1923 St. Louis Browns season

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1923  St. Louis Browns
League American League
Ballpark Sportsman's Park
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record74–78 (.487)
League place5th
Owners Phil Ball
Managers Lee Fohl and Jimmy Austin
  1922 Seasons 1924  

The 1923 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 78 losses.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9854.64546305224
Detroit Tigers 8371.5391645323839
Cleveland Indians 8271.53616½42364035
Washington Senators 7578.49023½43343244
St. Louis Browns 7478.4872440363442
Philadelphia Athletics 6983.4542934413542
Chicago White Sox 6985.4483030453940
Boston Red Sox 6191.4013737402451

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 9–1310–1210–12–18–1413–74–18–17–15
Chicago 13–99–139–137–1510–1211–11–110–12–1
Cleveland 12–1013–99–1312–1012–1014–810–11
Detroit 12–10–113–913–910–1212–1012–1011–11
New York 14–815–710–1212–1016–615–516–6
Philadelphia 7–1312–1010–1210–126–169–1315–7–1
St. Louis 18–4–111–11–18–1410–125–1513–99–13
Washington 15–712–10–111–1011–116–167–15–113–9

Notable transactions

Roster

1923 St. Louis Browns
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Hank Severeid 122432133.308351
1B Dutch Schliebner 127444122.275452
2B Marty McManus 154582180.3091594
SS Wally Gerber 154605170.281162
3B Gene Robertson 7825162.247017
OF Ken Williams 147555198.3572991
OF Jack Tobin 151637202.3171373
OF Baby Doll Jacobson 147592183.309881

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Homer Ezzell 8827968.244014
Pat Collins 8518132.177330
Eddie Foster 2710018.18004
Cedric Durst 458518.212511
Bill Whaley 235012.24001
Frank Ellerbe 18499.18401
Josh Billings 490.00000
Herschel Bennett 540.00000
Johnny Schulte 730.00001
Harry Rice 430.00000
Bill Mizeur 110.00000
Syl Simon 110.00000
Jimmy Austin 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Elam Vangilder 41282.116173.0674
Urban Shocker 43277.120123.41109
Dave Danforth 38226.116143.9496
Dixie Davis 19109.1463.6236

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ray Kolp 34171.15123.8944
Hub Pruett 32104.1474.3159
Rasty Wright 2082.2746.4226
Sloppy Thurston 24.0006.750

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Charlie Root 270405.7027
Bill Bayne 192204.5015
George Grant 40005.192
Jumbo Elliott 100027.000

Notes

  1. Sloppy Thurston page at Baseball Reference

References