Jimmy Brown
James Roberson Brown
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 25, 1910 in Jamesville, NC
School: North Carolina State University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1937
Final Game: September 15, 1946
Died: December 29, 1977 in Bath, NC
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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
1937 27 STL NL 138 579 525 86 145 20 9 2 53 10 27 29 .276 .313 .360 .673 81 189 16 1 26 *46/5
1938 28 STL NL 108 413 382 50 115 12 6 0 38 7 27 9 .301 .350 .364 .714 92 139 6 2 2 465
1939 29 STL NL 147 695 645 88 192 31 8 3 51 4 32 18 .298 .335 .384 .719 88 248 10 4 14 *64 MVP-6
1940 30 STL NL 107 484 454 56 127 17 4 0 30 9 24 15 .280 .317 .335 .652 76 152 7 1 5 456
1941 31 STL NL 132 610 549 81 168 28 9 3 56 2 45 22 .306 .363 .406 .769 110 223 8 4 12 *54 MVP-4
1942 32 STL NL 145 668 606 75 155 28 4 1 71 4 52 11 .256 .315 .320 .635 80 194 9 0 10 456 AS,MVP-13
1943 33 STL NL 34 120 110 6 20 4 2 0 8 0 6 1 .182 .224 .255 .479 35 28 0 0 4 4/56
1946 36 PIT NL 79 263 241 23 58 6 0 0 12 3 18 5 .241 .293 .266 .559 58 64 8 0 4 64/5
8 Seasons 890 3832 3512 465 980 146 42 9 319 39 231 110 .279 .326 .352 .678 84 1237 64 12 77
162 Game Avg. 162 698 639 85 178 27 8 2 58 7 42 20 .279 .326 .352 .678 84 225 12 2 14
STL (7 yrs) 811 3569 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 86 1173 56 12 73
PIT (1 yr) 79 263 241 23 58 6 0 0 12 3 18 5 .241 .293 .266 .559 58 64 8 0 4

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
1937 27 STL NL 579 422 59 3.7 103 .289 .276 .282 .313 .344 .360 .400 .673 .745 81 .414 -15.8 -1.6 .573 .154 .084 3.3
1938 28 STL NL 413 275 48 4.7 104 .308 .301 .282 .350 .347 .364 .401 .714 .748 92 .528 -4.7 -0.5 .641 .152 .063 .0
1939 29 STL NL 695 477 82 4.6 108 .303 .298 .287 .335 .354 .384 .411 .719 .765 88 .502 -12.7 -1.3 .622 .143 .087 3.4
1940 30 STL NL 484 339 48 3.8 103 .289 .280 .279 .317 .344 .335 .401 .652 .745 76 .439 -16.1 -1.6 .557 .128 .055 .0
1941 31 STL NL 610 401 80 5.3 100 .315 .306 .274 .363 .345 .406 .386 .769 .731 110 .613 7.3 0.8 .704 .186 .100 2.4
1942 32 STL NL 668 470 61 3.5 93 .259 .256 .265 .315 .338 .320 .368 .635 .706 80 .461 -15.7 -1.7 .543 .157 .064 1.6
1943 33 STL NL 120 94 6 1.7 93 .183 .182 .270 .224 .340 .255 .367 .479 .707 35 .179 -9.9 -1.1 .378 .127 .073
1946 36 PIT NL 263 195 19 2.6 94 .246 .241 .265 .293 .341 .266 .371 .559 .711 58 .310 -13.6 -1.4 .445 .112 .025 .0
8 Seasons 3832 2673 403 4.0 101 .286 .279 .277 .326 .345 .352 .391 .678 .736 84 .476 -81.2 -8.4 .585 .150 .073 14.6
162 Game Avg. 698 487 73 4.0 101 .286 .279 .277 .326 .345 .352 .391 .678 .736 84 .476 -81.2 -8.4 .585 .150 .073 3
STL (7 yrs) 3569 2478 384 4.2 101 .289 .282 .278 .328 .345 .359 .393 .687 .738 86 .487 -67.5 -7.0 .596 .153 .077 14.4
PIT (1 yr) 263 195 19 2.6 94 .246 .241 .265 .293 .341 .266 .371 .559 .711 58 .310 -13.6 -1.4 .445 .112 .025 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 32 STL NL WS NYY W 5 23 20 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .300 .391 .300 .691 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 23 20 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .300 .391 .300 .691 6 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 STL NL 32 as 2B 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 1 1 0 0 0

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
1937 27 138 579 525 86 145 20 9 2 53 10 27 29 .276 .313 .360 .673 81 189 16 1 26
1938 28 246 992 907 136 260 32 15 2 91 17 54 38 .287 .329 .362 .690 86 328 22 3 28
1939 29 393 1687 1552 224 452 63 23 5 142 21 86 56 .291 .331 .371 .702 87 576 32 7 42
1940 30 500 2171 2006 280 579 80 27 5 172 30 110 71 .289 .328 .363 .691 84 728 39 8 47
1941 31 632 2781 2555 361 747 108 36 8 228 32 155 93 .292 .336 .372 .708 90 951 47 12 59
1942 32 777 3449 3161 436 902 136 40 9 299 36 207 104 .285 .332 .362 .694 88 1145 56 12 69
1943 33 811 3569 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 86 1173 56 12 73
1944 34 811 3569 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 86 1173 56 12 73
1945 35 811 3569 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 86 1173 56 12 73
1946 36 890 3832 3512 465 980 146 42 9 319 39 231 110 .279 .326 .352 .678 84 1237 64 12 77

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
1937 27 145 579 550 88 150 21 9 2 54 10 28 31 .273 .309 .355 .664 60 138
1938 28 114 431 401 50 118 12 6 0 38 7 28 10 .294 .343 .354 .698 49 108
1939 29 155 707 671 87 194 31 8 3 50 4 32 19 .289 .325 .373 .698 81 147
1940 30 113 500 474 56 130 17 4 0 30 9 25 16 .274 .312 .327 .639 48 107
1941 31 137 618 568 82 172 29 9 3 57 2 46 23 .303 .359 .401 .761 81 132
1942 32 154 704 647 83 169 31 4 1 79 4 57 12 .261 .321 .326 .647 68 145
1943 33 36 123 116 7 22 4 2 0 9 0 7 1 .190 .236 .259 .494 7 34
1946 36 83 276 256 27 65 7 0 0 14 3 20 5 .254 .308 .281 .589 22 79
8 Seasons 937 3938 3683 480 1020 152 42 9 331 39 243 117 .277 .324 .348 .672 416 890
162 Game Avg. 162 681 637 83 176 26 7 2 57 7 42 20 .277 .324 .348 .672 72 890

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942 (2B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1939-NL-6-28%
1941-NL-4-32%
1942-NL-13-7%
0.68 Career Shares (334th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1941 NL--.306--10th

At Bats s c a p y
1939 NL--645--1st
1942 NL--606--1st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1939 NL--695--4th
1942 NL--668--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1939 NL--192--5th
1941 NL--168--6th
1942 NL--155--10th

Total Bases s c a p y
1939 NL--248--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1939 NL--31--10th

Triples s c a p y
1939 NL--8--9th
1941 NL--9--6th

Singles s c a p y
1939 NL--150--2nd
1941 NL--128--3rd
1942 NL--122--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1941 NL--4--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1937 NL--26--1st
1941 NL--12--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1937 NL--16--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1938 NL--42.444--2nd
1939 NL--35.833--4th
1940 NL--30.267--4th
1941 NL--24.955--10th
1942 NL--55.091--2nd
Career--31.930--18th

Outs Made s c a p y
1937 NL--422--10th
1939 NL--477--1st
1942 NL--470--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1003), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bill Knickerbocker (946)
  6. Ossee Schreckengost (943)
  7. Bill Cissell (940)
  8. Wally Backman (940)
  9. Chick Galloway (939)
  10. Ricky Gutierrez (939)
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  4. Phil Rizzuto (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Kid Elberfeld (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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