Dick Brown
Richard Ernest Brown
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 17, 1935 in Shinnston, WV
High School: Holy Name (Lake Worth, FL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1957
Final Game: October 3, 1965
Died: April 17, 1970 in Baltimore, MD
Relatives: Brother of Larry Brown
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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 Awards
1957 22 CLE AL 34 121 114 10 30 4 0 4 22 1 1 4 23 .263 .281 .404 .685 85 46 1 0 0 3 1 2
1958 23 CLE AL 68 193 173 20 41 5 0 7 20 1 0 14 27 .237 .304 .387 .691 90 67 3 3 2 1 1 2
1959 24 CLE AL 48 157 141 15 31 7 0 5 16 0 0 11 39 .220 .288 .376 .664 84 53 1 3 1 1 1 2
1960 25 CHW AL 16 47 43 4 7 0 0 3 5 0 0 3 11 .163 .217 .372 .589 57 16 1 0 1 0 0 2
1961 26 DET AL 93 336 308 32 82 12 2 16 45 0 2 22 57 .266 .312 .474 .786 105 146 10 0 3 3 2 2
1962 27 DET AL 134 461 431 40 104 12 0 12 40 0 1 21 66 .241 .279 .353 .631 67 152 11 2 5 2 7 *2
1963 28 BAL AL 59 190 171 13 42 7 0 2 13 1 0 15 35 .246 .310 .322 .632 81 55 2 1 3 0 6 2
1964 29 BAL AL 88 245 230 24 59 6 0 8 32 2 0 12 45 .257 .294 .387 .681 88 89 9 1 0 2 4 2
1965 30 BAL AL 96 280 255 17 59 9 1 5 30 2 2 17 53 .231 .278 .333 .611 72 85 8 1 3 4 8 2
9 Seasons 636 2030 1866 175 455 62 3 62 223 7 6 119 356 .244 .291 .380 .671 82 709 46 11 18 16 30
162 Game Avg. 162 517 475 45 116 16 1 16 57 2 2 30 91 .244 .291 .380 .671 82 181 12 3 5 4 8
CLE (3 yrs) 150 471 428 45 102 16 0 16 58 2 1 29 89 .238 .293 .388 .681 87 166 5 6 3 5 3
BAL (3 yrs) 243 715 656 54 160 22 1 15 75 5 2 44 133 .244 .292 .349 .641 80 229 19 3 6 6 18
DET (2 yrs) 227 797 739 72 186 24 2 28 85 0 3 43 123 .252 .293 .403 .696 83 298 21 2 8 5 9
CHW (1 yr) 16 47 43 4 7 0 0 3 5 0 0 3 11 .163 .217 .372 .589 57 16 1 0 1 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
1957 22 CLE AL 121 89 13 4.0 99 .289 .263 .263 .281 .335 .404 .397 .685 .732 85 .452 -2.7 -0.3 .581 .175 .140 1.6
1958 23 CLE AL 193 138 21 4.1 97 .243 .237 .260 .304 .329 .387 .396 .691 .725 90 .475 -2.7 -0.3 .630 .237 .150 1.8
1959 24 CLE AL 157 113 16 3.8 96 .265 .220 .257 .288 .328 .376 .392 .664 .720 84 .434 -3.3 -0.3 .604 .234 .156 .0
1960 25 CHW AL 47 38 3 2.1 101 .138 .163 .263 .217 .337 .372 .403 .589 .740 57 .204 -3.1 -0.3 .514 .279 .209 .0
1961 26 DET AL 336 244 42 4.6 106 .277 .266 .267 .312 .343 .474 .416 .786 .759 105 .494 0.4 0.0 .697 .273 .208 .0
1962 27 DET AL 461 346 40 3.1 105 .259 .241 .267 .279 .339 .353 .415 .631 .754 67 .332 -22.1 -2.2 .513 .158 .111 .0
1963 28 BAL AL 190 134 18 3.6 91 .299 .246 .251 .310 .316 .322 .387 .632 .703 81 .434 -4.0 -0.4 .550 .170 .076 1.3
1964 29 BAL AL 245 182 24 3.6 96 .285 .257 .256 .294 .324 .387 .397 .681 .721 88 .419 -4.4 -0.4 .578 .191 .130 3.2
1965 30 BAL AL 280 213 22 2.8 93 .269 .231 .253 .278 .323 .333 .388 .611 .711 72 .336 -9.8 -1.0 .500 .169 .102 2.9
9 Seasons 2030 1497 199 3.6 99 .268 .244 .260 .291 .332 .380 .402 .671 .733 82 .408 -51.6 -5.3 .574 .200 .136 12.6
162 Game Avg. 517 381 51 3.6 99 .268 .244 .260 .291 .332 .380 .402 .671 .733 82 .408 -51.6 -5.3 .574 .200 .136 3
CLE (3 yrs) 471 340 50 3.9 97 .262 .238 .260 .293 .330 .388 .395 .681 .725 87 .456 -8.6 -0.9 .608 .220 .150 3.6
BAL (3 yrs) 715 529 64 3.3 94 .282 .244 .253 .292 .322 .349 .391 .641 .712 80 .392 -18.2 -1.9 .540 .177 .105 7.5
DET (2 yrs) 797 590 82 3.7 106 .266 .252 .267 .293 .341 .403 .416 .696 .756 83 .405 -21.7 -2.2 .589 .206 .152 .0
CHW (1 yr) 47 38 3 2.1 101 .138 .163 .263 .217 .337 .372 .403 .589 .740 57 .203 -3.1 -0.3 .514 .279 .209 .0

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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1957 22 CLE AL 121 3.3% 19.0% 3.3% 6.6% 27% 5.75 5.0 28.5 5.2 0.43 74%
1958 23 CLE AL 193 3.6% 14.0% 7.3% 6.2% 29% 1.93 6.4 24.7 8.7 0.75 73%
1959 24 CLE AL 157 3.2% 24.8% 7.0% 7.6% 39% 3.55 3.6 28.2 8.8 0.62 62%
1960 25 CHW AL 47 6.4% 23.4% 6.4% 6.4% 43% 3.67 3.9 14.3 8.6 0.33 62%
1961 26 DET AL 336 4.8% 17.0% 6.6% 8.9% 37% 2.59 5.4 19.3 6.8 1.00 71%
1962 27 DET AL 461 2.6% 14.3% 4.6% 5.2% 23% 3.14 6.5 35.9 10.8 0.96 77%
1963 28 BAL AL 190 1.1% 18.4% 7.9% 4.7% 21% 2.33 4.9 85.5 13.2 1.24 71%
1964 29 BAL AL 245 3.3% 18.4% 4.9% 5.7% 24% 3.75 5.1 28.8 7.2 1.15 73%
1965 30 BAL AL 280 1.8% 18.9% 6.1% 5.4% 25% 3.12 4.8 51.0 8.5 1.55 72%
9 Seasons 2030 3.1% 17.5% 5.9% 6.3% 28% 2.99 5.2 30.1 8.4 0.96 72%
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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 22 CLE AL 2 0 20% 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25% 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1958 23 CLE AL 4 0 26% 65 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 35% 11 9 2 1 1 0 8 2 5
1959 24 CLE AL 2 0 25% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 50% 6 3 3 0 0 0 4 2 2
1960 25 CHW AL 0 0 14% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 DET AL 2 0 18% 90 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 36% 12 10 2 4 2 2 6 2 4
1962 27 DET AL 7 0 24% 153 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 29% 22 16 5 1 1 0 11 6 5
1963 28 BAL AL 4 0 20% 79 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 12% 10 8 1 1 1 0 6 4 1
1964 29 BAL AL 4 0 25% 100 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 38% 8 4 3 3 3 0 10 5 5
1965 30 BAL AL 3 0 17% 87 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17% 10 10 0 2 2 0 6 3 3
9 Seasons 28 0 22% 683 7 6 54% 7 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 12 35 31% 85 65 17 12 10 2 54 25 27
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
1957 22 CLE AL 112 47% 30 1 0 0 0 3.93 4 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 18 1 6% 7 2 29% 66 17 26% 9 5 56% 6 2 33% 9
1958 23 CLE AL 191 52% 41 6 0 0 1 2.34 7 0 6 2 5 1 6 1 2 2 100% 32 3 9% 14 5 36% 107 15 14% 5 2 40% 8 3 38% 2
1959 24 CLE AL 157 29% 31 1 0 0 0 0.00 5 0 3 4 1 1 4 0 1 1 100% 31 1 3% 10 3 30% 90 12 13% 8 4 50% 6 1 17% 0
1960 25 CHW AL 47 26% 7 2 1 0 0 0.62 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 5 2 40% 31 2 6% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1961 26 DET AL 336 22% 82 3 2 0 1 3.57 16 1 23 15 1 7 9 0 4 3 75% 70 10 14% 35 10 29% 258 30 12% 24 11 46% 14 5 36% 0
1962 27 DET AL 462 24% 104 3 1 0 1 2.53 12 0 16 11 1 8 4 0 8 5 63% 76 11 14% 44 14 32% 287 33 12% 32 11 34% 23 4 17% 0
1963 28 BAL AL 190 24% 42 1 1 1 1 3.66 2 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 100% 33 2 6% 15 4 27% 113 11 10% 13 3 23% 13 2 15% 0
1964 29 BAL AL 245 45% 59 7 0 0 1 1.60 8 0 3 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 41 9 22% 19 5 26% 152 24 16% 13 5 38% 13 3 23% 0
1965 30 BAL AL 280 41% 59 7 1 0 0 1.40 5 0 10 3 2 2 3 0 4 3 75% 42 8 19% 25 11 44% 169 26 15% 15 7 47% 18 3 17% 0
9 Seasons 2020 33% 455 31 6 1 5 2.00 62 1 69 43 18 28 33 1 23 18 78% 353 46 13% 174 56 32% 1273 170 13% 122 48 39% 102 23 23% 11
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
1957 22 34 121 114 10 30 4 0 4 22 1 1 4 23 .263 .281 .404 .685 85 46 1 0 0 3 1
1958 23 102 314 287 30 71 9 0 11 42 2 1 18 50 .247 .295 .394 .689 88 113 4 3 2 4 2
1959 24 150 471 428 45 102 16 0 16 58 2 1 29 89 .238 .293 .388 .681 87 166 5 6 3 5 3
1960 25 166 518 471 49 109 16 0 19 63 2 1 32 100 .231 .286 .386 .672 84 182 6 6 4 5 3
1961 26 259 854 779 81 191 28 2 35 108 2 3 54 157 .245 .296 .421 .717 93 328 16 6 7 8 5
1962 27 393 1315 1210 121 295 40 2 47 148 2 4 75 223 .244 .290 .397 .687 83 480 27 8 12 10 12
1963 28 452 1505 1381 134 337 47 2 49 161 3 4 90 258 .244 .293 .387 .680 83 535 29 9 15 10 18
1964 29 540 1750 1611 158 396 53 2 57 193 5 4 102 303 .246 .293 .387 .680 84 624 38 10 15 12 22
1965 30 636 2030 1866 175 455 62 3 62 223 7 6 119 356 .244 .291 .380 .671 82 709 46 11 18 16 30

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
1957 22 36 128 121 11 33 4 0 4 25 1 4 24 .273 .289 .405 .694 15 34
1958 23 71 204 184 22 46 6 0 8 22 1 16 28 .250 .319 .413 .732 23 68
1959 24 50 166 150 17 35 8 0 6 18 0 12 41 .233 .301 .407 .708 18 48
1960 25 17 48 45 4 7 0 0 3 5 0 3 12 .156 .208 .356 .564 3 16
1961 26 93 324 301 30 75 11 2 15 43 0 20 57 .249 .293 .449 .742 40 93
1962 27 134 451 427 39 100 12 0 12 39 0 20 66 .234 .271 .347 .617 39 134
1963 28 59 192 175 15 46 8 0 2 15 1 16 35 .263 .328 .343 .671 20 59
1964 29 87 243 228 26 58 6 0 8 34 2 12 45 .254 .292 .386 .678 26 88
1965 30 96 277 255 18 59 9 1 5 33 2 17 53 .231 .278 .333 .611 24 96
9 Seasons 643 2033 1886 182 459 64 3 63 234 7 120 361 .243 .290 .381 .671 208 636
162 Game Avg. 162 512 475 46 116 16 1 16 59 2 30 91 .243 .290 .381 .671 52 636

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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