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1927 St. Louis Browns

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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59-94, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dan Howley (59-94)
Scored 724 runs, Allowed 904 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-92

Ballparks: Sportsman's Park III · 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 - 105, Pitching - 109


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1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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
Spencer Adams 29 L R 5' 9" 158 Jun 21, 1898 4 88 66 88 80 0 0 0 54 28 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 -0.6 $
Win Ballou 29 R R 5' 10" 170 Nov 30, 1897 3 21 11 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Boom-Boom Beck 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 16, 1904 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Herschel Bennett 30 L R 5' 9" 160 Sep 21, 1896 5 93 53 93 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 42 55 36 2 -0.2 $
George Blaeholder 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 26, 1904 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Stew Bolen 24 L L 5' 11" 180 Oct 12, 1902 2 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
General Crowder 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Jan 11, 1899 2 21 8 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Leo Dixon 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 4, 1894 3 36 30 36 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.8 $
Chet Falk 22 L L 6' 2" 170 May 15, 1905 3 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Milt Gaston 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 27, 1896 4 37 30 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Wally Gerber 35 R R 5' 10" 152 Aug 18, 1891 13 142 139 142 142 0 0 0 0 1 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Sad Sam Jones 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 26, 1892 14 32 26 32 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 $
Red Kress 22 R R 5' 11" 165 Jan 2, 1905 1st 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ski Melillo 27 R R 5' 8" 150 Aug 4, 1899 2 107 96 107 101 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -2.2 $
Bing Miller 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1894 7 143 122 143 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 61 28 125 18 0 2.6 $
Otis Miller 26 R R 5' 10" 168 Feb 2, 1901 1st 51 13 51 45 0 0 0 0 11 35 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 $
Ernie Nevers 25 R R 6' 0" 205 Jun 11, 1902 2 27 5 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Steve O'Neill 35 R R 5' 10" 165 Jul 6, 1891 16 74 55 74 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.5 $
Frank O'Rourke 33 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 28, 1893 10 140 138 140 138 0 0 3 16 121 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.9 $
Harry Rice 25 L R 5' 9" 185 Nov 22, 1901 5 137 136 137 136 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 44 87 130 1 0 1.5 $
Wally Schang 37 B R 5' 10" 180 Aug 22, 1889 15 97 70 97 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 2.3 $
Fred Schulte 26 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 13, 1901 1st 60 49 60 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 49 11 0 1.0 $
George Sisler HOF 34 L L 5' 11" 170 Mar 24, 1893 12 149 149 149 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $15,000
Lefty Stewart 26 R L 5' 10" 160 Sep 23, 1900 2 29 19 29 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.3 $
Guy Sturdy 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Aug 7, 1899 1st 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Elam Vangilder 31 R R 6' 1" 192 Apr 23, 1896 9 44 23 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ken Williams 37 L R 6' 0" 170 Jun 28, 1890 12 131 112 131 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 4 0 113 18 0 3.5 $
Ernie Wingard 26 L L 6' 2" 176 Oct 17, 1900 4 43 17 43 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -2.3 $
Jim Wright 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 19, 1900 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tom Zachary 31 L L 6' 1" 187 May 7, 1896 10 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
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

1926 / 1928 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers