1897 St. Louis Browns Roster by Baseball Almanac

1897 St. Louis Browns Roster

The 1897 St. Louis Browns team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1897 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1897 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1897 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1897 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1897 St. Louis Browns primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Kid Carsey

5-07

168

Right

Left

1870-10-22

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Percy Coleman

Unknown

Right

Unknown

1876-10-15

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Red Donahue

6-00

187

Right

1873-01-23

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Duke Esper

5-11½

185

Left

Unknown

1868-07-28

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Roy Evans

6-00

180

Right

1874-03-19

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John Grimes

5-11

160

Right

1869-04-17

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Bill Hart

5-10

163

Right

Unknown

1865-07-19

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Bill Hutchinson

5-09

175

Right

1859-12-17

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Con Lucid

5-07

170

Unknown

1874-02-24

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Mike McDermott

5-08

145

Right

Unknown

1862-09-07

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Willie Sudhoff

5-07

165

Right

1874-09-17

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Klondike Douglass

6-00

200

Right

Left

1872-05-10

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Ed McFarland

5-10

180

Right

1874-08-03

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Morgan Murphy

5-08

160

Right

1867-02-14

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Lou Bierbauer

5-08

140

Right

Left

1865-09-28

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Roger Connor

6-03

220

Left

1857-07-01

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Monte Cross

5-08½

148

Right

1869-08-31

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Mike Grady

5-11

190

Right

1869-12-23

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Bill Hallman

5-08

160

Right

1867-03-31

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Fred Hartman

5-08

170

Right

1868-04-25

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John Houseman

Unknown

160

Unknown

1870-01-10

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Ed Biecher

Unknown

1875-08-27

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Tommy Dowd

5-08

173

Right

1869-04-20

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Dick Harley

5-10½

165

Right

Left

1872-09-25

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Frank Huelsman

6-02

210

Right

1874-06-05

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Bill Kissinger

5-11

185

Right

1871-08-15

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Dan Lally

5-11½

210

Right

1867-08-12

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Tuck Turner

5-06½

155

Left

Both

1873-02-13

The 1897 St. Louis Browns played 131 games during the regular season, won 29 games, lost 102 games, and finished in twelfth position. They played their home games at Robison Field (Park Factors: 98/102) where 136,400 fans witnessed their 1897 Browns finish the season with a .221 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1897 St. Louis Browns Opening Day starters list, a 1897 St. Louis Browns salary list, a 1897 St. Louis Browns uniform number breakdown and a 1897 St. Louis Browns primary starters list:

1897 St. Louis Browns
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1897 St. Louis Browns
Most Games by Position
C Klondike Douglass (61)
1B Mike Grady (83)
2B Bill Hallman (77)
3B Fred Hartman (124)
SS Monte Cross (131)
LF Ed Biecher ()
LF Red Donahue ()
LF Klondike Douglass ()
LF Tommy Dowd ()
LF Mike Grady ()
LF Dick Harley ()
LF Bill Hart ()
LF John Houseman ()
LF Frank Huelsman ()
LF Bill Kissinger ()
LF Dan Lally ()
LF Ed McFarland ()
LF Tuck Turner ()
CF Ed Biecher ()
CF Red Donahue ()
CF Klondike Douglass ()
CF Tommy Dowd ()
CF Mike Grady ()
CF Dick Harley ()
CF Bill Hart ()
CF John Houseman ()
CF Frank Huelsman ()
CF Bill Kissinger ()
CF Dan Lally ()
CF Ed McFarland ()
CF Tuck Turner ()
RF Ed Biecher ()
RF Red Donahue ()
RF Klondike Douglass ()
RF Tommy Dowd ()
RF Mike Grady ()
RF Dick Harley ()
RF Bill Hart ()
RF John Houseman ()
RF Frank Huelsman ()
RF Bill Kissinger ()
RF Dan Lally ()
RF Ed McFarland ()
RF Tuck Turner ()

SP Bill Hart

CL Red Donahue

1897 St. Louis Browns
Salaries
No Salary Data Available

1897 St. Louis Browns
Uniform Numbers
Uniform Numbers Not Worn

Did you know that a 1897 St. Louis Browns Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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