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Brooks Lawrence
Brooks Ulysses Lawrence (Bull)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 205 lb.
School Miami University

Debut June 24, 1954
Final Game May 1, 1960
Born January 30, 1925 in Springfield, OH
Died April 27, 2000 in Springfield, OH

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 29 STL NL  15   6  35  18   8   0  10  1  158.7  141   71   66  17   72   72   8   3   673       0  3.74  4.11  110 1.342
 1955 30 STL NL   3   8  46  10   2   1   7  1   96.0  102   73   70  11   58   52   7   2   442   7   1  6.56  4.08   62 1.667
 1956 31 CIN NL  19  10  49  30  11   1  12  0  218.7  210  109   97  26   71   96   2   0   913   4   0  3.99  3.92   98 1.285 MVP-25,AS
 1957 32 CIN NL  16  13  49  32  12   1  10  4  250.3  234  111   98  26   76  121   8   3  1045   5   0  3.52  4.07  116 1.238
 1958 33 CIN NL   8  13  46  23   6   2  13  5  181.0  194   89   83  12   55   74   4   1   773   7   0  4.13  4.15  101 1.376
 1959 34 CIN NL   7  12  43  14   3   0  22 10  128.3  144   74   68  17   45   64   4   4   564   9   0  4.77  4.07   85 1.473
 1960 35 CIN NL   1   0   7   0   0   0   1  1    7.7    9   12    9   1    8    2   0   0    38   1   0 10.57  3.84   36 2.217
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .527  69  62 275 127  42   5  75 22 1040.7 1034  539  491 110  385  481  33  13  4448  33   1  4.25  4.06   96 1.364
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  46  21   7   0  12  3  176.0  174   91   83  18   65   81   5   2   752   5   0  4.25  4.06   96 1.364
 Career High     19  13  49  32  12   2  22 10  250.3  234  111   98  26   76  121   8   4  1045   9   1  3.52  4.15  116 1.238

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 29 STL NL  35   53    2   10   0  0   0    4   0  0   3  15  .189  .246  .189   15   10   1   0       1   0
 1955 30 STL NL  46   21    1    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   0  .095  .136  .095  -37    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1956 31 CIN NL  49   70    4   11   2  1   0    4   0  0   2  28  .157  .187  .214    6   15   6   2   0   1   2 MVP-25,AS
 1957 32 CIN NL  49   82    4   14   2  0   0    7   0  0   6  26  .171  .227  .195   13   16   6   0   0   0   4
 1958 33 CIN NL  46   53    1    6   0  0   0    3   1  1   5  13  .113  .183  .113  -21    6   1   2   0   0   1
 1959 34 CIN NL  43   40    5    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   0  13  .150  .150  .175  -15    7   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      275  319   17   49   5  1   0   23   1  1  17  95  .154  .199  .176   -1   56  18   4   0   2   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        188   10   29   3  1   0   14   1  1  10  56  .154  .199  .176   -1   33  11   2   0   1   5
 Career High     49   82    5   14   2  1   0    7   1  1   6  28                          16   6   2   0   1   4
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 29 STL NL   58   44    2   1.2   110| .189  .275| .246  .347| .189  .426| .435  .772|  15  .075  -6.8  -0.7   0%
 1955 30 STL NL   24   21    0   0.0   105| .095  .265| .136  .336| .095  .420| .231  .757| -37  .000  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1956 31 CIN NL   81   69    3   1.2   107| .157  .270| .187  .337| .214  .426| .401  .763|   6  .078  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1957 32 CIN NL   94   78    4   1.4   108| .171  .275| .227  .340| .195  .426| .422  .766|  13  .099 -10.6  -1.1   0%
 1958 33 CIN NL   61   52    1   0.5   111| .113  .277| .183  .346| .113  .432| .296  .778| -21  .018  -9.6  -0.9  50%
 1959 34 CIN NL   42   37    1   0.7   108| .150  .275| .150  .341| .175  .425| .325  .766| -15  .032  -6.8  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       360  301   11   1.0   109| .154  .274| .199  .341| .176  .427| .375  .768|  -1  .055 -47.6  -4.8  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 29 STL NL P 35 13 26 1 4 .975 .961 1.11 0.87 2.21 2.07 18 158.7 1955 30 STL NL P 46 11 16 1 2 .964 .951 0.59 0.83 2.53 2.04 10 96.0 1956 31 CIN NL P 49 13 53 2 5 .971 .966 1.35 0.83 2.72 2.05 30 218.7 AS 1957 32 CIN NL P 49 34 32 4 3 .943 .962 1.35 0.82 2.37 2.06 32 250.3 1958 33 CIN NL P 46 6 33 2 2 .951 .956 0.85 0.77 1.94 1.97 23 181.0 1959 34 CIN NL P 43 7 22 3 1 .906 .954 0.67 0.82 2.04 1.99 14 128.0 1960 35 CIN NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.87 3.51 2.10 0 7.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 29 STL NL P 35 13 26 1 4 .975 .961 1.11 0.87 2.21 2.07 18 158.7 1955 30 STL NL P 46 11 16 1 2 .964 .951 0.59 0.83 2.53 2.04 10 96.0 1956 31 CIN NL P 49 13 53 2 5 .971 .966 1.35 0.83 2.72 2.05 30 218.7 1957 32 CIN NL P 49 34 32 4 3 .943 .962 1.35 0.82 2.37 2.06 32 250.3 1958 33 CIN NL P 46 6 33 2 2 .951 .956 0.85 0.77 1.94 1.97 23 181.0 1959 34 CIN NL P 43 7 22 3 1 .906 .954 0.67 0.82 2.04 1.99 14 128.0 1960 35 CIN NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.87 3.51 2.10 0 7.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 275 84 185 13 17 .954 .960 0.98 0.82 2.33 2.03 127 1040.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 275 84 185 13 17 .954 .960 0.98 0.82 2.33 2.03 127 1040
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1956   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1956

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1956-NL-25-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Wins
1954 NL-15-7
1956 NL-19-4
1957 NL-16-6

Won-Loss %
1954 NL-.714-4
1956 NL-.655-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1957 NL-1.238-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1954 NL-8.00-4

Games
1955 NL-46-10
1956 NL-49-7
1957 NL-49-9

Saves
1959 NL-10-5

Innings
1957 NL-250.3-4

Strikeouts
1957 NL-121-10

Games Started
1957 NL-32-7

Comp. Games
1957 NL-12-8

Shutouts
1958 NL-2-6

Home Runs Allow.
1956 NL-26-6
1957 NL-26-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1957 NL-76-6

Hits Allowed
1957 NL-234-6

Losses
1957 NL-13-8
1958 NL-13-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1956 NL-97-5
1957 NL-98-7

Hit Batsmen
1954 NL-8-1
1955 NL-7-4
1957 NL-8-2

Batters Faced
1957 NL-1045-4

Games Finished
1959 NL-22-9

Adjusted ERA+
1957 NL-116-8

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 37 (648) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1068) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (780) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

May, 1953: Sent from the Cleveland Indians to the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

December 1, 1953: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1953 minor league draft.

January 31, 1956: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Sonny Senerchia to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Jackie Collum.

July 19, 1960: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Colorado Rockies$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$500,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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