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Hal Brown
Hector Harold Brown (Skinny)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 182 lb.
School University of North Carolina

Debut April 19, 1951
Final Game September 16, 1964
Born December 11, 1924 in Greensboro, NC

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1951 26 CHW AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  1    8.7   15    9    9   3    4    4   0   0    44       0  9.35  4.04   43 2.192
 1952 27 CHW AL   2   3  24   8   1   0   7  0   72.3   82   39   34   8   21   31   0   4   314       0  4.23  3.64   86 1.424
 1953 28 BOS AL  11   6  30  25   6   1   3  0  166.3  177   94   86  16   57   62   0   7   722       0  4.65  4.20   90 1.407
 1954 29 BOS AL   1   8  40   5   1   0  17  0  118.0  126   64   54   6   41   66   3   2   524       0  4.12  4.10   99 1.415
 1955 30 TOT AL   1   4  17   5   1   0   4  0   61.0   53   31   27   5   28   28   0   3   262   1   0  3.98  3.83   96 1.328
         BOS AL   1   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    2    1    1   0    2    2   0   0    16   0   0  2.25  4.28  190 1.000
         BAL AL   0   4  15   5   1   0   3  0   57.0   51   30   26   5   26   26   0   3   246   1   0  4.11  3.80   93 1.351
 1956 31 BAL AL   9   7  35  14   4   1  11  2  151.7  142   72   68  18   37   57   1   5   620   3   1  4.04  3.91   97 1.180
 1957 32 BAL AL   7   8  25  20   7   2   2  1  150.0  132   68   65  17   37   62   2   3   608   3   1  3.90  3.60   92 1.127
 1958 33 BAL AL   7   5  19  17   4   2   1  1   96.7   96   35   33   9   20   44   0   1   396   0   0  3.07  3.58  117 1.200
 1959 34 BAL AL  11   9  31  21   2   0   7  3  164.0  158   73   69  16   32   81   1   2   674   5   0  3.79  3.78  100 1.159
 1960 35 BAL AL  12   5  30  20   6   1   5  0  159.0  155   61   54  14   22   66   1   3   635   3   0  3.06  3.79  124 1.113
 1961 36 BAL AL  10   6  27  23   6   3   3  1  166.7  153   62   59  14   33   61   1   3   668   0   0  3.19  3.86  121 1.116
 1962 37 TOT AL   6   5  24  12   0   0   5  1   92.3   97   51   44  15   23   27   3   1   392   2   0  4.29  3.70   86 1.300
         BAL AL   6   4  22  11   0   0   4  1   85.7   88   41   39  12   21   25   3   1   359   2   0  4.10  3.69   90 1.272
         NYY AL   0   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    6.7    9   10    5   3    2    2   0   0    33   0   0  6.75  3.77   56 1.650
 1963 38 HOU NL   5  11  26  20   6   3   2  0  141.3  137   54   52  14    8   68   0   0   563   0   0  3.31  3.16   95 1.026
 1964 39 HOU NL   3  15  27  21   3   0   3  1  132.0  154   68   58  18   26   53   2   3   569  10   0  3.95  3.43   87 1.364
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .480  85  92 358 211  47  13  72 11 1680.0 1677  781  712 173  389  710  14  37  6991  27   2  3.81  3.75   98 1.230
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  42  25   5   1   8  1  200.7  200   93   85  20   46   84   1   4   835   3   0  3.81  3.75   98 1.230
 Career High     12  15  40  25   7   3  17  3  166.7  177   94   86  18   57   81   3   7   722  10   1  3.06  4.20  124 1.026
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 26 CHW AL   4    2    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  446    2   0           0   0
 1952 27 CHW AL  51   19    6    3   1  0   1    3   0  0   1   8  .158  .200  .368   55    7   1           0   0
 1953 28 BOS AL  30   58    5   17   5  0   1   10   0  1   2   5  .293  .328  .431   99   25   4           1   0
 1954 29 BOS AL  40   24    1    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   3   6  .125  .222  .167    4    4   1   0       0   0
 1955 30 TOT AL  27   17    5    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   5  .059  .158  .059  -38    1   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  422    1   0   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  25   16    5    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .000  .111  .000  -67    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 31 BAL AL  42   42    5    8   2  0   0    0   0  0   5   8  .190  .292  .238   47   10   3   0   0   1   0
 1957 32 BAL AL  30   48    2   10   2  1   0    3   0  0   2   9  .208  .235  .292   48   14   6   1   0   0   0
 1958 33 BAL AL  21   27    4    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .148  .207  .185   12    5   1   0   0   1   1
 1959 34 BAL AL  31   42    2    2   0  1   0    1   0  0   4  13  .048  .130  .095  -36    4   9   0   0   0   1
 1960 35 BAL AL  30   44    5    8   2  0   0    3   0  0   8   8  .182  .321  .227   52   10   5   0   0   1   0
 1961 36 BAL AL  27   50    3    7   2  0   0    1   0  0   3  11  .140  .185  .180    0    9   3   1   0   0   1
 1962 37 TOT AL  24   29    1    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   9  .276  .276  .276   53    8   2   0   0   0   1
         BAL AL  22   28    1    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   9  .286  .286  .286   59    8   2   0   0   0   1
         NYY AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 38 HOU NL  26   43    2    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  11  .093  .114  .093  -38    4   3   0   0   0   3
 1964 39 HOU NL  27   39    2    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .128  .150  .128  -19    5   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     410  484   43   82  16  2   2   30   0  1  34 108  .169  .229  .223   26  108  40   2   0   4   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        191   17   32   6  1   1   12   0  0  13  43  .169  .229  .223   26   43  16   1   0   2   3
 Career High     51   58    6   17   5  1   1   10   0  1   8  13                          25   9   1   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 26 CHW AL    3    0    2         100|1.000  .265|1.000  .346|1.000  .388|2.000  .734| 446         1.3   0.1   0%
 1952 27 CHW AL   21   17    1   1.6    97| .158  .261| .200  .341| .368  .381| .568  .723|  55  .147  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1953 28 BOS AL   65   46    8   4.7   107| .293  .275| .328  .352| .431  .405| .759  .758|  99  .521  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1954 29 BOS AL   28   22    1   1.2   108| .125  .278| .222  .355| .167  .406| .389  .762|   4  .092  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1955 30 TOT AL   19   16    1   1.7    97| .059  .259| .158  .337| .059  .386| .217  .723| -38  .136  -3.3  -0.4   0%
         BOS AL    1    0    1         110|1.000  .277|1.000  .358|1.000  .412|2.000  .770| 422         0.5   0.0   0%
         BAL AL   18   16    0   0.0    96| .000  .258| .111  .336| .000  .384| .111  .720| -67  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1956 31 BAL AL   51   37    4   2.9    99| .190  .258| .292  .338| .238  .393| .530  .731|  47  .282  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1957 32 BAL AL   57   45    4   2.4    93| .208  .255| .235  .326| .292  .384| .527  .710|  48  .249  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1958 33 BAL AL   30   25    1   1.1    93| .148  .255| .207  .322| .185  .387| .392  .709|  12  .073  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1959 34 BAL AL   55   50    1   0.5    96| .048  .257| .130  .328| .095  .392| .225  .720| -36  .021  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1960 35 BAL AL   58   41    4   2.6   100| .182  .262| .321  .336| .227  .401| .548  .737|  52  .273  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1961 36 BAL AL   57   48    2   1.1   100| .140  .259| .185  .334| .180  .403| .365  .737|   0  .068  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1962 37 TOT AL   31   24    2   2.2    97| .276  .256| .276  .327| .276  .399| .552  .726|  53  .214  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         BAL AL   30   23    2   2.3    97| .286  .256| .286  .327| .286  .399| .572  .726|  59  .228  -1.7  -0.2   0%
         NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0   100| .000  .260| .000  .331| .000  .404| .000  .735|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1963 38 HOU NL   47   45    0   0.0    84| .093  .247| .114  .308| .093  .370| .207  .678| -38  .000  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1964 39 HOU NL   42   37    1   0.7    89| .128  .257| .150  .314| .128  .382| .278  .697| -19  .040  -6.1  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      564  453   32   1.9    97| .169  .260| .229  .332| .223  .392| .452  .724|  26  .176 -49.4  -5.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 26 CHW AL P 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.00 3.10 2.07 0 8.7 1952 27 CHW AL P 24 5 11 0 1 1.000 .964 0.67 1.03 1.99 2.10 8 72.3 1953 28 BOS AL P 30 8 27 1 2 .972 .956 1.17 0.88 1.89 1.95 25 166.3 1954 29 BOS AL P 40 4 23 2 4 .931 .957 0.68 0.93 2.06 2.01 5 118.0 1955 30 TOT AL P 17 3 7 2 1 .833 .952 0.59 0.83 1.48 1.99 5 61.0 BOS AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 BAL AL P 15 3 7 2 1 .833 .952 0.67 0.83 1.58 1.99 5 57.0 1956 31 BAL AL P 35 7 25 1 4 .970 .950 0.91 0.82 1.90 1.92 14 151.7 1957 32 BAL AL P 25 12 19 0 4 1.000 .963 1.24 0.86 1.86 1.99 20 150.0 1958 33 BAL AL P 19 6 14 0 1 1.000 .962 1.05 0.82 1.86 1.95 17 96.7 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 1 1.0 1959 34 BAL AL P 31 9 25 1 2 .971 .955 1.10 0.85 1.87 2.05 21 164.0 1960 35 BAL AL P 30 9 20 1 2 .967 .967 0.97 0.78 1.64 1.96 20 159.0 1961 36 BAL AL P 27 16 25 0 1 1.000 .953 1.52 0.83 2.21 2.05 23 166.7 1962 37 TOT AL P 24 6 10 0 1 1.000 .958 0.67 0.79 1.56 2.07 12 92.4 BAL AL P 22 4 10 0 1 1.000 .959 0.64 0.79 1.47 2.08 11 85.7 NYY AL P 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.80 2.69 2.01 1 6.7 1963 38 HOU NL P 26 3 15 0 0 1.000 .952 0.69 0.84 1.15 2.06 20 141.3 1964 39 HOU NL P 27 4 20 0 0 1.000 .952 0.89 0.84 1.63 2.14 21 132.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 33 BAL AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 1 1.0 1951 26 CHW AL P 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.00 3.10 2.07 0 8.7 1952 27 CHW AL P 24 5 11 0 1 1.000 .964 0.67 1.03 1.99 2.10 8 72.3 1953 28 BOS AL P 30 8 27 1 2 .972 .956 1.17 0.88 1.89 1.95 25 166.3 1954 29 BOS AL P 40 4 23 2 4 .931 .957 0.68 0.93 2.06 2.01 5 118.0 1955 30 TOT AL P 17 3 7 2 1 .833 .952 0.59 0.83 1.48 1.99 5 61.0 BOS AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 2.02 0 4.0 BAL AL P 15 3 7 2 1 .833 .952 0.67 0.83 1.58 1.99 5 57.0 1956 31 BAL AL P 35 7 25 1 4 .970 .950 0.91 0.82 1.90 1.92 14 151.7 1957 32 BAL AL P 25 12 19 0 4 1.000 .963 1.24 0.86 1.86 1.99 20 150.0 1958 33 BAL AL P 19 6 14 0 1 1.000 .962 1.05 0.82 1.86 1.95 17 96.7 1959 34 BAL AL P 31 9 25 1 2 .971 .955 1.10 0.85 1.87 2.05 21 164.0 1960 35 BAL AL P 30 9 20 1 2 .967 .967 0.97 0.78 1.64 1.96 20 159.0 1961 36 BAL AL P 27 16 25 0 1 1.000 .953 1.52 0.83 2.21 2.05 23 166.7 1962 37 TOT AL P 24 6 10 0 1 1.000 .958 0.67 0.79 1.56 2.07 12 92.4 BAL AL P 22 4 10 0 1 1.000 .959 0.64 0.79 1.47 2.08 11 85.7 NYY AL P 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.80 2.69 2.01 1 6.7 1963 38 HOU NL P 26 3 15 0 0 1.000 .952 0.69 0.84 1.15 2.06 20 141.3 1964 39 HOU NL P 27 4 20 0 0 1.000 .952 0.89 0.84 1.63 2.14 21 132.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 358 93 243 8 23 .977 .957 0.94 0.86 1.80 2.02 211 1680.3 3B* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 1 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 360 93 243 8 23 .977 .957 0.93 0.87 1.80 2.02 212 1681
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.

Sac. Hits
1959 AL-9-9

ERA
1960 AL-3.06-3
1961 AL-3.19-7

Won-Loss %
1953 AL-.647-10
1960 AL-.706-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1959 AL-1.159-6
1960 AL-1.113-1
1961 AL-1.116-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1959 AL-1.76-1
1960 AL-1.25-1
1961 AL-1.78-2

Shutouts
1957 AL-2-7
1961 AL-3-6

SO to Walk
1959 AL-2.53-5
1960 AL-3.00-2

Losses
1964 NL-15-9

Wild Pitches
1953 AL-7-3

Adjusted ERA+
1960 AL-124-3

Oldest Player
1962 AL-37-8
1963 NL-38-6
1964 NL-39-2

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 22 (988) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

Before 1950 Season: Sent from the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle (PCL) in an unknown transaction.

November 16, 1950: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Seattle (PCL) in the 1950 rule 5 draft.

May 20, 1951: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Chicago White Sox to the Seattle (PCL). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

October 10, 1951: Traded by the Seattle (PCL) with Marv Grissom to the Chicago White Sox for Marv Rotblatt, Jerry Dahlke, Bill Fischer, and Dick Duffy (minors).

February 9, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Marv Grissom and Bill Kennedy to the Boston Red Sox for Vern Stephens.

May 11, 1955: Purchased by the Oakland (PCL) from the Boston Red Sox.

July 14, 1955: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Oakland (PCL).

September 7, 1962: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Baltimore Orioles.

April 21, 1963: Purchased by the Houston Colt .45's from the New York Yankees.

September 29, 1964: Released by the Houston Colt .45's.


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