# 1917 St. Louis Browns season

The 1917 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 97 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 100 | 54 | .649 | — | 56‍–‍21 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Boston Red Sox | 90 | 62 | .592 | 9 | 45‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Indians | 88 | 66 | .571 | 12 | 44‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 78 | 75 | .510 | 21½ | 34‍–‍41 | 44‍–‍34 |
| Washington Senators | 74 | 79 | .484 | 25½ | 42‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| New York Yankees | 71 | 82 | .464 | 28½ | 35‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 97 | .370 | 43 | 31‍–‍46 | 26‍–‍51 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 98 | .359 | 44½ | 29‍–‍47 | 26‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1917 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 10–12 | 9–12 | 13–9–1 | 18–3–1 | 17–5–1 | 13–9–1 |
| Chicago | 12–10–1 | — | 14–8 | 16–6 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 15–7–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 11–11–2 |
| Detroit | 12–9 | 6–16 | 10–12 | — | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 |
| New York | 9–13–1 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | 8–13 |
| Philadelphia | 3–18–1 | 7–15 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 |
| St. Louis | 5–17–1 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 10–12 |
| Washington | 9–13–1 | 7–15–1 | 11–11–2 | 11–11 | 13–8 | 11–11 | 12–10 | — |

### Roster
## Game log

Games Legend :
| Orioles Win | Orioles Loss | Game Postponed | Clinched Playoff Spot | Eliminated from Playoff Race |
| Boldface text denotes a Browns pitcher |||||
St. Louis Browns 1917 Season Game Log — Season Record: (57–97) – home (31–46) – road (26–51) :
April (16–11) – home (7–5) – road (9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
1April 11White Sox2–7ScottHamiltonDanforth0–1
2April 13White Sox3–4KoobFaberSothoron–
3April 14White Sox0–11Cicotte
Hamilton
4April 15Indians
5April 17Indians
6April 18Indians
7April 19White Sox
8April 20White Sox
9April 21White Sox
10April 22White Sox
11April 24Tigers
13April 27Indians
14April 28Indians :

## 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 | Hank Severeid | 143 | 501 | 133 | .265 | 1 | 57 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 135 | 539 | 190 | .353 | 2 | 52 |
| 2B | Del Pratt | 123 | 450 | 111 | .247 | 1 | 53 |
| SS | Doc Lavan | 118 | 355 | 85 | .239 | 0 | 30 |
| 3B | Jimmy Austin | 127 | 455 | 109 | .240 | 0 | 19 |
| OF | Burt Shotton | 118 | 398 | 89 | .224 | 1 | 20 |
| OF | Tod Sloan | 109 | 313 | 72 | .230 | 2 | 25 |
| OF | Baby Doll Jacobson | 148 | 529 | 131 | .248 | 4 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Armando Marsans | 75 | 257 | 59 | .230 | 0 | 20 |
| Ernie Johnson | 80 | 199 | 49 | .246 | 2 | 20 |
| Earl Smith | 52 | 199 | 56 | .281 | 0 | 10 |
| Lee Magee | 36 | 112 | 19 | .170 | 0 | 4 |
| William Rumler | 78 | 88 | 23 | .261 | 1 | 16 |
| Ward Miller | 43 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 1 | 2 |
| George Hale | 38 | 61 | 12 | .197 | 0 | 8 |
| Ray Demmitt | 14 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 0 | 7 |
| Wally Gerber | 14 | 39 | 12 | .308 | 0 | 2 |
| Gene Paulette | 12 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
| Grover Hartley | 19 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kenworthy | 5 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
| Scrappy Moore | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Murray | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Richardson | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Neu | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Bigler | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Dave Davenport | 47 | 280.2 | 17 | 17 | 3.08 | 100 |
| Allan Sothoron | 48 | 276.2 | 14 | 19 | 2.83 | 85 |
| Bob Groom | 38 | 232.2 | 8 | 19 | 2.94 | 82 |
| Eddie Plank | 20 | 131.0 | 5 | 6 | 1.79 | 26 |

#### 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 |
| Ernie Koob | 39 | 133.2 | 6 | 14 | 3.91 | 47 |
| Tom Rogers | 24 | 108.2 | 3 | 6 | 3.89 | 27 |
| Earl Hamilton | 27 | 83.0 | 0 | 9 | 3.14 | 19 |
| Carl Weilman | 5 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.89 | 9 |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 3 | 19.0 | 2 | 1 | 1.42 | 9 |
| Speed Martin | 9 | 15.2 | 0 | 2 | 5.74 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Rasty Wright | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.45 | 5 |
| Jim Park | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.64 | 9 |
| Vince Molyneaux | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 |
| Tim McCabe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 2 |
| Kewpie Pennington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |