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
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 12, 1923: Sloppy Thurston was purchased from the Browns by the Chicago White Sox.Sloppy Thurston page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1923 St. Louis Browns Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
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 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Syl Simon 1 1 0 .000 0 0 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 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 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
Notes
References 1923 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference 1923 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com