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Larry Brown

Larry Brown

1923–1947  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  5'7", 162 lb  ·  b. 1901 Pratt City, AL

Career 758 G · 586 H · 13 HR · 282 RBI · .263 AVG

Seasons leading his league
14
2 best in baseball 12 league only
63 Top-5 finishes
8 Title seasons
5 Categories led
1927 Best season

Spanning 1924–1943, peaking at 3 titles in 1927.

Team records #1 Memphis Red Sox career RBI #1 Memphis Red Sox career H #1 Memphis Red Sox career R #1 Memphis Red Sox 1929 RBI #1 Memphis Red Sox 1929 OPS #3 Memphis Red Sox career HR #3 Memphis Red Sox 1929 AVG #3 Memphis Red Sox 1929 H #7 Memphis Red Sox 1928 HR #7 Memphis Red Sox 1929 R

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 293rd League titles 14
  • 1,235th Best in baseball 2
  • 211th Top-5 finishes 63

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

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Catcher Double Plays 4 1st — 1927 NNL 9 1934 NN2 5 1941 NAL 2 1943 NAL 2 1928 #3 1929 #2 1935 #3 1940 #2 1942 #3
Catcher Putouts 4 1st — 1924 NNL 331 1927 NNL 332 1929 NNL 418 1940 NAL 243 1928 #2 1933 #3 1934 #3 1938 #3 1939 #3
Catcher Range Factor 2 1st — 1924 7.43 1929 6.12 1927 #2 1934 #2 1935 #2 1939 #2 1940 #3
Catcher Fielding Percentage 2 1st — 1927 NNL .980 1939 NAL .989 1924 #3 1926 #2 1928 #2 1929 #2 1934 #2 1940 #2
Catcher Assists 2 1st — 1929 NNL 78 1939 NAL 28 1924 #2 1927 #3 1928 #2 1933 #3 1934 #3 1935 #2 1940 #2 1942 #3
Walks — #2 — 1928 #2 1940 #3

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1943 1 C DP 2
1941 1 C DP 2
1940 1 C PO 243
1939 2 C A 28 C FPCT .989
1934 1 C DP 5
1929 3 C PO 418 C A 78 C RF 6.12
1927 3 C PO 332 C DP 9 C FPCT .980
1924 2 C PO 331 C RF 7.43

Batting

22 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 ABC NNL 9 17 4 3 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 .176 .333 .235 .569
1924 MRS NNL 56 171 21 39 4 5 1 14 16 0 4 .228 .309 .327 .636
1925 MRS NNL 52 151 14 30 7 3 0 15 15 0 0 .199 .271 .285 .556
1926 DS NNL 57 155 17 44 5 4 2 22 9 0 2 .284 .335 .406 .742
1927 MRS +1 NNL 79 201 22 52 10 2 0 14 24 0 4 .259 .341 .328 .669
1928 MRS NNL 76 249 35 66 13 4 3 36 34 1 0 .265 .362 .386 .748
1929 MRS +1 NNL 81 272 42 82 15 6 3 46 43 0 2 .301 .406 .434 .840
1933 CAG NN2 37 121 18 36 4 2 0 18 14 0 2 .298 .380 .364 .743
1934 CAG NN2 31 101 14 26 5 0 0 12 10 0 0 .257 .324 .307 .631
1935 CAG NN2 36 115 16 39 4 4 3 24 8 0 0 .339 .392 .522 .914
1936 PS NN2 41 109 13 29 2 2 1 15 13 1 0 .266 .344 .349 .693
1937 PS NN2 26 62 8 10 1 0 0 6 7 0 0 .161 .246 .177 .424
1938 MRS +1 NAL 28 80 8 19 5 0 0 6 8 0 1 .238 .330 .300 .630
1939 MRS NAL 27 86 4 23 3 0 0 10 6 1 1 .267 .315 .302 .618
1940 MRS NAL 44 136 14 36 6 0 0 17 21 0 3 .265 .367 .309 .676
1941 MRS NAL 10 31 2 9 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 .290 .313 .323 .635
1942 MRS NAL 25 73 3 19 4 0 0 10 8 0 0 .260 .341 .315 .657
1943 MRS NAL 18 51 2 10 1 0 0 1 7 1 0 .196 .293 .216 .509
1944 MRS NAL 14 29 1 6 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 .207 .324 .276 .599
1945 MRS NAL 6 8 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .375 .444 .500 .944
1946 MRS NAL 4 9 2 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 .556 .600 .667 1.267
1947 MRS NAL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career — — 758 2,228 262 586 95 32 13 282 255 4 20 .263 .346 .352 .697

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1923 ABC NNL C 9 7 59.0 28 10 0 0 38 1.000 4.22
1924 MRS NNL C 54 49 455.1 331 70 12 2 413 .971 7.43
1925 MRS NNL C 52 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1926 DS NNL C 55 45 402.0 226 38 5 5 269 .981 4.80
3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1927 MRS NNL C 73 64 572.0 332 55 8 9 395 .980 5.30
OF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1928 MRS NNL C 74 74 629.1 320 58 7 6 385 .982 5.11
1929 MRS NNL C 81 81 677.2 418 78 8 5 504 .984 6.12
1933 CAG NN2 C 37 37 303.2 194 25 6 3 225 .973 5.92
1934 CAG NN2 C 31 31 257.2 159 27 3 5 189 .984 6.00
1935 CAG NN2 C 32 32 263.1 169 36 5 3 210 .976 6.41
1936 PS NN2 C 36 32 282.1 160 26 2 2 188 .989 5.17
1B 2 1 8.0 6 0 0 1 6 1.000 3.00
1937 PS NN2 C 22 19 162.0 89 11 2 0 102 .980 4.55
1938 MRS NAL C 27 24 192.2 142 17 2 1 161 .988 5.89
1939 MRS NAL C 27 27 226.1 152 28 2 0 182 .989 6.67
1940 MRS NAL C 44 41 345.1 243 23 3 2 269 .989 6.05
1941 MRS NAL C 10 8 68.0 46 5 0 2 51 1.000 5.10
1942 MRS NAL C 23 23 179.2 111 21 0 2 132 1.000 5.74
1943 MRS NAL C 17 16 140.2 75 12 2 2 89 .978 5.12
OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1944 MRS NAL C 14 10 89.1 78 5 1 0 84 .988 5.93
1945 MRS NAL C 3 1 12.0 7 2 0 0 9 1.000 3.00
1946 MRS NAL C 4 3 21.0 22 1 0 0 23 1.000 5.75
1947 MRS NAL C 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 1.000 3.00
Career — — C 726 625 5342.1 3,305 548 68 49 3,921 .983 5.31
— — 1B 2 1 8.0 6 0 0 1 6 1.000 3.00
— — OF 2 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
— — 3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 2.00