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Bob
Brown		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 1, 1911 in Usa, MA, DORCHESTER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1932   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 19 CLE AL $ 300,000 73 58 65 62 1 3 2 82 82 82
1931 20 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 7 1 2 1 9 9 9
1932 21 CLE AL $ 300,000 8 7 8 7 2 2 2 8 8 8
1933 22 CLE AL $ 591,429 7 8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5
1934 23 CLE AL $ 591,429 7 8 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3
1935 24 CLE AL $ 591,429 7 8 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3
1936 25 TAM AL $ 400,000 7 7 8 8 1 2 2 3 3 3
1937 26 TAM AL $ 400,000 6 7 7 7 1 2 2 3 3 3
1938 27 TAM AL $ 400,000 6 7 7 7 1 2 1 3 3 3
1939 28 TAM AL $ 400,000 6 6 7 7 1 2 1 3 3 3
1940 29 TAM AL $ 400,000 6 6 7 6 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 1 2 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 591,429 73 58 65 62 2 3 2 82 82 82
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 19 CLE AL $ 300,000   23 23 24 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 48 48 48
1931 20 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1932 21 CLE AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1933 22 CLE AL $ 591,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1934 23 CLE AL $ 591,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1935 24 CLE AL $ 591,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1936 25 TAM AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1937 26 TAM AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1938 27 TAM AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1939 28 TAM AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1940 29 TAM AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 591,429   23 23 24 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 48 48 48
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
1930 19 CLE AL 12 10 .545 30 30 5 0 0 206.0 235 126 7 125 71 5.50 .287 .380 .387 .767 5.3
1931 20 CLE AL 3 9 .250 79 0 0 0 10 95.0 102 59 7 66 26 5.59 .279 .385 .421 .806 2.7
1932 21 CLE AL 6 7 .462 35 7 1 0 9 68.0 75 51 4 46 23 6.75 .284 .390 .428 .818 1.8
1933 22 CLE AL 4 9 .308 62 5 0 0 3 102.3 129 72 7 82 36 6.33 .312 .426 .423 .848 1.9
1934 23 CLE AL 3 9 .250 57 1 0 0 8 75.7 98 52 4 51 37 6.19 .316 .409 .410 .819 2.3
1935 24 CLE AL 4 3 .571 45 1 0 0 6 64.0 78 38 7 41 32 5.34 .306 .401 .435 .836 3.2
1936 25 AAA   5 9 .357 48 0 0 0 20 57.3 41 26 7 37 69 4.08 .203 .326 .342 .668  
1937 26 AAA   0 1 .000 21 0 0 0 2 37.3 41 21 4 17 31 5.06 .287 .363 .448 .810  
1938 27 AAA   11 7 .611 26 26 1 1 0 176.0 149 82 18 102 160 4.19 .226 .330 .369 .700  
1939 28 TAM AL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4
    AAA   4 8 .333 20 17 0 0 0 114.7 120 45 13 62 106 3.53 .264 .353 .388 .740  
1940 29 AAA   8 6 .571 24 24 0 0 0 146.3 140 57 17 88 140 3.51 .255 .357 .369 .726  
7 Years Sim 33 47 .413 309 44 6 0 36 611.7 717 398 36 411 225 5.86 .295 .396 .410 .806 17.6
5 Years AAA 28 31 .475 139 67 1 1 22 531.7 491 231 59 306 506 3.91 .245 .345 .376 .721  
Season Average 4 6 .400 44 6 0 0 5 87.4 102 56 5 58 32 5.86 .295 .396 .410 .806  
Career Highs 12 10 1.000 79 30 5 0 10 206.0 235 126 7 125 71 6.75 .316 .426 .435 .848  
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   332 204 16 185 147   .264 .359 .367 .726
vs LH   385 194 20 226 78   .328 .437 .457 .894
Home 21 23 .477 161 20 4 0 14 313.3 371 220 21 222 109 6.32 .300 .406 .422 .828
Away 12 24 .333 148 24 2 0 22 298.3 346 178 15 189 116 5.37 .291 .388 .399 .787
Mar/Apr 3 6 .333 52 6 0 0 8 92.0 131 80 7 58 27 7.83 .337 .423 .486 .909
May 7 3 .700 54 7 3 0 11 110.3 105 35 5 62 40 2.86 .258 .356 .361 .717
June 10 9 .526 55 6 0 0 3 103.6 111 64 8 67 38 5.56 .274 .377 .398 .775
July 6 13 .316 50 13 3 0 4 128.3 148 88 7 94 47 6.17 .291 .402 .394 .796
August 6 9 .400 57 11 0 0 3 111.6 158 95 6 85 47 7.66 .337 .439 .448 .886
Sep/Oct 1 7 .125 41 1 0 0 7 65.7 64 36 3 45 26 4.94 .255 .368 .359 .727
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
1930 19 CLE AL 30 69 6 17 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 6 .246 .254 .290 .543 5.6 0.0
1931 20 CLE AL 79 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
1932 21 CLE AL 35 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.1 0.0
1933 22 CLE AL 62 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .111 .100 .111 .211 0.2 0.0
1934 23 CLE AL 57 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 1.1 0.0
1935 24 CLE AL 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1939 28 TAM AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
7 Years Sim 309 108 9 25 3 0 0 11 0 0 1 13 .231 .234 .259 .493 7.5 0.3
162 Game Average 56 4 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .231 .234 .259 .493 3.9  
Career Highs 79 69 6 17 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 6 .500 .500 .500 1.000 5.6  
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   82 6 17 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 12 .207 .212 .220 .431 2.8
vs LH   26 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .308 .308 .385 .692 2.7
Home 161 53 5 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .245 .245 .245 .491 2.7
Away 89 55 4 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 .218 .224 .273 .497 2.9
RISP   28 0 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 5 .214 .200 .214 .414 0.9
Close/Late   14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.2
Mar/Apr 18 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .188 .200 .388 0.3
May 14 19 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .316 .316 .368 .684 2.0
June 34 13 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .231 .286 .308 .593 1.1
July 30 31 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .129 .129 .129 .258 -0.6
August 37 24 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .292 .280 .333 .613 2.1
Sep/Oct 21 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 19 CLE AL P 30 30 206.0 21 40 3 3 .953 2.67    
1931 20 CLE AL P 79 0 95.0 6 19 0 1 1.000 2.37    
1932 21 CLE AL P 35 7 68.0 7 9 0 0 1.000 2.12    
1933 22 CLE AL P 62 5 102.3 7 26 2 4 .943 2.90    
1934 23 CLE AL P 57 1 75.7 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.67    
1935 24 CLE AL P 45 1 64.0 6 12 0 1 1.000 2.53    
1939 28 TAM AL P 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   309 44 611.7 51 116 5 9 .971 2.46    
Career Highs   79 30 206.0 21 40 3 4 1.000 2.90    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1930 19 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 3 1 3.00 .125 .364 .250 .614
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 3 1 3.00 .125 .364 .250 .614
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1931-9-10
1932-7-9
1934-8-8
 Games Pitched
1931-2-79
1933-6-62
1934-7-57
 Walks Allowed
1930-7-125
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1930
Had first career hit on 4/4/1930, off Wes Ferrell (CAL)
Earned first career win on 5/1/1930
Injured on 8/31/1930 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $591,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/2/1936 to a 5-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Injured on 5/20/1937 with a Spasms Back, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 7/23/1940 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
 
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