St. Louis Browns

St. Louis · 1883–1898

This is the club that became the Cardinals, not the American League Browns of 1902, which the archive holds separately. It won four consecutive American Association pennants from 1885 to 1888 and the 1886 championship series against Chicago, which was the World Series of its day. Sixteen seasons at 1,059-1,029.

Charlie Comiskey managed and played first base through the pennant years and went 563-273, the best record anyone has had with the club. The 1885 club went 79-33. The worst is 1897, at 29-102, by which time the club had joined the National League, lost its ballpark to a fire and its owner to bankruptcy.

Five Hall of Famers played here: Comiskey, Tommy McCarthy, Roger Connor, Pud Galvin and Clark Griffith. Comiskey went on to own the Chicago club that took the White Stockings name. Home was Sportsman's Park and then Robison Field.

Season by season

Year	Club	W	L	Pct	Finish	Result	Attendance
1883	St. Louis Browns	65	33	.663	2	—	—
1884	St. Louis Browns	67	40	.626	4	—	—
1885	St. Louis Browns	79	33	.705	1	Pennant	—
1886	St. Louis Browns	93	46	.669	1	World Series	—
1887	St. Louis Browns	95	40	.704	1	Pennant	—
1888	St. Louis Browns	92	43	.681	1	Pennant	—
1889	St. Louis Browns	90	45	.667	2	—	—
1890	St. Louis Browns	77	58	.570	3	—	—
1891	St. Louis Browns	85	51	.625	2	—	—
1892	St. Louis Browns	56	94	.373	11	—	192,442
1893	St. Louis Browns	57	75	.432	10	—	195,000
1894	St. Louis Browns	56	76	.424	9	—	155,000
1895	St. Louis Browns	39	92	.298	11	—	170,000
1896	St. Louis Browns	40	90	.308	11	—	184,000
1897	St. Louis Browns	29	102	.221	12	—	136,400
1898	St. Louis Browns	39	111	.260	12	—	151,700
1902	St. Louis Browns	78	58	.574	2	—	272,283
1903	St. Louis Browns	65	74	.468	6	—	380,405
1904	St. Louis Browns	65	87	.428	6	—	318,108
1905	St. Louis Browns	54	99	.353	8	—	339,112
1906	St. Louis Browns	76	73	.510	5	—	389,157
1907	St. Louis Browns	69	83	.454	6	—	419,025
1908	St. Louis Browns	83	69	.546	4	—	618,947
1909	St. Louis Browns	61	89	.407	7	—	366,274
1910	St. Louis Browns	47	107	.305	8	—	249,889
1911	St. Louis Browns	45	107	.296	8	—	207,984
1912	St. Louis Browns	53	101	.344	7	—	214,070
1913	St. Louis Browns	57	96	.373	8	—	250,330
1914	St. Louis Browns	71	82	.464	5	—	244,714
1915	St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	6	—	150,358
1916	St. Louis Browns	79	75	.513	5	—	335,740
1917	St. Louis Browns	57	97	.370	7	—	210,486
1918	St. Louis Browns	58	64	.475	5	—	122,076
1919	St. Louis Browns	67	72	.482	5	—	349,350
1920	St. Louis Browns	76	77	.497	4	—	419,311
1921	St. Louis Browns	81	73	.526	3	—	355,978
1922	St. Louis Browns	93	61	.604	2	—	712,918
1923	St. Louis Browns	74	78	.487	5	—	430,296
1924	St. Louis Browns	74	78	.487	4	—	533,349
1925	St. Louis Browns	82	71	.536	3	—	462,898
1926	St. Louis Browns	62	92	.403	7	—	283,986
1927	St. Louis Browns	59	94	.386	7	—	247,879
1928	St. Louis Browns	82	72	.532	3	—	339,497
1929	St. Louis Browns	79	73	.520	4	—	280,697
1930	St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	6	—	152,088
1931	St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	5	—	179,126
1932	St. Louis Browns	63	91	.409	6	—	112,558
1933	St. Louis Browns	55	96	.364	8	—	88,113
1934	St. Louis Browns	67	85	.441	6	—	115,305
1935	St. Louis Browns	65	87	.428	7	—	80,922
1936	St. Louis Browns	57	95	.375	7	—	93,267
1937	St. Louis Browns	46	108	.299	8	—	123,121
1938	St. Louis Browns	55	97	.362	7	—	130,417
1939	St. Louis Browns	43	111	.279	8	—	109,159
1940	St. Louis Browns	67	87	.435	6	—	239,591
1941	St. Louis Browns	70	84	.455	6	—	176,240
1942	St. Louis Browns	82	69	.543	3	—	255,617
1943	St. Louis Browns	72	80	.474	6	—	214,392
1944	St. Louis Browns	89	65	.578	1	Pennant	508,644
1945	St. Louis Browns	81	70	.536	3	—	482,986
1946	St. Louis Browns	66	88	.429	7	—	526,435
1947	St. Louis Browns	59	95	.383	8	—	320,474
1948	St. Louis Browns	59	94	.386	6	—	335,564
1949	St. Louis Browns	53	101	.344	7	—	270,936
1950	St. Louis Browns	58	96	.377	7	—	247,131
1951	St. Louis Browns	52	102	.338	8	—	293,790
1952	St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	7	—	518,796
1953	St. Louis Browns	54	100	.351	8	—	297,238
Total	68 seasons	4,473	5,494	.449	—	1 World Series	—