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Bobby
Brown		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 25, 1924 in Usa, WA, SEATTLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1951    1952    1956    1959   
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
1946 21 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 7 7 10 10 10
1947 22 STL NL     6 6 5 3 4 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1948 23 STL NL     6 6 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 10 10 10
1949 24 STL NL     7 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 10 10 10
1950 25 STL NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1951 26 STL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 9 8 10 10 10
1952 27 STL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 10 10 10
1953 28 STL NL $ 2,928,571   9 9 8 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 10 9 10 10 10
1954 29 STL NL $ 2,928,571   9 9 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 8 10 9 10 10 10
1955 30 STL NL $ 3,300,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
1956 31 NYA AL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 5 6 6 8 10 9 9 10 10
1957 32 NYA AL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 1 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
1958 33 MIN AL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 1 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
1959 34 MIN AL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 1 2 2 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
1960 35 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   9 9 8 1 2 2 5 6 5 7 8 8 9 9 9
1961 36 MIN AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 8
1962 37 WOR AL $ 1,500,000   4 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,500,000   10 10 9 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 10 10
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
1946 21 AA   83 294 44 81 16 0 8 45 10 0 65 11 .276 .407 .412 .818 55.0  
    A   54 179 40 57 7 0 10 30 7 4 47 10 .318 .460 .525 .985 43.7  
1947 22 AAA   31 102 19 30 5 0 4 16 6 2 23 4 .294 .424 .461 .885 21.2  
    AA   105 366 65 111 12 2 15 66 16 4 97 6 .303 .449 .470 .919 83.4  
1948 23 AAA   137 502 88 134 16 4 22 97 11 9 107 13 .267 .396 .446 .842 93.5  
1949 24 AAA   105 379 76 113 11 0 21 58 8 6 79 7 .298 .419 .493 .913 79.5  
1950 25 STL NL 148 473 79 143 21 1 9 66 16 6 70 6 .302 .390 .408 .798 79.5 14.0
1951 26 STL NL 156 563 92 166 25 3 15 100 17 13 87 13 .295 .386 .430 .816 96.5 14.5
1952 27 STL NL 143 477 94 144 21 2 10 60 14 4 81 14 .302 .402 .417 .819 81.8 15.4
1953 28 STL NL 144 497 99 143 25 0 7 57 9 3 74 12 .288 .378 .380 .758 75.2 13.5
1954 29 STL NL 135 401 73 123 20 1 10 58 2 2 60 6 .307 .397 .436 .833 67.6 12.4
1955 30 STL NL 142 454 66 145 18 4 12 56 8 5 76 9 .319 .417 .456 .873 85.5 18.0
1956 31 STL NL 54 196 35 63 16 0 6 30 2 1 27 8 .321 .404 .495 .899 37.4 7.4
  NYA AL 102 394 72 130 26 3 3 45 3 2 52 10 .330 .408 .434 .842 67.2 12.6
  TOT   156 590 107 193 42 3 9 75 5 3 79 18 .327 .407 .454 .861 104.6 19.9
1957 32 NYA AL 148 535 68 146 22 3 3 60 2 6 62 25 .273 .348 .342 .690 64.8 8.6
1958 33 MIN AL 156 553 60 165 17 5 4 44 4 1 61 41 .298 .368 .369 .737 74.8 12.2
1959 34 MIN AL 152 574 56 161 21 5 1 50 0 0 59 57 .280 .350 .340 .690 66.2 8.3
1960 35 MIN AL 152 587 89 170 32 2 8 50 1 0 66 50 .290 .364 .392 .756 82.0 17.6
1961 36 MIN AL 146 475 38 113 17 6 2 49 0 2 56 55 .238 .320 .312 .631 48.8 7.5
1962 37 WOR AL 135 479 36 129 16 2 3 28 1 1 25 101 .269 .308 .330 .638 45.8 6.7
13 Years Sim 1913 6658 957 1941 297 37 93 753 79 46 856 407 .292 .372 .389 .761 973.2 168.6
3 Years AAA 273 983 183 277 32 4 47 171 25 17 209 24 .282 .406 .466 .872 194.2  
2 Years AA 188 660 109 192 28 2 23 111 26 4 162 17 .291 .429 .444 .873 138.4  
1 Years A 54 179 40 57 7 0 10 30 7 4 47 10 .318 .459 .525 .984 43.7  
6 Years Minors 515 1822 332 526 67 6 80 312 58 25 418 51 .289 .420 .464 .884 376.3  
162 Game Average 563 81 164 25 3 7 63 6 3 72 34 .292 .372 .389 .761 82.4  
Career Highs 156 590 107 193 42 6 15 100 17 13 87 101 .327 .417 .456 .873 104.6  
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   4868 753 1491 228 25 79 561 63 35 672 269 .306 .390 .412 .802 787.8
vs LH   1790 204 450 69 12 14 192 16 11 184 138 .251 .321 .327 .648 193.1
Home 943 3250 481 956 156 21 40 362 27 20 438 189 .294 .378 .392 .770 488.4
Away 970 3408 476 985 141 16 53 391 52 26 418 218 .289 .367 .386 .753 492.5
RISP   1476 0 451 68 8 9 619 0 0 198 74 .306 .380 .381 .761 222.2
Pinch Hitting   160 22 44 5 0 0 23 2 0 30 8 .275 .385 .306 .692 22.5
Close/Late   772 82 208 27 2 8 75 0 0 114 58 .269 .364 .341 .705 103.2
Mar/Apr 309 1120 151 306 52 5 17 136 13 7 126 73 .273 .350 .374 .724 147.9
May 336 1145 157 362 53 9 16 132 15 9 155 70 .316 .397 .420 .817 189.9
June 323 1070 181 307 58 5 16 116 12 6 162 63 .287 .381 .395 .776 166.1
July 317 1137 158 338 47 6 13 115 12 7 144 72 .297 .375 .383 .759 167.0
August 314 1105 145 306 48 5 12 114 15 12 132 60 .277 .353 .362 .715 144.6
Sep/Oct 314 1081 165 322 39 7 19 140 12 5 137 69 .298 .375 .400 .774 165.5
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
1950 25 STL NL SS 122 111 985.3 157 441 15 92 .976 5.46 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    2B 10 3 39.7 12 18 2 3 .938 6.81 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 10 2 27.7 3 5 1 1 .889 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 16 1 0 2 1.000 17.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 26 STL NL SS 149 146 1291.0 184 548 11 111 .985 5.10 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    2B 4 0 6.3 2 5 0 2 1.000 9.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 27 STL NL SS 122 113 1010.7 157 437 10 82 .983 5.29 0 0 .000 0 6.3
    3B 15 2 45.0 1 14 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 3 0 6.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1953 28 STL NL 2B 89 83 730.0 162 290 9 60 .980 5.57 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    SS 28 25 233.3 36 95 7 22 .949 5.05 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 20 10 98.3 6 17 6 1 .793 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 4.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 29 STL NL 2B 99 85 777.7 173 285 7 67 .985 5.30 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    SS 14 9 83.0 11 28 1 7 .975 4.23 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 6 3 31.0 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1955 30 STL NL 2B 101 93 826.7 170 332 14 84 .973 5.47 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    3B 17 8 88.0 8 19 2 3 .931 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 10 5 50.0 6 15 0 3 1.000 3.78 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1956 31 STL NL 2B 32 31 263.9 54 99 2 21 .987 5.22 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 17 17 143.2 26 55 1 11 .988 5.09 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 3 0 10.1 1 2 1 0 .750 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYA AL 2B 61 59 526.7 109 197 5 41 .984 5.23 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    SS 31 31 285.8 53 109 1 21 .994 5.10 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    3B 7 1 20.2 1 3 1 0 .800 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 93 90 790.6 163 296 7 62 .985 5.23   2.7
      SS 48 48 429.0 79 164 2 32 .992 5.10   1.9
      3B 10 1 30.3 2 5 2 0 .778 2.08   0.0
1957 32 NYA AL 2B 87 84 726.0 154 293 5 53 .989 5.54 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    SS 57 54 441.0 61 175 4 33 .983 4.82 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    3B 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 33 MIN AL SS 153 150 1339.3 213 533 12 116 .984 5.01 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 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
1959 34 MIN AL 2B 149 146 1290.3 273 490 19 115 .976 5.32 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 35 MIN AL 2B 149 147 1303.3 279 520 16 105 .980 5.52 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 36 MIN AL 2B 141 140 1193.0 237 481 12 100 .984 5.42 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    SS 1 0 5.3 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.07 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 37 WOR AL SS 91 82 723.7 135 307 7 62 .984 5.50 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 33 30 273.3 59 122 3 27 .984 5.96 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 2 1 10.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 11.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 5.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 959 901 7963.9 1685 3137 94 679 .981 5.45 0 0 .000 0 30.5
  SS 796 743 6594.6 1041 2746 69 561 .982 5.17 0 0 .000 0 30.1
  3B 83 28 341.3 23 69 12 6 .885 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  1B 7 2 28.0 40 4 0 3 1.000 14.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 5.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1846 1674 14932.8 2792 5957 175 1249 .980 5.27 0 0 .000 0 61.4
Career Highs   155 150 1342.3 279 553 22 116 .987 5.64 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
1953 28 STL NL 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476
1954 29 STL NL 12 45 8 8 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 .178 .245 .289 .534
1955 30 STL NL 10 39 8 13 1 0 1 6 0 0 8 0 .333 .447 .436 .883
Career Post-Season Batting 26 91 17 22 6 0 1 10 0 0 14 3 .242 .343 .341 .684
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
1952-8-.302
1955-4-.319
1956-8-.291*
1960-10-.290
 On-Base Pct
1952-10-.402
1955-4-.417
1958-7-.368
1960-9-.364
 Games
1951-5-156
1958-4-156
 At-Bats
1951-9-563
1959-7-574
 Runs
1960-6-89
 Hits
1959-9-161
1960-8-170
Singles
1951-8-123
1957-5-118
1958-3-139
1959-2-134
1960-4-128
 Triples
1961-7-6
 Stolen Bases
1950-7-16
1951-10-17
1955-8-8
 Caught Stealing
1950-7-6
1951-4-13
1955-7-5
1957-5-6
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Bob Skinner (897)
  4. Pinky Whitney (887)
  5. Jerry Turner (887)
  6. Ray Sanders (883)
  7. Elbie Fletcher (882)
  8. Curt Flood (881)
  9. Jerry White (880)
  10. Barney McCosky (880)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1946
Injured on 4/27/1946 with a Strained Calf Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 6/28/1946 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 4 days
Traded from Cleveland to St. Louis on 7/31/1947 (Going to STL: 3B Bobby Brown. Going to CLE: P Rex Cecil, P Rube Melton)
Injured on 5/20/1949 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1950, off Joe Haynes (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/18/1950, off Warren Hacker (SEM)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/1/1951
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 8/21/1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1955, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
9/22/1955: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to New York (A) on 6/1/1956 (Going to STL: P Jim Bunning, LF Tito Francona, RF Dale Mitchell. Going to NYA: 2B Bobby Brown, LF Ralph Kiner, 1B Earl Torgeson)
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Injured on 9/26/1957 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from New York (A) to Minnesota on 2/21/1958 (Going to MIN: P Bud Daley, RF Jim King, 2B Bobby Brown. Going to NYA: RF Vic Wertz)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 7/9/1958
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
7/31/1959: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 5/17/1960
Injured on 8/17/1961 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/8/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
 
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