1923 St. Louis Browns season
The 1923 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 78 losses.
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Record | 74–78 (.487) |
League place | 5th |
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Owner(s) | Phil Ball |
Manager(s) | Lee Fohl and Jimmy Austin |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 98 | 54 | 0.645 | — | 46–30 | 52–24 |
Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 16 | 45–32 | 38–39 |
Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 16½ | 42–36 | 40–35 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 78 | 0.490 | 23½ | 43–34 | 32–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 74 | 78 | 0.487 | 24 | 40–36 | 34–42 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 69 | 83 | 0.454 | 29 | 34–41 | 35–42 |
Chicago White Sox | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 30 | 30–45 | 39–40 |
Boston Red Sox | 61 | 91 | 0.401 | 37 | 37–40 | 24–51 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 13–7 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–11 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 14–8 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 15–5 | 16–6 | |||||
Philadelphia | 7–13 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 15–7–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 18–4–1 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 5–15 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | |||||
Washington | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 12, 1923: Sloppy Thurston was purchased from the Browns by the Chicago White Sox.[1]
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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 |
References
- 1923 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
- 1923 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com
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