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1931 St. Louis Browns Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1930 / 1932)
63-91, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 722 runs, Allowed 870 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90
Manager: Bill Killefer (63-91)
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 179,126 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 106;   one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 105

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1930 / 1932 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 Rick Ferrell 25 117 445 386 47 118 30 4 3 57 2 3 56 12 .306 .394 .427 .821 113 165 0 3
2 1B Jack Burns* 23 144 631 580 75 148 27 7 4 70 19 12 42 58 .255 .307 .347 .653 69 201 1 8
3 2B Ski Melillo 31 151 661 617 88 189 34 11 2 75 7 11 37 29 .306 .346 .407 .752 95 251 0 7
4 SS Jim Levey# 24 139 540 498 53 104 19 2 5 38 13 8 35 83 .209 .264 .285 .549 42 142 2 5
5 3B Red Kress 24 150 655 605 87 188 46 8 16 114 3 16 46 48 .311 .360 .493 .853 120 298 1 3
6 OF Goose Goslin* 30 151 675 591 114 194 42 10 24 105 9 6 80 41 .328 .412 .555 .967 149 328 4 0
7 OF Larry Bettencourt 25 74 239 206 27 53 9 2 3 26 4 3 31 35 .257 .357 .364 .721 88 75 1 1
8 OF Fred Schulte 30 134 613 553 100 168 32 7 9 65 6 8 56 49 .304 .369 .436 .805 108 241 1 3
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 3B Lin Storti# 24 86 293 273 32 60 15 4 3 26 0 2 15 50 .220 .263 .337 .600 55 92 1 4
10 OF Tom Jenkins* 33 81 248 230 20 61 7 2 3 25 1 3 17 25 .265 .316 .352 .668 73 81 0 1
11 C Benny Bengough 32 40 144 140 6 35 4 1 0 12 0 3 4 4 .250 .271 .293 .564 46 41 0 0
12 OF Earl McNeely 33 49 113 102 12 23 4 0 0 15 4 4 9 5 .225 .288 .265 .553 44 27 0 2
13 3B Ed Grimes 25 43 67 57 9 15 1 2 0 5 1 0 9 3 .263 .364 .351 .715 86 20 0 1
14 C Russ Young# 28 16 36 34 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .118 .167 .206 .373 -4 7 0 0
15 OF Frank Waddey* 25 14 24 22 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .273 .333 .318 .652 70 7 0 0
16 OF Buck Stanton* 25 13 16 15 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .333 .533 36 5 0 1
17 C Jack Crouch 27 8 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
18 IF Frank O'Rourke 36 8 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 16 2 0 1
19 OF Nap Kloza 27 3 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 4 1 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
20 P Lefty Stewart 30 36 104 88 10 22 6 2 0 8 1 0 13 10 .250 .347 .364 .710 85 32 0 3
21 P Dolly Gray 33 43 92 79 9 14 0 0 1 6 0 0 8 16 .177 .253 .215 .468 23 17 0 5
22 P George Blaeholder 27 35 86 77 5 11 4 0 0 6 1 0 6 28 .143 .205 .195 .400 4 15 0 3
23 P Dick Coffman 24 32 59 51 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .078 .113 .098 .211 -45 5 0 6
24 P Chad Kimsey* 24 47 47 37 5 10 1 0 2 5 1 0 8 11 .270 .413 .459 .873 126 17 1 1
25 P Wally Hebert* 23 23 44 43 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .209 .209 .209 .419 9 9 0 1
26 P Rip Collins 35 17 41 34 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 .147 .256 .176 .433 14 6 0 2
27 P Rollie Stiles 24 34 24 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .045 .125 .045 .170 -54 1 0 0
28 P Bob Cooney 23 5 14 13 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .385 .813 113 5 0 0
29 P Garland Braxton# 31 11 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .667 .750 .667 1.417 270 2 0 0
30 P Fred Stiely* 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jess Doyle 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.3 154 5945 5384 720 1455 286 62 76 666 73 80 488 578 .270 .332 .389 .721 87 2093 0 12 61 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 5 6 6 7 3 4 1 4 1 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
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* - 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
Benny Bengough 32 144 108 10 2.5 110 .257 .250 .290 .271 .358 .293 .415 .564 .772 46 .222 -11.6 -1.1 .389 .050 .043 2
Larry Bettencourt 25 239 157 26 4.4 110 .298 .257 .290 .357 .358 .364 .415 .721 .772 88 .452 -3.1 -0.3 .692 .262 .107 3.4 O
George Blaeholder 27 86 69 3 1.2 110 .224 .143 .290 .205 .358 .195 .415 .400 .772 4 .066 -11.1 -1.1 .333 .143 .052 .0 1
#Garland Braxton 31 4 1 2 53.5 110 1.000 .667 .290 .750 .358 .667 .415 1.417 .772 270 .988 1.0 0.1 3.000 .333 .000 1
*Jack Burns 23 631 452 61 3.6 110 .278 .255 .290 .307 .358 .347 .415 .653 .772 69 .362 -27.9 -2.7 .565 .176 .091 6.6 *3
Dick Coffman 24 59 53 1 0.5 110 .129 .078 .290 .113 .358 .098 .415 .211 .772 -45 .015 -11.1 -1.1 .149 .059 .020 1
Rip Collins 35 41 31 2 1.7 110 .192 .147 .290 .256 .358 .176 .415 .433 .772 14 .129 -4.3 -0.4 .379 .176 .029 1
Bob Cooney 23 14 8 2 6.7 110 .417 .385 .290 .429 .358 .385 .415 .813 .772 113 .637 0.3 0.0 .750 .077 .000 /1
Jack Crouch 27 12 12 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .290 .000 .358 .000 .415 .000 .772 -100 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .000 .000 .000 /2
Jess Doyle 33 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Rick Ferrell 25 445 274 64 6.2 110 .310 .306 .290 .394 .358 .427 .415 .821 .772 113 .608 9.8 0.9 .812 .264 .122 2.4 *2
*Goose Goslin 30 675 403 133 8.8 110 .323 .328 .290 .412 .358 .555 .415 .967 .772 149 .745 43.3 4.1 1.030 .367 .227 13.1 *O
Dolly Gray 33 92 70 4 1.5 110 .210 .177 .290 .253 .358 .215 .415 .468 .772 23 .106 -9.3 -0.9 .385 .139 .038 .0 1
Ed Grimes 25 67 43 7 4.4 110 .278 .263 .290 .364 .358 .351 .415 .715 .772 86 .445 -1.1 -0.1 .714 .263 .088 .0 5/46
*Wally Hebert 23 44 35 2 1.5 110 .281 .209 .290 .209 .358 .209 .415 .419 .772 9 .106 -5.9 -0.6 .265 .000 .000 1
*Tom Jenkins 33 248 173 25 3.9 110 .287 .265 .290 .316 .358 .352 .415 .668 .772 73 .392 -9.8 -0.9 .558 .152 .087 1.5 O
*Chad Kimsey 24 47 28 7 6.7 110 .333 .270 .290 .413 .358 .459 .415 .873 .772 126 .637 1.8 0.2 1.000 .432 .189 1.3 1
Nap Kloza 27 8 6 0 0.0 110 .333 .143 .290 .250 .358 .143 .415 .393 .772 4 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .333 .143 .000 /O
Red Kress 24 655 436 100 6.1 110 .318 .311 .290 .360 .358 .493 .415 .853 .772 120 .600 15.5 1.5 .767 .236 .182 5.1 5O63
#Jim Levey 24 540 407 37 2.4 110 .241 .209 .290 .264 .358 .285 .415 .549 .772 42 .216 -43.9 -4.2 .458 .157 .076 7.2 *6
Earl McNeely 33 113 85 7 2.2 110 .237 .225 .290 .288 .358 .265 .415 .553 .772 44 .186 -8.4 -0.8 .434 .127 .039 .0 O/3
Ski Melillo 31 661 446 84 5.0 110 .319 .306 .290 .346 .358 .407 .415 .752 .772 95 .511 -6.5 -0.6 .647 .154 .100 3.1 *4
Frank O'Rourke 36 10 9 0 0.0 110 .250 .222 .290 .222 .358 .222 .415 .444 .772 16 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 .0 /63
Fred Schulte 30 613 396 87 5.9 110 .321 .304 .290 .369 .358 .436 .415 .805 .772 108 .581 6.6 0.6 .753 .230 .132 7.2 *O
*Buck Stanton 25 16 13 1 2.1 110 .333 .200 .290 .200 .358 .333 .415 .533 .772 36 .169 -1.4 -0.1 .417 .133 .133 /O
Lefty Stewart 30 104 69 11 4.3 110 .282 .250 .290 .347 .358 .364 .415 .710 .772 85 .436 -1.8 -0.2 .697 .273 .114 .0 1
*Fred Stiely 30 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Rollie Stiles 24 24 21 0 0.0 110 .071 .045 .290 .125 .358 .045 .415 .170 .772 -54 .000 -5.1 -0.5 .143 .091 .000 1
#Lin Storti 24 293 219 23 2.8 110 .259 .220 .290 .263 .358 .337 .415 .600 .772 55 .264 -19.6 -1.9 .493 .165 .117 .0 5/4
*Frank Waddey 25 24 16 2 3.4 110 .316 .273 .290 .333 .358 .318 .415 .652 .772 70 .330 -0.9 -0.1 .563 .136 .045 /O
#Russ Young 28 36 30 1 0.9 110 .103 .118 .290 .167 .358 .206 .415 .373 .772 -4 .042 -5.5 -0.5 .300 .147 .088 .0 2
League Average 5.0 108 .297 .279 .287 .345 .354 .395 .409 .740 .763 94 .506 .683 .216 .116
Team Total 5945 4070 702 4.6 110 .292 .270 .290 .332 .358 .389 .415 .721 .772 87 .471 -116.0 -11.3 .645 .208 .118 74.5
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
Benny Bengough 32 42 146 142 6 32 4 1 0 11 0 4 4 .225 .247 .268 .514 9 40 40
Larry Bettencourt 25 77 239 209 24 49 8 2 3 23 4 29 37 .234 .331 .335 .665 23 74 74
George Blaeholder 27 37 86 80 5 11 4 0 0 6 1 6 29 .138 .198 .188 .385 3 35 35
#Garland Braxton 31 29 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .214 .313 .214 .527 1 28 28
*Jack Burns 23 151 631 591 66 139 25 7 4 62 18 39 61 .235 .284 .321 .605 53 144 144
Dick Coffman 24 33 55 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 32 32
Rip Collins 35 18 38 34 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 .118 .211 .147 .358 1 17 17
Bob Cooney 23 5 14 13 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .385 .429 .385 .813 2 5 5
Jack Crouch 27 8 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Rick Ferrell 25 122 442 390 41 110 28 4 3 50 2 52 13 .282 .367 .397 .764 56 117 117
*Goose Goslin 30 158 673 595 99 180 39 9 22 92 8 74 43 .303 .383 .509 .893 116 151 151
Dolly Gray 33 45 90 82 9 14 0 0 1 6 0 8 17 .171 .244 .207 .452 4 43 43
Ed Grimes 25 45 66 58 8 14 1 2 0 4 1 8 3 .241 .333 .328 .661 6 43 43
*Wally Hebert 23 24 45 45 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 23 23
*Tom Jenkins 33 85 250 234 18 57 7 2 3 22 1 16 26 .244 .292 .329 .621 22 81 81
*Chad Kimsey 24 49 47 38 4 10 1 0 2 4 1 8 11 .263 .404 .447 .852 6 47 47
Nap Kloza 27 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 3 3
Red Kress 24 157 649 606 76 170 42 7 14 100 3 42 50 .281 .328 .442 .770 88 150 150
#Jim Levey 24 145 545 510 47 98 18 2 5 34 12 33 87 .192 .244 .265 .509 32 139 139
Earl McNeely 33 51 112 104 10 21 4 0 0 13 4 8 5 .202 .259 .240 .499 6 49 49
Ski Melillo 31 158 655 621 77 174 31 10 2 65 6 34 30 .280 .318 .372 .690 73 151 151
Frank O'Rourke 36 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Fred Schulte 30 140 610 557 87 155 30 6 8 56 6 52 51 .278 .341 .397 .738 75 134 134
*Buck Stanton 25 14 16 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 13 13
Lefty Stewart 30 38 101 89 8 20 5 2 0 7 1 12 10 .225 .317 .326 .643 9 36 36
Rollie Stiles 24 36 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .000 .080 .000 .080 0 34 34
#Lin Storti 24 90 293 278 27 55 14 4 3 22 0 14 52 .198 .239 .309 .548 20 86 86
*Frank Waddey 25 15 25 23 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 .261 .320 .304 .624 2 14 14
#Russ Young 28 17 37 35 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 .114 .162 .200 .362 1 16 16
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
Benny Bengough 32 9 1055 357 1055 986 70 252 39 11 0 93 2 8 50 41 .256 .293 .317 .610 59 313 2 17
Larry Bettencourt 25 2 427 141 427 365 57 98 18 6 7 50 6 4 53 54 .268 .366 .408 .774 101 149 3 6
George Blaeholder 27 6 322 155 322 290 28 48 12 1 3 23 1 0 22 85 .166 .224 .245 .469 20 71 0 0 10 0 0
#Garland Braxton 31 9 298 277 298 256 15 40 5 0 0 14 0 0 21 76 .156 .229 .176 .404 7 45 3 18
*Jack Burns 23 2 667 152 667 610 80 157 30 7 4 72 19 12 47 63 .257 .312 .349 .661 71 213 1 9
Dick Coffman 24 5 167 131 167 150 9 15 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 47 .100 .135 .127 .261 -33 19 0 11
Rip Collins 35 11 653 316 653 582 43 96 18 4 1 36 0 1 33 199 .165 .214 .215 .428 11 125 3 35
Bob Cooney 23 1 14 5 14 13 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .385 .813 113 5 0 0
Jack Crouch 27 2 27 14 27 26 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .077 .111 .115 .226 -42 3 0 0
Jess Doyle 33 4 39 55 39 37 6 10 2 1 2 5 0 0 1 4 .270 .289 .541 .830 109 20 0 0 1 0 0
Rick Ferrell 25 3 998 282 998 844 111 235 54 9 4 118 4 9 134 32 .278 .379 .378 .757 94 319 2 18
*Goose Goslin 30 11 6275 1443 6275 5521 946 1810 318 132 169 1064 134 65 566 376 .328 .395 .525 .920 138 2899 46 142
Dolly Gray 33 8 619 289 619 554 43 104 15 2 2 46 0 0 35 124 .188 .237 .233 .470 20 129 1 29
Ed Grimes 25 1 67 43 67 57 9 15 1 2 0 5 1 0 9 3 .263 .364 .351 .715 86 20 0 1
*Wally Hebert 23 1 44 23 44 43 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .209 .209 .209 .419 9 9 0 1
*Tom Jenkins 33 5 433 146 433 397 37 99 13 6 3 39 1 3 27 47 .249 .299 .335 .634 64 133 1 8
*Chad Kimsey 24 3 154 136 154 137 25 42 7 1 6 23 2 0 14 35 .307 .375 .504 .879 121 69 1 2
Nap Kloza 27 1 8 3 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 4 1 0 0
Red Kress 24 5 2623 608 2623 2359 344 710 155 31 45 417 16 40 199 231 .301 .357 .450 .807 105 1062 5 60
#Jim Levey 24 2 580 147 580 535 60 113 21 2 5 41 13 8 38 85 .211 .266 .286 .552 43 153 2 5
Earl McNeely 33 8 2538 683 2538 2254 369 614 107 33 4 213 69 41 183 187 .272 .335 .354 .689 78 799 29 72
Ski Melillo 31 6 2813 698 2813 2558 315 685 119 38 13 266 44 40 155 173 .268 .311 .359 .670 71 919 6 94
Frank O'Rourke 36 14 4606 1131 4606 4069 547 1032 196 42 15 430 100 59 314 377 .254 .315 .333 .649 69 1357 53 170
Fred Schulte 30 5 2418 574 2418 2136 344 633 139 28 27 317 37 27 227 211 .296 .365 .426 .791 102 909 4 51
*Buck Stanton 25 1 16 13 16 15 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .333 .533 36 5 0 1
Lefty Stewart 30 6 387 157 387 330 39 79 15 3 0 33 1 1 38 68 .239 .318 .303 .621 59 100 0 19
*Fred Stiely 30 3 11 10 11 10 1 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .500 .545 .800 1.345 233 8 0 0 0 0 0
Rollie Stiles 24 2 61 54 61 59 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 18 .186 .213 .237 .450 14 14 0 0
#Lin Storti 24 2 323 93 323 301 38 69 16 5 3 28 0 2 17 56 .229 .273 .346 .618 59 104 1 4
*Frank Waddey 25 1 24 14 24 22 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .273 .333 .318 .652 70 7 0 0
#Russ Young 28 1 36 16 36 34 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .118 .167 .206 .373 -4 7 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

1930 / 1932 Batting Statistics