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1927 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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# 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
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* - 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 Milt Gaston 31 13 17 .433 5.00 37 30 6 21 0 1 254.0 275 177 141 18 100 77 3 1 8 1117 87 1.476 9.7 0.6 3.5 2.7 0.77
2 SP Elam Vangilder 31 10 12 .455 4.79 44 23 14 12 3 1 203.0 245 136 108 13 102 62 5 1 5 1031 91 1.709 10.9 0.6 4.5 2.7 0.61
3 SP Sam Jones 34 8 14 .364 4.32 30 26 2 11 0 0 189.2 211 121 91 13 102 72 3 0 3 877 100 1.650 10.0 0.6 4.8 3.4 0.71
4 SP Lefty Stewart* 26 8 11 .421 4.28 27 19 6 11 0 1 155.2 187 83 74 7 43 43 2 0 1 675 101 1.478 10.8 0.4 2.5 2.5 1.00
5 SP Win Ballou 29 5 6 .455 4.78 21 11 3 4 0 0 90.1 105 56 48 4 46 17 1 0 1 396 91 1.672 10.5 0.4 4.6 1.7 0.37
6 SP Tom Zachary* 31 4 6 .400 4.37 13 12 1 6 0 0 78.1 110 48 38 4 27 13 0 0 0 360 99 1.749 12.6 0.5 3.1 1.5 0.48
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
7 RP Ernie Wingard* 26 2 13 .133 6.56 38 17 11 7 0 0 156.1 213 132 114 7 79 28 2 0 8 738 66 1.868 12.3 0.4 4.5 1.6 0.35
8 RP Ernie Nevers 25 3 8 .273 4.94 27 5 13 2 0 2 94.2 105 61 52 8 35 22 2 0 5 397 88 1.479 10.0 0.8 3.3 2.1 0.63
9 RP Alvin Crowder 28 3 5 .375 5.01 21 8 10 2 1 3 73.2 71 44 41 3 42 30 1 1 2 331 87 1.534 8.7 0.4 5.1 3.7 0.71
10 RP Chet Falk* 22 1 0 1.000 5.74 9 0 6 0 0 0 15.2 25 18 10 1 10 2 0 0 0 83 76 2.234 14.4 0.6 5.7 1.1 0.20
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
11 Jim Wright 26 1 0 1.000 4.50 2 1 1 1 0 0 12.0 8 6 6 0 4 4 0 0 0 49 96 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
12 Boom-Boom Beck 22 1 0 1.000 5.56 3 1 0 1 0 0 11.1 15 8 7 0 5 6 1 0 0 53 78 1.765 11.9 0.0 4.0 4.8 1.20
13 Stew Bolen* 24 0 1 .000 8.38 3 1 2 1 0 0 9.2 14 9 9 0 5 7 0 1 1 44 52 1.966 13.0 0.0 4.7 6.5 1.40
14 George Blaeholder 23 0 1 .000 5.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 5 5 1 4 2 1 0 0 37 87 1.333 8.0 1.0 4.0 2.0 0.50
Team Totals 29.2 59 94 .386 4.95 155 155 75 80 4 8 1353.1 1592 904 744 79 604 385 21 4 34 6188 88 1.623 10.6 0.5 4.0 2.6 0.64
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 3 8 5 7 7 8 8 8 8 5
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Spencer Adams 29 82 370 159 190 21 35 .943 4.26 2B-3B
Win Ballou 29 21 29 7 20 2 1 .931 1.29 P
Boom-Boom Beck 22 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Herschel Bennett 30 55 12 2 42 130 118 5 7 1 .946 2.24 OF
George Blaeholder 23 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 P
Stew Bolen 24 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Alvin Crowder 28 21 13 2 11 0 1 1.000 0.62 P
Leo Dixon 32 35 158 116 32 10 1 .937 4.23 0 C
Chet Falk 22 9 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.78 P
Milt Gaston 31 37 80 18 58 4 9 .950 2.05 P
Wally Gerber 35 142 758 290 427 41 91 .946 5.05 SS-3B
Sam Jones 34 30 49 12 35 2 0 .959 1.57 P
Red Kress 20 7 38 12 25 1 4 .974 5.29 SS
Ski Melillo 27 101 558 229 293 36 72 .935 5.17 2B
Bing Miller 32 126 37 61 29 328 309 9 10 3 .970 2.52 OF
Otto Miller 26 46 89 29 54 6 9 .933 1.80 SS-3B
Ernie Nevers 25 27 40 5 31 4 0 .900 1.33 P
Steve O'Neill 35 60 241 180 57 4 8 .983 3.95 4 C
Frank O'Rourke 32 140 568 246 299 23 47 .960 3.89 3B-2B-1B
Harry Rice 25 137 0 44 87 341 281 37 23 9 .933 2.32 OF-3B
Wally Schang 37 75 293 213 73 7 10 .976 3.81 9 C
Fred Schulte 26 49 0 49 0 131 117 3 11 0 .916 2.45 OF
George Sisler 34 149 1529 1374 131 24 138 .984 10.10 1B
Lefty Stewart 26 27 52 7 45 0 2 1.000 1.93 P
Guy Sturdy 27 5 38 35 2 1 2 .974 7.40 1B
Elam Vangilder 31 44 43 9 32 2 0 .953 0.93 P
Ken Williams 37 113 110 4 0 285 260 15 10 4 .965 2.43 OF
Ernie Wingard 26 38 62 14 45 3 1 .952 1.55 P
Jim Wright 26 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Tom Zachary 31 13 21 3 17 1 2 .952 1.54 P
Team Totals 31.0 155 6261 4050 1958 253 450 .960 3.76 13
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 2 8
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1926 / 1928 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics