Ron Brand

Ronald George Brand

Positions: Catcher, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: January 13, 1940 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: North Hollywood HS (North Hollywood, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1963
Teams (by GP): Astros/Expos/Pirates 1963-1971

Final Game: September 25, 1971
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Standard Batting

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
1958	18	PIT-min	C,D	97	316	316		75	16	5	2						.237	.237	.339	.576		107							SJO,CLI · CALL,MIDW
1959	19	PIT-min	D	117	448	448		142	16	5	11						.317	.317	.449	.766		201							SAA · SOPH
1960	20	PIT-min	B	121	449	388	62	93	14	3	8	38	15		61	56	.240	.343	.353	.696		137							BUR · IIIL
1961	21	PIT-min	B	120	440	440		139	18	1	5						.316	.316	.395	.711		174							BUR · IIIL
1962	22	PIT-min	AAA,B	126	493	425	64	120	19	5	7	54	11	2	57	49	.282	.369	.400	.769		170		4	3	4	0		CLB,KIN · IL,CARL
1963	23	PIT-min	AAA	23	69	64	3	6	1	1	1	5	1	1	5	8	.094	.159	.188	.347		12							CLB · IL
1963	23	PIT	NL	46	77	66	8	19	2	0	1	7	0	0	10	11	.288	.390	.364	.753	119	24	1	1	0	0	0	2/45

1964	24	PIT-min	AAA	121	453	407	39	111	24	1	6	42	9	6	35	43	.273	.334	.381	.715		155		5	1	5			CLB · IL
1965	25	HOU	NL	117	420	391	27	92	6	3	2	37	10	5	19	34	.235	.281	.281	.562	65	110	17	6	3	1	2	2/57
1966	26	HOU	NL	56	139	123	12	30	2	0	0	10	0	2	9	13	.244	.301	.260	.562	63	32	6	2	3	2	3	2/475
1967	27	HOU	NL	84	244	215	22	52	8	1	0	18	4	0	23	17	.242	.321	.288	.609	79	62	6	2	4	0	7	2/47
1968	28	HOU-min	AAA	18	70	64	7	21	1	0	0	3	2	1	5	3	.328	.371	.344	.715		22		0	0	1			OKC · PCL
1968	28	HOU	NL	43	94	81	7	13	2	0	0	4	1	1	9	11	.160	.261	.185	.446	38	15	1	2	2	0	0	2/59
1969	29	MON	NL	103	325	287	19	74	12	0	0	20	2	3	30	19	.258	.327	.300	.627	77	86	11	1	4	3	4	2/87
1970	30	MON	NL	72	140	126	10	30	2	3	0	9	2	1	9	16	.238	.287	.302	.588	59	38	0	0	4	1	0	65/24879
1971	31	MON	NL	47	61	56	3	12	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	5	.214	.254	.214	.469	35	12	0	0	2	0	0	6/57428
1972	32	WSN-min	AAA	74	279	242	31	50	8	1	2	17	3	1	26	18	.207	.290	.273	.563		66		3	7	1			PNS · IL
1975	35	LAD-min	A	31	76	64	15	13	3	0	0	5	4	2	10	6	.203	.320	.250	.570		16	0	1	1	0	0		BAK · CALL
8 Yrs				568	1500	1345	108	322	34	7	3	106	20	13	112	126	.239	.303	.282	.585	69	379	42	14	22	7	16
162 Game Avg.				162	428	384	31	92	10	2	1	30	6	4	32	36	.239	.303	.282	.585	69	108	12	4	6	2	5

HOU (4 yrs)				300	897	810	68	187	18	4	2	69	15	8	60	75	.231	.293	.270	.563	66	219	30	12	12	3	12
MON (3 yrs)				222	526	469	32	116	14	3	0	30	5	5	42	40	.247	.308	.290	.598	67	136	11	1	10	4	4
PIT (1 yr)				46	77	66	8	19	2	0	1	7	0	0	10	11	.288	.390	.364	.753	119	24	1	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1963	23	PIT	NL	46	77	2	-1	0	-1	1	1	0.2	3	4	0.4	.503	.501	0.6	0.0	5	$	2/45

1965	25	HOU	NL	117	420	-18	-0	-2	-6	6	-21	-2.4	14	-7	-1.0	.480	.485	-0.3	-0.1	-1	$	2/57
1966	26	HOU	NL	56	139	-5	-1	-0	-2	2	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	2/475
1967	27	HOU	NL	84	244	-5	0	-0	0	3	-2	-0.2	8	6	0.6	.497	.498	0.5	0.5	6	$	2/47
1968	28	HOU	NL	43	94	-4	-0	0	0	1	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.1	.490	.497	-0.1	0.2	-0	$	2/59
1969	29	MON	NL	103	325	-7	0	-1	-1	4	-5	-0.5	11	6	0.6	.495	.497	0.7	0.5	7	$	2/87
1970	30	MON	NL	72	140	-6	1	1	-5	2	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.489	.495	0.1	-0.3	1	$	65/24879
1971	31	MON	NL	47	61	-4	-0	0	-0	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.491	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	6/57428
8 Seasons				568	1500	-49	-2	-2	-15	20	-49	-5.2	50	1	-0.4	.490	.496	1.1	1.0	16	$

HOU (4 yrs)				300	897	-33	-2	-2	-8	12	-34	-3.8	30	-3	-0.8	.487	.494	-0.1	0.7	4	$
MON (3 yrs)				222	526	-17	1	-0	-6	7	-16	-1.7	17	1	0.0	.492	.496	0.6	0.3	7	$
PIT (1 yr)				46	77	2	-1	0	-1	1	1	0.2	3	4	0.4	.503	.501	0.6	0.0	5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1963	23	PIT	NL	77	48	10	5.6	89	.333	.288	.254	.390	.316	.364	.380	.753	.696	119	.659	2.2	0.2	.729	.227	.076	.0

1965	25	HOU	NL	420	325	28	2.3	87	.253	.235	.249	.281	.311	.281	.376	.562	.687	65	.259	-17.9	-1.9	.436	.107	.046	3.3
1966	26	HOU	NL	139	106	9	2.3	90	.268	.244	.257	.301	.314	.260	.386	.562	.701	63	.246	-5.4	-0.6	.406	.073	.016
1967	27	HOU	NL	244	173	21	3.3	87	.263	.242	.253	.321	.315	.288	.372	.609	.688	79	.414	-4.9	-0.5	.538	.172	.047	.0
1968	28	HOU	NL	94	72	5	1.9	79	.186	.160	.249	.261	.306	.185	.351	.446	.657	38	.235	-5.7	-0.6	.371	.136	.025	.0
1969	29	MON	NL	325	234	27	3.1	95	.273	.258	.259	.327	.330	.300	.385	.627	.714	77	.366	-7.6	-0.8	.511	.143	.042	.0
1970	30	MON	NL	140	102	12	3.2	103	.270	.238	.266	.287	.338	.302	.406	.588	.745	59	.330	-7.8	-0.8	.495	.143	.063	.0
1971	31	MON	NL	61	47	3	1.7	92	.235	.214	.259	.254	.325	.214	.379	.469	.703	35	.171	-4.9	-0.5	.333	.054	.000	.0
8 Yrs				1500	1107	115	2.8	90	.261	.239	.255	.303	.319	.282	.380	.585	.699	69	.329	-52.0	-5.5	.475	.131	.042	5.2
162 Game Avg.				428	316	33	2.8	90	.261	.239	.255	.303	.319	.282	.380	.585	.699	69	.329	-52.0	-5.5	.475	.131	.042	1

HOU (4 yrs)				897	676	63	2.5	87	.251	.231	.251	.293	.312	.270	.374	.563	.686	66	.295	-34.0	-3.6	.451	.122	.040	3.5
MON (3 yrs)				526	383	42	2.9	96	.268	.247	.261	.308	.331	.290	.390	.598	.721	67	.335	-20.2	-2.1	.485	.132	.043	.0
PIT (1 yr)				77	48	10	5.6	89	.333	.288	.254	.390	.316	.364	.380	.753	.696	119	.659	2.2	0.2	.729	.227	.076	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	23	PIT	NL	77	1.3%	14.3%	13.0%	3.9%	16%	1.10	6.0	66.0	9.4	0.84	70%

1965	25	HOU	NL	420	0.5%	8.1%	4.5%	2.6%	12%	1.79	11.5	195.5	10.6	1.00	85%
1966	26	HOU	NL	139	0.0%	9.4%	6.5%	1.4%	7%	1.44	9.5		12.3	1.07	81%
1967	27	HOU	NL	244	0.0%	7.0%	9.4%	3.7%	17%	0.74	12.6		11.9	1.11	81%
1968	28	HOU	NL	94	0.0%	11.7%	9.6%	2.1%	15%	1.22	7.4		20.3	1.38	74%
1969	29	MON	NL	325	0.0%	5.9%	9.2%	3.7%	16%	0.63	15.1		14.4	1.25	83%
1970	30	MON	NL	140	0.0%	11.4%	6.4%	3.6%	17%	1.78	7.9		14.0	1.18	79%
1971	31	MON	NL	61	0.0%	8.2%	4.9%	0.0%	0%	1.67	11.2		56.0	0.81	84%
8 Yrs				1500	0.2%	8.4%	7.5%	2.9%	14%	1.13	10.7	448.3	12.7	1.09	82%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.86	5.8	42.7	9.2	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1963	23	PIT	NL	2.1	0.2	76	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	.93	0.2	-0.3	3.6	0.4	0.88	3.2	1.39	4

1965	25	HOU	NL	-17.9	-1.9	439	-2.4	6.7	-9.0	1.11	-2.0	-0.1	-14.3	-1.6	1.00	-20.5	1.82	6
1966	26	HOU	NL	-5.4	-0.6	142	-0.8	2.0	-2.8	1.17	-0.7	0.1	-8.6	-0.9	1.06	-7.3	2.35	21
1967	27	HOU	NL	-4.9	-0.5	250	-1.5	3.8	-5.3	1.22	-1.0	-0.2	-5.5	-0.6	1.04	-7.7	1.73	14
1968	28	HOU	NL	-5.7	-0.6	94	-0.3	1.4	-1.7	1.10	-0.5	0.2	-3.0	-0.3	0.98	-4.2	1.88	8
1969	29	MON	NL	-7.6	-0.8	337	-1.5	4.5	-6.1	1.05	-0.8	-0.7	-12.1	-1.3	0.99	-9.6	1.65	15
1970	30	MON	NL	-7.8	-0.8	144	-0.4	2.4	-2.8	1.12	-0.6	0.3	-7.4	-0.7	0.98	-6.2	1.51	35
1971	31	MON	NL	-5.0	-0.5	60	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	1.13	-0.3	0.3	-3.0	-0.3	0.92	-4.7	1.15	15
8 Yrs				-52.1	-5.5	1542	-7.1	22.7	-29.9	1.11	-5.9	-0.6	-50.4	-5.4	1.00	-57.0	1.70	118

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	23	PIT	NL	1	0	24%	69	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	25%	6	6	0	1	1	0	5	2	3

1965	25	HOU	NL	2	0	22%	124	10	5	67%	9	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	5	52%	12	9	3	4	1	3	9	2	7
1966	26	HOU	NL	3	0	29%	61	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25%	10	10	0	4	1	3	6	4	2
1967	27	HOU	NL	4	0	29%	96	4	0	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	40%	12	9	3	5	3	1	8	1	6
1968	28	HOU	NL	2	0	29%	52	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	56%	6	3	3	1	1	0	2	0	2
1969	29	MON	NL	6	0	18%	125	2	3	40%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	8	70%	16	6	10	1	0	1	10	2	8
1970	30	MON	NL	3	0	26%	61	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	43%	9	7	2	2	1	1	3	0	3
1971	31	MON	NL	1	0	20%	23	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
8 Yrs				22	0	24%	611	20	13	61%	17	12	3	0	0	1	4	0	19	31	45%	75	53	22	18	8	9	44	12	31

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1963	23	PIT	NL	77	36%	19			4	0	0	0	1.39	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		7	1	14%	1	0	0%	38	6	16%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

1965	25	HOU	NL	420	36%	92			6	0	0	0	1.82	2	0	15	1	1	1	1	0	4	3	75%	95	17	18%	41	9	22%	292	39	13%	24	8	33%	21	5	24%	0
1966	26	HOU	NL	139	54%	30			21	3	0	2	2.35	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	35	6	17%	18	8	44%	102	10	10%	10	5	50%	7	4	57%	0
1967	27	HOU	NL	244	38%	52			14	2	0	0	1.73	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	51	6	12%	22	4	18%	181	18	10%	17	6	35%	11	6	55%	0
1968	28	HOU	NL	94	33%	13			8	1	0	1	1.88	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	18	1	6%	9	4	44%	56	4	7%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0
1969	29	MON	NL	325	30%	74			15	3	0	1	1.65	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	68	11	16%	27	13	48%	202	21	10%	17	9	53%	9	5	56%	0
1970	30	MON	NL	140	38%	30			35	7	0	4	1.51	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	24	0	0%	19	10	53%	89	9	10%	6	2	33%	8	5	63%	0
1971	31	MON	NL	61	39%	12			15	3	0	0	1.15	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	8	0	0%	3	2	67%	27	2	7%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
8 Yrs				1500	37%	322			118	19	0	8	1.70	3	0	40	1	2	1	2	0	28	22	79%	306	42	14%	140	50	36%	987	109	11%	81	31	38%	61	29	48%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1963	23	46	77	66	8	19	2	0	1	7	0	0	10	11	.288	.390	.364	.753	119	24	1	1	0	0	0
1964	24	46	77	66	8	19	2	0	1	7	0	0	10	11	.288	.390	.364	.753	119	24	1	1	0	0	0
1965	25	163	497	457	35	111	8	3	3	44	10	5	29	45	.243	.298	.293	.591	73	134	18	7	3	1	2
1966	26	219	636	580	47	141	10	3	3	54	10	7	38	58	.243	.298	.286	.585	71	166	24	9	6	3	5
1967	27	303	880	795	69	193	18	4	3	72	14	7	61	75	.243	.305	.287	.591	73	228	30	11	10	3	12
1968	28	346	974	876	76	206	20	4	3	76	15	8	70	86	.235	.300	.277	.578	70	243	31	13	12	3	12
1969	29	449	1299	1163	95	280	32	4	3	96	17	11	100	105	.241	.307	.283	.590	72	329	42	14	16	6	16
1970	30	521	1439	1289	105	310	34	7	3	105	19	12	109	121	.240	.305	.285	.590	71	367	42	14	20	7	16
1971	31	568	1500	1345	108	322	34	7	3	106	20	13	112	126	.239	.303	.282	.585	69	379	42	14	22	7	16

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1963	23	46	80	68	10	21	2	0	1	8	0	11	11	.309	.413	.382	.795	11	46

1965	25	116	429	397	32	100	7	3	2	43	11	21	34	.252	.300	.300	.600	35	117
1966	26	56	143	126	14	33	2	0	0	12	0	10	13	.262	.321	.278	.599	11	56
1967	27	84	251	220	26	57	9	1	0	21	4	25	17	.259	.340	.309	.649	23	84
1968	28	43	97	83	9	15	2	0	0	5	1	10	11	.181	.284	.205	.489	5	43
1969	29	103	331	291	21	78	13	0	0	22	2	32	19	.268	.339	.313	.652	31	103
1970	30	72	140	126	10	30	2	3	0	9	2	9	16	.238	.287	.302	.588	11	72
1971	31	47	61	56	3	12	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	.214	.254	.214	.469	3	47
8 Yrs		567	1532	1367	125	346	37	7	3	121	21	121	126	.253	.319	.297	.616	130	568
162 Game Avg.		162	438	391	36	99	11	2	1	35	6	35	36	.253	.319	.297	.616	37	568

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1965 NL 17 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 NL 17 (5th)

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