John Brown - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

John Brown

John Wesley Brown
(Lean Man)

Born: October 23, 1918 in Hamburg, AR
Died: March 3, 1999 in Detroit, MI
(80 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 158

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Notes:

• College: Arkansas AM&N College (Pine Bluff, AR)
• Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery (Woodhaven, MI)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1944	CBE	NAL	25	SP	0	0		2	1		1	0	0	9.2	7	7	11	3	4	1	0	0	0	44	6.52	52
1945	CBE	NAL	26	SP	2	2	.500	4	4		3	0	0	30.0	12	8	21	1	18	17	1	0	0	128	2.40	175
1946	CBE/WES	EWA/NAL	27	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	4.0	1	1	3	0	3	3	0	0	1	15	2.25	180
1947	CBE	NAL	28	RP	1	0	1.000	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	12	0.00
1948	CBE	NAL	29	RP	0	0		4	0		0	0	0	12.1	2	1	4	0	6	8	0	0	3	51	0.73	703
5	1			RP	3	2	.600	12	5		4	0	0	59.0	22	17	40	4	32	31	1	0	5	250	2.59	148
162 Game Average					12	8	.600	48	20		16	0	0	236.0	88	68	160	16	128	124	4	0	20	1000	2.59	148

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1944	CBE	NAL	25	SP	9.2		1.55	1.28		2.3%	12.4%		9.1%	7.4%		0.25	1.67		6.8%	0.3%
1945	CBE	NAL	26	SP	30.0		1.30	1.37		13.3%	12.2%		14.1%	8.0%		0.94	1.53		0.8%	0.7%
1946	CBE/WES	EWA/NAL	27	RP	4.0		1.50	1.42		20.0%	13.9%		20.0%	8.6%		1.00	1.62		0.0%	0.6%
1947	CBE	NAL	28	RP	3.0		0.67	1.59		16.7%	11.8%		8.3%	9.5%		2.00	1.25		0.0%	0.9%
1948	CBE	NAL	29	RP	12.1		0.81	1.62		15.7%	12.7%		11.8%	9.3%		1.33	1.36		0.0%	1.0%
5	1			RP	59.0		1.22	1.42		12.4%	12.4%		12.8%	8.3%		0.97	1.51		1.6%	0.7%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1944	CBE	NAL	25	SP	2	44	38	7	11	2	0	3	0		4	1		0	2		0	.289	.357	.579	.936
1945	CBE	NAL	26	SP	4	128	109	12	21	4	1	1	3		18	17		0	1		1	.193	.307	.275	.582
1946	CBE/WES	EWA/NAL	27	RP	1	15	11	1	3	0	0	0	1		3	3		1	0		1	.273	.467	.273	.739
1947	CBE	NAL	28	RP	1	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	2		1	0		0	.100	.250	.100	.350
1948	CBE	NAL	29	RP	4	51	42	2	4	1	0	0	0		6	8		3	0		0	.095	.255	.119	.374
5	1			RP	12	250	210	22	40	7	1	4	4		32	31		5	3		2	.190	.312	.290	.602

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