MLB / Players

Lew Brown

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 185 lb
BornFebruary 1, 1858 · Leominster, MA, USA
MLB debutJune 17, 1876
Final gameOctober 19, 1884
Seasons7 (1876–1884)

Boston Red Caps 1876–1877; Providence Grays 1878; Chicago White Stockings 1879; Providence Grays 1879; Detroit Wolverines 1881; Providence Grays 1881; Boston Beaneaters 1883; Louisville Eclipse 1883; Boston Reds 1884

Percentile snapshot

1884 season — qualified batters

G
85
20.9
PA
338
15.7
AB
325
16.3
R
50
29.7
H
75
19.8
2B
18
66.9
3B
3
22.7
HR
1
24.4
RBI
0
0
BB
13
39
SO
0
32.6
BA
.231
24.4
OBP
.260
24.4
SLG
.314
32.6
OPS
.574
26.2
wRC+
95.8
35.5
OPS+
93.2
35.5
wOBA
.266
26.7
sWAR
0.8
30.8

of 173 qualified 1884 batters (min 337 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
6.2
81.8

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18764519819523416622132200.210.222.333.55688.282.3.2550.7
187758227221275612813163300.253.273.394.667104.6107.0.3041.2
187858250243447421614373700.305.324.453.777137.5152.6.3562.1
187959255250256514424152800.260.275.372.647107.3110.1.2891.4
18814519018325446232472900.240.268.344.61391.789.9.2800.1
188328118114112462094600.211.237.298.53675.665.1.242-0.2
18848533832550751831013000.231.260.314.57495.893.2.2660.8

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18781000000024001.018.004.0000.0014.54630.912.82.1
18841000100641001.036.007.0000.006.67219.38.40.8

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

G
378
PA
1,576
AB
1,531
R
205
H
379
2B
83
3B
31
HR
10
RBI
169
BB
45
SO
155
SB
0
BA
.2476
OBP
.2690
SLG
.3619
OPS
.6309

Pitching

G (P)
2
GS
0
W
0
L
0
SV
1
CG
0
SHO
0
IP
2
SO (P)
0
BB allowed
5
ERA
27.000
WHIP
5.5000
K/9
0.00

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.