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1912 St. Louis Browns Season
The 1912 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 7th in the American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league ... with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses. Regular season * July 4, 1912: George Mullin threw the first no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history against the Browns.''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, The Tigers beat the Browns by a score of 7–0. It was also Mullin's 32nd birthday. Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportsman's Park
Sportsman's Park was the name of several former Major League Baseball ballpark structures in St. Louis, Missouri. All but one of these were located on the same piece of land, at the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Dodier Street, on the north side of the city. History Sportsman's Park was the home field of both the St. Louis Browns of the American League, and the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League from 1920 to 1953, when the Browns relocated to Baltimore and were rebranded as the Orioles. The physical street address was 2911 North Grand Boulevard. The ballpark (by then known as Busch Stadium, but still commonly called Sportsman's Park) was also the home to professional football: in , it hosted St. Louis' first NFL team, the All-Stars, and later hosted the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League from 1960 (following the team's relocation from Chicago) until 1965, with Busch Memorial Stadium opening its doors in 1966. 1881 structure Baseball was pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Mitchell (baseball)
Albert Roy Mitchell (April 19, 1885 – September 8, 1959) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of seven seasons (1910–1914, 1918–1919) with the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled a 32–37 record in 122 appearances, with a 3.42 earned run average and 204 strikeouts. Mitchell was a member of the 1919 World Series champion Cincinnati Reds, though he did not play in the World Series. He was born in Belton, Texas and later died in Temple, Texas at the age of 74. See also * List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders The following is a list of annual leaders in saves in Major League Baseball (MLB), with separate lists for the American League and the National League. The list includes several professional leagues and associations that were never part of MLB. ... External links * 1885 births 1959 deaths People from Belton, Texas Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Stephens
James Walter Stephens (December 10, 1883 – January 2, 1965) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played six seasons with the St. Louis Browns of the American League from to . A weak hitter, he had a career .220 batting average, and hit three home runs in his career, all during the 1909 season. Mostly a backup in his career, he was a starter in both the 1910 and 1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ... seasons. Notes External links 1883 births 1965 deaths St. Louis Browns players Major League Baseball catchers Dallas Giants players Greenville Hunters players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Springfield Ponies players Springfield Green Sox players Baseball players from Ohio People from Salineville, Ohio People from Oxford, Alabama {{US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Snell
Charles Anthony Snell (born Charles Anthony Schnell; November 29, 1893 – April 4, 1988), was a Major League Baseball catcher who played in with the St. Louis Browns. He batted and threw right-handed. Snell had a .211 batting average in 8 games, with 4 hits in 19 at-bats, during his one-year career. After his time, with St. Louis, he played minor league baseball with the Montgomery Rebels and Memphis Chickasaws of the Southern Association in 1913, the two Toronto teams in 1914 and the Chambersburg Maroons of the Blue Ridge League in 1915. He was born in Hampstead, Maryland, and died in Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Reddin'') is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city had a population of 95,112 as of the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Philade .... External links 1893 births 1988 deaths Major League Baseball catchers Baseball players from Maryland St. Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Krichell
Paul Bernard Krichell (December 19, 1882 – June 4, 1957) was a Major League Baseball catcher, best known for being the head scout for the New York Yankees for 37 years until his death. Krichell's talent evaluations and signings played a key role in building up the Yankees' run of success from the Murderers' Row teams of the 1920s to the 1950s teams led by Casey Stengel.James (1995), p. 217 Krichell began his professional career in the minor leagues, playing as the reserve catcher for the St. Louis Browns before a serious injury threatened his career. He continued to play in the minor leagues and began to move into coaching before Yankees manager Ed Barrow signed him as a scout in 1920. Considered one of the greatest scouts in baseball history, Krichell signed over 200 players who later played professional baseball, including future Baseball Hall of Famers Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Phil Rizzuto, Whitey Ford, and Tony Lazzeri. His recommendation of Stengel as the Yankees manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Ketter
Philip Ketter (born Philip Ketterer; April 13, 1884 – April 9, 1965) was an American Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwaukee Brewers. A charter member of the American League (AL), the Brewers moved to St. Louis, Missouri, after the 1901 season, where they p ... in . External linksBaseball Reference.com 1884 births 1965 deaths St. Louis Browns players Baseball players from St. Louis Minor league baseball managers Hopkinsville Browns players Bloomington Bloomers players Columbia Gamecocks players Marion Diggers players York White Roses players Johnstown Johnnies players Chester Johnnies players Burlington Pathfinders players St. Joseph Drummers players Quincy Gems players McAlester Miners players Taylorville Tailors players {{US-baseball-catcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Crossin
Francis Patrick "Frank" Crossin, Sr. (June 15, 1891 – December 6, 1965) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned seven seasons, three of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB) St. Louis Browns (1912–14). Over his Major League career, Crossin, a catcher, compiled a .147 batting average with eight runs scored, 17 hits, one double, one triple, and seven runs batted in (RBIs) in 55 games played. He made his professional debut with the minor league Binghamton Bingoes in 1912. His MLB debut came on September 24, 1912. Crossin played parts of the next two seasons in the majors. In 1915, a year after his MLB career ended, he returned to the minors. Over his career in the minors, Crossin compiled a .261 batting average with 303 hits in 381 games played. He batted, and threw right-handed. During his career, he stood at , and weighed . Early life Crossin was born on June 15, 1891, in Avondale, Pennsylvania, to James, and Mary Crossin, of New York, and England, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Criger
Louis Criger (February 3, 1872 – May 14, 1934) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1896 to 1912 for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos / Cardinals, Boston Americans / Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and New York Highlanders. Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. Biography Criger began his major league career with two games for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League in 1896. At the time, Cy Young was a pitcher for the Spiders; Young and Criger would remain teammates through 1908. During the 1897–1908 seasons, Young won 284 games, with Criger catching many of them. After playing for Cleveland through 1898, Criger and Young played in St. Louis in 1899 and 1900, then moved to the new American League franchise in Boston in 1901. Criger was the first Opening Day catcher in the team's history. In the first modern World Series in , he caught every inning of every game for Boston, helping his team win the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Alexander
Walter Ernest Alexander (March 5, 1891 – December 29, 1978) was a former Major League Baseball player. He batted and threw right-handed, and weight 165 pounds. He was a catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the New York Yankees. In 162 career games with the Browns and Yankees, Alexander had 76 hits in 405 at bats (.188 average). He had 1 home run In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ... and 24 RBIs. He started managing teams in 1923, he took time off from managing in 1926 and 1927, he resumed managing in 1928. External links Baseball-Reference.com 1891 births 1978 deaths Major League Baseball catchers New York Yankees players St. Louis Browns players Baseball players from Atlanta Minor league baseball managers Ellsworth Blues players Manhattan Maroons players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Weilman
Carl Woolworth Weilman (November 29, 1889 – May 25, 1924), was a professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues from –. He played for the St. Louis Browns. At the time, he was the tallest pitcher in the American League at . Weilman is one of the few players in baseball history to strike out In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means that the batter is out. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denot ... six times in one game, and the first player recorded to have done so. References External links 1889 births 1924 deaths Baseball players from Ohio Deaths from tuberculosis Major League Baseball pitchers Maysville Rivermen players St. Louis Browns players St. Louis Browns scouts Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ohio {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hack Spencer
Fred Calvin "Hack" Spencer (April 25, 1885 – February 5, 1969) was an American professional baseball player. Spencer played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1912 season. In one career game, he pitched in 1.2 innings and gave up two hits and two runs. He batted and threw right-handed. Spencer was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the county seat of Stear ..., and died in St. Anthony, Minnesota. External linksBaseball Reference.com page 1885 births 1969 deaths St. Louis Browns players Sportspeople from St. Cloud, Minnesota Baseball players from Minnesota Baseball pitchers Keokuk Indians players Burlington Pathfinders players Hannibal Cannibals players Quincy Old Soldiers players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Powell (pitcher, Born 1874)
John Joseph Powell (July 9, 1874 – October 17, 1944) was a Major League Baseball pitcher at the end of the 19th century and the turn of the 20th century. He had a relatively successful 16-year career, which lasted from 1897 to 1912 he won 245 games, but also lost 254 games. So, despite his sparking 2.97 career ERA, he holds the record for most wins by a pitcher with a career losing record. Powell was born in Bloomington, Illinois. He made his debut with the Cleveland Spiders in 1897, and by 1898 he became one of the best pitchers on the team. His 23 wins trailed only teammate Cy Young. He was one of the star players sold to the St. Louis Browns before the 1899 season. He won 23 games again that year, which was three more than the Spiders had all year. After three successful seasons, he was lured to the new American League in 1902, where he pitched for the St. Louis Browns. Powell was traded to the New York Highlanders before the 1904 season, where he went 23–19. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
