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Asa Brainard

Asahel Brainard (Count)

Positions: Pitcher, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: 1841 in Albany, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Teams (by GP): Canaries/Olympics/Mansfields 1871-1874

Final Game: October 14, 1874
Died: December 29, 1888 in Denver, CO
Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:34AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
1871 30 OLY NA 12 15 .444 4.50 30 30 0 30 0 0 264.0 361 292 132 4 37 13 0 7 1291 92 1.508 12.3 0.1 1.3 0.4 0.35
1872 31 TOT NA 2 9 .182 6.31 11 11 0 10 0 0 87.0 161 157 61 1 5 1 0 12 499 58 1.908 16.7 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.20
1872 31 OLY NA 2 7 .222 6.38 9 9 0 9 0 0 79.0 148 140 56 0 5 1 0 12 449 56 1.937 16.9 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.20
1872 31 MAN NA 0 2 .000 5.63 2 2 0 1 0 0 8.0 13 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 50 70 1.625 14.6 1.1 0.0 0.0
1873 32 BAL NA 5 7 .417 4.14 14 14 0 12 0 0 108.2 182 139 50 0 9 3 0 3 568 84 1.758 15.1 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.33
1874 33 BAL NA 5 22 .185 3.71 30 27 4 25 0 0 240.0 405 329 99 1 27 8 19 1267 62 1.800 15.2 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.30
4 Seasons 24 53 .312 4.40 85 82 4 77 0 0 699.2 1109 917 342 6 78 25 0 41 3625 76 1.697 14.3 0.1 1.0 0.3 0.32
162 Game Avg. 10 22 .312 4.40 35 33 2 31 0 0 285 452 373 139 2 32 10 0 17 1476 76 1.697 14.3 0.1 1.0 0.3 0.32
OLY (2 yrs) 14 22 .389 4.93 39 39 0 39 0 0 343.0 509 432 188 4 42 14 0 19 1740 81 1.606 13.4 0.1 1.1 0.4 0.33
BAL (2 yrs) 10 29 .256 3.85 44 41 4 37 0 0 348.2 587 468 149 1 36 11 0 22 1835 69 1.787 15.2 0.0 0.9 0.3 0.31
MAN (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.63 2 2 0 1 0 0 8.0 13 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 50 70 1.625 14.6 1.1 0.0 0.0

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1871 30 OLY NA 30 141 134 24 30 4 0 0 21 4 0 7 2 .224 .262 .254 .516 53 34 1 0 *1
1872 31 TOT NA 15 69 68 10 21 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 .309 .319 .353 .672 110 24 0 0 1/4O
1872 31 OLY NA 9 43 43 8 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .372 .372 .442 .814 156 19 0 0 /1
1872 31 MAN NA 6 26 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .231 .200 .431 35 5 0 0 /41O
1873 32 BAL NA 16 69 69 18 18 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 2 .261 .261 .275 .536 58 19 0 0 1/O4
1874 33 BAL NA 47 198 196 19 47 3 0 0 8 0 3 2 3 .240 .247 .255 .503 59 50 3 0 14/O
4 Seasons 108 477 467 71 116 11 0 0 45 4 3 10 7 .248 .264 .272 .536 64 127 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 716 701 107 174 17 0 0 68 6 5 15 11 .248 .264 .272 .536 64 191 6 0
OLY (2 yrs) 39 184 177 32 46 7 0 0 27 4 0 7 2 .260 .288 .299 .587 76 53 1 0
BAL (2 yrs) 63 267 265 37 65 4 0 0 17 0 3 2 5 .245 .251 .260 .511 59 69 3 0
MAN (1 yr) 6 26 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .231 .200 .431 35 5 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1871 30 OLY NA 141 -10 0 0 0 0 0 4 -6 -0.2 -6 -0.5 0.3 $ *1
1872 31 OLY NA 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.2 3 0.2 0.0 $ /1
1872 31 MAN NA 26 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /41O
1873 32 BAL NA 69 -3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $1,000 1/O4
1874 33 BAL NA 198 -13 -3 0 0 -2 1 6 -11 -0.7 -9 -0.7 0.0 $ 14/O
4 Seasons 477 -26 -2 0 0 -3 2 14 -15 -0.7 -12 -1.0 0.3 $1,000
OLY (2 yrs) 184 -8 0 0 0 0 0 5 -3 0.0 -3 -0.3 0.3 $
BAL (2 yrs) 267 -16 -2 0 0 -2 2 8 -10 -0.5 -8 -0.6 0.1 $1,000
MAN (1 yr) 26 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1871 OLY NA 30 P 30 264.0 54 18 28 8 1 .852 1.57 1.53 .862 2.14 2.11
1872 TOT NA 31 P 11 87.0 18 1 11 6 0 .667 1.24 1.09 .814 2.02 2.01
1872 OLY NA 31 P 9 79.0 16 1 9 6 0 .625 1.14 1.11 .814 2.02 2.01
1872 MAN NA 31 2B 4 24 8 10 6 0 .750 4.50 .826 5.50
1872 MAN NA 31 P 2 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 1.00 .815 2.02 2.00
1872 MAN NA 31 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-1
1873 BAL NA 32 P 14 108.2 21 2 14 5 0 .762 1.33 1.14 .806 1.94 1.94
1873 BAL NA 32 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-2
1873 BAL NA 32 2B 1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00 .830 5.80
1874 BAL NA 33 P 30 240.0 50 8 33 9 2 .820 1.54 1.37 .810 2.17 2.16
1874 BAL NA 33 2B 21 87 24 41 22 1 .747 3.10 .805 5.51
1874 BAL NA 33 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .800 2.00 1-1-0
4 Seasons P 85 699.2 143 29 86 28 3 .804 1.48 1.35 .830 2.10 2.09
3 Seasons 2B 26 114 32 53 29 1 .746 3.27 .810 5.52
3 Seasons OF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.20 .800 1.98 1-1-3
4 Seasons TOT 116 699.2 258 62 139 57 4 .779 1.48 1.73 .821 2.10 2.85 1-1-3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1871 NA  4.50 (6th)
1873 NA  4.14 (9th)
1874 NA  3.71 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1871 NA  12 (5th)
1873 NA  5 (8th)
1874 NA  5 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1871 NA  .444 (5th)
1873 NA  .417 (7th)
1874 NA  .185 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1871 NA  1.508 (5th)
1873 NA  1.758 (10th)
1874 NA  1.800 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1871 NA  12.307 (6th)
1873 NA  15.074 (9th)
1874 NA  15.188 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1871 NA  1.261 (4th)
1872 NA  0.517 (4th)
1873 NA  0.745 (4th)
1874 NA  1.013 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1871 NA  0.443 (8th)
1873 NA  0.249 (10th)
1874 NA  0.300 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1871 NA  30 (3rd)
1873 NA  14 (9th)
1874 NA  30 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1871 NA  264.0 (2nd)
1873 NA  108.7 (9th)
1874 NA  240.0 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1871 NA  13 (8th)
1874 NA  8 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1871 NA  30 (3rd)
1872 NA  11 (10th)
1873 NA  14 (9th)
1874 NA  27 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1871 NA  30 (2nd)
1872 NA  10 (9th)
1873 NA  12 (9th)
1874 NA  25 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1871 NA  4 (5th)
1874 NA  1 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1871 NA  37 (6th)
1873 NA  9 (10th)
1874 NA  27 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1871 NA  361 (2nd)
1872 NA  161 (10th)
1873 NA  182 (9th)
1874 NA  405 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1871 NA  0.351 (8th)
1873 NA  0.333 (10th)
1874 NA  0.296 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1871 NA  0.136 (4th)
1872 NA  0.103 (8th)
1873 NA  0.000 (1st)
1874 NA  0.038 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1871 NA  15 (4th)
1872 NA  9 (8th)
1873 NA  7 (9th)
1874 NA  22 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1871 NA  132 (2nd)
1872 NA  61 (10th)
1873 NA  50 (9th)
1874 NA  99 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1871 NA  7 (8th)
1872 NA  12 (7th)
1873 NA  3 (10th)
1874 NA  19 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1871 NA  1,291 (3rd)
1873 NA  568 (9th)
1874 NA  1,267 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1874 NA  4 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1871 NA  92 (6th)
1873 NA  84 (8th)
1874 NA  62 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1874 NA  3 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1874 NA  3 (8th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1871 NA  30 (3rd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1871 NA  18 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1871 NA  8 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1871 NA  born 1841-00-00 (9th)
1872 NA  born 1841-00-00 (6th)
1873 NA  born 1841-00-00 (8th)
1874 NA  born 1841-00-00 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 79 (305), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
187332Baltimore Canaries$1,000Preston Orem 161-62
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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Name and misspellings: Asa Asahel Count Brainard

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