Hal Brown

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: December 11, 1924 in Greensboro, NC us

Died: December 17, 2015 in Greensboro, NC

Buried: Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, NC

High School: Greensboro HS (Greensboro, NC)

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Debut: April 19, 1951 (Age 26-129d, 8,356th in MLB history)
vs. SLB 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, Sv

Last Game: September 16, 1964 (Age 39-280d)
vs. PHI 3.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Hector Harold Brown

Nicknames: Skinny

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.5

W

L

ERA

3.81

G

358

GS

211

SV

IP

1680.0

SO

710

WHIP

1.230

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1946	21	BOS-min	C,B	16	9	.640	2.77	31						208.0	192	90	64		72									1.269	8.3		3.1			DHM,ROA CARL,PIED
1947	22	BOS-min	B	19	8	.704	4.14	31						228.0	244	118	105		61									1.338	9.6		2.4			ROA PIED
1948	23	BOS-min	A	12	6	.667	2.63	28	21					185.0	160	63	54		44									1.103	7.8		2.1			SCR EL
1949	24	BOS-min	AAA	8	13	.381	3.31	33			15	1		193.0	217	96	71		51		70	0	1	6				1.389	10.1		2.4	3.3	1.37	LOU AA
1950	25	SLE	AAA	13	13	.500	4.66	46	28		15	1		222.0	242	137	115		78		87	3	5	3				1.441	9.8		3.2	3.5	1.12	SLE PCL
1951	26	SLE	AAA	16	6	.727	3.05	27	19		13	1		168.0	151	66	57		36		70	2	0	3				1.113	8.1		1.9	3.8	1.94	SLE PCL
1951	26	CHW	AL	0	0		9.35	3	0	2	0	0	1	8.2	15	9	9	3	4		4	0	0	0	44	45	7.44	2.192	15.6	3.1	4.2	4.2	1.00
1952	27	CHW	AL	2	3	.400	4.23	24	8	7	1	0	0	72.1	82	39	34	8	21		31	0	0	4	314	86	3.84	1.424	10.2	1.0	2.6	3.9	1.48
1953	28	BOS	AL	11	6	.647	4.65	30	25	3	6	1	0	166.1	177	94	86	16	57		62	0	0	7	722	89	4.13	1.407	9.6	0.9	3.1	3.4	1.09
1954	29	BOS	AL	1	8	.111	4.12	40	5	17	1	0	0	118.0	126	64	54	6	41		66	3	0	2	524	101	3.06	1.415	9.6	0.5	3.1	5.0	1.61
1955	30	OLD	Opn	9	2	.818	2.95	12	11		9	0		91.2	71	33	30	4	12		37	0	0	1				0.905	7.0	0.4	1.2	3.6	3.08	OLD PCL
1955	30	TOT	AL	1	4	.200	3.98	17	5	4	1	0	0	61.0	53	31	27	5	28	1	28	0	0	3	262	97	3.89	1.328	7.8	0.7	4.1	4.1	1.00
1955	30	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	2.25	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	16	209	2.87	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
1955	30	BAL	AL	0	4	.000	4.11	15	5	3	1	0	0	57.0	51	30	26	5	26	1	26	0	0	3	246	92	3.96	1.351	8.1	0.8	4.1	4.1	1.00
1956	31	BAL	AL	9	7	.563	4.04	35	14	11	4	1	2	151.2	142	72	68	18	37	3	57	1	1	5	620	96	3.91	1.180	8.4	1.1	2.2	3.4	1.54
1957	32	BAL	AL	7	8	.467	3.90	25	20	2	7	2	1	150.0	132	68	65	17	37	3	62	2	1	3	608	92	3.88	1.127	7.9	1.0	2.2	3.7	1.68
1958	33	BAL	AL	7	5	.583	3.07	19	17	1	4	2	1	96.2	96	35	33	9	20	0	44	0	0	1	396	117	3.40	1.200	8.9	0.8	1.9	4.1	2.20
1959	34	BAL	AL	11	9	.550	3.79	31	21	7	2	0	3	164.0	158	73	69	16	32	5	81	1	0	2	674	100	3.43	1.159	8.7	0.9	1.8	4.4	2.53
1960	35	BAL	AL	12	5	.706	3.06	30	20	5	6	1	0	159.0	155	61	54	14	22	3	66	1	0	3	635	126	3.28	1.113	8.8	0.8	1.2	3.7	3.00
1961	36	BAL	AL	10	6	.625	3.19	27	23	3	6	3	1	166.2	153	62	59	14	33	0	61	1	0	3	668	120	3.55	1.116	8.3	0.8	1.8	3.3	1.85
1962	37	TOT	AL	6	5	.545	4.29	24	12	5	0	0	1	92.1	97	51	44	15	23	2	27	3	0	1	392	87	4.99	1.300	9.5	1.5	2.2	2.6	1.17
1962	37	BAL	AL	6	4	.600	4.10	22	11	4	0	0	1	85.2	88	41	39	12	21	2	25	3	0	1	359	91	4.69	1.272	9.2	1.3	2.2	2.6	1.19
1962	37	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.2	9	10	5	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	59	8.77	1.650	12.2	4.1	2.7	2.7	1.00
1963	38	HOU	NL	5	11	.313	3.31	26	20	2	6	3	0	141.1	137	54	52	14	8	0	68	0	0	0	563	96	2.97	1.026	8.7	0.9	0.5	4.3	8.50
1964	39	HOU	NL	3	15	.167	3.95	27	21	3	3	0	1	132.0	154	68	58	18	26	10	53	2	0	3	569	87	4.21	1.364	10.5	1.2	1.8	3.6	2.04
14 Yrs				85	92	.480	3.81	358	211	72	47	13	11	1680.0	1677	781	712	173	389	27	710	14	2	37	6991	98	3.72	1.230	9.0	0.9	2.1	3.8	1.83
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.480	3.81	43	25	9	6	2	1	201	200	93	85	21	46	3	85	2	0	4	835	98	3.72	1.230	9.0	0.9	2.1	3.8	1.83
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BAL (8 yrs)				62	48	.564	3.61	204	131	36	30	9	9	1030.2	975	442	413	105	228	17	422	9	2	21	4206	104	3.69	1.167	8.5	0.9	2.0	3.7	1.85
BOS (3 yrs)				13	14	.481	4.40	72	30	21	7	1	0	288.1	305	159	141	22	100	0	130	3	0	9	1262	95	3.67	1.405	9.5	0.7	3.1	4.1	1.30
HOU (2 yrs)				8	26	.235	3.62	53	41	5	9	3	1	273.1	291	122	110	32	34	10	121	2	0	3	1132	91	3.57	1.189	9.6	1.1	1.1	4.0	3.56
CHW (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	4.78	27	8	9	1	0	1	81.0	97	48	43	11	25		35	0	0	4	358	78	4.23	1.506	10.8	1.2	2.8	3.9	1.40
NYY (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.2	9	10	5	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	59	8.77	1.650	12.2	4.1	2.7	2.7	1.00

AL (12 yrs)				77	66	.538	3.85	305	170	67	38	10	10	1406.2	1386	659	602	141	355	17	589	12	2	34	5859	100	3.74	1.238	8.9	0.9	2.3	3.8	1.66
NL (2 yrs)				8	26	.235	3.62	53	41	5	9	3	1	273.1	291	122	110	32	34	10	121	2	0	3	1132	91	3.57	1.189	9.6	1.1	1.1	4.0	3.56

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

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