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1928 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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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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
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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 Dolly Gray 30 20 12 .625 3.19 35 31 4 21 2 3 262.2 256 119 93 11 86 102 1 0 1 1133 132 1.302 8.8 0.4 2.9 3.5 1.19
2 SP Alvin Crowder 29 21 5 .808 3.69 41 31 6 19 1 2 244.0 238 113 100 11 91 99 1 0 1 1069 114 1.348 8.8 0.4 3.4 3.7 1.09
3 SP Jack Ogden 30 15 16 .484 4.15 38 31 7 18 1 2 242.2 257 121 112 23 80 67 1 0 1 1089 101 1.389 9.5 0.9 3.0 2.5 0.84
4 SP George Blaeholder 24 10 15 .400 4.37 38 26 8 9 1 3 214.1 235 123 104 23 52 87 2 0 2 950 96 1.339 9.9 1.0 2.2 3.7 1.67
5 SP Lefty Stewart* 27 7 9 .438 4.67 29 17 10 7 1 3 142.2 173 81 74 5 32 25 2 0 0 624 90 1.437 10.9 0.3 2.0 1.6 0.78
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
6 RP Dick Coffman 21 4 5 .444 6.09 29 7 10 3 0 1 85.2 122 68 58 7 37 25 1 0 3 411 69 1.856 12.8 0.7 3.9 2.6 0.68
7 RP Hal Wiltse* 24 2 5 .286 5.25 26 5 9 0 0 0 72.0 93 49 42 4 35 23 3 1 2 349 80 1.778 11.6 0.5 4.4 2.9 0.66
8 RP Ed Strelecki 23 0 2 .000 4.29 22 2 10 1 0 1 50.1 49 27 24 4 17 8 1 1 1 214 98 1.311 8.8 0.7 3.0 1.4 0.47
9 RP Boom-Boom Beck 23 2 3 .400 4.41 16 4 7 2 0 0 49.0 52 29 24 4 20 17 4 0 0 222 95 1.469 9.6 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.85
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
10 Ernie Nevers 26 1 0 1.000 3.00 6 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 9 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 36 140 1.222 9.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.50
11 Jim Wright 27 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 31 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 27.2 82 72 .532 4.17 154 154 74 80 6 15 1374.1 1487 737 637 93 454 456 16 2 11 6108 101 1.412 9.7 0.6 3.0 3.0 1.00
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 8 4 3705
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
Boom-Boom Beck 23 16 12 0 11 1 2 .917 0.69 P
Fred Bennett 26 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Larry Bettencourt 22 44 0 0 2 116 42 68 6 4 .948 2.50 1 3B-OF-C
George Blaeholder 24 38 89 13 70 6 2 .933 2.18 P
Lu Blue 31 154 1596 1472 107 17 121 .989 10.25 1B
Otis Brannan 29 135 732 272 434 26 74 .964 5.23 2B
Dick Coffman 21 29 26 4 21 1 1 .962 0.86 P
Alvin Crowder 29 41 39 4 33 2 3 .949 0.90 P
Ike Danning 23 2 12 8 3 1 0 .917 5.50 2 C
Wally Gerber 36 6 23 6 12 5 4 .783 3.00 SS
Dolly Gray 30 35 89 20 67 2 6 .978 2.49 P
Red Kress 21 150 773 318 400 55 99 .929 4.79 SS
Clyde Manion 31 71 358 302 49 7 10 .980 4.94 3 C
Heinie Manush 26 154 154 0 0 364 355 6 3 2 .992 2.34 OF
Beauty McGowan 26 47 0 11 37 106 99 3 4 1 .962 2.17 OF
Earl McNeely 30 120 2 1 118 252 229 19 4 2 .984 2.07 OF
Ski Melillo 28 47 189 79 104 6 15 .968 3.89 2B-3B
Billy Mullen 32 6 15 4 9 2 1 .867 2.17 3B
Ernie Nevers 26 6 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Steve O'Neill 36 10 24 19 4 1 0 .958 2.30 1 C
Frank O'Rourke 33 98 330 151 164 15 13 .955 3.21 3B-SS
Jack Ogden 30 38 51 15 35 1 3 .980 1.32 P
Ollie Sax 23 9 22 6 15 1 2 .955 2.33 3B
Wally Schang 38 82 314 263 46 5 5 .984 3.77 1 C
Fred Schulte 27 143 0 143 0 452 419 21 12 6 .973 3.08 OF
Lefty Stewart 27 29 36 3 33 0 2 1.000 1.24 P
Ed Strelecki 23 22 14 0 13 1 0 .929 0.59 P
Guy Sturdy 28 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1B
Frank Wilson 27 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Hal Wiltse 24 26 22 4 17 1 0 .955 0.81 P
Jim Wright 27 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Team Totals 28.1 154 6065 4112 1768 185 378 .969 3.76 8
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 3 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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