Ryan Braun
Ryan Joseph Braun
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 17, 1983 in Mission Hills, CA
High School: Granada Hills (Granada Hills, CA)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 2007
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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
2007 23 MIL NL 113 492 451 91 146 26 6 34 97 15 5 29 112 .324 .370 .634 1.004 154 286 13 7 0 5 1 *5 MVP-24,RoY-1
2008 24 MIL NL 151 663 611 92 174 39 7 37 106 14 4 42 129 .285 .335 .553 .888 130 338 13 6 0 4 4 *7/D AS,MVP-3,SS
2009 25 MIL NL 158 708 635 113 203 39 6 32 114 20 6 57 121 .320 .386 .551 .937 148 350 6 13 0 3 1 *7 AS,MVP-11,SS
3 Seasons 422 1863 1697 296 523 104 19 103 317 49 15 128 362 .308 .363 .574 .937 143 974 32 26 0 12 6
162 Game Avg. 162 715 651 114 201 40 7 40 122 19 6 49 139 .308 .363 .574 .937 143 374 12 10 0 5 2

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
2007 23 MIL NL 492 328 102 8.4 111 .361 .324 .273 .370 .342 .634 .436 1.004 .778 154 .713 33.6 3.1 1.028 .397 .310 20.8
2008 24 MIL NL 663 458 111 6.5 106 .305 .285 .265 .335 .336 .553 .423 .888 .759 130 .626 23.8 2.3 .872 .354 .268 20.3
2009 25 MIL NL 708 447 140 8.4 104 .353 .320 .262 .386 .335 .551 .416 .937 .751 148 .735 42.9 4.1 .977 .343 .231 24.6
3 Seasons 1863 1233 353 7.7 107 .338 .308 .266 .363 .337 .574 .424 .937 .761 143 .694 100.4 9.4 .952 .361 .266 66.4
162 Game Avg. 715 473 136 7.7 107 .338 .308 .266 .363 .337 .574 .424 .937 .761 143 .694 39 4 .952 .361 .266 25

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 24 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 4 17 16 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .313 .294 .438 .732 7 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLDS 4 17 16 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .313 .294 .438 .732 7 0 0 0 1 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 MIL NL 24 as LF 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 MIL NL 25 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 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
2007 23 MIL NL 492 6.9% 22.8% 5.9% 13.4% 45% 3.86 4.0 13.3 4.6 0.68 0.91 63% 17% 19.2% 13%
2008 24 MIL NL 663 5.6% 19.5% 6.3% 12.5% 48% 3.07 4.7 16.5 5.8 0.63 0.76 68% 15% 14.6% 14%
2009 25 MIL NL 708 4.5% 17.1% 8.1% 10.9% 38% 2.12 5.2 19.8 5.6 0.90 1.13 69% 21% 14.1% 16%
3 Seasons 1863 5.5% 19.4% 6.9% 12.1% 43% 2.83 4.7 16.5 5.4 0.74 0.92 67% 18% 15.7% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2007 23 MIL NL 7 0 39% 179 15 5 75% 10 4 5 1 0 0 2 1 2 19 46% 16 13 3 4 0 4 15 5 9
2008 24 MIL NL 7 0 30% 245 14 4 78% 8 1 6 2 0 1 4 0 3 8 47% 35 26 9 8 2 6 12 1 11
2009 25 MIL NL 8 0 34% 268 20 6 77% 11 5 9 1 0 0 4 1 5 22 50% 41 26 15 10 3 7 17 5 12
3 Seasons 22 0 34% 692 49 15 77% 29 10 20 4 0 1 10 2 10 49 48% 92 65 27 22 5 17 44 11 32
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2007 23 MIL NL 492 26% 146 11 1 1 0 0 0 3.61 34 0 6 19 15 17 17 0 0 0 96 13 14% 43 13 30% 302 64 21% 31 17 55% 35 13 37% 0
2008 24 MIL NL 663 28% 174 29 3 2 1 0 0 1.80 37 1 13 28 9 23 14 0 0 0 129 13 10% 64 16 25% 404 71 18% 40 14 35% 52 23 44% 0
2009 25 MIL NL 708 20% 203 30 0 1 1 0 1 3.59 32 1 20 24 8 15 17 0 0 0 172 6 3% 63 22 35% 486 86 18% 41 23 56% 36 19 53% 0
3 Seasons 1863 24% 523 70 4 4 2 0 1 2.70 103 2 39 71 32 55 48 0 0 0 397 32 8% 170 51 30% 1192 221 19% 112 54 48% 123 55 45% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 MIL NL 492 1821 3.70 1210 66% 22% 19% 30% 28% 78% 1% 52% 75% 36% 4% 20 0 11% 56 15 7% 33 21 16% 0 0 0
2008 24 MIL NL 663 2422 3.65 1611 67% 24% 17% 29% 30% 76% 2% 51% 78% 32% 5% 30 0 14% 94 33 7% 47 23 19% 0 0 0
2009 25 MIL NL 708 2569 3.63 1670 65% 29% 14% 26% 31% 71% 0% 46% 80% 30% 6% 42 0 16% 112 15 9% 63 25 17% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1863 6812 3.66 4491 66% 25% 17% 28% 30% 75% 1% 49% 78% 32% 5% 92 0 14% 262 63 8% 143 69 18% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2007 23 113 492 451 91 146 26 6 34 97 15 5 29 112 .324 .370 .634 1.004 154 286 13 7 0 5 1
2008 24 264 1155 1062 183 320 65 13 71 203 29 9 71 241 .301 .350 .588 .937 140 624 26 13 0 9 5
2009 25 422 1863 1697 296 523 104 19 103 317 49 15 128 362 .308 .363 .574 .937 143 974 32 26 0 12 6

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
2007 23 113 484 444 86 139 25 6 32 91 14 28 112 .313 .360 .613 .972 96 113
2008 24 151 661 609 91 172 39 7 37 105 14 42 129 .282 .333 .552 .885 110 151
2009 25 158 717 642 112 210 40 6 33 113 21 59 121 .327 .393 .562 .956 139 158
3 Seasons 422 1862 1695 289 521 104 19 102 309 49 129 362 .307 .363 .572 .935 345 422
162 Game Avg. 162 715 651 111 200 40 7 39 119 19 50 139 .307 .363 .572 .935 132 422

* 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

All-Star Games
2008 (LF)
2009 (RF)

Awards (yr lg award)
2007 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 NL (24, 0%)
2008 NL (3, 31%)
2009 NL (11, 10%)
0.41 Career Shares (492nd)

Silver Sluggers
2008 NL (OF)
2009 NL (OF)
All multiple winners

Batting Average s c a p y
2009 NL  .320 (7th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 NL  .634 (1st)**
2008 NL  .553 (5th)
2009 NL  .551 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2007 NL  1.004 (5th)**
2009 NL  .937 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
2008 NL  611 (10th)
2009 NL  635 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2009 NL  708 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2009 NL  113 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2009 NL  203 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
2008 NL  338 (2nd)
2009 NL  350 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
2009 NL  39 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 NL  7 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2007 NL  34 (5th)
2008 NL  37 (4th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2008 NL  106 (9th)
2009 NL  114 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
2009 NL  126 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2009 NL  148 (6th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 NL  140 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  43 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2009 NL  4.1 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2008 NL  83 (1st)
2009 NL  77 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2009 NL  273 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2009 NL  .735 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 NL  13 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 NL  20.8 (10th)
2009 NL  24.6 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2007 NL  13.3 (5th)**
2008 NL  16.5 (10th)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 40 (605), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (424), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (391), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Matt Kemp (897)
  2. Andre Ethier (895)
  3. Smead Jolley (894)
  4. Hunter Pence (892)
  5. Ryan Ludwick (889)
  6. Josh Hamilton (876)
  7. Corey Hart (873)
  8. Earl Webb (873)
  9. Juan Rivera (869)
  10. Josh Willingham (869)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Manny Ramirez (937)
  2. Chick Hafey (925) *
  3. Danny Tartabull (921)
  4. Bob Meusel (917)
  5. Raul Mondesi (914)
  6. Ralph Kiner (914) *
  7. Mike Greenwell (912)
  8. Vladimir Guerrero (911)
  9. Willie McCovey (911) *
  10. Fred Lynn (910)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ralph Kiner (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Manny Ramirez (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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