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Barney Brown

Barney Brown

1932–1948  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws L  ·  5'11", 160 lb  ·  b. 1907 Hartsville, SC

Career 51–61 · 3.81 ERA · 485 SO · 907.0 IP · 314 G · 183 H · 1 HR · 85 RBI · .247 AVG

Seasons leading his league
9
4 best in baseball 5 league only
42 Top-5 finishes
4 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1942 Best season

Spanning 1937–1947, peaking at 6 titles in 1942.

Team records #1 Philadelphia Stars career SV #1 Philadelphia Stars 1946 SV #2 Philadelphia Stars career W #2 Pollock's Cuban Stars career SO #2 Philadelphia Stars career SO #2 Pollock's Cuban Stars career IP #2 Philadelphia Stars career IP #2 Pollock's Cuban Stars 1932 SO #2 New York Black Yankees 1938 SO #2 Pollock's Cuban Stars 1932 IP

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 595th League titles 9
  • 678th Best in baseball 4
  • 545th Top-5 finishes 42

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage 4 1st 2 yrs (1937–1938) 1937 1.000 1938 1.000 1942 1.000 1947 1.000
Pitcher Range Factor 1 1st — 1942 NN2 2.41
Pitcher Putouts 1 1st — 1942 NN2 7 1943 #2 1944 #2
Pitcher Assists 1 1st — 1942 NN2 46 1944 #3
Complete Games 1 1st — 1942 NN2 13 1943 #3 1946 #2
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1942 NN2 154.2 1943 #3 1946 #3
Shutouts — #2 — 1942 #3 1946 #2 1947 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1936 #2 1937 #3 1938 #3
Saves — #2 — 1944 #2 1946 #2
Strikeouts — #2 — 1942 #2
Wins — #3 — 1944 #3 1946 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1947 1 P FPCT 1.000
1942 6 IP 154.2 CG 13 P A 46 P PO 7 P FPCT 1.000 P RF 2.41
1938 1 P FPCT 1.000
1937 1 P FPCT 1.000

Pitching

  led the league   12 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1932 CUP EWL 1 6 5.04 7 6 0 50.0 59 28 1 20 25 1.58
1936 NBY NN2 2 4 3.91 8 6 0 48.1 53 21 2 11 39 1.32
1937 NBY NN2 3 4 4.55 11 7 0 57.1 59 29 2 19 36 1.36
1938 NBY NN2 4 6 4.13 13 8 0 85.0 95 39 4 20 52 1.35
1939 NBY NN2 0 2 3.93 3 3 0 18.1 21 8 2 5 6 1.42
1942 PS NN2 8 10 2.91 22 16 1 154.2 148 50 8 45 76 1.25
1943 PS NN2 5 8 4.56 17 15 0 128.1 146 65 7 54 50 1.56
1944 PS NN2 7 4 4.94 15 11 1 85.2 105 47 4 20 42 1.46
1945 PS NN2 3 1 3.65 4 3 0 24.2 23 10 1 9 17 1.30
1946 PS NN2 10 6 2.70 19 15 2 130.0 114 39 4 35 69 1.15
1947 PS NN2 5 5 4.24 13 10 1 68.0 73 32 2 21 29 1.38
1948 PS NN2 3 5 2.54 11 6 0 56.2 58 16 3 16 44 1.31
Career — — 51 61 3.81 143 106 5 907.0 954 384 40 275 485 1.36

Batting

12 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 CUP EWL 21 57 5 16 3 1 0 5 8 2 1 .281 .369 .368 .738
1936 NBY NN2 17 29 6 8 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 .276 .382 .345 .727
1937 NBY NN2 25 63 9 25 3 2 1 18 8 0 1 .397 .465 .556 1.020
1938 NBY NN2 24 67 7 16 2 0 0 10 8 1 0 .239 .329 .269 .598
1939 NBY NN2 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .125 .000 .125
1942 PS NN2 34 72 9 16 2 0 0 4 7 1 1 .222 .291 .250 .541
1943 PS NN2 43 121 25 37 5 2 0 13 29 1 2 .306 .440 .380 .820
1944 PS NN2 35 93 15 22 2 2 0 13 20 0 0 .237 .377 .301 .678
1945 PS NN2 10 30 6 7 1 1 0 4 5 0 0 .233 .343 .333 .676
1946 PS NN2 50 114 11 22 3 0 0 12 23 0 0 .193 .328 .219 .548
1947 PS NN2 30 48 3 5 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 .104 .173 .125 .298
1948 PS NN2 22 40 3 9 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 .225 .279 .225 .504
Career — — 314 741 99 183 22 9 1 85 121 7 6 .247 .354 .305 .659

Fielding

3 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1932 CUP EWL OF 13 11 95.1 19 1 0 0 20 1.000 1.54
P 7 6 50.0 0 19 0 1 19 1.000 2.71
1936 NBY NN2 P 8 6 48.1 0 17 0 0 17 1.000 2.13
OF 3 2 14.0 4 0 0 0 4 1.000 1.33
1937 NBY NN2 OF 15 12 96.1 24 1 3 0 28 .893 1.67
P 11 7 57.1 1 13 0 0 14 1.000 1.27
1938 NBY NN2 P 13 8 85.0 2 22 0 1 24 1.000 1.85
OF 8 6 45.0 13 0 1 0 14 .929 1.63
1B 1 0 3.1 4 1 0 0 5 1.000 5.00
1939 NBY NN2 P 3 3 18.1 1 3 0 0 4 1.000 1.33
1942 PS NN2 P 22 16 154.2 7 46 0 2 53 1.000 2.41
OF 4 3 22.0 5 0 0 0 5 1.000 1.25
1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 2 .500 1.00
1943 PS NN2 OF 20 19 165.2 29 3 0 0 32 1.000 1.60
P 17 15 128.1 5 25 1 0 31 .968 1.76
1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1944 PS NN2 OF 22 15 156.1 29 2 0 0 31 1.000 1.41
P 16 11 85.2 4 30 1 0 35 .971 2.13
1945 PS NN2 OF 8 4 54.1 9 0 0 0 9 1.000 1.13
P 4 3 24.2 1 5 0 0 6 1.000 1.50
1946 PS NN2 P 19 15 130.0 3 27 1 1 31 .968 1.58
OF 18 15 140.0 18 4 2 1 24 .917 1.22
1947 PS NN2 P 13 10 68.0 0 23 0 1 23 1.000 1.77
OF 9 5 44.0 8 1 0 0 9 1.000 1.00
1948 PS NN2 P 11 6 56.2 0 10 1 1 11 .909 0.91
OF 6 2 27.0 7 1 0 1 8 1.000 1.33
Career — — P 144 106 907.0 24 240 4 7 268 .985 1.83
— — OF 126 94 860.0 165 13 6 2 184 .967 1.41
— — 1B 3 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 7 .857 2.00