Original Milwaukee Brewers / St. Louis Browns - Turn of the Century (1901-1909)
 
   
 
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      Yr City P W L   Yr City P W L   Yr City P W L           1900  
      1901 Milwaukee 8 48 89   1904 St. Louis 6 65 87   1907 St. Louis 6 69 83           Decade  
      1902 St. Louis 2 78 58   1905 St. Louis 8 54 99   1908 St. Louis 4 83 69           Click  
      1903 St. Louis 6 65 74   1906 St. Louis 5 76 73   1909 St. Louis 7 61 89           on Logo  
                                                     
                                                       
   
  Titles: Top Browns Players of the Turn of the Century  
  None    
    Pitchers:  
  BallPark:  Jack Powell (25.03) -   64  
  Sportsman's Park Harry Howell (23.16) -   52  
    Barney Pelty (18.6) -   45  
  Team Name:  Fred Glade (13.17) -   34  
  Milwaukee Brewers (1901) Willie Sudhoff (8.85) -   34  
  St. Louis Browns (1902-1909) Rube Waddell (6.73) -   22  
    Red Donohue (7.19) -   21  
  Owner: Ed Siever (3) -   15  
   Mathew Killilea (1901) Bill Reidy (3.62) -   10  
   Ralph T. Orthwein (1902) Jack Harper (0.59) -    9  
  Robert L Hedges (1903-1909)    
    Catchers:  
  General Managers: Joe Sugden (4.25) -   16  
  None Tubby Spencer (1.89) -   6  
    Branch Rickey (2.08) -   3  
  Managers:    
   Hugh Duffy (1901) First Basemen:  
  Jimmy McAleer (1902-1909) John Anderson (8.63) -   27  
    Tom Jones (8.97) -   24  
  No Hitters:    
  None Second Basemen:  
    Harry Niles (4.25) -   11  
  Hall of Famers: Dick Padden (3.94) -   8  
  Branch Rickey    
  Jesse Burkett ShortStop:  
  Rube Waddell Bobby Wallace (40.22) -   86  
  Bobby Wallace    
    Third Basemen:  
  Notable Events: Hobe Ferris (3.9) -   11  
       
  1901 - The American League opens for business. The Milwaukee Outfield:  
  franchise is one of several brought over from the Western League. George Stone (24.7) -   56  
  Mathew Killilea, the owner of the Milwaukee franchise in the Charlie Hemphill (11.05) -   40  
  Western League, retains ownership of the club. Emmet Heidrick (6.76) -   34  
  Jesse Burkett (10.54) -   28  
  1902 - The franchise is moved to St. Louis. There were a lot of Roy Hartzell (4.76) -   17  
  manueverings back then as Ban Johnson, commissioner of the Danny Hoffman (4.45) -   16  
  old Western League and new American League, was waging     
  war against the existing National League to attain major league Notable Events:  
  status for his new league. A successful team in St. Louis,     
  competing against the Cardinals, was a major pawn in this battle. 1904 - St. Louis trades their best pitcher Jack Powell to the   
  The team was sold to Ralph T. Orthwein of St. Louis Highlanders for pitcher Harry Howell. They then buy Powell back from   
  New York the following season. Powell and Howell along with Barney Pelty   
  1902 - In their first year in St. Louis, the Browns raid the Cardinals would be the Browns aces thru the rest of the decade   
  for Hall of Fame shortstop Bobby Wallace, Hall of Fame   
  outfielder Jesse Burkett, pitchers Jack Powell, Jack Harper 1905 - The Brownies trade aging superstar Jesse Burkett to Boston for  
  and Willie Sudhoff, outfielder Emmet Heidrick and second  George Stone who becomes the squad's top hitter thru the end of the decade.  
  baseman Dick Padden. They also grab pitcher Red Donahue  
  from the Phillies. 1909 - Robert L Hedges expands Sportsman's Park from 8,000  
    seating capacity to 18,000. Business is booming despite the  
  1902 - The Browns take their name from the old National League Browns not doing much on the field as the Cards are doing worse.  
  St. Louis franchise, the Brown Stockings. The current National  
  League entry, the Cardinals, were named for their cardinal red 1909 - Jimmy McAleer is fired after eight unsuccessful years as  
  stockings.  Browns manager. As one would suspect, the Browns don't get  
    any better after he's gone since the real problem was a lack of talent.  
  1903 - The team is sold to Robert L Hedges who keeps them    
  for fourteen years. Although they are not successful on the field,    
  the Browns are the preferred team in St. Louis due to their initial raid    
  on Cardinals top talent. They also have a much better ballpark in    
  the newly built Sportsman's Park than the NL Cards do.