James Brown
1939–1947 · bats L / throws R · Indianapolis Clowns, Newark Eagles
79G
.260AVG
.293OBP
.353SLG
More career statistics
61H
1HR
23RBI
4SB
6–5W–L
105.1IP
48K
5.38ERA
12GS
4Rare 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 | 79 | 70 |
| Batting · At bats | 235 | 187 |
| Batting · Doubles | 15 | 11 |
| Batting · Hits | 61 | 56 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 251 | 205 |
| Batting · Runs | 29 | 26 |
| Batting · RBI | 23 | 17 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 4 | 1 |
| Batting · Walks | 11 | 15 |
| Pitching · Games | 23 | 22 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 487 | 380 |
| Pitching · p cg | 6 | 7 |
| Pitching · p er | 63 | 6 |
| Pitching · p gs | 12 | 13 |
| Pitching · p h | 108 | 86 |
| Pitching · p hr | 4 | 3 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 316 | 296 |
| Pitching · p k | 48 | 29 |
| Pitching · p r | 81 | 74 |
| Pitching · p w | 51 | 46 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 251 | 235 | 29 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | .260 | .293 | .353 | .646 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105.3 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 108 | 81 | 63 | 4 | 51 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 5.38 | 1.509 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1942-07-05 to 1943-05-30
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1939-06-19 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1947-06-10 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1939-06-15 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 33 | 92 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .286 | .326 | .393 |
| Away | 37 | 113 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .311 | .363 | .398 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 21 | 73 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .242 | .288 | .394 |
| June | 22 | 58 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .345 | .362 | .400 |
| July | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .318 | .375 | .409 |
| August | 11 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .324 | .405 | .378 |
| September | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .429 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-elite-giants | 19 | 61 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .316 | .328 | .368 |
| philadelphia-stars | 14 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .300 | .378 | .375 |
| new-york-cubans | 11 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .314 | .368 | .543 |
| homestead-grays | 9 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .308 | .379 | .385 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| TLC | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | NENewark Eagles | 11 | 16 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .250 | 48 | 12 |
| 1941 | NENewark Eagles | 23 | 58 | 21 | – | 7 | 1 | .362 | 31 | 15 |
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 19 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 1 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1943 | NENewark Eagles | 11 | 42 | 16 | – | 5 | – | .381 | – | – |
| 1947 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 6 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | .333 | 19 | 2 |