Tom Brown (center fielder)

Infobox MLB retired


name=Tom Brown
position=Center fielder
birthdate=September 21 1860
city-state|Liverpool|England
deathdate=death date and age|1927|10|25|1860|9|21
Washington, D.C.
bats=Left
throws=Right
debutdate=July 6
debutyear=by|1882
debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
finaldate=May 17
finalyear=by|1898
finalteam=Washington Senators
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Hits
stat3label=Runs
stat1value=.265
stat2value=1,951
stat3value=1,521
teams=As Player
*Baltimore Orioles (by|1882)
*Columbus Buckeyes (by|1883–by|1884)
*Pittsburg Alleghenys (by|1885–by|1887)
*Indianapolis Hoosiers (by|1887)
*Boston Beaneaters (by|1888–by|1889)
*Boston Reds (by|1890–by|1891)
*Louisville Colonels (by|1892–by|1894)
*St. Louis Browns (by|1895)
*Washington Senators (by|1895–by|1898)As Manager
*Washington Senators (by|1897–by|1898)
highlights=

Thomas Tarlton Brown (September 21 1860 – October 25 1927) was an Anglo-American center fielder in Major League Baseball. Born in Liverpool, he played for 17 seasons, a career in which he batted .265 while scoring 1,521 runs with 1,951 hits. Upon his retirement he served as an umpire, working mostly in the National League in 1898 and 1901-1902.cite web| title = Tom Brown's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbrowt102.htm | accessdate = 2008-02-04 ]

Career

In June by|1882, Tom signed with the Baltimore Orioles, of the American Association, as non-drafted free agent. As a right fielder, he hit one home run with 23 runs batted in for that season with Baltimore. He was a right fielder for most of his early career, he switched over to center later in his career. That year, the Orioles finished 6th in the leaguecite web| title = 1882 Baltimore Orioles team page | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1882.shtml | accessdate = 2008-02-04 ] , and Brown was sent to the Columbus Buckeyes in an unknown transaction before the by|1883 season. He played two season in Columbus, both of which he hit five home runs and drove in 32 RBIs. His best season with them occurred in by|1884, when he batted .273 and scored 93 runs in 106 games played.

On October 30, by|1884, the Buckeyes went under and the team, with all of its players, were purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys for a sum of $8,000. Highlights of his two and a half seasons with the Alleghenys include a .307 batting average in by|1885 and 51 RBIs in by|1886. However, he struggled in by|1887 and was released by Pittsburg on August 15. He was picked up by the Indianapolis Hoosiers, of the National League, a few days later, where he hit only .179 in 36 games.

Before the by|1888 season, he was sent to the Boston Beaneaters. Brown was one of Boston's star players. As their starting right fielder, and he hit nine home runs with 49 RBIs, and stole 46 bases. After the 1888 season, Albert Spalding assembled two teams of players for a baseball world tour with Tom pitching for the "All America" team. The tour lasted until March 1889.cite web| title = SABR in England: Baseball in Graceland | work = sabruk.org | url=http://www.sabruk.org/examiner/12/graceland.html | accessdate = 2008-02-04 ] For the by|1889 season, he only hit two home runs, and drove in 24 runs, but he placed third in the league with 63 stolen bases.cite web| title = Tom Brown's Stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brownto01.shtml | accessdate = 2008-02-04 ] He also scored 93 runs while only accumulating 84 hits.

Brown jumped to the new Players League, along with many other major league players, before the by|1890 season. The league lasted just one season, and Tom signed with the Boston Reds. In that season with he Reds, he hit .274 with 4 home runs and 61 RBIs, and stole 79 bases. When the league folded after the season, the Reds continued on in the American Association in by|1891, where Brown had his greatest season, when he led the league in at bats, triples with 21, runs scored with 177, stolen bases with 106, base hits with 189. Behind Brown's hitting prowess, and with other star such as Dan Brouthers, Hugh Duffy, and Charlie Buffinton, the Reds finished first in the league.cite web| title = 1891 Boston Reds team page | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1891.shtml | accessdate = 2008-02-04 ]

After the 1891 season, the Association folded, Brown was granted to the league and was later obtained by the Louisville Colonels on January 1, by|1892. He played in Louisville for three seasons, during which he stole a league-leading 66 bases in by|1893, hit 9 home runs in by|1894, and scored over 100 runs in each of his three seasons. On January 6, by|1895, he was traded to the St. Louis Browns for shortstop Frank Shugart. Brown played in 83 games for St. Louis before being released in August. He signed with the Washington Senators on August 21, by|1895. Brown later served as the player-manager of the Senators for the by|1897 and by|1898 seasons, winning 64 games and losing 72.

Other baseball capacities

After his retirement early in the 1898 season, he became an umpire and finished the season in the National League, umpiring a total of 96 games that year. During his time umpiring, he ejected seven players from games, three of which were in 1898. On September 30, Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Nap Lajoie was sent to the bench after a heated argument, insists that Brown is crooked. Nap was suspended for three days.cite web| title = Charlton's Baseball Chronology - 1898 | work = baseballlibrary.com | url=http://www.baseballlibrary.com/chronology/byyear.php?year=1898 | accessdate = 2008-02-04 ] The following season, in by|1899 he only umpired two games before becoming manager of the minor league team in Springfield of the Eastern League.cite web| title = The Baseball Biography Project: Tom Hernon | work = by Charlie Bevis @ sabr.org | url=http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=863&pid=6223 | accessdate = 2008-02-04 ] He returned to umpiring for the by|1901 and by|1902 seasons when he called 65 and 143 games respectively. He again left the profession until he returned for 12 more games in by|1907 in the American League.

Post baseball career

Tom died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 67, and is interred at the Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland.

ee also

*List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
*List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
*List of Major League Baseball players with 300 stolen bases
*List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
*List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions
*List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
*List of Major League Baseball triples champions

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=b/brownto01

Persondata
NAME = Brown, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Brown, Thomas Tarlton
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player, manager
DATE OF BIRTH = September 21, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH = Liverpool, England
DATE OF DEATH = October 25, 1927
PLACE OF DEATH = Washington, D.C.