Buster Brown
1905–1913 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
235G
.182AVG
.211OBP
.270SLG
More career statistics
95H
3HR
23RBI
0SB
51–103W–L
1,451.2IP
501K
3.21ERA
165GS
4SV
7Rare 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 · At bats | 522 | 520 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 65 | 117 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 557 | 551 |
| Batting · Runs | 38 | 37 |
| Batting · RBI | 23 | 25 |
| Batting · Walks | 18 | 14 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,029 | 6,171 |
| Pitching · p cg | 106 | 107 |
| Pitching · p er | 517 | 385 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,368 | 1,388 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,355 | 4,337 |
| Pitching · p k | 501 | 503 |
| Pitching · p r | 715 | 716 |
| Pitching · p w | 631 | 634 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 235 | 557 | 522 | 38 | 95 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 141 | .182 | .211 | .270 | .481 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,451.7 | 234 | 165 | 106 | 51 | 103 | 4 | 1,368 | 715 | 517 | 36 | 631 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 3.21 | 1.377 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1910-08-27 to 1910-09-08
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1906-06-06 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1909-09-06 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1912-08-16 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 122 | 273 | 48 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 46 | .188 | .209 | .290 |
| Away | 113 | 278 | 47 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 71 | .177 | .187 | .253 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .167 | .234 | .214 |
| May | 37 | 89 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .234 | .236 | .390 |
| June | 38 | 83 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 18 | .173 | .193 | .284 |
| July | 49 | 116 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | .117 | .129 | .189 |
| August | 52 | 115 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | .188 | .191 | .250 |
| September | 34 | 85 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | .222 | .235 | .296 |
| October | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .250 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 38 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | .211 | .200 | .289 |
| new-york-giants | 37 | 86 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | .159 | .186 | .293 |
| cincinnati-reds | 34 | 86 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 | .207 | .221 | .341 |
| chicago-cubs | 30 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | .113 | .138 | .170 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 28 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .172 | .197 | .219 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 26 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | .125 | .143 | .161 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 73 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | .275 | .301 | .391 |
| boston-braves | 16 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .158 | .154 | .211 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 65 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .092 | 179 | 57 |
| 1906 | St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 2 | – | .165 | 241 | 110 |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 79 | 17 | – | 7 | – | .215 | 194 | 58 |
| 1908 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 7 | 3 |
| 1909 | Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies | 25 | 55 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .127 | 145 | 41 |
| 1910 |  Boston Braves | 46 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 4 | – | .198 | 261 | 85 |
| 1911 | Boston Braves | 42 | 84 | 21 | 1 | 6 | – | .250 | 241 | 78 |
| 1912 | Boston Braves | 31 | 61 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .213 | 161 | 68 |
| 1913 | Boston Braves | 2 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 13 | 3 |