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Tommy Brown

Thomas Michael Brown (Buckshot)

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 6, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1944
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Phillies 1944-1953

Final Game: September 25, 1953
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1944 BRO NL 16 SS 46 43 34 214 89 109 16 24 .925 4.30 .954 5.41
1945 BRO NL 17 SS 55 52 44 280 93 164 23 27 .918 4.67 .947 5.26
1945 BRO NL 17 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40
1945 BRO NL 17 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1947 BRO NL 19 3B 6 2 2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.17 .947 3.07
1947 BRO NL 19 LF 3 2 1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.33 .976 2.30
1947 BRO NL 19 OF 3 2 1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.33 .976 2.43
1947 BRO NL 19 SS 1 1 1 11 3 7 1 2 .909 10.00 .963 5.10
1948 BRO NL 20 3B 43 36 32 110 43 60 7 7 .936 2.40 .941 3.10
1948 BRO NL 20 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .990 9.60
1948 BRO NL 20 LF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .970 2.30
1949 BRO NL 21 LF 27 22 10 59 55 0 4 0 .932 2.04 .974 2.41
1949 BRO NL 21 OF 27 22 10 58 53 1 4 0 .931 2.00 .977 2.48
1950 BRO NL 22 LF 16 14 12 120.1 33 28 2 3 0 .909 2.24 1.88 .977 2.29 2.27
1950 BRO NL 22 OF 16 14 12 120.1 36 31 2 3 0 .917 2.47 2.06 .978 2.34 2.31
1951 TOT NL 23 LF 38 28 23 267.1 71 67 1 3 1 .958 2.29 1.79 .977 2.32 2.32
1951 TOT NL 23 OF 37 28 23 267.1 69 65 1 3 0 .957 2.22 1.78 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 BRO NL 23 LF 5 5 1 39.0 11 9 1 1 1 .909 2.31 2.00 .977 2.33 2.32
1951 BRO NL 23 OF 5 5 1 39.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 2.31 2.00 .981 2.42 2.40
1951 PHI NL 23 LF 33 23 22 228.1 60 58 0 2 0 .967 2.29 1.76 .977 2.32 2.32
1951 PHI NL 23 OF 32 23 22 228.1 58 56 0 2 0 .966 2.21 1.75 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 PHI NL 23 2B 14 13 6 97.0 62 33 26 3 7 .952 5.47 4.21 .976 5.70 5.68
1951 PHI NL 23 1B 12 10 8 84.1 94 83 9 2 7 .979 9.82 7.67 .989 9.75 9.72
1951 PHI NL 23 3B 1 1 0 4.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 6.75 3.00 .952 3.38 3.40
1952 TOT NL 24 1B 8 7 5 56.0 63 58 4 1 3 .984 9.96 7.75 .990 9.90 9.81
1952 PHI NL 24 1B 3 3 2 22.0 24 21 3 0 0 1.000 9.82 8.00 .990 9.90 9.80
1952 PHI NL 24 LF 3 2 1 18.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.67 .980 2.00 2.00
1952 PHI NL 24 OF 3 2 1 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0.33 .980 2.30 2.30
1952 CHC NL 24 SS 39 33 33 303.2 157 58 85 14 17 .911 4.24 3.67 .960 5.04 5.00
1952 CHC NL 24 2B 10 8 6 75.2 52 27 23 2 4 .962 5.95 5.00 .975 5.48 5.43
1952 CHC NL 24 1B 5 4 3 34.0 39 37 1 1 3 .974 10.06 7.60 .990 9.90 9.82
1953 CHC NL 25 SS 25 23 20 205.2 124 44 68 12 13 .903 -4 -23 4.90 4.48 .958 5.04 4.94
1953 CHC NL 25 OF 6 4 3 38.0 7 4 2 1 0 .857 -1 -44 1.42 1.00 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 CHC NL 25 RF 5 4 3 35.0 7 4 2 1 1 .857 -2 -55 1.54 1.20 .981 2.01 1.96
1953 CHC NL 25 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
5 Seasons SS 166 152 132 509.1 786 287 433 66 83 .916 -4 -9 4.51 4.34 .953 5.04 5.19
7 Seasons OF 93 72 50 443.2 176 158 6 12 0 .932 -1 -4 2.15 1.76 .979 2.39 2.40
7 Seasons LF 89 69 48 408.2 172 157 4 11 1 .936 0 1 2.20 1.81 .976 2.30 2.32
3 Seasons 3B 50 39 34 4.0 127 50 69 8 7 .937 6.75 2.38 .942 3.38 3.10
2 Seasons 2B 24 21 12 172.2 114 60 49 5 11 .956 5.68 4.54 .976 5.60 5.58
3 Seasons 1B 21 17 13 140.1 158 142 13 3 10 .981 9.88 7.38 .989 9.81 9.75
2 Seasons RF 6 4 3 35.0 7 4 2 1 1 .857 -2 -55 1.54 1.00 .981 2.01 2.00
9 Seasons TOT 354 301 241 1270.0 1361 697 570 94 111 .931 -5 -5 4.44 3.58 .962 4.71 4.46
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1944 BRO NL 16 SS
1945 BRO NL 17 SS
1945 BRO NL 17 RF
1947 BRO NL 19 3B
1947 BRO NL 19 LF
1947 BRO NL 19 SS
1948 BRO NL 20 3B
1948 BRO NL 20 1B
1948 BRO NL 20 LF
1949 BRO NL 21 LF
1950 BRO NL 22 LF
1951 BRO NL 23 LF
1951 PHI NL 23 LF
1951 PHI NL 23 2B
1951 PHI NL 23 1B
1951 PHI NL 23 3B
1952 PHI NL 24 1B
1952 PHI NL 24 LF
1952 CHC NL 24 SS
1952 CHC NL 24 2B
1952 CHC NL 24 1B
1953 CHC NL 25 SS -4 -23 -3 -2 -1 -1
1953 CHC NL 25 RF -2 -55 -2 -1 -1 0
1953 CHC NL 25 LF 0 80 0 0 0
5 Seasons SS -4 -9 -3 -2 -1 -1
7 Seasons LF 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 3B
2 Seasons 2B
3 Seasons 1B
2 Seasons RF -2 -55 -2 -1 -1 0
9 Seasons TOT -5 -5 -4 -2 -2 -1 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1944 BRO NL 16 46 43 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 BRO NL 17 57 52 57 55 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
1947 BRO NL 19 15 5 15 10 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 0 0 3 0 5 0
1948 BRO NL 20 54 37 54 44 0 0 1 0 42 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 2
1949 BRO NL 21 41 22 41 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 27 0 18 1
1950 BRO NL 22 48 14 48 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 34 0
1951 PHI NL 23 78 47 78 59 0 0 12 14 1 0 33 0 0 33 0 20 3
1951 BRO NL 23 11 5 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 6 0
1952 CHC NL 24 61 45 61 53 0 0 5 10 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 7 5
1952 PHI NL 24 18 5 18 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 12 0
1953 CHC NL 25 65 27 65 30 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 0 5 6 0 34 2
9 Seasons 494 302 494 351 0 0 21 24 49 166 89 0 6 95 0 146 14
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1948 BRO NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 37 78% 89% 41% 5 40%
1949 BRO NL 21 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 13 0 15 4 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 50 25 50.0% 25 0 0.0% 0 769 62% 81% 41% 131 42%
1950 BRO NL 22 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 11 9 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 62.5% 4 2 12.5% 0 527 65% 80% 35% 57 53%
1951 PHI NL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 13 10 76.9% 3 0 0.0% 0 662 62% 85% 35% 70 54%
1951 BRO NL 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 50.0% 0 1 50.0% 0 171 67% 81% 43% 18 50%
1952 PHI NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 31 48% 84% 35% 5 40%
1953 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 100% 0% 0
6 Seasons 9 0 7 2 1 4 0 1 1 2 41 30 1 21 5 1 12 5 1 3 0 0 10 9 1 87 49 56.3% 34 4 4.6% 0 2199 63% 82% 37% 286 48%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 82% 31% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1952 CHC NL 24 932 52% 83% 27% 94 82% 0 42 17 18 7 65 47 15 0 1 10 0 9 1 9 16 7 1 1 1 1 14 8 4 2 1 1
1953 CHC NL 25 785 62% 82% 26% 71 83% 0 32 11 16 6 51 36 15 0 0 13 1 10 2 10 10 5 0 1 1 1 8 5 3 1 0 1
2 Seasons 1717 57% 83% 26% 165 82% 0 74 28 34 13 116 83 30 0 1 23 1 19 3 19 26 12 1 2 2 2 22 13 7 3 1 2
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1948 BRO NL 20 1414 65% 80% 29% 104 84% 0 41 27 7 7 58 40 16 1 3 7 1 2 4 6 7 4 1 6 1 1 0 8 38%
1951 PHI NL 23 17 76% 94% 18% 3 67% 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 1431 66% 80% 28% 107 83% 0 43 28 7 8 59 41 16 1 4 8 1 3 4 7 7 4 1 6 1 1 0 9 44%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 89% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1948 BRO NL 20 4 50% 100% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 PHI NL 23 224 64% 85% 23% 18 89% 0 45 3 42 0 6 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1952 CHC NL 24 108 62% 81% 24% 7 86% 0 29 4 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1952 PHI NL 24 94 63% 86% 29% 8 75% 0 22 2 20 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
3 Seasons 430 63% 84% 24% 33 85% 0 97 9 87 1 10 9 6 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 0%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1951 PHI NL 23 257 63% 87% 30% 25 84% 0 21 7 12 2 19 17 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 1 3 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
1952 CHC NL 24 281 63% 82% 26% 25 88% 1 21 9 7 5 17 14 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1
2 Seasons 538 63% 84% 28% 50 86% 1 42 16 19 7 36 31 3 0 1 4 1 2 1 2 9 2 4 1 0 7 1 6 2 1 1
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1953 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 0 1 50.0% 1 120 57% 85% 29% 8 63%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 0 1 50.0% 1 120 57% 85% 29% 8 63%
MLB Averages 43.6% 3.2% 62% 82% 31% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

Youngest s c a p y
1944 NL  born 1927-12-06 (2nd)
1945 NL  born 1927-12-06 (2nd)
1947 NL  born 1927-12-06 (3rd)
1948 NL  born 1927-12-06 (7th)
1949 NL  born 1927-12-06 (8th)

                                         

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