1896 St. Louis Browns season

1896 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
New Sportsman's Park (since 1893)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	40–90 (.308)
League place	11th
Other information
Owner(s)	Chris von der Ahe
Manager(s)	Harry Diddlebock (7–10) Arlie Latham (0–3) Chris von der Ahe (0–2) Roger Connor (8–37) Tommy Dowd (25–38)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 1896 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 15th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 5th season in the National League. The Browns went 40–90 during the season and finished 11th in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	90	39	0.698	—	49–16	41–23
Cleveland Spiders	80	48	0.625	9½	43–19	37–29
Cincinnati Reds	77	50	0.606	12	51–15	26–35
Boston Beaneaters	74	57	0.565	17	42–24	32–33
Chicago Colts	71	57	0.555	18½	42–24	29–33
Pittsburg Pirates	66	63	0.512	24	35–31	31–32
New York Giants	64	67	0.489	27	39–26	25–41
Philadelphia Phillies	62	68	0.477	28½	42–27	20–41
Washington Senators	58	73	0.443	33	38–29	20–44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms	58	73	0.443	33	35–28	23–45
St. Louis Browns	40	90	0.308	50½	27–34	13–56
Louisville Colonels	38	93	0.290	53	25–37	13–56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	BR	CHI	CIN	CLE	LOU	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL	WSH
Baltimore	—	5–7	6–6	7–4–2	10–2	3–8–1	10–2	9–3	12–0	9–2	9–3	10–2
Boston	7–5	—	10–2	3–9	5–6	5–7–1	8–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	8–4	7–5
Brooklyn	6–6	2–10	—	6–6	2–10	5–7	8–4	4–8	8–4	6–5–1	7–5	4–8–1
Chicago	4–7–2	9–3	6–6	—	4–6–1	2–9–1	9–3	5–7	4–8	11–1	9–3	8–4
Cincinnati	2–10	6–5	10–2	6–4–1	—	6–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	5–7	12–0	7–4
Cleveland	8–3–1	7–5–1	5–7	9–2–1	5–6	—	8–3–2	7–5	6–6	4–8–1	10–2	9–3–1
Louisville	2–10	4–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–8–2	—	4–8–1	7–5	2–10	3–9	3–9
New York	3–9	5–7	8–4	7–5	6–6	5–7	8–4–1	—	3–8	4–8	9–3–1	6–6
Philadelphia	0–12	5–7	4–8	8–4	4–8	6–6	5–7	8–3	—	6–6	8–3	8–4
Pittsburg	2–9	5–7	5–6–1	1–11	7–5	8–4–1	10–2	8–4	6–6	—	8–3	6–6
St. Louis	3–9	4–8	5–7	3–9	0–12	2–10	9–3	3–9–1	3–8	3–8	—	5–7
Washington	2–10	5–7	8–4–1	4–8	4–7	3–9–1	9–3	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–7	—

Roster

1896 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Ted Breitenstein Red Donahue Bill Hart Bill Kissinger Dewey McDougal John Wood		Catchers Ed McFarland Morgan Murphy Infielders Roger Connor Monte Cross Tommy Dowd Arlie Latham Bert Myers Joe Quinn		Outfielders Duff Cooley Klondike Douglass Tom Niland Tom Parrott Biff Sheehan Joe Sullivan Tuck Turner		Manager Roger Connor Harry Diddlebock Tommy Dowd Arlie Latham Chris von der Ahe

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
1B	Connor, RogerRoger Connor	126	483	137	.284	11	72
2B	Dowd, TommyTommy Dowd	126	521	138	.265	5	46
OF	Parrott, TomTom Parrott	118	474	138	.291	7	70

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
Quinn, JoeJoe Quinn	48	191	40	.209	1	17
Latham, ArlieArlie Latham	8	35	7	.200	0	5

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
Breitenstein, TedTed Breitenstein	44	339.2	18	26	4.48	114
Donahue, RedRed Donahue	32	267	7	24	5.80	70

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
Parrott, TomTom Parrott	7	42	1	1	6.21	8

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
Wood, JohnJohn Wood	1	0	0	0	∞	0

External links

• 1896 St. Louis Browns
• 1896 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com