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Bobby Brown

Robert William Brown (Doc)

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 25, 1924 in Seattle, WA
High School: Galileo HS (San Francisco, CA)
Schools: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1946
Team: Yankees 1946-1954

Final Game: June 30, 1954
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Standard Batting

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
1946 21 NYY AL 7 29 24 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .333 .429 .375 .804 125 9 2 0 1 /65
1947 22 NYY AL 69 175 150 21 45 6 1 1 18 0 2 21 9 .300 .390 .373 .763 113 56 4 1 3 56/O89
1948 23 NYY AL 113 417 363 62 109 19 5 3 48 0 1 48 16 .300 .383 .405 .788 111 147 7 1 4 564/O79
1949 24 NYY AL 104 384 343 61 97 14 4 6 61 4 3 38 18 .283 .359 .399 .759 101 137 9 3 0 5/O97
1950 25 NYY AL 95 320 277 33 74 4 2 4 37 3 1 39 18 .267 .360 .339 .699 82 94 12 1 3 5
1951 26 NYY AL 103 369 313 44 84 15 2 6 51 1 1 47 18 .268 .369 .387 .756 108 121 4 3 6 5
1952 27 NYY AL 29 100 89 6 22 2 0 1 14 1 1 9 6 .247 .323 .303 .627 80 27 2 1 1 5
1954 29 NYY AL 28 69 60 5 13 1 0 1 7 0 1 8 3 .217 .304 .283 .588 64 17 3 0 0 1 5
8 Yrs 548 1863 1619 233 452 62 14 22 237 9 10 214 88 .279 .367 .376 .742 100 608 43 10 18 1
162 Game Avg. 162 551 479 69 134 18 4 7 70 3 3 63 26 .279 .367 .376 .742 100 180 13 3 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1946 21 NYY AL 7 29 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 2 0.2 .522 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /65
1947 22 NYY AL 69 175 4 -1 0 -1 1 3 0.3 4 7 0.7 .504 .502 0.8 -0.1 8 $ 56/O89
1948 23 NYY AL 113 417 7 -2 -1 -2 2 5 0.5 10 15 1.5 .504 .503 1.7 0.0 17 $ 564/O79
1949 24 NYY AL 104 384 1 1 0 0 -0 2 0.2 10 12 1.2 .502 .501 1.2 -0.0 11 $ 5/O97
1950 25 NYY AL 95 320 -6 0 -1 1 0 -5 -0.4 8 4 0.4 .495 .497 0.3 0.1 3 $ 5
1951 26 NYY AL 103 369 6 1 3 -2 0 8 0.8 10 18 1.8 .507 .505 1.9 -0.2 20 $ 5
1952 27 NYY AL 29 100 -2 -0 1 0 0 -1 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .495 .499 0.1 0.0 2 $ 5
1954 29 NYY AL 28 69 -3 -0 0 2 0 -2 -0.2 2 0 0.0 .494 .499 -0.2 0.2 -2 $19,500 5
8 Seasons 548 1863 7 -1 2 -2 3 10 1.1 48 59 6.0 .502 .501 6.0 0.2 61 $19,500

Advanced Batting

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
1946 21 NYY AL 29 19 4 5.6 97 .333 .333 .265 .429 .339 .375 .381 .804 .720 125 .635 1.1 0.1 .722 .208 .042
1947 22 NYY AL 175 114 21 4.9 96 .314 .300 .262 .390 .341 .373 .376 .763 .717 113 .574 3.7 0.4 .685 .200 .073 .0
1948 23 NYY AL 417 266 56 5.6 105 .308 .300 .272 .383 .357 .405 .393 .788 .750 111 .589 6.5 0.6 .744 .234 .105 .0
1949 24 NYY AL 384 258 48 4.9 107 .285 .283 .271 .359 .363 .399 .393 .759 .756 101 .536 -0.4 -0.0 .694 .230 .117 4.8
1950 25 NYY AL 320 219 34 4.1 111 .275 .267 .275 .360 .361 .339 .412 .699 .773 82 .416 -6.8 -0.6 .630 .220 .072 3.4
1951 26 NYY AL 369 240 44 4.9 99 .270 .268 .263 .369 .343 .387 .385 .756 .729 108 .541 5.1 0.5 .731 .268 .118 1.7
1952 27 NYY AL 100 71 8 3.0 91 .256 .247 .253 .323 .332 .303 .369 .627 .701 80 .361 -2.2 -0.2 .529 .157 .056 1.0
1954 29 NYY AL 69 52 5 2.6 96 .211 .217 .262 .304 .337 .283 .383 .588 .720 64 .285 -2.8 -0.3 .471 .183 .067 .0
8 Yrs 1863 1239 220 4.7 103 .285 .279 .268 .367 .352 .376 .391 .742 .744 100 .518 4.2 0.4 .681 .228 .096 12.8
162 Game Avg. 551 366 65 4.7 103 .285 .279 .268 .367 .352 .376 .391 .742 .744 100 .518 1 0 .681 .228 .096 4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 22 NYY AL WS BRO W 4 4 3 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.667 2.667 5 0 0 0 0 0
1949 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 4 14 12 4 6 1 2 0 5 0 0 2 2 .500 .571 .917 1.488 11 0 0 0 0 0
1950 25 NYY AL WS PHI W 4 12 12 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 .917 7 0 0 0 0 0
1951 26 NYY AL WS NYG W 5 16 14 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .357 .438 .429 .866 6 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 17 46 41 9 18 5 3 0 9 0 0 5 3 .439 .500 .707 1.207 29 0 0 0 0 0
4 WS 17 46 41 9 18 5 3 0 9 0 0 5 3 .439 .500 .707 1.207 29 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1946 21 NYY AL 29 0.0% 0.0% 13.8% 3.5% 13% 0.00 24.0 83%
1947 22 NYY AL 175 0.6% 5.1% 12.0% 4.6% 18% 0.43 16.7 150.0 8.3 80%
1948 23 NYY AL 417 0.7% 3.8% 11.5% 6.5% 25% 0.33 22.7 121.0 7.6 1.09 82%
1949 24 NYY AL 384 1.6% 4.7% 9.9% 6.3% 25% 0.47 19.1 57.2 5.6 0.80 83%
1950 25 NYY AL 320 1.3% 5.6% 12.2% 3.1% 14% 0.46 15.4 69.3 7.5 0.91 80%
1951 26 NYY AL 369 1.6% 4.9% 12.7% 6.2% 27% 0.38 17.4 52.2 6.1 1.16 78%
1952 27 NYY AL 100 1.0% 6.0% 9.0% 3.0% 14% 0.67 14.8 89.0 6.4 1.58 82%
1954 29 NYY AL 69 1.5% 4.4% 11.6% 2.9% 15% 0.38 20.0 60.0 8.6 1.09 83%
8 Yrs 1863 1.2% 4.7% 11.5% 5.3% 22% 0.41 18.4 73.6 6.8 1.02 81%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.1% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.04 8.8 48.5 8.2 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 21 NYY AL 1.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 22 NYY AL 3.7 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 23 NYY AL 6.5 0.6 222 0.0 3.4 -3.4 .97 0.1 -0.1 3.0 0.3 0.94 0.2 1.77 11
1949 24 NYY AL -0.4 -0.0 330 1.6 6.4 -4.9 .96 0.7 0.9 18.6 1.8 1.02 11.4 1.74 8
1950 25 NYY AL -6.8 -0.6 286 -1.2 3.5 -4.7 .90 -0.9 -0.4 -2.2 -0.2 1.01 -5.4 1.06 14
1951 26 NYY AL 4.6 0.5 345 1.6 6.8 -5.2 1.02 0.6 1.0 12.4 1.3 0.96 7.8 1.75 12
1952 27 NYY AL -2.4 -0.2 103 0.4 2.3 -1.9 1.09 0.3 0.0 1.7 0.2 1.03 3.3 2.13 4
1954 29 NYY AL -2.8 -0.3 70 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 .76 -0.2 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.99 -1.4 1.18 9
8 Yrs 3.7 0.4 1356 2.2 23.2 -21.0 .96 0.6 1.7 31.4 3.1 0.99 15.8 1.53 58

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 23 NYY AL 5 0 38% 101 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 40% 16 12 4 8 4 3 11 4 7
1949 24 NYY AL 4 0 42% 140 4 3 57% 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 3 53% 25 14 11 4 3 1 16 3 12
1950 25 NYY AL 4 0 26% 106 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 52% 19 11 7 1 0 1 7 1 6
1951 26 NYY AL 3 0 30% 147 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 28 24 3 2 0 2 17 2 14
1952 27 NYY AL 3 0 16% 42 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14% 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1954 29 NYY AL 0 0 20% 25 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 2
8 Yrs 19 0 32% 561 9 10 47% 7 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 20 7 45% 95 68 25 16 7 8 55 11 42

Situational Hitting*

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
1948 23 NYY AL 417 94% 109 11 2 0 0 1.77 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 100% 51 7 14% 19 8 42% 135 19 14% 14 5 36% 7 4 57% 0
1949 24 NYY AL 384 88% 97 8 3 0 2 1.74 6 0 13 5 1 6 0 1 1 0 0% 80 9 11% 26 13 50% 246 54 22% 35 22 63% 13 7 54% 0
1950 25 NYY AL 320 84% 74 14 2 0 0 1.06 4 0 9 2 0 2 2 0 4 3 75% 78 12 15% 30 13 43% 212 30 14% 21 12 57% 9 3 33% 0
1951 26 NYY AL 369 85% 84 12 3 0 0 1.75 6 0 7 5 1 3 3 0 7 6 86% 84 4 5% 29 14 48% 235 40 17% 26 12 46% 17 8 47% 0
1952 27 NYY AL 100 80% 22 4 0 0 0 2.13 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 25 2 8% 10 5 50% 72 15 21% 9 6 67% 5 3 60% 0
1954 29 NYY AL 69 91% 13 9 3 0 3 1.18 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 3 20% 5 3 60% 49 7 14% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
8 Yrs 1659 87% 452 58 13 0 5 1.53 22 0 38 15 2 16 5 1 17 18 106% 333 43 13% 119 56 47% 949 165 17% 109 59 54% 52 25 48% 0
MLB Averages 50% 128% 16% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1946 21 7 29 24 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .333 .429 .375 .804 125 9 2 0 1
1947 22 76 204 174 22 53 7 1 1 19 0 2 25 9 .305 .395 .374 .769 115 65 6 1 4
1948 23 189 621 537 84 162 26 6 4 67 0 3 73 25 .302 .387 .395 .782 112 212 13 2 8
1949 24 293 1005 880 145 259 40 10 10 128 4 6 111 43 .294 .377 .397 .773 107 349 22 5 8
1950 25 388 1325 1157 178 333 44 12 14 165 7 7 150 61 .288 .372 .383 .755 101 443 34 6 11
1951 26 491 1694 1470 222 417 59 14 20 216 8 8 197 79 .284 .372 .384 .755 103 564 38 9 17
1952 27 520 1794 1559 228 439 61 14 21 230 9 9 206 85 .282 .369 .379 .748 101 591 40 10 18
1953 28 520 1794 1559 228 439 61 14 21 230 9 9 206 85 .282 .369 .379 .748 101 591 40 10 18
1954 29 548 1863 1619 233 452 62 14 22 237 9 10 214 88 .279 .367 .376 .742 100 608 43 10 18 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1946 21 7 31 26 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 .346 .433 .385 .818 4 7
1947 22 72 185 158 23 49 7 1 1 20 0 23 9 .310 .401 .386 .787 24 69
1948 23 118 428 375 61 110 19 5 3 47 0 48 17 .293 .375 .395 .770 55 113
1949 24 109 396 355 60 98 14 4 6 60 4 38 19 .276 .351 .389 .740 48 104
1950 25 99 326 284 31 72 4 2 4 35 3 38 19 .254 .344 .324 .668 31 95
1951 26 108 387 329 46 88 16 2 6 54 1 49 19 .267 .367 .383 .750 46 103
1952 27 30 107 95 7 25 2 0 1 17 1 10 6 .263 .340 .316 .655 10 29
1954 29 29 74 64 6 15 1 0 1 8 0 9 3 .234 .324 .297 .621 6 28
8 Yrs 572 1934 1686 235 466 64 14 22 242 9 219 92 .276 .363 .370 .733 224 548
162 Game Avg. 162 548 478 67 132 18 4 6 69 3 62 26 .276 .363 .370 .733 63 548

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1946 AL  born 1924-10-25 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1094), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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