Dick Brown

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 176lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: January 17, 1935 in Shinnston, WV us

Died: April 17, 1970 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Pinecrest Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL

High School: Holy Name HS (Lake Worth, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: June 20, 1957 (Age 22-154d, 11,454th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1965 (Age 30-259d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Richard Ernest Brown

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Relatives: Brother of Larry Brown

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

1866

455

.244

175

RBI

223

OBP

.291

SLG

.380

OPS

.671

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-17 / in Starts: 25-15
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 157 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	90 (52-23-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 157 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	97 (51-30-15)

Most Driven In
Self	5
R Colavito	3
M MiÃ±oso	2
G Strickland	2
T Francona	1
W Held	1
V Power	1
G Hamner	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
V Power	3
W Held	2
M MiÃ±oso	2
B Locke	1
M Garcia	1
T Francona	1
R Webster	0

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	103	8 (7)	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.77	PH C
2	104	11 (2)	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5						C
3	105	14 (2)	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	8	.97	-0.018	4.13	-0.05%	0.70	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	106	19 (4)	May 5	CLE		BAL	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	8	.14	0.010	.63	0.03%	0.61	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	107	51 (31)	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.333	.690	7	.35	-0.003	1.28	-0.01%	-0.12	C
6	108	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.389	.333	.722	7	1.11	0.036	4.28	0.08%	0.38	C
7	109	53	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.409	.333	.742	7	1.64	-0.076	5.89	-0.16%	-0.24	C
8	110	54	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.423	.409	.832	8	.89	0.066	3.62	0.16%	1.84	C
9	111	55	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.385	.785	8	.69	0.018	2.92	0.05%	0.15	C
10	112	56	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.333	.686	6	.46	-0.049	2.07	-0.13%	-1.14	C
11	113	57	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.441	.810	8	1.06	0.184	4.97	0.52%	1.44	C
12	114	58	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.417	.798	7	1.42	-0.056	7.05	-0.17%	-0.03	C
13	115	59	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.436	.836	7	1.72	0.255	9.56	0.85%	1.67	C
14	116	61 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.388	.419	.806	8	1.05	-0.083	5.49	-0.26%	-0.98	C
15	117	62	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF(14)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.392	.409	.801	6	3.18	0.094	17.28	0.31%	0.51	C
16	118	63	Jun 23	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.370	.383	.753	7	.94	-0.068	5.43	-0.24%	-0.60	C
17	119	64	Jun 24	CLE		BAL	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.345	.353	.698	7	1.19	-0.119	6.78	-0.41%	-1.03	C
18	120	65	Jun 25	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.361	.370	.731	8	.67	0.041	3.84	0.14%	0.28	C
19	121	66	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,11-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.369	.431	.800	8	.19	0.024	.95	0.07%	1.31	C
20	122	67	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.353	.410	.763	8	.99	-0.080	5.00	-0.24%	-0.66	C
21	123	69 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.352	.422	.774	7	1.29	-0.097	6.68	-0.30%	-0.79	C
22	124	70	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.351	.433	.784	8	.73	0.048	4.98	0.20%	0.24	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	125	71	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.408	.742	8	1.61	-0.182	11.06	-0.75%	-1.25	C
24	126	72	Jul 2	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.274	.341	.425	.766	8	1.09	0.109	5.99	0.36%	1.32	C
25	127	73	Jul 3	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.333	.403	.736	7	.48	-0.019	2.58	-0.06%	-0.85	C
26	128	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.330	.388	.717	7	.33	-0.028	2.09	-0.11%	-0.45	C
27	129	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,12-9	8-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.326	.383	.709	6	1.68	-0.069	10.60	-0.26%	-0.45	C
28	130	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.333	.424	.757	8	1.16	0.051	7.46	0.20%	0.86	C
29	131	77	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.333	.420	.754	8	1.19	0.042	9.73	0.21%	0.49	C
30	132	78	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.320	.402	.723	8	.63	-0.076	5.18	-0.38%	-1.04	C
31	133	79	Jul 11	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.321	.400	.721	8	1.65	-0.036	10.99	-0.14%	-0.41	C
32	134	82 (2)	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.321	.400	.721	5						C
33	135	84 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.321	.392	.713	8	1.04	-0.027	6.74	-0.11%	-0.20	C
34	136	86 (1)	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG(13)	6	6	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.322	.427	.749	7	1.12	0.232	6.51	0.81%	1.02	C
35	137	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.311	.411	.722	7	.43	-0.044	2.44	-0.15%	-0.80	C
36	138	97 (9)	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.309	.400	.709	8	.30	-0.005	1.85	-0.02%	-0.04	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	139	102 (4)	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.302	.389	.691	8	.46	-0.035	2.93	-0.13%	-0.67	C
38	140	105 (2)	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.299	.386	.685	8	.06	-0.002	.32	-0.01%	-0.23	C
39	141	106	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.297	.383	.679	8	.09	-0.002	.55	-0.01%	-0.16	C
40	142	107	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.290	.373	.663	8	.62	-0.058	3.72	-0.21%	-0.83	C
41	143	112 (4)	Aug 11	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.296	.380	.676	8	.41	0.025	2.44	0.09%	0.28	C
42	144	117 (4)	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	4-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.294	.377	.671	7	1.77	-0.043	9.97	-0.15%	-0.30	PR C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	145	133 (15)	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.293	.397	.690	8	.85	0.057	2.71	0.11%	0.33	C
44	146	134	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.289	.391	.679	8	1.11	-0.052	5.66	-0.16%	-0.45	C
45	147	136 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.220	.288	.386	.674	8	1.45	0.087	6.83	0.25%	1.33	C
46	148	147 (10)	Sep 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.293	.385	.679	8	.93	-0.025	.43	-0.01%	0.58	C
47	149	152 (4)	Sep 25 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,8-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.294	.384	.678	8	.43	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.71	C
48	150	154 (1)	Sep 27	CLE		KCA	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.288	.376	.664	8	1.48	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.85	C
							31-17		157	141	15	31	7	0	5	16	11	1	39	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	.220	.288	.376	.664		.93	-0.095	4.69	-0.18%	-0.71

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