1923 St. Louis Browns season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Browns 1923 American League Sportsman's Park St. Louis, Missouri 74–78 (.487) 5th Phil Ball Lee Fohl and Jimmy Austin The 1923 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 78 losses. Regular season Season standings St. Louis Browns Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions May 12, 1923: Sloppy Thurston was purchased from the Browns by the Chicago White Sox.Sloppy Thurston page at Baseball Reference Roster 1923 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Bill Bayne Dave Danforth Dixie Davis Jumbo Elliott George Grant Ray Kolp Hub Pruett Charlie Root Urban Shocker Sloppy Thurston Elam Vangilder Rasty Wright Catchers Josh Billings Pat Collins Johnny Schulte Hank Severeid Infielders Frank Ellerbe Homer Ezzell Eddie Foster Wally Gerber Marty McManus Gene Robertson Dutch Schliebner Outfielders Herschel Bennett Cedric Durst Baby Doll Jacobson Jack Tobin Bill Whaley Ken Williams Other batters Jimmy Austin Bill Mizeur Harry Rice Syl Simon Manager Jimmy Austin Lee Fohl 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 122 432 133 .308 3 51 1B Dutch Schliebner 127 444 122 .275 4 52 2B Marty McManus 154 582 180 .309 15 94 SS Wally Gerber 154 605 170 .281 1 62 3B Gene Robertson 78 251 62 .247 0 17 OF Ken Williams 147 555 198 .357 29 91 OF Jack Tobin 151 637 202 .317 13 73 OF Baby Doll Jacobson 147 592 183 .309 8 81 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 Homer Ezzell 88 279 68 .244 0 14 Pat Collins 85 181 32 .177 3 30 Eddie Foster 27 100 18 .180 0 4 Cedric Durst 45 85 18 .212 5 11 Bill Whaley 23 50 12 .240 0 1 Frank Ellerbe 18 49 9 .184 0 1 Josh Billings 4 9 0 .000 0 0 Herschel Bennett 5 4 0 .000 0 0 Johnny Schulte 7 3 0 .000 0 1 Harry Rice 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Bill Mizeur 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Syl Simon 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Jimmy Austin 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 Elam Vangilder 41 282.1 16 17 3.06 74 Urban Shocker 43 277.1 20 12 3.41 109 Dave Danforth 38 226.1 16 14 3.94 96 Dixie Davis 19 109.1 4 6 3.62 36 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 Ray Kolp 34 171.1 5 12 3.89 44 Hub Pruett 32 104.1 4 7 4.31 59 Rasty Wright 20 82.2 7 4 6.42 26 Sloppy Thurston 2 4.0 0 0 6.75 0 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 Charlie Root 27 0 4 0 5.70 27 Bill Bayne 19 2 2 0 4.50 15 George Grant 4 0 0 0 5.19 2 Jumbo Elliott 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 Notes 2 References 1923 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1923 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Browns seasons Saint Louis Browns season St Louis Category:1920s in St. Louis