1917 St. Louis Browns season

1917 St. Louis Browns
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1917 Information
Owner(s) Phil Ball
Manager(s) 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.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 100 54 .649 --
Boston Red Sox 90 62 .592 9
Cleveland Indians 88 66 .571 12
Detroit Tigers 78 75 .510 21½
Washington Senators 74 79 .484 25½
New York Yankees 71 82 .464 28½
St. Louis Browns 57 97 .370 43
Philadelphia Athletics 55 98 .359 44½

Roster

1917 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Severeid, HankHank Severeid 143 501 133 .265 1 57
OF Sloan, TodTod Sloan 109 313 72 .230 2 25

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
Johnson, ErnieErnie Johnson 80 199 49 .246 2 20
Smith, EarlEarl Smith 52 199 56 .281 0 10
Miller, WardWard Miller 43 82 17 .207 1 2
Hale, GeorgeGeorge Hale 38 61 12 .197 0 8
Kenworthy, BillBill Kenworthy 5 10 1 .100 0 1
Moore, ScrappyScrappy Moore 4 8 1 .125 0 0
Murray, EdEd Murray 1 1 0 .000 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
Davenport, DaveDave Davenport 47 280.2 17 17 3.08 100
Groom, BobBob Groom 38 232.2 8 19 2.94 82
Plank, EddieEddie Plank 20 131 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
Koob, ErnieErnie Koob 39 133.2 6 14 3.91 47
Hamilton, EarlEarl Hamilton 27 83 0 9 3.14 19
Lowdermilk, GroverGrover Lowdermilk 3 19 2 1 1.42 9
Martin, SpeedSpeed 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
Wright, RastyRasty Wright 16 0 1 0 5.45 5
McCabe, TimTim McCabe 1 0 0 0 23.14 2

References

American League
Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington
National League
Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns · Based in Baltimore, Maryland
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Owner: Peter Angelos · President of Baseball Operations: Vacant · Manager: Buck Showalter
World Series
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1966 · 1970 · 1983
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Championships (7)
1944 · 1966 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1979 · 1983
American League East
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1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1973  · 1974 · 1979  · 1983 · 1997
American League Wild Card
(1)
Minor league
affiliates
Norfolk Tides (AAA) · Bowie Baysox (AA) · Frederick Keys (A) · Delmarva Shorebirds (A) · Aberdeen IronBirds (A) · GCL Orioles (Rookie) · DSL Orioles 1 (Rookie)
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