Hal Brown Stats

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.

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"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 Brown

Hal 'Skinny' Brown Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#184 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1991top05' title='1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Hal 'Skinny' Brown Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#184 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Hector Harold Brown
Nickname:   Hal - Skinny
Born On:   12-11-1924  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Greensboro, North Carolina
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-17-2015 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Greensboro, North Carolina
Cemetery:   Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, North Carolina
High School:   Greensboro High School (Greensboro, NC)
College:   University of North Carolina
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   182
First Game:   04-19-1951 (Age 26)
Last Game:   09-16-1964
Draft:   Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $1,750

Hal Brown

Hal Brown Pitching Stats

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 -
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 Brown

Hal Brown Hitting Stats

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
14 Years 410 484 43 82 16 2 2 0 30 34 0 108 40 2 4 8 .169 .229 .223

Hal Brown

Hal Brown Fielding Stats

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
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 Brown

Hal Brown Miscellaneous Stats

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
14 Years 0 1 .000 2 48 n/a 242.0 4.5 16.1 1.83 3.80 2.08

Hal Brown

Hal Brown Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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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