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b. September 21, 1860 · Baltimore Orioles 1882, Columbus Buckeyes 1883–1884, Pittsburg Alleghenys 1885–1887, Indianapolis Hoosiers 1887, Boston Beaneaters 1888–1889, Boston Reds 1890–1891, Louisville Colonels 1892–1894, St. Louis Browns 1895, Washington Senators 1895–1898

In 1891, for the Boston club in the American Association, he led the league in hits with 189, in runs with 177, in triples with 21 and in stolen bases with 106. Only three seasons in the game's history have reached 177 runs, and that is one of them.

Seventeen seasons gave him 1,958 hits, 1,524 runs, 658 stolen bases, 749 walks and a .265 average across seven clubs and three leagues. He came over from Liverpool as a child, which made him the most accomplished English-born player the game had, and he played center field into his late thirties.

He managed Washington for part of 1897 and 1898 and umpired in the National League afterward. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him. He died in Washington in 1927, at sixty-seven.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1882	BAL	45	180	28	52	4	2	1	23	6	0	0	.289
1883	COL	97	420	69	115	12	7	5	32	20	0	0	.274
1884	COL	107	451	93	123	9	11	5	32	24	0	0	.273
1885	PIT	108	437	81	134	16	12	4	68	34	0	0	.307
1886	PIT	115	460	106	131	11	11	1	51	56	0	30	.285
1887	IND/PIT	83	332	50	72	6	4	2	15	19	65	25	.217
1888	BSN	107	420	62	104	10	7	9	49	30	68	46	.248
1889	BSN	90	362	93	84	10	5	2	24	59	56	63	.232
1890	BOS	131	558	149	156	25	14	4	67	87	87	80	.280
1891	BOS	137	589	177	189	30	21	5	72	70	96	106	.321
1892	LOU	153	660	105	150	16	8	2	45	47	94	78	.227
1893	LOU	122	529	104	127	15	7	5	54	56	63	66	.240
1894	LOU	130	541	123	137	22	14	9	57	60	74	66	.253
1895	STL/WHS	118	489	98	110	19	7	3	47	66	60	42	.225
1896	WHS	116	435	87	128	17	6	2	59	58	49	28	.294
1897	WHS	116	469	91	137	17	2	5	45	52	63	25	.292
1898	WHS	16	55	8	9	1	0	0	2	5	9	3	.164
Career	—	1791	7387	1524	1958	240	138	64	742	749	784	658	.265

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1882	BAL	0	0	2	0	8.1	13	1	6	2	1.08
1883	COL	0	1	3	1	14.0	14	9	10	6	5.79
1884	COL	2	1	4	0	19.0	27	15	7	5	7.11
1885	PIT	0	0	2	0	6.0	0	2	3	2	3.00
1886	PIT	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	2	5	1	9.00
Career	—	2	2	12	1	49.1	56	29	31	16	5.29

On this day & linked events

1860

Born September 21, 1860

Liverpool, Merseyside, England

1927

Died October 25, 1927

1882

Major-league debut: Tom Brown

Tom Brown made a major-league debut on July 6, 1882.

1898

Final major-league game: Tom Brown

Tom Brown played a final major-league game on May 17, 1898.

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