Tom Browning

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1984-1995)

Tom Browning was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1995 for the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Royals, a span of 12 seasons. Across 302 career appearances, he went 123-90 with a 3.94 ERA and 1,000 strikeouts. He also batted .153 with 2 home runs. Tom Browning was an All-Star.

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

W–L 123–90
ERA 3.94
WHIP 1.27
SO 1,000
Pitcher PIV -13733.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'1" / 190 lb
Born
4/28/1960 in Casper, WY, USA
Died
12/19/2022 in Union, KY, USA
MLB Debut
1984-09-09
Last Game
1995-05-19
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Thomas Leo Browning

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Career Pitching Statistics

Tom Browning — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
123 90 302 300 31 12 0 1921.0 1,931 841 236 511 1,000 3.94 -13733.0

Career ERA 3.94 vs. league average 4.00 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Tom Browning Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1984 CIN NL 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 23.1 27 4 5 14 1.54 3.81 (+60%) 937.8
1985 CIN NL 20 9 38 38 6 4 0 261.1 242 103 73 155 3.55 3.89 (+9%) 553.0
1986 CIN NL 14 13 39 39 4 2 0 243.1 225 103 70 147 3.81 3.97 (+4%) 928.3
1987 CIN NL 10 13 32 31 2 0 0 183.0 201 102 61 117 5.02 4.29 (-17%) -1367.2
1988 CIN NL 18 5 36 36 5 2 0 250.2 205 95 64 124 3.41 3.73 (+9%) -4779.9
1989 CIN NL 15 12 37 37 9 2 0 249.2 241 94 64 118 3.39 3.71 (+9%) -3286.2
1990 CIN NL 15 9 35 35 2 1 0 227.2 235 96 52 99 3.80 3.86 (+2%) -1131.8
1991 CIN NL 14 14 36 36 1 0 0 230.1 241 107 56 115 4.18 3.91 (-7%) -3072.1
1992 CIN NL 6 5 16 16 0 0 0 87.0 108 49 28 33 5.07 3.75 (-35%) -457.0
1993 CIN NL 7 7 21 20 0 0 0 114.0 159 60 20 53 4.74 4.19 (-13%) -373.6
1994 CIN NL 3 1 7 7 2 1 0 40.2 34 19 13 22 4.20 4.51 (+7%) -1146.4
1995 KCA AL 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 10.0 13 9 5 3 8.10 4.45 (-82%) -538.0
Career · 12 seasons 123 90 302 300 31 12 0 1,921.0 1,931 841 511 1,000 3.94 — -13,733

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

Tom Browning — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
324 621 42 95 14 1 2 32 5 25 200 .153 .185 .188 .374 -4,206

Career AVG .153 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 41.1% below league average.

Career OBP .185 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 43.3% below league average.

Career SLG .188 vs. league average .394 across their career seasons — 52.1% below league average.

Career OPS .374 vs. league average .720 across their career seasons — 48.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Tom Browning Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1984 CIN NL 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 — — — — 0.0
1985 CIN NL 39 88 4 17 2 1 0 2 0 4 29 .193 .257 (-25%) .323 (-29%) .390 (-39%) .714 (-35%) -484.3
1986 CIN NL 46 86 9 14 0 0 0 3 1 1 25 .163 .257 (-37%) .325 (-47%) .395 (-59%) .720 (-54%) -724.4
1987 CIN NL 34 52 2 8 2 0 0 6 1 3 21 .154 .262 (-42%) .331 (-40%) .415 (-54%) .746 (-47%) -404.7
1988 CIN NL 41 83 7 12 2 0 0 4 3 5 24 .145 .254 (-43%) .317 (-39%) .377 (-55%) .695 (-48%) -608.1
1989 CIN NL 41 78 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 32 .090 .254 (-65%) .319 (-58%) .375 (-76%) .694 (-68%) -807.1
1990 CIN NL 38 75 6 7 2 0 0 4 0 2 29 .093 .257 (-64%) .324 (-64%) .385 (-69%) .710 (-67%) -787.4
1991 CIN NL 36 70 3 12 3 0 1 5 0 3 19 .171 .255 (-33%) .323 (-36%) .384 (-33%) .708 (-35%) -389.6
1992 CIN NL 16 31 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 .226 — — — — 0.0
1993 CIN NL 21 37 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 2 6 .216 — — — — 0.0
1994 CIN NL 7 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 — — — — 0.0
1995 KCA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 12 seasons 324 621 42 95 14 1 2 32 5 25 200 .153 — — — — -4,206

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.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Tom Browning — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Tom Browning — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1990 NLCS CIN 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1990 WS CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Tom Browning — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 1 3 3 0 17.0 15 7 8 7 3.71

Playoff Pitching by Year

Tom Browning — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1990 NLCS CIN 1 1 2 2 0 11.0 9 4 6 5 3.27
1990 WS CIN 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 6 3 2 2 4.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Tom Browning — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1612772845118.162
Away1633441450114.145

Pitching — Home / Away

Tom Browning — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home148945.19404422654814.21
Away154975.29913992465193.68

Last 10 Games — Batting

Tom Browning — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1995-05-19 KCROAKL 000000000
1995-05-14 KCRLAAL 000000000
1994-05-09 CINSDPW 100000000
1994-05-04 CINCHCL 100000000
1994-04-29 CINMIAW 100000000
1994-04-24 CINMIAW 311000001
1994-04-17 CINPHIW 501100002
1994-04-11 CINWSNW 200000002
1994-04-06 CINSTLL 100000001
1993-08-06 CINLADL 202000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Tom Browning — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1995-05-19 KCROAK L 4.1644400
1995-05-14 KCRLAA L 5.2755132
1994-05-09 CINSDP — 5.2422131
1994-05-04 CINCHC L 3.2744221
1994-04-29 CINMIA W 5.0733113
1994-04-24 CINMIA W 9.0321050
1994-04-17 CINPHI W 9.0200240
1994-04-11 CINWSN — 5.0622341
1994-04-06 CINSTL — 3.1577432
1993-08-06 CINLAD — 5.2700110

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tom Browning — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 302 300 78 245 20 21

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tom Browning — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1984 CIN P 3 3 1 3 0 0
1985 CIN P 38 38 12 34 2 1
1986 CIN P 39 39 11 26 3 5
1987 CIN P 32 31 5 23 3 1
1988 CIN P 36 36 8 30 3 3
1989 CIN P 37 37 8 35 0 3
1990 CIN P 35 35 8 27 3 1
1991 CIN P 36 36 8 24 5 2
1992 CIN P 16 16 6 14 1 3
1993 CIN P 21 20 10 21 0 2
1994 CIN P 7 7 1 6 0 0
1995 KCA P 2 2 0 2 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Tom Browning Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 302

Awards & Honors

Tom Browning — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1989 Pitcher of the Month August
1988 Player of the Week Week of 1988-06-10
1988 Player of the Week Week of 1988-09-16
1985 Player of the Week Week of 1985-09-27
1985 TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Tom Browning's recorded salaries total $16,713,333 over 11 seasons, 1985 to 1995. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Browning's career ran from 1984 to 1995. His seasons before 1985 are not included.

Tom Browning — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
1995 CIN NL $583,333
1995 KCA AL $300,000
1994 CIN NL $3,750,000
1993 CIN NL $2,250,000
1992 CIN NL $3,250,000
1991 CIN NL $2,425,000
1990 CIN NL $2,125,000
1989 CIN NL $1,025,000
1988 CIN NL $442,500
1987 CIN NL $287,500
1986 CIN NL $215,000
1985 CIN NL $60,000
Total recorded salary (partial) $16,713,333

College History

Tom Browning — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
LeMoyne College Syracuse NY 1979, 1980, 1981
Tennessee Wesleyan College Athens TN 1982

Award Voting History

Tom Browning — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1985 Cy Young Award NL 6th 3.0 120 0
1985 Rookie of the Year NL 2nd 72.0 120 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Tom Browning (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Moose Haas
    100-83, 4.01 ERA
  2. 95
    Jarrod Washburn
    107-109, 4.10 ERA
  3. 92
    Bill Monbouquette
    114-112, 3.68 ERA
  4. 92
    Scott McGregor
    138-108, 3.99 ERA
  5. 91
    Ismael Valdez
    104-105, 4.09 ERA
  6. 89
    Doc Medich
    124-105, 3.78 ERA

Tom Browning: the record in brief

Tom Browning's major league career runs from a debut on September 9, 1984 to a final game on May 19, 1995. Club by club, the record runs the Cincinnati Reds (1984 to 1994) and the Kansas City Royals (1995). The bio lists Browning as a pitcher who both batted and threw left-handed. Height and weight on file: 190 pounds on a 6-foot-1 frame. Browning was born on April 28, 1960, in Casper, WY, USA. Browning died on December 19, 2022, in Union, KY, USA. Browning's full given name, per the bio, is Thomas Leo Browning.

Browning's career pitching line is 123 wins, 90 losses and a 3.94 ERA over 302 appearances. Also on Browning's record: 1,000 strikeouts, 31 complete games, and 12 shutouts. Browning's 3.94 ERA was close to the 4.00 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 20, in 1985. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.39 in 1989, when the league's was 3.71.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tom Browning

What years did Tom Browning play?
Tom Browning played in Major League Baseball from 1984 to 1995.
Was Tom Browning a pitcher?
Yes. Tom Browning pitched in the major leagues, recording 123 wins and 1000 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tom Browning hit?
Tom Browning hit 2 career home runs with 95 hits.
What teams did Tom Browning play for?
Tom Browning played for 2 teams: the Cincinnati Reds (1984–1994) and the Kansas City Royals (1995).
Did Tom Browning win a Cy Young Award?
No. Tom Browning did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Tom Browning win?
Tom Browning was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Tom Browning's career stats?
In 302 games, Tom Browning went 123-90 with a 3.94 ERA, 1,000 strikeouts, and 1,921.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 95 hits and 2 home runs.
How much did Tom Browning earn in his career?
Tom Browning's recorded salaries total $16,713,333 over 11 seasons, 1985 to 1995. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Browning's career ran from 1984 to 1995. His seasons before 1985 are not included.
What was Tom Browning's salary?
Tom Browning's last recorded salary was $883,333, in 1995. His highest recorded salary was $3,750,000, in 1994, and his lowest was $60,000, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1995.
What position did Tom Browning play?
Tom Browning played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Tom Browning and how much did he weigh?
Tom Browning was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 190 pounds.
What was Tom Browning's career ERA?
Tom Browning finished with a 3.94 career ERA, going 123-90 with 1,000 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Tom Browning have?
Tom Browning recorded 1,000 career strikeouts.
Is Tom Browning in the Hall of Fame?
No. Tom Browning has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.