Dick Brown
1957–1965 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
636G
.244AVG
.291OBP
.380SLG
More career statistics
455H
62HR
223RBI
7SB
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 · Caught stealing | 6 | 5 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 356 | 358 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,030 | 2,031 |
| Batting · Walks | 119 | 120 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 636 | 2,030 | 1,866 | 175 | 455 | 62 | 3 | 62 | 223 | 119 | 356 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 709 | .244 | .291 | .380 | .671 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1964-07-18 to 1964-08-08
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1959-07-19 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1962-05-13 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1961-04-29 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 290 | 874 | 208 | 28 | 105 | 46 | 141 | .256 | .291 | .395 |
| Away | 346 | 1157 | 247 | 34 | 118 | 74 | 217 | .234 | .277 | .369 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 145 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 22 | .269 | .303 | .515 |
| May | 119 | 414 | 96 | 15 | 51 | 19 | 80 | .248 | .278 | .406 |
| June | 141 | 446 | 93 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 75 | .227 | .269 | .307 |
| July | 115 | 339 | 82 | 15 | 41 | 28 | 56 | .272 | .324 | .465 |
| August | 92 | 282 | 57 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 56 | .223 | .270 | .305 |
| September | 117 | 388 | 89 | 11 | 45 | 18 | 63 | .244 | .276 | .378 |
| October | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .176 | .176 | .176 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 81 | 268 | 50 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 46 | .205 | .257 | .266 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 80 | 275 | 58 | 9 | 32 | 17 | 45 | .233 | .273 | .386 |
| boston-red-sox | 79 | 274 | 67 | 12 | 32 | 17 | 49 | .267 | .307 | .446 |
| new-york-yankees | 74 | 210 | 42 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 36 | .220 | .271 | .330 |
| minnesota-twins | 56 | 180 | 44 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 29 | .254 | .278 | .422 |
| los-angeles-angels-1961-64 | 51 | 175 | 42 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 35 | .268 | .320 | .478 |
| cleveland-guardians | 49 | 159 | 36 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 33 | .238 | .270 | .351 |
| detroit-tigers | 46 | 119 | 31 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 15 | .277 | .277 | .482 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 |  Cleveland Guardians | 34 | 114 | 30 | 4 | 22 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 68 | 173 | 41 | 7 | 20 | 1 | .237 | – | – |
| 1959 | Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 141 | 31 | 5 | 16 | – | .220 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Chicago White Sox | 16 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 5 | – | .163 | – | – |
| 1961 |  Detroit Tigers | 93 | 308 | 82 | 16 | 45 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 134 | 431 | 104 | 12 | 40 | – | .241 | – | – |
| 1963 |  Baltimore Orioles | 59 | 171 | 42 | 2 | 13 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1964 | Baltimore Orioles | 88 | 230 | 59 | 8 | 32 | 2 | .257 | – | – |
| 1965 | Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 255 | 59 | 5 | 30 | 2 | .231 | – | – |