1923 St. Louis Browns Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 74-78
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 430,296, Avg. 7,662
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Lee Fohl (52-49)
Manager: Jimmy Austin (22-29)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1923 St. Louis Browns RosterTeam Record: 74-78
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 430,296, Avg. 7,662
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Lee Fohl (52-49)
Manager: Jimmy Austin (22-29)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1923 St. Louis Browns Results
The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1923 season with a record of 74 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Browns plated 688 runs and allowed 720 runs. Ken Williams paced St. Louis with 29 home runs, and Marty McManus walloped 20 or more, too. Marty McManus drove in 94 runs. Ken Williams led batters with significant playing time by hitting .357. Urban Shocker topped the squad with 20 wins, while Dave Danforth and Elam Vangilder added 15 or more wins, too Elam Vangilder registered a 3.06 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Lee Fohl and Jimmy Austin coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Shocker | 20 | 12 | .625 | 3.41 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 277.3 | 292 | 122 | 105 | 12 | 49 | 0 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1154 |
| Dave Danforth | 16 | 14 | .533 | 3.94 | 38 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 226.3 | 221 | 111 | 99 | 4 | 87 | 0 | 96 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 967 |
| Elam Vangilder | 16 | 17 | .485 | 3.06 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 282.3 | 276 | 129 | 96 | 11 | 120 | 0 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1210 |
| Rasty Wright | 7 | 4 | .636 | 6.42 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 82.7 | 107 | 64 | 59 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 386 |
| Ray Kolp | 5 | 12 | .294 | 3.89 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 171.3 | 178 | 91 | 74 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 736 |
| Dixie Davis | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.62 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 109.3 | 106 | 61 | 44 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 493 |
| Hub Pruett | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.31 | 32 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 104.3 | 109 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 473 |
| Bill Bayne | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 49 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 209 |
| George Grant | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
| Hollis Thurston | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Jumbo Elliott | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Charlie Root | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.70 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 68 | 45 | 38 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 263 |
| Totals | 74 | 78 | .487 | 3.93 | 280 | 151 | 70 | 83 | 9 | 10 | 1373.3 | 1430 | 719 | 599 | 59 | 528 | 0 | 488 | 49 | 3 | 16 | 5963 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Tobin | 151 | 696 | 637 | 91 | 202 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 73 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 13 | .317 | .363 | .476 | .839 | 303 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Williams | 147 | 646 | 555 | 106 | 198 | 37 | 12 | 29 | 91 | 18 | 17 | 79 | 32 | .357 | .439 | .623 | 1.062 | 346 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Baby Doll Jacobson | 147 | 643 | 592 | 76 | 183 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 81 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 27 | .309 | .343 | .419 | .762 | 248 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty McManus | 154 | 658 | 582 | 86 | 180 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 94 | 14 | 10 | 49 | 50 | .309 | .367 | .481 | .848 | 280 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Gerber | 154 | 689 | 605 | 85 | 170 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 50 | .281 | .342 | .339 | .681 | 205 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Severeid | 122 | 480 | 432 | 50 | 133 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 11 | .308 | .356 | .419 | .775 | 181 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Schliebner | 127 | 502 | 444 | 50 | 122 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 60 | .275 | .339 | .372 | .710 | 165 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Homer Ezzell | 88 | 308 | 279 | 31 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | .244 | .287 | .265 | .552 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Robertson | 78 | 292 | 251 | 36 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | .247 | .310 | .295 | .605 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Collins | 85 | 204 | 181 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 45 | .177 | .240 | .271 | .511 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Elam Vangilder | 45 | 114 | 110 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .218 | .239 | .291 | .530 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Durst | 45 | 95 | 85 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .212 | .280 | .412 | .691 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Foster | 27 | 115 | 100 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .180 | .241 | .200 | .441 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Urban Shocker | 43 | 108 | 80 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .200 | .333 | .213 | .546 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Danforth | 38 | 89 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .211 | .309 | .310 | .619 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Whaley | 23 | 56 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .240 | .309 | .320 | .629 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Davis | 19 | 42 | 40 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .268 | .275 | .543 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ellerbe | 18 | 50 | 49 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .184 | .200 | .184 | .384 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasty Wright | 20 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .222 | .250 | .296 | .546 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Kolp | 34 | 63 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .111 | .172 | .130 | .302 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bayne | 19 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hub Pruett | 32 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .130 | .286 | .130 | .416 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Root | 27 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herschel Bennett | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Billings | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syl Simon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Grant | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Schulte | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .571 | .000 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Mizeur | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Rice | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollis Thurston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jumbo Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jimmy Austin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1673 | 5970 | 5296 | 687 | 1491 | 248 | 62 | 82 | 613 | 64 | 54 | 439 | 425 | .282 | .340 | .398 | .738 | 2109 | 0 | 26 | 209 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Schulte | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Schliebner | 1B | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 1141 | 79 | 13 | 102 | .989 | 9.606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | 1B | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 169 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 1.000 | 9.050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cedric Durst | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .955 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Robertson | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | 2B | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 386 | 373 | 32 | 86 | .960 | 5.707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Foster | 2B | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 38 | 3 | 11 | .961 | 3.650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Homer Ezzell | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Robertson | 3B | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 86 | 117 | 14 | 6 | .935 | 2.743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Foster | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 4 | .913 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Homer Ezzell | 3B | 73 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 159 | 10 | 13 | .961 | 3.384 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Ellerbe | 3B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 2.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Severeid | C | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 511 | 88 | 4 | 9 | .993 | 5.164 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Schulte | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Collins | C | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 161 | 31 | 4 | 4 | .980 | 4.085 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Billings | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 2.750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Austin | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Williams | OF | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 333 | 23 | 12 | 5 | .967 | 2.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Whaley | OF | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Tobin | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 269 | 14 | 9 | 3 | .969 | 1.874 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Baby Doll Jacobson | OF | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 409 | 10 | 11 | 4 | .974 | 2.870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cedric Durst | OF | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herschel Bennett | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rasty Wright | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elam Vangilder | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 1.585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hollis Thurston | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Urban Shocker | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 56 | 3 | 3 | .957 | 1.558 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Root | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hub Pruett | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Kolp | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .904 | 1.382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Grant | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jumbo Elliott | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dixie Davis | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 1.211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Danforth | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bayne | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Gerber | SS | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 334 | 461 | 42 | 86 | .950 | 5.162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1555 | 0 | 0.0 | 4119 | 1767 | 177 | 379 | .971 | 3.785 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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