# 1919 St. Louis Browns season

The 1919 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 67 wins and 72 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 52 | .629 | — | 48‍–‍22 | 40‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Indians | 84 | 55 | .604 | 3½ | 44‍–‍25 | 40‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 59 | .576 | 7½ | 46‍–‍25 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Tigers | 80 | 60 | .571 | 8 | 46‍–‍24 | 34‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 72 | .482 | 20½ | 40‍–‍30 | 27‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 66 | 71 | .482 | 20½ | 35‍–‍30 | 31‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 56 | 84 | .400 | 32 | 32‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 104 | .257 | 52 | 21‍–‍49 | 15‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1919 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–11 | 4–15 | 9–11 | 10–9 | 14–6 | 9–10–1 | 11–9 |
| Chicago | 11–9 | — | 12–8 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 17–3 | 11–9 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland | 15–4 | 8–12 | — | 8–12 | 13–7 | 16–4 | 11–9 | 13–7 |
| Detroit | 11–9 | 9–11 | 12–8 | — | 8–12 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 12–8 |
| New York | 9–10 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 12–8 | — | 18–2 | 12–8 | 14–6–2 |
| Philadelphia | 6–14 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 2–18 | — | 7–13 | 8–12 |
| St. Louis | 10–9–1 | 9–11 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–12 | 13–7 | — | 12–8 |
| Washington | 9–11 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 6–14–2 | 12–8 | 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 | Hank Severeid | 112 | 351 | 87 | .248 | 0 | 36 |
| 1B | George Sisler | 132 | 511 | 180 | .352 | 10 | 83 |
| 2B | Joe Gedeon | 120 | 437 | 111 | .254 | 0 | 27 |
| SS | Wally Gerber | 140 | 462 | 105 | .227 | 1 | 37 |
| 3B | Jimmy Austin | 106 | 396 | 94 | .237 | 1 | 21 |
| OF | Earl Smith | 88 | 252 | 63 | .250 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Jack Tobin | 127 | 486 | 159 | .327 | 6 | 57 |
| OF | Baby Doll Jacobson | 120 | 455 | 147 | .323 | 4 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Ken Williams | 65 | 227 | 68 | .300 | 6 | 35 |
| Ray Demmitt | 79 | 202 | 48 | .238 | 1 | 19 |
| Herman Bronkie | 67 | 196 | 50 | .255 | 0 | 14 |
| Josh Billings | 38 | 76 | 15 | .197 | 0 | 3 |
| Tod Sloan | 27 | 63 | 15 | .238 | 0 | 6 |
| Wally Mayer | 30 | 62 | 14 | .226 | 0 | 5 |
| Joe Schepner | 14 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 0 | 6 |
| John Shovlin | 9 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Collins | 11 | 21 | 3 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Gene Robertson | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 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 |
| Allan Sothoron | 40 | 270.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.20 | 106 |
| Bert Gallia | 34 | 222.1 | 12 | 14 | 3.60 | 83 |
| Urban Shocker | 30 | 211.0 | 13 | 11 | 2.69 | 86 |
| Carl Weilman | 20 | 148.0 | 10 | 6 | 2.07 | 44 |
| Dave Davenport | 24 | 123.1 | 2 | 11 | 3.94 | 37 |
| Rolla Mapel | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Bill Bayne | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.25 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Lefty Leifield | 19 | 92.0 | 6 | 4 | 2.93 | 18 |
| Ernie Koob | 25 | 66.0 | 2 | 4 | 4.64 | 11 |
| Rasty Wright | 24 | 63.1 | 0 | 5 | 5.54 | 14 |
| Elam Vangilder | 3 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 6 |
| Tom Rogers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 |
| Hal Haid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |