1927 St. Louis Browns Statistics
Team Record: 59-94
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 247,879, Avg. 4,555
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Dan Howley (59-94)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1927 St. Louis Browns Results
The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1927 season with a record of 59 wins and 94 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.
The Browns scored 724 runs and surrendered 904 runs, most in the circuit. Ken Williams led St. Louis with 17 home runs George Sisler drove in 97 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .327. Milt Gaston paced the squad with 13 wins, while Lefty Stewart recorded a 4.28 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Dan Howley 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 |
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Milt Gaston | 13 | 17 | .433 | 5.00 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 254.0 | 275 | 177 | 141 | 18 | 100 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1117 |
Elam Vangilder | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.79 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 203.0 | 245 | 136 | 108 | 13 | 102 | 0 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1031 |
Lefty Stewart | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.28 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 155.7 | 187 | 83 | 74 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 675 |
Sad Sam Jones | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.32 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 189.7 | 211 | 121 | 91 | 13 | 102 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 877 |
Win Ballou | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.78 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 90.3 | 105 | 56 | 48 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 396 |
Tom Zachary | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.37 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 110 | 48 | 38 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 360 |
General Crowder | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.01 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 73.7 | 71 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 331 |
Ernie Nevers | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.94 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 94.7 | 105 | 61 | 52 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 397 |
Ernie Wingard | 2 | 13 | .133 | 6.56 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 156.3 | 213 | 132 | 114 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 738 |
Jim Wright | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
Boom-Boom Beck | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
Chet Falk | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.74 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
George Blaeholder | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
Stew Bolen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.38 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 |
Totals | 59 | 94 | .386 | 4.95 | 276 | 155 | 75 | 80 | 4 | 8 | 1353.3 | 1592 | 904 | 744 | 79 | 604 | 0 | 385 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 6188 |
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 |
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George Sisler | 149 | 661 | 614 | 87 | 201 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 97 | 27 | 7 | 24 | 15 | .327 | .357 | .430 | .787 | 264 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Bing Miller | 143 | 553 | 492 | 83 | 160 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 75 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 26 | .325 | .375 | .449 | .824 | 221 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Rice | 137 | 588 | 520 | 90 | 149 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 68 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 21 | .287 | .351 | .412 | .763 | 214 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Frank O'Rourke | 140 | 627 | 538 | 85 | 144 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 64 | 43 | .268 | .358 | .331 | .689 | 178 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Williams | 131 | 496 | 423 | 70 | 136 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 74 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 30 | .322 | .403 | .525 | .928 | 222 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Gerber | 142 | 498 | 438 | 44 | 98 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | .224 | .284 | .295 | .579 | 129 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Schang | 97 | 311 | 264 | 40 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 33 | .318 | .414 | .447 | .861 | 118 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Oscar Melillo | 107 | 400 | 356 | 45 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 28 | .225 | .276 | .287 | .562 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Spencer Adams | 88 | 294 | 259 | 32 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 33 | .266 | .333 | .332 | .665 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Herschel Bennett | 93 | 283 | 256 | 40 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 21 | .266 | .311 | .363 | .675 | 93 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Schulte | 60 | 216 | 189 | 32 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | .317 | .383 | .503 | .885 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Steve O'Neill | 74 | 224 | 191 | 14 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | .230 | .303 | .283 | .586 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Milt Gaston | 37 | 106 | 96 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .260 | .297 | .438 | .735 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Dixon | 36 | 111 | 103 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .194 | .245 | .243 | .488 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Elam Vangilder | 44 | 73 | 68 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .279 | .290 | .382 | .672 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Otis Miller | 51 | 87 | 76 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .224 | .306 | .289 | .595 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lefty Stewart | 29 | 58 | 49 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .306 | .370 | .327 | .697 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Wingard | 43 | 60 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .179 | .233 | .411 | .644 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guy Sturdy | 5 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 | .455 | .476 | .931 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Kress | 7 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .304 | .385 | .609 | .993 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Nevers | 27 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .219 | .219 | .250 | .469 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
General Crowder | 21 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 | .292 | .304 | .596 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sad Sam Jones | 32 | 65 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .109 | .246 | .145 | .392 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Zachary | 13 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .107 | .167 | .107 | .274 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stew Bolen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Blaeholder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boom-Boom Beck | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chet Falk | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Win Ballou | 21 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .036 | .069 | .071 | .140 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Wright | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1745 | 5900 | 5217 | 724 | 1442 | 263 | 59 | 55 | 657 | 90 | 66 | 449 | 417 | .276 | .339 | .381 | .720 | 1988 | 0 | 42 | 192 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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Guy Sturdy | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 7.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Sisler | 1B | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 1374 | 131 | 24 | 138 | .984 | 1.101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank O'Rourke | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank O'Rourke | 2B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 51 | 3 | 18 | .972 | 6.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Melillo | 2B | 101 | 0 | 0.0 | 229 | 293 | 36 | 72 | .935 | 5.168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Spencer Adams | 2B | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 129 | 147 | 15 | 30 | .948 | 5.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Rice | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 2.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank O'Rourke | 3B | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 183 | 244 | 20 | 27 | .955 | 3.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Otis Miller | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wally Gerber | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Spencer Adams | 3B | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 43 | 6 | 5 | .924 | 2.607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wally Schang | C | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 213 | 73 | 7 | 10 | .976 | 3.813 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve O'Neill | C | 60 | 0 | 0.0 | 180 | 57 | 4 | 8 | .983 | 3.950 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leo Dixon | C | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 116 | 32 | 10 | 1 | .937 | 4.229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Williams | OF | 113 | 0 | 0.0 | 260 | 15 | 10 | 4 | .965 | 2.434 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Schulte | OF | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 117 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .916 | 2.449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Rice | OF | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 277 | 26 | 20 | 7 | .938 | 2.331 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bing Miller | OF | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 309 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .970 | 2.524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Herschel Bennett | OF | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .946 | 2.236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Zachary | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Wright | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie Wingard | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 45 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 1.553 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Elam Vangilder | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .953 | .932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lefty Stewart | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ernie Nevers | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sad Sam Jones | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.567 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Milt Gaston | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 58 | 4 | 9 | .950 | 2.054 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chet Falk | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
General Crowder | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .619 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stew Bolen | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Blaeholder | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Boom-Boom Beck | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Win Ballou | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Otis Miller | SS | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 7 | .938 | 1.743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Kress | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 5.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wally Gerber | SS | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 290 | 427 | 41 | 91 | .946 | 5.085 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1598 | 0 | 0.0 | 4050 | 1958 | 253 | 450 | .960 | 3.760 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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