Jumbo Brown Stats

Jumbo Brown was born on Tuesday, April 30, 1907, in Greene, Rhode Island. Brown was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 26, 1925, with the Chicago Cubs. 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 Jumbo Brown baseball stats page.

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Jumbo Brown

Jumbo Brown Autograph on a 1940 Play Ball Baseball Card (#154 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1940pla01' title='1940 Play Ball Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Jumbo Brown Autograph on a 1940 Play Ball Baseball Card (#154 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Walter George Brown
Nickname:   Jumbo
Born On:   04-30-1907  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Greene, Rhode Island
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-02-1966 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Freeport, New York
Cemetery:   Pinelawn Memorial Park & Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   295
First Game:   08-26-1925 (Age 18)
Last Game:   08-27-1941
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Jumbo Brown Pitching Stats

1925 18 Cubs 2 0 2 0 0 .000 3.00 0 0 0 6.0 28 5 2 5 0 4 - 0 1 0 0 -
1927 20 Indians 8 0 6 0 2 .000 6.27 0 0 0 18.2 98 19 13 14 3 26 - 8 1 1 0 -
1928 21 Indians 5 0 4 0 1 .000 6.75 0 0 0 14.2 71 19 11 15 0 15 - 12 1 0 0 -
1932 25 Yankees 19 3 9 5 2 .714 4.53 3 1 1 55.2 250 58 28 30 1 30 - 31 0 2 0 -
1933 26 Yankees 21 8 8 7 5 .583 5.23 1 0 0 74.0 349 78 43 48 3 52 - 55 2 0 0 -
1935 28 Yankees 20 8 6 6 5 .545 3.61 3 1 0 87.1 381 94 35 41 2 37 - 41 0 0 0 -
1936 29 Yankees 20 3 8 1 4 .200 5.91 0 0 1 64.0 302 93 42 47 4 29 - 19 3 0 0 -
1937 30 Reds 4 1 3 1 0 1.000 8.38 0 0 0 9.2 35 16 9 2 0 3 - 4 0 0 0 -
1937 30 Giants 4 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 0 8.2 44 5 1 10 0 5 - 4 0 0 0 -
1938 31 Giants 43 0 32 5 3 .625 1.80 0 0 5 90.0 357 65 18 26 5 28 - 42 3 1 0 -
1939 32 Giants 31 0 20 4 0 1.000 4.15 0 0 7 56.1 260 69 26 30 1 25 - 24 3 1 0 -
1940 33 Giants 41 0 23 2 4 .333 3.42 0 0 7 55.1 240 49 21 25 5 25 - 31 5 0 0 -
1941 34 Giants 31 0 25 1 5 .167 3.32 0 0 8 57.0 236 49 21 23 2 21 - 30 1 0 0 -
12 Years 249 23 146 33 31 .516 4.07 7 2 29 597.1 2,651 619 270 316 26 300 - 301 20 5 0 -

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Jumbo Brown Hitting Stats

1925 18 Cubs 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1927 20 Indians 8 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 1 0 - 0 - .667 .800 .667
1928 21 Indians 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - .667 .667 1.333
1932 25 Yankees 19 23 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 - 0 - .174 .174 .217
1933 26 Yankees 21 28 1 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 1 - 0 - .179 .179 .214
1935 28 Yankees 20 32 3 10 2 0 0 0 3 2 - 8 0 - 0 - .313 .353 .375
1936 29 Yankees 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 - .000 .000 .000
1937 30 Reds 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000
1937 30 Giants 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1938 31 Giants 43 16 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 0 - 0 1 .188 .278 .250
1939 32 Giants 31 11 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 0 0 - 0 0 .364 .417 .364
1940 33 Giants 41 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100
1941 34 Giants 31 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111
12 Years 249 157 13 32 5 1 0 0 11 8 0 40 2 0 0 2 .204 .242 .248

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Jumbo Brown Fielding Stats

1925 Cubs P 2 0 18 2 1.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1927 Indians P 8 0 56 7 0.9 6 1 5 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.89
1928 Indians P 5 0 44 2 0.4 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.23
1932 Yankees P 19 3 167 21 1.1 21 5 16 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.40
1933 Yankees P 21 8 222 15 0.7 14 0 14 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .933 1.70
1935 Yankees P 20 8 262 25 1.3 24 8 16 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.47
1936 Yankees P 20 3 192 19 1.0 18 1 17 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.53
1937 Reds P 4 1 29 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.93
1937 Giants P 4 0 26 5 1.3 5 0 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.19
1938 Giants P 43 0 270 18 0.4 16 5 11 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.60
1939 Giants P 31 0 169 12 0.4 12 0 12 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.92
1940 Giants P 41 0 166 7 0.2 7 0 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.14
1941 Giants P 31 0 171 8 0.3 8 0 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.26
P Totals 249 23 1,792 142 0.6 136 21 115 6 7 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.05
12 Years 249 23 1,792 142 0.6 136 21 115 6 7 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.05

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Jumbo Brown Miscellaneous Stats

1925 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 6.00
1927 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 3.0 0.31 3.86 12.54
1928 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.80 7.36 9.20
1932 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.9 23.0 1.03 5.01 4.85
1933 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.7 7.0 1.06 6.69 6.32
1935 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 10.7 1.11 4.23 3.81
1936 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.66 2.67 4.08
1937 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.33 3.72 2.79
1937 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.80 4.15 5.19
1938 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 16.0 1.50 4.20 2.80
1939 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 11.0 0.96 3.83 3.99
1940 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.3 0.0 1.24 5.04 4.07
1941 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.0 0.0 1.43 4.74 3.32
12 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.9 14.3 1.00 4.54 4.52

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Jumbo Brown Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1925 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1928 Cleveland Indians n/a Undetermined n/a -
1932 New York Yankees 19 Undetermined n/a -
1933 New York Yankees 19 Undetermined - -
1935 New York Yankees 17 Undetermined - -
1936 New York Yankees 17 Undetermined - -
1937 Cincinnati Reds 17 Undetermined - -
1937 New York Giants 28 Undetermined - -
1938 New York Giants 24 Undetermined - -
1939 New York Giants 20 Undetermined - -
1940 New York Giants 20 Undetermined - -
1941 New York Giants 20 Undetermined - -

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