1929 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics

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1929 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
79-73, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 733 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-74
Manager: Dan Howley (79-73)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 280,697 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104; one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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1928 / 1930 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#	39	94	334	249	43	59	10	5	5	36	1	4	74	22	.237	.424	.378	.802	105	94		7	4
2	1B	Lu Blue#	32	151	712	573	111	168	40	10	6	61	12	6	126	32	.293	.422	.429	.852	116	246		2	11
3	2B	Ski Melillo	29	141	544	494	57	146	17	10	5	67	11	6	29	30	.296	.337	.401	.738	86	198		2	19
4	SS	Red Kress	22	147	627	557	82	170	38	4	9	107	5	8	52	54	.305	.366	.436	.802	102	243		1	17
5	3B	Frank O'Rourke	34	154	659	585	81	147	23	9	2	62	14	7	41	28	.251	.306	.332	.637	61	194		5	28
6	OF	Beauty McGowan*	27	125	524	441	62	112	26	6	2	51	5	2	61	34	.254	.346	.354	.700	78	156		1	21
7	OF	Heinie Manush*	27	142	635	574	85	204	45	10	6	81	9	8	43	24	.355	.401	.500	.901	127	287		1	17
8	OF	Fred Schulte	28	121	520	446	63	137	24	5	3	71	8	3	59	44	.307	.389	.404	.793	101	180		1	14
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	OF	Earl McNeely	31	69	254	230	27	56	8	1	1	18	2	1	7	13	.243	.272	.300	.572	45	69		2	15
10	C	Rick Ferrell	23	64	181	144	21	33	6	1	0	20	1	2	32	10	.229	.373	.285	.658	69	41		1	4
11	OF	Red Badgro*	26	54	168	148	27	42	12	0	1	18	1	0	11	15	.284	.342	.385	.727	84	57		2	7
12	C	Clyde Manion	32	35	128	111	16	27	2	0	0	11	1	0	15	3	.243	.333	.261	.595	53	29		0	2
13	2B	Otis Brannan*	30	23	58	51	4	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	4	4	.294	.345	.373	.718	82	19		0	3
14	IF	Ed Roetz	23	16	51	45	7	11	4	1	0	5	0	0	4	6	.244	.306	.378	.684	72	17		0	2
15	IF	Len Dondero	25	19	35	31	2	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	4	.194	.194	.290	.484	21	9		0	4
16	OF	Tom Jenkins*	31	21	26	22	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	.182	.308	.273	.580	48	6		0	0
17	3B	Jimmy Austin#	49	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
18	P	Dolly Gray	31	43	118	103	8	19	4	1	0	13	0	0	6	18	.184	.229	.243	.472	20	25		0	9
19	P	Alvin Crowder*	30	40	99	96	6	18	4	0	0	5	0	0	2	11	.188	.204	.229	.433	10	22		0	1
20	P	George Blaeholder	25	42	82	74	6	9	1	0	1	6	0	0	6	14	.122	.188	.176	.363	-8	13		0	2
21	P	Rip Collins	33	26	66	62	9	17	6	0	1	5	0	0	3	17	.274	.308	.419	.727	82	26		0	1
22	P	Lefty Stewart	28	23	58	51	3	6	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	13	.118	.135	.176	.311	-22	9		0	6
23	P	Jack Ogden	31	34	50	45	4	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	.244	.292	.267	.558	42	12		0	2
24	P	Chad Kimsey*	22	29	32	30	6	8	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	8	.267	.290	.533	.824	104	16		0	1
25	P	Dick Coffman	22	27	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
26	P	Fred Stiely*	28	1	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	316	3		0	0
27	P	Ed Strelecki	24	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
28	P	Oscar Estrada*	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Herb Cobb	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Paul Hopkins	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.1	154	5974	5175	733	1427	278	64	46	672	70	47	584	423	.276	.352	.381	.733	86	1971	0	25	190	0	0
		Rank in 8 AL teams				7	4	6	5	8	6		6	6	1	6	5	5	5	5		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
#Jimmy Austin	49	1	1	0	0.0	116		.000	.297	.000	.364	.000	.429	.000	.793	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000		/5
*Red Badgro	26	168	113	19	4.5	116	.311	.284	.297	.342	.364	.385	.429	.727	.793	84	.455	-3.4	-0.3	.670	.182	.101	1.0	O
George Blaeholder	25	82	67	2	0.8	116	.136	.122	.297	.188	.364	.176	.429	.363	.793	-8	.034	-12.6	-1.2	.292	.135	.054	.0	1
#Lu Blue	32	712	422	104	6.6	116	.303	.293	.297	.422	.364	.429	.429	.852	.793	116	.626	21.2	2.0	.925	.366	.136	8.0	*3
*Otis Brannan	30	58	39	7	4.8	116	.304	.294	.297	.345	.364	.373	.429	.718	.793	82	.484	-1.5	-0.1	.639	.157	.078	.0	4
Herb Cobb	24	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Dick Coffman	22	7	7	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.297	.000	.364	.000	.429	.000	.793	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000		1
Rip Collins	33	66	46	8	4.6	116	.364	.274	.297	.308	.364	.419	.429	.727	.793	82	.470	-1.8	-0.2	.644	.194	.145	.0	1
*Alvin Crowder	30	99	79	4	1.4	116	.212	.188	.297	.204	.364	.229	.429	.433	.793	10	.085	-13.5	-1.3	.308	.063	.042		1
Len Dondero	25	35	29	2	1.8	116	.192	.194	.297	.194	.364	.290	.429	.484	.793	21	.140	-4.0	-0.4	.360	.097	.097	.0	5/4
*Oscar Estrada	25	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
Rick Ferrell	23	181	117	15	3.4	116	.246	.229	.297	.373	.364	.285	.429	.658	.793	69	.336	-5.3	-0.5	.646	.271	.056	.0	2
Dolly Gray	31	118	93	6	1.7	116	.224	.184	.297	.229	.364	.243	.429	.472	.793	20	.126	-13.1	-1.3	.369	.117	.058		1
Paul Hopkins	24	0	0															0.0	0.0					/1
*Tom Jenkins	31	26	18	2	3.0	116	.286	.182	.297	.308	.364	.273	.429	.580	.793	48	.281	-1.8	-0.2	.556	.273	.091		/O
*Chad Kimsey	22	32	23	5	5.8	116	.300	.267	.297	.290	.364	.533	.429	.824	.793	104	.572	-0.1	-0.0	.773	.300	.267	.0	1
Red Kress	22	627	412	86	5.6	116	.326	.305	.297	.366	.364	.436	.429	.802	.793	102	.553	2.0	0.2	.742	.219	.131	6.4	*6
Clyde Manion	32	128	86	10	3.1	116	.250	.243	.297	.333	.364	.261	.429	.595	.793	53	.298	-7.7	-0.7	.536	.162	.018	.0	2
*Heinie Manush	27	635	395	113	7.6	116	.364	.355	.297	.401	.364	.500	.429	.901	.793	127	.688	23.3	2.2	.878	.221	.145	7.2	*O
*Beauty McGowan	27	524	352	54	4.1	116	.272	.254	.297	.346	.364	.354	.429	.700	.793	78	.414	-14.1	-1.4	.668	.245	.100	2.9	*O
Earl McNeely	31	254	190	18	2.5	116	.255	.243	.297	.272	.364	.300	.429	.572	.793	45	.226	-20.2	-1.9	.451	.091	.057	1.3	O
Ski Melillo	29	544	373	66	4.7	116	.307	.296	.297	.337	.364	.401	.429	.738	.793	86	.478	-12.7	-1.2	.661	.174	.105	6.9	*4
Frank O'Rourke	34	659	473	58	3.3	116	.261	.251	.297	.306	.364	.332	.429	.637	.793	61	.318	-36.1	-3.5	.555	.162	.080	3.5	*5/46
Jack Ogden	31	50	36	4	3.0	116	.306	.244	.297	.292	.364	.267	.429	.558	.793	42	.281	-4.0	-0.4	.441	.089	.022		1
Ed Roetz	23	51	36	5	3.7	116	.282	.244	.297	.306	.364	.378	.429	.684	.793	72	.370	-2.0	-0.2	.618	.222	.133		/6345
#Wally Schang	39	334	198	38	5.1	116	.243	.237	.297	.424	.364	.378	.429	.802	.793	105	.514	6.4	0.6	.887	.426	.141	1.7	2
Fred Schulte	28	520	326	70	5.7	116	.336	.307	.297	.389	.364	.404	.429	.793	.793	101	.566	2.6	0.2	.785	.240	.096	4.4	*O
Lefty Stewart	28	58	51	1	0.5	116	.158	.118	.297	.135	.364	.176	.429	.311	.793	-22	.016	-9.6	-0.9	.222	.078	.059		1
*Fred Stiely	28	3	1	2	53.4	116	.667	.667	.297	.667	.364	1.000	.429	1.667	.793	316	.987	1.0	0.1	3.000	.333	.333		/1
Ed Strelecki	24	2	2	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.296	.000	.364	.000	.428	.000	.792	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
League Average					5.0	113	.298	.283	.292	.349	.359	.406	.422	.755	.781	93	.506			.700	.222	.123
Team Total		5974	3985	699	4.7	116	.293	.276	.297	.352	.364	.381	.429	.733	.793	86	.474	-109.8	-10.6	.686	.222	.105	55.5
	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
#Jimmy Austin	49	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
*Red Badgro	26	57	164	152	24	40	11	0	1	16	1		10	16	.263	.317	.355	.672	17	54	54
George Blaeholder	25	44	84	78	5	9	1	0	1	5	0		6	15	.115	.179	.167	.345	2	42	42
#Lu Blue	32	160	713	590	99	161	38	10	6	55	12		121	34	.273	.398	.402	.800	93	151	151
*Otis Brannan	30	24	57	53	4	15	1	0	1	8	0		4	4	.283	.333	.358	.692	6	23	23
Dick Coffman	22	29	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	27	27
Rip Collins	33	28	68	65	8	17	6	0	1	5	0		3	18	.262	.294	.400	.694	7	26	26
*Alvin Crowder	30	42	103	101	6	18	4	0	0	5	0		2	12	.178	.194	.218	.412	4	40	40
Len Dondero	25	20	33	33	1	0	0	0	0	5	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	19	19
Rick Ferrell	23	68	182	150	19	32	6	1	0	19	1		31	11	.213	.352	.267	.618	14	64	64
Dolly Gray	31	46	114	108	7	19	4	1	0	12	0		6	19	.176	.219	.231	.451	5	43	43
Paul Hopkins	24	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9	9
*Tom Jenkins	31	22	27	23	1	4	0	1	0	0	0		4	8	.174	.296	.261	.557	2	21	21
*Chad Kimsey	22	31	32	31	5	8	2	0	2	4	0		1	8	.258	.281	.516	.797	4	29	29
Red Kress	22	156	620	570	73	160	36	4	8	96	5		49	57	.281	.339	.400	.739	77	147	147
Clyde Manion	32	37	129	115	14	26	2	0	0	9	1		14	3	.226	.310	.243	.554	8	35	35
*Heinie Manush	27	150	627	585	76	193	43	9	6	73	9		41	25	.330	.375	.465	.840	102	142	142
*Beauty McGowan	27	132	516	456	56	108	25	6	2	46	5		59	36	.237	.326	.331	.657	49	125	125
Earl McNeely	31	73	248	239	25	55	8	1	1	17	2		7	14	.230	.258	.285	.543	17	69	69
Ski Melillo	29	149	538	508	51	140	16	10	5	60	11		28	32	.276	.316	.376	.692	59	141	141
Frank O'Rourke	34	163	651	606	74	142	22	9	2	56	14		40	30	.234	.287	.310	.597	53	154	154
Jack Ogden	31	36	50	47	4	11	1	0	0	6	0		3	10	.234	.280	.255	.535	3	34	34
Ed Roetz	23	17	50	46	6	10	4	1	0	4	0		4	6	.217	.280	.348	.628	4	16	16
#Wally Schang	39	100	332	256	39	55	9	5	5	32	1		69	23	.215	.395	.348	.742	34	94	94
Fred Schulte	28	128	517	459	57	132	23	5	3	64	8		57	47	.288	.368	.379	.747	64	121	121
Lefty Stewart	28	24	55	54	3	6	3	0	0	7	0		1	14	.111	.127	.167	.294	1	23	23
*Fred Stiely	28	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1	1
Ed Strelecki	24	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7	7
	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
#Jimmy Austin	49	18	6302	1580	6302	5388	661	1328	174	76	13	390	244	43	592	363	.246	.326	.314	.640	90	1693		44	278
*Red Badgro	26	1	168	54	168	148	27	42	12	0	1	18	1	0	11	15	.284	.342	.385	.727	84	57		2	7
George Blaeholder	25	4	162	83	162	148	15	25	5	0	3	13	0	0	11	34	.169	.226	.264	.490	25	39	0	0	3	0	0
#Lu Blue	32	9	5514	1230	5514	4516	896	1324	248	87	39	548	109	69	820	311	.293	.405	.413	.818	112	1863		33	145
*Otis Brannan	30	2	627	158	627	534	72	133	19	3	11	74	3	9	64	23	.249	.334	.358	.692	79	191		4	25
Herb Cobb	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Coffman	22	3	38	61	38	33	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.061	.114	.061	.175	-54	2		0	3
Rip Collins	33	9	548	264	548	494	36	84	15	2	1	35	0	1	22	176	.170	.210	.215	.425	10	106		3	29
*Alvin Crowder	30	4	282	136	282	259	26	51	8	0	0	19	0	0	9	30	.197	.224	.228	.452	17	59		0	14
Len Dondero	25	1	35	19	35	31	2	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	4	.194	.194	.290	.484	21	9		0	4
*Oscar Estrada	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	23	1	181	64	181	144	21	33	6	1	0	20	1	2	32	10	.229	.373	.285	.658	69	41		1	4
Dolly Gray	31	6	470	219	470	421	31	79	12	2	1	35	0	0	25	91	.188	.235	.233	.468	19	98		1	23
Paul Hopkins	24	2	6	11	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.500	.833	113	3	0	0	0	0	0
*Tom Jenkins	31	3	177	63	177	159	16	36	5	3	0	11	0	0	10	21	.226	.276	.296	.572	47	47		1	7
*Chad Kimsey	22	1	32	29	32	30	6	8	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	8	.267	.290	.533	.824	104	16		0	1
Red Kress	22	3	1289	304	1289	1140	163	330	66	15	13	191	10	12	103	127	.289	.349	.408	.757	93	465		2	44
Clyde Manion	32	9	819	310	819	724	70	166	19	3	2	82	5	2	68	55	.229	.298	.272	.570	49	197		3	24
*Heinie Manush	27	7	3709	911	3709	3311	574	1119	216	72	57	534	74	39	231	167	.338	.389	.498	.887	128	1650		46	121
*Beauty McGowan	27	4	1412	366	1412	1196	174	315	58	16	6	108	17	11	153	120	.263	.349	.354	.703	81	423		5	58
Earl McNeely	31	6	2159	558	2159	1917	324	527	84	32	4	178	57	34	152	168	.275	.337	.358	.695	80	687		27	63
Ski Melillo	29	4	1535	398	1535	1367	165	349	55	17	6	132	22	20	95	100	.255	.306	.334	.639	63	456		4	69
Frank O'Rourke	34	12	4146	1008	4146	3660	495	923	181	38	14	389	88	49	279	346	.252	.314	.334	.648	69	1222		53	154
Jack Ogden	31	3	141	77	141	131	11	28	3	2	0	17	0	0	6	29	.214	.248	.267	.515	33	35		0	4
Ed Roetz	23	1	51	16	51	45	7	11	4	1	0	5	0	0	4	6	.244	.306	.378	.684	72	17		0	2
#Wally Schang	39	17	6216	1767	6216	5139	744	1476	258	89	58	699	120	49	818	547	.287	.396	.406	.802	120	2086		106	153
Fred Schulte	28	3	1365	327	1365	1191	185	356	84	16	13	190	19	11	130	118	.299	.369	.429	.798	104	511		2	42
Lefty Stewart	28	4	174	86	174	152	12	35	7	0	0	18	0	1	12	42	.230	.287	.276	.563	45	42		0	10
*Fred Stiely	28	1	3	1	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	316	3		0	0
Ed Strelecki	24	2	16	29	16	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	20	2		0	2
	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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