1903 St. Louis Browns season

1903 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	65–74 (.468)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Hedges
Manager(s)	Jimmy McAleer
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The 1903 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, 26½ games behind the Boston Americans.

Regular season

The 1903 St. Louis Browns

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	91	47	0.659	—	49–20	42–27
Philadelphia Athletics	75	60	0.556	14½	44–21	31–39
Cleveland Naps	77	63	0.550	15	49–25	28–38
New York Highlanders	72	62	0.537	17	41–26	31–36
Detroit Tigers	65	71	0.478	25	37–28	28–43
St. Louis Browns	65	74	0.468	26½	38–32	27–42
Chicago White Stockings	60	77	0.438	30½	41–28	19–49
Washington Senators	43	94	0.314	47½	29–40	14–54

Record vs. opponents

1903 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	14–6	12–8	10–9–1	13–7	13–6	14–6	15–5–2
Chicago	6–14	—	10–10	10–9	7–11–1	6–14	9–11	12–8
Cleveland	8–12	10–10	—	9–11	14–6	9–11	11–9	16–4
Detroit	9–10–1	9–10	11–9	—	10–9	11–9	6–14	9–10
New York	7–13	11–7–1	6–14	9–10	—	10–8–1	15–5	14–5
Philadelphia	6–13	14–6	11–9	9–11	8–10–1	—	11–8	16–3–1
St. Louis	6–14	11–9	9–11	14–6	5–15	8–11	—	12–8
Washington	5–15–2	8–12	4–16	10–9	5–14	3–16–1	8–12	—

Roster

1903 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Red Donahue Roy Evans Cy Morgan Barney Pelty Jack Powell Bill Reidy Ed Siever Willie Sudhoff John Terry Gene Wright		Catchers Mike Kahoe Owen Shannon Joe Sugden Infielders John Anderson Benny Bowcock Bill Friel Claude Gouzzie Hunter Hill Barry McCormick Dick Padden Bobby Wallace		Outfielders Jesse Burkett Emmet Heidrick Charlie Hemphill Joe Martin Pinky Swander		Manager Jimmy McAleer

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	Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	14	51	14	.275	0	6
SS	Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace	14	51	14	.275	0	6
OF	Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett	132	515	151	.293	3	40
OF	Heidrick, EmmetEmmet Heidrick	120	461	129	.280	1	42
OF	Hemphill, CharlieCharlie Hemphill	105	383	94	.245	3	29

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
Sugden, JoeJoe Sugden	79	241	51	.212	0	22
Martin, JoeJoe Martin	44	173	37	.214	0	7
Swander, PinkyPinky Swander	14	51	14	.275	0	6
Gouzzie, ClaudeClaude Gouzzie	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Powell, JackJack Powell	38	306.1	15	19	2.91	169
Sudhoff, WillieWillie Sudhoff	38	293.2	21	15	2.27	104
Siever, EdEd Siever	31	254	13	14	2.48	90
Donahue, RedRed Donahue	16	131	8	7	2.75	51
Evans, RoyRoy Evans	7	54	0	4	4.17	24
Wright, GeneGene Wright	8	61	3	5	3.69	37
Pelty, BarneyBarney Pelty	7	48.2	3	3	2.40	20
Reidy, BillBill Reidy	5	43	1	4	3.98	8

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
Terry, JohnJohn Terry	14	51	14	.275	0	6
Morgan, CyCy Morgan	2	13	0	2	4.15	6

References

• 1903 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1903 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com