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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 STL NL 27 2B 112 617 235 360 22 57 .964 5.31 .959 5.33
1937 STL NL 27 SS 25 103 41 53 9 10 .913 3.76 .953 4.85
1937 STL NL 27 3B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.70
1938 STL NL 28 2B 49 281 121 151 9 37 .968 5.55 .969 5.40
1938 STL NL 28 SS 30 117 49 59 9 13 .923 3.60 .944 4.91
1938 STL NL 28 3B 24 82 25 54 3 5 .963 3.29 .944 2.87
1939 STL NL 29 SS 104 582 208 349 25 67 .957 5.36 .953 5.09 MVP-6
1939 STL NL 29 2B 50 273 120 143 10 25 .963 5.26 .968 5.42 MVP-6
1940 STL NL 30 2B 48 256 115 135 6 32 .977 5.21 .964 5.14
1940 STL NL 30 3B 41 114 47 58 9 5 .921 2.56 .949 2.82
1940 STL NL 30 SS 28 93 36 50 7 5 .925 3.07 .952 5.00
1941 STL NL 31 3B 123 426 135 276 15 22 .965 3.34 .948 3.16 MVP-4
1941 STL NL 31 2B 11 52 22 28 2 9 .962 4.55 .962 5.25 MVP-4
1942 STL NL 32 2B 82 439 211 215 13 56 .970 5.20 .968 5.19 AS,MVP-13
1942 STL NL 32 3B 66 207 85 111 11 9 .947 2.97 .940 3.03 AS,MVP-13
1942 STL NL 32 SS 12 8 3 3 2 1 .750 0.50 .962 4.87 AS,MVP-13
1943 STL NL 33 2B 19 91 44 45 2 9 .978 4.68 .969 5.40
1943 STL NL 33 3B 9 27 12 15 0 4 1.000 3.00 .944 2.97
1943 STL NL 33 SS 6 25 9 16 0 1 1.000 4.17 .952 4.97
1946 PIT NL 36 SS 30 151 57 88 6 15 .960 4.83 .957 4.67
1946 PIT NL 36 2B 21 128 55 69 4 12 .969 5.90 .970 5.09
1946 PIT NL 36 3B 9 32 15 11 6 1 .813 2.89 .959 2.84
8 Seasons 2B 392 2137 923 1146 68 237 .968 5.28 .965 5.29
7 Seasons 3B 273 891 320 527 44 46 .951 3.10 .946 3.03
7 Seasons SS 235 1079 403 618 58 112 .946 4.34 .952 4.96
8 Seasons TOT 900 4107 1646 2291 170 395 .959 4.37 .916 4.52
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (340th)

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  42.4 (2nd)
1939 NL  35.8 (4th)
1940 NL  30.3 (4th)
1941 NL  25.0 (10th)
1942 NL  55.1 (2nd)
Career  31.9 (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 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (1027), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1009), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Marty Barrett (959)
  2. Bill Sweeney (944)
  3. Wally Backman (940)
  4. Burgess Whitehead (932)
  5. Eddie Kasko (929)
  6. Dick Padden (924)
  7. Lee Handley (922)
  8. Joey Cora (922)
  9. Farmer Vaughn (922)
  10. Damaso Garcia (921)
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  1. Parson Nicholson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Aaron Miles (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Specs Toporczer (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Johnny Burnett (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January 5, 1946: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals for $30,000.

November 15, 1946: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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