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Tom Browning
Thomas Leo Browning
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 28, 1960 in Casper, WY
Schools: LeMoyne College, Tennessee Wesleyan College
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1984
Final Game: May 19, 1995
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Standard Pitching

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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
1984 24 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 1.54 3 3 0 0 0 0 23.1 27 4 4 0 5 0 14 0 0 1 95 245 1.371 10.4 0.0 1.9 5.4 2.80
1985 25 CIN NL 20 9 .690 3.55 38 38 0 6 4 0 261.1 242 111 103 29 73 8 155 3 0 2 1083 107 1.205 8.3 1.0 2.5 5.3 2.12 CYA-6,RoY-2
1986 26 CIN NL 14 13 .519 3.81 39 39 0 4 2 0 243.1 225 123 103 26 70 6 147 1 0 3 1016 102 1.212 8.3 1.0 2.6 5.4 2.10
1987 27 CIN NL 10 13 .435 5.02 32 31 1 2 0 0 183.0 201 107 102 27 61 7 117 5 4 2 791 84 1.432 9.9 1.3 3.0 5.8 1.92
1988 28 CIN NL 18 5 .783 3.41 36 36 0 5 2 0 250.2 205 98 95 36 64 3 124 7 4 2 1001 105 1.073 7.4 1.3 2.3 4.5 1.94
1989 29 CIN NL 15 12 .556 3.39 37 37 0 9 2 0 249.2 241 109 94 31 64 10 118 3 1 2 1031 106 1.222 8.7 1.1 2.3 4.3 1.84
1990 30 CIN NL 15 9 .625 3.80 35 35 0 2 1 0 227.2 235 98 96 24 52 13 99 5 1 5 957 105 1.261 9.3 0.9 2.1 3.9 1.90
1991 31 CIN NL 14 14 .500 4.18 36 36 0 1 0 0 230.1 241 124 107 32 56 4 115 4 1 3 983 92 1.289 9.4 1.3 2.2 4.5 2.05 AS
1992 32 CIN NL 6 5 .545 5.07 16 16 0 0 0 0 87.0 108 49 49 6 28 7 33 2 1 3 386 71 1.563 11.2 0.6 2.9 3.4 1.18
1993 33 CIN NL 7 7 .500 4.74 21 20 0 0 0 0 114.0 159 61 60 15 20 2 53 1 1 1 505 85 1.570 12.6 1.2 1.6 4.2 2.65
1994 34 CIN NL 3 1 .750 4.20 7 7 0 2 1 0 40.2 34 20 19 8 13 1 22 1 0 1 169 99 1.156 7.5 1.8 2.9 4.9 1.69
1995 35 KCR AL 0 2 .000 8.10 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 13 9 9 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 49 59 1.800 11.7 1.8 4.5 2.7 0.60
12 Seasons 123 90 .577 3.94 302 300 1 31 12 0 1921.0 1931 913 841 236 511 61 1000 32 13 25 8066 97 1.271 9.0 1.1 2.4 4.7 1.96
162 Game Avg. 14 10 .577 3.94 34 34 0 4 1 0 217 218 103 95 27 58 7 113 4 1 3 911 97 1.271 9.0 1.1 2.4 4.7 1.96
CIN (11 yrs) 123 88 .583 3.92 300 298 1 31 12 0 1911.0 1918 904 832 234 506 61 997 32 13 25 8017 98 1.268 9.0 1.1 2.4 4.7 1.97
KCR (1 yr) 0 2 .000 8.10 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 13 9 9 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 49 59 1.800 11.7 1.8 4.5 2.7 0.60
NL (11 yrs) 123 88 .583 3.92 300 298 1 31 12 0 1911.0 1918 904 832 234 506 61 997 32 13 25 8017 98 1.268 9.0 1.1 2.4 4.7 1.97
AL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 8.10 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 13 9 9 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 49 59 1.800 11.7 1.8 4.5 2.7 0.60

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1990 30 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 1 1 .500 3.27 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 9 4 4 1 6 0 5 1 0 0 46 1.364 7.4 0.8 4.9 4.1 0.83
1990 30 CIN NL WS W OAK 1 0 1.000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 26 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1 Season (2 Series) 2 1 .667 3.71 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 15 7 7 3 8 0 7 1 0 0 72 1.353 7.9 1.6 4.2 3.7 0.88
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 3.27 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 9 4 4 1 6 0 5 1 0 0 46 1.364 7.4 0.8 4.9 4.1 0.83
1 WS 1 0 1.000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 26 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
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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
1984 24 CIN NL 3 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 25 CIN NL 39 101 88 4 17 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 29 .193 .228 .239 .467 29 21 2 0 9 0 0 1 CYA-6,RoY-2
1986 26 CIN NL 46 94 86 9 14 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 25 .163 .172 .163 .335 -8 14 2 0 7 0 0 1
1987 27 CIN NL 34 61 52 2 8 2 0 0 6 1 0 3 21 .154 .200 .192 .392 3 10 1 0 6 0 0 1
1988 28 CIN NL 41 97 83 7 12 2 0 0 4 3 0 5 24 .145 .193 .169 .362 3 14 0 0 9 0 0 1
1989 29 CIN NL 41 96 78 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 32 .090 .134 .090 .224 -36 7 1 0 14 0 0 1
1990 30 CIN NL 38 86 75 6 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 29 .093 .117 .120 .237 -36 9 0 0 9 0 0 1
1991 31 CIN NL 36 83 70 3 12 3 0 1 5 0 1 3 19 .171 .205 .257 .463 28 18 0 0 10 0 0 1 AS
1992 32 CIN NL 16 35 31 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .226 .242 .258 .500 41 8 1 0 2 1 0 1
1993 33 CIN NL 21 44 37 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 6 .216 .250 .324 .574 52 12 0 0 4 1 0 1
1994 34 CIN NL 7 16 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .214 .357 -8 3 0 0 2 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 322 720 621 42 95 14 1 2 32 5 2 25 200 .153 .185 .188 .374 3 117 7 0 72 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 362 312 21 48 7 1 1 16 3 1 13 101 .153 .185 .188 .374 3 59 4 0 36 1 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
1990 30 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 CIN NL 24 P 3 3 23.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.54 1.33 .950 1.89 0.67
1985 CIN NL 25 P 38 38 261.1 48 12 34 2 1 .958 0.0 0.0 1.58 1.21 .952 1.92 0.68 CYA-6,RoY-2
1986 CIN NL 26 P 39 39 243.1 40 11 26 3 5 .925 0.0 0.0 1.37 0.95 .957 1.94 0.66
1987 CIN NL 27 P 32 31 183.0 31 5 23 3 1 .903 0.0 0.0 1.38 0.88 .958 1.91 0.62
1988 CIN NL 28 P 36 36 250.2 41 8 30 3 3 .927 0.0 0.0 1.36 1.06 .956 1.96 0.69
1989 CIN NL 29 P 37 37 249.2 43 8 35 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.55 1.16 .944 1.87 0.63
1990 CIN NL 30 P 35 35 227.2 38 8 27 3 1 .921 0.0 0.0 1.38 1.00 .958 1.80 0.58
1991 CIN NL 31 P 36 36 230.1 37 8 24 5 2 .865 0.0 0.0 1.25 0.89 .959 1.86 0.59 AS
1992 CIN NL 32 P 16 16 87.0 21 6 14 1 3 .952 0.0 0.0 2.07 1.25 .952 1.94 0.60
1993 CIN NL 33 P 21 20 114.0 31 10 21 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.45 1.48 .952 1.84 0.54
1994 CIN NL 34 P 7 7 40.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.55 1.00 .957 1.86 0.54
1995 KCR AL 35 P 2 2 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.80 1.00 .950 1.80 0.55
12 Seasons P 302 300 1921.0 343 78 245 20 21 .942 0.0 0.0 1.51 1.07 .954 1.89 0.62
12 Seasons TOT 302 300 1921.0 343 78 245 20 21 .942 0.0 0.0 1.51 1.07 .896 1.89 0.62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1991

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1985-NL--6--2%
0.02 Career Shares (236th)

Wins s c a p y
1985 NL--20--4th
1988 NL--18--5th
1989 NL--15--10th
1990 NL--15--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 NL--.690--9th
1988 NL--.783--2nd
1990 NL--.625--8th
Career--.577--189th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1988 NL--1.073--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1990 NL--2.056--5th
1991 NL--2.188--7th
Career--2.394--233rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1985 NL--261.3--6th
1986 NL--243.3--8th
1988 NL--250.7--3rd
1989 NL--249.7--2nd
1990 NL--227.7--8th
1991 NL--230.3--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1985 NL--155--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1985 NL--38--2nd
1986 NL--39--1st
1988 NL--36--1st
1989 NL--37--1st
1990 NL--35--1st
1991 NL--36--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1989 NL--9--3rd
1994 NL--2--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 NL--4--5th
1986 NL--2--5th
1994 NL--1--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL--29--2nd
1986 NL--26--3rd
1987 NL--27--6th
1988 NL--36--1st
1989 NL--31--1st
1990 NL--24--3rd
1991 NL--32--1st
Career--236--116th

Hits s c a p y
1985 NL--242--6th
1986 NL--225--9th
1989 NL--241--2nd
1990 NL--235--2nd
1991 NL--241--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1986 NL--13--6th
1991 NL--14--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1985 NL--103--2nd
1986 NL--103--3rd
1987 NL--102--8th
1988 NL--95--5th
1989 NL--94--3rd
1990 NL--96--5th
1991 NL--107--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1987 NL--5--10th
1988 NL--7--7th
1990 NL--5--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 NL--1083--4th
1986 NL--1016--7th
1988 NL--1001--6th
1989 NL--1031--2nd
1990 NL--957--5th
1991 NL--983--3rd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1989 NL--14--3rd
1991 NL--10--10th

Salary s c a p y
1990 NL--$2,125,000--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (458), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 61 (414), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 27 (465), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (424), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mark Buehrle (970)
  2. Matt Morris (965)
  3. Ross Grimsley (954)
  4. John Smiley (950)
  5. Kirk Rueter (945)
  6. Denny Neagle (945)
  7. Jack McDowell (945)
  8. Preacher Roe (942)
  9. Dick Donovan (942)
  10. Doc Medich (942)
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  2. Greg Hibbard (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Odalis Perez (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Ojeda (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Denny Neagle (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Denny Neagle (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Flanagan (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mike Flanagan (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Matt Morris (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kevin Tapani (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. David Wells (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  8. Ray Burris (986)
  9. Johnny Vander Meer (985)
  10. Larry Jansen (985)
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  1. Frank Sullivan (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Larry Jansen (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pat Ragan (993)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pat Ragan (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pat Ragan (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 11, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 10, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 3, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Cincinnati Reds$60,000
1986Cincinnati Reds$215,000
1987Cincinnati Reds$287,500
1988Cincinnati Reds$442,500
1989Cincinnati Reds$1,025,000
1990Cincinnati Reds$2,125,000
1991Cincinnati Reds$2,425,000
1992Cincinnati Reds$3,250,000
1993Cincinnati Reds$2,250,000
1994Cincinnati Reds$3,750,000
1995Cincinnati Reds$583,333
Kansas City Royals$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,713,333
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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