Ray Brown

Raymond Leslie Brown

Born: February 23, 1908
in McDonald Township, OH
Died: February 8, 1965 in Dayton, OH
(56 years old)

Bats: B

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 195

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
• College: Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH)
• Buried: Greencastle Cemetery (Dayton, OH)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1931	AB2/KCM	IND/NNL	23	SP	7	5	.583	18	13		11	1	0	114.0	46	32	90	2	33	70	0	0	3	459	2.53	172
1932	DW/HG	EWL	24	CF	7	7	.500	16	12		11	1	1	115.1	61	47	119	5	38	51	0	0	3	507	3.67	120
1933	HG	NN2	25	CF	6	2	.750	10	9		6	0	0	72.2	39	24	75	3	18	42	0	0	3	308	2.97	152
1934	HG	IND	26	CF	1	2	.333	3	3		2	0	0	21.2	16	15	29	0	6	13	0		1	99	6.23	62
1935	HG/WES	EWA/NN2	27	CF	10	5	.667	21	15		12	1	2	128.0	64	42	117	6	50	64	3	0	3	555	2.95	181
1936	HG	NN2	28	RF	6	4	.600	14	11		9	1	1	98.0	47	38	84	4	25	48	0	0	1	397	3.49	149
1937	HG	NN2	29	SP	12	3	.800	22	13		13	0	4	133.0	55	45	111	4	37	75	0	0	5	561	3.05	165
1938	HG/NAS	NAA/NN2	30	SP	15	0	1.000	23	13		12	4	3	144.0	41	37	124	4	31	82	0	0	1	579	2.31	223
1939	HG	MULT	31	CF	7	1	.875	8	8		7	1	0	68.1	36	30	76	1	17	21	0	0	0	296	3.95	125
1940	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	32	SP	17	2	.895	22	18		18	4	0	168.1	45	38	139	1	45	78	0	2	0	671	2.03	256
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	33	SP	9	6	.600	21	14		14	1	3	138.1	62	49	143	2	38	72	2	0	2	593	3.19	146
1942	HG	MULT	34	SP	13	7	.650	22	17		14	0	0	154.2	72	61	161	7	52	68	0	0	2	680	3.55	109
1943	HG	NN2/WS	35	RF	8	1	.889	18	9		6	2	1	88.2	39	35	83	1	31	36	0	0	3	375	3.55	122
1944	HG	NN2/WS	36	SP	11	1	.917	18	15		13	4	1	136.1	51	46	131	4	26	55	0	0	1	561	3.04	137
1945	HG	NN2/WS	37	RF	3	4	.429	7	6		5	1	0	50.1	29	21	51	1	10	21	1	0	0	219	3.75	97
1946	TPC	MEX	38	SP	13	9	.591	31	22		16	1		204.0	103	80	199		93	93	3		9		3.53	105
16	8			SP	145	59	.711	274	198		169	22	16	1835.2	806	640	1732	45	550	889	9	2	37	6860	3.14	142
162 Game Average					21	9	.711	39	29		24	3	3	264.1	116	92	250	7	79	128	1	0	5	1113	3.14	142

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
15	Negro Leagues				132	50	.725	243	176		153	21	16	1631.2	703	560	1533	45	457	796	6	2	28	6860	3.09	148
1	vs Latin Leagues				13	9	.591	31	22		16	1		204.0	103	80	199		93	93	3		9		3.53	105

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			SP	7	5	.583	15	13		11	1	0	109.2	46	32	88	2	32	68	0	0	3	443	2.63	167
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RP	0	0		3	0		0	0	0	4.1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0		0	16	0.00	0
1	Detroit Wolves			SP	2	3	.400	5	5		4	1	0	42.0	21	17	46	0	19	21	0	0	1	197	3.64	119
14	Homestead Grays			SP	123	42	.745	217	156		138	19	16	1465.2	633	510	1387	42	403	695	6	2	24	6162	3.13	147
1	West All Stars			SP	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	4.0	3	1	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	2.25	281
1	NNL All Stars II			RP	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	3.0	0	0	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	13	0.00	0
1	East All Stars			RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	3.0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	0.00	0
1	Alijadores de Tampico			SP	13	9	.591	31	22		16	1		204.0	103	80	199		93	93	3		9		3.53	105

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1931	AB2/KCM	IND/NNL	23	SP	114.0	1.08	1.46	15.3%	11.7%	7.2%	8.0%	2.12	1.34	0.4%	1.0%
1932	DW/HG	EWL	24	CF	115.1	1.36	1.46	10.1%	11.7%	7.5%	8.4%	1.34	1.38	1.0%	0.8%
1933	HG	NN2	25	CF	72.2	1.28	1.39	13.6%	12.5%	5.8%	7.0%	2.33	1.79	1.0%	1.1%
1934	HG	IND	26	CF	21.2	1.62	1.33	13.1%	13.0%	6.1%	7.5%	2.17	1.74	0.0%	0.8%
1935	HG/WES	EWA/NN2	27	CF	128.0	1.30	1.58	11.5%	12.2%	9.0%	13.4%	1.28	1.27	1.1%	1.9%
1936	HG	NN2	28	RF	98.0	1.11	1.52	12.1%	11.8%	6.3%	8.8%	1.92	1.34	1.0%	1.5%
1937	HG	NN2	29	SP	133.0	1.11	1.47	13.4%	12.4%	6.6%	8.4%	2.03	1.47	0.7%	1.6%
1938	HG/NAS	NAA/NN2	30	SP	144.0	1.08	1.49	14.2%	13.8%	5.4%	10.2%	2.65	1.24	0.7%	1.4%
1939	HG	MULT	31	CF	68.1	1.36	1.47	7.1%	14.5%	5.7%	9.5%	1.24	1.37	0.3%	2.3%
1940	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	32	SP	168.1	1.09	1.54	11.6%	16.2%	6.7%	8.7%	1.73	1.19	0.1%	0.7%
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	33	SP	138.1	1.31	1.43	12.1%	11.6%	6.4%	11.5%	1.89	1.41	0.3%	3.3%
1942	HG	MULT	34	SP	154.2	1.38	1.35	10.0%	17.2%	7.6%	8.9%	1.31	1.48	1.0%	0.8%
1943	HG	NN2/WS	35	RF	88.2	1.29	1.46	9.6%	11.7%	8.3%	9.9%	1.16	1.24	0.3%	0.4%
1944	HG	NN2/WS	36	SP	136.1	1.15	1.41	9.8%	12.9%	4.6%	8.2%	2.12	1.46	0.7%	0.9%
1945	HG	NN2/WS	37	RF	50.1	1.21	1.34	9.6%	12.3%	4.6%	8.6%	2.10	1.57	0.5%	0.6%
1946	TPC	MEX	38	SP	204.0	1.43	1.47	10.4%	10.0%	10.4%	10.1%	1.00	0.99
16	8			SP	1835.2	1.24	1.46	11.5%	11.9%	7.1%	9.0%	1.62	1.34	0.7%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1631.2	1.22	1.46	11.6%	12.2%	6.7%	8.9%	1.74	1.38	0.7%	1.2%
1	vs Latin Leagues				204.0	1.43	1.47	10.4%	10.0%	10.4%	10.1%	1.00	0.99

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			SP	109.2	1.09	1.47	15.3%	12.2%	7.2%	9.1%	2.13	1.33	0.5%	1.0%
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RP	4.1	0.69	1.21	12.5%	11.2%	6.3%	6.9%	2.00	1.64	0.0%	0.9%
1	Detroit Wolves			SP	42.0	1.55	1.44	10.7%	11.7%	9.6%	8.4%	1.11	1.40	0.0%	0.8%
14	Homestead Grays			SP	1465.2	1.22	1.46	11.3%	12.2%	6.5%	8.9%	1.72	1.38	0.7%	1.2%
1	West All Stars			SP	4.0	1.50	1.77	5.3%	12.8%	0.0%	17.9%	0.00	0.72	5.3%	2.3%
1	NNL All Stars II			RP	3.0	1.33	1.32	46.2%	16.0%	15.4%	11.0%	3.00	1.46	0.0%	1.3%
1	East All Stars			RP	3.0	0.67	0.91	30.0%	20.4%	0.0%	6.9%	0.00	2.94	0.0%	0.0%
1	Alijadores de Tampico			SP	204.0	1.43	1.47	10.4%	10.0%	10.4%	10.1%	1.00	0.99

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1931	AB2/KCM	IND/NNL	23	SP	18	459	417	46	90	20	3	2	4		33	70		3	6		8	.216	.278	.293	.571
1932	DW/HG	EWL	24	CF	16	507	454	61	119	15	5	5	1		38	51		3	12		9	.262	.323	.350	.673
1933	HG	NN2	25	CF	10	308	278	39	75	11	4	3	3		18	42		3	9		9	.270	.321	.371	.692
1934	HG	IND	26	CF	3	99	90	16	29	5	1	0	2		6	13		1	2		2	.322	.371	.400	.771
1935	HG/WES	EWA/NN2	27	CF	21	555	490	64	117	24	2	6	9	0	50	64	0	3	12	0	8	.239	.313	.333	.646
1936	HG	NN2	28	RF	14	397	357	47	84	17	3	4	3		25	48		1	14		12	.235	.287	.333	.621
1937	HG	NN2	29	SP	22	561	506	55	111	24	7	4	0		37	75		5	13		6	.219	.279	.318	.597
1938	HG/NAS	NAA/NN2	30	SP	23	579	535	41	124	17	4	4	1		31	82	0	1	12		7	.232	.275	.301	.576
1939	HG	MULT	31	CF	8	296	276	36	76	10	3	1	0		17	21	0	0	3		3	.275	.317	.344	.662
1940	EAS/HG	EWA/NN2	32	SP	22	671	612	45	139	24	4	1	9	0	45	78	0	0	14		12	.227	.280	.284	.564
1941	HG	NLC/NN2	33	SP	21	593	550	62	143	25	7	2	14		38	72	0	2	3		9	.260	.310	.342	.652
1942	HG	MULT	34	SP	22	680	619	72	161	23	3	7	5		52	68	0	2	7		3	.260	.319	.341	.660
1943	HG	NN2/WS	35	RF	18	375	339	39	83	13	3	1	0		31	36		3	2		1	.245	.314	.310	.623
1944	HG	NN2/WS	36	SP	18	561	523	51	131	14	6	4	4		26	55	0	1	11		11	.250	.287	.323	.610
1945	HG	NN2/WS	37	RF	7	219	205	29	51	9	3	1	0		10	21	0	0	4	1	3	.249	.282	.337	.619
1946	TPC	MEX	38	SP	31			103	199						93	93		9
16	8			SP	274	6860	6251	806	1732	251	58	45	55	0	550	889	0	37	124	1	103	.245	.300	.326	.625

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
15	Negro Leagues				243	6860	6251	703	1533	251	58	45	55	0	457	796	0	28	124	1	103	.245	.300	.326	.625
1	vs Latin Leagues				31			103	199						93	93		9				.000	.000	.000	.000

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			SP	15	443	402	46	88	19	3	2	4		32	68		3	6		8	.219	.281	.296	.577
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RP	3	16	15	0	2	1	0	0	0		1	2		0	0		0	.133	.188	.200	.388
1	Detroit Wolves			SP	5	197	171	21	46	2	3	0	0		19	21		1	6		5	.269	.346	.316	.661
14	Homestead Grays			SP	217	6162	5623	633	1387	229	52	42	51		403	695	0	24	112	1	89	.247	.300	.328	.628
1	West All Stars			SP	1	19	19	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.474	.789
1	NNL All Stars II			RP	1	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	0		2	6	0	0	0		0	.182	.308	.182	.490
1	East All Stars			RP	1	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		1	.200	.200	.200	.400
1	Alijadores de Tampico			SP	31			103	199						93	93		9				.000	.000	.000	.000

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