# 1903 St. Louis Browns season

The 1903 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, 26½ games behind the Boston Americans.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Americans | 91 | 47 | .659 | — | 49‍–‍20 | 42‍–‍27 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 60 | .556 | 14½ | 44‍–‍21 | 31‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Naps | 77 | 63 | .550 | 15 | 49‍–‍25 | 28‍–‍38 |
| New York Highlanders | 72 | 62 | .537 | 17 | 41‍–‍26 | 31‍–‍36 |
| Detroit Tigers | 65 | 71 | .478 | 25 | 37‍–‍28 | 28‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Browns | 65 | 74 | .468 | 26½ | 38‍–‍32 | 27‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 60 | 77 | .438 | 30½ | 41‍–‍28 | 19‍–‍49 |
| Washington Senators | 43 | 94 | .314 | 47½ | 29‍–‍40 | 14‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

1903 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 14–6 | 12–8 | 10–9–1 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 14–6 | 15–5–2 |
| Chicago | 6–14 | — | 10–10 | 10–9 | 7–11–1 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 12–8 |
| Cleveland | 8–12 | 10–10 | — | 9–11 | 14–6 | 9–11 | 11–9 | 16–4 |
| Detroit | 9–10–1 | 9–10 | 11–9 | — | 10–9 | 11–9 | 6–14 | 9–10 |
| New York | 7–13 | 11–7–1 | 6–14 | 9–10 | — | 10–8–1 | 15–5 | 14–5 |
| Philadelphia | 6–13 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 8–10–1 | — | 11–8 | 16–3–1 |
| St. Louis | 6–14 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 14–6 | 5–15 | 8–11 | — | 12–8 |
| Washington | 5–15–2 | 8–12 | 4–16 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 3–16–1 | 8–12 | — |

### 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 | Mike Kahoe | 77 | 244 | 46 | .189 | 0 | 23 |
| 1B | John Anderson | 138 | 550 | 156 | .284 | 2 | 78 |
| 2B | Bill Friel | 97 | 351 | 80 | .228 | 0 | 25 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 135 | 511 | 136 | .266 | 1 | 54 |
| 3B | Hunter Hill | 86 | 317 | 77 | .243 | 0 | 25 |
| OF | Jesse Burkett | 132 | 515 | 151 | .293 | 3 | 40 |
| OF | Emmet Heidrick | 120 | 461 | 129 | .280 | 1 | 42 |
| OF | Charlie Hemphill | 105 | 383 | 94 | .245 | 3 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Sugden | 79 | 241 | 51 | .212 | 0 | 22 |
| Barry McCormick | 61 | 207 | 45 | .217 | 1 | 16 |
| Joe Martin | 44 | 173 | 37 | .214 | 0 | 7 |
| Dick Padden | 29 | 94 | 19 | .202 | 0 | 6 |
| Pinky Swander | 14 | 51 | 14 | .275 | 0 | 6 |
| Benny Bowcock | 14 | 50 | 16 | .320 | 1 | 10 |
| Owen Shannon | 9 | 28 | 6 | .214 | 0 | 3 |
| Claude Gouzzie | 1 | 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 |
| Jack Powell | 38 | 306.1 | 15 | 19 | 2.91 | 169 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 38 | 293.2 | 21 | 15 | 2.27 | 104 |
| Ed Siever | 31 | 254.0 | 13 | 14 | 2.48 | 90 |
| Red Donahue | 16 | 131.0 | 8 | 7 | 2.75 | 51 |
| Gene Wright | 8 | 61.0 | 3 | 5 | 3.69 | 37 |
| Roy Evans | 7 | 54.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.17 | 24 |
| Barney Pelty | 7 | 48.2 | 3 | 3 | 2.40 | 20 |
| Bill Reidy | 5 | 43.0 | 1 | 4 | 3.98 | 8 |

#### 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 Terry | 3 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 2.55 | 2 |
| Cy Morgan | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.15 | 6 |