Tom Brown (outfielder)
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Thomas Tarlton Brown (September 21, 1860 – October 25, 1927) was an
Career
In June
On October 30, 1884, the Buckeyes went under and the team, with all of its players, were purchased by the
Before the
Brown jumped to the new
After the 1891 season, the Association folded, Brown was granted to the league and was later obtained by the
Career records
Brown established the major league record with 490 errors committed as an outfielder. He racked up 222 errors in the American Association, 238 in the National League, and 30 in the Player's League. By contrast, the National League record is held by nineteenth-century player George Gore with 346 errors and the American League record by Ty Cobb with 271.[8]
Other baseball capacities
After his retirement early in the 1898 season, he became an umpire and finished the season in the National League, umpiring a total of 96 games that year. During his time umpiring, he ejected seven players from games, three of which were in 1898. On September 30,
Post baseball career
Tom was predeceased by his wife, Christine, and his daughter, Ethel May Brown Stratton. In later life he owned a tobacco store on M Street in Washington, DC. Tom died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 67, and is interred at the Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland.[1]
See also
- List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual stolen base leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders
- List of Major League Baseball player-managers
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Tom Brown's Stats". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "1882 Baltimore Orioles team page". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ James, Bill (2003). The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. Simon and Schuster. p. 117.
- ^ Neyer, Rob. "Game's progressive past". sports.espn.go.com. May 13, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ^ "SABR in England: Baseball in Graceland". sabruk.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ a b "Tom Brown's Stats". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "1891 Boston Reds team page". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "Fielding Errors: Errors Committed as an OF". BaseballReference.com. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Charlton's Baseball Chronology – 1898". baseballlibrary.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "The Baseball Biography Project: Tom Hernon". by Charlie Bevis @ sabr.org. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Tom Brown at Find a Grave