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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET	@	WSA	L,1-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	2	Apr 13	DET		NYY	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 17	DET		WSA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	5	Apr 18	DET		WSA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	6	Apr 19	DET	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	7	Apr 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	8	Apr 22	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	9	Apr 24	DET		KCA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	10	Apr 25	DET		KCA	L,8-9	GS	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 26	DET		KCA	W,11-7	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
11	12	Apr 27	DET		LAA	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	13	Apr 28	DET		LAA	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	14	Apr 29	DET		LAA	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1	DET	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	16	May 2	DET	@	KCA	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
16	17	May 3	DET	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	18	May 4	DET	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
18	19	May 5	DET	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	20	May 6	DET	@	MIN	L,7-10	CG	44	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	21	May 8	DET	@	LAA	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	22	May 9	DET	@	LAA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	23	May 10	DET	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
23	24	May 11	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	25	May 12	DET		BOS	L,1-5	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	26	May 13	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	27	May 15	DET		MIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	28	May 16	DET		MIN	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	29	May 18	DET	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	30	May 19	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
30	31	May 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
31	32	May 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	33	May 21	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
33	34	May 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
34	35	May 25	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	36	May 26	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	37	May 27 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	39 (1)	May 28	DET		BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	40	May 29	DET		BAL	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	41	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	42	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	43	May 31	DET		CHW	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	45	Jun 2	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	46	Jun 3	DET		CLE	W,8-6	GS	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	47	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	C
46	48	Jun 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	49	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	50	Jun 8 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	52 (1)	Jun 9	DET	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	53	Jun 10 (1)	DET	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
51	54	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
52	55	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	56	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,0-3	GS	26	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
55	61 (3)	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,4-5	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	64 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	66 (1)	Jun 24	DET		NYY	L,7-9	GF	49	12.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
58	68 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	70 (1)	Jun 27	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	71	Jun 29	DET	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
61	73 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	74	Jul 1	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	77 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	39	9.1	10	1	0	11	0	C
64	79 (1)	Jul 5	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
65	80	Jul 6	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
66	83 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
67	84	Jul 12	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	85	Jul 13	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
69	86	Jul 14	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	88 (1)	Jul 17	DET	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	89	Jul 18	DET	@	LAA	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
72	90	Jul 19	DET	@	LAA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
73	91	Jul 20	DET	@	KCA	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	92	Jul 21	DET	@	KCA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	93	Jul 22	DET	@	KCA	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
76	94	Jul 23	DET	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
77	95	Jul 24	DET	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
78	96	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	31	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
79	97	Jul 27	DET		LAA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	98	Jul 28	DET		LAA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	99	Jul 29 (1)	DET		LAA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
82	100	Jul 29 (2)	DET		LAA	L,8-12	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	101	Aug 1 (1)	DET		KCA	W,6-5	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
84	103 (1)	Aug 2	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
85	104	Aug 3	DET		MIN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
87	106	Aug 5 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	CG	52	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
88	108 (1)	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	109	Aug 7	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	110	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
91	113 (2)	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	114	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
93	115	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	7	1	0	8	1	C
94	116	Aug 12	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
95	117	Aug 14 (1)	DET		BAL	W,13-10	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
96	118	Aug 14 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
97	119	Aug 15	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	120	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
99	121	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	122	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
101	124 (1)	Aug 21	DET		CLE	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
102	125	Aug 22	DET		CLE	L,3-7	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
103	126	Aug 23	DET		CLE	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
104	127	Aug 24	DET		WSA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	128	Aug 25	DET		WSA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
106	129	Aug 26 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
107	131 (1)	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
108	132	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
109	133	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	134	Sep 1	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
111	135	Sep 2	DET		CHW	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	136	Sep 3 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	138 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	140 (1)	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
115	141	Sep 8	DET		MIN	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	142	Sep 9	DET		MIN	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
117	143	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
118	144	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,7-8	GS	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
119	145	Sep 12 (1)	DET		BOS	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	147 (1)	Sep 13	DET		BOS	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
121	148	Sep 14	DET	@	LAA	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
122	149	Sep 15	DET	@	LAA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
123	150	Sep 16	DET	@	LAA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
124	151	Sep 18	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
125	152	Sep 19	DET	@	MIN	L,5-12	CG	51	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
126	153	Sep 20	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
127	154	Sep 21	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
128	155	Sep 22	DET	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
129	156	Sep 23	DET	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
130	157	Sep 25	DET		LAA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
131	158	Sep 26	DET		LAA	L,5-8	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
132	159	Sep 28	DET		KCA	W,7-3	CG	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							132gm		1074.1	742	42	5	789	8