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Lew Brown
Lewis J. Brown (Blower)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 185 lb.

Debut June 17, 1876
Final Game October 19, 1884
Born February 1, 1858 in Leominster, MA
Died January 15, 1889 in Boston, MA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1876 18 BSN NL  45  195   23   41   6  6   2   21          3  22  .210  .222  .333   81   65                    
 1877 19 BSN NL  58  221   27   56  12  8   1   31          6  33  .253  .273  .394  104   87                    
 1878 20 PRO NL  58  243   44   74  21  6   1   43          7  37  .305  .324  .453  153  110                    
 1879 21 TOT NL  59  250   25   65  14  4   2   41          5  28  .260  .275  .372  111   93                    
         PRO NL  53  229   23   59  13  4   2   38          4  24  .258  .270  .376  111   86                    
         CHC NL   6   21    2    6   1  0   0    3          1   4  .286  .318  .333  109    7                    
 1881 23 TOT NL  45  183   25   44   6  2   3   24          7  29  .240  .268  .344   89   63                    
         DTN NL  27  108   16   26   3  1   3   14          3  16  .241  .261  .370   92   40                    
         PRO NL  18   75    9   18   3  1   0   10          4  13  .240  .278  .307   84   23                    
 1883 25 TOT     28  114   11   24   6  2   0    9   0      4      .211  .237  .298   68   34                    
         BSN NL  14   54    5   13   4  1   0    9          3   6  .241  .281  .352   89   19                    
         LOU AA  14   60    6   11   2  1   0    0   0      1      .183  .197  .250   47   15                    
 1884 26 BOS UA  85  325   50   75  18  3   1        0     13      .231  .260  .314   93  102                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      378 1531  205  379  83 31  10  169   0  0  45 149  .248  .269  .362  103  554   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        656   88  162  36 13   4   72   0  0  19  64  .248  .269  .362  103  237   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     85  325   50   75  21  8   3   43   0  0  13  37  .305  .324  .453  153  110   0   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1876 18 BSN NL  198  154   14   2.5    66| .210  .269| .222  .282| .333  .327| .555  .609|  81  .335  -4.3  -0.5     
 1877 19 BSN NL  227  165   24   3.9    77| .253  .281| .273  .299| .394  .350| .667  .649| 104  .509   0.7   0.1     
 1878 20 PRO NL  250  169   36   5.8    66| .305  .265| .324  .284| .453  .327| .777  .611| 153  .720  13.8   1.6     
 1879 21 TOT NL  255  185   25   3.7    66| .260  .259| .275  .275| .372  .336| .647  .611| 111  .520   3.0   0.3     
         PRO NL  233  170   23   3.7    66| .258  .259| .270  .274| .376  .335| .646  .609| 111  .520   2.7   0.3     
         CHC NL   22   15    2   3.6    70| .286  .266| .318  .282| .333  .345| .651  .627| 109  .514   0.3   0.0     
 1881 23 TOT NL  190  139   16   3.1    76| .240  .267| .268  .297| .344  .349| .612  .646|  89  .418  -2.5  -0.2     
         DTN NL  111   82   10   3.3    78| .241  .269| .261  .300| .370  .353| .631  .653|  92  .445  -1.3  -0.1     
         PRO NL   79   57    6   2.8    73| .240  .263| .278  .293| .307  .344| .585  .636|  84  .379  -1.3  -0.1     
 1883 25 TOT     118   90    8   2.4    73| .211  .259| .237  .288| .298  .349| .535  .637|  68  .300  -4.0  -0.5     
         BSN NL   57   41    5   3.2    82| .241  .270| .281  .298| .352  .372| .633  .671|  89  .405  -0.6  -0.1     
         LOU AA   61   49    3   1.6    65| .183  .249| .197  .278| .250  .328| .447  .607|  47  .195  -3.4  -0.4     
 1884 26 BOS UA  338  250   27   2.8    62| .231  .247| .260  .274| .314  .320| .574  .594|  93  .431   1.3   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1576 1152  150   3.5    68| .248  .263| .269  .284| .362  .334| .631  .619| 103  .493   7.9   1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1878 20 PRO NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    0    4    2   0    4    0       2     8       0 18.00  2.21   12 4.000
 1884 26 BOS UA   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    1.0    6    7    4   0    1    0       0             0 36.00  2.98    8 7.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL undef   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  1    2.0    6   11    6   0    5    0       2     8       0 27.00  2.60   10 5.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  34 34   68.0  204  374  204   0  170    0   0  68   272   0   0 27.00  2.60   10 5.500

* 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    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1876 18 BSN NL C 45 192 45 40 4 .856 .805 5.27 5.40 32 OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 2.00 0 1 1 1877 19 BSN NL C 55 360 67 49 5 .897 .876 7.76 5.72 39 1B 4 27 0 0 0 1.000 .951 6.75 10.62 1878 20 PRO NL C 45 232 84 43 11 .880 .891 7.02 6.54 55 1B 15 178 3 11 7 .943 .956 12.07 11.42 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 0 1 P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.20 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1879 21 PRO NL C 48 286 63 63 5 .847 .889 7.27 6.24 42 OF 6 4 1 3 0 .625 .833 0.83 1.85 0 0 6 CHC NL 1B 6 72 2 2 5 .974 .954 12.33 10.88 1881 23 TOT NL 1B 32 304 9 13 24 .960 .960 9.78 10.43 DTN NL 1B 27 252 8 11 20 .959 .960 9.63 10.43 PRO NL OF 13 9 1 2 0 .833 .870 0.77 2.00 0 0 13 1B 5 52 1 2 4 .964 .960 10.60 10.44 1883 25 TOT 1B 28 280 7 26 13 .917 .956 10.25 10.42 BSN NL 1B 14 146 2 9 7 .943 .961 10.57 10.47 LOU AA 1B 14 134 5 17 6 .891 .951 9.93 10.38 C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.30 3 1884 26 BOS UA C 54 414 117 50 6 .914 .895 9.83 7.91 65 1B 33 322 11 21 9 .941 .950 10.09 10.06 OF 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 0.50 1.45 0 0 2 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1877 19 BSN NL 1B 4 27 0 0 0 1.000 .951 6.75 10.62 1878 20 PRO NL 1B 15 178 3 11 7 .943 .956 12.07 11.42 1879 21 CHC NL 1B 6 72 2 2 5 .974 .954 12.33 10.88 1881 23 TOT NL 1B 32 304 9 13 24 .960 .960 9.78 10.43 DTN NL 1B 27 252 8 11 20 .959 .960 9.63 10.43 PRO NL 1B 5 52 1 2 4 .964 .960 10.60 10.44 1883 25 TOT 1B 28 280 7 26 13 .917 .956 10.25 10.42 BSN NL 1B 14 146 2 9 7 .943 .961 10.57 10.47 LOU AA 1B 14 134 5 17 6 .891 .951 9.93 10.38 1884 26 BOS UA 1B 33 322 11 21 9 .941 .950 10.09 10.06 1876 18 BSN NL C 45 192 45 40 4 .856 .805 5.27 5.40 32 1877 19 BSN NL C 55 360 67 49 5 .897 .876 7.76 5.72 39 1878 20 PRO NL C 45 232 84 43 11 .880 .891 7.02 6.54 55 1879 21 PRO NL C 48 286 63 63 5 .847 .889 7.27 6.24 42 1883 25 LOU AA C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 6.30 3 1884 26 BOS UA C 54 414 117 50 6 .914 .895 9.83 7.91 65 1876 18 BSN NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 2.00 0 1 1 1878 20 PRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 0 1 1879 21 PRO NL OF 6 4 1 3 0 .625 .833 0.83 1.85 0 0 6 1881 23 PRO NL OF 13 9 1 2 0 .833 .870 0.77 2.00 0 0 13 1884 26 BOS UA OF 2 1 0 1 0 .500 .833 0.50 1.45 0 0 2 1878 20 PRO NL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.20 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1884 26 BOS UA P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 248 1485 376 245 31 .884 .876 7.50 6.39 236 1B 118 1183 32 73 58 .943 .955 10.30 10.48 OF 23 15 2 6 0 .739 .854 0.74 1.90 0 1 23 P* 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.20 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 391 2683 411 324 89 .905 .906 7.91 7.34
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.

Slugging %
1878 NL-.453-4

OPS
1878 NL-.777-7

Runs
1878 NL-44-10

Total Bases
1878 NL-110-8

Doubles
1877 NL-12-8
1878 NL-21-2

Triples
1876 NL-6-8
1877 NL-8-3
1878 NL-6-4

Home Runs
1876 NL-2-3
1877 NL-1-6
1878 NL-1-5
1879 NL-2-5
1881 NL-3-5

RBI
1878 NL-43-2

Strikeouts
1876 NL-22-2
1877 NL-33-1
1878 NL-37-3

Adjusted OPS+
1878 NL-153-6

Runs Created
1878 NL-36-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1878 NL-14-9

Batting Wins
1878 NL-1.6-7

Extra-Base Hits
1877 NL-21-6
1878 NL-28-2

Offensive Win%
1878 NL-.720-8

At Bats per Home Run
1876 NL-97.5-3
1877 NL-221.0-6
1878 NL-243.0-10
1879 NL-125.0-4

Saves
1884 UA-1-2

Youngest Player
1876 NL-18-2
1877 NL-19-3
1878 NL-20-7

Gray Ink: Batting - 37 (650) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 3 (2081) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3069) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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