Boardwalk Brown
[edit] Biography
Born on February 20, 1889 in Woodbury, New Jersey, Boardwalk Brown (Carroll William Brown) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 5 year career. Brown broke into the bigs on September 27, 1911 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 3.66 ERA in 199 innings pitched in 1912, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Boardwalk Brown's best season was 1913, when he posted a 2.94 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 70 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1911
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4.50
| 6
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| PHI
| A
| 34
| 24
| 13
| 11
| 3.66
| 64
| 113
| 81
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 199
| 204
| 2
| 87
| 0
| 6
| 9
|
| 1913
| PHI
| A
| 43
| 35
| 17
| 11
| 2.94
| 70
| 97
| 77
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 235.1
| 200
| 6
| 87
| 0
| 10
| 10
|
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| 15
| 7
| 1
| 5
| 4.09
| 20
| 34
| 30
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 64
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1914
| NY
| A
| 20
| 14
| 5
| 5
| 3.24
| 57
| 57
| 44
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 122.1
| 123
| 2
| 42
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1914
| TOT
| A
| 35
| 21
| 6
| 10
| 3.54
| 77
| 91
| 74
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 188.1
| 187
| 3
| 68
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1915
| NY
| A
| 19
| 11
| 2
| 6
| 4.10
| 34
| 49
| 44
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 96.2
| 95
| 4
| 47
| 0
| 1
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 133
| 92
| 38
| 39
| 3.47
| 251
| 357
| 282
| 42
| 6
| 3
| 731.1
| 698
| 15
| 291
| 0
| 21
| 25
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1911
| PHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1912
| PHI
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 72
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1913
| PHI
| A
| P
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 65
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 20
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1914
| NY
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 49
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1914
| TOT
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 69
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1915
| NY
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 28
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 237
| 16
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1911
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| PHI
| A
| 34
| 76
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 1
| .145
| .188
| .171
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| PHI
| A
| 43
| 82
| 5
| 13
| 1
| 6
| .159
| .169
| .207
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 30
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| PHI
| A
| 15
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .091
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| NY
| A
| 20
| 44
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .182
| .217
| .295
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| TOT
| A
| 35
| 64
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .125
| .176
| .203
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| NY
| A
| 21
| 32
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .188
| .212
| .219
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 135
| 258
| 10
| 38
| 1
| 10
| .147
| .179
| .194
| 5
| 2
| 10
| 64
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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- Sold by Philadelphia Athletics to New York Yankees (July 6, 1914).
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