Bob Brower
Robert Richard Brower
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 10, 1960 in Jamaica, NY
School: Duke University
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1986
Final Game: May 30, 1989
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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
1986 26 TEX AL 21 9 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333 -13 2 0 0 0 0 0 7/8D9
1987 27 TEX AL 127 349 303 63 79 10 3 14 46 15 9 36 66 .261 .338 .452 .790 108 137 2 0 9 1 0 87/D9
1988 28 TEX AL 82 234 201 29 45 7 0 1 11 10 5 27 38 .224 .316 .274 .589 66 55 6 0 6 0 0 87D/9
1989 29 NYY AL 26 75 69 9 16 3 0 2 3 3 1 6 11 .232 .293 .362 .656 85 25 1 0 0 0 0 9/8D7
4 Seasons 256 667 582 104 141 21 3 17 60 29 17 69 118 .242 .322 .376 .698 90 219 9 0 15 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 422 368 66 89 13 2 11 38 18 11 44 75 .242 .322 .376 .698 90 139 6 0 9 1 0
TEX (3 yrs) 230 592 513 95 125 18 3 15 57 26 16 63 107 .244 .326 .378 .704 90 194 8 0 15 1 0
NYY (1 yr) 26 75 69 9 16 3 0 2 3 3 1 6 11 .232 .293 .362 .656 85 25 1 0 0 0 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
1986 26 TEX AL 9 10 0 0.0 102 .167 .111 .264 .111 .332 .222 .412 .333 .744 -13 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .100 .000 .111 .0
1987 27 TEX AL 349 245 47 5.1 106 .290 .261 .265 .338 .333 .452 .425 .790 .759 108 .513 2.7 0.3 .762 .330 .191 14.5
1988 28 TEX AL 234 173 18 2.8 96 .272 .224 .262 .316 .327 .274 .394 .589 .721 66 .302 -8.7 -0.9 .521 .209 .050 1.8
1989 29 NYY AL 75 55 7 3.4 92 .250 .232 .260 .293 .324 .362 .382 .656 .707 85 .391 -1.5 -0.2 .600 .246 .130 2.4
4 Seasons 667 483 72 4.0 101 .277 .242 .263 .322 .330 .376 .409 .698 .739 90 .424 -8.9 -0.9 .642 .273 .134 21.4
162 Game Avg. 422 306 46 4.0 101 .277 .242 .263 .322 .330 .376 .409 .698 .739 90 .424 -8.9 -0.9 .642 .273 .134 14
TEX (3 yrs) 592 428 65 4.1 102 .281 .244 .264 .326 .331 .378 .413 .704 .744 90 .429 -7.4 -0.8 .648 .277 .135 19.0
NYY (1 yr) 75 55 7 3.4 92 .250 .232 .260 .293 .324 .362 .382 .656 .707 85 .391 -1.5 -0.2 .600 .246 .130 2.4

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
1986 26 TEX AL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 11.1% 100% 3.0 0.50 67%
1987 27 TEX AL 349 4.0% 18.9% 10.3% 7.7% 34% 1.83 4.6 21.6 6.6 1.19 64%
1988 28 TEX AL 234 0.4% 16.2% 11.5% 3.4% 18% 1.41 5.3 201.0 18.3 0.95 1.42 69% 24% 1.9% 35%
1989 29 NYY AL 75 2.7% 14.7% 8.0% 6.7% 31% 1.83 6.3 34.5 23.0 1.23 1.33 75% 21% 8.7% 12%
4 Seasons 667 2.6% 17.7% 10.3% 6.2% 29% 1.71 4.9 34.2 9.7 1.02 1.27 67% 23% 3.9% 29%
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
1986 26 TEX AL 0 0 300% 14 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1987 27 TEX AL 2 0 49% 132 15 9 63% 10 8 5 1 0 0 3 2 3 15 43% 18 13 5 4 1 2 15 5 9
1988 28 TEX AL 5 0 39% 100 10 5 67% 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 10 46% 18 10 7 6 3 3 4 1 3
1989 29 NYY AL 2 0 35% 29 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36% 8 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 0
4 Seasons 9 0 45% 275 29 17 63% 21 14 8 3 0 0 4 3 10 26 44% 45 28 16 11 4 6 23 9 13
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
1986 26 TEX AL 9 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1987 27 TEX AL 349 59% 79 8 1 0 0 2.64 14 1 6 6 8 7 7 1 11 9 82% 64 2 3% 34 17 50% 194 32 16% 18 10 56% 16 7 44% 0
1988 28 TEX AL 234 65% 45 5 2 4 1 0 1 2.45 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 100% 38 6 16% 21 14 67% 145 11 8% 13 5 38% 15 5 33% 0
1989 29 NYY AL 75 49% 16 3 0 1 1 0 0 1.21 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 1 8% 8 2 25% 43 1 2% 6 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
4 Seasons 667 60% 141 8 2 14 3 0 1 2.30 17 2 14 8 9 8 9 1 17 15 88% 115 9 8% 64 33 52% 383 44 11% 37 15 41% 34 13 38% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 TEX AL 230 871 3.79 530 61% 29% 12% 27% 31% 71% 0% 43% 82% 24% 5% 11 1 16% 36 15 5% 12 3 34% 4 1 0
1989 29 NYY AL 75 308 4.11 189 61% 23% 9% 37% 31% 77% 0% 47% 88% 27% 3% 2 0 15% 11 7 11% 8 6 64% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 305 1179 3.87 719 61% 28% 12% 30% 31% 72% 0% 44% 84% 25% 4% 13 1 15% 47 22 7% 20 9 41% 4 1 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
1986 26 21 9 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 .111 .111 .222 .333 -13 2 0 0 0 0 0
1987 27 148 358 312 66 80 11 3 14 46 16 11 36 69 .256 .332 .446 .778 105 139 2 0 9 1 0
1988 28 230 592 513 95 125 18 3 15 57 26 16 63 107 .244 .326 .378 .704 90 194 8 0 15 1 0
1989 29 256 667 582 104 141 21 3 17 60 29 17 69 118 .242 .322 .376 .698 90 219 9 0 15 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1986 26 21 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1987 27 127 340 303 61 79 10 3 14 45 15 36 66 .261 .338 .452 .790 46 127
1988 28 82 231 203 30 47 7 0 1 11 10 28 38 .232 .325 .281 .605 19 82
1989 29 26 76 70 10 17 3 0 2 3 3 6 11 .243 .303 .371 .674 8 26
4 Seasons 256 656 585 104 143 20 3 17 59 29 70 118 .244 .325 .376 .701 73 256
162 Game Avg. 162 415 370 66 90 13 2 11 37 18 44 75 .244 .325 .376 .701 46 256

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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