Jumbo Brown

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 295lb (193cm, 133kg)

Born: April 30, 1907 in Greene, RI us

Died: October 2, 1966 in Freeport, NY

Buried: Pinelawn Memorial Park & Cemetery, Farmingdale, NY

Last Game: August 27, 1941 (Age 34-119d)
vs. STL 2.1 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: Walter George Brown

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.0

ERA

4.07

249

597.1

301

WHIP

1.539

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1925	18	-11.3	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	0		3.00	7.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	5	5	2	0	4		0	0	0	1	28	1.500	7.5	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
1926	19	-3.6	Sarasota	FLOR	D		11	18	.379		3.61	47						247.0	230	99			101							1.340	8.4		3.7
1927	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	D-A		14	12	.538		4.92	47						249.0	222	136	56		141							1.458	8.0		5.1
1927	20	-10.2	New Orleans	SOUA	A		7	4	.636	4.34	4.97	25						116.0	108	64	56		69							1.526	8.4		5.4
1927	20	-6.2	Gulfport	CSTL	D		7	8	.467		4.87	22						133.0	114	72			72							1.398	7.7		4.9
1927	20	-8.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	2	.000	6.27	6.75	8	0	6	0	0	0	18.2	19	14	13	3	26		8	1	0	1	98	2.411	9.2	1.4	12.5	3.9	0.31
1928	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A		6	5	.545		4.63	18						105.0	87	54	10		70							1.495	7.5		6.0
1928	21	-5.8	Omaha	WL	A		4	3	.571		4.83	11						69.0	54	37			49							1.493	7.0		6.4
1928	21	-8.5	New Orleans	SOUA	A		2	2	.500	2.50	4.25	7						36.0	33	17	10		21							1.500	8.3		5.3
1928	21	-7.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	1	.000	6.75	9.20	5	0	4	0	0	0	14.2	19	15	11	0	15	0	12	0	0	1	71	2.318	11.7	0.0	9.2	7.4	0.80
1929	22	-3.0	Omaha	WL	A		10	17	.370		5.41	40						203.0	167	122			133							1.478	7.4		5.9
1930	23	-1.7	Oklahoma City	WL	A		16	6	.727	2.57	3.17	29						210.0	166	74	60		100							1.267	7.1		4.3
1931	24	-4.0	Jersey City	IL	AA		10	12	.455	2.88	3.50	30						203.0	190	79	65		84							1.350	8.4		3.7
1932	25	-3.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	2	.714	4.53	4.85	19	3	9	3	1	1	55.2	58	30	28	1	30	0	31	2	0	0	250	1.581	9.4	0.2	4.9	5.0	1.03
1933	26	-2.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	7	5	.583	5.23	5.84	21	8	8	1	0	0	74.0	78	48	43	3	52	1	55	0	0	2	349	1.757	9.5	0.4	6.3	6.7	1.06
1934	27	0.2	Newark	IL	AA	NYY	20	6	.769	2.56	2.94	35						239.0	208	78	68		92							1.255	7.8		3.5
1935	28	-0.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	6	5	.545	3.61	4.23	20	8	6	3	1	0	87.1	94	41	35	2	37	2	41	0	0	0	381	1.500	9.7	0.2	3.8	4.2	1.11
1936	29	0.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	4	.200	5.91	6.61	20	3	8	0	0	1	64.0	93	47	42	4	29	1	19	0	0	3	302	1.906	13.1	0.6	4.1	2.7	0.66
1937	30		2 Teams	IL	AA	NYY-NYG	3	6				16	13		4	1		68.0	81	37	33		26		29	2	0	0
1937	30		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CIN-NYG	2	0	1.000	4.91	5.89	8	1	3	0	0	0	18.1	21	12	10	0	8	1	8	0	0	0	79	1.582	10.3	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1937	30	1.2	Newark	IL	AA	NYY						5
1937	30	1.2	Jersey City	IL	AA	NYG						11
1937	30	0.9	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	0	1.000	8.38	9.31	4	1	0	0	0	0	9.2	16	10	9	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	44	1.966	14.9	0.0	2.8	3.7	1.33
1937	30	0.9	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	1	0	1.000	1.04	2.08	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	5	2	1	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	35	1.154	5.2	0.0	5.2	4.2	0.80
1938	31	1.9	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	5	3	.625	1.80	2.60	43	0	32	0	0	5	90.0	65	26	18	5	28	5	42	1	0	3	357	1.033	6.5	0.5	2.8	4.2	1.50
1939	32	2.4	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	4	0	1.000	4.15	4.79	31	0	20	0	0	6	56.1	69	30	26	1	25	3	24	1	0	3	260	1.669	11.0	0.2	4.0	3.8	0.96
1940	33	3.5	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	2	4	.333	3.42	4.07	41	0	23	0	0	7	55.1	49	25	21	5	25	5	31	0	0	5	240	1.337	8.0	0.8	4.1	5.0	1.24
1941	34	5.0	NYG	NL	Maj	NYG	1	5	.167	3.32	3.63	31	0	26	0	0	8	57.0	49	23	21	2	21	5	30	0	0	1	236	1.228	7.7	0.3	3.3	4.7	1.43
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		33	31	.516	4.07	4.76	249	23	147	7	2	28	597.1	619	316	270	26	300	23	301	5	0	20	2651	1.539	9.3	0.4	4.5	4.5	1.00
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		87	76				262						1456.0	1270	642	259		721
All Levels (17 Seasons)							120	107				511	23	147	7	2	28	2053.1	1889	958	529	26	1021	23	301	5	0	20	2651

AA (3 seasons)					Minors		30	18				81						442.0	398	157	133		176
A (4 seasons)					Minors		39	32	.549		4.46	112						634.0	528	314	126		372							1.420	7.5		5.3
D (2 seasons)					Minors		18	26	.409		4.05	69						380.0	344	171			173							1.361	8.1		4.1