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Jimmy Brown

James Robertson Brown

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 25, 1910 in Jamesville, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1937 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates 1937-1946

Final Game: September 15, 1946 (Age 36)
Died: December 29, 1977 in Bath, NC
Buried: Brown Family Cemetery, Jamesville, NC
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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 138 581 525 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 93 139 6 2 2 465
1939 29 STL NL 147 694 645 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 132 608 549 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 145 667 606 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
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 36 PIT NL 79 264 241 23 58 6 0 0 12 3 18 5 .241 .293 .266 .559 57 64 8 0 4 64/5
8 Yrs 890 3831 3512 465 980 146 42 9 319 39 231 110 .279 .326 .352 .678 85 1237 64 12 77
162 Game Avg. 162 697 639 85 178 27 8 2 58 7 42 20 .279 .326 .352 .678 85 225 12 2 14
STL (7 yrs) 811 3567 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 87 1173 56 12 73
PIT (1 yr) 79 264 241 23 58 6 0 0 12 3 18 5 .241 .293 .266 .559 57 64 8 0 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1937 27 STL NL 138 581 -14 -1 0 -3 6 -12 -1.2 19 7 0.8 .491 .493 1.1 0.3 10 *46/5
1938 28 STL NL 108 413 -3 -1 0 -3 4 -2 -0.4 13 11 1.1 .498 .499 1.5 0.1 14 465
1939 29 STL NL 147 694 -10 -0 0 7 9 6 0.5 21 27 2.7 .504 .504 2.1 1.6 20 *64 MVP-6
1940 30 STL NL 107 484 -14 -0 0 -8 4 -18 -2.0 16 -2 -0.3 .482 .488 0.6 -0.4 6 456
1941 31 STL NL 132 608 8 0 0 11 1 21 2.2 19 40 4.2 .517 .514 3.0 1.3 29 *54 MVP-4
1942 32 STL NL 145 667 -14 -0 0 2 5 -7 -1.0 20 12 1.1 .494 .495 1.0 0.7 10 456 AS,MVP-13
1943 33 STL NL 34 120 -9 0 0 2 1 -6 -0.7 4 -2 -0.3 .481 .496 -0.5 0.4 -4 4/56
1946 36 PIT NL 79 264 -12 -0 0 -5 3 -15 -1.7 10 -5 -0.6 .479 .490 -0.1 -0.2 0 64/5
8 Seasons 890 3831 -67 -2 0 3 33 -33 -4.3 122 89 8.6 .496 .497 8.5 3.6 86
STL (7 yrs) 811 3567 -55 -2 0 8 30 -18 -2.6 112 94 9.2 .498 .498 8.6 3.8 86
PIT (1 yr) 79 264 -12 -0 0 -5 3 -15 -1.7 10 -5 -0.6 .479 .490 -0.1 -0.2 0

Advanced Batting

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 581 422 59 3.7 102 .289 .276 .281 .313 .343 .360 .399 .673 .742 81 .414 -15.1 -1.5 .573 .154 .084 3.3
1938 28 STL NL 413 275 48 4.7 103 .308 .301 .281 .350 .345 .364 .399 .714 .745 93 .528 -4.2 -0.4 .641 .152 .063 .0
1939 29 STL NL 694 477 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 3.8 102 .289 .280 .278 .317 .343 .335 .399 .652 .742 76 .439 -15.6 -1.6 .557 .128 .055 .0
1941 31 STL NL 608 401 80 5.4 100 .315 .306 .274 .363 .345 .406 .386 .769 .731 110 .614 7.3 0.8 .704 .186 .100 2.4
1942 32 STL NL 667 470 61 3.5 93 .259 .256 .265 .315 .338 .320 .368 .635 .706 80 .461 -15.8 -1.7 .543 .157 .064 1.6
1943 33 STL NL 120 94 6 1.7 94 .183 .182 .272 .224 .341 .255 .368 .479 .710 35 .179 -10.0 -1.1 .378 .127 .073
1946 36 PIT NL 264 195 19 2.6 95 .246 .241 .266 .293 .342 .266 .372 .559 .714 57 .310 -13.9 -1.5 .445 .112 .025 .0
8 Yrs 3831 2673 403 4.0 101 .286 .279 .277 .326 .345 .352 .391 .678 .736 85 .476 -80.0 -8.3 .585 .150 .073 14.6
162 Game Avg. 697 487 73 4.0 101 .286 .279 .277 .326 .345 .352 .391 .678 .736 85 .476 -80.0 -8.3 .585 .150 .073 3
STL (7 yrs) 3567 2478 384 4.2 101 .289 .282 .277 .328 .345 .359 .392 .687 .737 87 .487 -66.1 -6.8 .596 .153 .077 14.4
PIT (1 yr) 264 195 19 2.6 95 .246 .241 .266 .293 .342 .266 .372 .559 .714 57 .310 -13.9 -1.5 .445 .112 .025 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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

Ratio Batting*

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
1937 27 STL NL 581 0.3% 5.0% 4.7% 5.3% 21% 1.07 18.1 262.5 9.9 85%
1938 28 STL NL 413 0.0% 2.2% 6.5% 4.4% 16% 0.33 42.4 10.1 90%
1939 29 STL NL 694 0.4% 2.6% 4.6% 6.1% 22% 0.56 35.8 215.0 12.6 90%
1940 30 STL NL 484 0.0% 3.1% 5.0% 4.3% 17% 0.63 30.3 15.1 91%
1941 31 STL NL 608 0.5% 3.6% 7.4% 6.6% 24% 0.49 25.0 183.0 9.8 86%
1942 32 STL NL 667 0.2% 1.7% 7.8% 5.0% 21% 0.21 55.1 606.0 8.5 89%
1943 33 STL NL 120 0.0% 0.8% 5.0% 5.0% 30% 0.17 110.0 13.8 91%
1946 36 PIT NL 264 0.0% 1.9% 6.8% 2.3% 10% 0.28 48.2 20.1 1.50 89%
8 Yrs 3831 0.2% 2.9% 6.0% 5.1% 20% 0.48 31.9 390.2 11.0 1.50 89%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.2% 26% 1.02 9.8 68.1 8.4 0.95 79%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1937 27 STL NL -15.1 -1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 28 STL NL -4.2 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 29 STL NL -12.7 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 30 STL NL -15.6 -1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 31 STL NL 7.3 0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 32 STL NL -15.8 -1.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 33 STL NL -10.0 -1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 36 PIT NL -13.9 -1.5 95 -1.0 1.0 -1.9 1.05 -0.7 -0.2 -6.6 -0.7 1.01 -6.4 1.21 7
8 Yrs -80.0 -8.3 95 -1.0 1.0 -1.9 1.05 -0.7 -0.2 -6.6 -0.7 1.01 -6.4 1.21 7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1946 36 PIT NL 0 1 30% 23 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57% 5 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
8 Yrs 0 2 38% 23 39 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57% 5 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1946 36 PIT NL 264 100% 58 7 2 0 1 1.21 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 200% 17 8 47% 7 4 57% 61 3 5% 3 2 67% 6 5 83% 0
8 Yrs 264 100% 980 7 2 0 1 1.21 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 77 3850% 17 64 376% 7 4 57% 61 3 5% 3 2 67% 6 5 83% 0
MLB Averages 49% 890% 108% 37% 14% 52% 56%

Cumulative Batting

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 27 138 581 525 86 145 20 9 2 53 10 27 29 .276 .313 .360 .673 81 189 16 1 26
1938 28 246 994 907 136 260 32 15 2 91 17 54 38 .287 .329 .362 .690 86 328 22 3 28
1939 29 393 1688 1552 224 452 63 23 5 142 21 86 56 .291 .331 .371 .702 87 576 32 7 42
1940 30 500 2172 2006 280 579 80 27 5 172 30 110 71 .289 .328 .363 .691 85 728 39 8 47
1941 31 632 2780 2555 361 747 108 36 8 228 32 155 93 .292 .336 .372 .708 90 951 47 12 59
1942 32 777 3447 3161 436 902 136 40 9 299 36 207 104 .285 .332 .362 .694 88 1145 56 12 69
1943 33 811 3567 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 87 1173 56 12 73
1944 34 811 3567 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 87 1173 56 12 73
1945 35 811 3567 3271 442 922 140 42 9 307 36 213 105 .282 .328 .359 .687 87 1173 56 12 73
1946 36 890 3831 3512 465 980 146 42 9 319 39 231 110 .279 .326 .352 .678 85 1237 64 12 77

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1937 27 145 606 550 88 150 21 9 2 54 10 28 31 .273 .309 .355 .664 60 138
1938 28 114 433 401 50 118 12 6 0 38 7 28 10 .294 .343 .354 .698 49 108
1939 29 155 722 671 87 194 31 8 3 50 4 32 19 .289 .325 .373 .698 81 147
1940 30 113 505 474 56 130 17 4 0 30 9 25 16 .274 .312 .327 .639 48 107
1941 31 137 630 568 82 172 29 9 3 57 2 46 23 .303 .359 .401 .761 81 132
1942 32 154 715 647 83 169 31 4 1 79 4 57 12 .261 .321 .326 .647 68 145
1943 33 36 127 116 7 22 4 2 0 9 0 7 1 .190 .236 .259 .494 7 34
1946 36 83 278 254 26 63 7 0 0 13 3 20 5 .248 .303 .276 .579 21 79
8 Yrs 937 4016 3681 479 1018 152 42 9 330 39 243 117 .277 .323 .348 .671 415 890
162 Game Avg. 162 694 636 83 176 26 7 2 57 7 42 20 .277 .323 .348 .671 72 890

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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 (352nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1939 NL  1.6 (4th)
1941 NL  1.3 (6th)

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  694 (4th)
1942 NL  667 (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  42.4 (2nd)
1939 NL  35.8 (4th)
1940 NL  30.3 (4th)
1941 NL  25.0 (10th)
1942 NL  55.1 (2nd)
Career  31.9 (17th)

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 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1063), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1049), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2221), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (210th), 8.6 career WAR/9.2 7yr-peak WAR/8.9 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Burgess Whitehead (932)
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  8. Aaron Miles (928)
  9. Dick Padden (924)
  10. Lee Handley (922)
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  3. Specs Toporcer (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Fernando Vina (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Joey Cora (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Marty Barrett (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Burgess Whitehead (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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