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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	30-38 / in Starts: 20-26
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 193 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	107 (58-38-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 193 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	118 (62-37-18)

Most Driven In
Self	7
M MiÃ±oso	4
R Colavito	2
C Carrasquel	1
W Held	1
G Geiger	1
P Ward	1
R Maris	1

Most Driven In By
Self	7
R Maris	2
H Wilhelm	1
B Ãvila	1
B Moran	1
C Hardy	1
J Porter	1
M Vernon	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 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	35	4 (3)	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5	1.36	-0.048	3.18	-0.07%	-0.43	C
2	36	6 (1)	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	1-GF	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	5	.72	0.086	1.78	0.13%	0.99	C
3	37	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	L,4-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.750	1.194	7	.69	-0.027	1.90	-0.05%	-0.54	C
4	38	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-9	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.444	.750	1.194	5						PH
5	39	9	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.545	.930	7	.77	-0.071	1.50	-0.08%	-1.10	C
6	40	13 (3)	Apr 27	CLE		DET	L,5-9	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.733	1.145	6	.54	0.112	1.58	0.20%	1.17	C
May		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
7	41	15 (1)	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.368	.455	.684	1.139	7	.43	0.051	1.09	0.08%	1.35	C
8	42	17 (1)	May 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG(13)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.708	1.116	7	1.39	0.046	4.18	0.08%	1.13	C
9	43	18	May 4 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.393	.680	1.073	9	1.73	-0.044	4.65	-0.07%	-0.23	PH
10	44	19	May 4 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.394	.633	1.027	6	1.39	0.006	4.03	0.01%	-0.04	C
11	45	20	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.389	.697	1.086	6	.97	0.318	2.63	0.52%	2.33	C
12	46	22 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.324	.375	.649	1.024	7	1.10	-0.013	2.55	-0.02%	0.48	C
13	47	23	May 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.364	.610	.973	6	1.11	0.076	2.37	0.10%	0.07	C
14	48	26 (2)	May 14	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.354	.600	.954	7	1.76	0.294	3.84	0.38%	0.80	C
15	49	27	May 15	CLE	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.563	.909	6	.80	-0.018	1.95	-0.03%	-0.25	C
16	50	28	May 16	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.288	.339	.538	.878	5	.49	0.032	1.21	0.05%	0.49	C
17	51	29	May 17	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.317	.500	.817	6	1.78	-0.177	3.99	-0.24%	-0.81	C
18	52	31 (1)	May 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-6	GS-3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.328	.500	.828	6	.99	0.042	2.11	0.05%	0.60	C
19	53	32	May 20	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.323	.483	.806	6	.66	-0.067	1.44	-0.09%	-0.61	C
20	54	36 (3)	May 24	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.338	.492	.830	6	.84	0.077	1.84	0.10%	0.62	C
21	55	37	May 25 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.333	.478	.811	5	1.29	-0.013	3.61	-0.02%	-0.14	C
22	56	38	May 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.329	.471	.799	6	1.74	-0.047	4.25	-0.07%	-0.43	C
23	57	39	May 27	CLE		BAL	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.324	.464	.788	8	5.79	-0.175	8.41	-0.15%	-0.78	PH
24	58	40	May 28	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.260	.308	.438	.746	7	.47	-0.039	.73	-0.04%	-0.97	C
25	59	42 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.296	.421	.717	8	.62	-0.047	1.37	-0.06%	-0.53	C
Jun		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
26	60	46 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	5-GF(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.294	.413	.707	9	1.73	-0.291	2.27	-0.23%	-1.64	PH C
27	61	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-9	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.315	.464	.779	8	.88	0.276	1.34	0.25%	2.28	C
28	62	48	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.315	.464	.779	6						C
29	63	49	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.312	.455	.766	8	.51	-0.050	.86	-0.05%	-0.59	C
30	64	50	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.312	.455	.766	6						C
31	65	51	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.309	.449	.758	6	.83	-0.020	1.46	-0.02%	-0.21	C
32	66	52	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.299	.435	.734	7	.95	-0.070	1.43	-0.06%	-0.63	C
33	67	53	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-2	7-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.303	.447	.750	6	1.15	0.113	1.48	0.09%	1.28	C
34	68	54	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.266	.300	.447	.747	9	.42	-0.013	.61	-0.01%	0.00	PH
35	69	56 (1)	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.286	.424	.710	6	.52	-0.070	.58	-0.05%	-1.10	C
36	70	58 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.286	.424	.710	7						C
37	71	59	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.283	.420	.703	7	.55	-0.010	.96	-0.01%	-0.39	C
38	72	60	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.273	.404	.677	5	.69	-0.069	2.21	-0.13%	-1.01	C
39	73	63 (2)	Jun 21	CLE		WSH	L,7-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.272	.398	.670	7	.12	-0.009	.16	-0.01%	0.52	C
40	74	64	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.288	.400	.688	5	1.13	0.072	1.18	0.05%	1.02	C
41	75	66 (1)	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	7-9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.292	.396	.688	9	2.70	0.040	3.87	0.03%	0.07	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
42	76	73 (6)	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.239	.293	.389	.682	6	.83	0.015	.75	0.01%	0.31	C
43	77	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.290	.386	.676	7	.09	-0.002	.04	0.00%	-0.42	PH C
44	78	79 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.296	.386	.682	8	.35	0.020	.47	0.02%	0.24	PH
45	79	80	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.294	.383	.676	9	2.79	-0.069	2.62	-0.04%	-0.21	C
46	80	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.235	.292	.378	.670	7	.85	-0.107	.52	-0.04%	-1.35	C
47	81	82	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.293	.372	.665	7	.60	0.017	.26	0.00%	0.05	C
48	82	83	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.304	.371	.675	7	.13	0.018	.02	0.00%	0.16	C
49	83	84	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.319	.413	.732	7	1.05	0.255	.25	0.04%	2.14	C
50	84	92 (7)	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.324	.406	.730	8	.53	-0.015	.02	0.00%	0.07	C
51	85	95 (2)	Jul 25	CLE		NYY	L,0-6	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.324	.405	.729	5	.52	-0.037	.03	0.00%	-0.24	C
52	86	96	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.322	.402	.724	9	3.50	-0.097	.13	0.00%	-0.31	PH
Aug		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
53	87	105 (8)	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.316	.393	.708	7	.41	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.39	C
54	88	110 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.314	.390	.703	8	6.38	-0.155	.17	0.00%	-0.74	PH C
55	89	114 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.314	.390	.703	4						C
56	90	116 (1)	Aug 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.314	.390	.703	4						C
57	91	118 (1)	Aug 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.314	.388	.703	7	1.50	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C
58	92	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.313	.406	.718	8	.80	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.43	C
59	93	122 (2)	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.317	.408	.725	8	1.43	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.38	C
60	94	123	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.313	.403	.716	8	.34	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.39	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
61	95	131 (7)	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.235	.306	.392	.698	8	.40	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.29	C
62	96	133 (1)	Sep 3	CLE		KCA	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.299	.382	.681	7	.73	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.89	C
63	97	136 (2)	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.298	.379	.677	7	.37	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.29	C
64	98	137	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.300	.377	.677	8	1.15	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
65	99	140 (2)	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.301	.382	.682	8	1.04	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
66	100	147 (6)	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.301	.387	.688	8	.83	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
67	101	149 (1)	Sep 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.229	.298	.382	.680	8						C
68	102	151 (1)	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,5-4	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.304	.387	.691	7	1.52	0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
							30-38		193	173	20	41	5	0	7	20	14	1	29	3	2	1	4	3	1	0	.237	.304	.387	.691		.96	0.026	1.40	0.55%	1.46

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Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

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