Major League Baseball 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 10th in the National League.

## Contents

* 1 Regular season
* 1.1 Season standings
* 1.2 Record vs. opponents
* 1.3 Roster
* 2 Player stats
* 2.1 Batting
* 2.1.1 Starters by position
* 2.1.2 Other batters
* 2.2 Pitching
* 2.2.1 Starting pitchers
* 2.2.2 Other pitchers
* 2.2.3 Relief pitchers
* 3 External links

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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
Pittsburgh 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[edit]

1896 National League Records

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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
Pittsburgh | 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[edit]

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[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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

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C | Ed McFarland | 33 | 290 | 70 | .241 | 3 | 36
1B | Roger Connor | 126 | 483 | 137 | .284 | 11 | 72
2B | Tommy Dowd | 126 | 521 | 138 | .265 | 5 | 46
SS | Monte Cross | 125 | 427 | 104 | .244 | 6 | 52
3B | Bert Myers | 122 | 454 | 116 | .256 | 0 | 37
OF | Tuck Turner | 51 | 203 | 50 | .246 | 1 | 27
OF | Tom Parrott | 118 | 474 | 138 | .291 | 7 | 70
OF | Klondike Douglass | 81 | 296 | 78 | .264 | 1 | 28

#### Other batters[edit]

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

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John Sullivan | 51 | 212 | 62 | .292 | 2 | 21
Joe Quinn | 48 | 191 | 40 | .209 | 1 | 17
Morgan Murphy | 49 | 175 | 45 | .257 | 0 | 11
Duff Cooley | 40 | 166 | 51 | .307 | 0 | 13
Tom Niland | 18 | 68 | 12 | .176 | 0 | 3
Arlie Latham | 8 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 5
Biff Sheehan | 6 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Ted Breitenstein | 44 | 339.2 | 18 | 26 | 4.48 | 114
Bill Hart | 42 | 336.0 | 12 | 29 | 5.12 | 65
Red Donahue | 32 | 267.0 | 7 | 24 | 5.80 | 70

#### Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Bill Kissinger | 20 | 136.0 | 2 | 9 | 6.49 | 22
Tom Parrott | 7 | 42.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.21 | 8
Dewey McDougal | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 0

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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John Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ∞ | 0

## External links[edit]

* 1896 St. Louis Browns at Baseball Reference
* 1896 St. Louis Browns team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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