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William Brown

William M. Brown (Big Bill or California)

Positions: First Baseman, Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: 1866 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1887
Teams (by GP): Giants/Colonels/Phillies/Orioles/Browns 1887-1894

Final Game: May 20, 1894
Died: December 20, 1897 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1887 NYG NL 21 C 46 326 229 69 28 5 .914 6.48 .906 6.12 51
1887 NYG NL 21 3B 3 6 2 2 2 0 .667 1.33 .870 3.43
1887 NYG NL 21 OF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .880 1.95 0-0-2
1888 NYG NL 22 C 20 177 134 24 19 0 .893 7.90 .912 6.83 26
1889 NYG NL 23 C 37 208 138 38 32 3 .846 4.76 .910 6.00 16
1889 NYG NL 23 OF 3 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 .910 2.00 0-3-0
1890 NYI PL 24 C 34 180 124 38 18 1 .900 4.76 .901 5.36 17 55 35 39% 37%
1890 NYI PL 24 OF 13 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.15 .904 2.11 2-0-11
1890 NYI PL 24 1B 9 106 97 4 5 4 .953 11.22 .973 10.44
1890 NYI PL 24 3B 3 10 3 6 1 0 .900 3.00 .853 3.53
1890 NYI PL 24 2B 2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.50 .912 5.85
1891 PHI NL 25 1B 97 1057 997 48 12 60 .989 10.77 .978 10.66
1891 PHI NL 25 C 19 86 60 20 6 2 .930 4.21 .926 5.79 8 30 18 38% 37%
1891 PHI NL 25 OF 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 .913 1.90 0-2-0
1893 TOT NL 27 1B 118 1213 1145 54 14 79 .988 10.16 .978 10.58
1893 BLN NL 27 1B 7 67 63 3 1 3 .985 9.43 .978 10.59
1893 LOU NL 27 1B 111 1146 1082 51 13 76 .989 10.21 .978 10.58
1893 LOU NL 27 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1 0 0
1894 TOT NL 28 1B 16 163 141 19 3 8 .982 10.00 .976 9.80
1894 LOU NL 28 1B 13 133 113 17 3 6 .977 10.00 .976 9.80
1894 STL NL 28 1B 3 30 28 2 0 2 1.000 10.00 .976 9.80
4 Seasons 1B 240 2539 2380 125 34 151 .987 10.44 .978 10.56
6 Seasons C 157 977 685 189 103 11 .895 5.57 .909 5.97 119 85 53 38% 37%
4 Seasons OF 20 29 25 2 2 0 .931 1.35 .906 2.05 2-5-13
2 Seasons 3B 6 16 5 8 3 0 .813 2.17 .859 3.48
1 Season 2B 2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.50 .912 5.85
7 Seasons TOT 425 3565 3097 325 143 162 .960 8.05 .958 8.34 2-5-13 119 85 53 38% 37%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1887 NYG NL 21 49 49 0 46 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0
1888 NYG NL 22 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1889 NYG NL 23 40 40 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
1890 NYI PL 24 60 60 0 34 9 2 3 0 2 0 11 13 0
1891 PHI NL 25 115 115 0 19 97 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1893 LOU NL 27 111 111 0 1 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1893 BLN NL 27 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1894 LOU NL 28 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1894 STL NL 28 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 418 418 0 157 240 2 6 0 2 5 13 20 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts† s c a p y
1893 NL  1,145 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1887 NL  51 (3rd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1893 NL  118 (5th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1893 NL  1,145 (5th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1891 NL  48 (5th)
1893 NL  54 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1891 NL  10.77 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1891 NL  .989 (1st)
1893 NL  .988 (1st)

             

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