You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

1929 St. Louis Browns Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930)
79-73, Finished 4th in American League
View League Standings and Leaders
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

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms

1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK ·
Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats (2 PA/TmG)
 · League Register
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
CSV
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK ·
Hide non-qualifiers for rate stats (0.3 IP/TmG)
 · League Register
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 31 18 15 .545 3.72 43 37 2 23 4 1 305.0 336 142 126 18 96 109 1 0 7 1310 119 1.416 9.9 0.5 2.8 3.2 1.14
2 SP Alvin Crowder 30 17 15 .531 3.92 40 34 5 19 4 4 266.2 272 133 116 22 93 79 0 0 2 1128 113 1.369 9.2 0.7 3.1 2.7 0.85
3 SP George Blaeholder 25 14 15 .483 4.18 42 24 10 13 4 2 222.0 237 113 103 18 61 72 0 0 2 954 106 1.342 9.6 0.7 2.5 2.9 1.18
4 SP Rip Collins 33 11 6 .647 4.00 26 20 5 10 1 1 155.1 162 79 69 16 73 47 6 0 1 692 110 1.513 9.4 0.9 4.2 2.7 0.64
5 SP Lefty Stewart* 28 9 6 .600 3.25 23 18 3 8 1 0 149.2 137 67 54 11 49 47 4 0 0 627 136 1.243 8.2 0.7 2.9 2.8 0.96
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 Jack Ogden 31 4 8 .333 4.93 34 14 13 7 0 0 131.1 154 83 72 8 44 32 0 2 1 572 89 1.508 10.6 0.5 3.0 2.2 0.73
7 RP Chad Kimsey 22 3 6 .333 5.04 24 3 13 1 0 1 64.1 83 42 36 2 19 13 0 1 1 268 88 1.585 11.6 0.3 2.7 1.8 0.68
8 RP Dick Coffman 22 1 1 .500 5.98 27 3 13 1 1 1 52.2 61 40 35 3 14 11 3 0 0 236 74 1.424 10.4 0.5 2.4 1.9 0.79
9 RP Ed Strelecki 24 1 1 .500 4.91 7 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 12 8 6 1 6 2 1 0 0 52 90 1.636 9.8 0.8 4.9 1.6 0.33
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 Fred Stiely* 28 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 11 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 41 1.556 11.0 0.0 3.0 2.0 0.67
11 Paul Hopkins 24 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
12 Oscar Estrada* 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
13 Herb Cobb 24 0 0 36.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 12 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.9 79 73 .520 4.08 154 154 71 83 15 10 1371.0 1469 713 621 100 462 415 16 6 15 5899 108 1.408 9.6 0.7 3.0 2.7 0.90
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 3 2 1 4 2 3 2 3 8 1 3567
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
CSV
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · League Register
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Jimmy Austin 49 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 3B
Red Badgro 26 37 0 0 37 60 58 1 1 1 .983 1.59 OF
George Blaeholder 25 42 90 15 74 1 4 .989 2.12 P
Lu Blue 32 151 1589 1491 88 10 127 .994 10.46 1B
Otis Brannan 30 19 80 31 47 2 6 .975 4.11 2B
Herb Cobb 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Dick Coffman 22 27 15 3 12 0 0 1.000 0.56 P
Rip Collins 33 26 41 7 34 0 1 1.000 1.58 P
Alvin Crowder 30 40 57 6 50 1 1 .982 1.40 P
Len Dondero 25 15 20 8 10 2 1 .900 1.20 3B-2B
Oscar Estrada 25 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Rick Ferrell 23 45 182 140 35 7 3 .962 3.89 2 C
Dolly Gray 31 43 73 9 61 3 4 .959 1.63 P
Paul Hopkins 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Tom Jenkins 31 3 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 OF
Chad Kimsey 22 24 33 7 25 1 2 .970 1.33 P
Red Kress 22 146 796 312 441 43 94 .946 5.16 SS
Clyde Manion 32 34 167 141 22 4 2 .976 4.79 0 C
Heinie Manush 27 141 141 0 0 308 293 11 4 3 .987 2.16 OF
Beauty McGowan 27 117 0 34 84 280 257 16 7 5 .975 2.33 OF
Earl McNeely 31 62 18 2 42 102 96 4 2 0 .980 1.61 OF
Ski Melillo 29 141 885 342 519 24 98 .973 6.11 2B
Frank O'Rourke 34 156 464 184 255 25 32 .946 2.81 3B-2B-SS
Jack Ogden 31 34 36 6 28 2 4 .944 1.00 P
Ed Roetz 23 16 96 64 25 7 11 .927 5.56 SS-1B-2B-3B
Wally Schang 39 85 328 268 56 4 6 .988 3.81 5 C
Fred Schulte 28 116 0 116 0 377 361 12 4 2 .989 3.22 OF
Lefty Stewart 28 23 40 8 30 2 1 .950 1.65 P
Fred Stiely 28 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 P
Ed Strelecki 24 7 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.57 P
Team Totals 28.9 154 6130 4111 1863 156 409 .975 3.84 7
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 1
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1928 / 1930 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics