Bobby Brown
1946–1954 · bats L / throws R · New York Yankees
548G
.279AVG
.367OBP
.376SLG
More career statistics
452H
22HR
237RBI
9SB
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 · Strikeouts | 88 | 87 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,862 | 1,863 |
| Batting · Runs | 233 | 234 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 9 | 10 |
| Batting · Walks | 214 | 215 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 548 | 1,862 | 1,619 | 233 | 452 | 62 | 14 | 22 | 237 | 214 | 88 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 608 | .279 | .367 | .376 | .743 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1948-05-08 to 1948-05-20
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | 1948-09-24 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1949-09-11 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1951-05-05 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 269 | 924 | 223 | 17 | 124 | 120 | 44 | .281 | .371 | .406 |
| Away | 279 | 939 | 229 | 5 | 113 | 95 | 43 | .278 | .345 | .347 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 105 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 7 | .242 | .314 | .297 |
| May | 105 | 387 | 104 | 8 | 58 | 44 | 13 | .309 | .382 | .430 |
| June | 116 | 390 | 84 | 7 | 50 | 47 | 19 | .251 | .336 | .373 |
| July | 82 | 261 | 64 | 1 | 37 | 23 | 12 | .272 | .333 | .319 |
| August | 114 | 367 | 87 | 0 | 38 | 43 | 24 | .272 | .354 | .334 |
| September | 94 | 339 | 87 | 6 | 46 | 47 | 11 | .303 | .395 | .429 |
| October | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .429 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-athletics | 85 | 300 | 79 | 4 | 36 | 34 | 13 | .300 | .377 | .376 |
| st-louis-browns | 83 | 326 | 90 | 8 | 64 | 37 | 19 | .316 | .390 | .481 |
| cleveland-guardians | 83 | 279 | 65 | 3 | 28 | 33 | 13 | .267 | .351 | .346 |
| detroit-tigers | 78 | 257 | 56 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 13 | .248 | .315 | .310 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 74 | 256 | 69 | 3 | 40 | 38 | 8 | .327 | .418 | .441 |
| chicago-white-sox | 70 | 223 | 46 | 1 | 20 | 28 | 9 | .238 | .332 | .301 |
| boston-red-sox | 69 | 208 | 46 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 11 | .249 | .312 | .351 |
| baltimore-orioles | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .077 | .143 | .154 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  New York Yankees | 7 | 24 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1947 | New York Yankees | 69 | 150 | 45 | 1 | 18 | – | .300 | – | – |
| 1948 | New York Yankees | 113 | 363 | 109 | 3 | 48 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1949 | New York Yankees | 104 | 343 | 97 | 6 | 61 | 4 | .283 | – | – |
| 1950 | New York Yankees | 95 | 277 | 74 | 4 | 37 | 3 | .267 | – | – |
| 1951 | New York Yankees | 103 | 313 | 84 | 6 | 51 | 1 | .268 | – | – |
| 1952 | New York Yankees | 29 | 89 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .247 | – | – |
| 1954 | New York Yankees | 28 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 7 | – | .217 | – | – |