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Dave Brain

David Leonard Brain

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 24, 1879 in Hereford, United Kingdom (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1901
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Beaneaters/Doves/Pirates/Reds/... 1901-1908

Final Game: October 7, 1908
Died: May 25, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1901 CHW AL 22 2B 5 33 14 16 3 4 .909 6.00 .935 5.72
1903 STL NL 24 SS 72 448 163 244 41 34 .908 5.65 .911 5.48
1903 STL NL 24 3B 46 198 70 106 22 9 .889 3.83 .913 3.44
1904 STL NL 25 SS 59 314 109 182 23 21 .927 4.93 .920 5.38
1904 STL NL 25 3B 30 122 40 68 14 1 .885 3.60 .899 3.24
1904 STL NL 25 OF 19 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 .947 1.89 7-11-1
1904 STL NL 25 2B 13 96 35 55 6 3 .938 6.92 .942 5.35
1904 STL NL 25 1B 4 45 40 3 2 1 .956 10.75 .983 10.68
1905 TOT NL 26 3B 84 296 90 185 21 13 .929 3.27 .921 3.20
1905 TOT NL 26 SS 33 169 69 86 14 6 .917 4.70 .931 5.58
1905 STL NL 26 SS 29 145 58 74 13 4 .910 4.55 .931 5.58
1905 STL NL 26 3B 6 23 8 15 0 0 1.000 3.83 .921 3.20
1905 STL NL 26 OF 6 14 11 3 0 0 1.000 2.33 .955 1.97 0-4-2
1905 PIT NL 26 3B 78 273 82 170 21 13 .923 3.23 .921 3.20
1905 PIT NL 26 SS 4 24 11 12 1 2 .958 5.75 .931 5.58
1906 BSN NL 27 3B 139 577 208 321 48 26 .917 3.81 .931 3.23
1907 BSN NL 28 3B 130 561 191 323 47 27 .916 3.95 .928 3.36
1907 BSN NL 28 OF 3 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .960 1.97 3-0-0
1908 TOT NL 29 OF 19 38 36 0 2 0 .947 1.89 .960 2.04 16-0-2
1908 CIN NL 29 OF 16 38 36 0 2 0 .947 2.25 .960 2.04 16-0-0
1908 NYG NL 29 2B 3 15 5 8 2 0 .867 4.33 .954 5.13
1908 NYG NL 29 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.03 0-0-2
1908 NYG NL 29 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .930 3.30
1908 NYG NL 29 SS 1 6 2 2 2 0 .667 4.00 .930 5.30
6 Seasons 3B 431 1755 600 1003 152 76 .913 3.72 .924 3.29
4 Seasons SS 165 937 343 514 80 61 .915 5.19 .918 5.46
4 Seasons OF 47 96 89 5 2 0 .979 2.00 .954 1.96 26-15-5
3 Seasons 2B 21 144 54 79 11 7 .924 6.33 .942 5.41
1 Season 1B 4 45 40 3 2 1 .956 10.75 .983 10.68
7 Seasons TOT 668 2977 1126 1604 247 145 .917 4.09 .925 3.84 26-15-5
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1901 CHW AL 22 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1903 STL NL 24 119 119 0 0 0 0 46 72 0 0 0 0 0
1904 STL NL 25 127 127 0 0 4 13 30 59 7 11 1 19 0
1905 PIT NL 26 85 85 0 0 0 0 78 4 0 0 0 0 0
1905 STL NL 26 44 44 0 0 0 0 6 29 0 4 2 6 0
1906 BSN NL 27 139 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0
1907 BSN NL 28 133 133 0 0 0 0 130 0 3 0 0 3 0
1908 CIN NL 29 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 0
1908 NYG NL 29 11 11 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 3 0
7 Seasons 679 679 0 0 4 21 431 165 26 15 5 47 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1903 NL  63 (5th)
1907 NL  47 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1906 NL  139 (4th)
1907 NL  130 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1906 NL  208 (1st)
1907 NL  191 (2nd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1906 NL  321 (2nd)
1907 NL  323 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1906 NL  48 (1st)
1907 NL  47 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1905 NL  3.27 (3rd)
1906 NL  3.81 (1st)
1907 NL  3.95 (1st)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1905 NL  .929 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  5.65 (3rd)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  .908 (5th)

                                         

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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