# 1893 St. Louis Browns season

The 1893 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 12th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the second season in the National League. The Browns went 57–75 during the season and finished tenth in the National League.
This was the Browns' first season playing in New Sportsman's Park where they would remain until 1920.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Beaneaters | 86 | 43 | .667 | — | 49‍–‍15 | 37‍–‍28 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 81 | 48 | .628 | 5 | 54‍–‍19 | 27‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 73 | 55 | .570 | 12½ | 47‍–‍22 | 26‍–‍33 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 72 | 57 | .558 | 14 | 43‍–‍22 | 29‍–‍35 |
| New York Giants | 68 | 64 | .515 | 19½ | 49‍–‍20 | 19‍–‍44 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20½ | 37‍–‍27 | 28‍–‍36 |
| Brooklyn Grooms | 65 | 63 | .508 | 20½ | 43‍–‍24 | 22‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 60 | 70 | .462 | 26½ | 36‍–‍24 | 24‍–‍46 |
| Chicago Colts | 56 | 71 | .441 | 29 | 38‍–‍34 | 18‍–‍37 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 75 | .432 | 30½ | 40‍–‍30 | 17‍–‍45 |
| Louisville Colonels | 50 | 75 | .400 | 34 | 24‍–‍28 | 26‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 40 | 89 | .310 | 46 | 21‍–‍27 | 19‍–‍62 |

### Record vs. opponents

1893 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | BR | CHI | CIN | CLE | LOU | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 2–10 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 1–11 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
| Boston | 10–2 | — | 8–4 | 8–3–1 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–6–1 | 10–2 | 7–5 |
| Brooklyn | 2–10 | 4–8 | — | 7–3 | 4–8 | 5–7–1 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–5–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 8–3 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | 3–8–1 | 3–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 9–3 |
| Cincinnati | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6–1 | 1–9–1 | 3–9 | 7–5–1 | 7–4 |
| Cleveland | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5–1 | 8–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–3 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 11–1 |
| Louisville | 5–5 | 2–10 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 3–6 | — | 5–7–1 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–4 |
| New York | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6–1 | 6–6 | 7–5–1 | — | 7–5–1 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| Philadelphia | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–6–1 | 6–6 | 9–1–1 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–7–1 | — | 7–5 | 4–8–1 | 8–4 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–1 | 6–4–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 8–4–1 | 5–7 | — | 9–3 | 9–2 |
| St. Louis | 3–9 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7–1 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 3–9 | — | 8–4–1 |
| Washington | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 3–9 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 2–9 | 4–8–1 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Heinie Peitz | 96 | 362 | 92 | .254 | 1 | 45 |
| 1B | Perry Werden | 125 | 500 | 138 | .276 | 1 | 94 |
| 2B | Joe Quinn | 135 | 547 | 126 | .230 | 0 | 71 |
| SS | Jack Glasscock | 48 | 195 | 56 | .287 | 1 | 26 |
| 3B | Jack Crooks | 128 | 448 | 106 | .237 | 1 | 48 |
| OF | Charlie Frank | 40 | 164 | 55 | .335 | 1 | 17 |
| OF | Steve Brodie | 107 | 469 | 149 | .318 | 2 | 79 |
| OF | Tommy Dowd | 132 | 581 | 164 | .282 | 1 | 54 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Shugart | 59 | 246 | 69 | .280 | 0 | 28 |
| Bones Ely | 44 | 178 | 45 | .253 | 0 | 16 |
| Joe Gunson | 40 | 151 | 41 | .272 | 0 | 15 |
| Duff Cooley | 29 | 107 | 37 | .346 | 0 | 21 |
| Jimmy Bannon | 26 | 107 | 36 | .336 | 0 | 15 |
| Sandy Griffin | 23 | 92 | 18 | .196 | 0 | 9 |
| Art Twineham | 14 | 48 | 15 | .313 | 0 | 11 |
| Lew Whistler | 10 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Goodenough | 10 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 2 |
| Dennis O'Neill | 7 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 0 | 2 |
| Dick Buckley | 9 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat McCauley | 5 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
| Jud Smith | 4 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Summers | 2 | 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 |
| Ted Breitenstein | 48 | 382.2 | 19 | 24 | 3.18 | 102 |
| Kid Gleason | 48 | 380.1 | 21 | 22 | 4.61 | 86 |
| Pink Hawley | 31 | 227.0 | 5 | 17 | 4.60 | 73 |
| Dad Clarkson | 24 | 186.1 | 12 | 9 | 3.48 | 37 |
| Bill Hawke | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.06 | 1 |
| Jimmy Bannon | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 22.50 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| John Dolan | 3 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.15 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Pears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |