1917 St. Louis Browns season

1917 St. Louis Browns
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (Since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (Since 1902)
1917 Information
Owner(s)	Phil Ball
Manager(s)	Fielder Jones
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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

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	100	54	.649	--
Boston Red Sox	90	62	.592	9
Cleveland Indians	88	66	.571	12
Detroit Tigers	78	75	.510	21½
Washington Senators	74	79	.484	25½
New York Yankees	71	82	.464	28½
St. Louis Browns	57	97	.370	43
Philadelphia Athletics	55	98	.359	44½

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	Severeid, HankHank Severeid	143	501	133	.265	1	57
OF	Sloan, TodTod Sloan	109	313	72	.230	2	25

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
Johnson, ErnieErnie Johnson	80	199	49	.246	2	20
Smith, EarlEarl Smith	52	199	56	.281	0	10
Miller, WardWard Miller	43	82	17	.207	1	2
Hale, GeorgeGeorge Hale	38	61	12	.197	0	8
Kenworthy, BillBill Kenworthy	5	10	1	.100	0	1
Moore, ScrappyScrappy Moore	4	8	1	.125	0	0
Murray, EdEd Murray	1	1	0	.000	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
Davenport, DaveDave Davenport	47	280.2	17	17	3.08	100
Groom, BobBob Groom	38	232.2	8	19	2.94	82
Plank, EddieEddie Plank	20	131	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
Koob, ErnieErnie Koob	39	133.2	6	14	3.91	47
Hamilton, EarlEarl Hamilton	27	83	0	9	3.14	19
Lowdermilk, GroverGrover Lowdermilk	3	19	2	1	1.42	9
Martin, SpeedSpeed 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
Wright, RastyRasty Wright	16	0	1	0	5.45	5
McCabe, TimTim McCabe	1	0	0	0	23.14	2

References

• 1917 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1917 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com