William Brown
[edit] Biography
William Brown (William M. Brown) was born on 1866 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on May 10, 1887 for the New York Gothams. In 1887, his rookie year, he hit .218 with 0 home runs and 25 RBI. Brown played for the New York Gothams, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Louisville Colonels, Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Perfectos over the course of his 7 year career.
Most people believe that William Brown's best season was 1893, when he hit for a .292 average and knocked in 90 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1887
| NY
| N
| 49
| 170
| 17
| 37
| 0
| 25
| .218
| .273
| .259
| 3
| 2
| 10
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1888
| NY
| N
| 20
| 59
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 6
| .271
| .283
| .288
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1889
| NY
| N
| 40
| 139
| 16
| 36
| 1
| 29
| .259
| .318
| .353
| 10
| 0
| 9
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| 60
| 230
| 47
| 64
| 4
| 43
| .278
| .320
| .400
| 8
| 4
| 13
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| PHI
| N
| 115
| 441
| 62
| 107
| 0
| 50
| .243
| .303
| .306
| 20
| 4
| 34
| 35
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| 111
| 461
| 80
| 140
| 1
| 85
| .304
| .373
| .390
| 23
| 7
| 50
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| 7
| 32
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 5
| .125
| .152
| .219
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| 118
| 493
| 85
| 144
| 1
| 90
| .292
| .360
| .379
| 26
| 7
| 51
| 35
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| STL
| N
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .111
| .111
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| LOU
| N
| 13
| 48
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 9
| .208
| .283
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| TOT
| N
| 16
| 57
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 9
| .193
| .258
| .228
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| PL
|
| 60
| 230
| 47
| 64
| 4
| 43
| .278
| .320
| .400
| 8
| 4
| 13
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 358
| 1359
| 189
| 351
| 2
| 209
| .258
| .319
| .327
| 62
| 13
| 110
| 111
| 11
| 5
| 34
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 418
| 1589
| 236
| 415
| 6
| 252
| .261
| .319
| .338
| 70
| 17
| 123
| 124
| 12
| 5
| 39
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1887
| NY
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1887
| NY
| N
| C
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 229
| 69
| 28
| 5
| 0
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1887
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1888
| NY
| N
| C
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 134
| 24
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .893
|
| 1889
| NY
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1889
| NY
| N
| C
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 138
| 38
| 32
| 3
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 97
| 4
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| C
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 124
| 38
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| OF
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1890
| NY
| P
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1891
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 997
| 48
| 12
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1891
| PHI
| N
| C
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 60
| 20
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1891
| PHI
| N
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| 1B
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 1082
| 51
| 13
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| 1B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 63
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 118
| 0
| 0
| 1145
| 54
| 14
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1894
| STL
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1894
| LOU
| N
| 1B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 113
| 17
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1894
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 141
| 19
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 240
| 0
| 0
| 2380
| 125
| 34
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 157
| 0
| 0
| 685
| 189
| 103
| 11
| 0
| 119
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
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