Drummond Brown
Drummond Nicol Brown
 
 
Born: January 31, 1885 in Los Angeles, CA
Died: January 27, 1927 - 41 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 6'0" Wt: 180
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Purchased by the Boston Braves from Vernon in 1912

Comparison

Comparison
Catchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Wally Schang
1913 - 1931
C
45.0
 
47.4
3.5
0.0
6.0
2 Roger Bresnahan
1897 - 1915
C
41.8
Pl
 
42.8
4.9
0.9
6.8
3 Ray Schalk
1912 - 1929
C
28.6
Pl
WW2
 
23.8
13.7
0.0
8.9
4 Steve O'Neill
1911 - 1928
C
24.2
 
22.9
9.2
0.0
7.9
5 Chief Meyers
1909 - 1917
C
24.1
 
23.8
6.6
0.0
6.3
6 Hank Severeid
1911 - 1926
C
20.0
WW1
 
19.9
5.9
0.0
5.8
7 Johnny Bassler
1913 - 1927
C
19.6
 
18.8
3.4
0.0
2.6
8 Bubbles Hargrave
1913 - 1930
C
18.6
 
18.7
2.5
0.0
2.6
9 Hank Gowdy
1910 - 1930
C
18.2
WWB
 
17.5
5.2
0.0
4.4
10 Frank Snyder
1912 - 1927
C
15.3
 
13.9
7.4
0.0
6.0
11 George Gibson
1905 - 1918
C
14.9
 
13.1
10.3
0.0
8.5
12 Art Wilson
1908 - 1921
C
14.3
 
14.5
4.3
0.0
4.5
13 Ivey Wingo
1911 - 1929
C
14.3
 
15.8
5.3
0.0
6.8
14 Tommy Clarke
1909 - 1918
C
13.1
 
12.7
4.2
0.0
3.9
15 Ted Easterly
1909 - 1915
C
12.4
 
13.0
2.3
0.0
2.9
16 Jack Lapp
1908 - 1916
C
12.1
 
11.4
4.0
0.0
3.3
17 Bill Carrigan
1906 - 1916
C
12.0
 
12.0
4.3
0.0
4.3
18 Les Nunamaker
1911 - 1922
C
11.4
 
11.3
4.0
0.0
3.9
19 Larry McLean
1901 - 1915
C
11.2
 
10.3
6.2
0.0
5.3
20 Nig Clarke
1905 - 1920
C
8.9
WW1
 
10.1
2.1
0.0
3.2
21 Bill Rariden
1909 - 1920
C
8.9
 
8.7
6.3
0.0
6.1
22 Lew McCarty
1913 - 1921
C
7.5
 
7.8
2.5
0.0
2.9
23 Mike Gonzalez
1912 - 1932
C
7.2
Y
  
6.7
4.4
0.0
3.9
24 William Fischer
1913 - 1917
C
7.1
 
7.3
2.2
0.0
2.4
25 Fred Jacklitsch
1900 - 1917
C
6.8
 
6.6
3.0
0.0
2.8
26 Pat Moran
1901 - 1914
C
6.8
 
6.5
5.7
0.0
5.3
27 Ira Thomas
1906 - 1915
C
6.1
 
5.4
3.5
0.0
2.8
28 Oscar Stanage
1906 - 1925
C
6.0
 
6.8
6.2
0.0
6.9
29 Billy Sullivan
1899 - 1916
C
6.0
 
3.4
10.0
0.0
7.4
30 Ed Sweeney
1908 - 1919
C
5.9
 
6.3
3.6
0.0
4.0
31 Eddie Ainsmith
1910 - 1924
C
5.5
WW1
 
7.2
3.7
-0.2
5.2
32 Jimmy Archer
1904 - 1918
C
5.5
 
6.1
4.3
0.0
5.0
33 Rip Williams
1911 - 1918
C
5.3
 
5.7
0.6
0.0
0.9
34 Tubby Spencer
1905 - 1918
C
4.4
 
4.6
2.6
0.0
2.8
35 John Henry
1910 - 1918
C
4.3
WW1
 
4.3
4.0
0.0
3.9
36 Pinch Thomas
1912 - 1921
C
4.3
 
4.4
2.1
0.0
2.2
37 Gabby Street
1904 - 1931
C
4.0
Sp-Am
 
3.8
3.6
0.0
3.4
38 Grover Hartley
1911 - 1934
C
4.0
 
4.7
1.4
0.0
2.1
39 Red Dooin
1902 - 1916
C
3.8
 
7.0
5.2
0.0
8.4
40 Hick Cady
1912 - 1919
C
3.6
 
3.4
2.0
0.0
1.8
41 Bill Killefer
1909 - 1921
C
3.6
WW1
 
1.7
8.0
0.0
6.1
42 Ernie Krueger
1913 - 1925
C
2.9
 
3.8
0.5
0.0
1.3
43 Red McKee
1913 - 1916
C
2.3
 
2.7
0.6
0.0
1.0
44 Syd Smith
1908 - 1915
C
2.2
 
1.7
1.3
0.0
0.8
45 Tex Erwin
1907 - 1914
C
2.0
 
2.9
0.5
0.0
1.4
46 Paddy Livingston
1901 - 1917
C
1.9
 
1.9
1.3
0.0
1.3
47 Frank Gibson
1913 - 1927
C
1.6
WW1
 
2.3
0.2
0.0
0.9
48 Bruno Block
1907 - 1914
C
1.5
 
1.3
1.4
0.0
1.1
49 Ed Burns
1912 - 1918
C
1.5
 
2.1
1.2
0.0
1.8
50 Fred Carisch
1903 - 1923
C
1.5
 
0.8
1.9
0.0
1.2
 
  Drummond Brown
1913 - 1915
C
-0.1
 
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.7
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