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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1957 CLE AL 22 C 33 32 274.0 211 190 18 3 4 .986 -4.0 -17.5 -4 6.83 6.30 .991 5.92 5.11 4 12 19 8 30%
1958 CLE AL 23 C 62 46 419.2 309 281 24 4 6 .987 -5.0 -14.3 -5 6.54 4.92 .990 6.01 5.34 16 15 19 14 42%
1959 CLE AL 24 C 48 40 376.2 270 248 21 1 5 .996 -1.0 -3.2 -1 6.43 5.60 .989 6.08 5.31 1 17 12 10 45%
1960 CHW AL 25 C 14 12 106.1 74 66 7 1 1 .986 -1.0 -11.3 -1 6.18 5.21 .986 5.92 5.12 2 0 6 1 14%
1961 DET AL 26 C 91 84 727.2 503 460 38 5 7 .990 9.0 14.8 9 6.16 5.47 .989 6.21 5.44 6 14 19 24 56%
1962 DET AL 27 C 132 122 1074.1 789 742 42 5 8 .994 0.0 0.0 0 6.57 5.94 .989 6.30 5.57 7 25 31 14 31%
1963 BAL AL 28 C 58 51 459.0 345 317 23 5 7 .986 1.0 2.6 1 6.67 5.86 .989 6.64 5.78 4 6 13 7 35%
1964 BAL AL 29 C 84 62 572.2 414 380 29 5 4 .988 2.0 4.2 2 6.43 4.87 .990 7.07 6.07 8 9 19 13 41%
1965 BAL AL 30 C 92 73 683.1 515 466 40 9 6 .983 5.0 8.8 5 6.66 5.50 .988 6.96 5.67 5 18 31 25 45%
9 Seasons C 614 522 4693.2 3430 3150 242 38 48 .989 6.0 1.5 6 6.50 5.52 .989 6.44 5.58 53 116 169 116 41%
9 Seasons TOT 614 522 4693.2 3430 3150 242 38 48 .989 6.0 1.5 6 6.50 5.52 .978 6.44 5.58 53 116 169 116 41%

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
1957 CLE AL 22 34 32 34 34 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 CLE AL 23 68 46 68 68 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1959 CLE AL 24 48 40 48 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1960 CHW AL 25 16 12 16 16 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 DET AL 26 93 84 93 93 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 DET AL 27 134 122 134 134 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1963 BAL AL 28 59 51 59 59 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 BAL AL 29 88 62 88 88 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1965 BAL AL 30 96 73 96 96 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
9 Seasons 636 522 636 636 0 614 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 1
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1957 CLE AL 22 1172 3.97 4.85 18 100% 0 0 178 12 1 4 161 17 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 3 100%
1958 CLE AL 23 1897 4.33 4.92 35 97% 0 1 273 27 1 9 236 27 4 1 0 6 3 1 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 4 100%
1959 CLE AL 24 1692 3.85 4.37 32 97% 0 0 245 26 0 3 216 20 4 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 100%
1960 CHW AL 25 455 3.89 4.32 13 100% 0 0 66 8 0 1 57 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 26 3141 3.43 4.07 49 98% 0 0 465 42 0 6 416 38 5 0 0 3 5 1 0 4 1 7 0 0 1 4 75%
1962 DET AL 27 4752 3.96 4.49 96 99% 0 0 745 72 5 24 642 38 12 1 1 4 4 0 0 4 0 8 1 2 3 5 100%
1963 BAL AL 28 1980 3.61 4.04 30 97% 0 0 319 21 5 8 285 23 8 0 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 7 0 2 3 4 100%
1964 BAL AL 29 2396 3.08 3.50 28 93% 1 0 381 19 2 6 354 29 7 0 0 6 5 0 2 3 1 4 0 1 1 1 100%
1965 BAL AL 30 2874 2.53 3.12 32 94% 1 0 471 22 3 5 441 46 8 0 0 7 9 0 6 3 0 6 0 1 3 2 100%
9 Seasons 20359 3.55 4.10 333 97% 2 1 3143 249 17 66 2808 244 56 4 1 33 36 4 11 21 2 48 1 6 12 25 96%
MLB Averages 3.76 4.26 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1957 CLE AL 22 4 12 454 19 8 8 30% 15 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 45 9 0.92 1.51
1958 CLE AL 23 14 15 759 19 14 14 42% 17 11 2 1 0 2 0 0 60 16 1.12 1.50
1959 CLE AL 24 1 17 664 12 10 10 45% 10 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 43 14 1.39 1.18
1960 CHW AL 25 2 0 160 6 1 1 14% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0.99 1.66
1961 DET AL 26 6 14 1161 19 24 23 56% 18 20 1 3 0 1 3 0 55 29 0.88 1.05
1962 DET AL 27 7 25 1801 31 14 13 31% 26 12 3 2 2 0 3 0 89 19 1.35 1.24
1963 BAL AL 28 5 6 752 13 7 7 35% 13 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 10 1.55 1.06
1964 BAL AL 29 8 9 818 19 13 12 41% 18 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 14 1.42 1.19
1965 BAL AL 30 5 18 1045 31 25 25 45% 30 21 0 4 1 0 2 1 67 29 1.15 1.40
9 Seasons 52 116 7614 169 116 113 41% 152 100 13 12 4 4 10 1 444 142 1.20 1.27
MLB Averages 38% 1.20 1.19

* 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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