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Jimmy
Brown		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 25, 1910 in Usa, NC, JAMESVILLE
 
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
1937 27 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 10 10 10
1938 28 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1939 29 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 3 3 3 9 9 9
1940 30 BRK NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1941 31 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1942 32 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1943 33 NYA AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 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
1937 27 BRK NL 69 219 24 49 9 5 2 24 1 0 5 9 .224 .243 .338 .581 15.0 0.3
1938 28 BRK NL 69 182 21 47 7 1 2 27 2 0 11 9 .258 .298 .341 .639 18.6 2.2
1939 29 BRK NL 86 234 20 65 10 0 2 17 0 0 8 11 .278 .298 .346 .644 22.9 2.5
1940 30 BRK NL 86 259 33 72 6 3 3 26 2 0 12 21 .278 .310 .359 .669 27.8 3.6
1941 31 NYA AL 24 74 7 17 3 1 0 4 0 0 6 11 .230 .288 .297 .585 6.2 0.4
    AAA   54 220 17 60 15 1 1 25 4 1 14 20 .273 .316 .364 .680 24.6  
    A   80 330 51 89 23 2 5 29 11 8 32 24 .270 .334 .397 .731 42.5  
1942 32 NYA AL 147 456 50 114 17 2 2 39 2 0 35 48 .250 .305 .309 .614 40.9 4.4
1943 33 NYA AL 35 71 11 17 3 0 2 11 1 0 4 12 .239 .276 .366 .643 8.0 1.0
    AAA   23 88 12 24 3 0 0 5 0 2 6 9 .273 .319 .307 .626 7.9  
7 Years Sim 516 1495 166 381 55 12 13 148 8 0 81 121 .255 .293 .334 .627 139.4 14.5
2 Years AAA 77 308 29 84 18 1 1 30 4 3 20 29 .273 .314 .347 .662 32.5  
1 Years A 80 330 51 89 23 2 5 29 11 8 32 24 .270 .336 .397 .733 42.5  
3 Years Minors 157 638 80 173 41 3 6 59 15 11 52 53 .271 .326 .373 .699 75.0  
162 Game Average 469 52 119 17 3 4 46 2 0 25 37 .255 .293 .334 .627 43.8  
Career Highs 147 456 50 114 17 5 3 39 2 0 35 48 .278 .310 .366 .669 40.9  
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   1298 146 338 49 10 10 129 8 0 66 101 .260 .296 .337 .632 126.3
vs LH   197 20 43 6 2 3 19 0 0 15 20 .218 .276 .315 .590 17.0
Home 266 786 80 198 30 4 6 85 4 0 41 59 .252 .288 .323 .611 71.6
Away 250 709 86 183 25 8 7 63 4 0 40 62 .258 .299 .346 .644 71.7
RISP   354 0 83 8 1 4 124 0 0 21 25 .234 .271 .297 .568 28.7
Pinch Hitting   19 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 .316 .350 .316 .666 2.1
Close/Late   138 17 51 3 3 1 8 0 0 9 5 .370 .408 .457 .865 23.4
Mar/Apr 90 269 35 74 11 1 4 34 1 0 8 14 .275 .293 .368 .661 27.9
May 89 280 30 81 11 6 2 28 0 0 14 24 .289 .328 .393 .721 33.7
June 71 206 23 44 8 0 2 14 2 0 15 15 .214 .266 .282 .547 15.5
July 75 210 25 63 8 2 2 23 1 0 13 20 .300 .338 .386 .723 26.7
August 89 239 30 57 9 2 2 24 3 0 16 11 .238 .284 .318 .602 21.9
Sep/Oct 102 291 23 62 8 1 1 25 1 0 15 37 .213 .253 .258 .511 17.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1937 27 BRK NL 2B 56 54 446.3 109 215 6 46 .982 6.53   1.9
    SS 14 3 44.0 8 23 1 5 .969 6.34   0.2
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1938 28 BRK NL 2B 62 58 469.7 106 219 10 47 .970 6.23   2.2
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1939 29 BRK NL 2B 75 72 603.0 146 224 6 50 .984 5.52   2.3
    SS 9 0 19.3 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.72   0.1
1940 30 BRK NL 2B 81 79 651.0 159 267 15 50 .966 5.89   2.1
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 5.0 1 3 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.1
1941 31 NYA AL 2B 24 24 202.0 51 106 6 15 .963 7.00   0.9
1942 32 NYA AL 2B 88 85 708.3 190 333 13 65 .976 6.65   3.2
    SS 58 47 407.0 61 166 12 29 .950 5.02   0.8
1943 33 NYA AL SS 16 12 116.0 23 44 3 11 .957 5.20   0.6
    2B 10 4 37.0 8 16 2 3 .923 5.84   0.2
    3B 4 3 26.0 0 11 0 1 1.000 3.81   0.3
  2B 396 376 3117.3 769 1380 58 276 .974 6.20   12.7
  SS 100 62 596.3 94 246 16 47 .955 5.13   1.8
  3B 9 3 35.0 0 13 0 1 1.000 3.34   0.3
Career Totals   505 441 3748.7 863 1639 74 324 .971 6.01   14.8
Career Highs   146 132 1115.3 251 499 25 94 .984 7.00    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1937
Had first career hit on 4/3/1937, off Bill Lee (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/23/1937, off Roy Sherid (NYG)
Injured on 5/1/1938 with a Broken Wrist, out for 7-8 weeks
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Brooklyn to New York (A) on 7/1/1941 (Going to NYA: C Gilly Campbell, 2B Jimmy Brown. Going to BRK: C Bennie Warren, 2B Marty Marion)
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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