1896 St. Louis Browns Roster

The 1896 St. Louis Browns team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1896 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1896 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1896 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1896 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1896 St. Louis Browns primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1896 St. Louis Browns

Complete Roster  
 

n/a Ted Breitenstein 5-09 167 Left Left 1869-06-01
n/a Red Donahue 6-00 187 Right Right 1873-01-23
n/a Bill Hart 5-10 163 Right Unknown 1865-07-19
n/a Bill Kissinger 5-11 185 Right Right 1871-08-15
n/a Dewey McDougal 5-10 188 Right Unknown 1871-09-19
n/a John Wood 5-07 142 Unknown Unknown 1872-05-00
n/a Ed McFarland 5-10 180 Right Right 1874-08-03
n/a Morgan Murphy 5-08 160 Right Right 1867-02-14
n/a Roger Connor 6-03 220 Left Left 1857-07-01
n/a Monte Cross 5-08½ 148 Right Right 1869-08-31
n/a Tommy Dowd 5-08 173 Right Right 1869-04-20
n/a Arlie Latham 5-08 150 Right Right 1860-03-15
n/a Bert Myers 5-10 Unknown Right Right 1874-04-08
n/a Joe Quinn 5-07 158 Right Right 1864-12-25
n/a Duff Cooley 5-11 158 Right Left 1873-03-29
n/a Klondike Douglass 6-00 200 Right Left 1872-05-10
n/a Tom Niland 5-11 160 Right Right 1870-04-14
n/a Tom Parrott 5-10½ 170 Right Right 1868-04-10
n/a Biff Sheehan 5-09 165 Right Left 1868-02-13
n/a Joe Sullivan 5-10 178 Unknown Unknown 1870-01-06
n/a Tuck Turner 5-06½ 155 Left Both 1867-02-13


The 1896 St. Louis Browns played 130 games during the regular season, won 40 games, lost 90 games, and finished in eleventh position. They played their home games at Robison Field (Park Factors: 96/100) where 184,000 fans witnessed their 1896 Browns finish the season with a .308 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1896 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1896 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1896 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1896 St. Louis Browns primary starters list:

1896 St. Louis Browns
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1896 St. Louis Browns
Most Games by Position

C Ed McFarland (80)
1B Roger Connor (126)
2B Tommy Dowd (78)
3B Bert Myers (121)
SS Monte Cross (125)
LF Ted Breitenstein ()
LF Duff Cooley ()
LF Red Donahue ()
LF Klondike Douglass ()
LF Tommy Dowd ()
LF Bill Hart ()
LF Bill Kissinger ()
LF Ed McFarland ()
LF Tom Niland ()
LF Tom Parrott ()
LF Biff Sheehan ()
LF Joe Sullivan ()
LF Tuck Turner ()
CF Ted Breitenstein ()
CF Duff Cooley ()
CF Red Donahue ()
CF Klondike Douglass ()
CF Tommy Dowd ()
CF Bill Hart ()
CF Bill Kissinger ()
CF Ed McFarland ()
CF Tom Niland ()
CF Tom Parrott ()
CF Biff Sheehan ()
CF Joe Sullivan ()
CF Tuck Turner ()
RF Ted Breitenstein ()
RF Duff Cooley ()
RF Red Donahue ()
RF Klondike Douglass ()
RF Tommy Dowd ()
RF Bill Hart ()
RF Bill Kissinger ()
RF Ed McFarland ()
RF Tom Niland ()
RF Tom Parrott ()
RF Biff Sheehan ()
RF Joe Sullivan ()
RF Tuck Turner ()
  
SP Ted Breitenstein
SP Red Donahue
SP Bill Hart
  
CL Bill Kissinger


1896 St. Louis Browns
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1896 St. Louis Browns
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1896 St. Louis Browns Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

     

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