1917 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1917 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 57–97 (.370) 7th Phil Ball Fielder Jones 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 St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL 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 background:#FF4500; border: 3px solid #000000;color:#FFFFFF; St. Louis Browns 1917 Season Game Log — Season Record: (57–97) – home (31–46) – road (26–51) y background:#FF4500; border: 4px solid #000000;color:#FFFFFF; April (16–11) – home (7–5) – road (9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/Streak |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 11 || White Sox || 2–7 || Scott || Hamilton || Danforth || || || 0–1|| || |- align="text-align:center; bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || April 13 || White Sox|| 3–4 || Koob || Faber || Sothoron || || || || – || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || April 14 || White Sox || 0–11 || Cicotte | Hamilton || || || || || |- align= | 4 || April 15 || Indians || || | || || || || || |- align= | 5 || April 17 || Indians || || | || || || || || |- align= | 6 || April 18 || Indians || || | || || || || || |- align= | 7 || April 19 || White Sox|| || | || || || || || |- align= | 8 || April 20 || White Sox|| || | || || || || || |- align= | 9 || April 21 || White Sox|| || | || || || || || |- align= | 10 || April 22 || White Sox|| || | || || || || || |- align= | 11 || April 24 || Tigers|| || | || || || || || |- align= | 13 || April 27 || Indians|| || | || || || || || |- align= | 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 Tod Sloan (baseball) 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 Ernie Johnson (shortstop) 80 199 49 .246 2 20 Earl Smith Earl Smith (1910s outfielder) 52 199 56 .281 0 10 Lee Magee 36 112 19 .170 0 4 William Rumler 78 88 23 .261 1 16 Ward Miller Ward Miller (baseball) 43 82 17 .207 1 2 George Hale George Hale (baseball) 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 Scrappy Moore (baseball) 4 8 1 .125 0 0 Ed Murray Ed Murray (baseball) 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 Rasty Wright (pitcher) 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 Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis