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Tommy Brown

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 170lb (185cm, 77kg)

Born: December 6, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY us

Debut: August 3, 1944 (Age 16-241d, 9,761st in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1953 (Age 25-293d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Thomas Michael Brown

Nicknames: Buckshot

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.0

1280

309

.241

151

RBI

159

OBP

.292

SLG

.355

OPS

.647

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1944	16	BRO-min	B	91	380	340	57	101	21	11	1	53	9		30	53	.297	.361	.432	.793		147		4	6				NNW · PIED
1944	16	BRO	NL	46	160	146	17	24	4	0	0	8	0	0	8	17	.164	.208	.192	.400	14	28	3	0	6		0	6/H
1945	17	BRO-min	AA	85	344	301	54	86	13	3	10	48	5		33	38	.286	.368	.449	.816		135	7	6	4				STP · AA
1945	17	BRO	NL	57	204	196	13	48	3	4	2	19	3	3	6	16	.245	.267	.332	.599	67	65	3	0	2		0	6/H9

1947	19	BRO	NL	15	35	34	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.235	.257	.265	.522	37	9	1	0	0		0	/5H76
1948	20	BRO	NL	54	156	145	18	35	4	0	2	20	1	0	7	17	.241	.281	.310	.591	57	45	5	1	3		1	5H/37
1949	21	BRO	NL	41	95	89	14	27	2	0	3	18	0	0	6	8	.303	.347	.427	.774	103	38	1	0	0		1	7H
1950	22	BRO	NL	48	98	86	15	25	2	1	8	20	0	0	11	9	.291	.378	.616	.994	153	53	4	1	0		1	H7
1951	23	TOT	NL	89	241	221	26	47	4	1	10	33	1	2	17	25	.213	.272	.376	.648	74	83	8	1	1		1	7H43/5
1951	23	BRO	NL	11	27	25	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.160	.222	.240	.462	23	6	0	0	0		0	/H7
1951	23	PHI	NL	78	214	196	24	43	2	1	10	32	1	2	15	21	.219	.278	.393	.671	80	77	8	1	1		1	7H43/5
1952	24	TOT	NL	79	243	225	26	68	12	0	4	26	1	2	16	27	.302	.349	.409	.757	109	92	5	0	1		1	6H4/37
1952	24	PHI	NL	18	29	25	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	.160	.276	.320	.596	65	8	0	0	0		1	H/37
1952	24	CHC	NL	61	214	200	24	64	11	0	3	24	1	2	12	24	.320	.358	.420	.778	114	84	5	0	1		0	6H4/3
1953	25	CHC	NL	65	154	138	19	27	7	1	2	13	1	0	13	17	.196	.279	.304	.584	51	42	9	3	0		0	H6/97
1954	26	CHC-min	Opn	152	579	502	68	132	25	1	14	61	3		53	83	.263	.338	.400	.738		201		7	11	6			LOS · PCL
1955	27	CIN-CHC-min	AA,Opn	118	415	334	69	99	24	1	7	50	0		66	42	.296	.414	.437	.851		146	8	5	4	6			NVL,LOS · SOUA,PCL
1956	28	CIN-min	AA	139	538	468	82	148	34	4	10	85	0		63	46	.316	.398	.470	.868		220	8	2	3	2			NVL · SOUA
1957	29	CIN-min	AA	139	574	485	71	124	24	0	8	60	3		77	70	.256	.360	.355	.714		172	17	3	7	2			NVL · SOUA
1958	30	WSH-CIN-min	AA	110																									CNG,NVL · SOUA
1959	31	WSH-min	AA	51																									CNG · SOUA
9 Yrs				494	1386	1280	151	309	39	7	31	159	7	7	85	142	.241	.292	.355	.647	75	455	39	6	13		5
162 Game Avg.				162	455	420	50	101	13	2	10	52	2	2	28	47	.241	.292	.355	.647	75	149	13	2	4		2

BRO (7 yrs)				272	775	721	82	171	18	5	15	88	4	3	41	77	.237	.280	.338	.619	67	244	17	2	11		3
CHC (2 yrs)				126	368	338	43	91	18	1	5	37	2	2	25	41	.269	.325	.373	.698	87	126	14	3	1		0
PHI (2 yrs)				96	243	221	26	47	3	1	11	34	1	2	19	24	.213	.278	.385	.663	78	85	8	1	1		2