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1928 St. Louis Browns (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927/1929) 82-72, Finished 3rd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 772 runs, Allowed 742 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74 Managed by Dan Howley Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com) Attendance: 339,497 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 Stats (1927/1929) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Wally Schang        38   91  245   41   70  10  5   3   39  68   26  .286  .448  .404   8   2       4   8          122
1B #Lu Blue             31  154  549  116  154  32 11  14   80 105   43  .281  .400  .455  12   7       4  20          121
2B *Otis Brannan        29  135  483   68  118  18  3  10   66  60   19  .244  .333  .356   3   9       4  22           79
3B  Frank O'Rourke      33   99  391   54  103  24  3   1   62  21   19  .263  .303  .348  10   2       1  25           68
SS  Red Kress           21  150  560   78  153  26 10   3   81  48   70  .273  .332  .371   5   4       1  26           82
OF *Heinie Manush       26  154  638  104  241  47 20  13  108  39   14  .378  .414  .575  17   5       0  20          154
OF  Fred Schulte        27  146  556   90  159  44  6   7   85  51   60  .286  .347  .424   6   5       1  21           99
OF  Earl McNeely        30  127  496   66  117  27  7   0   44  37   39  .236  .299  .319   8   6       8  11           60
    Clyde Manion        31   76  243   25   55   5  1   2   31  15   18  .226  .274  .280   3   0       1   7           44
   *Beauty McGowan      26   47  168   35   61  13  4   2   18  16   15  .363  .425  .524   2   1       2  14          145
    Larry Bettencourt   22   67  159   30   45   9  4   4   24  22   19  .283  .377  .465   2   1       2   5          117
    Ski Melillo         28   51  132    9   25   2  0   0    9   9   11  .189  .241  .205   2   1       0   7           17
   *Guy Sturdy          28   54   45    3   10   1  0   1    8   8    4  .222  .340  .311   1   0       0   1           70
    Steve O'Neill       36   10   24    4    7   1  0   0    6   8    0  .292  .485  .333   0   0       1   2          116
    Wally Gerber        36    6   18    1    5   1  0   0    0   1    3  .278  .316  .333   0   0       0   0           69
    Billy Mullen        32   15   18    2    7   1  0   0    2   3    4  .389  .476  .444   0   0       0   1          140
    Ollie Sax           23   16   17    4    3   0  0   0    0   5    3  .176  .364  .176   0   0       0   0           44
    Fred Bennett        26    7    8    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .375   0   0       0   0           60
    Ike Danning         23    2    6    0    3   0  0   0    1   1    2  .500  .571  .500   0   0       0   0          180
   *Frank Wilson        27    6    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100

    Dolly Gray          30   35  101    6   19   3  0   1    9   4   24  .188  .219  .248   0   0       0   4           21
    Jack Ogden          30   38   85    7   17   2  2   0   10   3   20  .200  .227  .271   0   0       0   2           29
   *Alvin Crowder       29   41   80   11   15   1  0   0    8   5    9  .188  .235  .200   0   0       0   9           14
    George Blaeholder   24   38   71    9   15   3  0   2    6   5   18  .211  .263  .338   0   0       0   1           55
    Lefty Stewart       27   29   51    5   14   3  0   0    7   6   13  .275  .351  .333   0   0       0   0           78
    Dick Coffman        21   29   23    0    1   0  0   0    1   1    7  .043  .083  .043   0   0       0   2          -66
   *Hal Wiltse          24   26   22    3    5   2  0   0    1   0    5  .227  .227  .318   1   0       0   1           40
    Boom-Boom Beck      23   16   14    0    6   0  0   0    1   0    3  .429  .429  .429   0   0       0   0          123
    Ed Strelecki        23   22   10    2    2   0  0   0    0   2    3  .200  .333  .200   0   0       0   2           41
    Ernie Nevers        26    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2  154 5217  772 1431 276 76  63  707 548  479  .274  .343  .393  76  43      29 211           97
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    3    6   4  5   3        2    4     6     3     4   5   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Alvin Crowder       29  41   3.69  21   5  2  31   6  19   1  244.0  238  113  100  11   91   99 1069   1   1  0     114
SP  Dolly Gray          30  35   3.19  20  12  3  31   4  21   2  262.7  256  119   93  11   86  102 1133   1   1  0     132
SP  Jack Ogden          30  38   4.15  15  16  2  31   7  18   1  242.7  257  121  112  23   80   67 1089   1   1  0     101
SP  George Blaeholder   24  38   4.37  10  15  3  26   8   9   1  214.3  235  123  104  23   52   87  950   2   2  0      96
SP *Lefty Stewart       27  29   4.67   7   9  3  17  10   7   1  142.7  173   81   74   5   32   25  624   0   2  0      90

RP  Dick Coffman        21  29   6.09   4   5  1   7  10   3   0   85.7  122   68   58   7   37   25  411   3   1  0      69
RP *Hal Wiltse          24  26   5.25   2   5  0   5   9   0   0   72.0   93   49   42   4   35   23  349   2   3  1      80
RP  Ed Strelecki        23  22   4.29   0   2  1   2  10   1   0   50.3   49   27   24   4   17    8  214   1   1  1      98
RP  Boom-Boom Beck      23  16   4.41   2   3  0   4   7   2   0   49.0   52   29   24   4   20   17  222   0   4  0      95

    Ernie Nevers        26   6   3.00   1   0  0   0   2   0   0    9.0    9    4    3   1    2    1   36   0   0  0     140
    Jim Wright          27   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    3    3    3   0    2    2   11   0   0  0      31
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 154   4.17  82  72 15 154  74  80   6 1374.0 1487  742  637  93  454  456 6108  11  16  2     101
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   3   6  4           4   4      5    5    5        8    4    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- WSchang 82 263 46 5 5 .984 1 CManion 71 302 49 7 10 .980 3 SO'Neill 10 19 4 1 0 .958 1 IDanning 2 8 3 1 0 .917 2 LBettencour 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 596 102 14 15 .980 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBlue 154 1472 107 17 121 .989 10.25 GSturdy 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1474 107 17 121 .989 10.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .963 5.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OBrannan 135 272 434 26 74 .964 5.23 SMelillo 28 66 82 6 15 .961 5.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 338 516 32 89 .964 5.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 3.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FO'Rourke 96 150 162 15 13 .954 3.25 LBettencour 41 38 68 6 4 .946 2.59 SMelillo 19 13 22 0 0 1.000 1.84 OSax 9 6 15 1 2 .955 2.33 BMullen 6 4 9 2 1 .867 2.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 211 276 24 20 .953 3.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .938 4.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RKress 150 318 400 55 99 .929 4.79 WGerber 6 6 12 5 4 .783 3.00 FO'Rourke 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 325 414 60 103 .925 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .973 2.22 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HManush 154 355 6 3 2 .992 2.34 154 0 0 FSchulte 143 419 21 12 6 .973 3.08 0 143 0 EMcNeely 120 229 19 4 2 .984 2.07 2 1 118 BMcGowan 47 99 3 4 1 .962 2.17 0 11 37 LBettencour 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 2 FBennett 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 1 FWilson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1104 49 23 11 .980 2.52 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 2.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DGray 35 20 67 2 6 .978 2.98 ACrowder 41 4 33 2 3 .949 1.36 JOgden 38 15 35 1 3 .980 1.85 GBlaeholder 38 13 70 6 2 .933 3.49 LStewart 29 3 33 0 2 1.000 2.27 DCoffman 29 4 21 1 1 .962 2.63 HWiltse 26 4 17 1 0 .955 2.62 EStrelecki 22 0 13 1 0 .929 2.33 BBeck 16 0 11 1 2 .917 2.02 ENevers 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 JWright 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 64 304 15 19 .961 2.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Manush .378 On-base % Manush .414 Slugging % Manush .575 OPS Manush .989 Games Blue and Manush 154 At Bats Manush 638 Plate Appearances (approx.) Manush 697 Runs Blue 116 Hits Manush 241 Total Bases Manush 367 Doubles Manush 47 Triples Manush 20 Home Runs Blue 14 RBI Manush 108 Bases on Balls Blue 105 Strikeouts Kress 70 Stolen Bases Manush 17 Singles Manush 161 Adjusted OPS+ Manush 154 Runs Created Manush 153 Adjusted Batting Runs Manush 48 Batting Wins Manush 4.6 Extra-Base Hits Manush 80 Times on Base Manush 280 Offensive Win% Manush .787 Hit By Pitch McNeely 8 Sac. Hits Kress 26 Caught Stealing Brannan 9 Power/Speed Number Manush 14.7 At Bats per Strikeout Manush 45.6 At Bats per Home Run Blue 39.2 Outs Kress 437

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Gray 3.19 Wins Crowder 21 Won-Loss % Crowder .808 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Gray 1.302 Hits Allowed/9IP Gray 8.77 Bases on Balls/9IP Blaeholder 2.18 Strikeouts/9IP Blaeholder and Crowder 3.65 Games Crowder 41 Saves Blaeholder, Gray, and Stewart 3 Innings Gray 262.7 Strikeouts Gray 102 Games Started Crowder, Gray, and Ogden 31 Comp. Games Gray 21 Shutouts Gray 2 Home Runs Allow. Blaeholder and Ogden 23 Bases On Balls Allow. Crowder 91 Hits Allowed Ogden 257 SO to Walk Blaeholder 1.67 Losses Ogden 16 Earned Runs Allow. Ogden 112 Wild Pitches Coffman 3 Hit Batsmen Beck 4 Batters Faced Gray 1133 Games Finished Coffman, Stewart, and Strelecki 10 Adjusted ERA+ Gray 132

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