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Dave Brain
David Leonard Brain
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 24, 1879 in Hereford, England (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1901
Final Game: October 7, 1908
Died: May 25, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA
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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
1901 22 CHW AL 5 21 20 2 7 1 0 0 5 0 1 .350 .381 .400 .781 119 8 0 0 /4
1903 24 STL NL 119 496 464 44 107 8 15 1 60 21 25 .231 .270 .319 .589 70 148 0 7 65
1904 25 STL NL 127 514 488 57 130 24 12 7 72 18 17 .266 .291 .408 .699 118 199 0 9 65O4/3
1905 26 TOT NL 129 503 465 42 115 21 11 4 63 12 23 .247 .287 .366 .653 93 170 3 12 56/O
1905 26 STL NL 44 169 158 11 36 4 5 1 17 4 8 .228 .269 .335 .605 82 53 1 2 6/5O
1905 26 PIT NL 85 334 307 31 79 17 6 3 46 8 15 .257 .296 .381 .677 99 117 2 10 5/6
1906 27 BSN NL 139 574 525 43 131 19 5 5 45 11 29 .250 .293 .333 .626 98 175 3 17 *5
1907 28 BSN NL 133 552 509 60 142 24 9 10 56 10 29 .279 .324 .420 .745 133 214 5 9 *5/O
1908 29 TOT NL 27 83 72 6 9 0 0 0 2 1 10 .125 .232 .125 .357 15 9 0 1 O/456
1908 29 CIN NL 16 64 55 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 8 .109 .222 .109 .331 8 6 0 1 O
1908 29 NYG NL 11 19 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .176 .263 .176 .440 38 3 0 0 /4O56
7 Seasons 679 2743 2543 254 641 97 52 27 303 73 134 .252 .292 .363 .655 100 923 11 55
162 Game Avg. 162 654 607 61 153 23 12 6 72 17 32 .252 .292 .363 .655 100 220 3 13
STL (3 yrs) 290 1179 1110 112 273 36 32 9 149 43 50 .246 .279 .360 .639 92 400 1 18
BSN (2 yrs) 272 1126 1034 103 273 43 14 15 101 21 58 .264 .308 .376 .684 115 389 8 26
NYG (1 yr) 11 19 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .176 .263 .176 .440 38 3 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 85 334 307 31 79 17 6 3 46 8 15 .257 .296 .381 .677 99 117 2 10
CIN (1 yr) 16 64 55 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 8 .109 .222 .109 .331 8 6 0 1
CHW (1 yr) 5 21 20 2 7 1 0 0 5 0 1 .350 .381 .400 .781 119 8 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 674 2722 2523 252 634 96 52 27 298 73 133 .251 .292 .363 .654 100 915 11 55
AL (1 yr) 5 21 20 2 7 1 0 0 5 0 1 .350 .381 .400 .781 119 8 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1901 CHW AL 22 2B 5 33 14 16 3 4 .909 6.00 .936 5.64
1903 STL NL 24 SS 72 448 163 244 41 34 .908 5.65 .911 5.37
1903 STL NL 24 3B 46 198 70 106 22 9 .889 3.83 .915 3.39
1904 STL NL 25 SS 59 314 109 182 23 21 .927 4.93 .919 5.30
1904 STL NL 25 3B 30 122 40 68 14 1 .885 3.60 .901 3.20
1904 STL NL 25 OF 19 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 .943 1.86 7-11-1
1904 STL NL 25 2B 13 96 35 55 6 3 .938 6.92 .943 5.26
1904 STL NL 25 1B 4 45 40 3 2 1 .956 10.75 .984 10.35
1905 TOT NL 26 3B 84 296 90 185 21 13 .929 3.27 .920 3.16
1905 TOT NL 26 SS 33 169 69 86 14 6 .917 4.70 .932 5.48
1905 STL NL 26 SS 29 145 58 74 13 4 .910 4.55 .932 5.48
1905 STL NL 26 3B 6 23 8 15 0 0 1.000 3.83 .913 3.17
1905 STL NL 26 OF 6 14 11 3 0 0 1.000 2.33 .950 1.93 0-4-2
1905 PIT NL 26 3B 78 273 82 170 21 13 .923 3.23 .921 3.16
1905 PIT NL 26 SS 4 24 11 12 1 2 .958 5.75 .929 5.48
1906 BSN NL 27 3B 139 577 208 321 48 26 .917 3.81 .932 3.19
1907 BSN NL 28 3B 130 561 191 323 47 27 .916 3.95 .929 3.33
1907 BSN NL 28 OF 3 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 .956 1.93 3-0-0
1908 TOT NL 29 OF 19 38 36 0 2 0 .947 1.89 .961 1.99 16-0-2
1908 CIN NL 29 OF 16 38 36 0 2 0 .947 2.25 .961 1.99 16-0-0
1908 NYG NL 29 2B 3 15 5 8 2 0 .867 4.33 .960 5.03
1908 NYG NL 29 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-2
1908 NYG NL 29 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 3.25
1908 NYG NL 29 SS 1 6 2 2 2 0 .667 4.00 .950 5.20
6 Seasons 3B 431 1755 600 1003 152 76 .913 3.72 .925 3.25
4 Seasons SS 165 937 343 514 80 61 .915 5.19 .918 5.37
4 Seasons OF 47 96 89 5 2 0 .979 2.00 .952 1.93 26-15-5
3 Seasons 2B 21 144 54 79 11 7 .924 6.33 .943 5.32
1 Season 1B 4 45 40 3 2 1 .956 10.75 .984 10.35
7 Seasons TOT 668 2977 1126 1604 247 145 .917 4.09 .842 3.79 26-15-5
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
1904 NL--.408--9th
1907 NL--.420--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1907 NL--.745--9th

Total Bases s c a p y
1904 NL--199--9th
1907 NL--214--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1904 NL--24--7th
1907 NL--24--5th

Triples s c a p y
1903 NL--15--4th
1904 NL--12--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1904 NL--7--2nd
1906 NL--5--7th
1907 NL--10--1st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1904 NL--72--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1907 NL--133--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1907 NL--68--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1904 NL--43--4th
1907 NL--43--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1907 NL--.692--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1904 NL--10.1--4th
1906 NL--6.9--7th
1907 NL--10.0--4th

AB per HR s c a p y
1904 NL--69.714--4th
1906 NL--105.000--9th
1907 NL--50.900--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 22 (811), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1618), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

March 1, 1903: Traded by Buffalo (Eastern) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Fred Hartman.

July 4, 1905: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for George McBride.

December 15, 1905: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Del Howard and Vive Lindaman to the Boston Beaneaters for Vic Willis.

May 17, 1908: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Doves.

July 10, 1908: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Jake Weimer to the New York Giants for Bob Spade and $5,000.

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