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Hal Brown

American baseball player (1924-2015)

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Also known as Hector Harold Brown

Born: December 11, 1924
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Died: December 17, 2015
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Birthplace: Greensboro
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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Education: Grimsley High School

Overview

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Hector Harold Brown was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1951 through 1964 for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Houston Colt .45s. Brown was a knuckleballer with outstanding control who worked as both a starting pitcher and as a relief pitcher. He played for all or portions of eight seasons (1955–1962) with the Orioles, posting a 62–48 won–lost record, and was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1991. He was a veteran of the United States Army Air Forces who served in the European theatre of World War II.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

16 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1951	Chicago White Sox	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
1952	Chicago White Sox	51	19	6	3	1	0	1	3	1	8	.158	.200	.368	.568
1953	Boston Red Sox	30	58	5	17	5	0	1	10	2	5	.293	.328	.431	.759
1954	Boston Red Sox	40	24	1	3	1	0	0	3	3	6	.125	.222	.167	.389
1955	Boston Red Sox	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
1955	Baltimore Orioles	25	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.111	.000	.111
1956	Baltimore Orioles	42	42	5	8	2	0	0	0	5	8	.190	.292	.238	.530
1957	Baltimore Orioles	30	48	2	10	2	1	0	3	2	9	.208	.235	.292	.527
1958	Baltimore Orioles	21	27	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	6	.148	.207	.185	.392
1959	Baltimore Orioles	31	42	2	2	0	1	0	1	4	13	.048	.130	.095	.226
1960	Baltimore Orioles	30	44	5	8	2	0	0	3	8	8	.182	.321	.227	.548
1961	Baltimore Orioles	27	50	3	7	2	0	0	1	3	11	.140	.185	.180	.365
1962	Baltimore Orioles	22	28	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	.286	.286	.286	.571
1962	New York Yankees	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1963	Houston Colt .45's	26	43	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	11	.093	.114	.093	.207
1964	Houston Colt .45's	27	39	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	9	.128	.150	.128	.278
Career		410	484	43	82	16	2	2	30	34	108	.169	.229	.223	.452

MLB pitching stats — season by season

16 seasons · from AIDB's MLB pitching dataset

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1951	Chicago White Sox	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	8.2	15	9	3	4	4	9.35	2.192
1952	Chicago White Sox	2	3	24	8	1	0	0	72.1	82	34	8	21	31	4.23	1.424
1953	Boston Red Sox	11	6	30	25	6	1	0	166.1	177	86	16	57	62	4.65	1.407
1954	Boston Red Sox	1	8	40	5	1	0	0	118.0	126	54	6	41	66	4.12	1.415
1955	Boston Red Sox	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	0	2	2	2.25	1.000
1955	Baltimore Orioles	0	4	15	5	1	0	0	57.0	51	26	5	26	26	4.11	1.351
1956	Baltimore Orioles	9	7	35	14	4	1	2	151.2	142	68	18	37	57	4.04	1.180
1957	Baltimore Orioles	7	8	25	20	7	2	1	150.0	132	65	17	37	62	3.90	1.127
1958	Baltimore Orioles	7	5	19	17	4	2	1	96.2	96	33	9	20	44	3.07	1.200
1959	Baltimore Orioles	11	9	31	21	2	0	3	164.0	158	69	16	32	81	3.79	1.159
1960	Baltimore Orioles	12	5	30	20	6	1	0	159.0	155	54	14	22	66	3.06	1.113
1961	Baltimore Orioles	10	6	27	23	6	3	1	166.2	153	59	14	33	61	3.19	1.116
1962	Baltimore Orioles	6	4	22	11	0	0	1	85.2	88	39	12	21	25	4.10	1.272
1962	New York Yankees	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	6.2	9	5	3	2	2	6.75	1.650
1963	Houston Colt .45's	5	11	26	20	6	3	0	141.1	137	52	14	8	68	3.31	1.026
1964	Houston Colt .45's	3	15	27	21	3	0	1	132.0	154	58	18	26	53	3.95	1.364
Career		85	92	358	211	47	13	11	1,680.0	1,677	712	173	389	710	3.81	1.230

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Baltimore Orioles
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Given name: Hal
Family name: Brown
Position played on team / speciality: pitcher
Sport: baseball
League: Major League Baseball

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