1913 St. Louis Browns season

1913 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	57–96 (.373)
League place	8th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Hedges
Manager(s)	George Stovall, Jimmy Austin, and Branch Rickey
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The 1913 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	96	57	0.627	—	50–26	46–31
Washington Senators	90	64	0.584	6½	42–35	48–29
Cleveland Naps	86	66	0.566	9½	45–32	41–34
Boston Red Sox	79	71	0.527	15½	41–34	38–37
Chicago White Sox	78	74	0.513	17½	40–37	38–37
Detroit Tigers	66	87	0.431	30	34–42	32–45
New York Yankees	57	94	0.377	38	27–47	30–47
St. Louis Browns	57	96	0.373	39	31–46	26–50

Record vs. opponents

1913 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	10–11	8–13	13–9	14–6–1	11–11	17–5	6–16
Chicago	11–10	—	9–13–1	13–9	11–10	11–11	12–10	11–11
Cleveland	13–8	13–9–1	—	14–7	14–8–1	9–13	16–6–1	7–15
Detroit	9–13	9–13	7–14	—	11–11	7–15	11–11	12–10
New York	6–14–1	10–11	8–14–1	11–11	—	5–17	11–11	6–16
Philadelphia	11–11	11–11	13–9	15–7	17–5	—	15–6	14–8
St. Louis	5–17	10–12	6–16–1	11–11	11–11	6–15	—	8–14–1
Washington	16–6	11–11	15–7	10–12	16–6	8–14	14–8–1	—

Notable transactions

• September 15, 1913: Rivington Bisland was drafted by the Browns from the Atlanta Crackers in the 1913 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Roster

1913 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Willie Adams Mack Allison George Baumgardner Curly Brown Earl Hamilton Walt Leverenz Roy Mitchell Jack Powell Pete Schmidt Hal Schwenk Dwight Stone Wiley Taylor Carl Weilman		Catchers Sam Agnew Walt Alexander Frank Crossin Bill McAllester Infielders Jimmy Austin Mike Balenti Rivington Bisland Bunny Brief Sam Covington Charlie Flannigan Fred Graf Doc Lavan Del Pratt George Stovall Bobby Wallace Dee Walsh Buzzy Wares		Outfielders Pete Compton Johnny Johnston George Maisel Walt Meinert Burt Shotton Tod Sloan Ernie Walker Tilly Walker Gus Williams Other batters Luther Bonin George Tomer		Manager Jimmy Austin Branch Rickey George Stovall

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	Stovall, GeorgeGeorge Stovall	89	303	87	.287	1	24
2B	Pratt, DelDel Pratt	155	592	175	.296	2	87
3B	Austin, JimmyJimmy Austin	142	489	130	.266	2	42
OF	Shotton, BurtBurt Shotton	147	549	163	.297	1	28
OF	Johnston, JohnnyJohnny Johnston	111	380	85	.224	2	27
OF	Williams, GusGus Williams	148	538	147	.273	5	53

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
Brief, BunnyBunny Brief	85	258	56	.217	1	26
Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace	55	147	31	.211	0	21
Bisland, RivingtonRivington Bisland	12	44	6	.136	0	3
Sloan, TodTod Sloan	7	26	7	.269	0	2
Tomer, GeorgeGeorge Tomer	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
Baumgardner, GeorgeGeorge Baumgardner	38	253.1	10	19	3.13	78
Weilman, CarlCarl Weilman	39	251.2	10	19	3.40	79
Mitchell, RoyRoy Mitchell	33	245.1	13	16	3.01	59
Hamilton, EarlEarl Hamilton	31	217.1	13	12	2.57	101
Leverenz, WaltWalt Leverenz	30	202.2	6	17	2.58	87
Taylor, WileyWiley Taylor	5	31.2	0	2	4.83	12
Brown, CurlyCurly Brown	2	14	1	1	2.57	3
Schwenk, HalHal Schwenk	1	11	1	0	3.27	3

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
Stone, DwightDwight Stone	18	91	2	6	3.56	37
Allison, MackMack Allison	11	51.1	1	3	2.28	12

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
Adams, WillieWillie Adams	4	0	0	0	10.00	5
Powell, JackJack Powell	2	0	0	0	0.00	0
Schmidt, PetePete Schmidt	1	0	0	0	4.50	0

Notes

1. Rivington Bisland page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1913 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1913 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com