Ken Brett
Kenneth Alven Brett (Kemer)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 18, 1948 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: El Segundo (El Segundo, CA)
Drafted
by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1967
Final Game: October 3, 1981
Died: November 18, 2003 in Spokane, WA
Relatives: Brother of George Brett
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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
1967 18 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1969 20 BOS AL 8 13 10 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .300 .364 .700 1.064 184 7 2 0 2 0 0 /1
1970 21 BOS AL 41 45 41 8 13 3 0 2 3 0 0 2 7 .317 .364 .537 .900 138 22 1 1 1 0 0 1
1971 22 BOS AL 29 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 23 MIL AL 31 47 44 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .227 .261 .250 .511 55 11 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 24 PHI NL 37 85 80 6 20 5 0 4 16 0 0 4 17 .250 .282 .463 .745 102 37 0 0 0 1 0 1
1974 25 PIT NL 43 95 87 13 27 4 1 2 15 0 0 4 20 .310 .337 .448 .785 122 39 0 0 3 1 0 1 AS
1975 26 PIT NL 26 54 52 5 12 4 0 1 4 0 0 1 7 .231 .245 .365 .611 69 19 1 0 1 0 0 1
1976 27 TOT AL 8 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167 -51 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1976 27 CHW AL 8 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167 -51 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 CAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 30 TOT MLB 30 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 51 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
1979 30 LAD NL 30 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 51 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 255 373 347 39 91 18 1 10 44 0 0 14 64 .262 .291 .406 .698 94 141 6 1 9 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 237 220 25 58 11 1 6 28 0 0 9 41 .262 .291 .406 .698 94 90 4 1 6 1 0
BOS (4 yrs) 79 69 61 9 18 4 0 3 6 0 0 3 10 .295 .338 .508 .847 125 31 3 1 4 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 69 149 139 18 39 8 1 3 19 0 0 5 27 .281 .303 .417 .721 102 58 1 0 4 1 0
PHI (1 yr) 37 85 80 6 20 5 0 4 16 0 0 4 17 .250 .282 .463 .745 102 37 0 0 0 1 0
LAD (1 yr) 30 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 51 3 1 0 0 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (2 yrs) 8 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167 -51 1 1 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 31 47 44 6 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .227 .261 .250 .511 55 11 0 0 1 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 119 128 117 15 29 5 0 3 7 0 0 5 20 .248 .285 .368 .652 84 43 4 1 5 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 136 245 230 24 62 13 1 7 37 0 0 9 46 .270 .295 .426 .721 100 98 2 0 4 2 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
1969 20 BOS AL 13 11 1 2.4 100 .250 .300 .262 .364 .340 .700 .395 1.064 .735 184 .270 1.1 0.1 .889 .500 .400 .0
1970 21 BOS AL 45 30 8 7.2 104 .344 .317 .267 .364 .342 .537 .407 .900 .750 138 .718 2.0 0.2 .862 .268 .220 .0
1971 22 BOS AL 11 9 0 0.0 99 .250 .200 .264 .200 .337 .200 .392 .400 .729 10 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1972 23 MIL AL 47 35 3 2.3 81 .294 .227 .243 .261 .311 .250 .351 .511 .662 55 .303 -2.5 -0.3 .382 .068 .023
1973 24 PHI NL 85 61 11 4.9 98 .267 .250 .265 .282 .334 .463 .394 .745 .728 102 .558 -0.2 0.0 .683 .263 .213 .0
1974 25 PIT NL 95 64 14 5.9 92 .379 .310 .259 .337 .330 .448 .374 .785 .704 122 .645 2.1 0.2 .717 .184 .138 .0
1975 26 PIT NL 54 42 4 2.6 95 .250 .231 .264 .245 .335 .365 .382 .611 .716 69 .279 -2.4 -0.3 .488 .154 .135 .0
1976 27 TOT AL 12 12 0 0.0 87 .083 .083 .257 .083 .322 .083 .362 .167 .684 -51 .000 -2.3 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
1976 27 CHW AL 12 12 0 0.0 87 .091 .083 .257 .083 .322 .083 .362 .167 .684 -51 .000 -2.3 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
1979 30 TOT MLB 11 9 1 3.0 99 .273 .273 .268 .273 .333 .273 .397 .545 .730 51 .329 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1979 30 LAD NL 11 9 1 3.0 99 .333 .273 .268 .273 .333 .273 .397 .545 .730 51 .329 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
14 Seasons 373 273 42 4.2 94 .295 .262 .260 .291 .331 .406 .382 .698 .713 94 .496 -4.3 -0.6 .595 .184 .144 .0
162 Game Avg. 237 173 27 4.2 94 .295 .262 .260 .291 .331 .406 .382 .698 .713 94 .496 -4.3 -0.6 .595 .184 .144
BOS (4 yrs) 69 50 9 4.8 103 .313 .295 .266 .338 .341 .508 .403 .847 .744 125 .560 1.8 0.2 .761 .262 .213 .0
PIT (2 yrs) 149 106 18 4.6 93 .327 .281 .261 .303 .332 .417 .377 .721 .709 102 .531 -0.4 -0.1 .624 .173 .137 .0
PHI (1 yr) 85 61 11 4.9 98 .267 .250 .265 .282 .334 .463 .394 .745 .728 102 .558 -0.2 0.0 .683 .263 .213 .0
LAD (1 yr) 11 9 1 3.0 99 .333 .273 .268 .273 .333 .273 .397 .545 .730 51 .329 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
CHW (2 yrs) 12 12 0 0.0 87 .091 .083 .257 .083 .322 .083 .362 .167 .684 -51 .000 -2.3 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
MIL (1 yr) 47 35 3 2.3 81 .294 .227 .243 .261 .311 .250 .351 .511 .662 55 .303 -2.5 -0.3 .382 .068 .023
AL (11 yrs) 128 97 12 3.3 93 .277 .248 .256 .285 .328 .368 .379 .652 .707 84 .417 -3.0 -0.4 .533 .162 .120 .0
NL (4 yrs) 245 176 30 4.6 95 .307 .270 .263 .295 .333 .426 .384 .721 .717 100 .532 -1.3 -0.2 .629 .196 .157 .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
1967 18 BOS AL WS STL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 25 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1974 PIT NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1969 20 BOS AL 13 7.7% 7.7% 7.7% 15.4% 67% 1.00 10.0 10.0 3.3 4.00 62%
1970 21 BOS AL 45 4.4% 15.6% 4.4% 11.1% 39% 3.50 5.9 20.5 13.7 2.00 71%
1971 22 BOS AL 11 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 6.00 73%
1972 23 MIL AL 47 0.0% 21.3% 4.3% 2.1% 10% 5.00 4.4 44.0 1.78 72%
1973 24 PHI NL 85 4.7% 20.0% 4.7% 10.6% 45% 4.25 4.7 20.0 5.0 0.52 71%
1974 25 PIT NL 95 2.1% 21.1% 4.2% 7.4% 26% 5.00 4.4 43.5 5.8 1.50 69%
1975 26 PIT NL 54 1.9% 13.0% 1.9% 9.3% 42% 7.00 7.4 52.0 13.0 0.94 81%
1976 27 TOT AL 12 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 12.0 1.20 92%
1976 27 CHW AL 12 0.0% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 12.0 1.20 92%
1979 30 TOT MLB 11 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.5 5.5 1.33 82%
1979 30 LAD NL 11 0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.5 5.5 1.33 82%
14 Seasons 373 2.7% 18.0% 3.8% 7.8% 32% 4.79 5.2 34.7 7.9 1.24 73%
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
1969 20 BOS AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 21 BOS AL 1 0 43% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 44% 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1971 22 BOS AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 MIL AL 0 0 50% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 63% 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 2
1973 24 PHI NL 0 0 10% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13% 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
1974 25 PIT NL 0 0 38% 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 2 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 6
1975 26 PIT NL 2 0 33% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1976 27 TOT AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 27 CHW AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 30 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 30 LAD NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 3 0 30% 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 47% 19 13 6 2 2 0 17 3 12
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
1969 20 BOS AL 13 77% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 14 2 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1970 21 BOS AL 45 76% 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 7 2 29% 22 3 14% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1971 22 BOS AL 11 91% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 4 2 50% 5 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 0
1972 23 MIL AL 47 79% 10 1 0 0 0 2.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 5 1 20% 31 2 6% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1973 24 PHI NL 85 69% 20 2 0 0 0 2.10 4 0 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 0% 12 3 25% 51 13 25% 3 3 100% 9 6 67% 0
1974 25 PIT NL 95 67% 27 15 3 0 1 1.89 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 100% 22 0 0% 20 5 25% 66 15 23% 11 6 55% 6 2 33% 0
1975 26 PIT NL 54 70% 12 3 0 0 0 1.11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 11 1 9% 8 2 25% 33 3 9% 0 0 3 3 100% 0
1976 27 TOT AL 12 100% 1 6 1 0 0 1.48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1976 27 CHW AL 12 100% 1 6 1 0 0 1.48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1979 30 TOT MLB 11 91% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 7 2 29% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1979 30 LAD NL 11 91% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 7 2 29% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
14 Seasons 373 73% 91 27 4 0 1 1.75 10 0 5 7 3 6 4 0 10 9 90% 65 6 9% 63 17 27% 233 40 17% 21 10 48% 26 16 62% 0
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
1969 20 9 13 10 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .300 .364 .700 1.064 184 7 2 0 2 0 0
1970 21 50 58 51 9 16 4 0 3 6 0 0 3 8 .314 .364 .569 .932 147 29 3 1 3 0 0
1971 22 79 69 61 9 18 4 0 3 6 0 0 3 10 .295 .338 .508 .847 125 31 3 1 4 0 0
1972 23 110 116 105 15 28 5 0 3 7 0 0 5 20 .267 .306 .400 .706 98 42 3 1 5 0 0
1973 24 147 201 185 21 48 10 0 7 23 0 0 9 37 .259 .296 .427 .723 100 79 3 1 5 1 0
1974 25 190 296 272 34 75 14 1 9 38 0 0 13 57 .276 .309 .434 .743 107 118 3 1 8 2 0
1975 26 216 350 324 39 87 18 1 10 42 0 0 14 64 .269 .299 .423 .722 101 137 4 1 9 2 0
1976 27 224 362 336 39 88 18 1 10 42 0 0 14 64 .262 .292 .411 .702 96 138 5 1 9 2 0
1977 28 225 362 336 39 88 18 1 10 42 0 0 14 64 .262 .292 .411 .702 96 138 5 1 9 2 0
1978 29 225 362 336 39 88 18 1 10 42 0 0 14 64 .262 .292 .411 .702 96 138 5 1 9 2 0
1979 30 255 373 347 39 91 18 1 10 44 0 0 14 64 .262 .291 .406 .698 94 141 6 1 9 2 0
1980 31 255 373 347 39 91 18 1 10 44 0 0 14 64 .262 .291 .406 .698 94 141 6 1 9 2 0
1981 32 255 373 347 39 91 18 1 10 44 0 0 14 64 .262 .291 .406 .698 94 141 6 1 9 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 20 8 10 9 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 .222 .300 .667 .967 1 8
1970 21 41 44 41 8 13 3 0 2 3 0 2 7 .317 .364 .537 .900 8 41
1971 22 29 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
1972 23 32 52 49 8 13 1 0 0 1 0 3 10 .265 .308 .286 .593 4 31
1973 24 37 85 80 6 20 5 0 4 16 0 4 17 .250 .282 .463 .745 11 37
1974 25 43 94 89 14 29 4 1 2 16 0 4 20 .326 .351 .461 .812 15 43
1975 26 26 53 52 6 12 4 0 1 5 0 1 7 .231 .245 .365 .611 5 26
1976 27 8 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1979 30 30 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 30
9 Seasons 254 371 353 43 89 18 1 10 47 0 15 67 .252 .283 .394 .677 45 253
162 Game Avg. 162 237 225 27 57 11 1 6 30 0 10 43 .252 .283 .394 .677 29 253

* 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
1974 *

Youngest s c a p y
1967 AL--born 1948-09-18--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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