Gene Brabender
Eugene Mathew Brabender
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 16, 1941 in Madison, WI
High School: Black Earth (Black Earth, WI)
School: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1966
Final Game: September 26, 1970
Died: December 27, 1996 in Madison, WI
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 24 BAL AL 4 3 .571 3.55 31 1 15 0 0 2 71.0 57 30 28 4 29 0 62 1 2 6 287 95 1.211 7.2 0.5 3.7 7.9 2.14
1967 25 BAL AL 6 4 .600 3.35 14 14 0 3 1 0 94.0 77 38 35 6 23 1 71 1 1 5 378 94 1.064 7.4 0.6 2.2 6.8 3.09
1968 26 BAL AL 6 7 .462 3.31 37 15 8 3 2 3 125.0 116 52 46 9 48 4 92 3 2 5 530 89 1.312 8.4 0.6 3.5 6.6 1.92
1969 27 SEP AL 13 14 .481 4.36 40 29 3 7 1 0 202.1 193 111 98 26 103 7 139 13 0 6 891 83 1.463 8.6 1.2 4.6 6.2 1.35
1970 28 MIL AL 6 15 .286 6.02 29 21 3 2 0 1 128.2 127 94 86 8 79 7 76 2 0 6 586 62 1.601 8.9 0.6 5.5 5.3 0.96
5 Seasons 35 43 .449 4.25 151 80 29 15 4 6 621.0 570 325 293 53 282 19 440 20 5 28 2672 80 1.372 8.3 0.8 4.1 6.4 1.56
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .449 4.25 44 24 9 4 1 2 183 168 96 86 16 83 6 130 6 1 8 787 80 1.372 8.3 0.8 4.1 6.4 1.56
BAL (3 yrs) 16 14 .533 3.38 82 30 23 6 3 5 290.0 250 120 109 19 100 5 225 5 5 16 1195 92 1.207 7.8 0.6 3.1 7.0 2.25
MIL (2 yrs) 19 29 .396 5.00 69 50 6 9 1 1 331.0 320 205 184 34 182 14 215 15 0 12 1477 74 1.517 8.7 0.9 4.9 5.8 1.18

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 24 BAL AL 31 289 251 30 57 8 1 4 2 5 29 62 .227 .307 .315 .622 .283 79 5 1 6 2 0
1967 25 BAL AL 14 378 350 38 77 13 2 6 2 4 23 71 .220 .269 .320 .589 .258 112 9 1 2 2 1
1968 26 BAL AL 37 530 468 52 116 13 1 9 12 8 48 92 .248 .320 .338 .658 .289 158 5 3 8 3 4
1969 27 SEP AL 40 894 763 111 193 26 8 26 16 12 103 139 .253 .349 .410 .759 .276 313 11 13 9 6 7
1970 28 MIL AL 29 585 498 94 127 29 2 8 11 3 79 76 .255 .358 .369 .727 .286 184 11 2 4 2 7
5 Seasons 151 2676 2330 325 570 89 14 53 43 32 282 440 .245 .329 .363 .693 .279 846 41 20 29 15 19
162 Game Avg. 44 788 686 96 168 26 4 16 13 9 83 130 .245 .329 .363 .693 .279 249 12 6 9 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 24 BAL AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 10 3 1 0 6.0 4.5 4.3
1967 25 BAL AL 14 14 6 4 4 0 0 8 6 .571 0 2 3 1 8 57% 58 88 33 11 5 3 5 3.9 3.4 6.7
1968 26 BAL AL 37 15 4 6 5 2 2 5 10 .333 1 2 3 2 7 47% 52 81 27 24 10 4 6 3.6 3.8 5.5
1969 27 SEP AL 40 29 13 12 4 3 2 15 14 .517 1 4 7 1 13 45% 51 85 24 24 13 6 4 4.2 4.2 6.3
1970 28 MIL AL 29 21 5 14 2 1 0 6 15 .286 3 0 2 0 6 29% 44 75 21 36 23 4 8 3.5 3.4 5.6
5 Seasons 151 80 28 37 15 6 4 34 46 .425 5 8 15 4 34 43% 50 88 21 105 54 18 23 3.9 3.7 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 24 BAL AL 31 30 15 4 2 2 2 0 100% 3 1 26 13 50% 3 0.872 9 6 13 6 3 21 13 17 19 4 19 4 6.7
1968 26 BAL AL 37 22 8 2 1 3 3 0 100% 6 3 28 8 29% 6 1.096 10 2 10 7 2 13 13 9 16 4 17 4 5.7
1969 27 SEP AL 40 11 3 0 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 10 3 30% 8 1.106 3 2 6 2 2 7 5 6 4 1 6 0 5.1
1970 28 MIL AL 29 8 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 1 25% 7 1.084 1 1 5 1 1 6 3 5 4 2 5 2 4.3
4 Seasons 137 71 29 7 6 7 6 1 86% 12 5 68 25 37% 1.069 23 11 34 16 8 47 34 37 43 11 47 10 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 24 BAL AL 289 36% 1.4% 21.5% 10.0% 4.5% 23% 2.36 65% 57 5 9%
1967 25 BAL AL 378 44% 1.6% 18.8% 6.1% 5.6% 27% 1.54 73% 68 9 13%
1968 26 BAL AL 530 45% 1.7% 17.4% 9.1% 4.3% 20% 1.23 70% 109 5 5%
1969 27 SEP AL 894 49% 2.9% 15.6% 11.5% 6.7% 31% 0.94 68% 166 11 7%
1970 28 MIL AL 585 45% 1.4% 13.0% 13.5% 6.7% 31% 1.24 71% 109 11 10%
5 Seasons 2676 45% 2.0% 16.4% 10.5% 5.8% 27% 1.24 69% 509 41 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1966 24 BAL AL 289 57 4 1 8 2 2 2 2 18 15 3 83% 5 6 2 107 2 5 29% 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 0
1967 25 BAL AL 378 77 6 0 1 3 3 4 2 25 11 3 44% 8 5 1 125 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1968 26 BAL AL 530 116 9 0 17 8 1 5 4 32 17 4 53% 7 5 2 201 12 8 60% 9 8 2 0 1 0 6 1 19 0
1969 27 SEP AL 894 193 26 0 28 13 13 11 15 45 29 6 64% 12 6 3 334 16 12 57% 16 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 0
1970 28 MIL AL 584 127 8 1 23 4 5 6 3 32 15 3 47% 7 6 0 207 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1
5 Seasons 2675 570 53 2 77 30 24 28 26 152 87 19 57% 39 28 8 974 43 32 57% 40 31 2 0 1 1 13 1 78 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1966 24 4 3 .571 3.55 31 1 15 0 0 2 71.0 57 30 28 4 29 0 62 1 2 6 287 95 1.211 7.2 0.5 3.7 7.9 2.14 95
1967 25 10 7 .588 3.44 45 15 15 3 1 2 165.0 134 68 63 10 52 1 133 2 3 11 665 95 1.127 7.3 0.5 2.8 7.3 2.56 95
1968 26 16 14 .533 3.38 82 30 23 6 3 5 290.0 250 120 109 19 100 5 225 5 5 16 1195 92 1.207 7.8 0.6 3.1 7.0 2.25 92
1969 27 29 28 .509 3.78 122 59 26 13 4 5 492.1 443 231 207 45 203 12 364 18 5 22 2086 88 1.312 8.1 0.8 3.7 6.7 1.79 88
1970 28 35 43 .449 4.25 151 80 29 15 4 6 621.0 570 325 293 53 282 19 440 20 5 28 2672 80 1.372 8.3 0.8 4.1 6.4 1.56 80

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1966 24 3 4 .429 4.43 65.0 61 36 32 4 31 57 1 1.415 8.4 4.3 7.9 1.84 0.6 31
1967 25 4 5 .444 4.25 89.0 85 47 42 7 25 67 1 1.236 8.6 2.5 6.8 2.68 0.7 14
1968 26 5 7 .417 4.78 113.0 133 67 60 10 55 83 3 1.664 10.6 4.4 6.6 1.51 0.8 37
1969 27 8 13 .381 5.05 189.0 202 118 106 27 108 130 14 1.640 9.6 5.1 6.2 1.20 1.3 40
1970 28 3 10 .231 6.60 124.0 131 101 91 8 81 73 2 1.710 9.5 5.9 5.3 0.90 0.6 29
5 Seasons 23 39 .371 5.14 580.0 612 369 331 56 300 410 21 1.572 9.5 6.4 1.37 0.9 151

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--26--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 AL--103--5th

Losses s c a p y
1969 AL--14--10th
1970 AL--15--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1969 AL--98--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 AL--13--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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