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Jumbo Brown
Walter George Brown

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 295 lb.

Debut August 26, 1925
Final Game August 27, 1941
Born April 30, 1907 in Greene, RI
Died October 2, 1966 in Freeport, NY

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1925 18 CHC NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    6.0    5    5    2   0    4    0   0   1    28       0  3.00  4.31  144 1.500
 1927 20 CLE AL   0   2   8   0   0   0   6  0   18.7   19   14   13   3   26    8   1   1    98       0  6.27  4.17   67 2.411
 1928 21 CLE AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   4  0   14.7   19   15   11   0   15   12   0   1    71       0  6.75  4.16   62 2.318
 1932 25 NYY AL   5   2  19   3   3   1   9  1   55.7   58   30   28   1   30   31   2   0   250       0  4.53  4.08   90 1.581
 1933 26 NYY AL   7   5  21   8   1   0   8  0   74.0   78   48   43   3   52   55   0   2   349       0  5.23  3.90   75 1.757
 1935 28 NYY AL   6   5  20   8   3   1   6  0   87.3   94   41   35   2   37   41   0   0   381       0  3.61  4.05  112 1.500
 1936 29 NYY AL   1   4  20   3   0   0   8  1   64.0   93   47   42   4   29   19   0   3   302       0  5.91  4.69   79 1.906
 1937 30 TOT NL   2   0   8   1   0   0   3  0   18.3   21   12   10   0    8    8   0   0    79       0  4.91  3.79   77 1.582
         CIN NL   1   0   4   1   0   0   0  0    9.7   16   10    9   0    3    4   0   0    44       0  8.38  3.71   44 1.966
         NYG NL   1   0   4   0   0   0   3  0    8.7    5    2    1   0    5    4   0   0    35       0  1.04  3.87  372 1.154
 1938 31 NYG NL   5   3  43   0   0   0  32  5   90.0   65   26   18   5   28   42   1   3   357       0  1.80  3.78  210 1.033
 1939 32 NYG NL   4   0  31   0   0   0  20  7   56.3   69   30   26   1   25   24   1   3   260       0  4.15  3.92   94 1.669
 1940 33 NYG NL   2   4  41   0   0   0  23  7   55.3   49   25   21   5   25   31   0   5   240       0  3.42  3.89  114 1.337
 1941 34 NYG NL   1   5  31   0   0   0  25  8   57.0   49   23   21   2   21   30   0   1   236       0  3.32  3.71  112 1.228
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .516  33  31 249  23   7   2 146 29  597.3  619  316  270  26  300  301   5  20  2651       0  4.07  4.00   98 1.539
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   7  62   5   1   0  36  7  149.0  154   79   67   6   75   75   1   5   662   0   0  4.07  4.00   98 1.539
 Career High      7   5  43   8   3   1  32  8   90.0   94   48   43   5   52   55   2   5   381   0   0  1.80  4.69  210 1.033

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1925 18 CHC NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1927 20 CLE AL   8    3    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .667  .800  .667  282    2   0           0    
 1928 21 CLE AL   5    3    1    2   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   1  .667  .667 1.333  412    4   0           0    
 1932 25 NYY AL  19   23    3    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .174  .174  .217    3    5   1           0    
 1933 26 NYY AL  21   28    1    5   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   6  .179  .179  .214    6    6   1           0    
 1935 28 NYY AL  20   32    3   10   2  0   0    3   0  0   2   8  .313  .353  .375   92   12   0           0    
 1936 29 NYY AL  20   19    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1937 30 TOT NL   8    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   -0    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   1  .000  .333  .000   -0    0   0           0   0
 1938 31 NYG NL  43   16    2    3   1  0   0    1   0      2   3  .188  .278  .250   45    4   0           0   1
 1939 32 NYG NL  31   11    2    4   0  0   0    1   0      1   0  .364  .417  .364  110    4   0           0   0
 1940 33 NYG NL  41   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   3  .100  .100  .100  -45    1   0           0   0
 1941 34 NYG NL  31    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .111  .111  .111  -38    1   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     249  157   13   32   5  1   0   11   0  0   8  40  .204  .242  .248   31   39   2   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        102    8   21   3  1   0    7   0  0   5  26  .204  .242  .248   31   25   1   0   0   0   1
 Career High     43   32    3   10   2  1   0    4   0  0   2   8                          12   1   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1925 18 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   116| .000  .303| .000  .361| .000  .432| .000  .793|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1927 20 CLE AL    5    1    2  53.3   111| .667  .294| .800  .362| .667  .413|1.467  .775| 282  .988   1.3   0.1   0%
 1928 21 CLE AL    3    1    3  80.1   109| .667  .290| .667  .355|1.333  .412|2.000  .767| 412  .994   1.2   0.1   0%
 1932 25 NYY AL   24   20    1   1.3   107| .174  .279| .174  .349| .217  .410| .391  .759|   3  .082  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1933 26 NYY AL   29   24    1   1.1   101| .179  .273| .179  .344| .214  .394| .393  .738|   6  .066  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1935 28 NYY AL   34   22    4   4.9   107| .313  .281| .353  .353| .375  .406| .728  .759|  92  .485  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1936 29 NYY AL   19   19    0   0.0   119| .000  .295| .000  .370| .000  .433| .000  .803|-100  .000  -6.1  -0.5   0%
 1937 30 TOT NL    3    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .274| .333  .335| .000  .388| .333  .723|  -0  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
         CIN NL    3    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .274| .333  .335| .000  .388| .333  .723|  -0  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1938 31 NYG NL   18   14    1   1.9   100| .188  .276| .278  .340| .250  .393| .528  .733|  45  .180  -1.2  -0.1     
 1939 32 NYG NL   12    7    2   7.6   104| .364  .281| .417  .347| .364  .402| .781  .749| 110  .719   0.2   0.0     
 1940 33 NYG NL   10    9    0   0.0    99| .100  .273| .100  .338| .100  .393| .200  .730| -45  .000  -2.0  -0.2     
 1941 34 NYG NL    9    9    0   0.0    96| .111  .268| .111  .339| .111  .378| .222  .717| -38  .000  -1.7  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      167  129   14   2.9   105| .204  .280| .242  .349| .248  .404| .490  .753|  31  .283 -16.0  -1.5     

* 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 ------+
1925 18 CHC NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.35 3.00 2.40 0 6.0 1927 20 CLE AL P 8 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.75 1.40 2.89 2.60 0 18.7 1928 21 CLE AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.36 1.22 2.45 0 14.7 1932 25 NYY AL P 19 5 16 0 1 1.000 .959 1.11 1.21 3.39 2.25 3 55.7 1933 26 NYY AL P 21 0 14 1 1 .933 .959 0.67 1.18 1.70 2.27 8 74.0 1935 28 NYY AL P 20 8 16 1 1 .960 .949 1.20 1.12 2.47 2.15 8 87.3 1936 29 NYY AL P 20 1 17 1 1 .947 .957 0.90 1.04 2.53 2.00 3 64.0 1937 30 TOT NL P 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.20 2.93 2.40 1 18.4 CIN NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.20 0.93 2.41 1 9.7 NYG NL P 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 1.20 5.17 2.38 0 8.7 1938 31 NYG NL P 43 5 11 2 1 .889 .964 0.37 1.13 1.60 2.21 0 90.0 1939 32 NYG NL P 31 0 12 0 1 1.000 .960 0.39 1.09 1.92 2.19 0 56.3 1940 33 NYG NL P 41 0 7 0 0 1.000 .959 0.17 1.10 1.14 2.21 0 55.3 1941 34 NYG NL P 31 0 8 0 0 1.000 .964 0.26 1.09 1.26 2.23 0 57.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1925 18 CHC NL P 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.35 3.00 2.40 0 6.0 1927 20 CLE AL P 8 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.75 1.40 2.89 2.60 0 18.7 1928 21 CLE AL P 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.36 1.22 2.45 0 14.7 1932 25 NYY AL P 19 5 16 0 1 1.000 .959 1.11 1.21 3.39 2.25 3 55.7 1933 26 NYY AL P 21 0 14 1 1 .933 .959 0.67 1.18 1.70 2.27 8 74.0 1935 28 NYY AL P 20 8 16 1 1 .960 .949 1.20 1.12 2.47 2.15 8 87.3 1936 29 NYY AL P 20 1 17 1 1 .947 .957 0.90 1.04 2.53 2.00 3 64.0 1937 30 TOT NL P 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.20 2.93 2.40 1 18.4 CIN NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.20 0.93 2.41 1 9.7 NYG NL P 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 1.20 5.17 2.38 0 8.7 1938 31 NYG NL P 43 5 11 2 1 .889 .964 0.37 1.13 1.60 2.21 0 90.0 1939 32 NYG NL P 31 0 12 0 1 1.000 .960 0.39 1.09 1.92 2.19 0 56.3 1940 33 NYG NL P 41 0 7 0 0 1.000 .959 0.17 1.10 1.14 2.21 0 55.3 1941 34 NYG NL P 31 0 8 0 0 1.000 .964 0.26 1.09 1.26 2.23 0 57.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 249 21 115 6 7 .958 .958 0.55 1.13 2.05 2.22 23 597.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 249 21 115 6 7 .958 .958 0.55 1.13 2.05 2.22 23 597
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.

Games
1938 NL-43-10
1940 NL-41-6

Saves
1938 NL-5-5
1939 NL-7-3
1940 NL-7-1
1941 NL-8-1

Wild Pitches
1940 NL-5-6

Games Finished
1938 NL-32-2
1939 NL-20-4
1940 NL-23-2
1941 NL-25-3

Youngest Player
1925 NL-18-1
1927 AL-20-5

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (366) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1250) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1626) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1584) (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.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1937: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees.

July 3, 1937: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Cincinnati Reds.

September 9, 1941: Traded by the New York Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Sunkel.

April 27, 1943: Released by the New York Giants.


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