6	113	.316	.322	.297	.403	.365	.525	.417	.928	.782	136	.694	22.8	2.2	.959	.343	.203	11.8	*O
*Ernie Wingard	26	60	46	5	2.9	113	.143	.179	.297	.233	.365	.411	.416	.644	.782	62	.281	-3.9	-0.4	.587	.304	.232	.0	1
Jim Wright	26	5	4	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.297	.200	.365	.000	.416	.200	.782	-45	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.250	.250	.000		/1
*Tom Zachary	31	32	27	1	1.0	113	.158	.107	.297	.167	.365	.107	.416	.274	.782	-29	.052	-5.6	-0.5	.200	.071	.000		1
League Average					4.9	111	.302	.285	.293	.351	.362	.398	.412	.749	.773	94	.508			.697	.216	.113
Team Total		5900	4033	676	4.5	113	.292	.276	.297	.339	.365	.381	.416	.720	.782	84	.463	-133.0	-13.0	.652	.195	.105	68.3
	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
*Spencer Adams	29	92	287	263	30	64	10	3	0	27	1		22	34	.243	.307	.304	.611	24	88	88
Win Ballou	29	22	30	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.000	.033	.000	.033	0	21	21
Boom-Boom Beck	22	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
*Herschel Bennett	30	97	279	262	37	66	12	2	3	27	6		14	22	.252	.297	.347	.645	26	93	93
George Blaeholder	23	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1	1
*Stew Bolen	24	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	3	3
*Alvin Crowder	28	38	48	47	3	9	2	0	0	3	0		1	5	.191	.208	.234	.442	2	36	36
Leo Dixon	32	38	113	106	5	19	3	1	0	11	0		7	6	.179	.230	.226	.457	5	36	36
*Chet Falk	22	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9	9
Milt Gaston	31	39	103	98	12	24	8	0	3	14	0		5	27	.245	.282	.418	.700	11	37	37
Wally Gerber	35	148	485	449	41	94	12	9	0	42	3		34	26	.209	.268	.276	.544	32	142	142
Sam Jones	34	33	64	56	1	5	2	0	0	2	0		6	19	.089	.203	.125	.328	1	32	32
Red Kress	20	7	27	24	3	7	2	1	1	3	0		3	3	.292	.370	.583	.954	5	7	7
Ski Melillo	27	112	385	362	40	74	17	2	0	23	3		23	29	.204	.252	.262	.514	24	107	107
Bing Miller	32	149	536	499	76	152	30	7	5	68	8		28	27	.305	.353	.423	.775	72	143	143
Otto Miller	26	53	85	77	7	15	4	0	0	7	0		7	5	.195	.271	.247	.517	5	51	51
Ernie Nevers	25	28	33	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	27	27
Steve O'Neill	35	77	215	196	13	42	7	0	1	21	0		19	6	.214	.284	.265	.549	15	74	74
Frank O'Rourke	32	146	625	551	77	139	24	3	1	35	17		62	45	.252	.341	.312	.653	56	140	140
*Harry Rice	25	143	581	531	82	143	25	9	7	62	5		48	22	.269	.332	.390	.722	68	137	137
#Wally Schang	37	101	309	268	36	80	14	2	5	38	3		39	34	.299	.392	.422	.813	44	97	97
Fred Schulte	26	63	211	192	29	57	15	5	3	31	5		19	15	.297	.360	.474	.834	32	60	60
*George Sisler	34	156	655	628	79	196	31	8	5	88	26		23	16	.312	.340	.411	.751	87	149	149
Lefty Stewart	26	30	55	50	4	14	1	0	0	3	0		5	17	.280	.345	.300	.645	5	29	29
*Guy Sturdy	27	5	23	22	4	9	1	0	0	4	2		1	0	.409	.435	.455	.889	4	5	5
Elam Vangilder	31	46	72	71	4	0	0	0	0	7	0		0	11	.000	.014	.000	.014	6	44	44
*Ken Williams	37	137	485	430	64	130	22	6	16	68	9		54	31	.302	.381	.493	.874	80	131	131
*Ernie Wingard	26	45	62	58	6	10	2	1	3	12	0		4	4	.172	.226	.397	.622	5	43	43
Jim Wright	26	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	2	2
*Tom Zachary	31	29	70	66	3	7	1	0	0	5	0		4	17	.106	.157	.121	.278	1	28	28
	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
*Spencer Adams	29	4	447	180	447	395	61	101	16	5	0	38	5	10	38	50	.256	.324	.322	.646	67	127		2	12
Win Ballou	29	3	88	74	88	77	5	4	2	0	1	2	0	0	6	29	.052	.120	.117	.237	-39	9		0	5
Boom-Boom Beck	22	2	4	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	28	1	0	0	0	0	0
*Herschel Bennett	30	5	968	312	968	877	135	242	41	13	7	104	13	13	58	65	.276	.327	.376	.704	78	330		9	24
George Blaeholder	23	2	3	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	151	2	0	0	0	0	0
*Stew Bolen	24	2	7	8	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.571	1.000	154	4		0	0
*Alvin Crowder	28	2	89	55	89	83	9	18	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	10	.217	.235	.253	.488	27	21		0	4
Leo Dixon	32	3	461	145	461	397	40	83	17	3	1	39	4	7	42	62	.209	.294	.275	.569	44	109		6	16
*Chet Falk	22	3	46	45	46	44	4	12	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	5	.273	.304	.295	.600	53	13		0	0
Milt Gaston	31	4	302	140	302	281	30	65	16	2	5	38	2	0	5	50	.231	.247	.356	.603	52	100		1	15
Wally Gerber	35	13	5348	1351	5348	4690	530	1225	162	44	7	443	36	46	424	311	.261	.327	.319	.646	69	1496		33	201
Sam Jones	34	14	919	459	919	781	76	153	29	3	4	55	4	1	74	230	.196	.280	.256	.536	44	200		17	47
Red Kress	20	1	27	7	27	23	3	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	3	3	.304	.385	.609	.993	151	14		0	1
Ski Melillo	27	2	843	206	843	741	99	178	36	7	1	56	9	13	57	59	.240	.296	.312	.608	56	231		2	43
Bing Miller	32	7	3600	892	3600	3240	511	1033	198	52	69	508	63	45	170	208	.319	.362	.476	.838	114	1542		49	141
Otto Miller	26	1	87	51	87	76	8	17	5	0	0	8	0	1	8	5	.224	.306	.289	.595	53	22		1	2
Ernie Nevers	25	2	60	39	60	59	2	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	.203	.203	.237	.441	13	14		0	1
Steve O'Neill	35	16	5525	1580	5525	4771	444	1252	247	34	13	531	30	23	584	383	.262	.348	.337	.685	88	1606		42	128
Frank O'Rourke	32	10	3049	755	3049	2684	360	673	134	26	11	265	64	40	217	299	.251	.318	.332	.650	71	892		47	101
*Harry Rice	25	5	1771	446	1771	1548	282	483	85	27	27	189	24	25	174	81	.312	.387	.454	.841	113	703		14	35
#Wally Schang	37	15	5557	1582	5557	4645	660	1347	238	79	50	624	111	43	676	499	.290	.391	.408	.799	121	1893		95	141
Fred Schulte	26	1	216	60	216	189	32	60	16	5	3	34	5	3	20	14	.317	.383	.503	.885	125	95		0	7
*George Sisler	34	12	7269	1647	7269	6667	1091	2295	343	145	93	959	351	126	385	278	.344	.384	.481	.865	131	3207		40	177
Lefty Stewart	26	2	59	34	59	50	4	15	1	0	0	3	0	1	5	16	.300	.364	.320	.684	76	16		0	4
*Guy Sturdy	27	1	22	5	22	21	5	9	1	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	.429	.455	.476	.931	139	10		0	0
Elam Vangilder	31	9	591	329	591	542	57	131	30	4	6	47	0	1	21	87	.242	.276	.345	.621	58	187		5	23
*Ken Williams	37	12	4940	1190	4940	4261	780	1364	246	74	185	825	149	92	514	265	.320	.397	.543	.940	141	2313		27	138
*Ernie Wingard	26	4	267	156	267	246	30	57	9	4	7	38	0	0	11	31	.232	.267	.386	.654	64	95		1	9
Jim Wright	26	1	5	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-45	0		0	0
*Tom Zachary	31	10	723	309	723	660	47	160	16	10	3	68	0	1	36	161	.242	.283	.311	.593	56	205		1	26
	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

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