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Jimmy Brown
James Roberson Brown

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.
School North Carolina State

MLB Debut April 23, 1937
Final Game September 15, 1946
Born April 25, 1910 in Jamesville, NC
Died December 29, 1977 (age 67)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 27 BOA AL  125  505   66  135  12   5   7   55   4   1   31   39  .267  .308  .352  .661    80   178  14   5   0   1  14  
 1938 28 BRN NL  112  391   39  114   8   6   0   37   6   5   29   13  .292  .339  .343  .682    95   134   0   4   3   1   9  
 1939 29 BRN NL  122  460   51  133  21   3   4   64   5  10   20   13  .289  .319  .374  .693    95   172  10   6   0   3   8  
 1940 30 BRN NL  127  472   59  162  12   8   0   60  20   9   26   17  .343  .383  .403  .785   108   190  13   1   0   5   8  
 1941 31 BRN NL  119  454   56  136  15   9   4   66   1   5   35   14  .300  .347  .399  .745   106   181  11   8   5   2  12  
         CHN NL   35  147   19   42   7   0   0    4   0   3    8    7  .286  .335  .333  .669    94    49   5   0   1   3   4  
         TOT     154  601   75  178  22   9   4   70   1   8   43   21  .296  .344  .383  .727         230  16   8   6   5  16 
 1942 32 CHN NL   72  137   16   30   3   3   1   10   1   0   12    6  .219  .280  .307  .587    86    42   5   1   3   0   5  
 1943 33 CHN NL   25   56    3    6   2   0   0    5   0   0    1    1  .107  .123  .143  .266    38     8   2   0   0   0   2  
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 PIN NL   38  131    8   36   5   0   0    6   4   2    3    4  .275  .291  .313  .604    88    41   9   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      775 2753  317  794  85  34  16  307  41  35  165  114  .288  .329  .361  .691         995  69  25  12  15  64
 Per 600 PA           546   63  157  17   7   3   61   8   7   33   23                                 197  14   5   2   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BRN      480 1777  205  545  56  26   8  227  32  29  110   57  .307  .347  .381  .728         677  34  19   8  11  37
   With CHN      132  340   38   78  12   3   1   19   1   3   21   14  .229  .279  .291  .571          99  12   1   4   3  11
   With BOA      125  505   66  135  12   5   7   55   4   1   31   39  .267  .308  .352  .661         178  14   5   0   1  14
   With PIN       38  131    8   36   5   0   0    6   4   2    3    4  .275  .291  .313  .604          41   9   0   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      890 3512  465  980 146  42   9  319  39      231  110  .279  .326  .352  .678        1237  77          12  64
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1937 27 BOA AL   7   54   3.6   1   0   0  .000  18   88   68  .773    0    0  .000  3B   1e21      -12   
 1938 28 BRN NL   7   44   4.1  11   2   0  .182  16  101   70  .693    0    0  .000  2B   3e30      -33   
 1939 29 BRN NL   6   52   3.9   2   1   0  .500  26  138   85  .616    0    0  .000  2B   3e30      -26   
 1940 30 BRN NL  15   73   5.8   2   0   0  .000  20  116   75  .647    0    0  .000  2B   3e31      133   
 1941 31 BRN NL  26   61   4.7   0   0   0  .000  17  111   72  .649    0    0  .000  2B   3e34      -24   
         CHN NL  29   15   3.5   0   0   0  .000   7   34   19  .559    0    0  .000  2B   3e34     -100   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  24  145   91  .628    0    0  .000
 1942 32 CHN NL  20   11   2.6   8   0   0  .000   5   26   16  .615    0    0  .000  2B   3e28      -48   
 1943 33 CHN NL  16    0    .4   6   2   0  .333   2   10    7  .700    0    0  .000  3B   1e27     -213   
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 PIN NL   9   11   3.0   6   3   0  .500  13   16    3  .188    0    0  .000  3B   1e65       45   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          325   4.1  36   8   0  .222 124  640  415  .648    0    0  .000                  -2   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1937 27 BOA AL  3B     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 2B     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1938 28 BRN NL  2B   104   284   361   16   88   .976    98   888.0   6.54
 1939 29 BRN NL  2B   120   320   354   26   88   .963   118  1065.2   5.69
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1940 30 BRN NL  2B   107   270   296   16   68   .973   106   956.0   5.33
                 3B    19    21    46    4    2   .944    16   148.1   4.07
 1941 31 TOT     2B   154   393   476   24  115   .973   152  1359.2   5.75
 1942 32 CHN NL  2B    52    74    70    1   27   .993    12   194.0   6.68
                 3B    13    22    25    4    5   .922    13   107.1   3.94
 1943 33 CHN NL  3B    17    16    34    2    4   .962    10   105.2   4.26
                 2B     5     3     4    0    2  1.000     0     9.1   6.75
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 36 PIN NL  3B    35    41    64   13    6   .890    30   272.0   3.47
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   542  1344  1561   83  388   .972   486  4472.2   5.85
                 3B    85   100   169   23   17   .921    69   634.1   3.82
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register 
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1939 WS    BRN NYA   L    3  12  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .083  .154  .083  0
 1940 WS    BRN BOA   L    6  24  2 11  3  1  0   1  1  0  .458  .480  .667  0
 1941 WS    BRN BOA   L    6  20  2  4  1  0  1   4  4  0  .200  .333  .400  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1937  BOA   62-92   Steve Bivens
 1938  BRN   77-77   Robert Rescigno
 1939  BRN   83-71   Robert Rescigno
 1940  BRN   93-61   Robert Rescigno
 1941  BRN  102-52   Robert Rescigno
 1941  CHN   69-85   Billy Vanson
 1942  CHN   74-80   Alan Boodman
 1943  CHN   88-66   Alan Boodman
 1946  PIN   70-84   Mike Tomeo

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