1917 St. Louis Browns season explained

St. Louis Browns
Season:	1917
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Sportsman's Park
City:	St. Louis, Missouri
Record:	57–97 (.370)
League Place:	7th
Owners:	Phil Ball
Managers:	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

Roster

1917 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager

Game log

|- 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		143	501	133	.265	1	57
1B		135	539	190	.353	2	52
2B		123	450	111	.247	1	53
SS		118	355	85	.239	0	30
3B		127	455	109	.240	0	19
OF		118	398	89	.224	1	20
OF		109	313	72	.230	2	25
OF		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
	75	257	59	.230	0	20
	80	199	49	.246	2	20
	52	199	56	.281	0	10
	36	112	19	.170	0	4
	78	88	23	.261	1	16
	43	82	17	.207	1	2
	38	61	12	.197	0	8
	14	53	15	.283	0	7
	14	39	12	.308	0	2
	12	22	4	.182	0	0
	19	13	3	.231	0	0
	5	10	1	.100	0	1
	4	8	1	.125	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0
	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
	47	280.2	17	17	3.08	100
	48	276.2	14	19	2.83	85
	38	232.2	8	19	2.94	82
	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
	39	133.2	6	14	3.91	47
	24	108.2	3	6	3.89	27
	27	83.0	0	9	3.14	19
	5	19.0	1	2	1.89	9
	3	19.0	2	1	1.42	9
	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
	16	0	1	0	5.45	5
	13	1	1	0	6.64	9
	7	0	0	0	4.91	4
	1	0	0	0	23.14	2
	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