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Bob Brenly

Robert Earl Brenly

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 25, 1954 in Coshocton, OH
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1981 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Giants/BlueJays 1981-1989

Final Game: October 1, 1989 (Age 35)
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 10:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1350. Dale Long… #1351. Gus Mancuso… #1352. Rich Rollins… #1353. BOB BRENLY… #1354. Davy Jones… #1355. Bill Spiers… #1356. Mike Marshall… 

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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 149 560 472 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 123 436 375 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 73 234 206 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 Yrs 871 3002 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. 162 558 486 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 2903 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 2903 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

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 Awards
1981 27 SFG NL 19 52 3 -1 -0 -2 1 1 0.1 2 2 0.3 .504 .500 0.5 -0.2 5 2/57
1982 28 SFG NL 65 202 2 -0 0 1 3 5 0.6 6 12 1.3 .509 .504 1.1 0.5 11 2/5
1983 29 SFG NL 104 323 -6 1 -2 3 4 0 0.0 10 10 1.0 .500 .500 0.7 0.8 7 23/79
1984 30 SFG NL 145 567 21 -3 -0 -8 6 15 1.8 18 32 3.5 .511 .510 4.2 -0.1 40 *23/97 AS,MVP-21
1985 31 SFG NL 133 505 1 -3 0 -13 6 -9 -0.9 16 6 0.6 .493 .494 2.0 -0.7 20 $385,000 *253
1986 32 SFG NL 149 560 10 -1 2 -3 5 12 1.4 17 29 3.0 .509 .508 3.3 0.3 32 $460,000 253
1987 33 SFG NL 123 436 10 -2 0 2 6 16 1.7 13 30 3.0 .513 .510 2.7 0.9 27 $600,000 2/35
1988 34 SFG NL 73 234 -10 -1 0 -4 3 -11 -1.3 7 -4 -0.6 .482 .492 -0.1 -0.1 0 $600,000 2
1989 35 TOR AL 48 99 -5 -0 0 -1 -2 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .481 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $680,000 D2/3
1989 35 SFG NL 12 24 -1 0 -0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .484 .499 0.0 -0.1 0 2
9 Seasons 871 3002 25 -10 0 -27 31 19 2.4 92 111 11.4 .502 .501 14.0 0.9 138 $2,725,000
SFG (9 yrs) 823 2903 29 -10 0 -25 33 27 3.2 89 116 12.0 .503 .502 14.4 1.3 142 $2,045,000
TOR (1 yr) 48 99 -5 -0 0 -1 -2 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .481 .494 -0.4 -0.3 -4 $680,000

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
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

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1981 SFG NL 27 C 14 10 6 87.0 55 50 3 2 2 .964 -1 -14 5.48 3.79 .983 5.93 5.95 2 2 8 2 20% 33% 0
1981 SFG NL 27 3B 3 3 3 31.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 -1 -50 1.45 1.67 .949 2.85 2.87
1981 SFG NL 27 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1981 SFG NL 27 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -240 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1982 SFG NL 28 C 61 49 40 440.2 309 265 32 12 2 .961 1 3 6.07 4.87 .985 6.29 6.30 3 8 53 30 36% 32% 0
1982 SFG NL 28 3B 1 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -36 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1983 SFG NL 29 C 90 70 65 643.1 481 403 70 8 9 .983 3 6 6.62 5.26 .984 6.57 6.54 9 28 60 42 41% 33% 1
1983 SFG NL 29 1B 10 8 4 64.2 65 61 3 1 6 .985 -0 -2 8.91 6.40 .992 9.96 9.92
1983 SFG NL 29 OF 2 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.50 .980 2.34 2.25
1983 SFG NL 29 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 120 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.00
1983 SFG NL 29 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.00
1984 SFG NL 30 C 127 113 103 1025.2 714 635 69 10 4 .986 -2 -2 6.18 5.54 .986 6.53 6.51 11 51 103 56 35% 31% 1 AS,MVP-21
1984 SFG NL 30 1B 22 20 12 166.2 181 171 7 3 17 .983 -6 -43 9.61 8.09 .992 9.86 9.83 AS,MVP-21
1984 SFG NL 30 OF 3 0 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 1.00 0.33 .980 2.30 2.27 AS,MVP-21
1984 SFG NL 30 RF 2 0 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.29 0.50 .980 2.06 2.05 AS,MVP-21
1984 SFG NL 30 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.00 AS,MVP-21
1985 SFG NL 31 C 110 102 98 916.0 736 662 62 12 8 .984 -7 -9 7.11 6.58 .987 6.42 6.42 16 35 89 39 30% 30% 0
1985 SFG NL 31 3B 17 16 14 137.0 39 15 20 4 4 .897 -5 -46 2.30 2.06 .948 2.88 2.88
1985 SFG NL 31 1B 10 3 3 40.2 46 42 3 1 4 .978 -1 -27 9.96 4.50 .993 10.07 10.05
1986 SFG NL 32 C 101 77 64 729.0 576 518 55 3 4 .995 4 7 7.07 5.67 .985 6.93 6.94 10 36 61 42 41% 32% 1
1986 SFG NL 32 3B 45 37 25 321.0 106 37 59 10 9 .906 -4 -15 2.69 2.13 .946 2.72 2.72
1986 SFG NL 32 1B 19 15 8 127.0 140 133 4 3 7 .979 -3 -28 9.71 7.21 .992 9.94 9.95
1987 SFG NL 33 C 108 100 80 880.0 734 642 83 9 10 .988 3 4 7.41 6.71 .987 6.94 6.90 11 44 83 51 38% 29% 2
1987 SFG NL 33 1B 6 5 2 44.0 45 43 2 0 4 1.000 -0 -5 9.20 7.50 .991 9.88 9.83
1987 SFG NL 33 3B 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -180 4.50 0.50 .950 2.70 2.80
1988 SFG NL 34 C 69 55 40 508.2 367 334 27 6 2 .984 -4 -9 6.39 5.23 .987 6.56 6.57 10 18 45 15 25% 29% 0
1989 TOT MLB 35 C 25 13 9 130.4 76 68 7 1 0 .987 -3 -28 5.18 3.00 .988 6.44 6.42 3 7 12 3 20% 32% 0
1989 TOR AL 35 DH 27 17
1989 TOR AL 35 C 13 7 6 68.2 40 37 2 1 0 .975 -2 -35 5.11 3.00 .989 6.24 6.17 1 4 10 2 17% 31% 0
1989 TOR AL 35 1B 5 3 1 24.0 27 24 3 0 1 1.000 1 30 10.12 5.40 .993 9.79 9.68
1989 SFG NL 35 C 12 6 3 61.2 36 31 5 0 0 1.000 -1 -19 5.25 3.00 .986 6.67 6.68 2 3 2 1 33% 32% 0
9 Seasons C 705 589 505 5360.2 4048 3577 408 63 41 .984 -6 -1 6.69 5.65 .986 6.61 6.59 75 229 514 280 35% 31% 5
6 Seasons 1B 72 54 30 467.0 504 474 22 8 39 .984 -10 -25 9.56 6.89 .992 9.91 9.89
5 Seasons 3B 68 56 42 494.1 153 54 83 16 13 .895 -11 -26 2.49 2.01 .947 2.77 2.77
3 Seasons OF 6 0 0 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.20 0.33 .980 2.34 2.27
3 Seasons LF 3 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.80 0.33 .980 2.16 2.03
2 Seasons RF 3 0 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -36 0.90 0.33 .980 2.07 2.03
9 Seasons TOT 851 699 577 6337.0 4707 4107 513 87 93 .982 -27 -5 6.56 5.43 .985 6.54 6.54 75 229 514 280 35% 31% 5
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1736th)

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  9.7 (10th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1984 NL  69 (3rd)
1987 NL  83 (1st)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1982 NL  12 (4th)
1985 NL  12 (3rd)
1987 NL  9 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1983 NL  9 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1984 NL  11 (3rd)
1985 NL  16 (2nd)
1986 NL  10 (4th)
1987 NL  11 (5th)
1988 NL  10 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1984 NL  103 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1984 NL  56 (3rd)
1987 NL  51 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1986 NL  40.8 (4th)
1987 NL  38.1 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1985 NL  7.11 (3rd)
1987 NL  7.41 (5th)
Career  6.69 (86th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1985 NL  6.58 (3rd)
1987 NL  6.71 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1986 NL  .995 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1624), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1947), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (121st), 11.4 career WAR/12.7 7yr-peak WAR/12.0 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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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
198531San Francisco Giants$385,0001985 USA Today survey
198632San Francisco Giants$460,0001986 USA Today survey
198733San Francisco Giants$600,000*
198834San Francisco Giants$600,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198935Toronto Blue Jays$680,000*
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,725,000
Disputed Salaries
*1987 - $60,000 - 1987 USA Today survey -
*1989 - $450,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
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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