1903 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record65–74 (.468)
League place6th
OwnersRobert Hedges
ManagersJimmy McAleer
← 1902 Seasons 1904 →

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

The 1903 St. Louis Browns

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 91 47 0.659 — 49–20 42–27
Philadelphia Athletics 75 60 0.556 14½ 44–21 31–39
Cleveland Naps 77 63 0.550 15 49–25 28–38
New York Highlanders 72 62 0.537 17 41–26 31–36
Detroit Tigers 65 71 0.478 25 37–28 28–43
St. Louis Browns 65 74 0.468 26½ 38–32 27–42
Chicago White Stockings 60 77 0.438 30½ 41–28 19–49
Washington Senators 43 94 0.314 47½ 29–40 14–54

Record vs. opponents

1903 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1903 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 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

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