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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 CHC NL 22 LF 4 2 15.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.2 16.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.20 0.50 .967 1.68 1.38
1965 CHC NL 22 OF 4 2 15.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.2 16.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.20 0.50 .967 1.98 1.75
1966 CHC NL 23 OF 114 112 1012.1 210 200 3 7 0 .967 -11.1 -13.2 -6.1 -1.4 -4.7 -5 1.80 1.78 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 CHC NL 23 LF 69 66 575.1 104 98 3 3 0 .971 -3.4 -7.1 -2.4 -0.4 -2.0 -1 1.58 1.46 .962 1.74 1.35
1966 CHC NL 23 CF 40 37 345.1 80 77 0 3 0 .963 -8.2 -28.5 -5.2 -2.9 -2.3 -3 2.01 1.93 .980 2.38 2.11
1966 CHC NL 23 RF 10 9 91.2 25 24 0 1 0 .960 0.5 6.5 1.5 1.9 -0.4 -1 2.36 2.40 .980 1.96 1.68
1967 CHC NL 24 OF 8 6 51.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -9.3 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 2.09 1.50 .975 2.04 1.81
1967 CHC NL 24 RF 6 5 40.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -5.9 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 2.21 1.67 .980 2.04 1.77
1967 CHC NL 24 CF 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -21.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.45 1.50 .967 2.29 2.05
1968 HOU NL 25 OF 2 2 18.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 26.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 4.00 4.00 .975 2.00 1.80
1968 HOU NL 25 RF 2 2 18.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 26.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 0 4.00 4.00 .975 2.00 1.75
1969 STL NL 26 OF 16 14 124.1 38 35 3 0 1 1.000 3.1 29.9 3.1 1.1 1.9 0 2.75 2.38 .971 2.02 1.75
1969 STL NL 26 RF 8 6 54.0 15 13 2 0 1 1.000 1.0 22.2 1.0 0.1 0.8 0 2.50 1.88 .973 1.88 1.60
1969 STL NL 26 CF 5 5 40.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 -1.0 0 2.02 1.80 .978 2.30 2.08
1969 STL NL 26 LF 5 3 30.1 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.1 83.1 2.1 0.0 2.1 0 4.15 2.80 .964 1.66 1.30
1970 PHI NL 27 OF 88 68 632.0 158 150 4 4 1 .975 -6.4 -12.2 -4.4 -4.5 -0.1 -2 2.19 1.75 .976 2.07 1.78
1970 PHI NL 27 RF 60 48 430.0 110 105 4 1 1 .991 -1.9 -5.3 0.1 -0.8 0.8 -2 2.28 1.82 .975 2.00 1.68
1970 PHI NL 27 CF 24 19 187.1 45 43 0 2 0 .956 -3.7 -23.7 -3.7 -3.1 -0.7 0 2.07 1.79 .978 2.34 2.07
1970 PHI NL 27 LF 7 1 14.2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.8 -65.5 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 1.78 1.39
1971 PHI NL 28 OF 30 7 120.1 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -6.0 -0.6 0.4 -0.9 0 1.57 0.70 .976 2.19 1.92
1971 PHI NL 28 LF 17 6 78.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 1.61 0.82 .971 1.87 1.53
1971 PHI NL 28 RF 10 1 33.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -21.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 1.35 0.50 .980 2.08 1.80
1971 PHI NL 28 CF 4 0 8.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.8 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0 2.08 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.30
1972 PHI NL 29 OF 9 1 23.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -72.0 -1.4 -0.3 -1.1 0 0.77 0.22 1.000 2.16 1.96
1972 PHI NL 29 RF 7 0 13.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 -110.8 -1.2 -0.4 -0.8 0 0.00 0.00 2.01 1.74
1972 PHI NL 29 CF 3 1 10.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -23.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 0 1.74 0.67 1.000 2.61 2.33
8 Seasons OF 271 212 1997.0 452 429 11 12 3 .973 -16.2 -9.7 -9.2 -4.0 -5.4 -7 1.98 1.62 .975 2.05 1.80
7 Seasons RF 103 71 680.2 173 164 7 2 3 .988 -2.0 -3.5 1.0 1.3 -0.5 -3 2.26 1.66 .976 1.99 1.70
5 Seasons LF 102 78 713.2 136 127 4 5 0 .963 -2.0 -3.4 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 -1 1.65 1.28 .964 1.75 1.38
6 Seasons CF 78 63 602.2 141 136 0 5 0 .965 -12.2 -24.3 -9.2 -4.6 -4.6 -3 2.03 1.74 .979 2.37 2.11
8 Seasons TOT 271 212 1997.0 452 429 11 12 3 .973 -16.2 -9.7 -9.2 -4.0 -5.4 -7 1.98 1.62 .948 2.05 1.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 CHC NL 22 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 0
1966 CHC NL 23 120 112 120 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 40 10 114 6 0
1967 CHC NL 24 10 6 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 3 0
1968 HOU NL 25 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
1969 STL NL 26 22 14 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 8 16 7 0
1970 PHI NL 27 104 68 104 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 24 60 88 25 1
1971 PHI NL 28 58 7 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 10 30 31 2
1972 PHI NL 29 21 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 9 14 0
8 Seasons 349 212 349 349 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 78 103 271 92 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 CHC NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 11 2 18.2% 9 0 0.0% 0 403 63% 80% 25% 39 62%
1967 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 187 67% 78% 20% 19 53%
1968 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 77 86% 73% 27% 7 100%
1969 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 1 222 67% 73% 22% 24 58%
1970 PHI NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 21 8 1 9 2 0 8 4 0 7 0 0 6 5 0 51 19 37.3% 31 1 2.0% 3 1911 65% 75% 26% 192 56%
1971 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 140 69% 77% 24% 14 36%
1972 PHI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 65 66% 62% 14% 4 0%
7 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 2 1 1 30 10 1 16 2 1 14 8 0 13 1 0 9 8 0 82 29 35.4% 51 2 2.4% 5 3005 66% 76% 25% 299 56%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.3% 62% 77% 25% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 CHC NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 63 59% 73% 30% 6 33%
1966 CHC NL 23 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 31 24 0 22 5 1 10 6 0 6 2 0 5 5 0 74 42 56.8% 31 1 1.4% 2 2404 68% 78% 24% 259 37%
1969 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 0 1 50.0% 0 124 73% 79% 26% 24 58%
1970 PHI NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 79% 76% 23% 3 0%
1971 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 331 56% 77% 24% 29 48%
5 Seasons 5 0 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 33 26 0 24 6 1 12 7 1 6 2 0 7 6 0 82 47 57.3% 33 2 2.4% 2 2988 67% 78% 24% 321 39%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 77% 25% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 CHC NL 23 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 6 4 0 39 11 28.2% 28 0 0.0% 0 1522 67% 78% 26% 169 46%
1967 CHC NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 63% 77% 23% 4 75%
1969 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 170 55% 78% 22% 21 43%
1970 PHI NL 27 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 4 0 27 13 48.1% 14 0 0.0% 0 831 67% 74% 23% 93 46%
1971 PHI NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 73% 82% 30% 3 67%
1972 PHI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 86% 57% 18% 3 67%
6 Seasons 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 25 15 0 22 1 0 4 1 0 10 2 0 10 8 0 71 27 38.0% 44 0 0.0% 0 2652 67% 76% 25% 293 46%
MLB Averages 41.1% 2.1% 62% 77% 25% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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