Tom Browning
Cincinnati Reds 1984–1994; Kansas City Royals 1995
Percentile snapshot
1991 season — qualified pitchers
of 79 qualified 1991 pitchers (min 162 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -38.7 | -20.8 | .133 | 0.8 |
| 1985 | 39 | 101 | 88 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .228 | .239 | .467 | 21.8 | 28.5 | .221 | 3.5 |
| 1986 | 46 | 94 | 86 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .163 | .172 | .163 | .335 | -22.5 | -8.2 | .158 | 2.4 |
| 1987 | 34 | 61 | 52 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .200 | .192 | .392 | -3.4 | 3.3 | .187 | 0.2 |
| 1988 | 41 | 97 | 83 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .145 | .193 | .169 | .362 | -4.2 | 3.5 | .178 | 3.0 |
| 1989 | 41 | 96 | 78 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | .090 | .134 | .090 | .224 | -47.0 | -35.2 | .116 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 38 | 86 | 75 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .093 | .117 | .120 | .237 | -51.6 | -35.5 | .114 | 2.3 |
| 1991 | 36 | 83 | 70 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .171 | .205 | .257 | .463 | 20.9 | 28.1 | .215 | 1.4 |
| 1992 | 16 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .242 | .258 | .500 | 29.9 | 40.4 | .232 | -0.6 |
| 1993 | 21 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .250 | .324 | .574 | 48.8 | 53.2 | .258 | 0.5 |
| 1994 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | -21.0 | -7.7 | .156 | 0.4 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 23.3 | 1.54 | 1.371 | 5.40 | 2.24 | 59.7 | 242.5 | 0.8 |
| 1985 | 38 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 242 | 103 | 73 | 155 | 29 | 261.3 | 3.55 | 1.205 | 5.34 | 3.75 | 99.9 | 105.7 | 3.5 |
| 1986 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 225 | 103 | 70 | 147 | 26 | 243.3 | 3.81 | 1.212 | 5.44 | 3.80 | 98.8 | 101.0 | 2.4 |
| 1987 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 201 | 102 | 61 | 117 | 27 | 183.0 | 5.02 | 1.432 | 5.75 | 4.59 | 108.8 | 84.1 | 0.2 |
| 1988 | 36 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 205 | 95 | 64 | 124 | 36 | 250.7 | 3.41 | 1.073 | 4.45 | 4.44 | 124.3 | 104.6 | 3.0 |
| 1989 | 37 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 241 | 94 | 64 | 118 | 31 | 249.7 | 3.39 | 1.222 | 4.25 | 4.14 | 115.4 | 105.7 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 235 | 96 | 52 | 99 | 24 | 227.7 | 3.80 | 1.261 | 3.91 | 4.06 | 103.5 | 103.4 | 2.3 |
| 1991 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 241 | 107 | 56 | 115 | 32 | 230.3 | 4.18 | 1.289 | 4.49 | 4.38 | 115.7 | 90.6 | 1.4 |
| 1992 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 49 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 87.0 | 5.07 | 1.563 | 3.41 | 3.95 | 109.4 | 71.2 | -0.6 |
| 1993 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 60 | 20 | 53 | 15 | 114.0 | 4.74 | 1.570 | 4.18 | 4.31 | 106.9 | 85.1 | 0.5 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 40.7 | 4.20 | 1.156 | 4.87 | 5.57 | 133.8 | 99.1 | 0.4 |
| 1995 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10.0 | 8.10 | 1.800 | 2.70 | 6.64 | 141.0 | 58.2 | -0.3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-06-19 | LAD @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1991-10-04 | CIN @ SD Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1987-09-30 | CIN @ SD Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1991-07-24 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1991-04-25 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-06-04 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987-09-09 | LAD @ CIN Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991-04-20 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 8.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986-09-27 | CIN @ SD Gameday | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987-10-04 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
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.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.