Tom Brown
1897–1898 · bats L / throws R · Washington Senators (1897-99)
1,786G
.265AVG
.337OBP
.361SLG
More career statistics
1,951H
64HR
736RBI
657SB
2–2W–L
49.1IP
16K
5.29ERA
1GS
2Rare 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 | 1,786 | 132 |
| Batting · At bats | 7,363 | 525 |
| Batting · Doubles | 239 | 18 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,951 | 146 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 46 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 64 | 5 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 708 | 72 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,196 | 587 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,521 | 99 |
| Batting · RBI | 736 | 47 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 657 | 29 |
| Batting · Triples | 138 | 2 |
| Batting · Walks | 748 | 55 |
| Pitching · Games | 12 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 169 | 0 |
| Pitching · p cg | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 29 | 0 |
| Pitching · p gs | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 56 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 148 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 16 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 55 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 31 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,786 | 8,196 | 7,363 | 1,521 | 1,951 | 239 | 138 | 64 | 736 | 748 | 708 | 657 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 2,658 | .265 | .337 | .361 | .698 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49.3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 55 | 29 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5.29 | 1.764 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1897-08-28 to 1897-09-18
19longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1897-06-14 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1897-06-14 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 67 | 288 | 75 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 35 | .293 | .354 | .379 |
| Away | 65 | 299 | 71 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 37 | .264 | .331 | .320 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | .185 | .229 | .246 |
| May | 27 | 116 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 19 | .243 | .319 | .311 |
| June | 19 | 88 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 6 | .365 | .455 | .446 |
| July | 23 | 111 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | .347 | .405 | .436 |
| August | 26 | 116 | 27 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 17 | .262 | .319 | .340 |
| September | 18 | 77 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 13 | .271 | .325 | .314 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 19 | 83 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | .240 | .289 | .320 |
| boston-braves | 17 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | .180 | .270 | .230 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 13 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .283 | .345 | .377 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 12 | 57 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .408 | .491 | .531 |
| louisville-colonels | 11 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .220 | .319 | .220 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 11 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .174 | .204 | .261 |
| new-york-giants | 10 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .135 | .200 | .189 |
| cleveland-spiders | 10 | 47 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | .366 | .447 | .439 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 116 | 470 | 137 | 5 | 45 | 26 | .291 | – | – |
| 1898 | WSWashington Senators (1897-99) | 16 | 55 | 9 | – | 2 | 3 | .164 | – | – |