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Thomas Tarlton Brown (September 21, 1860 – October 25, 1927) was an Anglo-American center fielder in Major League Baseball. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, he played for 17 seasons, a career in which he batted .265 while scoring 1,521 runs with 1,951 hits. Upon his retirement he served as an umpire, working mostly in the National League in 1898 and 1901-1902.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = retrosheet.org )〕 ==Career== In June , Tom signed with the Baltimore Orioles, of the American Association, as non-drafted free agent. As a right fielder, he hit one home run with 23 runs batted in for that season with Baltimore. He was a right fielder for most of his early career, he switched over to center later in his career.〔 That year, the Orioles finished 6th in the league,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = baseball-reference.com )〕 and Brown was sent to the Columbus Buckeyes in an unknown transaction before the season. He played two season in Columbus, both of which he hit five home runs and drove in 32 runs. His best season with them occurred in , when he batted .273 and scored 93 runs in 106 games played.〔 On October 30, 1884, the Buckeyes went under and the team, with all of its players, were purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys for a sum of $8,000. Highlights of his two and a half seasons with the Alleghenys include a .307 batting average in and 51 RBIs in . However, he struggled in and was released by Pittsburg on August 15. He was picked up by the Indianapolis Hoosiers, of the National League, a few days later, where he hit only .179 in 36 games.〔 While at Indianapolis, Brown became part of the first known platoon arrangement in baseball, as he split time with right-handed hitting Gid Gardner.〔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.〕 Before the season, he was sent to the Boston Beaneaters. Brown was one of Boston's star players. As their starting right fielder, and he hit nine home runs with 49 RBIs, and stole 46 bases.〔 After the 1888 season, Albert Spalding assembled two teams of players for a baseball world tour with Tom pitching for the "All America" team. The tour lasted until March 1889.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = sabruk.org )〕 For the season, he only hit two home runs, and drove in 24 runs, but he placed third in the league with 63 stolen bases.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = baseball-reference.com )〕 He also scored 93 runs while only accumulating 84 hits.〔 Brown jumped to the new Players' League, along with many other major league players, before the season. The league lasted just one season, and Tom signed with the Boston Reds. In that season with the Reds, he hit .274 with 4 home runs and 61 RBIs, and stole 79 bases. When the league folded after the season, the Reds continued on in the American Association in , where Brown had his greatest season, when he led the league in at bats, triples with 21, runs scored with 177, stolen bases with 106, base hits with 189.〔 Behind Brown's hitting prowess, and with other star such as Dan Brouthers, Hugh Duffy, and Charlie Buffinton, the Reds finished first in the league.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = baseball-reference.com )〕 After the 1891 season, the Association folded, Brown was granted to the league and was later obtained by the Louisville Colonels on January 1, 1892.〔 He played in Louisville for three seasons, during which he stole a league-leading 66 bases in , hit 9 home runs in , and scored over 100 runs in each of his three seasons.〔 On January 6, 1895, he was traded to the St. Louis Browns for shortstop Frank Shugart. Brown played in 83 games for St. Louis before being released in August. He signed with the Washington Senators on August 21, 1895. Brown later served as the player-manager of the Senators for the and seasons, winning 64 games and losing 72.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Brown (center fielder)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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