Ron Brand
Ronald George Brand
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 13, 1940 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: North Hollywood (North Hollywood, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1963
Final Game: September 25, 1971
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Standard Batting

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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
1963 23 PIT NL 46 77 66 8 19 2 0 1 7 0 0 10 11 .288 .390 .364 .753 118 24 1 1 0 0 0 2/45
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 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 34 12 0 0 2 0 0 6/57428
8 Seasons 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 .753 118 24 1 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 90 .333 .288 .255 .390 .317 .364 .382 .753 .699 118 .659 2.1 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 -17.8 -1.9 .436 .107 .046 3.3
1966 26 HOU NL 139 106 9 2.3 90 .268 .244 .256 .301 .314 .260 .386 .562 .700 63 .246 -5.3 -0.6 .406 .073 .016
1967 27 HOU NL 244 173 21 3.3 87 .263 .242 .253 .321 .315 .288 .372 .609 .687 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 .350 .446 .657 38 .235 -5.7 -0.6 .371 .136 .025 .0
1969 29 MON NL 325 234 27 3.1 94 .273 .258 .259 .327 .330 .300 .384 .627 .714 77 .366 -7.5 -0.8 .511 .143 .042 .0
1970 30 MON NL 140 102 12 3.2 103 .270 .238 .266 .287 .338 .302 .406 .588 .744 59 .330 -7.8 -0.8 .495 .143 .063 .0
1971 31 MON NL 61 47 3 1.7 92 .235 .214 .260 .254 .326 .214 .380 .469 .706 34 .171 -5.0 -0.5 .333 .054 .000 .0
8 Seasons 1500 1107 115 2.8 90 .261 .239 .255 .303 .319 .282 .380 .585 .699 69 .329 -52.0 -5.4 .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 -5.4 .475 .131 .042 1
HOU (4 yrs) 897 676 63 2.5 87 .251 .231 .251 .293 .312 .270 .374 .563 .686 66 .295 -33.8 -3.6 .451 .122 .040 3.5
MON (3 yrs) 526 383 42 2.9 96 .268 .247 .261 .308 .332 .290 .390 .598 .721 67 .334 -20.3 -2.1 .485 .132 .043 .0
PIT (1 yr) 77 48 10 5.6 90 .333 .288 .255 .390 .317 .364 .382 .753 .699 118 .659 2.1 0.2 .729 .227 .076 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 1.39 74%
1969 29 MON NL 325 0.0% 5.9% 9.2% 3.7% 16% 0.63 15.1 14.4 1.23 83%
1970 30 MON NL 140 0.0% 11.4% 6.4% 3.6% 17% 1.78 7.9 14.0 1.16 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 Seasons 1500 0.2% 8.4% 7.5% 2.9% 14% 1.13 10.7 448.3 12.7 1.09 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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% 48 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
1969 29 MON NL 6 0 18% 126 2 3 40% 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 8 68% 16 6 10 2 1 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 Seasons 22 0 24% 608 20 13 61% 17 12 3 0 0 1 4 0 19 31 45% 74 53 21 19 9 9 44 12 31
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 73 36% 19 4 0 0 0 1.57 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 38 6 16% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 4
1965 25 HOU NL 420 36% 92 6 0 0 0 1.96 2 0 15 1 1 1 1 0 4 3 75% 95 17 18% 41 9 22% 292 39 13% 24 8 33% 22 2 9% 0
1966 26 HOU NL 139 54% 30 21 3 0 2 2.39 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 35 6 17% 18 8 44% 102 10 10% 10 5 50% 7 2 29% 0
1967 27 HOU NL 243 38% 52 14 2 0 0 1.76 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 51 6 12% 22 4 18% 181 18 10% 17 6 35% 13 3 23% 1
1968 28 HOU NL 89 33% 13 8 1 0 1 1.90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 16 1 6% 7 4 57% 54 4 7% 4 1 25% 4 2 50% 5
1969 29 MON NL 323 30% 74 15 3 0 1 1.72 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 68 11 16% 27 13 48% 202 21 10% 17 9 53% 19 8 42% 2
1970 30 MON NL 139 38% 30 35 7 0 4 1.54 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 24 0 0% 19 10 53% 89 9 10% 6 2 33% 11 6 55% 1
1971 31 MON NL 57 39% 12 15 3 0 0 1.26 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 200% 8 0 0% 3 2 67% 27 2 7% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 4
8 Seasons 1483 37% 322 118 19 0 8 1.75 3 0 40 1 2 1 2 0 28 22 79% 304 42 14% 138 50 36% 985 109 11% 81 31 38% 80 25 31% 17
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 .753 118 24 1 1 0 0 0
1964 24 46 77 66 8 19 2 0 1 7 0 0 10 11 .288 .390 .364 .753 118 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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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 23 46 83 70 9 23 2 0 1 8 0 12 11 .329 .434 .400 .834 12 46
1965 25 116 421 394 32 97 6 3 2 44 11 20 34 .246 .292 .292 .584 33 117
1966 26 56 137 124 14 31 2 0 0 11 0 9 13 .250 .307 .266 .573 10 56
1967 27 84 252 223 27 60 9 1 0 22 5 27 17 .269 .353 .318 .672 25 84
1968 28 43 100 85 9 17 3 0 0 5 1 12 11 .200 .320 .235 .555 6 43
1969 29 103 325 290 21 77 12 0 0 22 2 31 19 .266 .335 .307 .642 30 103
1970 30 72 139 128 10 32 2 3 0 9 2 10 16 .250 .302 .313 .615 12 72
1971 31 47 62 58 4 14 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 .241 .290 .241 .532 4 47
8 Seasons 567 1519 1372 126 351 36 7 3 122 22 125 126 .256 .323 .299 .622 132 568
162 Game Avg. 162 434 392 36 100 10 2 1 35 6 36 36 .256 .323 .299 .622 38 568

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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

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

                                         

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