1919 St. Louis Browns
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record67–72 (.482)
League place5th
OwnersPhil Ball
ManagersJimmy Burke
← 1918 Seasons 1920 →

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

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 88 52 0.629 — 48–22 40–30
Cleveland Indians 84 55 0.604 3½ 44–25 40–30
New York Yankees 80 59 0.576 7½ 46–25 34–34
Detroit Tigers 80 60 0.571 8 46–24 34–36
St. Louis Browns 67 72 0.482 20½ 40–30 27–42
Boston Red Sox 66 71 0.482 20½ 35–30 31–41
Washington Senators 56 84 0.400 32 32–40 24–44
Philadelphia Athletics 36 104 0.257 52 21–49 15–55

Record vs. opponents

1919 American League record

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

1919 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 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

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