1928 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics

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1928 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
82-72, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 772 runs, Allowed 742 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74
Manager: Dan Howley (82-72)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 339,497 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104; one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

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1927 / 1929 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#	38	91	325	245	41	70	10	5	3	39	8	2	68	26	.286	.448	.404	.852	122	99		4	8
2	1B	Lu Blue#	31	154	678	549	116	154	32	11	14	80	12	7	105	43	.281	.400	.455	.855	121	250		4	20
3	2B	Otis Brannan*	29	135	569	483	68	118	18	3	10	66	3	9	60	19	.244	.333	.356	.689	79	172		4	22
4	SS	Red Kress	21	150	635	560	78	153	26	10	3	81	5	4	48	70	.273	.332	.371	.703	82	208		1	26
5	3B	Frank O'Rourke	33	99	438	391	54	103	24	3	1	62	10	2	21	19	.263	.303	.348	.650	68	136		1	25
6	OF	Heinie Manush*	26	154	697	638	104	241	47	20	13	108	17	5	39	14	.378	.414	.575	.989	154	367		0	20
7	OF	Fred Schulte	27	146	629	556	90	159	44	6	7	85	6	5	51	60	.286	.347	.424	.771	99	236		1	21
8	OF	Earl McNeely	30	127	552	496	66	117	27	7	0	44	8	6	37	39	.236	.299	.319	.618	60	158		8	11
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	C	Clyde Manion	31	76	266	243	25	55	5	1	2	31	3	0	15	18	.226	.274	.280	.554	44	68		1	7
10	OF	Beauty McGowan*	26	47	200	168	35	61	13	4	2	18	2	1	16	15	.363	.425	.524	.949	145	88		2	14
11	3B	Larry Bettencourt	22	67	188	159	30	45	9	4	4	24	2	1	22	19	.283	.377	.465	.842	117	74		2	5
12	IF	Ski Melillo	28	51	148	132	9	25	2	0	0	9	2	1	9	11	.189	.241	.205	.446	17	27		0	7
13	1B	Guy Sturdy*	28	54	54	45	3	10	1	0	1	8	1	0	8	4	.222	.340	.311	.651	70	14		0	1
14	C	Steve O'Neill	36	10	35	24	4	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	0	.292	.485	.333	.818	116	8		1	2
15	3B	Ollie Sax	23	16	22	17	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.176	.364	.176	.540	44	3		0	0
16	3B	Billy Mullen	32	15	22	18	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.389	.476	.444	.921	140	8		0	1
17	SS	Wally Gerber	36	6	19	18	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.278	.316	.333	.649	69	6		0	0
18	OF	Fred Bennett	26	7	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	60	3		0	0
19	C	Ike Danning	23	2	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.500	.571	.500	1.071	180	3		0	0
20	OF	Frank Wilson*	27	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		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
21	P	Dolly Gray	30	35	109	101	6	19	3	0	1	9	0	0	4	24	.188	.219	.248	.467	21	25		0	4
22	P	Alvin Crowder*	29	41	94	80	11	15	1	0	0	8	0	0	5	9	.188	.235	.200	.435	14	16		0	9
23	P	Jack Ogden	30	38	90	85	7	17	2	2	0	10	0	0	3	20	.200	.227	.271	.498	29	23		0	2
24	P	George Blaeholder	24	38	77	71	9	15	3	0	2	6	0	0	5	18	.211	.263	.338	.601	55	24		0	1
25	P	Lefty Stewart	27	29	57	51	5	14	3	0	0	7	0	0	6	13	.275	.351	.333	.684	78	17		0	0
26	P	Dick Coffman	21	29	26	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.043	.083	.043	.127	-66	1		0	2
27	P	Hal Wiltse*	24	26	23	22	3	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	.227	.227	.318	.545	40	7		0	1
28	P	Boom-Boom Beck	23	16	14	14	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.429	.429	.429	.857	123	6		0	0
29	P	Ed Strelecki	23	22	14	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	41	2		0	2
30	P	Ernie Nevers	26	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
31	P	Jim Wright	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.3	154	6002	5219	774	1432	276	76	63	707	80	43	543	474	.274	.346	.393	.739	91	2049	0	29	211	0	0
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	3	6	4	5	3		5	8	2	4	6	3	4	4		6
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
Boom-Boom Beck	23	14	8	3	10.0	111	.545	.429	.292	.429	.358	.429	.415	.857	.773	123	.797	0.4	0.0	.750	.000	.000		1
Fred Bennett	26	8	6	1	4.4	111	.333	.250	.292	.250	.358	.375	.415	.625	.773	60	.471	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.125	.125		/O
Larry Bettencourt	22	188	120	27	6.0	111	.301	.283	.292	.377	.358	.465	.415	.842	.773	117	.607	4.2	0.4	.861	.327	.182	2.7	5/O2
George Blaeholder	24	77	57	6	2.8	111	.255	.211	.292	.263	.358	.338	.415	.601	.773	55	.278	-5.1	-0.5	.518	.197	.127	.0	1
#Lu Blue	31	678	422	99	6.3	111	.285	.281	.292	.400	.358	.455	.415	.855	.773	121	.625	20.9	2.0	.905	.375	.175	12.9	*3
*Otis Brannan	29	569	396	54	3.6	111	.238	.244	.292	.333	.358	.356	.415	.689	.773	79	.382	-15.1	-1.5	.615	.224	.112	4.6	*4
Dick Coffman	21	26	24	0	0.0	111	.063	.043	.292	.083	.358	.043	.415	.127	.773	-66	.000	-5.8	-0.6	.091	.043	.000		1
*Alvin Crowder	29	94	74	4	1.4	111	.211	.188	.292	.235	.358	.200	.415	.435	.773	14	.102	-10.4	-1.0	.323	.075	.013		1
Ike Danning	23	7	3	2	17.8	111	.750	.500	.292	.571	.358	.500	.415	1.071	.773	180	.918	0.8	0.1	1.333	.167	.000		/2
Wally Gerber	36	19	13	2	4.1	111	.333	.278	.292	.316	.358	.333	.415	.649	.773	69	.435	-0.8	-0.1	.538	.111	.056		/6
Dolly Gray	30	109	86	5	1.6	111	.237	.188	.292	.219	.358	.248	.415	.467	.773	21	.114	-12.2	-1.2	.354	.099	.059	.0	1
Red Kress	21	635	437	68	4.2	111	.308	.273	.292	.332	.358	.371	.415	.703	.773	82	.440	-15.8	-1.5	.628	.186	.098	3.8	*6
Clyde Manion	31	266	195	19	2.6	111	.238	.226	.292	.274	.358	.280	.415	.554	.773	44	.250	-20.8	-2.0	.463	.128	.053	2.4	2
*Heinie Manush	26	697	422	153	9.7	111	.373	.378	.292	.414	.358	.575	.415	.989	.773	154	.787	47.8	4.6	1.040	.277	.197	14.7	*O
*Beauty McGowan	26	200	122	37	8.1	111	.391	.363	.292	.425	.358	.524	.415	.949	.773	145	.727	11.4	1.1	.991	.262	.161	2.0	O
Earl McNeely	30	552	396	45	3.0	111	.256	.236	.292	.299	.358	.319	.415	.618	.773	60	.306	-29.6	-2.9	.532	.161	.083	.0	*O
Ski Melillo	28	148	115	7	1.6	111	.207	.189	.292	.241	.358	.205	.415	.446	.773	17	.123	-16.5	-1.6	.343	.091	.015	.0	45
Billy Mullen	32	22	12	4	8.9	111	.500	.389	.292	.476	.358	.444	.415	.921	.773	140	.760	1.3	0.1	1.000	.222	.056		/5
Ernie Nevers	26	1	1	0	0.0	111		.000	.292	.000	.358	.000	.415	.000	.773	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000		/1
Steve O'Neill	36	35	19	4	5.6	111	.292	.292	.292	.485	.358	.333	.415	.818	.773	116	.577	1.5	0.2	1.000	.375	.042		2
Frank O'Rourke	33	438	315	42	3.6	111	.275	.263	.292	.303	.358	.348	.415	.650	.773	68	.372	-19.0	-1.8	.572	.159	.084	1.8	5/6
Jack Ogden	30	90	70	5	1.9	111	.262	.200	.292	.227	.358	.271	.415	.498	.773	29	.159	-9.5	-0.9	.382	.106	.071		1
Ollie Sax	23	22	14	1	1.9	111	.214	.176	.292	.364	.358	.176	.415	.540	.773	44	.159	-1.1	-0.1	.571	.294	.000		/5
#Wally Schang	38	325	185	45	6.5	111	.310	.286	.292	.448	.358	.404	.415	.852	.773	122	.640	13.3	1.3	1.000	.420	.118	4.4	2
Fred Schulte	27	629	423	81	5.1	111	.311	.286	.292	.347	.358	.424	.415	.771	.773	99	.534	-0.7	-0.1	.719	.232	.138	6.5	*O
Lefty Stewart	27	57	37	6	4.3	111	.368	.275	.292	.351	.358	.333	.415	.684	.773	78	.459	-1.4	-0.1	.622	.176	.059		1
Ed Strelecki	23	14	10	1	2.7	111	.286	.200	.292	.333	.358	.200	.415	.533	.773	41	.259	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.200	.000		1
*Guy Sturdy	28	54	36	5	3.7	111	.225	.222	.292	.340	.358	.311	.415	.651	.773	70	.390	-1.8	-0.2	.657	.289	.089	1.0	/3
*Frank Wilson	27	5	5	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.292	.000	.358	.000	.415	.000	.773	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000		/O
*Hal Wiltse	24	23	18	2	3.0	111	.294	.227	.292	.227	.358	.318	.415	.545	.773	40	.298	-2.0	-0.2	.471	.136	.091	.0	1
Jim Wright	27	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
League Average					4.8	108	.298	.280	.288	.343	.353	.395	.410	.739	.763	94	.506			.679	.211	.115
Team Total		6002	4041	728	4.8	111	.292	.274	.292	.346	.358	.393	.415	.739	.773	91	.507	-68.9	-7.0	.694	.229	.118	70.5
	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
Boom-Boom Beck	23	17	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	16	16
Fred Bennett	26	7	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	7	7
Larry Bettencourt	22	70	189	165	29	45	9	4	4	23	2		22	20	.273	.365	.448	.814	26	67	67
George Blaeholder	24	40	79	74	9	15	3	0	2	6	0		5	19	.203	.253	.324	.577	6	38	38
#Lu Blue	31	162	676	568	110	152	32	11	14	76	12		104	45	.268	.385	.437	.821	94	154	154
*Otis Brannan	29	142	560	498	65	114	17	3	10	63	3		58	20	.229	.314	.335	.650	52	135	135
Dick Coffman	21	31	25	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.000	.040	.000	.040	0	29	29
*Alvin Crowder	29	43	87	82	9	14	1	0	0	7	0		5	9	.171	.218	.183	.401	3	41	41
Ike Danning	23	2	8	7	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.571	.625	.571	1.196	2	2	2
Wally Gerber	36	116	370	335	23	73	7	1	0	29	6		35	36	.218	.292	.245	.537	24	110	110
Dolly Gray	30	37	109	105	6	19	3	0	1	9	0		4	25	.181	.211	.238	.449	5	35	35
Red Kress	21	158	627	579	74	151	26	10	3	77	5		47	74	.261	.317	.356	.673	65	150	150
Clyde Manion	31	80	269	253	24	55	5	1	2	29	3		15	19	.217	.264	.269	.533	18	76	76
*Heinie Manush	26	162	696	657	99	239	47	20	13	103	17		39	15	.364	.399	.556	.955	145	154	154
*Beauty McGowan	26	49	191	173	33	60	13	4	2	17	2		16	16	.347	.408	.503	.911	35	47	47
Earl McNeely	30	134	560	515	63	116	27	7	0	42	8		37	41	.225	.288	.305	.592	43	127	127
Ski Melillo	28	54	147	138	9	25	2	0	0	9	2		9	12	.181	.231	.196	.427	6	51	51
Billy Mullen	32	16	21	18	2	6	1	0	0	2	0		3	4	.333	.429	.389	.817	3	15	15
Ernie Nevers	26	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6	6
Steve O'Neill	36	11	32	24	3	6	1	0	0	5	0		7	0	.250	.438	.292	.729	3	10	10
Frank O'Rourke	33	104	429	407	52	104	24	3	1	59	10		21	20	.256	.294	.337	.630	40	99	99
Jack Ogden	30	40	92	89	7	17	2	2	0	10	0		3	21	.191	.217	.258	.476	5	38	38
Ollie Sax	23	17	23	18	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	3	.167	.348	.167	.514	1	16	16
#Wally Schang	38	96	326	254	38	70	10	5	3	37	8		68	27	.276	.436	.390	.825	42	91	91
Fred Schulte	27	154	625	574	86	156	43	6	7	81	6		50	63	.272	.331	.404	.735	77	146	146
Lefty Stewart	27	31	58	52	4	13	3	0	0	6	0		6	14	.250	.328	.308	.635	5	29	29
Ed Strelecki	23	23	14	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.273	.429	.273	.701	1	22	22
*Guy Sturdy	28	57	53	46	3	9	1	0	1	7	1		7	4	.196	.302	.283	.584	4	54	54
*Frank Wilson	27	8	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	8	8
*Hal Wiltse	24	29	27	27	4	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	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
Boom-Boom Beck	23	3	18	20	18	18	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.389	.389	.389	.778	102	7	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Bennett	26	1	8	7	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	60	3		0	0
Larry Bettencourt	22	1	188	67	188	159	30	45	9	4	4	24	2	1	22	19	.283	.377	.465	.842	117	74		2	5
George Blaeholder	24	3	80	41	80	74	9	16	4	0	2	7	0	0	5	20	.216	.266	.351	.617	59	26	0	0	1	0	0
#Lu Blue	31	8	4802	1079	4802	3943	785	1156	208	77	33	487	97	63	694	279	.293	.403	.410	.813	112	1617		31	134
*Otis Brannan	29	1	569	135	569	483	68	118	18	3	10	66	3	9	60	19	.244	.333	.356	.689	79	172		4	22
Dick Coffman	21	2	31	34	31	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.077	.143	.077	.220	-42	2		0	3
*Alvin Crowder	29	3	183	96	183	163	20	33	4	0	0	14	0	0	7	19	.202	.235	.227	.462	21	37		0	13
Ike Danning	23	1	7	2	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.500	.571	.500	1.071	180	3		0	0
Wally Gerber	36	14	5711	1461	5711	5008	552	1294	169	45	7	471	42	47	457	345	.258	.324	.314	.639	67	1574		33	213
Dolly Gray	30	5	352	176	352	318	23	60	8	1	1	22	0	0	19	73	.189	.237	.230	.466	19	73		1	14
Red Kress	21	2	662	157	662	583	81	160	28	11	4	84	5	4	51	73	.274	.334	.381	.715	85	222		1	27
Clyde Manion	31	8	691	275	691	613	54	139	17	3	2	71	4	2	53	52	.227	.291	.274	.566	48	168		3	22
*Heinie Manush	26	6	3074	769	3074	2737	489	915	171	62	51	453	65	31	188	143	.334	.387	.498	.885	128	1363		45	104
*Beauty McGowan	26	3	888	241	888	755	112	203	32	10	4	57	12	9	92	86	.269	.351	.354	.705	84	267		4	37
Earl McNeely	30	5	1905	489	1905	1687	297	471	76	31	3	160	55	33	145	155	.279	.345	.366	.712	85	618		25	48
Ski Melillo	28	3	991	257	991	873	108	203	38	7	1	65	11	14	66	70	.233	.288	.296	.584	50	258		2	50
Billy Mullen	32	5	63	36	63	50	5	11	1	0	0	2	1	0	10	6	.220	.350	.240	.590	56	12		0	3
Ernie Nevers	26	3	61	45	61	60	2	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	.200	.200	.233	.433	11	14		0	1
Steve O'Neill	36	17	5560	1590	5560	4795	448	1259	248	34	13	537	30	23	592	383	.263	.349	.337	.685	88	1614		43	130
Frank O'Rourke	33	11	3487	854	3487	3075	414	776	158	29	12	327	74	42	238	318	.252	.316	.334	.650	71	1028		48	126
Jack Ogden	30	2	91	43	91	86	7	17	2	2	0	10	0	0	3	20	.198	.225	.267	.492	27	23		0	2
Ollie Sax	23	1	22	16	22	17	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.176	.364	.176	.540	44	3		0	0
#Wally Schang	38	16	5882	1673	5882	4890	701	1417	248	84	53	663	119	45	744	525	.290	.394	.407	.802	121	1992		99	149
Fred Schulte	27	2	845	206	845	745	122	219	60	11	10	119	11	8	71	74	.294	.356	.444	.800	106	331		1	28
Lefty Stewart	27	3	116	63	116	101	9	29	4	0	0	10	0	1	11	29	.287	.357	.327	.684	77	33		0	4
Ed Strelecki	23	1	14	22	14	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.200	.333	.200	.533	41	2		0	2
*Guy Sturdy	28	2	76	59	76	66	8	19	2	0	1	13	3	0	9	4	.288	.373	.364	.737	91	24		0	1
*Frank Wilson	27	4	549	168	549	488	46	120	19	4	1	38	8	5	48	44	.246	.315	.307	.622	72	150		1	12
*Hal Wiltse	24	3	174	101	174	162	10	26	4	0	0	6	3	0	4	30	.160	.186	.185	.371	-3	30		1	7
Jim Wright	27	2	5	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-45	0	0	0	0	0	0
	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

1927 / 1929 Batting Statistics

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