Hal Brown
1951–1964 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, New York Yankees
410G
.169AVG
.229OBP
.223SLG
More career statistics
82H
2HR
30RBI
0SB
85–92W–L
1,680.0IP
710K
3.81ERA
211GS
11SV
1Rare feat
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 · Plate appearances | 564 | 565 |
| Batting · Walks | 34 | 35 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,677 | 1,678 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,040 | 5,041 |
| Pitching · p k | 710 | 711 |
| Pitching · p r | 781 | 782 |
| Pitching · p w | 389 | 390 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410 | 564 | 484 | 43 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 34 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 108 | .169 | .229 | .223 | .452 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,680.0 | 358 | 211 | 47 | 85 | 92 | 11 | 1,677 | 781 | 712 | 173 | 389 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 3.81 | 1.230 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1962-04-26 to 1962-06-10
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1955-08-31 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1958-08-26 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1953-05-08 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 208 | 287 | 42 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 50 | .170 | .206 | .223 |
| Away | 202 | 278 | 40 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 58 | .169 | .209 | .224 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .194 | .270 | .258 |
| May | 62 | 99 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | .176 | .232 | .200 |
| June | 78 | 98 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | .224 | .255 | .329 |
| July | 87 | 114 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 23 | .153 | .202 | .204 |
| August | 78 | 129 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 25 | .178 | .186 | .224 |
| September | 73 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 21 | .103 | .136 | .141 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 55 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 25 | .161 | .239 | .210 |
| new-york-yankees | 54 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | .176 | .242 | .196 |
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .211 | .262 | .298 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 43 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .157 | .200 | .255 |
| boston-red-sox | 41 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .133 | .151 | .178 |
| chicago-white-sox | 35 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .258 | .273 | .419 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 30 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .137 | .156 | .196 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .312 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Chicago White Sox | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 8 | 4 |
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox | 51 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | .158 | 72 | 31 |
| 1953 |  Boston Red Sox | 30 | 58 | 17 | 1 | 10 | – | .293 | 166 | 62 |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 40 | 24 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .125 | 118 | 67 |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox | 27 | 17 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .059 | 61 | 28 |
| 1956 |  Baltimore Orioles | 42 | 42 | 8 | – | – | – | .190 | 151 | 57 |
| 1957 | Baltimore Orioles | 30 | 48 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .208 | 150 | 62 |
| 1958 | Baltimore Orioles | 21 | 27 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .148 | 96 | 44 |
| 1959 | Baltimore Orioles | 31 | 42 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .048 | 164 | 81 |
| 1960 | Baltimore Orioles | 30 | 44 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .182 | 159 | 66 |
| 1961 | Baltimore Orioles | 27 | 50 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .140 | 166 | 61 |
| 1962 | Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees | 24 | 29 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .276 | 92 | 27 |
| 1963 |  Houston Astros | 26 | 43 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .093 | 141 | 68 |
| 1964 | Houston Astros | 27 | 39 | 5 | – | – | – | .128 | 132 | 53 |