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Buster
Brown		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 18, 1860 in Philadelphia, PA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1890   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Best Hitter Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1878 17 IN1 NL 10 36 3 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 .306 .316 .306 .621 3.6 1.0
1879 18 BFN NL 40 151 22 27 2 0 0 11 0 0 8 24 .179 .224 .192 .416 4.3 0.0
1881 20 PRO NL 4 18 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .111 .158 .111 .269 -0.1 0.0
1882 21 CN2 NL 64 230 21 58 7 2 2 32 0 0 21 25 .252 .313 .326 .639 23.9 4.2
1883 22 CN2 NL 66 231 15 43 6 0 0 23 1 0 13 24 .186 .236 .212 .448 10.5 0.0
1884 23 CN2 NL 90 338 50 116 8 2 5 65 0 0 41 23 .343 .410 .423 .833 58.6 17.4
1885 24 CN2 NL 92 343 42 82 9 2 2 34 0 1 43 31 .239 .327 .294 .622 34.4 6.2
1886 25 CN2 NL 121 461 69 136 10 1 3 57 1 0 68 45 .295 .382 .341 .723 64.4 14.7
1887 26 CN2 NL 113 476 81 195 15 2 2 96 0 0 45 10 .410 .466 .462 .928 91.6 19.6
1888 27 CN2 NL 113 446 62 148 12 6 1 72 1 0 36 24 .332 .382 .392 .774 65.2 17.9
1889 28 CN2 NL 118 476 84 166 9 1 1 70 1 0 49 44 .349 .412 .378 .790 71.0 17.0
1890 29 CIN NL 114 469 77 167 14 1 1 54 0 0 14 17 .356 .380 .397 .776 62.4 19.0
1891 30 CIN NL 123 485 52 142 11 0 2 80 1 0 31 37 .293 .336 .328 .664 53.1 16.7
13 Years Sim 1068 4160 581 1293 103 17 19 601 5 1 371 306 .311 .369 .357 .726 542.8 133.8
162 Game Average 631 88 196 15 2 2 91 0 0 56 46 .311 .369 .357 .726 82.3  
Career Highs 123 485 84 195 15 6 5 96 1 1 68 45 .410 .466 .462 .928 91.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2990 395 913 64 11 17 445 3 0 274 234 .305 .364 .351 .715 386.8
vs LH   1170 186 380 39 6 2 156 2 1 97 72 .325 .380 .374 .754 160.9
Home 548 2089 303 669 52 9 10 302 2 0 186 168 .320 .378 .368 .747 287.5
Away 520 2071 278 624 51 8 9 299 3 1 185 138 .301 .359 .347 .706 260.2
RISP   1267 0 421 27 4 7 559 0 0 158 80 .332 .399 .376 .776 197.7
Pinch Hitting   19 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .263 .300 .316 .616 1.7
Close/Late   451 47 134 14 2 4 61 0 0 42 39 .297 .364 .364 .728 58.8
Mar/Apr 56 220 33 74 6 3 2 30 1 0 22 8 .336 .401 .418 .819 35.5
May 211 823 113 251 23 2 4 114 1 0 68 68 .305 .362 .352 .715 103.8
June 182 729 112 234 15 2 2 108 1 1 61 57 .321 .374 .355 .729 96.3
July 201 768 112 233 19 3 3 112 2 0 63 63 .303 .358 .348 .705 95.5
August 192 735 91 211 15 3 4 99 0 0 80 49 .287 .358 .332 .690 91.1
Sep/Oct 226 885 120 290 25 4 4 138 0 0 77 61 .328 .381 .379 .759 125.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1878 17 IN1 NL C 10 9 80.7 15 7 1 0 .957 2.45 7 3 .429 1 0.5
1879 18 BFN NL C 40 39 345.3 101 14 4 0 .966 3.00 13 5 .385 1 1.7
1881 20 PRO NL C 4 4 36.0 6 1 1 0 .875 1.75 2 1 .500 0 0.1
1882 21 CN2 NL C 64 64 572.0 217 32 4 1 .984 3.92 33 13 .394 1 2.1
1883 22 CN2 NL C 66 66 592.0 166 36 3 0 .985 3.07 33 16 .485 2 3.4
1884 23 CN2 NL C 89 89 784.7 327 46 9 0 .976 4.28 59 18 .305 1 2.0
1885 24 CN2 NL C 92 92 818.7 409 52 7 0 .985 5.07 61 20 .328 1 6.0
1886 25 CN2 NL C 119 118 1053.3 635 56 9 0 .987 5.90 81 32 .395 5 7.4
1887 26 CN2 NL C 111 110 979.0 163 81 11 1 .957 2.24 131 44 .336 1 5.2
1888 27 CN2 NL C 112 111 987.7 297 46 10 0 .972 3.13 86 20 .233 0 3.6
1889 28 CN2 NL C 114 114 1014.7 513 62 14 0 .976 5.10 88 27 .307 3 6.2
1890 29 CIN NL C 112 111 1005.3 237 66 8 0 .974 2.71 109 35 .321 2 6.4
1891 30 CIN NL C 119 118 1048.7 373 60 15 3 .967 3.72 126 32 .254 2 2.6
Career Totals   1052 1045 9318.0 3459 559 96 5 .977 3.88 829 266 .321 20 46.9
Career Highs   119 118 1053.3 635 81 15 3 .987 5.90 131 44 .500 5  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1887-4-.410
1888-6-.323*
1889-8-.349
1890-3-.356
CAR-13-.311
 On-Base Pct
1887-4-.466
1888-3-.373*
1890-7-.380
CAR-16-.369
 OPS
1888-9-.755*
CAR-41-.726
 XR
CAR-44-542.8
 Games
CAR-39-1068
 At-Bats
CAR-44-4160
Runs
CAR-49-581
 Hits
CAR-40-1293
 Total Bases
CAR-49-1487
 Singles
1888-8-129
1889-7-155
1890-3-151
CAR-25-1154
 RBIs
CAR-35-601
 Walks
CAR-30-371
Strikeouts
CAR-44-306
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 16
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42
 
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