1917 St. Louis (A) Browns
Record: 77-77
Finish: 5th in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 672
Runs Allowed: 680
Exp W-L: 76-78
 
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park
Attendance: 2,024,208
Manager: Jerry Curry

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-75, 7th in the American League
AA: 55-74, 8th in the American League
A: 74-55, 2nd in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Roger Peckinpaugh 26 145 586 98 173 20 8 5 44 43 15 68 23 .295 .377 .382 .759 89.1 21.1 4.6
LF *Rube Ellis 31 140 535 81 161 15 5 8 59 39 24 67 66 .301 .379 .393 .771 78.9 17.9 3.5
RF *Chief Wilson 33 118 464 71 142 31 11 9 64 7 6 39 67 .306 .364 .478 .843 72.6 18.3 4.3
2B  John Hummel 34 132 454 54 123 18 10 2 51 31 11 39 25 .271 .327 .368 .694 56.9 10.8 3.3
SS  Charles Moran 38 118 411 43 110 15 3 1 46 7 3 34 18 .268 .335 .326 .661 41.8 6.7 2.6
RF *Harry Lumley 36 113 388 63 95 18 13 7 61 15 9 38 11 .245 .311 .412 .723 47.7 8.1 2.6
3B  Mike Mowrey 33 97 350 55 98 17 5 5 44 0 1 36 19 .280 .345 .400 .745 42.7 8.3 2.4
C  John Henry 27 98 336 36 79 8 3 2 36 1 0 42 44 .235 .318 .295 .612 35.1 4.9 4.1
LF *Bobby Veach 29 98 309 34 84 13 5 6 55 12 12 29 11 .272 .331 .405 .736 39.4 7.2 2.1
1B  Stuffy McInnis 26 93 310 34 85 13 7 1 39 12 11 19 10 .274 .317 .371 .688 35.2 6.2 1.9
C  Ed Sweeney 28 69 246 26 69 8 2 1 32 6 1 13 20 .280 .313 .341 .655 28.6 5.0 2.8
3B  Scotty Ingerton 31 73 229 22 57 12 2 1 24 5 0 15 41 .249 .296 .332 .627 22.8 2.9 1.6
CF *Jack Hayden 36 45 122 11 33 2 0 0 13 4 1 3 6 .270 .288 .287 .575 10.5 1.2 0.7
P  Rip Hagerman 29 32 103 4 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 49 .097 .113 .117 .230 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Hooks Wiltse 36 29 87 9 17 1 0 0 11 0 0 1 17 .195 .202 .207 .409 3.4 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Lange 33 28 91 9 20 2 0 0 6 1 0 1 10 .220 .228 .242 .470 4.0 0.0 0.0
2B  Jim Viox 26 33 78 1 24 7 0 0 13 1 0 11 6 .308 .389 .397 .786 11.2 2.4 0.6
P  Tom Walker 35 27 81 5 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 32 .222 .222 .259 .481 3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Hod Eller 22 22 69 4 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 .159 .157 .217 .375 1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Louis Drucke 28 18 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .040 .040 .040 .080 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jake Boultes 32 7 18 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .222 .389 0.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Bill Cunningham 29 25 21 8 4 1 0 0 5 3 0 1 1 .190 .227 .238 .465 1.2 0.0 0.1
C  Art Wilson 31 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Carl Druhot 34 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Burke 27 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Frosty Thomas 36 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 1606 5323 672 1418 209 75 48 621 187 94 458 509 .266 .326 .361 .687 621.9 121.0 37.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 5 3 3 5 3 3 2 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Rip Hagerman 29 15 12 .556 32 32 0 276.7 214 85 3 127 208 2.77 18.7
*Hooks Wiltse 36 14 13 .519 29 29 0 244.7 265 101 7 76 70 3.72 11.4
 Frank Lange 33 16 8 .667 28 28 0 238.7 192 96 6 132 116 3.62 14.9
 Tom Walker 35 9 14 .391 27 27 0 230.0 248 93 8 66 88 3.64 9.6
 Hod Eller 22 10 10 .500 22 22 0 190.7 197 75 4 64 64 3.54 9.1
 Louis Drucke 28 4 4 .500 18 8 2 71.7 65 33 6 37 19 4.14 2.9
 Jake Boultes 32 2 2 .500 7 7 0 54.3 60 22 0 13 18 3.64 2.2
*Carl Druhot 34 5 6 .455 26 0 1 37.3 39 17 1 18 6 4.10 2.4
*Billy Burke 27 0 1 .000 14 1 2 24.0 14 9 0 15 5 3.38 1.6
 Dixie Walker 30 2 7 .222 15 0 4 14.0 18 13 1 11 8 8.36 0.0
 Frosty Thomas 36 0 0 .000 5 0 0 5.3 7 4 1 5 4 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 31.1 77 77 .500 223 154 9 1387.3 1319 548 37 564 606 3.56 72.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 7 5 5 4 7 5 8 3 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 32.9
J.Henry 817.3 91 92 366 73 13 0 .971 29.8
E.Sweeney 561.7 62 68 255 54 13 0 .960 35.2
A.Wilson 8.3 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1387.3 154 161 625 127 26 0 .967 31.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.89
C.Moran 799.3 92 92 985 82 11 78 .990 12.01
S.McInnis 521.0 57 63 599 68 4 35 .994 11.52
B.Cunningham 31.0 1 9 43 6 0 5 1.000 14.23
J.Henry 18.0 2 3 21 0 0 2 1.000 10.50
S.Ingerton 18.0 2 2 28 0 0 2 1.000 14.00
Team Total 1387.3 154 169 1676 156 15 122 .992 11.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 6.46
J.Hummel 1099.3 122 126 291 457 22 78 .971 6.12
J.Viox 162.7 18 19 45 74 2 12 .983 6.58
C.Moran 106.0 12 13 39 40 1 8 .988 6.71
B.Cunningham 19.3 2 4 5 7 1 1 .923 5.59
Team Total 1387.3 154 162 380 578 26 99 .974 6.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
M.Mowrey 848.7 95 97 63 214 24 16 .920 2.94
S.Ingerton 421.3 47 51 33 91 10 7 .925 2.65
S.McInnis 87.3 9 11 2 23 0 1 1.000 2.58
C.Moran 30.0 3 4 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1387.3 154 163 99 339 34 24 .928 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.59
R.Peckinpaugh 1279.3 143 144 213 509 42 81 .945 5.08
S.McInnis 69.7 7 10 10 31 0 7 1.000 5.30
C.Moran 30.3 3 6 5 11 1 1 .941 4.75
J.Viox 8.0 1 1 1 3 1 0 .800 4.50
Team Total 1387.3 154 161 229 554 44 89 .947 5.08
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.83
R.Ellis 1123.3 125 126 254 5 18 3 .935 2.08
B.Veach 105.0 11 12 23 1 1 0 .960 2.06
S.Ingerton 98.0 11 11 22 1 1 0 .958 2.11
J.Hayden 53.0 6 6 11 2 1 0 .929 2.21
H.Lumley 8.0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1387.3 154 156 310 9 22 3 .935 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.35
C.Wilson 992.3 109 112 283 14 14 5 .955 2.69
B.Veach 200.0 23 23 55 0 2 0 .965 2.48
H.Lumley 91.0 10 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.98
J.Hayden 86.0 10 10 20 0 3 0 .870 2.09
S.Ingerton 18.0 2 2 9 0 1 0 .900 4.50
Team Total 1387.3 154 158 386 15 20 5 .952 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .942 1.88
H.Lumley 778.0 87 88 185 2 12 0 .940 2.16
B.Veach 384.7 44 45 86 1 6 0 .935 2.04
R.Ellis 102.0 10 13 24 1 2 0 .926 2.21
J.Hayden 95.7 10 10 21 1 1 0 .957 2.07
S.Ingerton 17.0 2 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 3.18
C.Wilson 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1387.3 154 160 323 6 21 1 .940 2.13
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.73
R.Hagerman 276.7 32 32 25 42 1 3 .985 2.18
H.Wiltse 244.7 29 29 26 56 5 2 .943 3.02
F.Lange 238.7 28 28 16 42 1 2 .983 2.19
T.Walker 230.0 27 27 20 50 2 5 .972 2.74
H.Eller 190.7 22 22 11 42 4 0 .930 2.50
L.Drucke 71.7 8 18 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.14
J.Boultes 54.3 7 7 3 18 1 0 .955 3.48
C.Druhot 37.3 0 26 1 8 1 0 .900 2.17
B.Burke 24.0 1 14 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.63
D.Walker 14.0 0 15 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.57
F.Thomas 5.3 0 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1387.3 154 223 111 281 15 12 .963 2.54
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wilson .306
On-Base Pct Ellis .379
Slugging Pct Wilson .478
OPS Wilson .843
XR Peckinpaugh 89.1
Games Peckinpaugh 145
At-Bats Peckinpaugh 586
Runs Peckinpaugh 98
Hits Peckinpaugh 173
Total Bases Peckinpaugh 224
Singles Peckinpaugh 140
Doubles Wilson 31
Triples Lumley 13
Homeruns Wilson 9
RBIs Wilson 64
Stolen Bases Peckinpaugh 43
Caught Stealing Ellis 24
Walks Peckinpaugh 68
Strikeouts Wilson 67
ERA Hagerman 2.77
Wins Lange 16
Losses Walker 14
Winning Pct Lange .667
Saves Walker 4
Games Pitched Hagerman 32
Games Started Hagerman 32
Complete Games Hagerman 24
Shutouts Wiltse 4
Innings Pitched Hagerman 276.7
Hits Allowed Wiltse 265
Homeruns Allowed Walker 8
Strikeouts Hagerman 208
Walks Allowed Lange 132
Walks per 9IP Walker 2.6
Hits per 9IP Hagerman 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Hagerman 6.8
WHiP Hagerman 1.23
OAVG Hagerman .213
OOBP Hagerman .300
OSLG Hagerman .306
OOPS Hagerman .606
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Tom Walker $ 11,000,000
Rip Hagerman $ 8,000,000
Roger Peckinpaugh $ 7,500,000
Chief Wilson $ 6,290,000
Stuffy McInnis $ 6,050,000
Carl Druhot $ 5,300,000
Rube Ellis $ 4,500,000
Jake Boultes $ 4,450,000
John Hummel $ 4,260,001
Frank Lange $ 4,100,001
Harry Lumley $ 3,000,000
Bobby Veach $ 2,321,429
Hooks Wiltse $ 2,241,000
Mike Mowrey $ 2,090,000
Dixie Walker $ 857,143
Ed Sweeney $ 667,001
Charles Moran $ 601,001
Bill Cunningham $ 540,000
Joe Benz $ 537,143
Art Wilson $ 387,000
Billy Burke $ 350,000
Jack Hayden $ 350,000
Pat Hynes $ 350,000
Frosty Thomas $ 350,000
Raleigh Aitchison $ 333,001
Hod Eller $ 300,000
John Henry $ 300,000
Louis Drucke $ 300,000
Jim Viox $ 300,000
Scotty Ingerton $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Signed     Hooks Wiltse
2/13 Signed     Art Wilson
2/13 Signed     Jack Hayden
2/18 Signed     Harry Lumley
2/18 Signed     John Hummel
2/26 Signed     Charles Moran
2/26 Signed     Ed Sweeney
2/27 Signed     Frank Lange
3/1 Signed     Raleigh Aitchison