1917 St. Louis Browns season

The 1917 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 97 losses.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 References

Regular season

Season standings

Roster

1917 St. Louis Browns

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Ivan Bigler
Tom Richardson

Manager

Fielder Jones

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

v t e 1917 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1917 World Series

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

History in St. Louis
History in Baltimore
Seasons
No-hitters
Records
Players
Managers
Owners and executives
Broadcasters
Opening Day starting pitchers
First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Spring Training: Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Jeffrey Maier
Miracle Mets
1910 Chalmers Award
Wild Bill Hagy
1999 Cuban national baseball team exhibition

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (8)

American League Wild Card
(2)

1996
2012

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

Seasons (114)

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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1917 St. Louis Browns season