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Buster Brown
Charles Edward Brown (Yank)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.
School Iowa State University

Debut June 22, 1905
Final Game April 26, 1913
Born August 31, 1881 in Boone, IA
Died February 9, 1914 in Sioux City, IA

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1905 23 STL NL   8  11  23  21  17   3   2  0  178.7  172   80   59   5   62   57  10   5   734       0  2.97  2.96  100 1.310
 1906 24 STL NL   8  16  32  27  21   0   5  0  238.3  208   98   70   2  112  109  11  12  1013       0  2.64  2.62   99 1.343
 1907 25 TOT NL  10  12  30  24  19   4   6  0  193.7  175   85   59   5  101   55  11   5   808       1  2.74  2.44   89 1.425
         STL NL   1   6   9   8   6   0   1  0   63.7   57   38   24   2   45   17   5   3   267       0  3.39  2.49   73 1.602
         PHI NL   9   6  21  16  13   4   5  0  130.0  118   47   35   3   56   38   6   2   541       1  2.42  2.41  100 1.338
 1908 26 PHI NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    7.0    9    6    2   0    5    3   1   0    32       0  2.57  2.39   93 2.000
 1909 27 TOT NL   4   8  25  18   8   2   7  0  148.3  130   55   52   2   72   42   8  10   607       0  3.16  2.76   87 1.362
         PHI NL   0   0   7   1   0   0   6  0   25.0   22   10    9   1   16   10   1   2   102       0  3.24  2.59   80 1.520
         BSN NL   4   8  18  17   8   2   1  0  123.3  108   45   43   1   56   32   7   8   505       0  3.14  2.79   89 1.330
 1910 28 BSN NL   9  23  46  29  16   1  11  2  263.0  251  113   78   4   94   88   4   9  1036       0  2.67  3.30  123 1.312
 1911 29 BSN NL   8  18  42  25  13   0  14  2  241.0  258  161  115  11  116   76  10   6  1036       0  4.29  3.76   88 1.552
 1912 30 BSN NL   4  15  31  21  12   0   6  0  168.3  146  107   75   7   66   68   2   6   708       0  4.01  3.53   88 1.259
 1913 31 BSN NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0   13.3   19   10    7   0    3    3   2   0    55       0  4.73  3.26   69 1.650
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .331  51 103 234 165 106  10  55  4 1451.7 1368  715  517  36  631  501  59  53  6029       1  3.21  3.08   96 1.377
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  17  39  28  18   1   9  0  247.3  233  121   88   6  107   85  10   9  1027   0   0  3.21  3.08   96 1.377
 Career High     10  23  46  29  21   4  14  2  263.0  258  161  115  11  116  109  11  12  1036   0   1  2.64  3.76  123 1.259

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1905 23 STL NL  23   65    3    6   0  3   0    1   0      1      .092  .106  .185  -13   12   0           0    
 1906 24 STL NL  32   85    4   14   3  0   1    4   0      4      .165  .202  .235   39   20   6           0    
 1907 25 TOT NL  30   79    8   17   3  3   0    7   0      1      .215  .225  .329   75   26   1           0    
         STL NL   9   26    1    7   1  1   0    1   0      0      .269  .269  .385  107   10   0           0    
         PHI NL  21   53    7   10   2  2   0    6   0      1      .189  .204  .302   59   16   1           0    
 1908 26 PHI NL   4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .200  .200  .200   26    1   0           0    
 1909 27 TOT NL  25   57    4    7   0  0   0    0   0      1      .123  .153  .123  -16    7   0           1    
         PHI NL   7    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         BSN NL  18   48    4    7   0  0   0    0   0      1      .146  .180  .146   -0    7   0           1    
 1910 28 BSN NL  46   81    6   16   3  1   1    3   0      3  21  .198  .226  .296   50   24   5           0    
 1911 29 BSN NL  42   84    6   21   7  0   1    5   0      4  24  .250  .284  .369   77   31   3           0    
 1912 30 BSN NL  31   61    6   13   7  0   0    3   0      2  18  .213  .238  .328   54   20   1           0    
 1913 31 BSN NL   2    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      2   2  .000  .286  .000  -14    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      235  522   38   95  23  7   3   23   0  0  18  65  .182  .211  .270   42  141  16   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        360   26   65  16  5   2   16   0  0  12  45  .182  .211  .270   42   97  11   0   0   1   0
 Career High     46   85    8   21   7  3   1    7   0  0   4  24                          31   6   0   0   1   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1905 23 STL NL   66   59    1   0.4    81| .092  .261| .106  .322| .185  .341| .291  .663| -13  .023  -9.5  -1.1     
 1906 24 STL NL   95   77    4   1.4    73| .165  .248| .202  .314| .235  .316| .437  .631|  39  .179  -6.2  -0.7     
 1907 25 TOT NL   81   63    6   2.5    74| .215  .250| .225  .316| .329  .318| .554  .634|  75  .410  -3.1  -0.4     
         STL NL   26   19    3   4.2    73| .269  .249| .269  .314| .385  .316| .654  .630| 107  .637  -0.1   0.0     
         PHI NL   55   44    3   1.8    74| .189  .251| .204  .317| .302  .319| .506  .636|  59  .275  -3.0  -0.4     
 1908 26 PHI NL    5    4    0   0.0    74| .200  .250| .200  .312| .200  .322| .400  .634|  26  .000  -0.4  -0.1     
 1909 27 TOT NL   59   50    1   0.5    79| .123  .256| .153  .324| .123  .330| .276  .654| -16  .036  -8.0  -1.0     
         PHI NL    9    9    0   0.0    77| .000  .253| .000  .321| .000  .326| .000  .647|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.3     
         BSN NL   50   41    1   0.7    80| .146  .256| .180  .325| .146  .331| .326  .656|  -0  .052  -5.8  -0.7     
 1910 28 BSN NL   89   70    5   1.9    90| .198  .266| .226  .341| .296  .353| .522  .694|  50  .233  -5.8  -0.6     
 1911 29 BSN NL   91   66    9   3.6   101| .250  .276| .284  .355| .369  .381| .653  .735|  77  .460  -2.9  -0.3     
 1912 30 BSN NL   64   49    5   2.7   100| .213  .280| .238  .350| .328  .382| .566  .732|  54  .306  -3.9  -0.4     
 1913 31 BSN NL    7    5    0   0.0    91| .000  .270| .286  .334| .000  .367| .286  .701| -14  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       557  443   31   1.9    85| .182  .262| .211  .332| .270  .345| .481  .677|  42  .237 -40.5  -4.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1905 23 STL NL   P   23     12   61    4    3  .948  .943  3.17  2.42  3.68  2.97   21  178.7
 1906 24 STL NL   P   32     17   71    7    4  .926  .948  2.75  2.40  3.32  3.05   27  238.3
 1907 25 TOT NL   P   30     11   60    2    2  .973  .950  2.37  2.27  3.30  2.97   24  193.7
         STL NL   P    9      5   26    0    1 1.000  .951  3.44  2.27  4.38  2.97    8   63.7
         PHI NL   P   21      6   34    2    1  .952  .950  1.90  2.27  2.77  2.97   16  130.0
 1908 26 PHI NL   P    3      2    6    0    0 1.000  .952  2.67  2.13 10.29  2.96    0    7.0
 1909 27 TOT NL   P   25     11   44    4    1  .932  .940  2.20  1.95  3.34  2.84   18  148.3
         PHI NL   P    7      1    8    0    0 1.000  .938  1.29  1.94  3.24  2.84    1   25.0
         BSN NL   P   18     10   36    4    1  .920  .941  2.56  1.95  3.36  2.84   17  123.3
 1910 28 BSN NL   P   46     10   80    7    3  .928  .945  1.96  1.77  3.08  2.82   29  263.0
 1911 29 BSN NL   P   42      8   67    6    6  .926  .943  1.79  1.72  2.80  2.77   25  241.0
 1912 30 BSN NL   P   31      4   42    0    1 1.000  .948  1.48  1.55  2.46  2.54   21  168.3
 1913 31 BSN NL   P    2      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  1.50  1.55  2.03  2.64    0   13.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1905 23 STL NL   P   23     12   61    4    3  .948  .943  3.17  2.42  3.68  2.97   21  178.7
 1906 24 STL NL   P   32     17   71    7    4  .926  .948  2.75  2.40  3.32  3.05   27  238.3
 1907 25 TOT NL   P   30     11   60    2    2  .973  .950  2.37  2.27  3.30  2.97   24  193.7
         STL NL   P    9      5   26    0    1 1.000  .951  3.44  2.27  4.38  2.97    8   63.7
         PHI NL   P   21      6   34    2    1  .952  .950  1.90  2.27  2.77  2.97   16  130.0
 1908 26 PHI NL   P    3      2    6    0    0 1.000  .952  2.67  2.13 10.29  2.96    0    7.0
 1909 27 TOT NL   P   25     11   44    4    1  .932  .940  2.20  1.95  3.34  2.84   18  148.3
         PHI NL   P    7      1    8    0    0 1.000  .938  1.29  1.94  3.24  2.84    1   25.0
         BSN NL   P   18     10   36    4    1  .920  .941  2.56  1.95  3.36  2.84   17  123.3
 1910 28 BSN NL   P   46     10   80    7    3  .928  .945  1.96  1.77  3.08  2.82   29  263.0
 1911 29 BSN NL   P   42      8   67    6    6  .926  .943  1.79  1.72  2.80  2.77   25  241.0
 1912 30 BSN NL   P   31      4   42    0    1 1.000  .948  1.48  1.55  2.46  2.54   21  168.3
 1913 31 BSN NL   P    2      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  1.50  1.55  2.03  2.64    0   13.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 234     75  434   30   20  .944  .946  2.18  1.97  3.16  2.86  165 1451.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       234     75  434   30   20  .944  .946  2.18  1.97  3.15  2.86  165   1452

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1912 NL-7.81-5

Games
1910 NL-46-3
1911 NL-42-9

Saves
1910 NL-2-9

Innings
1910 NL-263.0-10

Shutouts
1907 NL-4-10

Home Runs Allow.
1905 NL-5-10
1907 NL-5-7
1911 NL-11-3
1912 NL-7-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1906 NL-112-4
1907 NL-101-5
1910 NL-94-9
1911 NL-116-5

Hits Allowed
1910 NL-251-8
1911 NL-258-9

Losses
1910 NL-23-3
1911 NL-18-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1911 NL-115-3

Wild Pitches
1906 NL-12-1
1909 NL-10-5
1910 NL-9-2
1911 NL-6-8
1912 NL-6-10

Hit Batsmen
1907 NL-11-8
1911 NL-10-7

Games Finished
1911 NL-14-4

Adjusted ERA+
1910 NL-123-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 11 (1391) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (974) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1314) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
August, 1904: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Omaha (Western). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
June 10, 1907: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Johnny Lush.
July 16, 1909: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Lew Richie and Dave Shean to the Boston Doves for Johnny Bates and Charlie Starr.
May 1, 1913: Traded by the Boston Braves with $4,000 to the Toronto (International) for Dick Rudolph.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Hits Allowed/9IP 1912 NL-7.81-5	Games 1910 NL-46-3 1911 NL-42-9	Saves 1910 NL-2-9	Innings 1910 NL-263.0-10	Shutouts 1907 NL-4-10	Home Runs Allow. 1905 NL-5-10 1907 NL-5-7 1911 NL-11-3 1912 NL-7-10
Bases On Balls Allow. 1906 NL-112-4 1907 NL-101-5 1910 NL-94-9 1911 NL-116-5	Hits Allowed 1910 NL-251-8 1911 NL-258-9	Losses 1910 NL-23-3 1911 NL-18-3	Earned Runs Allow. 1911 NL-115-3	Wild Pitches 1906 NL-12-1 1909 NL-10-5 1910 NL-9-2 1911 NL-6-8 1912 NL-6-10	Hit Batsmen 1907 NL-11-8 1911 NL-10-7
Games Finished 1911 NL-14-4	Adjusted ERA+ 1910 NL-123-6