Tom Brewer
Thomas Austin Brewer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 3, 1931 in Wadesboro, NC
School: Elon University
Signed
by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: September 27, 1961
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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
1954 22 BOS AL 37 63 60 6 16 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 13 .267 .279 .350 .629 64 21 3 0 2 0 1
1955 23 BOS AL 33 80 73 9 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 16 .151 .195 .164 .359 -6 12 0 1 3 0 0 1
1956 24 BOS AL 38 101 94 14 28 0 1 1 13 0 0 5 19 .298 .330 .351 .681 72 33 2 0 1 1 0 1 AS,MVP-22
1957 25 BOS AL 45 99 94 15 19 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 23 .202 .211 .213 .423 14 20 1 0 4 0 0 1
1958 26 BOS AL 42 89 82 9 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 19 .195 .221 .220 .440 19 18 3 0 3 1 0 1
1959 27 BOS AL 47 80 72 7 8 0 0 1 5 2 0 1 16 .111 .123 .153 .276 -26 11 2 0 7 0 0 1
1960 28 BOS AL 45 66 62 5 12 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 16 .194 .206 .258 .464 24 16 1 0 3 0 0 1
1961 29 BOS AL 18 15 14 7 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 .286 .267 .500 .767 99 7 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 305 593 551 72 114 7 4 3 40 2 1 15 125 .207 .228 .250 .479 26 138 12 1 23 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 315 293 38 61 4 2 2 21 1 1 8 66 .207 .228 .250 .479 26 73 6 1 12 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
1954 22 BOS AL 63 49 6 3.3 108 .340 .267 .279 .279 .356 .350 .408 .629 .764 64 .383 -3.7 -0.4 .468 .100 .083
1955 23 BOS AL 80 65 3 1.2 111 .193 .151 .278 .195 .359 .164 .414 .359 .773 -6 .083 -11.7 -1.2 .258 .055 .014
1956 24 BOS AL 101 70 11 4.2 117 .360 .298 .282 .330 .366 .351 .430 .681 .797 72 .439 -4.5 -0.4 .559 .106 .053 .0
1957 25 BOS AL 99 80 4 1.4 104 .268 .202 .270 .211 .343 .213 .407 .423 .750 14 .103 -11.9 -1.2 .276 .021 .011
1958 26 BOS AL 89 73 4 1.5 103 .250 .195 .268 .221 .338 .220 .408 .440 .746 19 .122 -9.4 -1.0 .304 .061 .024
1959 27 BOS AL 80 73 1 0.4 102 .127 .111 .265 .123 .337 .153 .405 .276 .742 -26 .011 -13.0 -1.3 .212 .083 .042 1.3
1960 28 BOS AL 66 55 3 1.5 104 .244 .194 .267 .206 .341 .258 .408 .464 .749 24 .115 -7.0 -0.7 .308 .065 .065 .0
1961 29 BOS AL 15 11 2 4.8 106 .333 .286 .266 .267 .342 .500 .414 .767 .756 99 .519 -0.1 -0.0 .700 .214 .214
8 Seasons 593 476 34 1.9 107 .261 .207 .273 .228 .349 .250 .412 .479 .761 26 .175 -61.3 -6.2 .344 .073 .044 2.4
162 Game Avg. 315 253 18 1.9 107 .261 .207 .273 .228 .349 .250 .412 .479 .761 26 .175 -61.3 -6.2 .344 .073 .044 1

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
1956 BOS AL 24 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
1954 22 BOS AL 63 0.0% 20.6% 1.6% 4.8% 19% 13.00 4.6 8.6 1.50 75%
1955 23 BOS AL 80 0.0% 20.0% 3.8% 1.3% 9% 5.33 4.6 24.3 1.00 71%
1956 24 BOS AL 101 1.0% 18.8% 5.0% 2.0% 7% 3.80 4.9 94.0 7.2 1.26 74%
1957 25 BOS AL 99 0.0% 23.2% 1.0% 1.0% 5% 23.00 4.1 23.5 2.92 72%
1958 26 BOS AL 89 0.0% 21.4% 3.4% 2.3% 13% 6.33 4.3 20.5 2.06 72%
1959 27 BOS AL 80 1.3% 20.0% 1.3% 1.3% 13% 16.00 4.5 72.0 14.4 1.45 69%
1960 28 BOS AL 66 1.5% 24.2% 1.5% 3.0% 17% 16.00 3.9 62.0 31.0 0.80 68%
1961 29 BOS AL 15 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 13.3% 50% 4.7 7.0 1.00 80%
8 Seasons 593 0.5% 21.1% 2.5% 2.4% 12% 8.33 4.4 183.7 13.8 1.46 72%
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
1954 22 BOS AL 0 0 35% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20% 7 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1955 23 BOS AL 4 0 60% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
1956 24 BOS AL 1 0 41% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29% 10 8 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
1957 25 BOS AL 4 0 75% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 35% 10 8 2 4 2 2 3 1 2
1958 26 BOS AL 3 0 47% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 47% 7 6 1 0 0 0 8 2 6
1959 27 BOS AL 3 0 75% 33 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1960 28 BOS AL 2 0 33% 24 0 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1961 29 BOS AL 0 0 175% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
8 Seasons 17 0 54% 289 2 1 67% 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 11 38% 42 34 7 7 5 2 23 5 18
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
1954 22 BOS AL 63 17% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 13 3 23% 12 4 33% 49 7 14% 3 2 67% 5 1 20% 0
1955 23 BOS AL 80 26% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 20 0 0% 19 4 21% 71 5 7% 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1956 24 BOS AL 99 24% 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 20 2 10% 21 4 19% 77 12 16% 7 5 71% 8 2 25% 2
1957 25 BOS AL 95 24% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 19 1 5% 15 5 33% 58 4 7% 4 2 50% 3 2 67% 4
1958 26 BOS AL 87 24% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 15 3 20% 14 2 14% 47 5 11% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 2
1959 27 BOS AL 79 13% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 9 7 78% 19 2 11% 21 4 19% 57 5 9% 4 2 50% 6 3 50% 1
1960 28 BOS AL 66 9% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 6 1 17% 3 0 0% 30 1 3% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 29 BOS AL 15 60% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 10 2 20% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 584 21% 114 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 3 0 1 2 0 29 23 79% 114 12 11% 107 24 22% 399 41 10% 28 13 46% 27 9 33% 9
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
1954 22 37 63 60 6 16 1 2 0 7 0 0 1 13 .267 .279 .350 .629 64 21 3 0 2 0
1955 23 70 143 133 15 27 2 2 0 10 0 0 4 29 .203 .232 .248 .480 25 33 3 1 5 0 0
1956 24 108 244 227 29 55 2 3 1 23 0 0 9 48 .242 .273 .291 .564 45 66 5 1 6 1 0
1957 25 153 343 321 44 74 3 3 1 27 0 0 10 71 .231 .255 .268 .523 36 86 6 1 10 1 0
1958 26 195 432 403 53 90 5 3 1 31 0 0 13 90 .223 .248 .258 .506 33 104 9 1 13 2 0
1959 27 242 512 475 60 98 5 3 2 36 2 0 14 106 .206 .230 .242 .472 24 115 11 1 20 2 0
1960 28 287 578 537 65 110 6 3 3 38 2 1 15 122 .205 .227 .244 .471 24 131 12 1 23 2 0
1961 29 305 593 551 72 114 7 4 3 40 2 1 15 125 .207 .228 .250 .479 26 138 12 1 23 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1954 22 39 64 63 6 17 1 2 0 8 0 1 14 .270 .281 .349 .630 6 37
1955 23 34 80 76 7 11 1 0 0 2 0 3 17 .145 .188 .158 .345 2 33
1956 24 40 101 95 12 26 0 1 1 11 0 5 20 .274 .307 .326 .633 9 38
1957 25 47 99 98 15 19 1 0 0 4 0 1 24 .194 .202 .204 .406 4 45
1958 26 44 90 86 10 17 2 0 0 4 0 3 20 .198 .222 .221 .443 4 42
1959 27 49 75 74 5 7 0 0 1 4 2 1 17 .095 .107 .135 .242 1 47
1960 28 47 66 65 5 12 1 0 1 2 0 1 17 .185 .197 .246 .443 3 45
1961 29 18 15 14 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 18
8 Seasons 318 590 571 67 109 6 3 3 37 2 15 132 .191 .212 .228 .440 31 305
162 Game Avg. 162 301 291 34 56 3 2 2 19 1 8 67 .191 .212 .228 .440 16 305

* 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
1956 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-AL-22-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

                           
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