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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 TEX AL 26 OF 17 2 46.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 28.7 1.1 0.6 0.5 0 1.76 0.53 .978 2.39 2.06
1986 TEX AL 26 LF 16 1 37.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 45.4 1.4 0.6 0.8 0 2.19 0.56 .978 2.24 1.77
1986 TEX AL 26 CF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.81 2.50
1986 TEX AL 26 DH 1
1986 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1987 TEX AL 27 OF 106 79 737.0 192 183 2 7 0 .964 0.8 1.3 2.8 2.8 -0.3 -2 2.26 1.75 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 TEX AL 27 CF 67 55 466.1 143 135 1 7 0 .951 0.5 1.3 3.5 3.1 0.3 -3 2.62 2.03 .987 2.70 2.34
1987 TEX AL 27 LF 45 22 242.2 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.5 -0.6 1 1.63 0.98 .973 2.11 1.73
1987 TEX AL 27 DH 7
1987 TEX AL 27 RF 6 2 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.9 0.3 0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.17 .971 2.12 1.75
1988 TEX AL 28 OF 59 44 412.2 109 104 2 3 1 .972 0.6 1.7 0.6 0.5 0.1 0 2.31 1.80 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 TEX AL 28 CF 33 27 231.0 57 56 0 1 0 .982 -2.4 -12.5 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 -1 2.18 1.70 .984 2.91 2.52
1988 TEX AL 28 LF 26 16 162.2 47 43 2 2 1 .957 2.4 17.7 1.4 0.3 1.2 1 2.49 1.73 .977 2.26 1.85
1988 TEX AL 28 DH 13
1988 TEX AL 28 RF 4 1 19.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 37.9 0.6 -0.1 0.6 0 2.37 1.25 .980 2.23 1.90
1989 NYY AL 29 OF 25 19 177.0 66 62 2 2 1 .970 9.5 64.4 9.5 6.5 3.0 0 3.25 2.56 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 NYY AL 29 RF 15 12 110.0 48 46 2 0 1 1.000 6.8 74.2 6.8 5.0 1.8 0 3.93 3.20 .979 2.33 1.90
1989 NYY AL 29 CF 9 7 60.0 16 14 0 2 0 .875 1.9 38.0 1.9 0.7 1.2 0 2.10 1.56 .988 2.78 2.46
1989 NYY AL 29 DH 1
1989 NYY AL 29 LF 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 137.1 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 2.19 1.80
4 Seasons OF 207 144 1372.2 376 358 6 12 2 .968 12.0 10.5 14.0 10.4 3.3 -2 2.39 1.76 .980 2.38 2.06
4 Seasons CF 110 90 765.1 216 205 1 10 0 .954 -0.2 -0.3 3.8 4.1 -0.4 -4 2.42 1.87 .986 2.77 2.41
4 Seasons LF 88 39 449.1 102 97 3 2 1 .980 4.6 12.3 2.6 1.2 1.4 2 2.00 1.14 .975 2.18 1.77
4 Seasons RF 26 15 158.0 60 58 2 0 1 1.000 7.6 57.7 7.6 5.1 2.3 0 3.42 2.31 .978 2.28 1.86
4 Seasons DH 22
4 Seasons TOT 207 144 1372.2 376 358 6 12 2 .968 12.0 10.5 14.0 10.4 3.3 -2 2.39 1.76 .948 2.38 2.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1986 TEX AL 26 21 2 21 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 1 17 0 1 8
1987 TEX AL 27 127 81 127 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 67 6 106 2 11 16
1988 TEX AL 28 82 51 82 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 33 4 59 7 11 14
1989 NYY AL 29 26 19 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 15 25 0 3 0
4 Seasons 256 153 256 207 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 110 26 207 9 26 38
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 32 44% 50% 31% 1 0%
1987 TEX AL 27 7 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 21 7 0 20 2 0 5 3 1 9 1 0 14 10 0 69 23 33.3% 45 1 1.4% 0 2203 53% 72% 29% 250 54%
1988 TEX AL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 3 0 23 8 34.8% 15 0 0.0% 0 1025 59% 76% 37% 110 51%
1989 NYY AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 255 49% 79% 40% 31 45%
4 Seasons 10 1 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 33 15 0 27 2 0 8 3 1 13 1 0 20 14 0 101 35 34.7% 65 1 1.0% 0 3515 55% 73% 32% 392 53%
MLB Averages 41.1% 1.7% 56% 77% 35% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 155 41% 70% 29% 12 75%
1987 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 6 0 9 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 23 16 69.6% 7 0 0.0% 1 1147 54% 73% 31% 101 44%
1988 TEX AL 28 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 4 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 3 3 0 19 10 52.6% 7 2 10.5% 0 742 50% 75% 38% 82 54%
1989 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 32 66% 75% 44% 3 67%
4 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 15 11 0 15 6 1 3 3 0 4 1 1 7 7 0 44 28 63.6% 14 2 4.5% 1 2076 52% 73% 33% 198 50%
MLB Averages 59.2% 2.4% 56% 77% 35% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1986 TEX AL 26 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 0 0 0 0 0 5 40% 100% 20% 0
1987 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 133 59% 66% 20% 13 54%
1988 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 89 62% 62% 25% 6 83%
1989 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 14 5 35.7% 8 1 7.1% 1 476 66% 80% 45% 69 68%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 16 5 31.3% 10 1 6.3% 1 703 64% 75% 37% 88 67%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.6% 56% 77% 35% 53%

* 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.

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