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Steve Braun

Stephen Russell Braun

Positions: Leftfielder, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 8, 1948 in Trenton, NJ
High School: Hopewell Valley Central HS (Pennington, NJ)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 1966 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1971 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cardinals/Mariners/Royals/BlueJays 1971-1985
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 37)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 18, 2013 8:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1169. Buck Jordan… #1170. Jody Davis… #1171. Larry Herndon… #1172. STEVE BRAUN… #1173. Johnny Bassler… #1174. Luis Polonia… #1175. Wally Westlake… 

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
1968 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1969 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1971 23 MIN AL 128 402 343 51 87 12 2 5 35 8 3 48 50 .254 .350 .344 .694 95 118 8 5 2 4 4 546/79
1972 24 MIN AL 121 455 402 40 116 21 0 2 50 4 5 45 38 .289 .360 .356 .716 110 143 14 2 2 4 1 546/79
1973 25 MIN AL 115 440 361 46 102 28 5 6 42 4 3 74 48 .283 .408 .438 .845 135 158 9 3 1 1 8 5/7D
1974 26 MIN AL 129 516 453 53 127 12 1 8 40 4 4 56 51 .280 .361 .364 .726 107 165 6 2 4 1 4 75
1975 27 MIN AL 136 526 453 70 137 18 3 11 45 0 2 66 55 .302 .389 .428 .818 130 194 8 1 2 4 5 7/3D54
1976 28 MIN AL 122 491 417 73 120 12 3 3 61 12 4 67 43 .288 .384 .353 .737 115 147 5 1 2 4 2 D75/9
1977 29 SEA AL 139 544 451 51 106 19 1 5 31 8 3 80 59 .235 .351 .315 .666 85 142 14 2 8 3 2 7D/5
1978 30 TOT AL 96 251 211 27 53 14 1 3 29 4 2 37 21 .251 .360 .370 .730 106 78 5 0 1 2 2 7D5/98
1978 30 SEA AL 32 84 74 11 17 4 0 3 15 1 0 9 5 .230 .310 .405 .715 101 30 4 0 0 1 1 D/79
1978 30 KCR AL 64 167 137 16 36 10 1 0 14 3 2 28 16 .263 .386 .350 .736 107 48 1 0 1 1 1 75/8
1979 31 KCR AL 58 139 116 15 31 2 0 4 10 0 0 22 11 .267 .384 .388 .772 108 45 2 0 1 0 2 7D/5
1980 32 TOT AL 51 88 78 4 16 2 0 1 10 0 0 10 7 .205 .295 .269 .565 54 21 2 0 0 0 1 D/795
1980 32 KCR AL 14 25 23 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .043 .120 .043 .163 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0 /79D
1980 32 TOR AL 37 63 55 4 15 2 0 1 9 0 0 8 5 .273 .365 .364 .729 97 20 2 0 0 0 1 D/5
1981 33 STL NL 44 62 46 9 9 2 1 0 2 1 0 15 7 .196 .393 .283 .676 93 13 1 0 1 0 0 /795
1982 34 STL NL 58 73 62 6 17 4 0 0 4 0 0 11 10 .274 .384 .339 .722 104 21 2 0 0 0 0 /759
1983 35 STL NL 78 114 92 8 25 2 1 3 7 0 1 21 7 .272 .404 .413 .817 127 38 1 0 0 1 0 7/95
1984 36 STL NL 86 115 98 6 27 3 1 0 16 0 0 17 17 .276 .383 .327 .709 104 32 0 0 0 0 0 7/95
1985 37 STL NL 64 79 67 7 16 4 0 1 6 0 0 10 9 .239 .342 .343 .685 93 23 0 1 0 1 1 /79
15 Yrs 1425 4295 3650 466 989 155 19 52 388 45 27 579 433 .271 .371 .367 .738 109 1338 77 17 24 25 32
162 Game Avg. 162 488 415 53 112 18 2 6 44 5 3 66 49 .271 .371 .367 .738 109 152 9 2 3 3 4
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
MIN (6 yrs) 751 2830 2429 333 689 103 14 35 273 32 21 356 285 .284 .376 .381 .757 116 925 50 14 13 18 24
STL (5 yrs) 330 443 365 36 94 15 3 4 35 1 1 74 50 .258 .382 .348 .730 106 127 4 1 1 2 1
KCR (3 yrs) 136 331 276 31 68 12 1 4 25 3 2 52 29 .246 .365 .341 .705 95 94 3 0 2 1 3
SEA (2 yrs) 171 628 525 62 123 23 1 8 46 9 3 89 64 .234 .345 .328 .673 87 172 18 2 8 4 3
TOR (1 yr) 37 63 55 4 15 2 0 1 9 0 0 8 5 .273 .365 .364 .729 97 20 2 0 0 0 1
AL (10 yrs) 1095 3852 3285 430 895 140 16 48 353 44 26 505 383 .272 .370 .369 .738 109 1211 73 16 23 23 31
NL (5 yrs) 330 443 365 36 94 15 3 4 35 1 1 74 50 .258 .382 .348 .730 106 127 4 1 1 2 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1971 23 MIN AL 128 402 -0 -0 -1 -5 3 -3 -0.4 14 11 1.0 .498 .498 1.6 -0.2 16 546/79
1972 24 MIN AL 121 455 3 -4 -1 6 2 5 0.6 16 22 2.4 .506 .504 1.7 0.9 16 546/79
1973 25 MIN AL 115 440 18 -1 1 -8 2 12 1.5 16 28 3.0 .511 .508 3.8 -0.6 36 $18,000 5/7D
1974 26 MIN AL 129 516 6 -0 1 -4 -4 -1 -0.0 18 18 1.8 .499 .499 2.2 -0.8 21 $31,000 75
1975 27 MIN AL 136 526 18 -2 0 7 -6 17 1.9 19 36 3.7 .513 .511 3.0 0.2 28 $36,500 7/3D54
1976 28 MIN AL 122 491 8 4 2 5 -8 12 1.4 18 29 3.1 .511 .508 2.6 -0.3 24 D75/9
1977 29 SEA AL 139 544 -6 2 -1 -2 -7 -15 -1.4 19 5 0.4 .489 .491 0.7 -0.9 7 $100,000 7D/5
1978 30 SEA AL 32 84 -1 1 -1 0 -1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .493 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 D/79
1978 30 KCR AL 64 167 2 -1 1 -0 -1 1 0.1 6 7 0.7 .502 .501 0.7 -0.1 7 75/8
1979 31 KCR AL 58 139 2 1 0 -1 -2 0 0.0 5 5 0.5 .500 .500 0.6 -0.2 6 7D/5
1980 32 KCR AL 14 25 -5 -0 0 -3 -0 -8 -0.9 1 -8 -0.8 .436 .494 -0.5 -0.3 -4 /79D
1980 32 TOR AL 37 63 0 0 -0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 D/5
1981 33 STL NL 44 62 -0 -0 -0 1 -0 1 0.1 2 3 0.3 .503 .501 0.2 0.1 2 /795
1982 34 STL NL 58 73 0 0 -0 -2 0 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .496 .499 0.2 -0.2 3 /759
1983 35 STL NL 78 114 4 -1 1 -2 -0 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .502 .501 0.7 -0.3 7 7/95
1984 36 STL NL 86 115 1 0 0 -2 -0 -0 -0.0 4 4 0.4 .500 .500 0.6 -0.2 6 7/95
1985 37 STL NL 64 79 -0 0 1 0 -0 1 0.1 3 4 0.4 .501 .501 0.3 0.0 3 $160,000 /79
15 Seasons 1425 4295 50 -1 3 -9 -24 18 2.6 152 170 17.6 .501 .501 18.6 -3.3 180 $345,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
MIN (6 yrs) 751 2830 53 -2 1 1 -11 42 4.9 101 143 15.0 .506 .505 14.9 -0.8 142 $85,500
STL (5 yrs) 330 443 5 -1 2 -5 -1 0 0.1 15 15 1.6 .500 .500 2.0 -0.7 20 $160,000
KCR (3 yrs) 136 331 -1 -0 1 -4 -3 -8 -0.7 12 4 0.4 .494 .498 0.8 -0.7 9
SEA (2 yrs) 171 628 -7 3 -1 -2 -9 -17 -1.6 22 6 0.5 .490 .495 0.7 -1.1 8 $100,000
TOR (1 yr) 37 63 0 0 -0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .500 0.1 -0.1 1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1978 30 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 34 STL NL NLCS ATL W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 34 STL NL WS MIL W 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1985 37 STL NL NLCS LAD W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 37 STL NL WS KCR L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 8 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .091 .231 .091 .322 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 MIN AL 23 3B 73 59 54 543.0 165 48 106 11 7 .933 -8 -17 2.55 2.11 .956 3.04 3.03
1971 MIN AL 23 2B 28 20 15 173.2 100 41 58 1 11 .990 2 15 5.13 3.54 .980 5.31 5.28
1971 MIN AL 23 SS 10 8 7 81.0 48 18 29 1 6 .979 1 12 5.22 4.70 .965 4.90 4.88
1971 MIN AL 23 LF 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1971 MIN AL 23 OF 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1971 MIN AL 23 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1972 MIN AL 24 3B 74 72 67 644.1 201 49 146 6 14 .970 7 12 2.72 2.64 .954 2.98 2.96
1972 MIN AL 24 2B 20 13 12 138.0 77 36 39 2 12 .974 -0 -4 4.89 3.75 .977 5.17 5.14
1972 MIN AL 24 SS 11 8 8 78.0 30 6 20 4 0 .867 -1 -17 3.00 2.36 .967 4.98 4.97
1972 MIN AL 24 OF 9 7 6 69.0 22 19 2 1 0 .955 1 10 2.74 2.33 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 MIN AL 24 LF 8 6 6 56.0 19 17 2 0 0 1.000 2 41 3.05 2.38 .980 1.90 1.89
1972 MIN AL 24 RF 1 1 0 13.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1 -120 2.08 3.00 .980 2.15 2.10
1973 MIN AL 25 3B 102 98 86 852.0 270 79 175 16 21 .941 -8 -11 2.68 2.49 .950 3.00 2.98
1973 MIN AL 25 LF 7 6 5 54.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.33 1.14 .978 2.00 1.99
1973 MIN AL 25 OF 6 6 5 54.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.17 1.17 .979 2.28 2.27
1973 MIN AL 25 DH 1 0
1974 MIN AL 26 LF 108 103 85 894.2 196 179 10 7 2 .964 -6 -8 1.90 1.75 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 MIN AL 26 OF 108 103 85 894.2 197 180 10 7 2 .964 -6 -8 1.91 1.76 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 MIN AL 26 3B 17 17 14 137.0 57 15 37 5 6 .912 2 20 3.42 3.06 .954 3.12 3.10
1975 MIN AL 27 LF 106 102 71 865.0 206 193 7 6 1 .971 9 12 2.08 1.89 .977 2.18 2.17
1975 MIN AL 27 OF 106 102 71 865.0 207 195 6 6 1 .971 9 12 2.09 1.90 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 MIN AL 27 1B 9 9 6 68.1 83 75 5 3 3 .964 -1 -21 10.54 8.89 .990 9.84 9.81
1975 MIN AL 27 DH 9 8
1975 MIN AL 27 3B 2 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 3.30 3.15
1975 MIN AL 27 2B 1 0 0 4.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0 0 9.00 4.00 .976 5.40 5.40
1976 MIN AL 28 DH 71 66
1976 MIN AL 28 OF 32 32 18 236.0 70 64 4 2 0 .971 6 29 2.59 2.13 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 MIN AL 28 LF 30 30 17 219.0 65 59 4 2 0 .969 5 28 2.59 2.10 .978 2.23 2.24
1976 MIN AL 28 3B 16 13 11 119.0 39 7 28 4 3 .897 -1 -9 2.65 2.19 .953 2.94 2.95
1976 MIN AL 28 RF 2 2 1 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 42 2.65 2.50 .980 2.22 2.20
1977 SEA AL 29 OF 100 95 88 831.0 202 186 11 5 3 .975 -2 -3 2.13 1.97 .978 2.34 2.32
1977 SEA AL 29 LF 99 95 88 831.0 195 179 11 5 3 .974 -2 -3 2.06 1.92 .976 2.11 2.09
1977 SEA AL 29 DH 32 31
1977 SEA AL 29 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1978 TOT AL 30 OF 37 30 9 227.1 60 57 1 2 0 .967 1 6 2.30 1.57 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 TOT AL 30 LF 34 29 9 218.2 59 56 1 2 0 .966 1 7 2.35 1.68 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 SEA AL 30 DH 14 13
1978 SEA AL 30 OF 4 3 2 24.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 1.82 1.25 .980 2.48 2.45
1978 SEA AL 30 LF 2 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 35 2.12 2.00 .975 2.22 2.20
1978 SEA AL 30 RF 2 1 0 7.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -63 1.17 0.50 .980 2.23 2.20
1978 KCR AL 30 OF 33 27 7 202.2 55 52 1 2 0 .964 1 6 2.35 1.61 .979 2.47 2.45
1978 KCR AL 30 LF 32 27 7 201.2 55 52 1 2 0 .964 1 5 2.37 1.66 .974 2.21 2.19
1978 KCR AL 30 3B 11 6 3 59.1 21 11 8 2 2 .905 -1 -24 2.88 1.73 .954 3.00 2.98
1978 KCR AL 30 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.90
1979 KCR AL 31 LF 18 14 9 126.0 29 26 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -9 2.07 1.61 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 KCR AL 31 OF 18 14 9 126.0 30 26 4 0 1 1.000 -1 -9 2.14 1.67 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 KCR AL 31 DH 11 11
1979 KCR AL 31 3B 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.05
1980 TOT AL 32 DH 14 7
1980 KCR AL 32 OF 5 3 3 29.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -132 0.62 0.40 .980 2.48 2.46
1980 KCR AL 32 LF 3 2 2 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -158 0.47 0.33 .980 2.37 2.33
1980 KCR AL 32 RF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -84 0.90 0.50 .980 2.16 2.10
1980 KCR AL 32 DH 1 0
1980 TOR AL 32 DH 13 7
1980 TOR AL 32 3B 1 0 0 1.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 270 6.75 1.00 .950 2.70 3.00
1981 STL NL 33 OF 12 6 2 55.0 17 15 2 0 1 1.000 2 33 2.78 1.42 .980 2.32 2.34
1981 STL NL 33 LF 6 2 1 25.0 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 1 38 2.52 1.17 .974 2.12 2.13
1981 STL NL 33 RF 6 4 1 30.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 1 28 3.00 1.67 .978 2.07 2.08
1981 STL NL 33 3B 1 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -24 0.00 0.00 2.88 2.80
1982 STL NL 34 OF 8 2 1 27.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -89 1.33 0.50 .978 2.27 2.26
1982 STL NL 34 LF 7 1 1 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -87 1.64 0.57 .972 2.09 2.09
1982 STL NL 34 3B 5 4 1 28.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 -0 -13 2.25 1.40 .951 2.76 2.78
1982 STL NL 34 RF 2 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -96 0.00 0.00 1.98 2.00
1983 STL NL 35 OF 22 13 7 116.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -25 1.78 1.05 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 STL NL 35 LF 19 9 5 84.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.93 0.95 .977 2.02 2.02
1983 STL NL 35 RF 5 4 2 32.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -83 1.41 1.00 .980 2.00 2.00
1983 STL NL 35 3B 4 0 0 6.2 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 0 54 9.45 1.75 .949 2.70 2.70
1984 STL NL 36 OF 19 10 2 93.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -26 1.06 0.58 .979 2.27 2.26
1984 STL NL 36 LF 12 4 1 51.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -33 0.88 0.42 .972 2.03 2.02
1984 STL NL 36 RF 7 6 1 42.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 1.50 1.00 .979 2.08 2.06
1984 STL NL 36 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1985 STL NL 37 OF 14 5 2 58.2 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.30 1.07 .979 2.19 2.20
1985 STL NL 37 LF 7 2 1 27.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -44 1.00 0.43 .977 1.93 1.91
1985 STL NL 37 RF 7 3 1 31.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 49 2.84 1.43 .978 2.02 2.01
15 Seasons OF 498 428 308 3685.2 867 802 42 23 8 .973 -1 -0 2.06 1.69 .979 2.38 2.36
15 Seasons LF 466 405 301 3495.1 815 754 39 22 7 .973 2 1 2.04 1.70 .976 2.14 2.12
14 Seasons 3B 310 269 236 2402.2 769 214 510 45 54 .941 -9 -4 2.71 2.34 .953 3.00 2.99
3 Seasons 2B 49 33 27 315.2 182 78 100 4 23 .978 2 6 5.07 3.63 .979 5.25 5.22
10 Seasons RF 35 23 7 189.1 43 40 2 1 0 .977 -3 -20 2.00 1.20 .979 2.08 2.06
2 Seasons SS 21 16 15 159.0 78 24 49 5 6 .936 -0 -2 4.13 3.48 .966 4.94 4.93
1 Season 1B 9 9 6 68.1 83 75 5 3 3 .964 -1 -21 10.54 8.89 .990 9.84 9.81
1 Season CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.90
15 Seasons TOT 887 755 592 6631.1 1979 1193 706 80 94 .960 -10 -2 2.58 2.14 .969 2.88 2.87
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG 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.
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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1975 AL  .389 (8th)
1976 AL  .384 (8th)**
Career  .371 (246th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  80 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1975 AL  .673 (9th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL  8 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
1976 AL  75.00 (10th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  106 (5th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  193 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  10 (3rd)
1975 AL  7 (4th)
1977 AL  11 (2nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  7 (3rd)
1975 AL  6 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  2 (2nd)
1975 AL  1 (4th)
1977 AL  3 (2nd)
1981 NL  1 (4th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1977 AL  3 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1972 AL  7 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  9 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1975 AL  2.08 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  1.89 (5th)
1977 AL  1.92 (5th)

             
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 (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2182), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1936), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1170), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (133rd), 17.6 career WAR/15.7 7yr-peak WAR/16.6 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Jack Rothrock (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Wyrostek (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Peanuts Lowrey (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Juan Beniquez (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Juan Beniquez (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Russ Snyder (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197325Minnesota Twins$18,0001975 TSN Guide
197426Minnesota Twins$31,0001975 TSN GuidePlayer win; $25K offer
197527Minnesota Twins$36,5001976 Guide; 3/15/75 TSN; Timmerman dbasePlayer loss; $39,500 request
197729Seattle Mariners$100,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
198537St. Louis Cardinals$160,0001985 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$345,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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