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Tom Brown
Thomas Tarlton Brown
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: September 21, 1860 in Liverpool, England
Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles in 1882. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1882
Final Game: May 17, 1898
Died: October 25, 1927 in Washington, DC
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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
1882 21 BAL AA 45 187 181 30 55 5 2 1 23 0 6 .304 .326 .370 .696 144 67 O/1
1883 22 COL AA 97 440 420 69 115 12 7 5 32 0 20 .274 .307 .371 .678 124 156 *O/1
1884 23 COL AA 107 479 451 93 123 9 11 5 32 0 24 .273 .315 .375 .690 132 169 4 *O/1
1885 24 PIT AA 108 478 437 81 134 16 12 4 68 0 34 .307 .366 .426 .792 149 186 7 *O/1
1886 25 PIT AA 115 518 460 106 131 11 11 1 51 30 56 .285 .365 .363 .728 131 167 2 *O/1
1887 26 TOT NL 83 353 332 50 72 6 4 2 15 25 19 65 .217 .263 .277 .541 54 92 2 O
1887 26 PIT NL 47 204 192 30 47 3 4 0 6 12 11 40 .245 .289 .302 .591 69 58 1 O
1887 26 IND NL 36 149 140 20 25 3 0 2 9 13 8 25 .179 .228 .243 .471 33 34 1 O
1888 27 BSN NL 107 451 420 62 104 10 7 9 49 46 30 68 .248 .299 .369 .668 108 155 1 *O
1889 28 BSN NL 90 422 362 93 84 10 5 2 24 63 59 56 .232 .341 .304 .645 77 110 1 *O
1890 29 BOS PL 128 632 543 146 149 23 14 4 61 79 86 84 .274 .377 .390 .767 102 212 3 *O
1891 30 BOS AA 137 663 589 177 189 30 21 5 72 106 70 96 .321 .397 .469 .865 144 276 4 *O
1892 31 LOU NL 153 712 660 105 150 16 8 2 45 78 47 94 .227 .284 .285 .569 79 188 5 *O
1893 32 LOU NL 122 590 529 104 127 15 7 5 54 66 56 63 .240 .319 .323 .642 77 171 5 *O
1894 33 LOU NL 129 599 536 122 136 22 14 9 57 66 60 73 .254 .332 .397 .730 80 213 3 *O
1895 34 TOT NL 117 555 484 97 108 19 7 3 47 42 66 60 .223 .319 .310 .629 63 150 2 3 *O
1895 34 STL NL 83 402 350 72 76 11 4 1 31 34 48 44 .217 .315 .280 .595 55 98 2 2 O
1895 34 WHS NL 34 153 134 25 32 8 3 2 16 8 18 16 .239 .329 .388 .717 85 52 0 1 O
1896 35 WHS NL 116 513 435 87 128 17 6 2 59 28 58 49 .294 .385 .375 .759 101 163 6 14 *O
1897 36 WHS NL 116 530 469 91 137 17 2 5 45 25 52 .292 .364 .369 .733 94 173 1 8 *O
1898 37 WHS NL 16 60 55 8 9 1 0 0 2 3 5 .164 .233 .182 .415 19 10 0 0 O
17 Seasons 1786 8182 7363 1521 1951 239 138 64 736 657 748 708 .265 .337 .361 .698 100 2658 46 25
162 Game Avg. 162 742 668 138 177 22 13 6 67 60 68 .265 .337 .361 .698 100 241
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
WHS (4 yrs) 282 1256 1093 211 306 43 11 9 122 64 133 65 .280 .362 .364 .726 92 398 7 23
LOU (3 yrs) 404 1901 1725 331 413 53 29 16 156 210 163 230 .239 .310 .332 .641 79 572 13
PIT (3 yrs) 270 1200 1089 217 312 30 27 5 125 42 101 40 .287 .353 .377 .730 127 411 10
BSN (2 yrs) 197 873 782 155 188 20 12 11 73 109 89 124 .240 .320 .339 .658 93 265 2
BOS (2 yrs) 265 1295 1132 323 338 53 35 9 133 185 156 180 .299 .387 .431 .818 123 488 7
COL (2 yrs) 204 919 871 162 238 21 18 10 64 0 44 .273 .311 .373 .684 128 325 4
STL (1 yr) 83 402 350 72 76 11 4 1 31 34 48 44 .217 .315 .280 .595 55 98 2 2
BAL (1 yr) 45 187 181 30 55 5 2 1 23 0 6 .304 .326 .370 .696 144 67
IND (1 yr) 36 149 140 20 25 3 0 2 9 13 8 25 .179 .228 .243 .471 33 34 1
NL (10 yrs) 1049 4785 4282 819 1055 133 60 39 397 442 452 528 .246 .322 .333 .655 81 1425 26 25
AA (6 yrs) 609 2765 2538 556 747 83 64 21 278 136 210 96 .294 .352 .402 .755 137 1021 17
PL (1 yr) 128 632 543 146 149 23 14 4 61 79 86 84 .274 .377 .390 .767 102 212 3

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1882 21 BAL AA 0 0 1.08 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 13 7 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 248 2.280 14.0 0.0 6.5 2.2 0.33
1883 22 COL AA 0 1 .000 5.79 3 1 2 1 0 0 14.0 14 17 9 0 10 6 0 0 0 53 1.714 9.0 0.0 6.4 3.9 0.60
1884 23 COL AA 2 1 .667 7.11 4 0 4 0 0 0 19.0 27 24 15 0 7 5 0 0 0 103 42 1.789 12.8 0.0 3.3 2.4 0.71
1885 24 PIT AA 0 0 3.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 0 3 2 0 3 2 3 0 2 29 107 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67
1886 25 PIT AA 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 4 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 21 37 3.500 9.0 0.0 22.5 4.5 0.20
5 Seasons 2 2 .500 5.29 12 1 10 1 0 0 49.1 56 55 29 0 31 16 3 0 2 153 57 1.764 10.2 0.0 5.7 2.9 0.52
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .500 5.29 63 5 52 5 0 0 258 293 288 152 0 162 84 0 10 800 57 1.764 10.2 0.0 5.7 2.9 0.52
PIT (2 yrs) 0 0 4.50 3 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 2 7 4 0 8 3 3 0 2 50 72 1.250 2.3 0.0 9.0 3.4 0.38
COL (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 6.55 7 1 6 1 0 0 33.0 41 41 24 0 17 11 0 0 0 103 46 1.758 11.2 0.0 4.6 3.0 0.65
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 1.08 2 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 13 7 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 248 2.280 14.0 0.0 6.5 2.2 0.33

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1882 BAL AA 21 OF 45 103 59 16 28 1 .728 1.67 .869 1.78 0-0-45
1882 BAL AA 21 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.15
1883 COL AA 22 OF 96 214 151 22 41 3 .808 1.80 .858 1.73 0-0-96
1883 COL AA 22 P 3 5 2 0 3 0 .400 0.67 .920 2.13
1884 COL AA 23 OF 107 215 164 18 33 5 .847 1.70 .846 1.61 0-0-107
1884 COL AA 23 P 4 3 1 0 2 0 .333 0.25 .933 2.12
1885 PIT AA 24 OF 108 250 186 21 43 2 .828 1.92 .886 1.83 0-0-108
1885 PIT AA 24 P 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.80
1886 PIT AA 25 OF 115 257 185 30 42 12 .837 1.87 .882 1.75 1-1-115
1886 PIT AA 25 P 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .850 1.90
1887 TOT NL 26 OF 83 241 188 17 36 2 .851 2.47 .887 1.92 0-64-19
1887 PIT NL 26 OF 47 161 130 10 21 0 .870 2.98 .884 1.92 0-47-0
1887 IND NL 26 OF 36 80 58 7 15 2 .813 1.81 .893 1.92 0-17-19
1888 BSN NL 27 OF 107 212 172 18 22 3 .896 1.78 .907 1.90 6-2-99
1889 BSN NL 28 OF 90 202 169 13 20 1 .901 2.02 .911 1.97 88-0-2
1890 BOS PL 29 OF 128 338 276 32 30 8 .911 2.41 .903 2.06 0-128-0
1891 BOS AA 30 OF 137 286 228 23 35 7 .878 1.83 .910 1.83 0-137-0
1892 LOU NL 31 OF 153 422 351 37 34 8 .919 2.54 .911 1.86 0-153-0
1893 LOU NL 32 OF 122 407 339 39 29 13 .929 3.10 .914 2.14 0-122-0
1894 LOU NL 33 OF 129 386 331 21 34 8 .912 2.73 .915 2.24 0-129-0
1895 TOT NL 34 OF 117 308 274 16 18 5 .942 2.48 .915 2.14 1-116-0
1895 STL NL 34 OF 83 242 215 15 12 5 .950 2.77 .914 2.14 1-82-0
1895 WHS NL 34 OF 34 66 59 1 6 0 .909 1.76 .918 2.14 0-34-0
1896 WHS NL 35 OF 116 290 262 7 21 2 .928 2.32 .933 2.12 0-114-2
1897 WHS NL 36 OF 115 290 252 17 21 5 .928 2.34 .936 2.06 0-115-0
1898 WHS NL 37 OF 15 40 36 1 3 0 .925 2.47 .938 2.03 0-15-0
17 Seasons OF 1783 4461 3623 348 490 85 .890 2.23 .903 1.95 96-1096-593
5 Seasons P 12 11 3 2 6 0 .455 0.42 .918 2.22
17 Seasons TOT 1795 4472 3626 350 496 85 .889 2.22 .793 1.95 96-1096-593
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1885 AA--.307--6th
1886 AA--.285--10th
1891 AA--.321--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1885 AA--.366--4th
1886 AA--.365--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1885 AA--.426--7th
1891 AA--.469--4th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1885 AA--.792--6th
1891 AA--.865--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1883 AA--97--6th
1890 PL--128--10th
1892 NL--153--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1883 AA--420--8th
1890 PL--543--8th
1891 AA--589--1st
1892 NL--660--1st
Career--7363--199th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1883 AA--440--8th
1890 PL--632--3rd
1891 AA--663--2nd
1892 NL--712--1st
Career--8182--221st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1886 AA--106--10th
1890 PL--146--2nd
1891 AA--177--1st
Career--1521--58th

Hits s c a p y
1885 AA--134--8th
1891 AA--189--1st

Total Bases s c a p y
1885 AA--186--9th
1891 AA--276--1st

Doubles s c a p y
1891 AA--30--2nd

Triples s c a p y
1885 AA--12--10th
1891 AA--21--1st
Career--138--67th

Home Runs s c a p y
1883 AA--5--4th
1884 AA--5--10th
1885 AA--4--9th
1888 NL--9--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1885 AA--68--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1885 AA--34--8th
1890 PL--86--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1887 NL--65--3rd
1888 NL--68--6th
1889 NL--56--10th
1890 PL--84--1st
1891 AA--96--1st
1892 NL--94--1st
1893 NL--63--2nd
1894 NL--73--1st
1895 NL--60--1st
1896 NL--49--3rd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1882 AA--0--1st
1885 AA--0--1st
1889 NL--63--3rd
1890 PL--79--2nd
1891 AA--106--1st
1892 NL--78--2nd
1893 NL--66--1st
1894 NL--66--4th
Career--657--13th

Singles s c a p y
1885 AA--102--8th
1891 AA--133--6th
Career--1510--188th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1885 AA--149--7th
1891 AA--144--4th

Runs Created s c a p y
1885 AA--66--7th
1891 AA--108--2nd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1882 AA--8--9th
1885 AA--25--6th
1891 AA--33--3rd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1882 AA--.9--9th
1885 AA--2.8--6th
1891 AA--3.4--3rd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1885 AA--32--9th
1891 AA--56--2nd

Times On Base s c a p y
1885 AA--175--5th
1890 PL--238--10th
1891 AA--263--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1885 AA--.724--6th
1891 AA--.735--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1885 AA--7--7th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1882 AA--.--1st
1883 AA--.--1st
1884 AA--.--1st
1885 AA--.--1st
1888 NL--15.1--8th

AB per HR s c a p y
1883 AA--84.000--5th
1888 NL--46.667--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1883 AA--305--6th
1890 PL--394--7th
1891 AA--400--10th
1892 NL--510--1st
1893 NL--402--6th
1894 NL--400--4th
Career--5437--232nd

Saves s c a p y
1882 AA--0--2nd
1883 AA--0--3rd
1884 AA--0--4th
1885 AA--0--6th
1886 AA--0--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1882 AA--0--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1882 AA--0--5th
1883 AA--0--5th
1884 AA--0--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1882 AA--0--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1882 AA--1--8th
1883 AA--2--7th
1884 AA--4--3rd
1885 AA--2--6th
1886 AA--1--9th

Oldest s c a p y
1897 NL--born 1860-09-21--10th
1898 NL--born 1860-09-21--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 17 (131), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 84 (277), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 16 (1207), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 37 (494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (345), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June, 1882: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Before 1883 Season: Sent from the Baltimore Orioles to the Columbus Buckeyes in an unknown transaction.

October 30, 1884: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the Columbus Buckeyes for $8000 (sum was for entire team).

August 15, 1887: Released by the Pittsburg Alleghenys.

August 19, 1887: Signed as a Free Agent with the Indianapolis Hoosiers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

February 6, 1888: Sent from the Indianapolis Hoosiers to the Boston Beaneaters in an unknown transaction.

Before 1890 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Boston Reds.

Before 1892 Season: Returned to league control by the Boston Reds.

January 1, 1892: Under league control and obtained by the Louisville Colonels.

January 6, 1895: Traded by the Louisville Colonels to the St. Louis Browns for Frank Shugart.

August 20, 1895: Released by the St. Louis Browns. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 21, 1895: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

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