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1897 St. Louis Browns

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1896 / 1898

29-102, Finished 12th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Tommy Dowd (6-22), Hugh Nicol (8-32), Bill Hallman (13-36) and Chris Von Der Ahe (2-12)
Scored 592 runs, Allowed 1088 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 32-99

Ballparks: Robison Field · Attendance: 136,400 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 98


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1896 / 1898 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Klondike Douglass* 25 126 587 519 77 170 15 3 6 50 12 52 20 .328 .402 .403 .805 115 209 13 3
2 1B Mike Grady 27 84 367 326 49 91 11 3 8 57 7 26 15 .279 .351 .405 .756 101 132 10 5
3 2B Bill Hallman 30 80 338 302 32 67 7 2 0 26 12 24 15 .222 .288 .258 .546 46 78 4 8
4 SS Monte Cross 27 132 547 465 60 133 17 11 4 55 38 62 44 .286 .378 .396 .774 107 184 7 13
5 3B Fred Hartman 29 125 559 519 67 158 21 8 2 67 18 26 24 .304 .350 .387 .737 97 201 10 4
6 OF Dick Harley* 24 90 387 333 43 96 6 4 3 35 23 36 23 .288 .378 .357 .735 97 119 12 6
7 OF Tuck Turner# 30 103 461 416 58 121 17 12 2 41 8 35 18 .291 .350 .404 .754 101 168 3 7
8 OF Dan Lally* 29 88 381 359 57 102 16 5 2 42 12 9 23 .284 .315 .373 .688 83 134 7 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
9 UT John Houseman? 27 80 317 278 34 68 6 6 0 21 16 28 24 .245 .329 .309 .638 71 86 7 4
10 C Morgan Murphy 30 63 222 211 13 36 2 0 0 12 1 6 8 .171 .197 .180 .377 1 38 1 4
11 OF Tommy Dowd 28 35 157 145 25 38 9 1 0 9 11 6 6 .262 .291 .338 .629 68 49 0 6
12 C Ed McFarland 22 31 120 107 14 35 5 2 1 17 2 8 2 .327 .374 .439 .813 117 47 0 5
13 1B Roger Connor* 39 22 97 83 13 19 3 1 1 12 3 13 6 .229 .333 .325 .659 76 27 0 1
14 2B Lou Bierbauer* 31 12 49 46 1 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 .217 .217 .217 .435 16 10 0 3
15 OF Bill Kissinger 25 14 42 39 7 13 3 2 0 6 0 3 5 .333 .381 .513 .894 137 20 0 0
16 OF Ed Biecher? 21 3 12 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 78 4 0 0
17 OF Frank Huelsman 23 2 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 89 3 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 Red Donahue 24 49 163 155 11 33 7 2 1 14 1 4 36 .213 .233 .303 .536 42 47 0 4
19 P Bill Hart? 31 46 157 156 14 39 1 2 2 14 4 1 13 .250 .255 .321 .575 53 50 0 0
20 P Kid Carsey* 24 13 44 43 2 13 2 2 0 5 1 1 6 .302 .318 .442 .760 102 19 0 0
21 P Willie Sudhoff 22 11 44 42 7 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 .238 .256 .262 .518 38 11 0 1
22 P Percy Coleman? 20 13 34 31 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 .226 .294 .226 .520 40 7 2 0
23 P Duke Esper? 29 8 26 25 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 .320 .346 .320 .666 78 8 0 0
24 P Con Lucid? 23 6 21 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 .176 .333 .176 .510 38 3 0 0
25 P Bill Hutchinson 37 6 19 18 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 .278 .316 .389 .705 88 7 0 0
26 P John Grimes 28 3 10 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .286 .500 .286 .786 113 2 0 0
27 P Mike McDermott? 34 4 9 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 47 3 0 0
28 P Roy Evans 23 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .500 .000 .500 40 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 133 5183 4673 592 1285 151 67 32 496 172 354 314 .275 .336 .357 .693 85 1666 76 80
Rank in 12 NL teams 7 12 10 11 11 6 10 1 11 7 11 10 11 11 11 2 1
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 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 Red Donahue 24 10 35 .222 6.13 46 42 4 38 1 1 348.0 485 306 237 16 106 64 22 0 9 1612 72 1.698 12.5 0.4 2.7 1.7 0.60
2 SP Bill Hart 31 9 27 .250 6.26 39 38 1 31 0 0 294.2 395 292 205 10 148 67 16 0 15 1405 70 1.843 12.1 0.3 4.5 2.0 0.45
3 SP Kid Carsey 24 3 8 .273 6.00 12 11 1 11 0 0 99.0 133 81 66 5 31 14 4 0 2 452 73 1.657 12.1 0.5 2.8 1.3 0.45
4 SP Willie Sudhoff 22 2 7 .222 4.47 11 9 2 9 0 0 92.2 126 72 46 8 21 19 4 0 1 417 99 1.586 12.2 0.8 2.0 1.8 0.90
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
5 RP Percy Coleman 20 1 2 .333 7.19 13 5 7 3 0 0 66.1 108 76 53 0 33 10 8 0 4 339 61 2.126 14.7 0.0 4.5 1.4 0.30
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 Duke Esper* 29 1 6 .143 5.28 8 8 0 7 0 0 61.1 95 51 36 5 12 8 1 0 0 284 84 1.745 13.9 0.7 1.8 1.2 0.67
7 Con Lucid? 23 1 5 .167 3.67 6 6 0 5 0 0 49.0 66 46 20 0 26 4 0 0 1 233 120 1.878 12.1 0.0 4.8 0.7 0.15
8 Bill Hutchinson 37 1 4 .200 6.08 6 5 1 2 0 0 40.0 55 41 27 5 22 5 2 0 2 194 73 1.925 12.4 1.1 5.0 1.1 0.23
9 Bill Kissinger 25 0 4 .000 11.49 7 4 3 2 0 0 31.1 51 50 40 2 15 5 8 0 3 164 39 2.106 14.6 0.6 4.3 1.4 0.33
10 Mike McDermott 34 1 2 .333 9.28 4 4 0 1 0 0 21.1 23 23 22 2 19 3 0 0 1 103 48 1.969 9.7 0.8 8.0 1.3 0.16
11 John Grimes 28 0 2 .000 5.95 3 1 2 1 0 0 19.2 24 23 13 0 8 4 6 0 0 94 75 1.627 11.0 0.0 3.7 1.8 0.50
12 Roy Evans 23 0 0 9.69 3 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 33 27 14 1 13 4 0 0 2 83 46 3.538 22.8 0.7 9.0 2.8 0.31
Team Totals 26.4 29 102 .221 6.17 133 133 23 110 1 1 1136.1 1594 1088 779 54 454 207 71 0 40 5380 71 1.802 12.6 0.4 3.6 1.6 0.46
Rank in 12 NL teams 12 1 12 10 12 8 11 12 12 12 12 10 12
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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Ed Biecher 21 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Lou Bierbauer 31 12 63 25 33 5 4 .921 4.83 2B
Kid Carsey 24 12 36 7 26 3 0 .917 2.75 P
Percy Coleman 20 13 22 5 15 2 0 .909 1.54 P
Roger Connor 39 22 253 237 12 4 6 .984 11.32 1B
Monte Cross 27 132 920 329 516 75 47 .918 6.40 SS
Red Donahue 24 49 134 33 97 4 1 .970 2.65 P-OF-1B
Klondike Douglass 25 130 519 402 90 27 10 .948 3.78 11 146 62 30% 37% C-OF-1B-3B-SS
Tommy Dowd 28 35 93 74 9 10 0 .892 2.37 OF-2B
Duke Esper 29 8 24 5 19 0 0 1.000 3.00 P
Roy Evans 23 3 5 1 2 2 0 .600 1.00 P
Mike Grady 27 85 877 806 48 23 55 .974 10.05 1B-OF
John Grimes 28 3 13 0 12 1 0 .923 4.00 P
Bill Hallman 30 81 493 213 251 29 36 .941 5.73 2B-1B
Dick Harley 24 90 233 190 20 23 4 .901 2.33 OF
Bill Hart 31 46 117 31 76 10 4 .915 2.33 P-OF-1B
Fred Hartman 29 125 480 161 255 64 15 .867 3.33 3B
John Houseman 27 82 350 174 149 27 10 .923 3.94 2B-OF-SS-3B
Frank Huelsman 23 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 OF
Bill Hutchinson 37 6 8 0 7 1 0 .875 1.17 P
Bill Kissinger 25 14 26 14 8 4 0 .846 1.57 P-OF
Dan Lally 29 88 267 229 12 26 3 .903 2.74 OF-1B
Con Lucid 23 6 22 2 16 4 1 .818 3.00 P
Mike McDermott 34 4 12 2 9 1 0 .917 2.75 P
Ed McFarland 22 30 160 111 39 10 3 .938 5.00 7 61 30 33% 37% C-1B-OF-2B
Morgan Murphy 30 62 272 193 67 12 6 .956 4.19 5 123 61 33% 37% C-1B
Willie Sudhoff 22 11 40 8 29 3 2 .925 3.36 P
Tuck Turner 30 102 165 146 10 9 3 .945 1.53 OF
Team Totals 27.6 133 5611 3404 1827 380 210 .932 4.16 23 330 153 32% 37%
Rank in 12 NL teams 4 8 9
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Ed Biecher? 21 3 12 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .486 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 /O
Lou Bierbauer* 31 12 49 -6 0 0 -1 0 -7 -0.6 1 -6 -0.5 .451 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -5 Purchased 4
Kid Carsey* 24 13 44 -1 -0 0 0 4 3 0.2 1 4 0.2 .518 .501 0.2 0.0 4 Traded 1
Percy Coleman? 20 13 34 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1
Roger Connor* 39 22 97 -3 -0 0 -3 -0 -6 -0.5 3 -3 -0.2 .477 .497 0.0 -0.3 -0 Unknown 3
Monte Cross 27 132 547 6 2 0 4 9 21 1.7 16 37 3.3 .513 .511 3.0 1.1 33 Traded *6
Red Donahue 24 49 163 -17 0 0 0 13 -4 -0.4 5 0 -0.4 .493 .498 -0.4 -0.0 0 1/O3
Klondike Douglass* 25 126 587 18 -2 0 -6 2 12 0.9 17 29 2.6 .508 .506 3.1 -0.4 35 2O3/56
Tommy Dowd 28 35 157 -8 1 0 -4 -1 -12 -1.0 4 -7 -0.6 .471 .494 -0.2 -0.4 -3 Traded O/4
Duke Esper? 29 8 26 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .515 .501 0.1 0.0 2 /1
Roy Evans 23 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .514 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /1
Mike Grady 27 84 367 1 -1 0 -10 -0 -10 -0.9 11 1 0.2 .490 .495 1.1 -0.9 11 Traded 3/O
John Grimes 28 3 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .535 .501 0.1 0.0 2 /1
Bill Hallman 30 80 338 -24 -0 0 -6 1 -29 -2.5 10 -19 -1.5 .470 .485 -1.0 -0.4 -13 Traded 4/3
Dick Harley* 24 90 387 2 -0 0 -8 -4 -11 -1.0 11 -0 0.1 .489 .494 0.8 -1.0 8 Traded *O
Bill Hart? 31 46 157 -12 -0 0 0 12 -0 -0.1 4 4 -0.1 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 4 Traded 1/O3
Fred Hartman 29 125 559 -2 -2 0 -8 4 -7 -0.7 16 9 1.0 .495 .496 1.7 -0.3 17 *5
John Houseman? 27 80 317 -12 -0 0 -6 -1 -18 -1.6 9 -9 -0.6 .481 .490 -0.1 -0.6 -3 4O/65
Frank Huelsman 23 2 7 -0 0 0 -1 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .451 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 /O
Bill Hutchinson 37 6 19 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .508 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /1
Bill Kissinger 25 14 42 2 0 0 -2 2 2 0.1 1 3 0.2 .509 .501 0.4 -0.2 5 Traded /O1
Dan Lally* 29 88 381 -10 -1 0 -2 -5 -19 -1.6 11 -8 -0.5 .482 .490 -0.3 -0.6 -6 O/3
Con Lucid? 23 6 21 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .506 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /1
Mike McDermott? 34 4 9 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Ed McFarland 22 31 120 3 -0 0 -1 1 3 0.2 4 7 0.6 .508 .502 0.7 0.0 8 Traded 2/3O4
Morgan Murphy 30 63 222 -31 0 0 1 4 -27 -2.3 6 -20 -1.6 .464 .486 -1.7 0.4 -21 Traded 2/3
Willie Sudhoff 22 11 44 -4 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 1 1
Tuck Turner# 30 103 461 1 -1 0 -4 -6 -10 -0.9 13 3 0.5 .492 .495 0.8 -0.9 7 Traded *O
Team Total 27.6 1252 5183 -103 -5 0 -57 46 -118 -10.7 149 31 2.8 .492 .498 8.0 -4.8 88
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Kid Carsey 24 99.0 12 11 81 7.36 6.01 -0.45 0.00 102.0 6.58 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.3 3 .461 .497 Traded
Percy Coleman 20 66.1 13 5 76 10.31 6.01 -0.49 0.00 102.0 6.63 -25 -1.9 1.0 -0.0 -1.3 -19 .357 .489
Red Donahue 24 348.0 46 42 306 7.91 6.01 -0.45 0.00 102.0 6.59 -41 -3.3 1.0 -0.3 -0.6 -11 .429 .480
Duke Esper* 29 61.1 8 8 51 7.48 6.01 -0.46 0.00 102.0 6.60 -4 -0.3 -0.0 0.1 1 .457 .498
Roy Evans 23 13.0 3 0 27 18.69 6.01 -0.55 0.00 102.0 6.69 -17 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -16 .183 .494
John Grimes 28 19.2 3 1 23 10.53 6.01 -0.46 0.00 102.0 6.60 -8 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -6 .313 .497
Bill Hart 31 294.2 39 38 292 8.92 6.01 -0.44 0.00 102.0 6.58 -68 -5.1 1.0 -0.2 -2.9 -43 .369 .469 Traded
Bill Hutchinson 37 40.0 6 5 41 9.23 6.01 -0.45 0.00 102.0 6.58 -11 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.5 -7 .368 .495
Bill Kissinger 25 31.1 7 4 50 14.36 6.01 -0.50 0.00 102.0 6.63 -26 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.4 -23 .260 .490 Traded
Con Lucid? 23 49.0 6 6 46 8.45 6.01 -0.46 0.00 102.0 6.59 -9 -0.7 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .389 .496
Mike McDermott 34 21.1 4 4 23 9.70 6.01 -0.41 0.00 102.0 6.54 -7 -0.5 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .371 .497
Willie Sudhoff 22 92.2 11 9 72 6.99 6.01 -0.44 0.00 102.0 6.57 -2 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.6 6 .487 .499
Team Total 26.4 1136.1 158 133 1088 8.62 6.01 -0.45 0.00 102.0 6.59 -224 -16.4 1.0 -0.8 -7.5 -125 .396 .492
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

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