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Historical player · 1882–1898

Tom Brown

B/T L/R · HT 70 · WT 168 · Born 9/21/1860 · From Liverpool, Merseyside England · Debut 1882-07-06 · Final 1898-05-17

Career · batting

1,791

7,387

1,958

RBI

742

658

749

AVG/OPS

0.265 · 0.698

Career · pitching

49.3

W-L

2-2

ERA

5.29

WHIP

1.76

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Louisville Colonels · 1892–1894

#6 on the Colonels

↑ 2 C. Wolf

↓ 2 J. Kerins

Hits

414

#9 on the Colonels

↑ 12 B. Clingman

↓ 14 H. Taylor

RBI

156

#15 on the Colonels

↑ 5 J. Grim

↓ 18 S. Stratton

210

#2 on the Colonels

↑ 38 F. Clarke

↓ 11 P. Browning

Runs

332

#6 on the Colonels

↑ 73 F. Weaver

↓ 13 J. Kerins

163

#8 on the Colonels

↑ 16 F. Weaver

↓ 10 F. Pfeffer

Career with the Boston Beaneaters · 1888–1889

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#245 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 B. Asselstine

↓ 1 B. Sweeney

Hits

188

#282 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 L. Blanks

↓ 3 V. Campbell

RBI

#294 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 J. Sain

↓ 1 J. Presley

109

#25 on the Beaneaters

↑ 6 C. Washington

↓ 2 S. Wise

Runs

155

#169 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 M. O'Neil

↓ 2 A. Duvall

#207 on the Beaneaters

↑ 1 L. Bell

↓ 1 C. Carroll

Career with the Columbus Buckeyes · 1883–1884

#1 on the Buckeyes

↓ 2 F. Mann

Hits

238

#1 on the Buckeyes

↓ 26 P. Smith

RBI

#1 on the Buckeyes

↓ 58 T. Mansell

Runs

162

#1 on the Buckeyes

↓ 2 P. Smith

#2 on the Buckeyes

↑ 16 J. Richmond

↓ 1 F. Mann

Career with the Boston Reds · 1890–1891

#4 on the Reds

↑ 3 D. Farrell

↓ 2 J. Quinn

Hits

345

#1 on the Reds

↓ 16 D. Brouthers

RBI

139

#3 on the Reds

↑ 65 H. Richardson

↓ 29 D. Farrell

186

#1 on the Reds

↓ 89 H. Stovey

Runs

326

#1 on the Reds

↓ 86 D. Brouthers

157

#2 on the Reds

↑ 29 D. Brouthers

↓ 61 P. Radford

Career with the Washington Senators · 1895–1898

#9 on the Senators

↑ 2 G. DeMontreville

↓ 1 J. Gettman

Hits

306

#10 on the Senators

↑ 8 P. Radford

↓ 1 B. Hoy

RBI

122

#12 on the Senators

↑ 22 B. Freeman

↓ 2 P. Radford

#9 on the Senators

↑ 18 B. Joyce

↓ 1 G. DeMontreville

Runs

211

#9 on the Senators

↑ 1 W. Mercer

↓ 18 G. DeMontreville

133

#8 on the Senators

↑ 19 B. Hoy

↓ 26 D. Farrell

Career with the Pittsburg Alleghenys · 1885–1887

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#339 on the Alleghenys

↑ 1 A. Alford

↓ 1 E. Wilson

Hits

312

#167 on the Alleghenys

↑ 5 J. Bautista

↓ 6 T. Padden

RBI

125

#174 on the Alleghenys

↑ 1 J. Sugden

↓ 3 R. Martin

#93 on the Alleghenys

↑ 1 D. Johnston

↓ 1 L. Davis

Runs

217

#115 on the Alleghenys

↑ 12 R. Mackowiak

↓ 1 M. Easler

101

#166 on the Alleghenys

↑ 1 D. Bartell

↓ 3 B. Dahlgren

Career with the Indianapolis Hoosiers · 1887–1887

#13 on the Hoosiers

↑ 1 J. McGeachey

↓ 1 G. Gardner

Hits

#21 on the Hoosiers

↑ 6 T. Arundel

↓ 4 A. Sommers

RBI

#22 on the Hoosiers

↑ 1 M. Hackett

↓ 1 M. Polhemus

#12 on the Hoosiers

↑ 2 M. Sullivan

↓ 1 E. Healy

Runs

#17 on the Hoosiers

↑ 1 D. Esterbrook

↓ 2 J. Schoeneck

#17 on the Hoosiers

↑ 1 J. Cahill

↓ 1 M. Hackett

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1895–1895

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#584 on the Browns

↑ 1 J. Andujar

Hits

#477 on the Browns

↑ 1 P. Crawford

↓ 1 O. Schrecongost

RBI

#484 on the Browns

↑ 1 C. Fullis

↓ 1 B. White

#134 on the Browns

↑ 1 R. Gant

↓ 1 R. Blades

Runs

#328 on the Browns

↑ 1 G. Oliver

↓ 1 R. Charles

#329 on the Browns

↑ 1 S. Cooper

↓ 1 G. Altman

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1882–1882

#48 on the Orioles

↑ 1 B. Cunningham

Hits

#84 on the Orioles

↑ 1 G. Magoon

↓ 2 T. O'Brien

RBI

#81 on the Orioles

↑ 1 F. Kitson

↓ 2 L. Whistler

Runs

#87 on the Orioles

↑ 1 S. Houck

↓ 1 J. Corbett

#125 on the Orioles

↑ 1 J. Bakley

↓ 1 B. Inks

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#1,536 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Burns

↓ 1 T. Stephenson

Hits

1,958

#318 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Lee

↓ 4 T. Harrah

RBI

742

#613 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Childs

↓ 2 E. Torgeson

658

#13 all-time MLB

↑ 10 W. Wilson

↓ 9 B. Campaneris

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1882	Baltimore Orioles	AA	45	180	28	52	4	2	1	23	0	6	0	0.289	—	0.350
1883	Columbus Buckeyes	AA	97	420	69	115	12	7	5	32	0	20	0	0.274	—	0.371
1884	Columbus Buckeyes	AA	107	451	93	123	9	11	5	32	0	24	0	0.273	—	0.375
1885	Alleghenys	AA	108	437	81	134	16	12	4	68	0	34	0	0.307	—	0.426
1886	Alleghenys	AA	115	460	106	131	11	11	1	51	30	56	0	0.285	—	0.363
1887	Alleghenys	NL	47	192	30	47	3	4	0	6	12	11	40	0.245	—	0.302
1887	Indianapolis Hoosiers	NL	36	140	20	25	3	0	2	9	13	8	25	0.179	—	0.243
1888	Beaneaters	NL	107	420	62	104	10	7	9	49	46	30	68	0.248	—	0.369
1889	Beaneaters	NL	90	362	93	84	10	5	2	24	63	59	56	0.232	—	0.304
1890	Boston Reds	PL	131	558	149	156	25	14	4	67	80	87	87	0.280	—	0.396
1891	Boston Reds	AA	137	589	177	189	30	21	5	72	106	70	96	0.321	—	0.469
1892	Louisville Colonels	NL	153	660	105	150	16	8	2	45	78	47	94	0.227	—	0.285
1893	Louisville Colonels	NL	122	529	104	127	15	7	5	54	66	56	63	0.240	—	0.323
1894	Louisville Colonels	NL	130	541	123	137	22	14	9	57	66	60	74	0.253	—	0.396
1895	Browns	NL	84	355	73	78	11	4	1	31	34	48	44	0.220	—	0.282
1895	Washington Senators	NL	34	134	25	32	8	3	2	16	8	18	16	0.239	—	0.388
1896	Washington Senators	NL	116	435	87	128	17	6	2	59	28	58	49	0.294	—	0.375
1897	Washington Senators	NL	116	469	91	137	17	2	5	45	25	52	63	0.292	—	0.369
1898	Washington Senators	NL	16	55	8	9	1	0	0	2	3	5	9	0.164	—	0.182
Career			1,791	7,387	1,524	1,958	240	138	64	742	658	749	784	0.265	0.337	0.361

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1882	Baltimore Orioles	AA	0	0	2	0	8.3	13	1	6	2	1.08	2.28
1883	Columbus Buckeyes	AA	0	1	3	1	14.0	14	9	10	6	5.79	1.71
1884	Columbus Buckeyes	AA	2	1	4	0	19.0	27	15	7	5	7.11	1.79
1885	Alleghenys	AA	0	0	2	0	6.0	0	2	3	2	3.00	0.50
1886	Alleghenys	AA	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	2	5	1	9.00	3.50
Career			2	2	12	1	49.3	56	29	31	16	5.29	1.76

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1,788	0	15,557.0	3,636	349	492	85
P	12	0	49.0	3	2	6	0