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Pete Browning
Louis Rogers Browning (Gladiator)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 2, 1882
Final Game September 30, 1894
Born June 17, 1861 in Louisville, KY
Died September 10, 1905 in Louisville, KY

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1882 21 LOU AA  69  288   67  109  17  3   5        0     26      .378  .430  .510  222  147                    
 1883 22 LOU AA  84  358   95  121  15  9   4    0   0     23      .338  .378  .464  177  166                    
 1884 23 LOU AA 103  447  101  150  33  8   4   47   0     13      .336  .357  .472  174  211               2    
 1885 24 LOU AA 112  481   98  174  34 10   9   73   0     25      .362  .393  .530  190  255               0    
 1886 25 LOU AA 112  467   86  159  29  6   2   68  26     30      .340  .389  .441  154  206               7    
 1887 26 LOU AA 134  547  137  220  35 16   4  118 103     55      .402  .464  .547  177  299               8    
 1888 27 LOU AA  99  383   58  120  22  8   3   72  36     37      .313  .380  .436  163  167               4    
 1889 28 LOU AA  83  324   39   83  19  5   2   32  21     34  30  .256  .327  .364   98  118               0    
 1890 29 CLE PL 118  493  112  184  40  8   5   93  35     75  36  .373  .459  .517  169  255               3    
 1891 30 TOT NL 105  419   64  133  24  4   4   61  16     51  54  .317  .395  .422  139  177               3    
         PIT NL  50  203   35   59  14  1   4   28   4     27  31  .291  .377  .429  137   87               1    
         CIN NL  55  216   29   74  10  3   0   33  12     24  23  .343  .413  .417  141   90               2    
 1892 31 TOT NL 104  384   57  112  16  5   3   56  13     52  32  .292  .376  .383  132  147               0    
         CIN NL  83  307   47   93  12  5   3   52   8     40  25  .303  .383  .404  139  124               0    
         LOU NL  21   77   10   19   4  0   0    4   5     12   7  .247  .348  .299  104   23               0    
 1893 32 LOU NL  57  220   38   78  11  3   1   37   8     44  15  .355  .466  .445  151   98               2    
 1894 33 TOT NL   3    9    2    3   0  0   0    2   0      1   0  .333  .400  .333   80    3               0    
         STL NL   2    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .143  .143  .143  -31    1               0    
         BRO NL   1    2    1    2   0  0   0    2   0      1   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  397    2               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1183 4820  954 1646 295 85  46  659 258  0 466 167  .341  .403  .467  162 2249   0   0   0  29   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        660  131  225  40 12   6   90  35  0  64  23  .341  .403  .467  162  308   0   0   0   4   0
 Career High    134  547  137  220  40 16   9  118 103  0  75  54  .402  .466  .547  222  299   0   0   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1882 21 LOU AA  314  179   63   9.3    59| .378  .243| .430  .270| .510  .314| .940  .584| 222  .877  37.5   4.2     
 1883 22 LOU AA  381  237   63   7.1    65| .338  .249| .378  .278| .464  .328| .842  .607| 177  .780  30.1   3.3     
 1884 23 LOU AA  462  297   75   6.6    64| .336  .239| .357  .277| .472  .325| .829  .602| 174  .788  34.9   4.0     
 1885 24 LOU AA  506  307  100   8.7    73| .362  .251| .393  .297| .530  .337| .923  .634| 190  .846  48.2   5.3     
 1886 25 LOU AA  504  308   78   6.6    78| .340  .252| .389  .316| .441  .336| .830  .652| 154  .765  30.2   3.3     
 1887 26 LOU AA  610  327  137  10.8    99| .402  .282| .464  .347| .547  .381|1.011  .728| 177  .839  59.7   5.8     
 1888 27 LOU AA  424  263   62   6.3    69| .313  .242| .380  .300| .436  .320| .816  .620| 163  .769  27.8   3.2     
 1889 28 LOU AA  358  241   39   4.2    91| .256  .265| .327  .337| .364  .360| .691  .698|  98  .510  -0.8  -0.1     
 1890 29 CLE PL  571  309  116   9.9    98| .373  .271| .459  .348| .517  .377| .976  .725| 169  .786  53.0   4.9     
 1891 30 TOT NL  473  286   70   6.5    87| .317  .259| .395  .333| .422  .352| .817  .685| 139  .713  22.7   2.4     
         PIT NL  231  144   33   6.1    86| .291  .256| .377  .330| .429  .349| .806  .679| 137  .688  10.5   1.1     
         CIN NL  242  142   37   6.9    89| .343  .261| .413  .335| .417  .355| .830  .690| 141  .736  12.3   1.3     
 1892 31 TOT NL  436  272   56   5.4    79| .292  .249| .376  .321| .383  .333| .759  .654| 132  .673  16.6   1.8     
         CIN NL  347  214   48   5.9    80| .303  .250| .383  .324| .404  .335| .787  .659| 139  .706  15.4   1.7     
         LOU NL   89   58    8   3.6    74| .247  .241| .348  .313| .299  .323| .647  .636| 104  .497   1.2   0.1     
 1893 32 LOU NL  266  142   45   8.4    99| .355  .276| .466  .352| .445  .375| .911  .728| 151  .727  20.0   1.9     
 1894 33 TOT NL   10    6    2   8.7   125| .333  .313| .400  .384| .333  .442| .733  .826|  80  .664  -0.2   0.0     
         STL NL    7    6    0   0.0   127| .143  .315| .143  .387| .143  .445| .286  .832| -31  .000  -1.5  -0.1     
         BRO NL    3    0    2         120|1.000  .306|1.000  .376|1.000  .432|2.000  .808| 397         1.3   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5315 3174  906   7.5    81| .341  .257| .403  .316| .467  .346| .870  .662| 162  .773 379.6  40.0     

* 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1884 23 LOU AA   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    0.3    2    3    2   0    2    0   1   0     5       0 54.00  3.08    6 12.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL  .000   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    0.3    2    3    2   0    2    0   1   0     5       0 54.00  3.08    6 12.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0  34  34  34   0   0   0  0   10.0   68  102   68   0   68    0  34   0   170   0   0 54.00  3.08    6 12.000

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1882 21 LOU AA 2B 42 157 127 35 19 .890 .882 6.76 5.79 SS 18 26 62 14 9 .863 .859 4.89 4.79 3B 13 17 32 14 3 .778 .799 3.77 3.60 1883 22 LOU AA OF 48 94 5 16 1 .861 .851 2.06 1.73 34 11 3 SS 26 15 61 23 7 .768 .836 2.92 3.84 3B 10 14 15 4 1 .879 .841 2.90 3.28 2B 3 9 11 4 0 .833 .877 6.67 6.00 1B 1 5 2 1 0 .875 .946 7.00 10.40 1884 23 LOU AA 3B 52 79 66 35 4 .806 .848 2.79 2.94 OF 24 49 4 2 2 .964 .847 2.21 1.61 1 23 0 1B 23 255 6 10 17 .963 .958 11.35 10.48 2B 4 9 9 4 0 .818 .900 4.50 5.90 P 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .833 2.00 2.10 60.00 3.00 1 0.3 1885 24 LOU AA OF 112 214 20 26 4 .900 .879 2.09 1.83 0 112 0 1886 25 LOU AA OF 112 153 14 44 1 .791 .877 1.49 1.75 31 82 0 1887 26 LOU AA OF 134 281 21 46 7 .868 .898 2.25 2.01 0 134 0 1888 27 LOU AA OF 99 174 16 24 8 .888 .907 1.92 1.79 20 79 0 1889 28 LOU AA OF 83 152 12 22 4 .882 .903 1.98 1.96 83 0 0 1890 29 CLE PL OF 118 248 18 32 4 .893 .904 2.25 2.06 118 0 0 1891 30 TOT NL OF 105 218 14 22 2 .913 .912 2.21 1.88 102 1 2 PIT NL OF 50 115 8 13 0 .904 .912 2.46 1.88 48 0 2 CIN NL OF 55 103 6 9 2 .924 .912 1.98 1.88 54 1 0 1892 31 TOT NL OF 103 192 14 19 2 .916 .912 2.00 1.86 44 46 16 CIN NL OF 82 152 13 15 0 .917 .912 2.01 1.86 23 46 16 1B 2 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 5.50 10.45 LOU NL OF 21 40 1 4 2 .911 .911 1.95 1.86 21 0 0 1893 32 LOU NL OF 57 114 5 16 1 .881 .915 2.09 2.14 44 0 13 1894 33 TOT NL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.23 0 2 1 STL NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.25 0 2 0 BRO NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.20 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1883 22 LOU AA 1B 1 5 2 1 0 .875 .946 7.00 10.40 1884 23 LOU AA 1B 23 255 6 10 17 .963 .958 11.35 10.48 1892 31 CIN NL 1B 2 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 5.50 10.45 1882 21 LOU AA 2B 42 157 127 35 19 .890 .882 6.76 5.79 1883 22 LOU AA 2B 3 9 11 4 0 .833 .877 6.67 6.00 1884 23 LOU AA 2B 4 9 9 4 0 .818 .900 4.50 5.90 1882 21 LOU AA 3B 13 17 32 14 3 .778 .799 3.77 3.60 1883 22 LOU AA 3B 10 14 15 4 1 .879 .841 2.90 3.28 1884 23 LOU AA 3B 52 79 66 35 4 .806 .848 2.79 2.94 1883 22 LOU AA OF 48 94 5 16 1 .861 .851 2.06 1.73 34 11 3 1884 23 LOU AA OF 24 49 4 2 2 .964 .847 2.21 1.61 1 23 0 1885 24 LOU AA OF 112 214 20 26 4 .900 .879 2.09 1.83 0 112 0 1886 25 LOU AA OF 112 153 14 44 1 .791 .877 1.49 1.75 31 82 0 1887 26 LOU AA OF 134 281 21 46 7 .868 .898 2.25 2.01 0 134 0 1888 27 LOU AA OF 99 174 16 24 8 .888 .907 1.92 1.79 20 79 0 1889 28 LOU AA OF 83 152 12 22 4 .882 .903 1.98 1.96 83 0 0 1890 29 CLE PL OF 118 248 18 32 4 .893 .904 2.25 2.06 118 0 0 1891 30 TOT NL OF 105 218 14 22 2 .913 .912 2.21 1.88 102 1 2 PIT NL OF 50 115 8 13 0 .904 .912 2.46 1.88 48 0 2 CIN NL OF 55 103 6 9 2 .924 .912 1.98 1.88 54 1 0 1892 31 TOT NL OF 103 192 14 19 2 .916 .912 2.00 1.86 44 46 16 CIN NL OF 82 152 13 15 0 .917 .912 2.01 1.86 23 46 16 LOU NL OF 21 40 1 4 2 .911 .911 1.95 1.86 21 0 0 1893 32 LOU NL OF 57 114 5 16 1 .881 .915 2.09 2.14 44 0 13 1894 33 TOT NL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.23 0 2 1 STL NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.25 0 2 0 BRO NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.20 0 0 1 1884 23 LOU AA P 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .833 2.00 2.10 60.00 3.00 1 0.3 1882 21 LOU AA SS 18 26 62 14 9 .863 .859 4.89 4.79 1883 22 LOU AA SS 26 15 61 23 7 .768 .836 2.92 3.84
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 998 1892 143 269 36 .883 .896 2.04 1.90 477 490 35 3B 75 110 113 53 8 .808 .836 2.97 3.10 2B 49 175 147 43 19 .882 .883 6.57 5.81 SS 44 41 123 37 16 .816 .848 3.73 4.23 1B 26 271 8 11 17 .962 .958 10.73 10.47 P* 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .833 2.00 2.10 1 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1193 2490 535 414 96 .880 .893 2.54 2.41
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.

Batting Average
1882 AA-.378-1
1883 AA-.338-2
1884 AA-.336-3
1885 AA-.362-1
1886 AA-.340-2
1887 AA-.402-2
1888 AA-.313-3
1890 PL-.373-1
1891 NL-.317-3
Car-.341-13

On-base %
1882 AA-.430-1
1883 AA-.378-2
1884 AA-.357-9
1885 AA-.393-1
1886 AA-.389-4
1887 AA-.464-2
1888 AA-.380-3
1890 PL-.459-2
1891 NL-.395-4
Car-.403-53

Slugging %
1882 AA-.510-1
1883 AA-.464-5
1884 AA-.472-5
1885 AA-.530-2
1886 AA-.441-5
1887 AA-.547-3
1888 AA-.436-4
1890 PL-.517-5
1891 NL-.422-7

OPS
1882 AA-.940-1
1883 AA-.842-3
1884 AA-.829-6
1885 AA-.923-1
1886 AA-.830-5
1887 AA-1.011-2
1888 AA-.816-4
1890 PL-.976-2
1891 NL-.818-6

Games
1885 AA-112-1

At Bats
1885 AA-481-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1885 AA-506-5

Runs
1882 AA-67-4
1883 AA-95-5
1884 AA-101-9
1885 AA-98-4
1887 AA-137-6

Hits
1882 AA-109-2
1883 AA-121-9
1884 AA-150-3
1885 AA-174-1
1886 AA-159-6
1887 AA-220-2
1890 PL-184-4

Total Bases
1882 AA-147-4
1883 AA-166-6
1884 AA-211-5
1885 AA-255-1
1886 AA-206-9
1887 AA-299-2
1890 PL-255-6

Doubles
1882 AA-17-3
1884 AA-33-2
1885 AA-34-2
1886 AA-29-5
1887 AA-35-3
1888 AA-22-9
1890 PL-40-1
1891 NL-24-10

Triples
1883 AA-9-10
1887 AA-16-7

Home Runs
1882 AA-5-2
1883 AA-4-6
1885 AA-9-3

RBI
1885 AA-73-5
1887 AA-118-2
1888 AA-72-9

Bases on Balls
1882 AA-26-2

Strikeouts
1891 NL-54-9

Stolen Bases
1887 AA-103-4

Singles
1882 AA-84-3
1884 AA-105-6
1885 AA-121-1
1886 AA-122-6
1887 AA-165-1
1890 PL-131-5

Adjusted OPS+
1882 AA-222-1
1883 AA-177-2
1884 AA-174-5
1885 AA-190-2
1886 AA-154-6
1887 AA-177-2
1888 AA-163-3
1890 PL-169-1
1891 NL-139-6
Car-162-13

Runs Created
1882 AA-63-1
1883 AA-63-4
1884 AA-75-5
1885 AA-100-1
1886 AA-78-5
1887 AA-137-2
1890 PL-116-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
1882 AA-37-1
1883 AA-30-3
1884 AA-35-5
1885 AA-48-1
1886 AA-30-6
1887 AA-60-2
1888 AA-28-6
1890 PL-53-1
1891 NL-23-6
Car-380-76

Batting Wins
1882 AA-4.2-1
1883 AA-3.3-2
1884 AA-4.0-5
1885 AA-5.3-1
1886 AA-3.3-6
1887 AA-5.8-2
1888 AA-3.2-5
1890 PL-4.9-1
1891 NL-2.4-6
Car-40.0-67

Extra-Base Hits
1882 AA-25-5
1884 AA-45-5
1885 AA-53-3
1887 AA-55-5
1890 PL-53-3

Times on Base
1882 AA-135-1
1883 AA-144-8
1884 AA-165-8
1885 AA-199-1
1887 AA-283-1
1890 PL-262-2

Offensive Win%
1882 AA-.877-1
1883 AA-.780-2
1884 AA-.788-4
1885 AA-.846-1
1886 AA-.765-4
1887 AA-.839-2
1888 AA-.769-3
1890 PL-.786-2
1891 NL-.713-6
Car-.773-14

Hit By Pitch
1886 AA-7-10

At Bats per Home Run
1882 AA-57.6-2
1883 AA-89.5-6
1885 AA-53.4-3

     

Black Ink: Batting - 21 (98) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 147 (91) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 34.8 (197) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 96.5 (157) (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 

April 20, 1892: Sent from ??? to the Louisville Colonels in an unknown transaction.

July 16, 1892: Released by the Cincinnati Reds. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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