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Byron Browne
Byron Ellis Browne

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 27, 1942 in St. Joseph, MO
High School: Central (St. Joseph, MO)
Schools: University of Missouri, Missouri Western State College
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1965
Final Game: June 18, 1972
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Byron Browne
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Standard Batting

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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
1965	22	CHC	NL	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1966	23	CHC	NL	120	466	419	46	102	15	7	16	51	3	3	40	143	.243	.316	.427	.743	104	179	7	5	1	1	1	*789
1967	24	CHC	NL	10	24	19	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	1	4	5	.158	.304	.263	.568	61	5	0	0	1	0	1	/98
1968	25	HOU	NL	10	17	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.231	.412	.231	.643	100	3	1	0	0	0	0	/9
1969	26	STL	NL	22	64	53	9	12	0	1	1	7	0	0	11	14	.226	.359	.321	.680	92	17	2	0	0	0	1	/987
1970	27	PHI	NL	104	307	270	29	67	17	2	10	36	1	2	33	72	.248	.327	.437	.764	105	118	12	0	1	3	5	98/7
1971	28	PHI	NL	58	76	68	5	14	3	0	3	5	0	0	8	23	.206	.289	.382	.672	89	26	0	0	0	0	0	79/8
1972	29	PHI	NL	21	22	21	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.190	.227	.190	.418	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	/98
8 Seasons				349	982	869	94	205	37	10	30	102	5	6	101	273	.236	.318	.405	.723	99	352	23	5	3	4	8
162 Game Avg.				162	456	403	44	95	17	5	14	47	2	3	47	127	.236	.318	.405	.723	99	163	11	2	1	2	4

PHI (3 yrs)				183	405	359	36	85	20	2	13	41	1	2	42	103	.237	.314	.412	.727	97	148	13	0	1	3	5
CHC (3 yrs)				134	496	444	49	105	17	7	16	53	4	4	44	150	.236	.312	.414	.726	100	184	7	5	2	1	2
STL (1 yr)				22	64	53	9	12	0	1	1	7	0	0	11	14	.226	.359	.321	.680	92	17	2	0	0	0	1
HOU (1 yr)				10	17	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	.231	.412	.231	.643	100	3	1	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1965	22	CHC	NL	6	6	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.000	.324	.000	.394	.000	.718	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1966	23	CHC	NL	466	329	57	4.7	97	.330	.243	.266	.316	.324	.427	.400	.743	.725	104	.545	1.4	0.2	.685	.279	.184	5.1
1967	24	CHC	NL	24	18	2	3.0	94	.214	.158	.264	.304	.327	.263	.387	.568	.714	61	.375	-0.8	-0.1	.529	.316	.105	.0
1968	25	HOU	NL	17	11	1	2.5	79	.429	.231	.249	.412	.306	.231	.350	.643	.657	100	.335	0.4	0.0	.636	.308	.000
1969	26	STL	NL	64	43	6	3.7	94	.289	.226	.259	.359	.330	.321	.384	.680	.714	92	.450	-0.2	-0.0	.651	.302	.094	.0
1970	27	PHI	NL	307	221	36	4.4	102	.298	.248	.265	.327	.337	.437	.404	.764	.741	105	.473	2.0	0.2	.691	.307	.189	1.8
1971	28	PHI	NL	76	54	8	4.0	92	.262	.206	.260	.289	.326	.382	.380	.672	.706	89	.490	-1.1	-0.1	.630	.294	.176	.0
1972	29	PHI	NL	22	18	1	1.5	93	.308	.190	.259	.227	.327	.190	.382	.418	.710	19	.139	-2.3	-0.2	.278	.048	.000
8 Seasons				982	700	111	4.3	97	.307	.236	.264	.318	.329	.405	.397	.723	.726	99	.495	-2.2	-0.2	.659	.284	.169	8.6
162 Game Avg.				456	325	52	4.3	97	.307	.236	.264	.318	.329	.405	.397	.723	.726	99	.495	-2.2	-0.2	.659	.284	.169	4

PHI (3 yrs)				405	293	45	4.1	99	.293	.237	.263	.314	.334	.412	.398	.727	.733	97	.460	-1.4	-0.2	.654	.290	.175	1.9
CHC (3 yrs)				496	353	59	4.5	97	.319	.236	.266	.312	.325	.414	.400	.726	.724	100	.531	-1.0	-0.1	.666	.277	.178	6.4
STL (1 yr)				64	43	6	3.7	94	.289	.226	.259	.359	.330	.321	.384	.680	.714	92	.450	-0.2	-0.0	.651	.302	.094	.0
HOU (1 yr)				17	11	1	2.5	79	.429	.231	.249	.412	.306	.231	.350	.643	.657	100	.335	0.4	0.0	.636	.308	.000

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1965	22	CHC	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%
1966	23	CHC	NL	466	3.4%	30.7%	8.6%	8.2%	37%	3.58	2.9	26.2	8.2	1.26	56%
1967	24	CHC	NL	24	0.0%	20.8%	16.7%	8.3%	67%	1.25	3.8		9.5	1.40	58%
1968	25	HOU	NL	17	0.0%	35.3%	23.5%	0.0%	0%	1.50	2.2		13.0		41%
1969	26	STL	NL	64	1.6%	21.9%	17.2%	3.1%	17%	1.27	3.8	53.0	7.6	1.70	59%
1970	27	PHI	NL	307	3.3%	23.5%	10.8%	9.5%	43%	2.18	3.8	27.0	7.5	1.46	62%
1971	28	PHI	NL	76	4.0%	30.3%	10.5%	7.9%	43%	2.88	3.0	22.7	13.6	1.00	55%
1972	29	PHI	NL	22	0.0%	36.4%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	8.00	2.6			2.33	59%
8 Seasons				982	3.1%	27.8%	10.3%	7.8%	38%	2.70	3.2	29.0	8.5	1.38	58%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1965	22	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	23	CHC	NL	4	0	23%	128	3	3	50%	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	11	13	35%	18	10	5	4	3	1	7	3	4
1967	24	CHC	NL	0	0	43%	7	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1968	25	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	STL	NL	2	0	36%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	5	3	2	0	0	0	3	1	2
1970	27	PHI	NL	2	0	21%	107	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	3	44%	16	11	4	3	1	2	8	2	6
1971	28	PHI	NL	1	0	11%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1972	29	PHI	NL	0	0	40%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
8 Seasons				9	0	23%	293	5	6	45%	4	3	0	1	0	2	4	2	17	19	39%	46	30	12	7	4	3	21	7	14
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1965	22	CHC	NL	6	100%	0			1	0	0	0	4.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	23	CHC	NL	446	26%	102			5	0	0	0	2.58	16	0	7	10	5	6	9	0	1	1	100%	75	7	9%	32	4	13%	254	36	14%	26	6	23%	15	4	27%	20
1967	24	CHC	NL	24	46%	3			3	0	0	0	0.88	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	0	0%	2	1	50%	17	2	12%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1968	25	HOU	NL	14	43%	3			5	0	0	0	1.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		3
1969	26	STL	NL	64	55%	12			7	0	0	0	1.71	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		10	2	20%	6	1	17%	44	6	14%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	0
1970	27	PHI	NL	307	52%	67			18	4	0	2	1.64	10	1	9	5	5	5	5	0	2	1	50%	71	12	17%	32	9	28%	198	27	14%	15	8	53%	13	3	23%	0
1971	28	PHI	NL	76	45%	14			27	7	1	2	1.52	3	0	2	0	3	2	1	0	0	0		15	0	0%	9	1	11%	55	2	4%	6	0	0%	5	1	20%	0
1972	29	PHI	NL	22	73%	4			14	3	0	0	1.28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	18	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
8 Seasons				959	40%	205			80	14	1	4	1.58	30	1	23	16	13	13	16	0	4	3	75%	183	23	13%	83	16	19%	593	74	12%	54	16	30%	39	10	26%	23
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1965	22	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	23	124	472	425	46	102	15	7	16	51	3	3	40	145	.240	.312	.421	.733	101	179	7	5	1	1	1
1967	24	134	496	444	49	105	17	7	16	53	4	4	44	150	.236	.312	.414	.726	100	184	7	5	2	1	2
1968	25	144	513	457	49	108	17	7	16	54	4	4	48	156	.236	.315	.409	.724	100	187	8	5	2	1	2
1969	26	166	577	510	58	120	17	8	17	61	4	4	59	170	.235	.320	.400	.720	99	204	10	5	2	1	3
1970	27	270	884	780	87	187	34	10	27	97	5	6	92	242	.240	.322	.413	.735	101	322	22	5	3	4	8
1971	28	328	960	848	92	201	37	10	30	102	5	6	100	265	.237	.320	.410	.730	100	348	22	5	3	4	8
1972	29	349	982	869	94	205	37	10	30	102	5	6	101	273	.236	.318	.405	.723	99	352	23	5	3	4	8

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1965	22	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1966	23	120	473	425	49	108	16	7	17	55	3	42	143	.254	.328	.445	.772	61	120
1967	24	10	25	20	4	4	3	0	0	2	1	5	5	.200	.360	.350	.710	2	10
1968	25	10	19	14	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	6	.286	.474	.286	.759	2	10
1969	26	22	66	54	10	13	0	1	1	8	0	12	14	.241	.379	.333	.712	7	22
1970	27	104	302	267	29	64	16	2	10	36	1	32	72	.240	.318	.427	.745	36	104
1971	28	58	79	70	6	16	3	0	3	6	0	9	23	.229	.316	.400	.716	9	58
1972	29	22	23	22	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.182	.217	.182	.399	1	21
8 Seasons		350	993	878	101	213	38	10	31	108	5	106	273	.243	.326	.415	.741	118	349
162 Game Avg.		162	460	406	47	99	18	5	14	50	2	49	126	.243	.326	.415	.741	55	349

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1966 NL 143 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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