The 1896 St. Louis Browns season was the team's 15th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the fifth season in the National League. The Browns went 40–90 during the season and finished tenth in the National League.

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9039 .698 — 49‍–‍16 41‍–‍23
Cleveland Spiders 8048 .625 9½ 43‍–‍19 37‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds 7750 .606 12 51‍–‍15 26‍–‍35
Boston Beaneaters 7457 .565 17 42‍–‍24 32‍–‍33
Chicago Colts 7157 .555 18½ 42‍–‍24 29‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 6663 .512 24 35‍–‍31 31‍–‍32
New York Giants 6467 .489 27 39‍–‍26 25‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies 6268 .477 28½ 42‍–‍27 20‍–‍41
Washington Senators 5873 .443 33 38‍–‍29 20‍–‍44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 5873 .443 33 35‍–‍28 23‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 4090 .308 50½ 27‍–‍34 13‍–‍56
Louisville Colonels 3893 .290 53 25‍–‍37 13‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record

Sources:
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore —5–76–67–4–210–23–8–110–29–312–09–29–310–2
Boston 7–5—10–23–95–65–7–18–47–57–57–58–47–5
Brooklyn 6–62–10—6–62–105–78–44–88–46–5–17–54–8–1
Chicago 4–7–29–36–6—4–6–12–9–19–35–74–811–19–38–4
Cincinnati 2–106–510–26–4–1—6–59–36–68–45–712–07–4
Cleveland 8–3–17–5–15–79–2–15–6—8–3–27–56–64–8–110–29–3–1
Louisville 2–104–84–83–93–93–8–2—4–8–17–52–103–93–9
New York 3–95–78–47–56–65–78–4–1—3–84–89–3–16–6
Philadelphia 0–125–74–88–44–86–65–78–3—6–68–38–4
Pittsburgh 2–95–75–6–11–117–58–4–110–28–46–6—8–36–6
St. Louis 3–94–85–73–90–122–109–33–9–13–83–8—5–7
Washington 2–105–78–4–14–84–73–9–19–36–64–86–65–7—

Roster

1896 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CEd McFarland3329070.241336
1BRoger Connor126483137.2841172
2BTommy Dowd126521138.265546
SSMonte Cross125427104.244652
3BBert Myers122454116.256037
OFTuck Turner5120350.246127
OFTom Parrott118474138.291770
OFKlondike Douglass8129678.264128

Other batters

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
John Sullivan5121262.292221
Joe Quinn4819140.209117
Morgan Murphy4917545.257011
Duff Cooley4016651.307013
Tom Niland186812.17603
Arlie Latham8357.20005
Biff Sheehan6193.15801

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ted Breitenstein44339.218264.48114
Bill Hart42336.012295.1265
Red Donahue32267.07245.8070

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Kissinger20136.0296.4922
Tom Parrott742.0116.218
Dewey McDougal310.0018.100

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Wood1000inf0


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_St._Louis_Browns_season