1917 St. Louis Browns season

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1917 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record57–97 (.370)
League place7th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersFielder Jones
← 1916 Seasons 1918 →

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

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 100 54 .649 — 56‍–‍21 44‍–‍33
Boston Red Sox 90 62 .592 9 45‍–‍33 45‍–‍29
Cleveland Indians 88 66 .571 12 44‍–‍34 44‍–‍32
Detroit Tigers 78 75 .510 21½ 34‍–‍41 44‍–‍34
Washington Senators 74 79 .484 25½ 42‍–‍35 32‍–‍44
New York Yankees 71 82 .464 28½ 35‍–‍40 36‍–‍42
St. Louis Browns 57 97 .370 43 31‍–‍46 26‍–‍51
Philadelphia Athletics 55 98 .359 44½ 29‍–‍47 26‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1917 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 10–12–1 10–12 9–12 13–9–1 18–3–1 17–5–1 13–9–1
Chicago 12–10–1 — 14–8 16–6 12–10 15–7 16–6 15–7–1
Cleveland 12–10 8–14 — 12–10 15–7 16–6 14–8 11–11–2
Detroit 12–9 6–16 10–12 — 13–9–1 12–10 14–8 11–11
New York 9–13–1 10–12 7–15 9–13–1 — 15–7 13–9 8–13
Philadelphia 3–18–1 7–15 6–16 10–12 7–15 — 11–11 11–11
St. Louis 5–17–1 6–16 8–14 8–14 9–13 11–11 — 10–12
Washington 9–13–1 7–15–1 11–11–2 11–11 13–8 11–11 12–10 —


Roster

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1917 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Game log

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Games Legend
Orioles Win Orioles Loss Game Postponed Clinched Playoff Spot Eliminated from Playoff Race
Boldface text denotes a Browns pitcher
St. Louis Browns 1917 Season Game Log — Season Record: (57–97) – home (31–46) – road (26–51)
April (16–11) – home (7–5) – road (9–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Box/
Streak
1 April 11 White Sox 2–7 Scott Hamilton Danforth 0–1
2 April 13 White Sox 3–4 Koob Faber Sothoron –
3 April 14 White Sox 0–11 Cicotte Hamilton
4 April 15 Indians
5 April 17 Indians
6 April 18 Indians
7 April 19 White Sox
8 April 20 White Sox
9 April 21 White Sox
10 April 22 White Sox
11 April 24 Tigers
13 April 27 Indians
14 April 28 Indians

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 109 313 72 .230 2 25
OF Baby Doll Jacobson 148 529 131 .248 4 55

Other batters

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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 80 199 49 .246 2 20
Earl Smith 52 199 56 .281 0 10
Lee Magee 36 112 19 .170 0 4
William Rumler 78 88 23 .261 1 16
Ward Miller 43 82 17 .207 1 2
George Hale 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 4 8 1 .125 0 0
Ed Murray 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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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 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

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