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Bobby Brown
Robert William Brown (Doc)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
Schools Tulane University, University of California, Los Angeles

Debut September 22, 1946
Final Game June 30, 1954
Born October 25, 1924 in Seattle, WA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 21 NYY AL   7   24    1    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   4   0  .333  .429  .375  125    9   1           0   2
 1947 22 NYY AL  69  150   21   45   6  1   1   18   0  2  21   9  .300  .390  .373  114   56   3           1   4
 1948 23 NYY AL 113  363   62  109  19  5   3   48   0  1  48  16  .300  .383  .405  111  147   4           1   7
 1949 24 NYY AL 104  343   61   97  14  4   6   61   4  3  38  18  .283  .359  .399  101  137   0           3   9
 1950 25 NYY AL  95  277   33   74   4  2   4   37   3  1  39  18  .267  .360  .339   82   94   3           1  12
 1951 26 NYY AL 103  313   44   84  15  2   6   51   1  1  47  18  .268  .369  .387  108  121   6           3   4
 1952 27 NYY AL  29   89    6   22   2  0   1   14   1  1   9   6  .247  .323  .303   80   27   1           1   2
 1954 29 NYY AL  28   60    5   13   1  0   1    7   0  1   8   3  .217  .304  .283   64   17   0   1       0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      548 1619  233  452  62 14  22  237   9 10 214  88  .279  .367  .376  100  608  18   1   0  10  43
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        479   69  134  18  4   7   70   3  3  63  26  .279  .367  .376  100  180   5   0   0   3  13
 Career High    113  363   62  109  19  5   6   61   4  3  48  18  .300  .383  .405  111  147   6   1   0   3  12
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 21 NYY AL   29   19    4   5.6    96| .333  .265| .429  .339| .375  .381| .804  .720| 125  .634   1.1   0.1   0%
 1947 22 NYY AL  175  114   21   4.9    96| .300  .261| .390  .341| .373  .376| .763  .717| 114  .574   3.7   0.4   0%
 1948 23 NYY AL  416  266   56   5.6   105| .300  .272| .383  .357| .405  .393| .788  .749| 111  .589   6.6   0.6   0%
 1949 24 NYY AL  384  258   48   4.9   107| .283  .271| .359  .363| .399  .393| .758  .756| 101  .536  -0.4   0.0  57%
 1950 25 NYY AL  320  219   34   4.1   111| .267  .275| .360  .361| .339  .412| .699  .773|  82  .416  -6.8  -0.6  75%
 1951 26 NYY AL  369  240   44   4.9    99| .268  .263| .369  .343| .387  .385| .756  .728| 108  .541   5.1   0.5  50%
 1952 27 NYY AL  100   71    8   3.0    91| .247  .253| .323  .332| .303  .369| .626  .701|  80  .361  -2.2  -0.2  50%
 1954 29 NYY AL   69   52    5   2.6    96| .217  .262| .304  .337| .283  .383| .587  .719|  64  .285  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1862 1239  220   4.7   103| .279  .268| .367  .352| .376  .391| .743  .743| 100  .518   4.4   0.5  47%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 21 NYY AL SS 5 8 9 0 1 1.000 .955 3.40 4.64 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.90 1947 22 NYY AL 3B 27 21 34 4 3 .932 .958 2.04 2.91 SS 11 13 20 3 5 .917 .965 3.00 4.93 OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.33 0 2 1 1948 23 NYY AL 3B 41 43 62 6 7 .946 .958 2.56 2.93 SS 26 40 68 8 20 .931 .964 4.15 4.85 2B 17 42 43 4 6 .955 .976 5.00 5.39 OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 2.35 3 0 1 1949 24 NYY AL 3B 86 84 158 13 17 .949 .960 2.81 2.95 OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.27 1 0 2 1950 25 NYY AL 3B 82 63 140 9 13 .958 .960 2.48 3.04 1951 26 NYY AL 3B 90 80 151 11 14 .955 .950 2.57 2.87 1952 27 NYY AL 3B 24 23 61 10 4 .894 .953 3.50 2.98 1954 29 NYY AL 3B 17 15 31 0 2 1.000 .958 2.71 3.07
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 23 NYY AL 2B 17 42 43 4 6 .955 .976 5.00 5.39 1946 21 NYY AL 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.90 1947 22 NYY AL 3B 27 21 34 4 3 .932 .958 2.04 2.91 1948 23 NYY AL 3B 41 43 62 6 7 .946 .958 2.56 2.93 1949 24 NYY AL 3B 86 84 158 13 17 .949 .960 2.81 2.95 1950 25 NYY AL 3B 82 63 140 9 13 .958 .960 2.48 3.04 1951 26 NYY AL 3B 90 80 151 11 14 .955 .950 2.57 2.87 1952 27 NYY AL 3B 24 23 61 10 4 .894 .953 3.50 2.98 1954 29 NYY AL 3B 17 15 31 0 2 1.000 .958 2.71 3.07 1947 22 NYY AL OF 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 2.33 0 2 1 1948 23 NYY AL OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 2.35 3 0 1 1949 24 NYY AL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 2.27 1 0 2 1946 21 NYY AL SS 5 8 9 0 1 1.000 .955 3.40 4.64 1947 22 NYY AL SS 11 13 20 3 5 .917 .965 3.00 4.93 1948 23 NYY AL SS 26 40 68 8 20 .931 .964 4.15 4.85
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 369 330 640 53 60 .948 .957 2.63 2.95 SS 42 61 97 11 26 .935 .963 3.76 4.85 2B 17 42 43 4 6 .955 .976 5.00 5.39 OF 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.10 2.32 4 2 4 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 438 444 780 68 92 .947 .959 2.79 3.21
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1947   WS    NYY BRO     W   4   3   2   3  2  0  0   3   1   0 1.000 1.000 1.667   0  0   0   0   0 
 1949   WS    NYY BRO     W   4  12   4   6  1  2  0   5   2   2  .500  .571  .917   0  0   0   0   0 
 1950   WS    NYY PHI     W   4  12   2   4  1  1  0   1   0   0  .333  .333  .583   0  0   0   0   0 
 1951   WS    NYY NYG     W   5  14   1   5  1  0  0   0   2   1  .357  .438  .429   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        4-0  17  41   9  18  5  3  0   9   5   3  .439  .500  .707   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1946 AL-21-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.5 (1053) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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