Dick Brown

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 176lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: January 17, 1935 in Shinnston, WV us

Died: April 17, 1970 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Pinecrest Cemetery, Lake Worth, FL

High School: Holy Name HS (Lake Worth, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: June 20, 1957 (Age 22-154d, 11,454th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1965 (Age 30-259d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1957 season

Full Name: Richard Ernest Brown

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Relatives: Brother of Larry Brown

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.9

1866

455

.244

175

RBI

223

OBP

.291

SLG

.380

OPS

.671

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-17 / in Starts: 17-15
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 121 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	66 (29-27-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 121 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (39-23-11)

Most Driven In
R Maris	4
B Harrell	3
Self	3
D Williams	2
C Carrasquel	2
R Colavito	2
B Ãvila	1
G Woodling	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
B Ãvila	1
M Garcia	1
K Kuhn	1
L Raines	1
G Strickland	0
E Wynn	0
A Smith	0

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	58 (57)	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	3.95	-0.119	8.47	-0.15%	-0.80	PH
2	2	59	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.81	0.051	1.54	0.06%	0.23	C
3	3	60	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	8	.96	0.088	1.71	0.09%	0.46	C
4	4	61	Jun 23 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,14-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	8	.28	-0.037	.59	-0.05%	-0.59	C
5	5	65 (3)	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	8	.58	-0.015	1.88	-0.03%	0.06	C
6	6	67 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.87	-0.015	2.33	-0.03%	0.02	C
7	7	68	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.208	.208	.208	.417	8	.70	-0.048	1.83	-0.08%	-0.80	C
8	8	69	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-12	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	8	.76	0.031	1.71	0.04%	0.14	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	9	70	Jul 1	CLE		KCA	L,3-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	8	.48	-0.013	.81	-0.01%	-0.35	C
10	10	72 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.207	.207	.414	8	.42	-0.011	.71	-0.01%	-0.10	C
11	11	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.219	.219	.438	8	.46	-0.008	.76	-0.01%	0.00	C
12	12	75 (1)	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.257	.286	.543	8	.76	0.015	1.10	0.01%	0.36	C
13	13	76	Jul 7 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	9-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.270	.514	7	1.78	-0.089	2.10	-0.06%	-0.32	C
14	14	77	Jul 7 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.225	.220	.250	.470	8	.75	-0.066	.69	-0.04%	-0.47	C
15	15	79 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.209	.238	.447	8	.89	-0.063	.34	-0.02%	-0.65	C
16	16	80	Jul 12	CLE		BAL	W,8-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.213	.304	.517	8	1.80	-0.019	.42	0.00%	0.68	C
17	17	81	Jul 13	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.260	.319	.579	8	.71	0.107	.17	0.02%	1.32	C
18	18	82	Jul 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.264	.340	.604	8	1.39	-0.054	.56	-0.01%	-0.04	C
19	19	85 (2)	Jul 17	CLE		WSH	L,6-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.263	.321	.584	8	.22	-0.020	.11	-0.01%	-0.33	C
20	20	87 (1)	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.250	.304	.554	8	.69	-0.052	.25	-0.01%	-0.59	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	21	138 (50)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.234	.283	.518	7	.84	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-1.08	C
22	22	139	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,16-3	CG	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.229	.277	.505	7	.61	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-1.13	C
23	23	140	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.227	.271	.498	7	.76	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
24	24	141	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-10	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.228	.311	.539	7	.78	0.083	.00	0.00%	0.56	C
25	25	144 (2)	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.238	.308	.546	7	1.04	0.125	.00	0.00%	1.18	C
26	26	145	Sep 20	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.232	.261	.329	.591	7	2.16	0.241	.00	0.00%	1.11	C
27	27	146	Sep 21	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.272	.337	.609	7	1.36	-0.003	.00	0.00%	1.85	C
28	28	147	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.281	.344	.626	7	1.16	0.181	.00	0.00%	1.52	C
29	29	148	Sep 23	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.297	.400	.697	7	1.74	0.366	.00	0.00%	1.54	C
30	30	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.280	.302	.430	.732	8						C
31	31	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	.272	.291	.417	.708	8						C
32	32	151	Sep 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.292	.415	.707	8	1.28	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
33	33	152	Sep 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.282	.400	.682	8	.81	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
34	34	153	Sep 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.281	.404	.685	8	1.28	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.98	C
							17-17		121	114	10	30	4	0	4	22	4	1	23	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	.263	.281	.404	.685		1.01	0.519	.59	-0.29%	3.61

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