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Lou Brissie

Leland Victor Brissie

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 5, 1924 in Anderson, SC
High School: Ware Shoals (Ware Shoals, SC)
School: Presbyterian College
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1946. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1947
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians 1947-1953

Final Game: September 1, 1953
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1947	23	OAK-min	A	23	5	.821	1.91	35						254.0	167	70	54		100							1.051	5.9		3.5			SAV · SALL
1947	23	PHA	AL	0	1	.000	6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	5	5	1	5	4	0	0	2	34	63	2.000	11.6	1.3	6.4	5.1	0.80
1948	24	PHA	AL	14	10	.583	4.13	39	25	13	11	0	5	194.0	202	100	89	6	95	127	2	0	7	862	105	1.531	9.4	0.3	4.4	*5.9*	1.34	MVP-24,RoY-4
1949	25	PHA	AL	16	11	.593	4.28	34	29	5	18	0	3	229.1	220	113	109	20	118	118	5	1	10	1005	96	1.474	8.6	0.8	4.6	4.6	1.00	AS
1950	26	PHA	AL	7	19	.269	4.02	46	31	13	15	2	8	246.0	237	127	110	22	117	101	4	0	7	1083	113	1.439	8.7	0.8	4.3	3.7	0.86
1951	27	TOT	AL	4	5	.444	3.58	56	6	26	1	0	9	125.2	110	54	50	5	69	53	3	0	3	542	108	1.424	7.9	0.4	4.9	3.8	0.77
1951	27	PHA	AL	0	2	.000	6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	20	10	10	0	8	3	0	0	0	64	65	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	2.0	0.38
1951	27	CLE	AL	4	3	.571	3.20	54	4	26	1	0	9	112.1	90	44	40	5	61	50	3	0	3	478	119	1.344	7.2	0.4	4.9	4.0	0.82
1952	28	CLE	AL	3	2	.600	3.48	42	1	19	0	0	2	82.2	68	41	32	5	34	28	0	0	2	353	97	1.234	7.4	0.5	3.7	3.0	0.82
1953	29	CLE	AL	0	0		7.62	16	0	7	0	0	2	13.0	21	11	11	2	13	5	0	0	0	69	51	2.615	14.5	1.4	9.0	3.5	0.38
7 Seasons				44	48	.478	4.07	234	93	83	45	2	29	897.2	867	451	406	61	451	436	14	1	31	3948	102	1.468	8.7	0.6	4.5	4.4	0.97
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.478	4.07	49	19	17	9	0	6	187	180	94	84	13	94	91	3	0	6	821	102	1.468	8.7	0.6	4.5	4.4	0.97

PHA (5 yrs)				37	43	.463	4.22	122	88	31	44	2	16	689.2	688	355	323	49	343	353	11	1	26	3048	103	1.495	9.0	0.6	4.5	4.6	1.03
CLE (3 yrs)				7	5	.583	3.59	112	5	52	1	0	13	208.0	179	96	83	12	108	83	3	0	5	900	101	1.380	7.7	0.5	4.7	3.6	0.77

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1947	23	PHA	AL	7.0	1	5	4	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$
1948	24	PHA	AL	194.0	25	100	120	0	1.0	20	1.9	$	MVP-24,RoY-4
1949	25	PHA	AL	229.1	29	113	141	3	1.0	28	2.3	$	AS
1950	26	PHA	AL	246.0	31	127	165	-2	1.0	38	3.6	$
1951	27	PHA	AL	13.1	2	10	8	0	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
1951	27	CLE	AL	112.1	4	44	68	1	1.0	24	2.0	$
1952	28	CLE	AL	82.2	1	41	45	0	1.0	4	0.0	$
1953	29	CLE	AL	13.0	0	11	8	0	1.0	-3	-0.5	$
7 Seasons				897.2	93	451	559	2	1.0	108	9.0	$

PHA (5 yrs)				689.2	88	355	438	1	1.0	83	7.5	$
CLE (3 yrs)				208.0	5	96	121	1	1.0	25	1.5	$

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	Pos	Awards
1947	23	OAK-min	A	45	110	110		27	1	0	0						.245	.245	.255	.500		28				SAV · SALL
1947	23	PHA	AL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1948	24	PHA	AL	39	83	76	3	18	1	0	0	10	0	0	2	8	.237	.256	.250	.506	34	19	3	0	5	1	MVP-24,RoY-4
1949	25	PHA	AL	34	97	90	7	24	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	8	.267	.275	.311	.586	57	28	4	0	6	1	AS
1950	26	PHA	AL	46	91	87	5	15	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	4	.172	.200	.184	.384	-0	16	3	0	1	1
1951	27	TOT	AL	56	30	28	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.286	.536	47	8	0	0	2	1
1951	27	PHA	AL	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1	0	0	1	/1
1951	27	CLE	AL	54	24	23	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.261	.261	.304	.565	56	7	0	0	1	1
1952	28	CLE	AL	42	16	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	60	3	0	0	3	1
1953	29	CLE	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	1
7 Seasons				234	319	295	17	67	5	1	0	26	0	0	7	23	.227	.245	.251	.496	32	74	10	0	17
162 Game Avg.				162	221	204	12	46	3	1	0	18	0	0	5	16	.227	.245	.251	.496	32	51	7	0	12

PHA (5 yrs)				122	279	260	15	58	4	1	0	23	0	0	6	22	.223	.241	.246	.487	29	64	10	0	13
CLE (3 yrs)				112	40	35	2	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.257	.278	.286	.563	58	10	0	0	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1947	23	PHA	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1948	24	PHA	AL	83	-7	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	1	MVP-24,RoY-4
1949	25	PHA	AL	97	-6	0	0	0	0	7	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	1	AS
1950	26	PHA	AL	91	-14	0	0	0	0	7	3	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	1
1951	27	PHA	AL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1951	27	CLE	AL	24	-1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1952	28	CLE	AL	16	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
6 Seasons				319	-31	0	0	0	0	23	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

PHA (5 yrs)				279	-29	0	0	0	0	20	7	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
CLE (2 yrs)				40	-2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1947	PHA	AL	23	P	1	1	0	7.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.57	2.00	.955	1.93	1.90
1948	PHA	AL	24	P	39	25	11	194.0	30	8	22	0	1	1.000	1.39	0.77	.963	2.02	1.99					MVP-24,RoY-4
1949	PHA	AL	25	P	34	29	18	229.1	27	6	21	0	3	1.000	1.06	0.79	.962	2.12	2.09					AS
1950	PHA	AL	26	P	46	31	15	246.0	50	7	41	2	6	.960	1.76	1.04	.950	2.03	1.99	4	2	33%	0
1951	TOT	AL	27	P	56	6	1	125.2	18	4	12	2	3	.889	1.15	0.29	.953	2.07	2.06	6	2	25%	0
1951	PHA	AL	27	P	2	2	0	13.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.35	1.00	.955	2.09	2.05	0	0		0
1951	CLE	AL	27	P	54	4	1	112.1	16	3	11	2	3	.875	1.12	0.26	.953	2.07	2.06	6	2	25%	0
1952	CLE	AL	28	P	42	1	0	82.2	24	3	21	0	0	1.000	2.61	0.57	.966	2.10	2.10	2	0	0%	0
1953	CLE	AL	29	P	16	0	0	13.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.38	0.13	.955	1.94	1.93	0	1	100%	0
	7 Seasons			P	234	93	45	897.2	153	29	120	4	13	.974	1.49	0.64	.958	2.06	2.04	12	5	29%	0
	7 Seasons			TOT	234	93	45	897.2	153	29	120	4	13	.974	1.49	0.64	.958	2.06	2.04	12	5	29%	0

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1949 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1948 AL (24, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1498th)	Wins s c a p y 1949 AL 16 (9th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1950 AL 8.671 (10th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1948 AL 5.892 (1st) 1949 AL 4.631 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1950 AL 46 (3rd) 1951 AL 56 (2nd) 1952 AL 42 (5th)	Saves s c a p y 1948 AL 5 (6th) 1949 AL 3 (10th) 1950 AL 8 (5th) 1951 AL 9 (3rd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1950 AL 246.0 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1948 AL 127 (4th) 1949 AL 118 (8th) 1950 AL 101 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1950 AL 31 (6th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1949 AL 18 (7th) 1950 AL 15 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1950 AL 2 (7th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1949 AL 20 (3rd) 1950 AL 22 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1949 AL 118 (9th) 1950 AL 117 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1950 AL 237 (10th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1948 AL 1.337 (7th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1948 AL 0.278 (1st)	Losses s c a p y 1950 AL 19 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1949 AL 109 (1st) 1950 AL 110 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1948 AL 7 (2nd) 1949 AL 10 (2nd) 1950 AL 7 (4th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1949 AL 5 (7th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1950 AL 1,083 (5th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1951 AL 26 (4th) 1952 AL 19 (6th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1951 AL 2.7 (9th)
Def. Games as P s c a p y 1950 AL 46 (3rd) 1951 AL 56 (2nd) 1952 AL 42 (5th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1948 AL 1.000 (1st) 1952 AL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 42 (599), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

December 15, 1946: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
April 30, 1951: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent Dave Philley and Gus Zernial to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Paul Lehner to the Chicago White Sox. The Cleveland Indians sent Minnie Minoso to the Chicago White Sox. The Cleveland Indians sent Ray Murray and Sam Zoldak to the Philadelphia Athletics.

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