Hal Brown

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Full Name: Hector Harold Brown	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: April 19, 1951
Birthdate: December 11, 1924	Final Game: September 16, 1964
Birthplace: Greensboro, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 11, 1924 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Hal Brown (Hector Harold Brown) played for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Houston Colt .45s over the course of his 14 year career. Brown broke into the bigs on April 19, 1951 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 4.23 ERA in 72.1 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Hal Brown's best season was 1960, when he posted a 3.06 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 66 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1951	CHI	A	3	0	0	0	9.35	4	9	9	0	0	1	8.2	15	3	4	0	0	0
1952	CHI	A	24	8	2	3	4.23	31	39	34	1	0	0	72.1	82	8	21	0	4	0
1953	BOS	A	30	25	11	6	4.65	62	94	86	6	1	0	166.1	177	16	57	0	7	0
1954	BOS	A	40	5	1	8	4.12	66	64	54	1	0	0	118	126	6	41	0	2	3
1955	BOS	A	2	0	1	0	2.25	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	15	5	0	4	4.11	26	30	26	1	0	0	57	51	5	26	1	3	0
1955	TOT	A	17	5	1	4	3.98	28	31	27	1	0	0	61	53	5	28	1	3	0
1956	BAL	A	35	14	9	7	4.04	57	72	68	4	1	2	151.2	142	18	37	3	5	1
1957	BAL	A	25	20	7	8	3.90	62	68	65	7	2	1	150	132	17	37	3	3	2
1958	BAL	A	19	17	7	5	3.07	44	35	33	4	2	1	96.2	96	9	20	0	1	0
1959	BAL	A	31	21	11	9	3.79	81	73	69	2	0	3	164	158	16	32	5	2	1
1960	BAL	A	30	20	12	5	3.06	66	61	54	6	1	0	159	155	14	22	3	3	1
1961	BAL	A	27	23	10	6	3.19	61	62	59	6	3	1	166.2	153	14	33	0	3	1
1962	NY	A	2	1	0	1	6.75	2	10	5	0	0	0	6.2	9	3	2	0	0	0
1962	BAL	A	22	11	6	4	4.10	25	41	39	0	0	1	85.2	88	12	21	2	1	3
1962	TOT	A	24	12	6	5	4.29	27	51	44	0	0	1	92.1	97	15	23	2	1	3
1963	HOU	N	26	20	5	11	3.31	68	54	52	6	3	0	141.1	137	14	8	0	0	0
1964	HOU	N	27	21	3	15	3.95	53	68	58	3	0	1	132	154	18	26	10	3	2
Total	NL		53	41	8	26	3.62	121	122	110	9	3	1	273.1	291	32	34	10	3	2
Total	AL		305	170	77	66	3.85	589	659	602	38	10	10	1406.2	1386	141	355	17	34	12
Total			358	211	85	92	3.81	710	781	712	47	13	11	1680	1677	173	389	27	37	14

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	CHI	A	P	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	CHI	A	P	24	0	0	5	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	BOS	A	P	30	0	0	8	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1954	BOS	A	P	40	0	0	4	23	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.931
1955	BOS	A	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	BAL	A	P	15	0	0	3	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1955	TOT	A	P	17	0	0	3	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1956	BAL	A	P	35	0	0	7	25	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1957	BAL	A	P	25	20	150	12	19	0	4	0	4	4	3	0	1.000
1958	BAL	A	P	19	17	96.2	6	14	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	1.000
1958	BAL	A	3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1959	BAL	A	P	31	21	164	9	25	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	.971
1960	BAL	A	P	30	20	159	9	20	1	2	0	2	6	3	0	.967
1961	BAL	A	P	27	23	166.2	16	25	0	1	0	5	3	1	2	1.000
1962	NY	A	P	2	1	6.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	BAL	A	P	22	11	85.2	4	10	0	1	0	4	3	5	0	1.000
1962	TOT	A	P	24	12	92.1	6	10	0	1	0	4	3	5	0	1.000
1963	HOU	N	P	26	20	141.1	3	15	0	0	0	0	9	6	0	1.000
1964	HOU	N	P	27	21	132.1	4	20	0	0	0	3	16	5	1	1.000
Total			3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	358	154	1102.1	93	243	8	23	0	24	43	28	3	.977

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	CHI	A	4	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	CHI	A	51	19	6	3	1	3	.158	.200	.368	1	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	0
1953	BOS	A	30	58	5	17	1	10	.293	.328	.431	5	0	2	5	1	4	0	0	0
1954	BOS	A	40	24	1	3	0	3	.125	.222	.167	1	0	3	6	0	1	0	0	0
1955	BOS	A	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	BAL	A	25	16	5	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
1955	TOT	A	27	17	5	1	0	1	.059	.158	.059	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
1956	BAL	A	42	42	5	8	0	0	.190	.292	.238	2	0	5	8	1	3	0	0	0
1957	BAL	A	30	48	2	10	0	3	.208	.235	.292	2	1	2	9	0	6	0	0	0
1958	BAL	A	21	27	4	4	0	1	.148	.207	.185	1	0	1	6	1	1	0	0	1
1959	BAL	A	31	42	2	2	0	1	.048	.130	.095	0	1	4	13	0	9	0	0	1
1960	BAL	A	30	44	5	8	0	3	.182	.321	.227	2	0	8	8	1	5	0	0	0
1961	BAL	A	27	50	3	7	0	1	.140	.185	.180	2	0	3	11	0	3	0	0	1
1962	NY	A	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	BAL	A	22	28	1	8	0	1	.286	.286	.286	0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	1
1962	TOT	A	24	29	1	8	0	1	.276	.276	.276	0	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	1
1963	HOU	N	26	43	2	4	0	2	.093	.114	.093	0	0	1	11	0	3	0	0	3
1964	HOU	N	27	39	2	5	0	0	.128	.150	.128	0	0	1	9	0	2	0	0	1
Total	NL		53	82	4	9	0	2	.110	.131	.110	0	0	2	20	0	5	0	0	4
Total	AL		357	402	39	73	2	28	.182	.248	.246	16	2	32	88	4	35	0	0	4
Total			410	484	43	82	2	30	.169	.229	.223	16	2	34	108	4	40	0	0	8

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1946).
Selected by Chicago White Sox from Seattle (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
Returned to Seattle (PCL) (@May 20, 1951).
Traded by Seattle (PCL) with Marv Grissom to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Marv Rotblatt, Jerry Dahlke, Dick Duffy and Bill Fischer (October 10, 1951).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bill Kennedy and Marv Grissom to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Vern Stephens (February 9, 1953).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Oakland (PCL) (May 11, 1955).
Sold by Oakland (PCL) to Baltimore Orioles (July 14, 1955).
Sold by Baltimore Orioles to New York Yankees (September 7, 1962).
Sold by New York Yankees to Houston Colt .45s (April 21, 1963).
Released by Houston Colt .45s (September 29, 1964).

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