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Earl
Browne		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 5, 1911 in Usa, KY, LOUISVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1936   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 24 ATL NL     7 7 6 2 3 3 6 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 7
1936 25 ATL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 3 7 8 7
1937 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 3 4 3 7 8 7
1938 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 3 4 3 7 8 7
1939 28 TAM AL $ 2,257,143   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 3 4 3 7 8 8
1940 29 TAM AL $ 2,257,143   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 8
1941 30 PIT NL $ 3,200,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 7 8 8 2 3 3 7 8 8
1942 31 PIT NL $ 3,200,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7
1943 32 PIT NL $ 3,200,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7
1944 33 PIT NL $ 3,200,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 6 8 8 2 3 3 6 7 6
1945 34 PIT NL     8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 1 2 2 6 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,200,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 3 4 3 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1935 24 AAA   60 240 27 73 20 1 1 27 5 4 14 27 .304 .343 .408 .751 30.7  
    AA   60 235 34 74 13 3 7 25 5 3 25 22 .315 .381 .485 .866 41.0  
1936 25 ATL NL 137 462 62 147 27 1 5 58 1 0 30 34 .318 .362 .413 .776 60.8 9.0
1937 26 BSN NL 146 504 66 145 25 9 2 60 0 0 35 57 .288 .331 .385 .716 62.2 11.0
1938 27 TAM AL 145 538 85 162 36 4 4 52 0 2 41 57 .301 .351 .405 .756 70.2 12.0
1939 28 TAM AL 102 189 22 60 12 0 1 28 0 0 15 22 .317 .367 .397 .764 25.6 5.0
1940 29 TAM AL 139 429 59 125 29 4 7 59 1 0 26 55 .291 .336 .427 .763 56.9 10.2
1941 30 TAM AL 59 198 21 50 10 0 2 27 1 0 13 27 .253 .297 .333 .631 18.3 1.6
  PIT NL 65 206 23 71 10 0 2 30 1 0 8 22 .345 .369 .422 .791 29.0 6.4
  TOT   124 404 44 121 20 0 4 57 2 0 21 49 .300 .333 .379 .712 47.3 8.0
1942 31 PIT NL 109 170 20 54 8 0 1 22 1 2 12 15 .318 .364 .382 .746 21.8 3.2
1943 32 PIT NL 63 82 3 18 2 0 1 9 0 0 8 12 .220 .289 .280 .569 5.8 0.0
1944 33 PIT NL 10 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .273 .200 .473 0.6 0.1
    AAA   106 371 39 104 20 1 3 34 9 9 38 56 .280 .347 .364 .711 45.8  
1945 34 AAA   137 537 78 171 27 3 7 66 16 8 48 62 .318 .374 .419 .793 81.1  
9 Years Sim 975 2788 363 834 159 18 25 345 5 4 189 301 .299 .344 .396 .740 351.2 58.5
3 Years AAA 303 1148 144 348 67 5 11 127 30 21 100 145 .303 .359 .399 .758 157.7  
1 Years AA 60 235 34 74 13 3 7 25 5 3 25 22 .315 .379 .485 .864 41.0  
4 Years Minors 363 1383 178 422 80 8 18 152 35 24 125 167 .305 .363 .414 .776 198.7  
162 Game Average 463 60 138 26 2 4 57 0 0 31 50 .299 .344 .396 .740 58.4  
Career Highs 146 538 85 162 36 9 7 60 2 2 41 57 .318 .367 .427 .776 70.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2335 314 728 142 16 21 313 5 4 167 225 .312 .358 .413 .771 325.7
vs LH   453 49 106 17 2 4 32 0 0 22 76 .234 .271 .307 .578 35.7
Home 481 1345 178 415 75 10 11 162 2 2 95 153 .309 .354 .404 .757 182.5
Away 494 1443 185 419 84 8 14 183 3 2 94 148 .290 .335 .389 .724 179.0
RISP   721 0 220 38 1 4 285 0 0 70 80 .305 .360 .377 .737 98.4
Pinch Hitting   303 37 91 16 0 4 48 1 1 26 29 .300 .354 .393 .747 41.1
Close/Late   380 38 115 24 1 3 57 0 0 30 45 .303 .353 .395 .748 50.9
Mar/Apr 160 418 60 132 23 5 4 52 1 0 27 34 .316 .359 .423 .782 59.4
May 183 515 64 155 33 4 4 62 1 1 36 62 .301 .347 .404 .750 68.2
June 146 418 60 124 29 3 3 57 0 2 21 50 .297 .330 .402 .732 51.1
July 160 460 63 138 27 2 3 61 1 0 30 54 .300 .343 .387 .730 58.3
August 172 523 75 151 27 3 6 60 1 1 38 52 .289 .338 .386 .724 65.8
Sep/Oct 154 454 41 134 20 1 5 53 1 0 37 49 .295 .348 .377 .725 58.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1936 25 ATL NL LF 118 112 988.3 229 3 1 0 .996 2.11 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    1B 6 1 23.0 29 3 0 3 1.000 12.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 5 2 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
1937 26 BSN NL LF 111 109 950.0 206 3 0 1 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 18 12 121.3 159 9 2 21 .988 12.46 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1938 27 TAM AL 1B 83 73 679.0 838 67 4 76 .996 12.00 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    LF 38 33 308.7 69 1 1 0 .986 2.04 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 11 8 79.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.48 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 3 26.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0  
1939 28 TAM AL 1B 58 30 309.3 309 24 3 18 .991 9.69 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1940 29 TAM AL 1B 93 75 703.3 787 60 7 80 .992 10.84 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    CF 14 14 124.0 35 0 1 0 .972 2.54 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 5 0 12.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 1 11.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.63 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 30 TAM AL LF 47 46 418.6 103 1 1 0 .990 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 7 4 44.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 1.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PIT NL LF 52 50 428.4 105 2 1 1 .991 2.25 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 7 4 45.4 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 14.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 99 96 847.0 208 3 2 1 .991 2.24   1.8
      RF 14 8 89.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
      1B 1 0 3.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 14.59   0.0
1942 31 PIT NL RF 27 13 136.7 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 11 6 51.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 2 25.0 31 3 0 4 1.000 12.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 1 10.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
1943 32 PIT NL 1B 10 8 65.0 92 5 3 6 .970 13.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 2 23.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 2 15.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 8 0 14.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.30 0 0 .000 0  
1944 33 PIT NL LF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 388 359 3186.7 730 10 4 2 .995 2.09 0 0 .000 0 9.5
  1B 275 201 1929.7 2251 171 19 208 .992 11.30 0 0 .000 0 5.2
  RF 73 31 360.7 74 1 0 0 1.000 1.87 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 21 20 175.0 43 0 2 0 .956 2.21 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   758 611 5653.0 3099 182 25 210 .992 5.22 0 0 .000 0 15.4
Career Highs   135 121 1092.7 927 68 8 80 1.000 9.56 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 27 TAM AL 5 22 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .182 .250 .227 .477
Career Post-Season Batting 5 22 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .182 .250 .227 .477
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1937-3-9
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Gary Woods (948)
  7. Rip Radcliff (946)
  8. Tommy O'Brien (945)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1935
Injured on 5/11/1935 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 6/1/1935 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/6/1935 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Injured on 8/7/1935 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1936, off Johnny Allen (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/1936, off Johnny Broaca (MON)
Had 6 hits with 0 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 8/21/1936
Won Bronze Rookie in 1936, hitting .318 with 5 HR, 58 RBI
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/3/1938 (Going to BSN: P Guy Cantrell. Going to TAM: LF Earl Browne)
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1941 (Going to TAM: P Orville Jorgens. Going to PIT: LF Earl Browne)
4/2/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 6/12/1945 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
 
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