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1897 St. Louis Browns Roster (40-man)

Record: 29-102-2, Finished 12th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Tommy Dowd (6-22-1) , Hugh Nicol (8-32) , Bill Hallman (13-36-1) and Chris Von Der Ahe (2-12)

Ballpark: Robison Field

Attendance: 136,400 (11th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 98

Pythagorean W-L: 32-99, 592 Runs, 1088 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Ed Biecher	21	us US					Aug 27, 1875	1st	3		3		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3			0.0
Lou Bierbauer	31	us US	L	R	5' 8"	140	Sep 28, 1865	12	12		12		0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.4
Kid Carsey	24	us US	L	R	5' 7"	168	Oct 22, 1872	7	13		13		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.7
Percy Coleman	20	us US		R			Oct 15, 1876	1st	13		13		13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-1.2
Roger Connor HOF	39	us US	L	L	6' 3"	220	Jul 1, 1857	18	22		22		0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Monte Cross	27	us US	R	R	5' 8"	148	Aug 31, 1869	5	132		132		0	0	0	0	0	132	0	0	0	0			3.5
Red Donahue	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	187	Jan 23, 1873	4	49		49		46	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2			-0.4
Klondike Douglass	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	200	May 10, 1872	2	126		126		0	61	17	0	7	1	28	2	14	44			2.2
Tommy Dowd	28	us US	R	R	5' 8"	173	Apr 20, 1869	7	35		35		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	30	0	30			-0.5
Duke Esper	29	us US		L	5' 11"	185	Jul 28, 1867	8	8		8		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.4
Roy Evans	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Mar 19, 1874	1st	3		3		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.8
Mike Grady	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Dec 23, 1869	4	84		84		0	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.4
John Grimes	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Apr 17, 1869	1st	3		3		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Bill Hallman	30	us US	R	R	5' 8"	160	Mar 31, 1867	10	80		80		0	0	3	78	0	0	0	0	0	0			-1.3
Dick Harley	24	us US	L	R	5' 10"	165	Sep 25, 1872	1st	90		90		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	89	0	90			0.3
Bill Hart	31	us US		R	5' 10"	163	Jul 19, 1865	6	46		46		39	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	6			-2.5
Fred Hartman	32	us US	R	R	5' 6"	170	Apr 21, 1865	2	125		125		0	0	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	0			1.3
John Houseman	27	nl NL			5' 10"	160	Jan 10, 1870	2	80		80		0	0	0	41	3	5	7	7	19	33			-0.5
Frank Huelsman	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Jun 5, 1874	1st	2		2		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2			-0.1
Bill Hutchison	37	us US	R	R	5' 9"	175	Dec 17, 1859	9	6		6		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.4
Bill Kissinger	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Aug 15, 1871	3	14		14		7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	7			-1.4
Dan Lally	29	us US	L	R	5' 11"	210	Aug 12, 1867	2	88		88		0	0	3	0	0	0	83	1	1	85			-0.3
Con Lucid	23	ie IE			5' 7"	170	Feb 24, 1874	5	6		6		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Mike McDermott	22	us US		R	5' 8"	145	Sep 7, 1874	3	4		4		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.3
Ed McFarland	23	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Aug 3, 1873	3	31		31		0	23	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	3			0.6
Morgan Murphy	30	us US	R	R	5' 8"	160	Feb 14, 1867	8	63		63		0	54	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-1.8
Willie Sudhoff	22	us US	R	R	5' 7"	165	Sep 17, 1874	1st	11		11		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.7
Tuck Turner	30	us US	B	L	5' 6"	155	Feb 13, 1867	5	103		103		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	102	102			0.7
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Tommy Dowd	28	us US	Apr 20, 1869	Manager	Apr 22	May 25
Hugh Nicol	39	gb GB	Jan 1, 1858	Manager	May 28	Jul 16
Bill Hallman	30	us US	Mar 31, 1867	Manager	Jul 17	Sep 12
Chris Von Der Ahe	45	de DE	Oct 7, 1851	Manager	Sep 13	Oct 3
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date