Barney Brown
1934–1949 · bats L / throws L · ASE, ASP, CUH, CUP, Kansas City Monarchs, NNL, NNS, New York Black Yankees
343G
.247AVG
.353OBP
.303SLG
More career statistics
189H
1HR
87RBI
6SB
51–62W–L
921.0IP
495K
3.79ERA
107GS
7SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 343 | 301 |
| Batting · At bats | 765 | 658 |
| Batting · Doubles | 22 | 15 |
| Batting · Hits | 189 | 153 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 913 | 746 |
| Batting · Runs | 102 | 76 |
| Batting · RBI | 87 | 43 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 6 | 4 |
| Batting · Triples | 9 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 123 | 77 |
| Pitching · Games | 146 | 145 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,990 | 3,276 |
| Pitching · p cg | 75 | 78 |
| Pitching · p er | 388 | 176 |
| Pitching · p h | 968 | 887 |
| Pitching · p hr | 40 | 44 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,763 | 2,741 |
| Pitching · p k | 495 | 282 |
| Pitching · p r | 495 | 480 |
| Pitching · p w | 281 | 211 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 343 | 913 | 765 | 102 | 189 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 87 | 123 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 232 | .247 | .353 | .303 | .656 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 921.0 | 146 | 107 | 75 | 51 | 62 | 7 | 968 | 495 | 388 | 40 | 281 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 1.356 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1943-07-15 to 1943-08-12
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1948-05-30 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1948-05-23 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1938-06-05 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 157 | 407 | 92 | 0 | 18 | 40 | 3 | .255 | .324 | .277 |
| Away | 144 | 339 | 61 | 1 | 25 | 37 | 1 | .205 | .289 | .266 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 68 | 161 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | .250 | .304 | .264 |
| June | 71 | 159 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | .206 | .302 | .272 |
| July | 88 | 247 | 52 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 1 | .237 | .304 | .269 |
| August | 45 | 116 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | .190 | .293 | .220 |
| September | 29 | 63 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .309 | .381 | .400 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-elite-giants | 69 | 167 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 2 | .164 | .251 | .205 |
| newark-eagles | 55 | 113 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 1 | .281 | .398 | .323 |
| homestead-grays | 51 | 141 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 | .200 | .270 | .224 |
| new-york-cubans | 35 | 90 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .256 | .322 | .305 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 29 | 78 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .314 | .372 | .386 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 15 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .257 | .325 | .314 |
| philadelphia-stars | 13 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .280 | .333 | .320 |
| WEG | 12 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .208 | .310 | .208 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 4 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 4 | 6 |
| 1936 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 18 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | – | .281 | 65 | 28 |
| 1937 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 27 | 57 | 19 | – | 6 | 1 | .333 | 77 | 31 |
| 1938 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 27 | 63 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .190 | 95 | 19 |
| 1942 |  Philadelphia Stars | 31 | 64 | 14 | – | 4 | – | .219 | 148 | 47 |
| 1943 | Philadelphia Stars | 38 | 110 | 34 | – | 6 | 2 | .309 | 110 | 27 |
| 1944 | Philadelphia Stars | 34 | 74 | 19 | – | 8 | – | .257 | 70 | 25 |
| 1945 | Philadelphia Stars | 11 | 29 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .276 | 29 | 7 |
| 1946 | Philadelphia Stars | 47 | 102 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .157 | 126 | 31 |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Stars | 28 | 47 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .106 | 52 | 10 |
| 1948 | Philadelphia Stars | 22 | 36 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .194 | 73 | 37 |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Stars | 14 | 31 | 8 | – | 2 | 1 | .258 | 60 | 14 |