1917 St. Louis Browns Roster

The 1917 St. Louis Browns team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1917 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 1917 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1917 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1917 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1917 St. Louis Browns primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1917 St. Louis Browns



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n/a Dave Davenport 6-06 220 Right Right 1890-02-20
n/a Bob Groom 6-02 175 Right Right 1884-09-12
n/a Earl Hamilton 5-08 160 Left Left 1891-07-19
n/a Ernie Koob 5-10 160 Left Left 1892-09-11
n/a Grover Lowdermilk 6-04 190 Right Right 1885-01-15
n/a Speed Martin 6-00 165 Right Right 1893-09-15
n/a Tim McCabe 6-00 190 Right Right 1894-10-19
n/a Vince Molyneaux 6-00 180 Right Right 1888-08-17
n/a Jim Park 6-02 175 Right Right 1892-11-10
n/a Kewpie Pennington 5-08½ 168 Right Right 1896-09-24
n/a Eddie Plank 5-11½ 175 Left Left 1875-08-31
n/a Tom Rogers 6-00½ 180 Right Right 1892-02-12
n/a Allen Sothoron 5-11 182 Right Both 1893-04-27
n/a Carl Weilman 6-05½ 187 Left Left 1889-11-29
n/a Rasty Wright 5-11 160 Right Right 1895-11-05
n/a George Hale 5-10 160 Right Right 1894-08-03
n/a Grover Hartley 5-11 175 Right Right 1888-07-02
n/a Hank Severeid 6-00 175 Right Right 1891-06-01
n/a Jimmy Austin 5-07½ 155 Right Both 1879-12-08
n/a Wally Gerber 5-10 152 Right Right 1891-08-18
n/a Ernie Johnson 5-09 151 Right Left 1888-04-29
n/a Bill Kenworthy 5-07 165 Right Right 1886-07-04
n/a Doc Lavan 5-08½ 151 Right Right 1890-10-28
n/a Lee Magee 5-11 165 Right Both 1889-06-04
n/a Scrappy Moore 5-08 153 Right Right 1892-12-16
n/a Ed Murray 5-06 145 Right Right 1895-05-08
n/a Otto Neu 5-11 170 Right Right 1894-09-24
n/a Gene Paulette 6-00 150 Right Right 1891-05-26
n/a Del Pratt 5-11 175 Right Right 1888-01-10
n/a George Sisler 5-11 170 Left Left 1893-03-24
n/a Ray Demmitt 5-08 170 Right Left 1884-02-02
n/a Baby Doll Jacobson 6-03 215 Right Right 1890-08-16
n/a Armando Marsans 5-10 157 Right Right 1887-10-03
n/a Ward Miller 5-11 177 Right Left 1884-07-05
n/a William Rumler 6-01 190 Right Right 1891-03-27
n/a Burt Shotton 5-11 175 Right Left 1884-10-18
n/a Tod Sloan 6-00 175 Right Left 1890-12-24
n/a Earl Smith 5-11 170 Right Both 1891-01-20
n/a Pete Bigler 5-09 150 Right Right 1892-12-13
n/a Tom Richardson 6-00 190 Right Right 1883-08-07
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The 1917 St. Louis Browns played 154 games during the regular season, won 57 games, lost 97 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Sportsman's Park III (Park Factors: 96/98) where 210,486 fans witnessed their 1917 Browns finish the season with a .370 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 1917 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1917 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1917 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1917 St. Louis Browns primary starters list:

1917 St. Louis Browns
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1917 St. Louis Browns
Most Games by Position

C Hank Severeid (139)
1B George Sisler (133)
2B Del Pratt (119)
3B Jimmy Austin (121)
SS Doc Lavan (110)
LF Burt Shotton (107)
CF Armando Marsans (67)
RF Baby Doll Jacobson (77)
  
SP Dave Davenport
SP Bob Groom
SP Ernie Koob
  
RP Earl Hamilton
RP Tom Rogers
CL Allen Sothoron


1917 St. Louis Browns
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1917 St. Louis Browns
Uniform Numbers

Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1917 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)?