1929 St. Louis Browns Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 79-73
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 280,697, Avg. 4,192
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Dan Howley (79-73)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri

1929 St. Louis Browns Roster
1929 St. Louis Browns Results

The St. Louis Browns of the American League ended the 1929 season with a record of 79 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Browns scored 733 runs and surrendered 713 runs. Red Kress recorded 107 runs batted in. Heinie Manush led all regular batters by hitting .355. Sam Gray topped the team with 18 wins, while General Crowder also added 15 or more victories also Lefty Stewart recorded a 3.25 ERA, best 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Sam Gray	18	15	.545	3.72	43	37	2	23	4	1	305.0	336	142	126	18	96	109	1	0	7	1310
General Crowder	17	15	.531	3.92	40	34	5	19	4	4	266.7	272	133	116	22	93	79	0	0	2	1128
George Blaeholder	14	15	.483	4.18	42	24	10	13	4	2	222.0	237	113	103	18	61	72	0	0	2	954
Rip Collins	11	6	.647	4.00	26	20	5	10	1	1	155.3	162	79	69	16	73	47	6	0	1	692
Lefty Stewart	9	6	.600	3.25	23	18	3	8	1	0	149.7	137	67	54	11	49	47	4	0	0	627
Jack Ogden	4	8	.333	4.93	34	14	13	7	0	0	131.3	154	83	72	8	44	32	0	2	1	572
Chad Kimsey	3	6	.333	5.04	24	3	13	1	0	1	64.3	83	42	36	2	19	13	0	1	1	268
Fred Stiely	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	41
Ed Strelecki	1	1	.500	4.91	7	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	12	8	6	1	6	2	1	0	0	52
Dick Coffman	1	1	.500	5.98	27	3	13	1	1	1	52.7	61	40	35	3	14	11	3	0	0	236
Paul Hopkins	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	7
Oscar Estrada	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
Herb Cobb	0	0		36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	7
Totals	79	73	.520	4.08	271	154	71	83	15	10	1371.0	1469	713	621	100	462	415	16	6	15	5899

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Heinie Manush	142	635	574	85	204	45	10	6	81	9	8	43	24	.355	.401	.500	.901	287	1	17
Red Kress	147	627	557	82	170	38	4	9	107	5	8	52	54	.305	.366	.436	.802	243	1	17
Lu Blue	151	712	573	111	168	40	10	6	61	12	6	126	32	.293	.422	.429	.852	246	2	11
Frank O'Rourke	154	659	585	81	147	23	9	2	62	14	7	41	28	.251	.306	.332	.637	194	5	28
Oscar Melillo	141	544	494	57	146	17	10	5	67	11	6	29	30	.296	.337	.401	.738	198	2	19
Fred Schulte	121	520	446	63	137	24	5	3	71	8	3	59	44	.307	.389	.404	.793	180	1	14
Frank McGowan	125	524	441	62	112	26	6	2	51	5	2	61	34	.254	.346	.354	.700	156	1	21
Wally Schang	94	334	249	43	59	10	5	5	36	1	4	74	22	.237	.424	.378	.802	94	7	4
Earl McNeely	69	254	230	27	56	8	1	1	18	2	1	7	13	.243	.272	.300	.572	69	2	15
Red Badgro	54	168	148	27	42	12	0	1	18	1	0	11	15	.284	.342	.385	.727	57	2	7
Rick Ferrell	64	181	144	21	33	6	1	0	20	1	2	32	10	.229	.373	.285	.658	41	1	4
Clyde Manion	35	128	111	16	27	2	0	0	11	1	0	15	3	.243	.333	.261	.595	29	0	2
Sam Gray	43	118	103	8	19	4	1	0	13	0	0	6	18	.184	.229	.243	.472	25	0	9
General Crowder	40	99	96	6	18	4	0	0	5	0	0	2	11	.188	.204	.229	.433	22	0	1
Rip Collins	26	66	62	9	17	6	0	1	5	0	0	3	17	.274	.308	.419	.727	26	0	1
Otis Brannan	23	58	51	4	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	4	4	.294	.345	.373	.718	19	0	3
Jack Ogden	34	50	45	4	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	.244	.292	.267	.558	12	0	2
Ed Roetz	16	51	45	7	11	4	1	0	5	0	0	4	6	.244	.306	.378	.684	17	0	2
George Blaeholder	42	82	74	6	9	1	0	1	6	0	0	6	14	.122	.188	.176	.363	13	0	2
Chad Kimsey	29	32	30	6	8	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	8	.267	.290	.533	.824	16	0	1
Len Dondero	19	35	31	2	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	4	.194	.194	.290	.484	9	0	4
Lefty Stewart	23	58	51	3	6	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	13	.118	.135	.176	.311	9	0	6
Tom Jenkins	21	26	22	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	8	.182	.308	.273	.580	6	0	0
Fred Stiely	1	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0
Jimmy Austin	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Dick Coffman	27	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Ed Strelecki	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Paul Hopkins	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Oscar Estrada	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Herb Cobb	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1653	5974	5175	733	1427	278	64	46	672	70	47	584	423	.276	.352	.381	.733	1971	25	190

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ed Roetz	1B	5	38	2	1	3	.976	8.000	0
Lu Blue	1B	151	1491	88	10	127	.994	1.457	0
Ed Roetz	2B	2	5	3	2	2	.800	4.000	0
Frank O'Rourke	2B	3	6	4	0	1	1.000	3.333	0
Oscar Melillo	2B	141	342	519	24	98	.973	6.106	0
Len Dondero	2B	5	2	4	0	1	1.000	1.200	0
Otis Brannan	2B	19	31	47	2	6	.975	4.105	0
Ed Roetz	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Frank O'Rourke	3B	151	171	242	25	30	.943	2.735	0
Len Dondero	3B	10	6	6	2	0	.857	1.200	0
Jimmy Austin	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Wally Schang	C	85	268	56	4	6	.988	3.812	5
Clyde Manion	C	34	141	22	4	2	.976	4.794	0
Rick Ferrell	C	45	140	35	7	3	.962	3.889	2
Fred Schulte	OF	116	361	12	4	2	.989	3.216	0
Earl McNeely	OF	62	96	4	2	0	.980	1.613	0
Frank McGowan	OF	117	257	16	7	5	.975	2.333	0
Heinie Manush	OF	141	293	11	4	3	.987	2.156	0
Tom Jenkins	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Red Badgro	OF	37	58	1	1	1	.983	1.595	0
Ed Strelecki	P	7	1	3	0	0	1.000	.571	0
Fred Stiely	P	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000	0
Lefty Stewart	P	23	8	30	2	1	.950	1.652	0
Jack Ogden	P	34	6	28	2	4	.944	1.000	0
Chad Kimsey	P	24	7	25	1	2	.970	1.333	0
Paul Hopkins	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Sam Gray	P	43	9	61	3	4	.959	1.628	0
Oscar Estrada	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
General Crowder	P	40	6	50	1	1	.982	1.400	0
Rip Collins	P	26	7	34	0	1	1.000	1.577	0
Dick Coffman	P	27	3	12	0	0	1.000	.556	0
Herb Cobb	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
George Blaeholder	P	42	15	74	1	4	.989	2.119	0
Ed Roetz	SS	8	21	19	4	6	.909	5.000	0
Frank O'Rourke	SS	2	7	9	0	1	1.000	8.000	0
Red Kress	SS	146	312	441	43	94	.946	5.158	0
Totals		1556	4111	1863	156	409	.975	3.839	7

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