Hal Brown
Chicago White Sox 1951–1952; Boston Red Sox 1953–1954; Baltimore Orioles 1955; Boston Red Sox 1955; Baltimore Orioles 1956–1962; New York Yankees 1962; Houston Colt .45's 1963–1964
Percentile snapshot
1961 season — qualified pitchers
of 67 qualified 1961 pitchers (min 163 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 446.8 | 450.6 | .875 | -0.3 |
| 1952 | 51 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .200 | .368 | .568 | 43.2 | 57.0 | .256 | 0.1 |
| 1953 | 30 | 65 | 58 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .293 | .328 | .431 | .759 | 95.3 | 99.1 | .345 | 1.3 |
| 1954 | 40 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .167 | .389 | -6.2 | 3.7 | .202 | 1.0 |
| 1955 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | -38.7 | -41.2 | .129 | 0.4 |
| 1956 | 42 | 51 | 42 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .292 | .238 | .530 | 51.9 | 46.9 | .265 | 1.4 |
| 1957 | 30 | 57 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .235 | .292 | .527 | 40.7 | 48.3 | .241 | 1.0 |
| 1958 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .148 | .207 | .185 | .392 | 8.5 | 12.5 | .191 | 1.5 |
| 1959 | 31 | 55 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .130 | .095 | .226 | -38.4 | -35.6 | .121 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 30 | 58 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .321 | .227 | .548 | 63.9 | 53.5 | .280 | 3.2 |
| 1961 | 27 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .185 | .180 | .365 | -5.4 | 0.8 | .174 | 2.8 |
| 1962 | 24 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .276 | .276 | .552 | 49.5 | 54.6 | .251 | 0.4 |
| 1963 | 26 | 47 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .114 | .093 | .207 | -52.1 | -37.9 | .100 | 0.9 |
| 1964 | 27 | 42 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .150 | .128 | .278 | -25.8 | -18.0 | .133 | 0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8.7 | 9.35 | 2.192 | 4.15 | 7.54 | 188.9 | 42.7 | -0.3 |
| 1952 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 34 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 72.3 | 4.23 | 1.424 | 3.86 | 3.82 | 105.4 | 85.6 | 0.1 |
| 1953 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 177 | 86 | 57 | 62 | 16 | 166.3 | 4.65 | 1.407 | 3.35 | 4.10 | 98.2 | 89.7 | 1.3 |
| 1954 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 54 | 41 | 66 | 6 | 118.0 | 4.12 | 1.415 | 5.03 | 3.04 | 75.1 | 98.2 | 1.0 |
| 1955 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 61.0 | 3.98 | 1.328 | 4.13 | 3.95 | 105.0 | 94.8 | 0.4 |
| 1956 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 142 | 68 | 37 | 57 | 18 | 151.7 | 4.04 | 1.180 | 3.38 | 4.05 | 104.3 | 96.2 | 1.4 |
| 1957 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 132 | 65 | 37 | 62 | 17 | 150.0 | 3.90 | 1.127 | 3.72 | 3.83 | 107.7 | 91.1 | 1.0 |
| 1958 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 96 | 33 | 20 | 44 | 9 | 96.7 | 3.07 | 1.200 | 4.10 | 3.36 | 94.7 | 115.6 | 1.5 |
| 1959 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 69 | 32 | 81 | 16 | 164.0 | 3.79 | 1.159 | 4.45 | 3.35 | 89.7 | 98.6 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 155 | 54 | 22 | 66 | 14 | 159.0 | 3.06 | 1.113 | 3.74 | 3.15 | 83.5 | 123.5 | 3.2 |
| 1961 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 153 | 59 | 33 | 61 | 14 | 166.7 | 3.19 | 1.116 | 3.29 | 3.48 | 90.6 | 120.4 | 2.8 |
| 1962 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 44 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 92.3 | 4.29 | 1.300 | 2.63 | 4.89 | 131.1 | 86.8 | 0.4 |
| 1963 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 137 | 52 | 8 | 68 | 14 | 141.3 | 3.31 | 1.026 | 4.33 | 2.99 | 96.0 | 94.2 | 0.9 |
| 1964 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 154 | 58 | 26 | 53 | 18 | 132.0 | 3.95 | 1.364 | 3.61 | 4.36 | 131.0 | 84.1 | 0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-06-07 | BOS @ DET Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1952-08-30 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 1957-08-03 | ATH @ BAL Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1959-06-13 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1953-06-21 | BAL @ BOS Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-09-05 | BAL @ MIN Gameday | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| 1955-08-31 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 1958-07-19 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1958-07-14 | DET @ BAL Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1959-05-26 | MIN @ BAL Gameday | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.