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Bob Brower

Robert Richard Brower

Position: Outfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Yankees 1986-1989
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: May 30, 1989
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 7/89
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 87/9D
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 87/D9
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 9/87
4 Seasons 256 667 582 104 141 21 3 17 60 29 17 69 118 .242 .322 .376 .698 89 219 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 89 139 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

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
1986 26 TEX AL 9 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 7/89
1987 27 TEX AL 349 5 0 -1 2 1 -2 11 16 1.6 15 1.5 0.1 $62,500 87/9D
1988 28 TEX AL 234 -10 -1 1 -1 1 -2 7 -5 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $98,000 87/D9
1989 29 NYY AL 75 -2 0 1 0 10 -1 2 10 1.0 0 0.0 1.0 $ 9/87
4 Seasons 667 -8 -1 1 1 12 -5 20 21 2.1 8 0.8 1.3 $160,500
TEX (3 yrs) 592 -6 -1 0 1 2 -4 18 11 1.1 8 0.8 0.3 $160,500
NYY (1 yr) 75 -2 0 1 0 10 -1 2 10 1.0 0 0.0 1.0 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1986 TEX AL 26 OF 17 2 1 46.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 29 1.76 0.53 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 TEX AL 26 LF 16 1 1 37.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1 45 2.19 0.56 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 TEX AL 26 CF 1 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.81 2.80
1986 TEX AL 26 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1987 TEX AL 27 OF 106 79 50 737.0 192 183 2 7 0 .964 1 1 2.26 1.75 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 TEX AL 27 CF 67 55 32 466.1 143 135 1 7 0 .951 0 1 2.62 2.03 .986 2.70 2.68
1987 TEX AL 27 LF 45 22 17 242.2 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.63 0.98 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 TEX AL 27 RF 6 2 1 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.25 1.17 .979 2.12 2.10
1987 TEX AL 27 DH 2 2
1988 TEX AL 28 OF 59 44 27 412.2 109 104 2 3 1 .972 1 2 2.31 1.80 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 TEX AL 28 CF 33 27 15 231.0 57 56 0 1 0 .982 -2 -12 2.18 1.70 .985 2.91 2.89
1988 TEX AL 28 LF 26 16 11 162.2 47 43 2 2 1 .957 2 18 2.49 1.73 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 TEX AL 28 DH 7 7
1988 TEX AL 28 RF 4 1 1 19.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 38 2.37 1.25 .974 2.23 2.22
1989 NYY AL 29 OF 25 19 14 177.0 66 62 2 2 1 .970 10 64 3.25 2.56 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 NYY AL 29 RF 15 12 10 110.0 48 46 2 0 1 1.000 7 74 3.93 3.20 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 NYY AL 29 CF 9 7 4 60.0 16 14 0 2 0 .875 2 38 2.10 1.56 .984 2.78 2.76
1989 NYY AL 29 LF 1 0 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 137 2.57 2.00 .975 2.19 2.10
4 Seasons OF 207 144 92 1372.2 376 358 6 12 2 .968 12 10 2.39 1.76 .980 2.38 2.35
4 Seasons CF 110 90 51 765.1 216 205 1 10 0 .954 -0 -0 2.42 1.87 .986 2.77 2.75
4 Seasons LF 88 39 29 449.1 102 97 3 2 1 .980 5 12 2.00 1.14 .976 2.18 2.15
4 Seasons RF 26 15 12 158.0 60 58 2 0 1 1.000 8 58 3.42 2.31 .978 2.28 2.23
4 Seasons TOT 207 144 92 1372.2 376 358 6 12 2 .968 12 10 2.39 1.76 .980 2.38 2.35
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1989 AL  10 (5th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198727Texas Rangers$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198828Texas Rangers$98,000USA Today, 4/1/88
Career to date (may be incomplete)$160,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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