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Whitey Ford League
4-1-2070
Jim Brown First Base
Retired (1981, Age 43)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .270 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .789 Status Deceased (2022) Option Years 0  
H 2898 Age at Death 85 Date of Birth 12-12-1937
HR 542 Drafted Round 2, Pick 20
(1955)		 Majors Svc Time 20 years
(110 games)
RBI 1764
SB 153
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L D+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR B 
Speed D+ Bunt D- Control F    Mentor vL F 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C  WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 9
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1955 Minors 18 61.00 8 / 8 7 / 9 7 / 7 5 / 5 5 / 8 13 / 13 11 / 11 56 / 61
1956 Minors 19 40.00 5 / 6 7 / 7 6 / 6 5 / 5 4 / 5 7 / 7 4 / 4 38 / 40
1957 Minors 20 69.00 12 / 16 7 / 10 3 / 3 12 / 12 6 / 8 8 / 13 7 / 7 55 / 69
1957 Pos (1B) 20 56.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 11 / 56
1958 Minors 21 62.00 7 / 9 7 / 13 3 / 4 3 / 5 0 / 8 8 / 11 9 / 12 37 / 62
1958 Pos (1B) 21 60.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 8 / 60
1959 Minors 22 74.00 5 / 10 4 / 11 5 / 8 9 / 12 6 / 10 4 / 9 7 / 14 40 / 74
1959 Pos (1B) 22 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1959 Pos (RF) 22 50.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 10 / 50
1960 Majors 23 64.43 162 142 0 5 / 10 8 / 11 3 / 8 5 / 7 3 / 5 5 / 13 2 / 10 31 / 64
1961 Majors 24 65.79 162 142 0 4 / 9 3 / 8 3 / 7 8 / 12 6 / 15 2 / 6 2 / 8 28 / 65
1962 Majors 25 65.88 162 142 0 5 / 12 0 / 10 5 / 10 3 / 11 1 / 8 1 / 4 2 / 10 17 / 65
1963 Majors 26 62.54 162 142 0 3 / 11 0 / 13 2 / 9 0 / 7 2 / 9 1 / 3 3 / 10 11 / 62
1964 Majors 27 57.70 144 127 15 0 / 6 0 / 11 1 / 8 4 / 12 0 / 6 1 / 7 1 / 7 7 / 57
1965 Majors 28 64.62 162 142 0 0 / 7 0 / 10 2 / 9 1 / 9 1 / 11 2 / 11 1 / 7 7 / 64
1966 Majors 29 62.69 162 142 0 0 / 7 0 / 12 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 4 1 / 9 1 / 10 2 / 62
1967 Majors 30 62.78 162 142 0 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 17 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 12 1 / 13 1 / 62
1968 Majors 31 63.42 162 142 0 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 13 0 / 63
1969 Majors 32 60.83 162 134 0 0 / 5 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 60
1970 Majors 33 62.94 162 137 0 0 / 4 0 / 13 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 13 0 / 5 0 / 62
1971 Majors 34 63.53 162 139 0 -1 / 8 -4 / 9 0 / 9 -7 / 8 -9 / 8 -2 / 9 0 / 12 -23 / 63
1972 Majors 35 62.86 162 138 0 -2 / 11 -1 / 7 -4 / 8 -4 / 9 -7 / 7 -4 / 9 -2 / 11 -24 / 62
1973 Majors 36 65.61 162 140 0 -1 / 9 -1 / 10 -1 / 10 -2 / 9 -2 / 12 -1 / 6 -3 / 9 -11 / 65
1974 Majors 37 66.26 162 142 0 -2 / 10 -4 / 13 -2 / 8 -7 / 9 -4 / 8 -3 / 10 -1 / 8 -23 / 66
1975 Majors 38 51.41 127 110 34 0 / 5 -2 / 6 -3 / 9 -4 / 7 -6 / 8 -3 / 8 -4 / 8 -22 / 51
1976 Majors 39 46.10 117 101 16 -1 / 5 -3 / 8 0 / 6 -2 / 5 -1 / 4 -4 / 8 -4 / 10 -15 / 46
1977 Majors 40 62.89 162 139 0 -1 / 14 -2 / 5 -4 / 8 -5 / 8 -7 / 9 -2 / 9 -3 / 9 -24 / 62
1978 Majors 41 62.33 162 139 0 -3 / 13 -7 / 8 -2 / 11 0 / 9 -6 / 3 -1 / 7 -1 / 11 -20 / 62
1979 Majors 42 61.33 154 129 8 0 / 6 -6 / 5 0 / 17 -1 / 11 -6 / 9 0 / 5 -4 / 8 -17 / 61
1980 Majors 43 63.63 162 135 0 -3 / 9 -5 / 9 -1 / 11 -2 / 7 -2 / 6 -1 / 12 -1 / 9 -15 / 63
1981 Minors 44 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4
1981 Majors 44 0.42 1 1 0 -5 / 0 -2 / 0 -4 / 0 -5 / 0 -6 / 0 -2 / 0 0 / 0 -24 / 0
1981 Pos (RF) 44 11.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 11
Total 3297 2847 73 35 / 223 6 / 244 19 / 225 16 / 227 -22 / 201 30 / 234 28 / 243 142 / 1775
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01Jim Brown has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1981-10-01The Baltimore Browns have waived Jim Brown.
1981-09-02The Baltimore Browns have acquired Jim Brown from the waiver wire.
1981-04-19The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have waived Jim Brown.
1981-04-02The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Bake McBride to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Shelvin Mack to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Germany Cooper to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Red Valdez to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Luther Higgins for assignment. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Joraqui Parker for assignment. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Jim Brown for assignment. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Brawley Browne for assignment.
1979-09-22Jim Brown of the Chicago Buffalo Soldiers is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
1977-06-09Jim Brown hit his 500th career home run.
1976-07-10Jim Brown of the Chicago Buffalo Soldiers is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1975-09-09Jim Brown of the Chicago Buffalo Soldiers is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1975-05-20Jim Brown of the Chicago Buffalo Soldiers is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1964-07-23Jim Brown of the Chicago Buffalo Soldiers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1960-04-01The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted Jim Brown to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have promoted GoGo McNulty to the major league team. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Jim Allen for assignment. The Chicago Buffalo Soldiers have designated Frank Chance for assignment.
1959-09-19A trade has been completed between the Chicago Buffalo Soldiers and the Cincinnati Comrades. The Cincinnati Comrades receive Draft Pick 1960 Round 1 CHN (Chris Cripe) from the Chicago Buffalo Soldiers in exchange for Jim Brown, Draft Pick 1960 Round 1 CIN (Nelson Simmons), Draft Pick 1962 Round 2 CIN (Chick Mountjoy).