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Dick
Brown		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 17, 1935 in Usa, WV, SHINNSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1959   
Gold Glove 1963   
All-Star Selections 1962    1963   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 22 CLE AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 23 CLE AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 24 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 26 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 27 SDP NL $ 2,807,143 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 28 SDP NL $ 2,807,143 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 29 SDP NL $ 3,721,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 30 SDP NL $ 4,220,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 31 SDP NL $ 4,220,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 32 SDP NL $ 4,220,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 33 SDP NL $ 2,000,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 34 SDP NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 35 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 36 BOS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 37 BOS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 38 BOS AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 39 BSN NL $ 510,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,220,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 22 CLE AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1958 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1959 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1960 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1961 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1962 27 SDP NL $ 2,807,143   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1963 28 SDP NL $ 2,807,143   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1964 29 SDP NL $ 3,721,429   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1965 30 SDP NL $ 4,220,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1966 31 SDP NL $ 4,220,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1967 32 SDP NL $ 4,220,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1968 33 SDP NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1969 34 SDP NL     6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1970 35 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1971 36 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1972 37 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1973 38 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1974 39 BSN NL $ 510,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,220,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1960 25 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 4 1 0 27.00 .500 .538 1.583 2.122 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 4 1 0 27.00 .500 .538 1.583 2.122 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   4 4 3 1 0   .667 .714 2.167 2.881
vs LH   2 2 1 0 0   .333 .333 1.000 1.333
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 4 1 0 27.00 .500 .538 1.583 2.122
June 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 4 1 0 27.00 .500 .538 1.583 2.122
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
1957 22 AAA   20 55 6 9 1 0 2 3 0 0 8 15 .164 .270 .291 .561 4.9  
    AA   103 375 60 109 16 2 18 71 0 0 21 74 .291 .328 .488 .816 57.6  
1958 23 AAA   31 95 10 22 2 1 3 13 0 1 6 22 .232 .277 .368 .646 9.5  
    AA   106 425 54 128 18 2 23 76 0 0 32 62 .301 .350 .515 .865 73.0  
1959 24 SDP NL 145 520 53 132 26 2 15 48 1 0 28 111 .254 .295 .398 .693 57.3 7.5
1960 25 SDP NL 150 522 55 168 19 2 11 66 0 0 29 100 .322 .357 .429 .786 71.9 15.5
1961 26 SDP NL 148 534 56 156 18 6 15 80 0 0 24 84 .292 .323 .433 .755 70.0 14.6
1962 27 SDP NL 151 565 53 158 22 2 14 95 0 0 33 105 .280 .321 .400 .721 64.4 11.8
1963 28 SDP NL 143 516 66 167 18 3 15 64 0 0 38 69 .324 .370 .457 .828 81.0 18.4
1964 29 SDP NL 101 310 19 77 13 0 6 33 0 0 11 57 .248 .275 .348 .623 27.5 2.2
1965 30 SDP NL 107 291 39 73 9 2 5 31 0 0 31 44 .251 .324 .347 .671 32.1 5.1
1966 31 SDP NL 98 297 25 72 9 1 2 35 0 0 11 49 .242 .268 .300 .567 21.6 0.7
1967 32 SDP NL 116 363 41 104 14 0 8 55 0 0 21 79 .287 .324 .391 .715 43.6 8.4
1968 33 SDP NL 103 342 32 82 11 4 6 40 0 0 19 105 .240 .279 .348 .627 32.7 4.5
1969 34 SDP NL 46 150 18 38 6 0 6 15 0 0 8 29 .253 .300 .413 .713 17.9 3.3
1970 35 DET AL 99 309 24 66 11 0 3 27 0 0 26 81 .214 .275 .278 .553 22.1 0.4
1971 36 DET AL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
  BOS AL 22 78 6 12 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 17 .154 .185 .179 .365 0.0 0.0
  TOT   27 83 6 13 2 0 0 8 0 1 2 18 .157 .186 .181 .367 0.1 0.0
1972 37 BOS AL 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0.3 0.0
    AAA   69 192 16 34 8 1 1 9 1 0 9 54 .177 .214 .245 .459 8.3  
1973 38 BOS AL 8 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .065 .000 .065 -1.9 0.0
    AAA   11 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .176 .353 0.2  
1974 39 AAA   90 220 13 29 10 0 0 10 0 1 15 53 .132 .187 .177 .365 3.1  
15 Years Sim 1448 4835 487 1306 178 22 106 598 1 1 283 939 .270 .311 .382 .693 540.6 92.4
5 Years AAA 221 579 46 97 21 2 6 35 1 2 38 150 .168 .224 .242 .466 26.0  
2 Years AA 209 800 114 237 34 4 41 147 0 0 53 136 .296 .339 .503 .841 130.7  
7 Years Minors 430 1379 160 334 55 6 47 182 1 2 91 286 .242 .290 .393 .684 156.7  
162 Game Average 540 54 146 19 2 11 66 0 0 31 105 .270 .311 .382 .693 60.5  
Career Highs 151 565 66 168 26 6 15 95 1 1 38 111 .324 .370 .457 .828 81.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3047 301 835 118 17 70 408 1 1 174 584 .274 .314 .393 .707 365.1
vs LH   1788 186 471 60 5 36 190 0 0 109 355 .263 .307 .363 .670 195.9
Home 720 2345 230 626 92 10 48 277 1 0 152 441 .267 .313 .376 .689 270.6
Away 728 2490 257 680 86 12 58 321 0 1 131 498 .273 .310 .387 .697 290.4
RISP   1177 0 326 40 4 29 467 0 0 108 237 .277 .334 .392 .726 156.2
Pinch Hitting   192 18 39 2 0 3 18 0 0 12 41 .203 .256 .260 .516 12.2
Close/Late   615 59 187 20 1 13 77 0 0 53 107 .304 .361 .403 .764 87.6
Mar/Apr 256 882 77 206 32 3 18 100 0 0 59 151 .234 .283 .338 .621 83.7
May 248 813 78 225 32 3 18 101 0 0 44 187 .277 .315 .390 .705 96.6
June 245 805 87 226 32 4 21 106 0 0 40 149 .281 .315 .409 .724 100.0
July 229 752 79 201 27 2 18 99 0 0 44 148 .267 .308 .380 .689 86.5
August 251 839 90 234 30 5 16 98 0 1 51 175 .279 .320 .384 .703 100.3
Sep/Oct 217 744 76 214 25 5 15 94 1 0 45 129 .288 .331 .395 .726 93.9
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
1959 24 SDP NL C 89 84 742.0 436 18 2 0 .996 5.51 25 6 .240 0 3.2
    1B 51 47 393.3 471 35 1 41 .998 11.58 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 25 SDP NL C 137 125 1131.3 640 44 1 1 .999 5.44 34 12 .353 1 7.6
    1B 3 0 6.7 12 1 0 1 1.000 17.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1961 26 SDP NL C 135 125 1117.3 676 45 2 2 .997 5.81 47 16 .340 0 6.8
    1B 5 1 16.0 15 3 0 0 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 27 SDP NL C 141 130 1193.7 676 41 4 4 .994 5.41 22 7 .318 0 7.4
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 28 SDP NL C 109 98 903.7 626 37 8 1 .988 6.60 40 17 .425 1 3.2
    1B 33 32 247.0 288 17 2 24 .993 11.11 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1964 29 SDP NL C 63 51 473.3 261 26 3 1 .990 5.46 36 17 .472 1 3.1
    1B 27 24 189.0 209 13 0 14 1.000 10.57 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1965 30 SDP NL C 73 58 540.0 372 30 4 0 .990 6.70 42 22 .524 0 4.3
    1B 21 14 140.0 144 10 2 20 .987 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1966 31 SDP NL C 79 73 657.3 456 30 3 0 .994 6.65 40 16 .400 0 4.5
    1B 3 2 21.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 8.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 32 SDP NL C 82 82 716.7 495 37 2 0 .996 6.68 62 21 .339 0 4.0
    1B 4 4 33.0 39 1 0 5 1.000 10.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 33 SDP NL C 89 87 769.0 471 36 2 0 .996 5.93 59 25 .424 2 5.5
    1B 7 5 45.0 50 4 1 3 .982 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 34 SDP NL C 46 44 374.3 209 14 2 0 .991 5.36 23 6 .261 0 2.5
1970 35 DET AL C 81 79 676.0 401 27 5 0 .988 5.70 61 19 .311 0 3.3
    1B 11 4 45.0 53 3 0 4 1.000 11.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 36 DET AL C 5 4 11.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.55 1 0 .000 0 0.1
  BOS AL C 22 17 177.7 134 7 0 0 1.000 7.14 12 5 .417 0 1.2
  TOT   C 27 21 188.7 142 7 0 0 1.000 7.11 13 5 .385 0 1.2
1972 37 BOS AL C 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 38 BOS AL C 8 7 66.0 34 3 1 0 .974 5.05 10 2 .200 0 0.3
  C 1161 1064 9555.3 5896 395 39 9 .994 5.93 514 191 .372 5 57.0
  1B 167 133 1139.0 1304 88 6 113 .996 11.00 0 0 .000 0 2.8
  CF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1335 1197 10706.3 7202 484 45 122 .994 6.46 514 191 .372 5 59.8
Career Highs   142 131 1195.7 914 54 10 41 1.000 7.61 62 25 .524 2  
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
1962 27 SDP NL 7 30 2 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .400 .387 .433 .820
1963 28 SDP NL 7 30 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 6 .233 .233 .267 .500
1965 30 SDP NL 4 13 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .462 .692
1966 31 SDP NL 12 41 3 12 1 0 3 13 0 0 1 7 .293 .310 .537 .846
1967 32 SDP NL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167
1968 33 SDP NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 34 117 7 35 3 0 4 22 0 1 2 22 .299 .308 .427 .736
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.
Batting Average
1960-2-.322
1961-9-.292
1963-1-.324
 On-Base Pct
1963-5-.370
 Hits
1960-9-168
1963-5-167
 Singles
1960-3-136
1961-10-117
1962-10-120
1963-4-131
 Triples
1961-3-6
 RBIs
1962-6-95
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Thurman Munson (936)
  5. J.C. Martin (935)
  6. Frank House (929)
  7. Ron Pruitt (927)
  8. Bruce Edwards (925)
  9. Jay Johnstone (918)
  10. Dave Roberts (916)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1957
Injured on 6/25/1957 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland to San Diego on 2/1/1959 (Going to SDP: C Dick Brown. Going to CLE: 2B Jim Finigan)
Had first career hit on 4/6/1959, off Mike Fornieles (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/20/1959, off Harvey Haddix (BSN)
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 6/21/1961
Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against New York (N) on 6/29/1961
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/8/1961
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 7/11/1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1963, hitting .650 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1963
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/11/1964 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
10/29/1964: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $4,220,000 per year, for 3 years
7/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/27/1968 with a Fractured Ribs, out for 2 weeks
Traded from San Diego to Los Angeles on 7/31/1969 (Going to SDP: LF Billy Murphy. Going to LAD: C Dick Brown, P Joe Shipley)
Released by Los Angeles on 10/13/1969
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/19/1970 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 7/1/1971 (Going to DET: C Duke Sims, P Joe Hoerner. Going to BOS: C Dick Brown, DH Dick Stuart, C Larry Howard, 3B Nelson Mathews, P Tommie Sisk)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/23/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $510,000 per year
9/1/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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