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Lew Brown

Lew Brown

1876–1884 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'10", 185 lb · b. 1858 Leominster, MA

Career 378 G · 379 H · 10 HR · 169 RBI · .248 AVG · 27.00 ERA · 2.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

4

4 best in baseball

29 Top-5 finishes

3 Title seasons

3 Categories led

1877 Best season

Spanning 1877–1879, peaking at 2 titles in 1877.

Team records #1 Boston Reds career SV #1 Boston Reds 1884 SV #3 Boston Reds career HR #3 Boston Reds 1884 HR #4 Boston Reds 1884 OPS #5 Boston Reds 1884 AVG #6 Boston Reds career H #6 Boston Reds 1884 H #7 Boston Reds career R #7 Boston Reds 1884 R

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

1,384th League titles 4
678th Best in baseball 4
973rd Top-5 finishes 29

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

Career leaderboards

298th Catcher Assists 376
397th Catcher Double Plays 31

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Catcher Range Factor	2	1st	—	1877 7.76 1879 7.27 1878 #2
Catcher Double Plays	1	1st	—	1878 11 1876 #2 1877 #2 1879 #3 1884 #2
Catcher Putouts	1	1st	—	1877 360 1884 #3
Catcher Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1876 #3 1877 #2
Catcher Assists	—	#2	—	1877 #2 1878 #3 1884 #2
Triples	—	#3	—	1877 #3
Doubles	—	#2	—	1878 #2
Saves	—	#2	—	1884 #2
Runs Batted In	—	#2	—	1878 #2
Home Runs	—	#3	—	1876 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1879	1	C RF 7.27
1878	1	C DP 11
1877	2	C PO 360 C RF 7.76

Batting

7 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1876	BSN	NL	45	195	23	41	6	6	2	21	3	22	0	.210	.222	.333	.556
1877	BSN	NL	58	221	27	56	12	8	1	31	6	33	0	.253	.273	.394	.667
1878	PRO	NL	58	243	44	74	21	6	1	43	7	37	0	.305	.324	.453	.777
1879	PRO +1	NL	59	250	25	65	14	4	2	41	5	28	0	.260	.275	.372	.647
1881	DTN +1	NL	45	183	25	44	6	2	3	24	7	29	0	.240	.268	.344	.613
1883	BSN +1	NL	28	114	11	24	6	2	0	9	4	6	0	.211	.237	.298	.536
1884	BSU	UA	85	325	50	75	18	3	1	0	13	0	0	.231	.260	.314	.574
Career	—	—	378	1,531	205	379	83	31	10	169	45	155	0	.248	.269	.362	.631

Pitching

2 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1878	PRO	NL	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	2	0	4	0	4.00
1884	BSU	UA	0	0	36.00	1	0	1	1.0	6	4	0	1	0	7.00
Career	—	—	0	0	27.00	2	0	1	2.0	6	6	0	5	0	5.50

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1876	BSN	NL	C	45	—	386.0	192	45	40	4	277	.856	5.27
			OF	1	—	8.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1877	BSN	NL	C	55	—	489.0	360	67	49	5	476	.897	7.76
			1B	4	—	23.0	27	0	0	0	27	1.000	6.75
1878	PRO	NL	C	45	—	397.0	232	84	43	11	359	.880	7.02
			1B	15	—	135.0	178	3	11	7	192	.943	12.07
			OF	1	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
			P	1	—	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1879	PRO	NL	C	48	—	440.0	286	63	63	5	412	.847	7.27
			1B	6	—	51.0	72	2	2	5	76	.974	12.33
			OF	6	—	51.0	4	1	3	0	8	.625	0.83
1881	DTN	NL	1B	32	—	278.0	304	9	13	24	326	.960	9.78
			OF	13	—	80.0	9	1	2	0	12	.833	0.77
1883	BSN	NL	1B	28	—	249.0	280	7	26	13	313	.917	10.25
			C	1	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1884	BSU	UA	C	54	—	472.0	414	117	50	6	581	.914	9.83
			1B	33	—	277.0	322	11	21	9	354	.941	10.09
			OF	2	—	9.0	1	0	1	0	2	.500	0.50
			P	1	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
Career	—	—	C	248	—	2186.0	1,485	376	245	31	2,106	.884	7.50
	—	—	1B	118	—	1013.0	1,183	32	73	58	1,288	.943	10.30
	—	—	OF	23	—	150.0	15	2	6	0	23	.739	0.74
	—	—	P	2	—	2.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.50