Bob Brenly
Robert Earl Brenly
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 25, 1954 in Coshocton, OH
School: Ohio University
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1981
Final Game: October 1, 1989
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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
1981 27 SFG NL 19 52 45 5 15 2 1 1 4 0 1 6 4 .333 .423 .489 .912 161 22 1 1 0 0 0 2/57
1982 28 SFG NL 65 202 180 26 51 4 1 4 15 6 2 18 26 .283 .348 .383 .732 106 69 2 1 1 2 4 2/5
1983 29 SFG NL 104 323 281 36 63 12 2 7 34 10 7 37 48 .224 .317 .356 .673 89 100 12 2 1 2 6 23/79
1984 30 SFG NL 145 567 506 74 147 28 0 20 80 6 9 48 52 .291 .352 .464 .816 131 235 14 3 4 6 3 *23/97 AS,MVP-21
1985 31 SFG NL 133 505 440 41 97 16 1 19 56 1 4 57 62 .220 .311 .391 .702 100 172 6 2 4 2 5 *253
1986 32 SFG NL 149 557 472 60 116 26 0 16 62 10 6 74 97 .246 .350 .403 .752 112 190 4 3 5 3 10 253
1987 33 SFG NL 123 434 375 55 100 19 1 18 51 10 7 47 85 .267 .348 .467 .815 118 175 5 3 3 6 3 2/35
1988 34 SFG NL 73 232 206 13 39 7 0 5 22 1 2 20 40 .189 .265 .296 .561 64 61 3 2 2 2 3 2
1989 35 TOT MLB 60 123 110 11 19 5 1 1 9 1 0 11 24 .173 .246 .264 .510 48 29 3 0 1 1 1 D2/3
1989 35 TOR AL 48 99 88 9 15 3 1 1 6 1 0 10 17 .170 .255 .261 .516 50 23 2 0 1 0 0 D2/3
1989 35 SFG NL 12 24 22 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .182 .208 .273 .481 39 6 1 0 0 1 1 2
9 Seasons 871 2995 2615 321 647 119 7 91 333 45 38 318 438 .247 .330 .403 .733 106 1053 50 17 21 24 35
162 Game Avg. 162 557 486 60 120 22 1 17 62 8 7 59 81 .247 .330 .403 .733 106 196 9 3 4 4 7
SFG (9 yrs) 823 2896 2527 312 632 116 6 90 327 44 38 308 421 .250 .333 .408 .740 108 1030 48 17 20 24 35
TOR (1 yr) 48 99 88 9 15 3 1 1 6 1 0 10 17 .170 .255 .261 .516 50 23 2 0 1 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 823 2896 2527 312 632 116 6 90 327 44 38 308 421 .250 .333 .408 .740 108 1030 48 17 20 24 35
AL (1 yr) 48 99 88 9 15 3 1 1 6 1 0 10 17 .170 .255 .261 .516 50 23 2 0 1 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
1981 27 SFG NL 52 32 9 7.6 90 .350 .333 .260 .423 .325 .489 .373 .912 .698 161 .755 3.8 0.4 .875 .267 .156 .0
1982 28 SFG NL 202 136 25 5.0 94 .309 .283 .264 .348 .327 .383 .384 .732 .711 106 .574 1.6 0.2 .692 .222 .100 4.8
1983 29 SFG NL 323 240 30 3.4 94 .246 .224 .260 .317 .328 .356 .385 .673 .712 89 .395 -3.6 -0.4 .599 .274 .132 8.2
1984 30 SFG NL 567 392 79 5.4 91 .289 .291 .260 .352 .324 .464 .378 .816 .702 131 .617 21.2 2.2 .741 .263 .174 9.2
1985 31 SFG NL 505 359 55 4.1 91 .216 .220 .254 .311 .321 .391 .379 .702 .700 100 .492 0.1 0.0 .646 .293 .170 1.9
1986 32 SFG NL 557 374 71 5.1 93 .276 .246 .256 .350 .325 .403 .385 .752 .710 112 .578 10.3 1.1 .740 .322 .157 12.3
1987 33 SFG NL 434 296 63 5.7 102 .295 .267 .264 .348 .333 .467 .412 .815 .745 118 .583 10.6 1.0 .794 .333 .200 12.9
1988 34 SFG NL 232 176 17 2.6 86 .209 .189 .252 .265 .315 .296 .369 .561 .684 64 .314 -9.3 -1.0 .477 .199 .107 1.7
1989 35 TOT MLB 123 96 7 2.0 88 .209 .173 .253 .246 .318 .264 .373 .510 .691 48 .192 -7.4 -0.8 .436 .200 .091 1.0
1989 35 TOR AL 99 76 6 2.1 88 .200 .170 .254 .255 .318 .261 .373 .516 .691 50 .212 -5.7 -0.6 .453 .216 .091 1.0
1989 35 SFG NL 24 20 1 1.4 88 .250 .182 .250 .208 .317 .273 .373 .481 .690 39 .118 -1.6 -0.2 .368 .136 .091
9 Seasons 2995 2101 356 4.6 93 .264 .247 .258 .330 .325 .403 .384 .733 .709 106 .529 27.4 2.7 .679 .280 .155 60.2
162 Game Avg. 557 391 66 4.6 93 .264 .247 .258 .330 .325 .403 .384 .733 .709 106 .529 5 1 .679 .280 .155 11
SFG (9 yrs) 2896 2025 350 4.7 93 .266 .250 .258 .333 .325 .408 .385 .740 .710 108 .538 33.2 3.3 .687 .282 .157 59.1
TOR (1 yr) 99 76 6 2.1 88 .200 .170 .254 .255 .318 .261 .373 .516 .691 50 .211 -5.7 -0.6 .453 .216 .091 1.0
NL (9 yrs) 2896 2025 350 4.7 93 .266 .250 .258 .333 .325 .408 .385 .740 .710 108 .538 33.2 3.3 .687 .282 .157 59.1
AL (1 yr) 99 76 6 2.1 88 .200 .170 .254 .255 .318 .261 .373 .516 .691 50 .211 -5.7 -0.6 .453 .216 .091 1.0

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
1987 33 SFG NL NLCS STL L 6 20 17 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 .235 .350 .471 .821 8 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 6 20 17 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 7 .235 .350 .471 .821 8 0 0 0 0 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
1984 SFG NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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
1981 27 SFG NL 52 1.9% 7.7% 11.5% 7.7% 27% 0.67 11.3 45.0 11.3 0.29 77%
1982 28 SFG NL 202 2.0% 12.9% 8.9% 4.5% 18% 1.44 6.9 45.0 12.0 0.88 75%
1983 29 SFG NL 323 2.2% 14.9% 11.5% 6.5% 33% 1.30 5.9 40.1 8.3 1.02 71%
1984 30 SFG NL 567 3.5% 9.2% 8.5% 8.5% 33% 1.08 9.7 25.3 6.3 0.76 78%
1985 31 SFG NL 505 3.8% 12.3% 11.3% 7.1% 37% 1.09 7.1 23.2 7.9 0.74 71%
1986 32 SFG NL 557 2.9% 17.4% 13.3% 7.5% 36% 1.31 4.9 29.5 7.6 0.76 65%
1987 33 SFG NL 434 4.2% 19.6% 10.8% 8.8% 38% 1.81 4.4 20.8 7.4 0.78 64%
1988 34 SFG NL 232 2.2% 17.2% 8.6% 5.2% 31% 2.00 5.2 41.2 9.4 0.49 0.60 70% 18% 10.6% 58%
1989 35 TOT MLB 123 0.8% 19.5% 8.9% 5.7% 37% 2.18 4.6 110.0 12.2 0.77 1.13 70% 11% 2.9% 27%
1989 35 TOR AL 99 1.0% 17.2% 10.1% 5.1% 33% 1.70 5.2 88.0 14.7 0.73 1.11 71% 13% 3.3% 25%
1989 35 SFG NL 24 0.0% 29.2% 4.2% 8.3% 50% 7.00 3.1 7.3 1.00 1.20 67% 6% 0.0% 38%
9 Seasons 2995 3.0% 14.6% 10.6% 7.3% 34% 1.38 6.0 28.7 7.9 0.57 0.78 70% 16% 7.3% 48%
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
1981 27 SFG NL 0 0 19% 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 43% 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
1982 28 SFG NL 3 0 33% 88 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 46% 18 11 7 4 2 2 11 5 6
1983 29 SFG NL 2 0 31% 107 10 7 59% 10 6 0 0 0 1 2 2 6 10 78% 13 3 10 0 0 0 10 1 8
1984 30 SFG NL 7 0 30% 223 6 9 40% 6 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 19 50% 32 20 11 8 4 4 22 6 16
1985 31 SFG NL 6 0 16% 160 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 29% 23 17 5 5 4 1 7 3 4
1986 32 SFG NL 8 3 25% 233 10 6 63% 9 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 34% 32 23 9 9 5 4 15 8 6
1987 33 SFG NL 5 2 28% 163 10 7 59% 9 5 0 0 1 2 5 1 4 10 37% 21 17 4 5 3 2 12 4 8
1988 34 SFG NL 1 2 14% 68 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 31% 9 8 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
1989 35 TOT MLB 4 0 35% 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 5 0 2 0 2 6 1 5
1989 35 TOR AL 2 0 33% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 3 0 2 0 2 4 1 3
1989 35 SFG NL 2 0 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
9 Seasons 36 7 26% 1095 45 38 54% 43 34 1 0 1 4 12 5 33 62 43% 160 107 50 33 18 15 88 30 56
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
1981 27 SFG NL 52 60% 15 1 0 0 0 2.87 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 5 0 0% 43 3 7% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1982 28 SFG NL 202 60% 51 9 3 0 2 3.52 4 0 3 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 100% 36 2 6% 17 6 35% 124 11 9% 14 7 50% 16 1 6% 0
1983 29 SFG NL 323 47% 63 13 2 0 2 1.93 7 0 10 2 5 5 2 0 1 1 100% 49 12 24% 23 5 22% 209 27 13% 19 5 26% 22 8 36% 0
1984 30 SFG NL 566 25% 147 6 1 0 0 2.29 20 1 18 17 3 6 14 1 4 4 100% 127 14 11% 54 17 31% 400 61 15% 24 15 63% 34 13 38% 1
1985 31 SFG NL 505 26% 97 7 1 0 1 2.41 19 0 14 13 6 9 10 0 4 4 100% 79 6 8% 49 13 27% 282 38 13% 26 10 38% 27 6 22% 0
1986 32 SFG NL 560 34% 116 8 0 0 0 2.69 16 0 14 10 6 8 8 0 5 5 100% 99 4 4% 54 20 37% 347 50 14% 32 14 44% 47 20 43% 0
1987 33 SFG NL 436 27% 100 8 2 1 1 1.51 18 1 11 11 7 10 8 0 4 3 75% 60 5 8% 43 13 30% 259 35 14% 31 11 35% 43 9 21% 0
1988 34 SFG NL 234 28% 39 8 2 5 0 0 1 1.53 5 0 4 4 1 2 3 0 2 2 100% 46 3 7% 22 9 41% 130 17 13% 13 7 54% 13 9 69% 0
1989 35 TOT MLB 123 91% 19 1 0 7 2 0 1 1.98 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 25 3 12% 12 3 25% 79 8 10% 7 2 29% 8 4 50% 0
1989 35 TOR AL 99 90% 15 0 0 5 2 0 1 2.09 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 20 2 10% 9 2 22% 64 5 8% 5 1 20% 6 3 50% 0
1989 35 SFG NL 24 96% 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1.68 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 15 3 20% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
9 Seasons 3001 36% 647 9 2 64 11 1 8 2.27 91 2 78 59 32 42 49 1 23 21 91% 535 50 9% 279 86 31% 1873 250 13% 170 71 42% 214 71 33% 1
MLB Averages

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
1988 34 SFG NL 228 865 3.79 519 60% 30% 13% 25% 32% 70% 4% 42% 81% 26% 7% 17 2 20% 46 25 12% 27 15 33% 6 1 0
1989 35 TOT MLB 119 463 3.89 271 59% 37% 14% 17% 32% 62% 2% 36% 77% 22% 4% 5 0 13% 15 6 8% 10 8 27% 4 0 2
1989 35 TOR AL 99 395 3.99 228 58% 37% 14% 17% 32% 62% 0% 36% 77% 20% 4% 4 0 12% 12 5 10% 10 8 35% 0 0 2
1989 35 SFG NL 20 68 3.40 43 63% 37% 14% 16% 33% 63% 16% 40% 78% 30% 5% 1 0 15% 3 1 0% 0 0 0% 4 0 0
2 Seasons 347 1328 3.83 790 60% 32% 13% 22% 32% 67% 3% 40% 80% 25% 6% 22 2 18% 61 31 11% 37 23 31% 10 1 2
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
1981 27 19 52 45 5 15 2 1 1 4 0 1 6 4 .333 .423 .489 .912 161 22 1 1 0 0 0
1982 28 84 254 225 31 66 6 2 5 19 6 3 24 30 .293 .364 .404 .768 117 91 3 2 1 2 4
1983 29 188 577 506 67 129 18 4 12 53 16 10 61 78 .255 .337 .377 .715 102 191 15 4 2 4 10
1984 30 333 1144 1012 141 276 46 4 32 133 22 19 109 130 .273 .344 .421 .765 116 426 29 7 6 10 13
1985 31 466 1649 1452 182 373 62 5 51 189 23 23 166 192 .257 .334 .412 .746 111 598 35 9 10 12 18
1986 32 615 2206 1924 242 489 88 5 67 251 33 29 240 289 .254 .338 .410 .748 112 788 39 12 15 15 28
1987 33 738 2640 2299 297 589 107 6 85 302 43 36 287 374 .256 .340 .419 .759 113 963 44 15 18 21 31
1988 34 811 2872 2505 310 628 114 6 90 324 44 38 307 414 .251 .334 .409 .743 109 1024 47 17 20 23 34
1989 35 871 2995 2615 321 647 119 7 91 333 45 38 318 438 .247 .330 .403 .733 106 1053 50 17 21 24 35

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
1981 27 29 83 71 9 26 3 2 2 7 0 10 6 .366 .458 .549 1.007 17 19
1982 28 65 208 185 29 56 4 1 4 17 7 20 26 .303 .370 .400 .770 28 65
1983 29 104 325 283 40 65 12 2 7 38 10 38 48 .230 .323 .360 .684 33 104
1984 30 145 572 513 83 154 29 0 21 90 6 50 52 .300 .362 .480 .841 89 145
1985 31 133 517 450 47 107 18 1 21 64 1 63 62 .238 .333 .422 .755 63 133
1986 32 149 573 485 67 129 29 0 18 69 11 82 97 .266 .373 .437 .811 79 149
1987 33 123 435 378 56 103 20 1 19 52 10 48 85 .272 .354 .481 .836 64 123
1988 34 73 239 212 16 45 8 0 6 27 1 23 40 .212 .293 .335 .628 20 73
1989 35 60 124 111 12 20 5 1 1 10 1 12 24 .180 .258 .270 .528 8 60
9 Seasons 881 3076 2688 359 705 128 8 99 374 47 346 440 .262 .348 .426 .774 401 871
162 Game Avg. 162 566 494 66 130 24 1 18 69 9 64 81 .262 .348 .426 .774 74 871

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1984 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1984-NL-21-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1984 NL--.464--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1984 NL--28--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL--74--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1984 NL--9.731--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1716), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1487), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2143), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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