1917 St. Louis Browns season

1917  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	57–97 (.370)
League place	7th
Owners	Phil Ball
Managers	Fielder Jones
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The 1917 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 97 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	100	54	0.649	—	56–21	44–33
Boston Red Sox	90	62	0.592	9	45–33	45–29
Cleveland Indians	88	66	0.571	12	44–34	44–32
Detroit Tigers	78	75	0.510	21½	34–41	44–34
Washington Senators	74	79	0.484	25½	42–35	32–44
New York Yankees	71	82	0.464	28½	35–40	36–42
St. Louis Browns	57	97	0.370	43	31–46	26–51
Philadelphia Athletics	55	98	0.359	44½	29–47	26–51

Record vs. opponents

1917 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	10–12–1	10–12	9–12	13–9–1	18–3–1	17–5–1	13–9–1
Chicago	12–10–1	—	14–8	16–6	12–10	15–7	16–6	15–7–1
Cleveland	12–10	8–14	—	12–10	15–7	16–6	14–8	11–11–2
Detroit	12–9	6–16	10–12	—	13–9–1	12–10	14–8	11–11
New York	9–13–1	10–12	7–15	9–13–1	—	15–7	13–9	8–13
Philadelphia	3–18–1	7–15	6–16	10–12	7–15	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	5–17–1	6–16	8–14	8–14	9–13	11–11	—	10–12
Washington	9–13–1	7–15–1	11–11–2	11–11	13–8	11–11	12–10	—

Roster

1917 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Dave Davenport Bob Groom Earl Hamilton Ernie Koob Grover Lowdermilk Speed Martin Tim McCabe Vince Molyneaux Jim Park Kewpie Pennington Eddie Plank Tom Rogers Allen Sothoron Carl Weilman Rasty Wright		Catchers George Hale Grover Hartley Hank Severeid Infielders Jimmy Austin Wally Gerber Ernie Johnson Bill Kenworthy Doc Lavan Lee Magee Scrappy Moore Ed Murray Otto Neu Gene Paulette Del Pratt George Sisler		Outfielders Ray Demmitt Baby Doll Jacobson Armando Marsans Ward Miller Bill Rumler Burt Shotton Tod Sloan Earl Smith Other batters Ivan Bigler Tom Richardson		Manager Fielder Jones

Game log

Games Legend
Orioles Win	Orioles Loss	Game Postponed	Clinched Playoff Spot	Eliminated from Playoff Race
Boldface text denotes a Browns pitcher

St. Louis Browns 1917 Season Game Log — Season Record: (57–97) – home (31–46) – road (26–51)
April (16–11) – home (7–5) – road (9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 11 White Sox 2–7 Scott Hamilton Danforth 0–1 2 April 13 White Sox 3–4 Koob Faber Sothoron – 3 April 14 White Sox 0–11 Cicotte Hamilton 4 April 15 Indians 5 April 17 Indians 6 April 18 Indians 7 April 19 White Sox 8 April 20 White Sox 9 April 21 White Sox 10 April 22 White Sox 11 April 24 Tigers 13 April 27 Indians 14 April 28 Indians

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Hank Severeid	143	501	133	.265	1	57
1B	George Sisler	135	539	190	.353	2	52
2B	Del Pratt	123	450	111	.247	1	53
SS	Doc Lavan	118	355	85	.239	0	30
3B	Jimmy Austin	127	455	109	.240	0	19
OF	Burt Shotton	118	398	89	.224	1	20
OF	Tod Sloan	109	313	72	.230	2	25
OF	Baby Doll Jacobson	148	529	131	.248	4	55

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Armando Marsans	75	257	59	.230	0	20
Ernie Johnson	80	199	49	.246	2	20
Earl Smith	52	199	56	.281	0	10
Lee Magee	36	112	19	.170	0	4
William Rumler	78	88	23	.261	1	16
Ward Miller	43	82	17	.207	1	2
George Hale	38	61	12	.197	0	8
Ray Demmitt	14	53	15	.283	0	7
Wally Gerber	14	39	12	.308	0	2
Gene Paulette	12	22	4	.182	0	0
Grover Hartley	19	13	3	.231	0	0
Bill Kenworthy	5	10	1	.100	0	1
Scrappy Moore	4	8	1	.125	0	0
Ed Murray	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Tom Richardson	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Otto Neu	1	0	0	----	0	0
Ivan Bigler	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Davenport	47	280.2	17	17	3.08	100
Allan Sothoron	48	276.2	14	19	2.83	85
Bob Groom	38	232.2	8	19	2.94	82
Eddie Plank	20	131.0	5	6	1.79	26

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ernie Koob	39	133.2	6	14	3.91	47
Tom Rogers	24	108.2	3	6	3.89	27
Earl Hamilton	27	83.0	0	9	3.14	19
Carl Weilman	5	19.0	1	2	1.89	9
Grover Lowdermilk	3	19.0	2	1	1.42	9
Speed Martin	9	15.2	0	2	5.74	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Rasty Wright	16	0	1	0	5.45	5
Jim Park	13	1	1	0	6.64	9
Vince Molyneaux	7	0	0	0	4.91	4
Tim McCabe	1	0	0	0	23.14	2
Kewpie Pennington	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1917 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1917 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com