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Jimmy Brown
James Roberson Brown

Bats Both, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.
School North Carolina State University

Debut April 23, 1937
Final Game September 15, 1946
Born April 25, 1910 in Jamesville, NC
Died December 29, 1977 in Bath, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 27 STL NL 138  525   86  145  20  9   2   53  10     27  29  .276  .313  .360   81  189  26           1  16
 1938 28 STL NL 108  382   50  115  12  6   0   38   7     27   9  .301  .350  .364   92  139   2           2   6
 1939 29 STL NL 147  645   88  192  31  8   3   51   4     32  18  .298  .335  .384   88  248  14           4  10 MVP-6
 1940 30 STL NL 107  454   56  127  17  4   0   30   9     24  15  .280  .317  .335   76  152   5           1   7
 1941 31 STL NL 132  549   81  168  28  9   3   56   2     45  22  .306  .363  .406  110  223  12           4   8 MVP-4
 1942 32 STL NL 145  606   75  155  28  4   1   71   4     52  11  .256  .315  .320   80  194  10           0   9 MVP-13,AS
 1943 33 STL NL  34  110    6   20   4  2   0    8   0      6   1  .182  .224  .255   35   28   4           0   0
 1946 36 PIT NL  79  241   23   58   6  0   0   12   3     18   5  .241  .293  .266   58   64   4           0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      890 3512  465  980 146 42   9  319  39  0 231 110  .279  .326  .352   84 1237  77   0   0  12  64
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        639   85  178  27  8   2   58   7  0  42  20  .279  .326  .352   84  225  14   0   0   2  12
 Career High    147  645   88  192  31  9   3   71  10  0  52  29  .306  .363  .406  110  248  26   0   0   4  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 27 STL NL  579  422   59   3.7   103| .276  .282| .313  .344| .360  .400| .673  .745|  81  .414 -15.8  -1.6     
 1938 28 STL NL  413  275   48   4.7   104| .301  .282| .350  .347| .364  .401| .714  .748|  92  .528  -4.7  -0.5     
 1939 29 STL NL  695  477   82   4.6   108| .298  .287| .335  .354| .384  .411| .719  .765|  88  .502 -12.7  -1.3     
 1940 30 STL NL  484  339   48   3.8   103| .280  .279| .317  .344| .335  .401| .652  .745|  76  .439 -16.1  -1.6     
 1941 31 STL NL  610  401   80   5.3   100| .306  .274| .363  .345| .406  .386| .769  .731| 110  .613   7.3   0.8     
 1942 32 STL NL  668  470   61   3.5    93| .256  .265| .315  .338| .320  .368| .635  .706|  80  .461 -15.7  -1.7     
 1943 33 STL NL  120   94    6   1.7    93| .182  .270| .224  .340| .255  .367| .479  .707|  35  .179  -9.9  -1.1     
 1946 36 PIT NL  263  195   19   2.6    94| .241  .265| .293  .341| .266  .371| .559  .711|  58  .310 -13.6  -1.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3832 2673  403   4.0   101| .279  .277| .326  .345| .352  .391| .678  .736|  84  .476 -81.2  -8.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 27 STL NL 2B 112 235 360 22 57 .964 .959 5.31 5.33 SS 25 41 53 9 10 .913 .951 3.76 4.85 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.70 1938 28 STL NL 2B 49 121 151 9 37 .968 .969 5.55 5.40 SS 30 49 59 9 13 .923 .943 3.60 4.91 3B 24 25 54 3 5 .963 .945 3.29 2.87 1939 29 STL NL SS 104 208 349 25 67 .957 .953 5.36 5.09 2B 50 120 143 10 25 .963 .968 5.26 5.42 1940 30 STL NL 2B 48 115 135 6 32 .977 .964 5.21 5.14 3B 41 47 58 9 5 .921 .948 2.56 2.82 SS 28 36 50 7 5 .925 .950 3.07 5.00 1941 31 STL NL 3B 123 135 276 15 22 .965 .949 3.34 3.16 2B 11 22 28 2 9 .962 .962 4.55 5.25 1942 32 STL NL 2B 82 211 215 13 56 .970 .968 5.20 5.19 AS 3B 66 85 111 11 9 .947 .940 2.97 3.03 AS SS 12 3 3 2 1 .750 .952 0.50 4.87 AS 1943 33 STL NL 2B 19 44 45 2 9 .978 .969 4.68 5.40 3B 9 12 15 0 4 1.000 .947 3.00 2.97 SS 6 9 16 0 1 1.000 .954 4.17 4.97 1946 36 PIT NL SS 30 57 88 6 15 .960 .957 4.83 4.67 2B 21 55 69 4 12 .969 .970 5.90 5.09 3B 9 15 11 6 1 .813 .952 2.89 2.84
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 27 STL NL 2B 112 235 360 22 57 .964 .959 5.31 5.33 1938 28 STL NL 2B 49 121 151 9 37 .968 .969 5.55 5.40 1939 29 STL NL 2B 50 120 143 10 25 .963 .968 5.26 5.42 1940 30 STL NL 2B 48 115 135 6 32 .977 .964 5.21 5.14 1941 31 STL NL 2B 11 22 28 2 9 .962 .962 4.55 5.25 1942 32 STL NL 2B 82 211 215 13 56 .970 .968 5.20 5.19 1943 33 STL NL 2B 19 44 45 2 9 .978 .969 4.68 5.40 1946 36 PIT NL 2B 21 55 69 4 12 .969 .970 5.90 5.09 1937 27 STL NL 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.70 1938 28 STL NL 3B 24 25 54 3 5 .963 .945 3.29 2.87 1940 30 STL NL 3B 41 47 58 9 5 .921 .948 2.56 2.82 1941 31 STL NL 3B 123 135 276 15 22 .965 .949 3.34 3.16 1942 32 STL NL 3B 66 85 111 11 9 .947 .940 2.97 3.03 1943 33 STL NL 3B 9 12 15 0 4 1.000 .947 3.00 2.97 1946 36 PIT NL 3B 9 15 11 6 1 .813 .952 2.89 2.84 1937 27 STL NL SS 25 41 53 9 10 .913 .951 3.76 4.85 1938 28 STL NL SS 30 49 59 9 13 .923 .943 3.60 4.91 1939 29 STL NL SS 104 208 349 25 67 .957 .953 5.36 5.09 1940 30 STL NL SS 28 36 50 7 5 .925 .950 3.07 5.00 1942 32 STL NL SS 12 3 3 2 1 .750 .952 0.50 4.87 1943 33 STL NL SS 6 9 16 0 1 1.000 .954 4.17 4.97 1946 36 PIT NL SS 30 57 88 6 15 .960 .957 4.83 4.67
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 392 923 1146 68 237 .968 .965 5.28 5.29 3B 273 320 527 44 46 .951 .946 3.10 3.03 SS 235 403 618 58 112 .946 .952 4.34 4.96 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 900 1646 2291 170 395 .959 .958 4.37 4.52
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1942   WS    STL NYY     W   5  20   2   6  0  0  0   1   3   0  .300  .391  .300   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1942   STL NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   1  .000  .333  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1942 (2B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1939-NL-6-0.29
1941-NL-4-0.32
1942-NL-13-0.07
Car-334-0.68 shares

Batting Average
1941 NL-.306-10

At Bats
1939 NL-645-1
1942 NL-606-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1939 NL-695-4
1942 NL-668-3

Hits
1939 NL-192-5
1941 NL-168-6
1942 NL-155-10

Total Bases
1939 NL-248-10

Doubles
1939 NL-31-10

Triples
1939 NL-8-9
1941 NL-9-6

Singles
1939 NL-150-2
1941 NL-128-3
1942 NL-122-4

Hit By Pitch
1941 NL-4-5

Sac. Hits
1937 NL-26-1
1941 NL-12-7

Grounded into Double Plays
1937 NL-16-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1938 NL-42.4-2
1939 NL-35.8-4
1940 NL-30.3-4
1941 NL-25.0-10
1942 NL-55.1-2
Car-31.9-18

Outs
1937 NL-422-10
1939 NL-477-1
1942 NL-470-1

     

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 19 (1020) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (996) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Jimmy Hallinan (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Les Mallon (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Phil Rizzuto (975) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Rizzuto (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Eddie Moore (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Phil Rizzuto (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kid Elberfeld (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Burgess Whitehead (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 5, 1946: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the St. Louis Cardinals for $30,000.

November 15, 1946: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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