John Brown
1944–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASW, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Buckeyes, HOE, LCB
15G
.238AVG
.385OBP
.238SLG
More career statistics
5H
0HR
1RBI
0SB
3–2W–L
59.0IP
31K
2.59ERA
5GS
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 · Games | 15 | 42 |
| Batting · At bats | 21 | 11 |
| Batting · Hits | 5 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 27 | 12 |
| Batting · Runs | 3 | 1 |
| Batting · RBI | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 5 | 1 |
| Pitching · Games | 12 | 40 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 250 | 135 |
| Pitching · p cg | 4 | 9 |
| Pitching · p er | 17 | 9 |
| Pitching · p gs | 5 | 14 |
| Pitching · p h | 40 | 80 |
| Pitching · p hr | 4 | 5 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 177 | 394 |
| Pitching · p k | 31 | 10 |
| Pitching · p r | 22 | 72 |
| Pitching · p w | 32 | 14 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .238 | .385 | .238 | .623 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59.0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2.59 | 1.220 |
Streaks
1longest hitting streak · 1949-05-02 to 1949-05-02
1longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1944-09-17 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 25 | – |
| 1945 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | – |
| 1946 | Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Buckeyes | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 15 | 3 |
| 1948 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 34 | 7 |
| 1949 | HOE, LCB | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 14 | – |