Bobby Brown
Rogers Lee Brown
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 24, 1954 in Eastville, VA
High School: Northhampton (Eastville, VA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1979
Final Game: October 5, 1985
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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
1979 25 TOT AL 34 83 78 8 17 3 1 0 3 2 1 4 18 .218 .256 .282 .538 47 22 0 0 1 0 0 8/79D
1979 25 TOR AL 4 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1979 25 NYY AL 30 71 68 7 17 3 1 0 3 2 1 2 17 .250 .271 .324 .595 62 22 0 0 1 0 0 8/7D
1980 26 NYY AL 137 446 412 65 107 12 5 14 47 27 8 29 82 .260 .306 .415 .721 98 171 8 0 2 3 4 *879/D
1981 27 NYY AL 31 69 62 5 14 1 0 0 6 4 2 5 15 .226 .279 .242 .521 53 15 1 0 1 1 0 98/7D
1982 28 SEA AL 79 267 245 29 59 7 1 4 17 28 6 17 32 .241 .288 .327 .614 67 80 3 0 3 2 2 78/9D
1983 29 SDP NL 57 250 225 40 60 5 3 5 22 27 9 23 38 .267 .333 .382 .716 101 86 1 0 1 1 0 7/8
1984 30 SDP NL 85 187 171 28 43 7 2 3 29 16 4 11 33 .251 .292 .368 .660 85 63 6 0 2 3 0 798
1985 31 SDP NL 79 91 84 8 13 3 0 0 6 6 4 5 20 .155 .200 .190 .390 11 16 2 0 1 1 0 9/87
7 Seasons 502 1393 1277 183 313 38 12 26 130 110 34 94 238 .245 .295 .355 .649 80 453 21 0 11 11 6
162 Game Avg. 162 450 412 59 101 12 4 8 42 35 11 30 77 .245 .295 .355 .649 80 146 7 0 4 4 2
SDP (3 yrs) 221 528 480 76 116 15 5 8 57 49 17 39 91 .242 .296 .344 .640 80 165 9 0 4 5 0
NYY (3 yrs) 198 586 542 77 138 16 6 14 56 33 11 36 114 .255 .299 .384 .683 89 208 9 0 4 4 4
SEA (1 yr) 79 267 245 29 59 7 1 4 17 28 6 17 32 .241 .288 .327 .614 67 80 3 0 3 2 2
TOR (1 yr) 4 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 281 865 797 107 197 23 7 18 73 61 17 55 147 .247 .294 .361 .655 80 288 12 0 7 6 6
NL (3 yrs) 221 528 480 76 116 15 5 8 57 49 17 39 91 .242 .296 .344 .640 80 165 9 0 4 5 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
1979 25 TOT AL 83 63 6 2.5 100 .283 .218 .268 .256 .332 .282 .405 .538 .737 47 .244 -6.0 -0.6 .435 .128 .064 .0
1979 25 TOR AL 12 10 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .167 .334 .000 .408 .167 .743 -50 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .200 .200 .000
1979 25 NYY AL 71 53 6 3.0 100 .333 .250 .267 .271 .332 .324 .405 .595 .736 62 .307 -3.9 -0.4 .481 .118 .074 .0
1980 26 NYY AL 446 326 52 4.3 97 .292 .260 .267 .306 .329 .415 .396 .721 .724 98 .469 -2.9 -0.3 .682 .272 .155 18.4
1981 27 NYY AL 69 53 5 2.5 87 .292 .226 .254 .279 .318 .242 .369 .521 .687 53 .294 -3.6 -0.4 .431 .129 .016 .0
1982 28 SEA AL 267 200 25 3.4 101 .261 .241 .268 .288 .332 .327 .408 .614 .739 67 .361 -11.8 -1.2 .610 .245 .086 7.0
1983 29 SDP NL 250 177 31 4.7 94 .301 .267 .260 .333 .328 .382 .385 .716 .712 101 .548 -0.1 -0.0 .726 .298 .116 8.4
1984 30 SDP NL 187 143 18 3.4 94 .290 .251 .263 .292 .328 .368 .383 .660 .711 85 .405 -3.8 -0.4 .623 .251 .117 5.1
1985 31 SDP NL 91 79 3 1.0 94 .200 .155 .259 .200 .327 .190 .386 .390 .712 11 .071 -10.1 -1.0 .299 .119 .036 .0
7 Seasons 1393 1041 140 3.6 96 .280 .245 .264 .295 .329 .355 .393 .649 .722 80 .409 -38.3 -3.9 .611 .243 .110 42.1
162 Game Avg. 450 336 45 3.6 96 .280 .245 .264 .295 .329 .355 .393 .649 .722 80 .409 -38.3 -3.9 .611 .243 .110 14
SDP (3 yrs) 528 399 52 3.5 94 .280 .242 .261 .296 .328 .344 .384 .640 .712 80 .417 -14.0 -1.5 .605 .250 .102 13.8
NYY (3 yrs) 586 432 63 3.9 96 .297 .255 .265 .299 .328 .384 .394 .683 .722 89 .432 -10.4 -1.0 .627 .236 .129 19.7
SEA (1 yr) 267 200 25 3.4 101 .261 .241 .268 .288 .332 .327 .408 .614 .739 67 .361 -11.8 -1.2 .610 .245 .086 7.0
TOR (1 yr) 12 10 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .167 .334 .000 .408 .167 .743 -50 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .200 .200 .000
AL (4 yrs) 865 642 88 3.7 98 .281 .247 .266 .294 .329 .361 .398 .655 .727 80 .403 -24.3 -2.4 .615 .238 .114 27.8
NL (3 yrs) 528 399 52 3.5 94 .280 .242 .261 .296 .328 .344 .384 .640 .712 80 .417 -14.0 -1.5 .605 .250 .102 13.8

Postseason Batting

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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
1980 26 NYY AL ALCS KCR L 3 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 NYY AL ALDS MIL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 NYY AL ALCS OAK W 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 NYY AL WS LAD L 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 30 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 30 SDP NL WS DET L 5 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .067 .063 .067 .129 1 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons (6 Series) 19 34 31 6 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 9 .065 .118 .065 .182 2 0 0 0 1 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 6 12 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 17 16 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .063 .059 .063 .121 1 0 0 0 1 0

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
1979 25 TOT AL 83 0.0% 21.7% 4.8% 4.8% 24% 4.50 4.3 26.0 0.75 72%
1979 25 TOR AL 12 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0.50 10.0 2.00 75%
1979 25 NYY AL 71 0.0% 23.9% 2.8% 5.6% 24% 8.50 4.0 22.7 0.57 72%
1980 26 NYY AL 446 3.1% 18.4% 6.5% 7.0% 29% 2.83 5.0 29.4 8.8 0.90 72%
1981 27 NYY AL 69 0.0% 21.7% 7.3% 1.5% 7% 3.00 4.1 10.3 1.33 70%
1982 28 SEA AL 267 1.5% 12.0% 6.4% 4.5% 20% 1.88 7.7 61.3 14.4 0.97 79%
1983 29 SDP NL 250 2.0% 15.2% 9.2% 5.2% 22% 1.65 5.9 45.0 10.2 0.76 73%
1984 30 SDP NL 187 1.6% 17.7% 5.9% 6.4% 28% 3.00 5.2 57.0 5.9 1.06 74%
1985 31 SDP NL 91 0.0% 22.0% 5.5% 3.3% 23% 4.00 4.2 14.0 1.45 71%
7 Seasons 1393 1.9% 17.1% 6.8% 5.5% 24% 2.53 5.4 49.1 9.8 0.95 74%
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
1979 25 TOT AL 2 0 38% 28 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1979 25 TOR AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 25 NYY AL 2 0 37% 26 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1
1980 26 NYY AL 5 0 42% 146 27 8 77% 27 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 14 54% 21 14 7 3 2 1 17 3 14
1981 27 NYY AL 1 0 26% 30 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 83% 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2
1982 28 SEA AL 7 0 35% 100 28 6 82% 23 5 5 1 0 0 5 4 3 4 46% 13 7 6 3 1 2 10 5 4
1983 29 SDP NL 5 0 45% 97 27 9 75% 26 9 1 0 0 0 4 4 3 11 36% 9 8 1 2 2 0 11 4 7
1984 30 SDP NL 1 0 49% 61 16 4 80% 16 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 71% 8 4 4 0 0 0 6 0 6
1985 31 SDP NL 0 0 44% 39 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 2 30% 4 3 0 1 1 0 5 2 3
7 Seasons 21 0 41% 501 110 34 76% 104 31 6 3 0 0 18 15 17 44 50% 59 38 20 11 6 5 53 15 37
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
1979 25 TOT AL 83 100% 17 2 0 0 0 1.67 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 0 0% 5 1 20% 40 3 8% 2 1 50% 7 1 14% 0
1979 25 TOR AL 12 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1979 25 NYY AL 71 100% 17 2 0 0 0 1.67 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 5 1 20% 30 3 10% 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 0
1980 26 NYY AL 446 100% 107 5 0 0 0 1.56 14 0 11 12 2 9 5 0 5 2 40% 95 8 8% 45 13 29% 294 34 12% 21 10 48% 27 8 30% 0
1981 27 NYY AL 69 100% 14 1 0 0 0 0.29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 13 1 8% 7 2 29% 47 6 13% 4 3 75% 5 1 20% 0
1982 28 SEA AL 267 100% 59 6 2 0 1 1.69 4 0 6 2 2 1 3 0 3 3 100% 47 3 6% 24 11 46% 129 14 11% 9 6 67% 8 4 50% 0
1983 29 SDP NL 250 100% 60 2 1 0 0 3.46 5 1 6 4 1 4 1 0 1 1 100% 35 1 3% 13 4 31% 95 17 18% 5 3 60% 6 5 83% 0
1984 30 SDP NL 187 100% 43 24 9 0 7 1.84 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 42 6 14% 24 9 38% 131 27 21% 15 9 60% 15 7 47% 0
1985 31 SDP NL 91 100% 13 44 8 0 3 1.19 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 2 12% 8 3 38% 58 6 10% 4 1 25% 10 4 40% 0
7 Seasons 1393 100% 313 84 20 0 11 1.49 26 1 32 21 5 15 11 0 15 11 73% 261 21 8% 126 43 34% 794 107 13% 60 33 55% 78 30 38% 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
1979 25 34 83 78 8 17 3 1 0 3 2 1 4 18 .218 .256 .282 .538 47 22 0 0 1 0 0
1980 26 171 529 490 73 124 15 6 14 50 29 9 33 100 .253 .298 .394 .692 90 193 8 0 3 3 4
1981 27 202 598 552 78 138 16 6 14 56 33 11 38 115 .250 .296 .377 .673 86 208 9 0 4 4 4
1982 28 281 865 797 107 197 23 7 18 73 61 17 55 147 .247 .294 .361 .655 80 288 12 0 7 6 6
1983 29 338 1115 1022 147 257 28 10 23 95 88 26 78 185 .251 .303 .366 .669 85 374 13 0 8 7 6
1984 30 423 1302 1193 175 300 35 12 26 124 104 30 89 218 .251 .301 .366 .667 85 437 19 0 10 10 6
1985 31 502 1393 1277 183 313 38 12 26 130 110 34 94 238 .245 .295 .355 .649 80 453 21 0 11 11 6

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 25 34 83 79 8 18 3 1 0 3 2 4 18 .228 .265 .291 .556 6 34
1980 26 137 449 416 70 111 12 5 15 50 28 30 82 .267 .314 .428 .742 56 137
1981 27 47 106 96 8 23 2 0 0 10 7 8 23 .240 .292 .260 .553 8 31
1982 28 79 269 249 30 63 7 1 4 17 30 18 32 .253 .301 .337 .638 26 79
1983 29 57 260 233 45 68 6 3 6 25 31 26 38 .292 .362 .421 .782 35 57
1984 30 85 188 173 31 45 7 2 3 32 17 12 33 .260 .303 .376 .679 20 85
1985 31 79 89 83 8 12 3 0 0 6 6 5 20 .145 .191 .181 .372 3 79
7 Seasons 518 1444 1329 200 340 40 12 28 143 121 103 246 .256 .307 .367 .674 154 502
162 Game Avg. 162 452 416 63 106 13 4 9 45 38 32 77 .256 .307 .367 .674 48 502

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1980 AL  27 (9th)
1982 AL  28 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1980 AL  18.4 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1814), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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