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Dave
Brown		  
Nickname: Lefty
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 1, 1896 in San Marcos, TX
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1920    1921    1922    1924    1925    1928   
Cy Young Award 1920    1924    1926    1927   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1919 22 WAS AL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1920 23 WAS AL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1921 24 WAS AL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1922 25 WAS AL $ 300,000 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1923 26 WAS AL $ 3,421,429 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1924 27 WAS AL $ 6,800,000 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
1925 28 WAS AL $ 6,800,000 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7
1926 29 WAS AL $ 6,800,000 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7
1927 30 WAS AL $ 6,800,000 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7
1928 31 WAS AL $ 6,800,000 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6
1929 32 WAS AL $ 6,250,000 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,800,000 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1919 22 WAS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1920 23 WAS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1921 24 WAS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1922 25 WAS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1923 26 WAS AL $ 3,421,429   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1924 27 WAS AL $ 6,800,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1925 28 WAS AL $ 6,800,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1926 29 WAS AL $ 6,800,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1927 30 WAS AL $ 6,800,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1928 31 WAS AL $ 6,800,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1929 32 WAS AL $ 6,250,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,800,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1919 22 WAS AL 19 11 .633 33 33 25 3 0 282.3 288 93 7 28 163 2.96 .263 .283 .351 .634 21.7
1920 23 WAS AL 27 9 .750 38 38 35 5 0 333.0 281 108 17 51 193 2.92 .226 .258 .334 .592 31.9
1921 24 WAS AL 22 13 .629 38 38 33 4 0 328.7 317 131 20 55 165 3.59 .255 .286 .382 .668 30.7
1922 25 WAS AL 20 13 .606 39 39 24 1 0 320.3 351 129 17 47 173 3.62 .279 .308 .409 .717 25.1
1923 26 WAS AL 17 14 .548 38 38 23 2 0 313.0 337 140 16 52 138 4.03 .276 .305 .400 .705 18.3
1924 27 WAS AL 22 5 .815 30 30 20 1 0 241.7 238 92 16 47 101 3.43 .255 .294 .387 .681 20.8
1925 28 WAS AL 20 10 .667 38 38 24 1 0 306.3 327 147 36 68 118 4.32 .275 .318 .449 .767 20.5
1926 29 WAS AL 25 9 .735 41 41 30 1 0 353.3 341 120 16 60 134 3.06 .256 .290 .382 .672 32.6
1927 30 WAS AL 24 9 .727 38 38 25 3 0 321.0 290 120 18 62 151 3.36 .239 .277 .377 .654 27.5
1928 31 WAS AL 20 15 .571 40 39 31 2 0 326.3 319 127 32 57 162 3.50 .253 .285 .400 .684 23.8
1929 32 WAS AL 25 12 .676 38 38 33 2 0 327.0 350 133 35 55 126 3.66 .275 .306 .442 .748 26.7
11 Years Sim 241 120 .668 411 410 303 25 0 3453.0 3439 1340 230 582 1624 3.49 .259 .292 .392 .684 279.7
Season Average 21 10 .677 37 37 27 2 0 313.9 312 121 20 52 147 3.49 .259 .292 .392 .684  
Career Highs 27 15 .815 41 41 35 5 0 353.3 351 147 36 68 193 4.32 .279 .318 .449 .767  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2531 1001 183 454 1195   .260 .293 .397 .690
vs LH   908 339 47 128 429   .257 .283 .380 .662
Home 122 62 .663 207 206 162 12 0 1782.0 1752 689 95 317 830 3.48 .257 .290 .387 .677
Away 119 58 .672 204 204 141 13 0 1671.0 1687 651 135 265 794 3.51 .262 .291 .399 .689
Mar/Apr 24 15 .615 46 46 35 3 0 391.7 372 152 25 74 196 3.49 .250 .286 .371 .656
May 54 18 .750 81 81 59 3 0 680.3 664 258 35 123 285 3.41 .254 .287 .373 .660
June 42 25 .627 77 77 58 6 0 654.0 646 237 49 89 310 3.26 .256 .282 .399 .680
July 46 27 .630 82 82 61 5 0 682.3 696 261 56 123 342 3.44 .266 .299 .412 .711
August 46 20 .697 70 70 55 6 0 596.0 593 235 37 109 293 3.55 .261 .294 .392 .687
Sep/Oct 29 15 .659 55 54 57 5 0 448.7 468 197 28 64 198 3.95 .268 .294 .402 .696
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1919 22 WAS AL 33 112 13 35 4 0 0 19 1 1 2 29 .313 .325 .348 .673 11.5 2.4
1920 23 WAS AL 38 121 14 33 2 1 1 19 2 1 6 33 .273 .307 .331 .638 11.7 1.3
1921 24 WAS AL 38 116 19 30 4 0 0 10 1 1 3 23 .259 .277 .293 .570 9.1 0.1
1922 25 WAS AL 39 111 17 32 3 1 0 15 3 1 5 16 .288 .316 .333 .650 12.3 1.6
1923 26 WAS AL 38 109 14 24 3 3 0 12 0 0 3 20 .220 .239 .303 .542 7.5 0.0
1924 27 WAS AL 30 93 16 32 5 1 1 15 0 0 3 7 .344 .365 .452 .816 14.2 2.5
1925 28 WAS AL 38 114 17 22 2 0 1 14 1 0 4 16 .193 .220 .237 .457 5.3 0.0
1926 29 WAS AL 41 127 20 32 3 0 1 9 0 2 8 30 .252 .292 .299 .591 11.3 0.6
1927 30 WAS AL 38 123 13 31 2 3 1 13 2 0 4 16 .252 .273 .341 .615 11.3 0.9
1928 31 WAS AL 40 114 16 29 2 0 0 11 2 2 7 21 .254 .293 .272 .565 9.3 0.1
1929 32 WAS AL 38 117 10 29 4 0 0 11 2 1 2 21 .248 .262 .282 .544 9.7 0.0
11 Years Sim 411 1257 169 329 34 9 5 148 14 9 47 232 .262 .287 .315 .602 113.2 9.5
162 Game Average 495 66 129 13 3 1 58 5 3 18 91 .262 .287 .315 .602 44.6  
Career Highs 41 127 20 35 5 3 1 19 3 2 8 33 .344 .365 .452 .816 14.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   936 126 251 21 6 5 122 10 6 33 160 .268 .291 .319 .610 83.4
vs LH   321 43 78 13 3 0 26 4 3 14 72 .243 .275 .302 .577 24.7
Home 207 608 84 161 17 3 3 85 6 4 24 105 .265 .292 .317 .609 53.7
Away 204 649 85 168 17 6 2 63 8 5 23 127 .259 .282 .313 .595 54.3
RISP   389 0 99 12 4 2 139 0 0 10 62 .254 .269 .321 .590 31.7
Close/Late   105 17 25 5 2 0 5 0 0 7 24 .238 .292 .324 .616 9.4
Mar/Apr 46 137 20 33 1 2 0 11 2 2 3 22 .241 .254 .277 .531 8.6
May 81 255 28 64 3 2 2 19 2 0 7 54 .251 .270 .302 .572 20.0
June 77 232 30 58 4 3 1 31 3 3 13 41 .250 .287 .306 .593 19.7
July 82 244 40 67 14 1 0 29 3 1 11 42 .275 .305 .340 .645 24.1
August 70 219 25 56 7 0 1 33 1 1 8 47 .256 .281 .301 .583 17.4
Sep/Oct 55 170 26 51 5 1 1 25 3 2 5 26 .300 .320 .359 .679 18.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1919 22 WAS AL P 33 33 282.3 18 46 1 1 .985 2.04    
1920 23 WAS AL P 38 38 333.0 19 54 5 4 .936 1.97    
1921 24 WAS AL P 38 38 328.7 35 60 1 3 .990 2.60    
1922 25 WAS AL P 39 39 320.3 13 70 5 7 .943 2.33    
1923 26 WAS AL P 38 38 313.0 20 59 7 3 .919 2.27    
1924 27 WAS AL P 30 30 241.7 16 52 4 5 .944 2.53    
1925 28 WAS AL P 38 38 306.3 17 53 3 1 .959 2.06    
1926 29 WAS AL P 41 41 353.3 18 77 6 3 .941 2.42    
1927 30 WAS AL P 38 38 321.0 19 52 7 1 .910 1.99    
1928 31 WAS AL P 40 39 326.3 18 67 4 3 .955 2.34    
1929 32 WAS AL P 38 38 327.0 32 57 3 1 .967 2.45    
Career Totals   411 410 3453.0 225 647 46 32 .950 2.27    
Career Highs   41 41 353.3 35 77 7 7 .990 2.60    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1919 22 WAS AL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 1 0 18.0 15 3 0 2 9 1.50 .238 .262 .302 .563
1920 23 WAS AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 15 5 1 1 7 2.50 .221 .232 .397 .629
1921 24 WAS AL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 28 12 1 1 11 6.00 .359 .367 .513 .880
1922 25 WAS AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 2 1 0 18.0 11 2 1 4 13 1.00 .180 .231 .279 .509
1923 26 WAS AL 2 1 .667 4 4 3 0 0 37.0 41 15 2 8 11 3.65 .293 .331 .436 .767
1924 27 WAS AL 2 0 1.000 3 3 2 0 0 26.0 19 4 1 4 10 1.38 .209 .242 .253 .495
1925 28 WAS AL 3 1 .750 4 4 2 0 0 31.0 41 22 2 3 9 6.39 .311 .326 .455 .780
1926 29 WAS AL 4 0 1.000 5 5 4 0 0 45.0 49 19 1 8 26 3.80 .275 .306 .376 .683
1928 31 WAS AL 3 0 1.000 4 4 1 0 0 27.7 25 11 2 7 16 3.58 .236 .283 .406 .689
1929 32 WAS AL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 1 0 17.7 10 1 1 1 5 0.51 .161 .175 .258 .433
Career Post-Season Pitching 21 5 .808 30 30 22 3 0 256.3 254 94 12 39 117 3.30 .259 .288 .381 .669
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1919 22 WAS AL 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286
1920 23 WAS AL 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
1921 24 WAS AL 2 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429
1922 25 WAS AL 2 8 2 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 .375 .444 .750 1.194
1923 26 WAS AL 4 13 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 7 .231 .286 .308 .593
1924 27 WAS AL 3 9 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .444 .444 .556 1.000
1925 28 WAS AL 4 10 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .400 .455 .400 .855
1926 29 WAS AL 5 18 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .278 .350 .278 .628
1928 31 WAS AL 4 10 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700
1929 32 WAS AL 3 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286 .375 .286 .661
Career Post-Season Batting 31 96 16 27 5 1 0 13 0 2 7 23 .281 .330 .354 .684
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1919-9-2.96
1920-2-2.92
1921-2-3.59
1924-4-3.43
1926-5-3.06
1927-5-3.36
1928-8-3.50
1929-7-3.66
 Wins
1919-6-19
1920-1-27
1921-2-22
1922-3-20
1923-8-17
1924-2-22
1925-3-20
1926-1-25
1927-1-24
1928-5-20
1929-2-25
CAR-11-241
 Losses
1928-7-15
 Winning Pct
1919-6-.633
1920-1-.750
1921-3-.629
1922-10-.606
1924-1-.815
1925-4-.667
1926-1-.735
1927-1-.727
1928-9-.571
1929-3-.676
CAR-3-.668
 Games Pitched
1921-4-38
1922-10-39
1923-8-38
1926-7-41
CAR-48-411
 Games Started
1921-2-38
1922-3-39
1923-5-38
1925-10-38
1926-1-41
1927-9-38
1928-7-39
1929-7-38
CAR-34-410
Complete Games
1920-1-35
1921-1-33
1922-10-24
1925-9-24
1926-3-30
1928-3-31
1929-1-33
CAR-28-303
 Shutouts
1919-4-3
1920-1-5
1921-1-4
1922-10-1
1923-5-2
1925-9-1
1926-9-1
1927-1-3
1928-6-2
1929-5-2
CAR-29-25
 Innings Pitched
1920-10-333.0
1921-3-328.7
1922-6-320.3
1923-8-313.0
1926-2-353.3
1927-8-321.0
1928-6-326.3
1929-6-327.0
CAR-31-3453.0
 Hits Allowed
1922-7-351
1923-7-337
1926-3-341
1929-1-350
CAR-33-3439
 Homeruns Allowed
1919-7-7
1920-2-17
1921-2-20
1922-3-17
1923-3-16
1924-4-16
1925-1-36
1926-4-16
1927-3-18
1928-2-32
1929-1-35
CAR-3-230
 Strikeouts
1919-4-163
1920-1-193
1921-2-165
1922-1-173
1923-1-138
1924-6-101
1925-3-118
1926-3-134
1927-2-151
1928-3-162
1929-3-126
CAR-31-1624
Walks per 9IP
1919-1-0.9
1920-4-1.4
1921-4-1.5
1922-1-1.3
1923-3-1.5
1924-2-1.8
1925-7-2.0
1926-4-1.5
1927-5-1.7
1928-6-1.6
1929-4-1.5
CAR-14-1.5
 Hits per 9IP
1920-2-7.6
1921-1-8.7
1924-4-8.9
1926-6-8.7
1927-2-8.1
1928-7-8.8
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1919-2-5.2
1920-2-5.2
1921-4-4.5
1922-1-4.9
1923-3-4.0
1924-2-3.8
1925-4-3.5
1926-6-3.4
1927-3-4.2
1928-3-4.5
1929-5-3.5
CAR-42-4.2
 WHiP
1919-3-1.12
1920-1-1.00
1921-1-1.13
1922-5-1.24
1923-4-1.24
1924-1-1.18
1925-7-1.29
1926-3-1.13
1927-2-1.10
1928-3-1.15
1929-4-1.24
CAR-13-1.16
 OAVG
1919-10-.263
1920-2-.226
1921-1-.255
1924-3-.255
1926-6-.256
1927-1-.239
1928-6-.253
 OOBP
1919-3-.283
1920-1-.258
1921-1-.286
1922-4-.308
1923-2-.305
1924-2-.294
1925-9-.318
1926-4-.290
1927-2-.277
1928-1-.285
1929-5-.306
CAR-11-.292
OSLG
1920-2-.334
1921-6-.382
 OOPS
1919-10-.634
1920-1-.592
1921-1-.668
1924-5-.681
1926-8-.672
1927-5-.654
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 54    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 266    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 102    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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  2. Rube Vickers (897)
  3. Hooks Dauss (846)
  4. George Uhle (842)
  5. Eddie Plank (840)
  6. Erskine Mayer (833)
  7. Lefty Tyler (824)
  8. Bugs Raymond (814)
  9. Charlie Shields (812)
  10. Doc White (808)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Davey Crockett (960)
  2. Dick Redding (955)
  3. Doc White (954)
  4. Lefty Tyler (954)
  5. Burt Hart (950)
  6. Jack Doyle (949)
  7. Roy Brashear (946)
  8. Ben Houser (945)
  9. Bill Cunningham (945)
  10. John Churry (944)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Washington in 1919
Had first career hit on 4/24/1919, off Hod Eller (SLA)
Earned first career win on 4/24/1919
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1919, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1920, going 7-0, 2.86
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/1920, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/8/1920, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 8/24/1920, off Slim Harriss (CHA)
Won World Series with Washington in 1920
Won Cy Young Award in 1920, going 27-9, 2.92 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/1921, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 9/19/1921, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA
Won World Series with Washington in 1921
Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1922, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Injured on 9/2/1922 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Won World Series with Washington in 1922
2/11/1923: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
7/16/1923: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $6,800,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1924, winning 2 games with a 1.20 ERA
Injured on 7/30/1924 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks
Won World Series with Washington in 1924
Won Cy Young Award in 1924, going 22-5, 3.43 ERA
Injured on 4/26/1925 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Won World Series with Washington in 1925
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1926, going 7-0, 1.89
Won Cy Young Award in 1926, going 25-9, 3.06 ERA
Injured on 9/12/1927 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Won Cy Young Award in 1927, going 24-9, 3.36 ERA
6/1/1928: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $6,250,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/10/1928, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA
Won World Series with Washington in 1928
 
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