# 1923 St. Louis Browns season

The 1923 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 78 losses.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 52‍–‍24 |
| Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | .539 | 16 | 45‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 16½ | 42‍–‍36 | 40‍–‍35 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 78 | .490 | 23½ | 43‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 74 | 78 | .487 | 24 | 40‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 69 | 83 | .454 | 29 | 34‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 30 | 30‍–‍45 | 39‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 61 | 91 | .401 | 37 | 37‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1923 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 13–7 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–11 |
| Detroit | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 15–5 | 16–6 |
| Philadelphia | 7–13 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 18–4–1 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 5–15 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 12, 1923: Sloppy Thurston was purchased from the Browns by the Chicago White Sox.

### 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 | 122 | 432 | 133 | .308 | 3 | 51 |
| 1B | Dutch Schliebner | 127 | 444 | 122 | .275 | 4 | 52 |
| 2B | Marty McManus | 154 | 582 | 180 | .309 | 15 | 94 |
| SS | Wally Gerber | 154 | 605 | 170 | .281 | 1 | 62 |
| 3B | Gene Robertson | 78 | 251 | 62 | .247 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Ken Williams | 147 | 555 | 198 | .357 | 29 | 91 |
| OF | Jack Tobin | 151 | 637 | 202 | .317 | 13 | 73 |
| OF | Baby Doll Jacobson | 147 | 592 | 183 | .309 | 8 | 81 |

#### 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 |
| Homer Ezzell | 88 | 279 | 68 | .244 | 0 | 14 |
| Pat Collins | 85 | 181 | 32 | .177 | 3 | 30 |
| Eddie Foster | 27 | 100 | 18 | .180 | 0 | 4 |
| Cedric Durst | 45 | 85 | 18 | .212 | 5 | 11 |
| Bill Whaley | 23 | 50 | 12 | .240 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Ellerbe | 18 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Billings | 4 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Herschel Bennett | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Schulte | 7 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Rice | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Mizeur | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Syl Simon | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Austin | 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 |
| Elam Vangilder | 41 | 282.1 | 16 | 17 | 3.06 | 74 |
| Urban Shocker | 43 | 277.1 | 20 | 12 | 3.41 | 109 |
| Dave Danforth | 38 | 226.1 | 16 | 14 | 3.94 | 96 |
| Dixie Davis | 19 | 109.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.62 | 36 |

#### 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 |
| Ray Kolp | 34 | 171.1 | 5 | 12 | 3.89 | 44 |
| Hub Pruett | 32 | 104.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.31 | 59 |
| Rasty Wright | 20 | 82.2 | 7 | 4 | 6.42 | 26 |
| Sloppy Thurston | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Charlie Root | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.70 | 27 |
| Bill Bayne | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 15 |
| George Grant | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 2 |
| Jumbo Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |