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1889 St. Louis Browns Statistics

Record: 90-45-6, Finished 2nd in American Association (Schedule and Results)

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park I

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 109
One-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 109

Pythagorean W-L: 88-47, 957 Runs, 680 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Apr 17, STL @ CIN
Apr 18, STL @ CIN
Apr 19, STL @ CIN
Apr 20, STL @ CIN
Apr 21, STL @ LOU
Apr 22, STL @ LOU
Apr 23, STL @ LOU
Apr 25, STL vs. CIN
Apr 26, STL vs. CIN
Apr 27, STL vs. CIN
Apr 28, STL vs. CIN
Apr 30, STL vs. LOU
Apr 30, STL vs. LOU

May 1, STL vs. LOU
May 2, STL vs. LOU
May 3, STL @ KCC
May 4, STL @ KCC
May 5, STL @ KCC
May 6, STL @ KCC
May 7, STL vs. COL
May 8, STL vs. COL
May 9, STL vs. COL
May 10, STL vs. COL
May 11, STL vs. BAL
May 14, STL vs. BAL
May 15, STL vs. BAL
May 16, STL vs. BRO
May 17, STL vs. BRO
May 18, STL vs. BRO
May 19, STL vs. BRO
May 20, STL vs. PHA
May 21, STL vs. PHA
May 22, STL vs. PHA
May 23, STL vs. PHA
May 25, STL vs. KCC
May 26, STL vs. KCC
May 27, STL vs. KCC
May 30, STL @ BRO
May 30, STL @ BRO

Jun 2, STL @ BRO
Jun 3, STL @ COL
Jun 5, STL @ COL
Jun 6, STL @ COL
Jun 8, STL @ BAL
Jun 10, STL @ BAL
Jun 11, STL @ BAL
Jun 12, STL @ BAL
Jun 13, STL @ PHA
Jun 14, STL @ PHA
Jun 16, STL @ PHA
Jun 17, STL @ PHA
Jun 18, STL @ BRO
Jun 21, STL @ LOU
Jun 22, STL @ LOU
Jun 22, STL @ LOU
Jun 23, STL @ LOU
Jun 25, STL vs. CIN
Jun 26, STL vs. CIN
Jun 27, STL vs. CIN
Jun 29, STL vs. LOU
Jun 30, STL vs. LOU

Jul 1, STL vs. LOU
Jul 3, STL vs. BRO
Jul 4, STL vs. BRO
Jul 4, STL vs. BRO
Jul 6, STL vs. COL
Jul 7, STL vs. COL
Jul 8, STL vs. COL
Jul 10, STL vs. PHA
Jul 11, STL vs. PHA
Jul 12, STL vs. PHA
Jul 13, STL vs. BAL
Jul 14, STL vs. BAL
Jul 15, STL vs. BAL
Jul 16, STL vs. KCC
Jul 18, STL @ CIN
Jul 20, STL @ CIN
Jul 21, STL @ CIN
Jul 22, STL @ COL
Jul 23, STL @ COL
Jul 24, STL @ COL
Jul 25, STL @ COL
Jul 27, STL @ BAL
Jul 27, STL @ BAL
Jul 29, STL @ BAL
Jul 29, STL @ BAL
Jul 31, STL @ PHA

Aug 2, STL @ BRO
Aug 3, STL @ BRO
Aug 4, STL @ BRO
Aug 7, STL @ KCC
Aug 8, STL @ KCC
Aug 9, STL @ KCC
Aug 10, STL vs. BRO
Aug 11, STL vs. BRO
Aug 12, STL vs. BRO
Aug 13, STL vs. COL
Aug 14, STL vs. COL
Aug 15, STL vs. COL
Aug 17, STL vs. PHA
Aug 18, STL vs. PHA
Aug 20, STL vs. PHA
Aug 22, STL vs. BAL
Aug 24, STL vs. BAL
Aug 25, STL vs. BAL
Aug 26, STL vs. KCC
Aug 27, STL vs. KCC
Aug 28, STL vs. KCC
Aug 30, STL @ COL
Aug 31, STL @ COL

Sep 1, STL @ COL
Sep 3, STL @ BAL
Sep 4, STL @ BAL
Sep 5, STL @ BAL
Sep 6, STL @ BAL
Sep 7, STL @ BRO
Sep 8, STL @ BRO
Sep 13, STL @ PHA
Sep 14, STL @ PHA
Sep 14, STL @ PHA
Sep 15, STL @ PHA
Sep 18, STL @ KCC
Sep 19, STL @ KCC
Sep 20, STL @ KCC
Sep 21, STL vs. CIN
Sep 22, STL vs. CIN
Sep 23, STL vs. CIN
Sep 26, STL vs. LOU
Sep 28, STL vs. LOU
Sep 30, STL vs. LOU

Oct 1, STL vs. LOU
Oct 2, STL vs. KCC
Oct 3, STL vs. KCC
Oct 5, STL vs. KCC
Oct 6, STL vs. KCC
Oct 8, STL @ LOU
Oct 9, STL @ LOU
Oct 10, STL @ LOU
Oct 14, STL @ CIN
Oct 15, STL @ CIN
Oct 15, STL @ CIN

Top 12 Players

Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images.

Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jack Boyle	22	99	375	347	54	85	11	5	3	42	5		21	42	.245	.301	.331	.633	72	115		7
2	1B	Charlie Comiskey	29	137	609	587	105	168	28	10	3	102	65		19	19	.286	.312	.383	.695	88	225		3
3	2B	William Robinson	29	132	576	452	97	94	17	3	5	70	39		118	55	.208	.378	.292	.671	83	132		6
4	SS	Shorty Fuller	21	140	574	517	91	117	18	6	0	51	38		52	56	.226	.303	.284	.587	60	147		5
5	3B	Arlie Latham	29	118	565	512	110	126	13	3	4	49	69		42	30	.246	.317	.307	.623	69	157		11
6	OF	Tip O'Neill	29	134	611	534	123	179	33	8	9	110	28		72	37	.335	.419	.478	.897	143	255		5
7	OF	Charlie Duffee	23	137	572	509	93	124	15	11	16	86	21		60	81	.244	.327	.411	.738	99	209		3
8	OF	Tommy McCarthy	25	140	656	604	136	176	24	7	2	63	57		46	26	.291	.348	.364	.712	93	220		6
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	John Milligan	27	72	292	273	53	100	30	2	12	76	2		16	19	.366	.408	.623	1.030	178	170		3
10	UT	Nat Hudson	20	13	54	52	6	13	1	1	1	10	1		2	11	.250	.278	.365	.643	74	19		0
11	3B	Pete Sweeney	25	9	41	38	8	14	2	0	0	8	2		1	5	.368	.415	.421	.836	127	16		2
12	OF	Tom Gettinger*	20	4	18	16	2	7	0	0	1	2	0		2	1	.438	.500	.625	1.125	204	10		0
13	UT	Jim Gill?	23	2	9	8	2	2	1	0	0	1	1		1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	92	3		0
14	UT	Jumbo Davis*	27	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-44	0		0
15	C	Jack Bellman?	25	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	219	1		0
16	C	Frank Meek?	22	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	1		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
17	P	Silver King	21	56	212	189	37	43	7	3	0	30	3		22	40	.228	.311	.296	.608	65	56		1
18	P	Ice Box Chamberlain	21	53	185	171	18	34	8	3	2	31	3		12	32	.199	.259	.316	.575	56	54		2
19	P	Jack Stivetts	21	27	83	79	12	18	2	2	0	7	0		3	13	.228	.265	.304	.569	54	24		1
20	P	Jim Devlin*	23	9	27	26	4	5	0	0	0	0	1		1	4	.192	.222	.192	.415	13	5		0
21	P	Toad Ramsey	24	5	18	17	2	5	1	0	0	4	0		1	3	.294	.333	.353	.686	86	6		0
		Team Totals	25.7	141	5487	4939	957	1312	211	64	58	743	336		493	477	.266	.339	.370	.708	92	1825		55
		Rank in 8 AA teams				3	2	2	2	8	1		4		4	2	3	4	3	3		3		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.2	141	4908	4405	878	1194	192	55	55	661	328		452	374	.271	.346	.377	.723	96	1661		51
		Pitcher Totals	21.2	141	579	534	79	118	19	9	3	82	8		41	103	.221	.282	.307	.589	60	164		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Silver King	21	35	16	.686	3.14	56	53	2	47	2	1	458.0	462	257	160	15	125		188	21	0	36	1966	133	3.57	1.282	9.1	0.3	2.5	3.7	1.50
2	SP	Ice Box Chamberlain	21	32	15	.681	2.97	53	51	2	44	3	1	421.2	376	220	139	18	165		202	17	0	20	1808	141	3.90	1.283	8.0	0.4	3.5	4.3	1.22
3	SP	Jack Stivetts	21	12	7	.632	2.25	26	20	6	18	2	2	191.2	153	85	48	4	68		143	5	0	15	794	186	2.93	1.153	7.2	0.2	3.2	6.7	2.10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
4		Nat Hudson	20	3	2	.600	4.20	9	5	4	4	0	0	60.0	71	47	28	2	15		13	4	0	4	268	100	3.96	1.433	10.7	0.3	2.3	2.0	0.87
5		Jim Devlin*	23	5	3	.625	2.40	9	8	1	5	0	0	60.0	56	38	16	0	24		37	7	0	8	265	176	3.32	1.333	8.4	0.0	3.6	5.6	1.54
6		Toad Ramsey*	24	3	1	.750	3.95	5	3	2	3	0	0	41.0	44	29	18	0	10		33	1	0	2	177	107	2.20	1.317	9.7	0.0	2.2	7.2	3.30
7		Tommy McCarthy	25	0	0		7.20	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	6		1	0	0	1	25	62	6.21	2.000	7.2	0.0	10.8	1.8	0.17
8		Charlie Comiskey	29	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1		3.01	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	21.2	90	44	.672	3.00	141	140	19	121	7	4	1237.2	1166	680	413	39	413		617	55	0	86	5304	140	3.55	1.276	8.5	0.3	3.0	4.5	1.49
		Rank in 8 AA teams		2	7		1				5	5	2	2	1	1	1	6	2		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Coaching Staff

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