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Bobby Brown

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: October 25, 1924 in Seattle, WA us

Died: March 25, 2021 in Fort Worth, TX

Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, TX

High School: Galileo HS (San Francisco, CA)

Schools: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: September 22, 1946 (Age 21-332d, 10,198th in major league history)
vs. PHA 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 30, 1954 (Age 29-248d)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Robert William Brown

Nicknames: Doc

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

1619

452

.279

233

RBI

237

OBP

.367

SLG

.376

OPS

.742

OPS+

100

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 17	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
2	3	Apr 18	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	4	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	5	Apr 20 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	6	Apr 20 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	7	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
7	8	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	9	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
9	11 (1)	Apr 27	NYY		WSH	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
10	12	Apr 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,5-15	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	15 (2)	May 3 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-10	GF	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	16	May 4	NYY	@	DET	T,2-2	CG	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	17	May 6	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	18	May 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
15	19	May 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	20	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
17	21	May 13	NYY		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	22	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	GS	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	23	May 17 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	25 (1)	May 18	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
21	26	May 19	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GS	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
22	27	May 20	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	GS	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	29 (1)	May 23	NYY		BOS	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	46 (16)	Jun 8 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-9	GF	18	4.0	2	4	0	6	0
25	52 (5)	Jun 14	NYY		SLB	W,12-4	GF	20	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	77 (24)	Jul 12 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,12-2	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	1
27	90 (12)	Jul 22	NYY		SLB	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	91	Jul 23	NYY		SLB	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	92	Jul 24	NYY		SLB	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
30	93	Jul 25	NYY		CHW	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	116 (22)	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	W,14-13	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	122 (5)	Aug 24 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	139 (16)	Sep 10	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	145 (5)	Sep 16 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	146	Sep 16 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
36	147	Sep 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	150 (2)	Sep 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
38	151	Sep 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	2	1	9	1
							41gm		278.0	35	54	7	96	8