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Ty Cobb League
4-14-2084
Shovel Brown Left Field
Retired (1965, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .242 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .625 Status Deceased (1997) Option Years 0  
H 431 Age at Death 66 Date of Birth 12-25-1931
HR 8 Drafted Round 30, Pick 476
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 1 years
(153 games)
RBI 123
SB 4
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C  Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C- Bunt B- Control F    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm A+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF F  (3.9%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A  (87.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1954 CLE
66
253
20
55
10
0
1
9
27
 39 1 0
1
 0 3
.564
.295
.269
.051
.217
1955 CLE
67
193
10
45
16
0
1
21
19
 20 1 3
0
 1 8
.633
.301
.332
.098
.233
1956 CLE
126
424
38
102
18
0
2
29
58
 54 2 1
1
 1 2
.631
.334
.297
.057
.241
1957 CLE
48
167
12
45
10
0
1
13
13
 19 0 1
0
 0 2
.668
.320
.347
.078
.269
1958 CLE
77
129
12
36
3
2
1
9
10
 18 0 0
0
 1 6
.688
.331
.357
.078
.279
1959 CLE
108
347
35
96
15
0
2
20
43
 58 2 0
0
 0 4
.697
.360
.337
.061
.277
1960 CIN
69
120
9
22
2
1
0
5
14
 26 2 2
0
 0 0
.492
.275
.217
.033
.183
1961 CHA
40
75
4
15
2
0
0
6
6
 15 0 1
2
 0 0
.483
.256
.227
.027
.200
1964 DET
101
62
4
12
3
1
0
10
6
 9 1 1
0
 0 0
.546
.271
.274
.081
.194
1965 DET
53
12
2
3
3
0
0
1
1
 3 0 0
0
 0 1
.808
.308
.500
.250
.250
Total
755
1782
146
431
82
4
8
123
197
 261 9 9
4
 3 26
.625
.319
.306
.064
.242
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Shovel Brown has retired from the Detroit Rotties
1964-04-11The Detroit Rotties have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team. The Detroit Rotties have designated Andy Carey for assignment.
1962-07-25A trade has been completed between the Chicago Pale Hose and the Detroit Rotties. The Detroit Rotties receive Ike Stewart, Shovel Brown, Mickey Caneira from the Chicago Pale Hose in exchange for Vinnie Hill, Russ Gehring, Carl Grace.
1961-09-14The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Charlie Dunn to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Shovel Brown to the minors.
1961-08-03The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team.
1961-06-15The Chicago Pale Hose have promoted Charlie Dunn to the major league team. The Chicago Pale Hose have sent Shovel Brown to the minors.
1960-05-31The Cincinnati Fighting Cows have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team.
1955-08-07The Cleveland Indians have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Joe Garagiola to the minors.
1955-06-18The Cleveland Indians have promoted Tom Stewart to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Shovel Brown to the minors.
1955-05-09The Cleveland Indians have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team.
1955-04-27The Cleveland Indians have promoted Puss Sketio to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Shovel Brown to the minors.
1955-04-05The Cleveland Indians have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team. The Cleveland Indians have sent Vince Coleman to the minors.
1954-09-11The Cleveland Crush have promoted Wayne Dietrich to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Shovel Brown to the minors.
1954-09-05The Cleveland Crush have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Tom Stewart to the minors.
1954-07-06The Cleveland Crush have promoted Puss Sketio to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Shovel Brown to the minors.
1954-04-08The Cleveland Crush have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Dick Redmon to the minors.
1954-04-04The Cleveland Crush have promoted Shane Piano to the major league team. The Cleveland Crush have sent Shovel Brown to the minors.
1954-04-04The Cleveland Crush have promoted Shovel Brown to the major league team.
1953-07-18A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Crush. The Cleveland Crush receive Ed Kish, Buck Dickson, Shovel Brown from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ray Fischer.