Was B. Brown a pitcher?

Yes. B. Brown pitched in the major leagues, recording 3 wins and 24 strikeouts.

How many home runs did B. Brown hit?

B. Brown hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was B. Brown's career batting average?

B. Brown batted .105 over his career, with 2 hits in 19 at bats.

How many RBI did B. Brown have?

B. Brown drove in 1 runs in his career.

What was B. Brown's career ERA?

B. Brown finished with a 2.23 career ERA, going 3-4 with 24 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did B. Brown have?

B. Brown recorded 24 career strikeouts.

B. Brown

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

B. Brown was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Schenectady Mohawk Giants and the New York Lincoln Stars. Across 8 career appearances, he went 3-4 with a 2.23 ERA and 24 strikeouts. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 724.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 3–4

ERA 2.23

WHIP 0.97

SO 24

Pitcher PIV 724.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

B. Brown — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
861.0	753.0	93.0	190.0	20.0	6.0	1.0	60.0	94.0	8.0	5.0	.252	.336	.299	.635

Pitching

B. Brown — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
64	67	135	93	41	4	1117.2	1082	562	193	53	246	360	1.55	1.19

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

B. Brown — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1934	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1936	41.0	39.0	7.0	11.0	0	2.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	0	.282	.317	.462	.779
1937	76.0	67.0	7.0	24.0	3.0	0	0	10.0	7.0	0	1.0	.358	.419	.403	.822
1938	79.0	70.0	9.0	16.0	2.0	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	0	.229	.316	.257	.573
1942	85.0	79.0	10.0	19.0	2.0	0	0	1.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	.241	.286	.266	.552
1943	155.0	131.0	25.0	39.0	5.0	1.0	0	8.0	22.0	2.0	2.0	.298	.396	.351	.747
1944	98.0	78.0	10.0	23.0	1.0	1.0	0	10.0	19.0	1.0	0	.295	.439	.333	.772
1945	35.0	29.0	6.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	0	2.0	5.0	0	0	.276	.382	.379	.761
1946	149.0	130.0	11.0	27.0	3.0	0	0	7.0	18.0	1.0	0	.208	.304	.231	.535
1947	63.0	56.0	3.0	7.0	1.0	0	0	3.0	5.0	1.0	0	.125	.197	.143	.340
1948	46.0	42.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	0	0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	.190	.244	.214	.458
1949	33.0	31.0	3.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	0	2.0	0	0	1.0	.258	.258	.355	.613
Listed seasons · 12	861	753	93	190	20	6	1	60	94	8	5	.252	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

B. Brown — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1934	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.00	1.20
1936	4	5	10	7	3	1	83.0	87	36	22	4	14	49	2.39	1.22
1937	4	5	10	7	4	0	81.2	73	46	13	6	24	31	1.43	1.19
1938	5	7	10	8	6	0	105.2	114	54	32	5	13	25	2.73	1.20
1942	10	10	19	15	4	1	175.2	159	90	17	8	41	55	0.87	1.14
1943	5	7	17	11	3	1	137.0	154	89	21	7	41	39	1.38	1.42
1944	6	5	14	7	2	0	86.0	96	65	42	6	18	31	4.39	1.33
1945	4	1	4	2	1	0	29.1	27	9	1	1	7	7	0.31	1.16
1946	13	9	23	18	5	1	190.0	161	65	13	7	37	47	0.62	1.04
1947	6	7	14	7	3	0	83.1	88	44	15	3	22	23	1.62	1.32
1948	4	6	9	7	6	0	83.2	69	35	9	4	18	38	0.97	1.04
1949	3	5	5	4	3	0	60.2	53	29	8	2	10	14	1.19	1.04
Listed seasons · 12	64	67	135	93	41	4	1,117.2	1,082	562	193	53	246	360	1.55	1.19

Career Pitching Statistics

B. Brown — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
3	4	8	3	1	0	0	44.1	33	11	0	10	24	2.23	724.4

Career ERA 2.23 vs. league average 2.98 across their career seasons — 25.1% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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B. Brown — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1913	MOH	EAS	2	4	7	3	1	39.1	31	11	8	20	2.52	3.07 (+18%)	724.4
1914	NLS	EAS	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	2	0	2	4	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			3	4	8	3	1	44.1	33	11	10	24	2.23	—	724

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

B. Brown — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
9	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	.105	.190	.105	.296	0

Career AVG .105 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 59.0% below league average.

Career OBP .190 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 41.1% below league average.

Career SLG .105 vs. league average .342 across their career seasons — 69.2% below league average.

Career OPS .296 vs. league average .665 across their career seasons — 55.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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B. Brown — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1913	MOH	EAS	8	17	1	0	0	2	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1914	NLS	EAS	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			9	19	2	2	1	2	2	.105	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

B. Brown — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	149	337	38	88	0	18	.261
Away	140	288	34	60	1	21	.208

Pitching — Home / Away

B. Brown — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	64	428.2	405	70	86	120	1.47
Away	76	457.0	444	102	120	142	2.01

Last 10 Games — Batting

B. Brown — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI
1949-09-05	PH5	BLG	L	5	1	2	0	1	2
1949-08-06	PH5	IN9	W	3	1	1	0	0	0
1949-07-31	PH5	CAG	W	0	1	0	1	0	0
1949-07-26	PH5	IN9	W	4	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-25	PH5	IN9	L	3	0	2	0	0	0
1949-07-25	PH5	IN9	L	4	0	1	0	0	0
1949-07-10	PH5	BIR	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
1949-06-20	PH5	CAG	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-06-19	PH5	CAG	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-06-14	PH5	IN9	L	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

B. Brown — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1949-09-05	PH5	BLG	L	11.0	15	10	0	3	2	1
1949-08-06	PH5	IN9	W	7.2	7	4	0	1	0	0
1949-07-31	PH5	CAG	W	9.0	3	2	0	0	0	0
1949-07-26	PH5	IN9	W	8.0	2	0	0	1	8	0
1949-07-10	PH5	BIR	L	1.1	2	2	2	2	0	0
1949-06-19	PH5	CAG	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-06-14	PH5	IN9	L	8.0	6	5	0	0	0	0
1949-05-30	PH5	HOE	L	7.2	6	2	2	1	0	1
1949-05-22	PH5	KCM	L	8.0	12	4	4	2	4	0
1948-08-27	PH5	HOM	L	8.2	7	4	3	2	9	3

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

B. Brown — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	0	8	0	0	0
P	8	0	1	15	1	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

B. Brown — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E
1913	MOH	1B	1	8	0	0
1913	MOH	P	7	1	14	1
1914	NLS	P	1	0	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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B. Brown — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	8
First Base	1

B. Brown: the record in brief

The season rows for B. Brown begin in 1913. By club, Brown's seasons break down as the Schenectady Mohawk Giants (1913) and the New York Lincoln Stars (1914). Brown played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit left-handed.

Brown pitched in 8 games, starting 3, and finished with a 3-4 record and 2.23 ERA. Brown had 24 strikeouts. That 2.23 ERA compares with a 2.98 league average across the same seasons, 25.1% better. 1913 was Brown's sharpest full season, a 2.52 ERA against the league's 3.07. By Pitcher PIV, Baseball Data Hub's measure of run prevention relative to each season's league, Brown's career adds up to 724.4.

Brown's separate Negro Leagues table shows a .252 average on 190 hits. That section also lists 1 home runs and 60 RBI. Pitching in the Negro Leagues, Brown went 64-67 with a 1.55 ERA. The Negro Leagues table is compiled from box scores, so it is kept separate from the main career line.

Frequently Asked Questions about B. Brown

Was B. Brown a pitcher?: Yes. B. Brown pitched in the major leagues, recording 3 wins and 24 strikeouts.
How many home runs did B. Brown hit?: B. Brown hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was B. Brown's career batting average?: B. Brown batted .105 over his career, with 2 hits in 19 at bats.
How many RBI did B. Brown have?: B. Brown drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was B. Brown's career ERA?: B. Brown finished with a 2.23 career ERA, going 3-4 with 24 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did B. Brown have?: B. Brown recorded 24 career strikeouts.