Hal Brown was born on Thursday, December 11, 1924, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Brown was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1951, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Hal Brown baseball stats page.
"Crafty usually describes a left-handed pitcher. Brown was a crafty righty. He had his best years in his 30s when he learned to control his knuckleball, although he was never a pure knuckleballer. With knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm, he was the veteran mentor to the Baltimore Orioles 'Baby Birds' who challenged the Yankee dynasty in 1960 and 1961. He was called Skinny because he wasn't. 'I was real fat as a baby,' he explained, 'and being in a southern town and one of eight children, you know, everybody had to have a nickname.' He grew up to be 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds, a quiet man with dark, curly hair. An excellent athlete, he was occasionally used as a pinch-runner and was one of the best-hitting pitchers for several years. He even played one inning at third base for the Orioles." - Baseball Historian Warren Corbett (SABR Baseball Biography, Hal Brown, Source)
Hal BrownHal 'Skinny' Brown Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#184 | Checklist) |
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Hal BrownHal Brown Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1951 | 27 | White Sox | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9.35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.2 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1952 | 28 | White Sox | 24 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.1 | 314 | 82 | 34 | 39 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - |
1953 | 29 | Red Sox | 30 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.65 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 166.1 | 722 | 177 | 86 | 94 | 16 | 57 | 6 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - |
1954 | 30 | Red Sox | 40 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 524 | 126 | 54 | 64 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - |
1955 | 31 | Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1955 | 31 | Orioles | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 246 | 51 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
1956 | 32 | Orioles | 35 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | .563 | 4.04 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 151.2 | 620 | 142 | 68 | 72 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - |
1957 | 33 | Orioles | 25 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.90 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 150.0 | 608 | 132 | 65 | 68 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
1958 | 34 | Orioles | 19 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.07 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 96.2 | 396 | 96 | 33 | 35 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
1959 | 35 | Orioles | 31 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.79 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 164.0 | 674 | 158 | 69 | 73 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - |
1960 | 36 | Orioles | 30 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.06 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 159.0 | 635 | 155 | 54 | 61 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - |
1961 | 37 | Orioles | 27 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 166.2 | 668 | 153 | 59 | 62 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - |
1962 | 38 | Orioles | 22 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85.2 | 359 | 88 | 39 | 41 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - |
1962 | 38 | Yankees | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1963 | 39 | Colt .45s | 26 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 11 | .313 | 3.31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 141.1 | 563 | 137 | 52 | 54 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1964 | 40 | Colt .45s | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .167 | 3.95 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 132.0 | 569 | 154 | 58 | 68 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
14 Years | 358 | 211 | 72 | 85 | 92 | .480 | 3.81 | 47 | 13 | 11 | 1,680.0 | 6,991 | 1,677 | 712 | 781 | 173 | 389 | 34 | 710 | 37 | 14 | 2 | - |
Hal BrownHal Brown Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1951 | 27 | White Sox | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
1952 | 28 | White Sox | 51 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .200 | .368 |
1953 | 29 | Red Sox | 30 | 58 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .293 | .328 | .431 |
1954 | 30 | Red Sox | 40 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .167 |
1955 | 31 | Red Sox | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
1955 | 31 | Orioles | 25 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 |
1956 | 32 | Orioles | 42 | 42 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .292 | .238 |
1957 | 33 | Orioles | 30 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .235 | .292 |
1958 | 34 | Orioles | 21 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .148 | .207 | .185 |
1959 | 35 | Orioles | 31 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .048 | .130 | .095 |
1960 | 36 | Orioles | 30 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .321 | .227 |
1961 | 37 | Orioles | 27 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .140 | .185 | .180 |
1962 | 38 | Orioles | 22 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 |
1962 | 38 | Yankees | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1963 | 39 | Colt .45s | 26 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .093 | .114 | .093 |
1964 | 40 | Colt .45s | 27 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .128 | .150 | .128 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
14 Years | 410 | 484 | 43 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 34 | 0 | 108 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 8 | .169 | .229 | .223 |
Hal BrownHal Brown Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1951 White Sox | P | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.12 |
1952 White Sox | P | 24 | 8 | 217 | 16 | 0.7 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.99 |
1953 Red Sox | P | 30 | 25 | 499 | 36 | 1.2 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 1.89 |
1954 Red Sox | P | 40 | 5 | 354 | 29 | 0.7 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .931 | 2.06 |
1955 Red Sox | P | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1955 Orioles | P | 15 | 5 | 171 | 12 | 0.8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 1.58 |
1956 Orioles | P | 35 | 14 | 455 | 33 | 0.9 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 1.90 |
1957 Orioles | P | 25 | 20 | 450 | 31 | 1.2 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.86 |
1958 Orioles | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1958 Orioles | P | 19 | 17 | 290 | 20 | 1.1 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.86 |
1959 Orioles | P | 31 | 21 | 492 | 35 | 1.1 | 34 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 1.87 |
1960 Orioles | P | 30 | 20 | 477 | 30 | 1.0 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 1.64 |
1961 Orioles | P | 27 | 23 | 500 | 41 | 1.5 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.21 |
1962 Orioles | P | 22 | 11 | 257 | 14 | 0.6 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.47 |
1962 Yankees | P | 2 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.70 |
1963 Colt .45s | P | 26 | 20 | 424 | 18 | 0.7 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.15 |
1964 Colt .45s | P | 27 | 21 | 396 | 24 | 0.9 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.64 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 358 | 211 | 5,040 | 344 | 1.0 | 336 | 93 | 243 | 8 | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 1.80 | |
3B Totals | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
14 Years | 360 | 212 | 5,043 | 344 | 1.0 | 336 | 93 | 243 | 8 | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 1.80 |
Hal BrownHal Brown Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1951 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 4.15 | 4.15 |
1952 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 25 | n/a | 19.0 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 1.48 | 3.86 | 2.61 |
1953 Red Sox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 58.0 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 1.09 | 3.35 | 3.08 |
1954 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 1.61 | 5.03 | 3.13 |
1955 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
1955 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 10 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1.00 | 4.11 | 4.11 |
1956 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 7 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1.54 | 3.38 | 2.20 |
1957 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 5 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.3 | 16.0 | 1.68 | 3.72 | 2.22 |
1958 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 2.20 | 4.10 | 1.86 |
1959 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.2 | 42.0 | 2.53 | 4.45 | 1.76 |
1960 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.5 | 14.7 | 3.00 | 3.74 | 1.25 |
1961 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.5 | 50.0 | 1.85 | 3.29 | 1.78 |
1962 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.1 | 28.0 | 1.19 | 2.63 | 2.21 |
1962 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.00 | 2.70 | 2.70 |
1963 Colt .45s | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.9 | 21.5 | 8.50 | 4.33 | 0.51 |
1964 Colt .45s | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2.04 | 3.61 | 1.77 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
14 Years | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 48 | n/a | 242.0 | 4.5 | 16.1 | 1.83 | 3.80 | 2.08 |
Hal BrownHal Brown Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1951 Chicago White Sox | 27 | Undetermined | - | - |
1952 Chicago White Sox | 27 | Undetermined | - | - |
1953 Boston Red Sox | 27 | Undetermined | - | - |
1954 Boston Red Sox | 27 | Undetermined | - | - |
1955 Boston Red Sox | 27 | Undetermined | - | - |
1955 Baltimore Orioles | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1956 Baltimore Orioles | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1957 Baltimore Orioles | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1958 Baltimore Orioles | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1959 Baltimore Orioles | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1960 Baltimore Orioles | 28 | $20,000.00 | - | - |
1961 Baltimore Orioles | 28 | $22,000.00 | - | - |
1962 Baltimore Orioles | 28 | $32,000.00 | - | - |
1962 New York Yankees | 29 | " " | - | - |
1963 Houston Colt .45s | 38 | Undetermined | - | - |
1964 Houston Colt .45s | 38 | Undetermined | - | - |
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