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Buster Brown

Charles Edward Brown (Yank)

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

Born: August 31, 1881 in Boone, IA
School: Iowa State University (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1905
Final Game: April 26, 1913
Died: February 9, 1914 in Sioux City, IA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1905 23 STL NL 8 11 .421 2.97 23 21 2 17 3 0 178.2 172 80 59 5 62 57 10 0 5 734 100 1.310 8.7 0.3 3.1 2.9 0.92
1906 24 STL NL 8 16 .333 2.64 32 27 5 21 0 0 238.1 208 98 70 2 112 109 11 0 12 1013 99 1.343 7.9 0.1 4.2 4.1 0.97
1907 25 TOT NL 10 12 .455 2.74 30 24 6 19 4 0 193.2 175 85 59 5 101 55 11 1 5 808 89 1.425 8.1 0.2 4.7 2.6 0.54
1907 25 STL NL 1 6 .143 3.39 9 8 1 6 0 0 63.2 57 38 24 2 45 17 5 0 3 267 73 1.602 8.1 0.3 6.4 2.4 0.38
1907 25 PHI NL 9 6 .600 2.42 21 16 5 13 4 0 130.0 118 47 35 3 56 38 6 1 2 541 100 1.338 8.2 0.2 3.9 2.6 0.68
1908 26 PHI NL 0 0 2.57 3 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 2 0 5 3 1 0 0 32 93 2.000 11.6 0.0 6.4 3.9 0.60
1909 27 TOT NL 4 8 .333 3.16 25 18 7 8 2 0 148.1 130 55 52 2 72 42 8 0 10 607 87 1.362 7.9 0.1 4.4 2.5 0.58
1909 27 PHI NL 0 0 3.24 7 1 6 0 0 0 25.0 22 10 9 1 16 10 1 0 2 102 80 1.520 7.9 0.4 5.8 3.6 0.63
1909 27 BSN NL 4 8 .333 3.14 18 17 1 8 2 0 123.1 108 45 43 1 56 32 7 0 8 505 89 1.330 7.9 0.1 4.1 2.3 0.57
1910 28 BSN NL 9 23 .281 2.67 46 29 11 16 1 2 263.0 251 113 78 4 94 88 4 0 9 1036 123 1.312 8.6 0.1 3.2 3.0 0.94
1911 29 BSN NL 8 18 .308 4.29 42 25 14 13 0 2 241.0 258 161 115 11 116 76 10 0 6 1036 88 1.552 9.6 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.66
1912 30 BSN NL 4 15 .211 4.01 31 21 6 12 0 0 168.1 146 107 75 7 66 68 2 0 6 708 88 1.259 7.8 0.4 3.5 3.6 1.03
1913 31 BSN NL 0 0 4.72 2 0 1 0 0 0 13.1 19 10 7 0 3 3 2 0 0 55 69 1.650 12.8 0.0 2.0 2.0 1.00
9 Seasons 51 103 .331 3.21 234 165 55 106 10 4 1451.2 1368 715 517 36 631 501 59 1 53 6029 96 1.377 8.5 0.2 3.9 3.1 0.79
162 Game Avg. 9 18 .331 3.21 40 28 9 18 2 1 247 233 122 88 6 108 85 10 0 9 1027 96 1.377 8.5 0.2 3.9 3.1 0.79
BSN (5 yrs) 25 64 .281 3.54 139 92 33 49 3 4 809.0 782 436 318 23 335 267 25 0 29 3340 96 1.381 8.7 0.3 3.7 3.0 0.80
PHI (3 yrs) 9 6 .600 2.56 31 17 14 13 4 0 162.0 149 63 46 4 77 51 8 1 4 675 96 1.395 8.3 0.2 4.3 2.8 0.66
STL (3 yrs) 17 33 .340 2.86 64 56 8 44 3 0 480.2 437 216 153 9 219 183 26 0 20 2014 95 1.365 8.2 0.2 4.1 3.4 0.84

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1905 23 STL NL 23 66 65 3 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 .092 .106 .185 .291 -13 12 0 0 1
1906 24 STL NL 32 95 85 4 14 3 0 1 4 0 4 .165 .202 .235 .438 39 20 0 6 1
1907 25 TOT NL 30 81 79 8 17 3 3 0 7 0 1 .215 .225 .329 .554 75 26 0 1 1
1907 25 STL NL 9 26 26 1 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 .269 .269 .385 .654 107 10 0 0 /1
1907 25 PHI NL 21 55 53 7 10 2 2 0 6 0 1 .189 .204 .302 .506 59 16 0 1 1
1908 26 PHI NL 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 26 1 0 0 /1
1909 27 TOT NL 25 59 57 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 .123 .153 .123 .275 -16 7 1 0 1
1909 27 PHI NL 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1909 27 BSN NL 18 50 48 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 .146 .180 .146 .326 -0 7 1 0 1
1910 28 BSN NL 46 89 81 6 16 3 1 1 3 0 3 21 .198 .226 .296 .522 50 24 0 5 1
1911 29 BSN NL 42 91 84 6 21 7 0 1 5 0 4 24 .250 .284 .369 .653 77 31 0 3 1
1912 30 BSN NL 31 64 61 6 13 7 0 0 3 0 2 18 .213 .238 .328 .566 54 20 0 1 1
1913 31 BSN NL 2 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 -14 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 235 557 522 38 95 23 7 3 23 0 18 65 .182 .211 .270 .481 42 141 1 16
162 Game Avg. 162 384 360 26 65 16 5 2 16 0 12 .182 .211 .270 .481 42 97 1 11
BSN (5 yrs) 139 301 279 23 57 17 1 2 11 0 12 65 .204 .240 .294 .534 50 82 1 9
PHI (3 yrs) 32 69 67 7 11 2 2 0 6 0 1 .164 .176 .254 .430 35 17 0 1
STL (3 yrs) 64 187 176 8 27 4 4 1 6 0 5 .153 .177 .239 .415 29 42 0 6

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1905 STL NL 23 P 23 77 12 61 4 3 .948 3.17 .943 2.42
1906 STL NL 24 P 32 95 17 71 7 4 .926 2.75 .949 2.40
1907 TOT NL 25 P 30 73 11 60 2 2 .973 2.37 .949 2.27
1907 STL NL 25 P 9 31 5 26 0 1 1.000 3.44 .948 2.27
1907 PHI NL 25 P 21 42 6 34 2 1 .952 1.90 .950 2.27
1908 PHI NL 26 P 3 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.67 .950 2.13
1909 TOT NL 27 P 25 59 11 44 4 1 .932 2.20 .941 1.95
1909 PHI NL 27 P 7 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.29 .933 1.94
1909 BSN NL 27 P 18 50 10 36 4 1 .920 2.56 .942 1.95
1910 BSN NL 28 P 46 97 10 80 7 3 .928 1.96 .946 1.77
1911 BSN NL 29 P 42 81 8 67 6 6 .926 1.79 .944 1.72
1912 BSN NL 30 P 31 46 4 42 0 1 1.000 1.48 .946 1.55
1913 BSN NL 31 P 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 1.55
9 Seasons P 234 539 75 434 30 20 .944 2.18 .946 1.97
9 Seasons TOT 234 539 75 434 30 20 .944 2.18 .890 1.97

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career  3.21 (247th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1912 NL  7.806 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1910 NL  46 (3rd)
1911 NL  42 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1910 NL  2 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1910 NL  263.0 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1907 NL  4 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1905 NL  5 (10th)
1907 NL  5 (7th)
1911 NL  11 (3rd)
1912 NL  7 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1906 NL  112 (4th)
1907 NL  101 (5th)
1910 NL  94 (9th)
1911 NL  116 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1910 NL  251 (8th)
1911 NL  258 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  .223 (196th)

Losses s c a p y
1910 NL  23 (3rd)
1911 NL  18 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1911 NL  115 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1906 NL  12 (1st)
1909 NL  10 (5th)
1910 NL  9 (2nd)
1911 NL  6 (8th)
1912 NL  6 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1907 NL  11 (8th)
1911 NL  10 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1911 NL  14 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1910 NL  123 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Pete Schneider (911)
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  3. Big Jeff Pfeffer (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cy Falkenberg (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dummy Taylor (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Harry McIntire (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harry McIntire (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Harry McIntire (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  2. Larry Cheney (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

August, 1904: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from 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 Toronto (International) for Dick Rudolph.

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