1897 St. Louis Browns Roster

The 1897 St. Louis Browns team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1897 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 1897 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1897 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1897 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1897 St. Louis Browns primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1897 St. Louis Browns

Complete Roster  
 
n/a Kid Carsey 5-07 168 Right Left 1872-10-22
n/a Percy Coleman Unknown Unknown Right Unknown 1876-10-15
n/a Red Donahue 6-00 187 Right Right 1873-01-23
n/a Duke Esper 5-11½ 185 Left Unknown 1867-07-28
n/a Roy Evans 6-00 180 Right Right 1874-03-19
n/a John Grimes 5-11 160 Right Right 1869-04-17
n/a Bill Hart 5-10 163 Right Unknown 1865-07-19
n/a Bill Hutchison 5-09 175 Right Right 1859-12-17
n/a Con Lucid 5-07 170 Unknown Unknown 1874-02-24
n/a Mike McDermott 5-08 145 Right Unknown 1862-09-07
n/a Willie Sudhoff 5-07 165 Right Right 1874-09-17
n/a Klondike Douglass 6-00 200 Right Left 1872-05-10
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 Lou Bierbauer 5-08 140 Right Left 1865-09-28
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 Mike Grady 5-11 190 Right Right 1869-12-23
n/a Bill Hallman 5-08 160 Right Right 1867-03-31
n/a Fred Hartman 5-08 170 Right Right 1868-04-25
n/a John Houseman 5-10 160 Unknown Unknown 1870-01-10
n/a Ed Biecher Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 1875-08-27
n/a Tommy Dowd 5-08 173 Right Right 1869-04-20
n/a Dick Harley 5-10½ 165 Right Left 1872-09-25
n/a Frank Huelsman 6-02 210 Right Right 1874-06-05
n/a Bill Kissinger 5-11 185 Right Right 1871-08-15
n/a Dan Lally 5-11½ 210 Right Right 1867-08-12
n/a Tuck Turner 5-06½ 155 Left Both 1867-02-13


The 1897 St. Louis Browns played 131 games during the regular season, won 29 games, lost 102 games, and finished in twelfth position. They played their home games at Robison Field (Park Factors: 98/102) where 136,400 fans witnessed their 1897 Browns finish the season with a .221 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 1897 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1897 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1897 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1897 St. Louis Browns primary starters list:

1897 St. Louis Browns
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1897 St. Louis Browns
Most Games by Position

C Klondike Douglass (61)
1B Mike Grady (83)
2B Bill Hallman (77)
3B Fred Hartman (124)
SS Monte Cross (131)
LF Dick Harley (1)
CF Dick Harley (89)
RF Ed Biecher ()
RF Red Donahue ()
RF Klondike Douglass ()
RF Tommy Dowd ()
RF Mike Grady ()
RF Dick Harley (0)
RF Bill Hart ()
RF John Houseman ()
RF Frank Huelsman ()
RF Bill Kissinger ()
RF Dan Lally ()
RF Ed McFarland ()
RF Tuck Turner ()
  
SP Bill Hart
  
CL Red Donahue


1897 St. Louis Browns
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1897 St. Louis Browns
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1897 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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