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Lou Brissie
Leland Victor Brissie
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 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
Final Game: September 1, 1953
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 59 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 7 862 104 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 3 542 107 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 64 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 3 478 118 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 96 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 49 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 102 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

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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
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 35 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 7 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 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 0 0
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 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 PHA AL 23 P 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 1.00
1948 PHA AL 24 P 39 30 8 22 0 1 1.000 0.77 .960 0.91 MVP-24,RoY-4
1949 PHA AL 25 P 34 27 6 21 0 3 1.000 0.79 .959 1.01 AS
1950 PHA AL 26 P 46 50 7 41 2 6 .960 1.04 .950 0.96
1951 TOT AL 27 P 56 18 4 12 2 3 .889 0.29 .956 0.99
1951 PHA AL 27 P 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.00
1951 CLE AL 27 P 54 16 3 11 2 3 .875 0.26 .956 0.99
1952 CLE AL 28 P 42 24 3 21 0 0 1.000 0.57 .967 1.03
1953 CLE AL 29 P 16 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.13 .950 0.88
7 Seasons P 234 153 29 120 4 13 .974 0.64 .957 0.97
7 Seasons TOT 234 153 29 120 4 13 .974 0.64 .931 0.97

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games
1949 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (24, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

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  .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  1083 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1951 AL  26 (4th)
1952 AL  19 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 42 (585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), 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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