Ray Brown
1933–1945 · bats B / throws R · ASE, ASW, DTW, Homestead Grays, IN5, Kansas City Monarchs, NNL, NNS
362G
.298AVG
.352OBP
.476SLG
More career statistics
279H
26HR
99RBI
5SB
107–44W–L
1,293.1IP
410K
1.22ERA
147GS
12SV
7Rare feats
Recorded totals from Retrosheet, including regular-season tiebreakers. These are sums of available game records, not a claim to a complete official MLB career. Historical Negro League coverage can include games outside MLB’s recognized 1920–1948 window. Sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 362 | 1,025 | 936 | 154 | 279 | 57 | 16 | 26 | 99 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 446 | .298 | .352 | .476 | .828 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,293.3 | 193 | 147 | 127 | 107 | 44 | 12 | 1,133 | 616 | 175 | 39 | 284 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | 1.096 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1938-06-05 to 1938-08-07
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | Seven-Hit Game | 1936-08-20 | 1 in 27,955 games | box score ↗ |
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1936-08-20 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1936-08-20 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 180 | 458 | 133 | 14 | 50 | 32 | 7 | .320 | .360 | .523 |
| Away | 182 | 567 | 146 | 12 | 49 | 42 | 6 | .280 | .332 | .440 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .118 | .167 | .294 |
| May | 85 | 252 | 79 | 10 | 30 | 18 | 1 | .341 | .385 | .569 |
| June | 82 | 228 | 63 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 4 | .310 | .373 | .488 |
| July | 87 | 247 | 58 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 4 | .257 | .291 | .412 |
| August | 73 | 213 | 62 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 4 | .313 | .352 | .460 |
| September | 28 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .216 | .293 | .412 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .556 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 81 | 253 | 73 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 2 | .312 | .356 | .432 |
| newark-eagles | 72 | 176 | 41 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 2 | .255 | .290 | .410 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 51 | 125 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | .252 | .320 | .430 |
| new-york-cubans | 49 | 117 | 37 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 3 | .352 | .410 | .600 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 37 | 111 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .311 | .342 | .563 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 18 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .255 | .309 | .412 |
| WEG | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .292 |
| BRN | 8 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .323 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  Homestead Grays | 19 | 80 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .287 | 70 | 28 |
| 1935 | Homestead Grays | 43 | 141 | 41 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .291 | 138 | 57 |
| 1936 | Homestead Grays | 38 | 97 | 39 | 2 | 8 | – | .402 | 110 | 40 |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays | 34 | 87 | 24 | 2 | 9 | – | .276 | 109 | 48 |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 35 | 85 | 24 | 6 | 15 | – | .282 | 125 | 21 |
| 1939 | Homestead Grays | 23 | 75 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .307 | 62 | 13 |
| 1940 | Homestead Grays | 26 | 60 | 18 | 1 | 5 | – | .300 | 139 | 44 |
| 1941 | Homestead Grays | 37 | 70 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .229 | 153 | 49 |
| 1942 | Homestead Grays | 19 | 56 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 92 | 38 |
| 1943 | Homestead Grays | 28 | 63 | 20 | 2 | 15 | – | .317 | 78 | 26 |
| 1944 | Homestead Grays | 31 | 68 | 22 | 1 | 9 | – | .324 | 140 | 32 |
| 1945 | Homestead Grays | 29 | 54 | 21 | 2 | 12 | – | .389 | 73 | 14 |