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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	DET		CLE	L,5-9	CG	52	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 15	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
4	4	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	22	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	6	Apr 21	DET		LAA	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
7	7	Apr 23 (1)	DET		LAA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	9 (1)	Apr 24	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	10	Apr 26	DET		NYY	L,11-13	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	11	Apr 27	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
11	12	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
12	13	Apr 30 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15 (1)	May 2	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	16	May 3	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	17	May 4	DET	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	18	May 5	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	19	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	20	May 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
19	22 (1)	May 9 (1)	DET		WSA	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	23	May 9 (2)	DET		WSA	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
21	24	May 10	DET		WSA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	25	May 11	DET		WSA	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	26	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
24	27	May 13	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	28	May 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	29	May 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	30	May 15	DET	@	BAL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	31	May 16	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	32	May 17	DET	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	33	May 18	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	34	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	35	May 21	DET	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	36	May 22	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	37	May 23	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
35	38	May 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
36	39	May 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	50	10.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
37	40	May 26	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	41	May 27	DET	@	LAA	L,1-10	GS	38	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	42	May 28	DET	@	LAA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
40	43	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	44	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	L,3-9	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	45	May 31	DET		KCA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	46	Jun 1	DET		KCA	T,4-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
44	47	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
45	48	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	49	Jun 4 (1)	DET		MIN	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
47	51 (1)	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	52	Jun 6	DET	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	53	Jun 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	56 (2)	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	57	Jun 11 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
52	58	Jun 11 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-6	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
53	59	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	60	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	61	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
56	62	Jun 16	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	63	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,12-10	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	64	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	65	Jun 20	DET	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
60	66	Jun 22	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	70 (3)	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	71	Jun 27 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	78 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	79	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
65	80	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
66	82 (1)	Jul 6	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
67	83	Jul 7	DET		LAA	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
68	86 (2)	Jul 9 (2)	DET		LAA	W,6-3	GS	23	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
69	88 (1)	Jul 15	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GS	11	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	137 (48)	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8		8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	139 (1)	Sep 4 susp	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS	30	7.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
72	140	Sep 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
73	141	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
74	142	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
75	143	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	144	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
77	145	Sep 12	DET		KCA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	146	Sep 13	DET		KCA	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	147	Sep 14	DET		KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
80	148	Sep 15 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
81	149	Sep 15 (2)	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	150	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
83	151	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-6	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
84	152	Sep 19	DET		LAA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
85	153	Sep 20	DET		LAA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	154	Sep 22	DET	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
87	155	Sep 23	DET	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	156	Sep 24	DET	@	LAA	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
89	157	Sep 25 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
90	160 (2)	Sep 27	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	161	Sep 29	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
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