1923 St. Louis Browns

74-78 • .487 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
78 Losses
.487 Win %
5th Rank
688 R 720 RA
Diff -32

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⚡ Quick Stats

688 Runs Scored
720 Runs Allowed
-32 Run Diff
498K Attendance

📈 vs. 1923 AL Average

Batting Avg .281 equal to the 1923 league average (.282)
OBP .339 3% below the 1923 league average (.350)
SLG .397 3% above the 1923 league average (.387)
Team ERA 3.93 1% better than the 1923 league average (3.98)
Runs Scored 688 7% below the 1923 league average (736 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 498,000
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Avg per Game 6,384

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1923

Batting Avg

1 Ken Williams 0.357 2 Jack Tobin 0.317 3 Marty McManus 0.309 4 Baby Doll Jacobson 0.309 5 Hank Severeid 0.308

Home Runs

1 Ken Williams 29 2 Marty McManus 15 3 Jack Tobin 13 4 Baby Doll Jacobson 8 5 Cedric Durst 5

RBI

1 Marty McManus 94 2 Ken Williams 91 3 Baby Doll Jacobson 81 4 Jack Tobin 73 5 Wally Gerber 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jack Tobin 151 637 91 202 32 15 13 73 42 13 8 0.317
Wally Gerber 154 605 85 170 26 3 1 62 54 50 4 0.281
Baby Doll Jacobson 147 592 76 183 29 6 8 81 29 27 6 0.309
Marty McManus 154 582 86 180 35 10 15 94 49 50 14 0.309
Ken Williams 147 555 106 198 37 12 29 91 79 32 18 0.357
Dutch Schliebner 127 444 50 122 19 6 4 52 39 60 3 0.275
Hank Severeid 122 432 50 133 27 6 3 51 31 11 3 0.308
Homer Ezzell 88 279 31 68 6 0 0 14 15 20 4 0.244
Gene Robertson 78 251 36 62 10 1 0 17 21 7 4 0.247
Pat Collins 85 181 9 32 8 0 3 30 15 45 0 0.177
Elam Vangilder 45 110 9 24 5 0 1 8 3 21 0 0.218
Eddie Foster 27 100 9 18 2 0 0 4 7 7 0 0.180
Cedric Durst 45 85 12 18 2 0 5 11 8 14 0 0.212
Urban Shocker 43 80 9 16 1 0 0 6 16 21 0 0.200
Dave Danforth 38 71 5 15 5 1 0 11 9 7 0 0.211
Ray Kolp 34 54 1 6 1 0 0 2 4 8 0 0.111
Bill Whaley 23 50 5 12 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 0.240
Frank Ellerbe 18 49 6 9 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.184
Dixie Davis 19 40 3 10 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.250
Rasty Wright 20 27 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 0.222
Hub Pruett 32 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 0.130
Bill Bayne 19 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.231
Charlie Root 27 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.077
Josh Billings 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Herschel Bennett 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Harry Rice 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnny Schulte 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0.000
George Grant 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Mizeur 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Syl Simon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Austin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jumbo Elliott 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hollis Thurston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1923

ERA

1 Elam Vangilder 3.06 2 Urban Shocker 3.41 3 Dixie Davis 3.62 4 Ray Kolp 3.89 5 Dave Danforth 3.94

Wins

1 Urban Shocker 20 2 Dave Danforth 16 3 Elam Vangilder 16 4 Rasty Wright 7 5 Ray Kolp 5

Strikeouts

1 Urban Shocker 109 2 Dave Danforth 96 3 Elam Vangilder 74 4 Hub Pruett 59 5 Ray Kolp 44
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Elam Vangilder 16 17 3.06 41 35 1 282.1 276 96 120 74
Urban Shocker 20 12 3.41 43 35 5 277.1 292 105 49 109
Dave Danforth 16 14 3.94 38 26 1 226.1 221 99 87 96
Ray Kolp 5 12 3.89 34 17 1 171.1 178 74 54 44
Dixie Davis 4 6 3.62 19 17 0 109.1 106 44 63 36
Hub Pruett 4 7 4.31 32 8 2 104.1 109 50 64 59
Rasty Wright 7 4 6.42 20 8 0 82.2 107 59 34 26
Charlie Root 0 4 5.70 27 2 0 60.0 68 38 18 27
Bill Bayne 2 2 4.50 19 2 0 46.0 49 23 31 15
George Grant 0 0 5.19 4 0 0 8.2 15 5 3 2
Hollis Thurston 0 0 6.75 2 1 0 4.0 8 3 2 0
Jumbo Elliott 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 3 3 0

👥 Roster (33)

Jimmy Austin Bill Bayne Herschel Bennett Josh Billings Pat Collins Dave Danforth Dixie Davis Cedric Durst Frank Ellerbe Jumbo Elliott Homer Ezzell Eddie Foster +21 more

33 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1923 St. Louis Browns

What was the 1923 St. Louis Browns record?
The 1923 St. Louis Browns finished 74-78 (.487 win pct).
Who led the 1923 St. Louis Browns in home runs?
Ken Williams led the 1923 St. Louis Browns with 29 home runs.
What was the 1923 St. Louis Browns team ERA?
The 1923 St. Louis Browns posted a team ERA of 3.93.
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