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Bobby Brown

Rogers Lee Brown

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 25, 1954 in Norfolk, VA
High Schools: Northhampton HS (Eastville, VA), Northhampton HS (Cheriton, VA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 11th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1979 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Yankees/Mariners/BlueJays 1979-1985
Agents: Dick Moss [*]
Final Game: October 5, 1985 (Age 31)
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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 8/7D9
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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1979 25 TOR AL 4 12 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .442 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -2 /79
1979 25 NYY AL 30 71 -3 -0 0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 3 0 -0.0 .491 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 8/7D
1980 26 NYY AL 137 446 -3 2 1 1 -2 -1 0.0 15 14 1.5 .499 .499 1.4 -0.1 14 *879/D
1981 27 NYY AL 31 69 -3 0 -0 2 -1 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.0 .492 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 98/7D
1982 28 SEA AL 79 267 -9 3 0 5 -2 -3 -0.3 9 6 0.6 .496 .498 0.1 0.3 1 78/9D
1983 29 SDP NL 57 250 3 1 1 -1 -2 2 0.2 8 10 1.0 .504 .501 1.1 -0.3 11 7/8
1984 30 SDP NL 85 187 -4 3 0 1 -1 -2 -0.2 6 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.3 -0.1 4 798
1985 31 SDP NL 79 91 -10 -2 -0 -0 -0 -13 -1.5 3 -10 -1.2 .481 .491 -1.2 -0.1 -10 $150,000 9/87
7 Seasons 502 1393 -31 7 2 9 -10 -24 -2.5 47 24 2.1 .495 .498 1.1 -0.1 15 $150,000
SDP (3 yrs) 221 528 -12 2 1 -0 -4 -13 -1.5 18 5 0.3 .493 .497 0.2 -0.5 5 $150,000
NYY (3 yrs) 198 586 -9 2 1 4 -4 -6 -0.4 20 15 1.4 .497 .499 1.0 0.1 11
SEA (1 yr) 79 267 -9 3 0 5 -2 -3 -0.3 9 6 0.6 .496 .498 0.1 0.3 1
TOR (1 yr) 4 12 -2 0 0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .442 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -2

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
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
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 Yrs (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
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

Standard Fielding

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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
1979 TOT AL 25 OF 31 19 13 198.0 67 64 0 3 0 .955 1 5 2.91 2.06 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 TOT AL 25 LF 9 7 3 61.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0 8 2.51 1.89 .980 2.21 2.20
1979 TOR AL 25 OF 4 3 3 30.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 2.40 2.00 .981 2.46 2.42
1979 TOR AL 25 LF 2 1 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -28 2.08 1.50 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 TOR AL 25 RF 2 2 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 2.65 2.50 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 NYY AL 25 OF 27 16 10 168.0 59 56 0 3 0 .949 1 7 3.00 2.07 .981 2.46 2.43
1979 NYY AL 25 CF 20 10 8 120.0 46 43 0 3 0 .935 0 3 3.22 2.15 .983 2.92 2.88
1979 NYY AL 25 LF 7 6 2 48.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.62 2.00 .980 2.21 2.20
1979 NYY AL 25 DH 2 0
1980 NYY AL 26 OF 131 103 97 992.1 319 303 7 9 0 .972 1 1 2.81 2.37 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 NYY AL 26 CF 81 79 76 714.2 245 233 4 8 1 .967 1 2 2.98 2.93 .983 2.92 2.91
1980 NYY AL 26 LF 28 11 10 135.2 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -2 -20 2.19 1.18 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 NYY AL 26 RF 25 13 11 142.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 2 15 2.35 1.48 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 NYY AL 26 DH 1 0
1981 NYY AL 27 OF 29 15 13 166.1 59 54 2 3 0 .949 2 15 3.03 1.93 .983 2.48 2.47
1981 NYY AL 27 RF 14 6 4 59.1 13 9 2 2 0 .846 -2 -40 1.67 0.79 .980 2.15 2.15
1981 NYY AL 27 CF 11 7 7 81.0 39 39 0 0 0 1.000 4 58 4.33 3.55 .988 2.90 2.89
1981 NYY AL 27 LF 6 2 2 26.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 0 9 2.08 1.00 .979 2.39 2.38
1981 NYY AL 27 DH 2 0
1982 SEA AL 28 OF 68 61 56 557.0 158 148 5 5 1 .968 5 11 2.47 2.25 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 SEA AL 28 LF 51 43 41 397.0 107 98 6 3 1 .972 4 12 2.36 2.04 .981 2.29 2.28
1982 SEA AL 28 CF 14 14 12 126.0 40 38 0 2 0 .950 -2 -14 2.71 2.71 .985 2.84 2.83
1982 SEA AL 28 RF 4 4 3 34.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 2 85 3.44 3.25 .981 2.28 2.25
1982 SEA AL 28 DH 3 0
1983 SDP NL 29 OF 54 54 38 470.1 108 103 1 4 0 .963 -1 -2 1.99 1.93 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 SDP NL 29 LF 52 52 36 449.1 98 94 0 4 0 .959 -1 -2 1.88 1.81 .977 2.03 2.02
1983 SDP NL 29 CF 4 2 2 21.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 6 2.57 1.50 .983 2.79 2.78
1984 SDP NL 30 OF 53 35 24 349.2 105 100 2 3 0 .971 1 3 2.63 1.92 .979 2.27 2.26
1984 SDP NL 30 LF 27 19 15 172.0 61 57 2 2 0 .967 5 33 3.09 2.19 .971 2.03 2.02
1984 SDP NL 30 RF 16 4 3 77.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -2 -33 1.64 0.88 .979 2.07 2.06
1984 SDP NL 30 CF 13 12 6 100.2 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -21 2.32 2.00 .987 2.71 2.70
1985 SDP NL 31 OF 28 6 6 102.1 22 20 2 0 2 1.000 -0 -1 1.93 0.79 .979 2.20 2.20
1985 SDP NL 31 RF 11 2 2 35.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -10 1.29 0.45 .978 2.01 2.01
1985 SDP NL 31 CF 9 2 2 36.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 2.25 1.00 .981 2.65 2.66
1985 SDP NL 31 LF 9 2 2 31.1 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 1 27 2.59 1.00 .977 1.92 1.92
7 Seasons OF 394 293 247 2836.0 838 792 19 27 3 .968 9 4 2.57 2.06 .980 2.40 2.39
7 Seasons LF 182 136 109 1272.1 333 312 10 11 2 .967 7 7 2.28 1.77 .978 2.16 2.16
7 Seasons CF 152 126 113 1199.1 411 394 4 13 1 .968 2 2 2.99 2.62 .984 2.88 2.86
6 Seasons RF 72 31 25 364.1 88 80 5 3 1 .966 0 0 2.10 1.18 .978 2.13 2.11
7 Seasons TOT 394 293 247 2836.0 838 792 19 27 3 .968 9 4 2.57 2.06 .980 2.40 2.39
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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

SB % s c a p y
1982 AL  82.35 (6th)
Career  76.39 (122nd)

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

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 AL  8 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1980 AL  9 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1984 NL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1980 AL  2.93 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2559), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (368th), 2.1 career WAR/3.2 7yr-peak WAR/2.7 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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  5. Jim Dwyer (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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/Other Sources
198228New York Yankees$90,0001983 TSN GuidePlayer loss; asked $175K
198531San Diego Padres$150,0001985 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$240,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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