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Brant Brown

Brant Michael Brown

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 22, 1971 in Porterville, CA
High School: Monache (Porterville, CA)
School: California State University, Fresno
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1996
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Marlins 1996-2000

Final Game: August 29, 2000
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Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1992	21	CHC-min	A	70	281	248	28	68	14	0	3	27	3	4	24	49	.274	.335	.367	.701		91	4	1	3	5	2	PEO · MIDW
1993	22	CHC-min	A+,AA	103	404	377	43	126	19	10	7	56	10	8	17	57	.334	.370	.493	.863		186	7	5	4	1	1	DYT,ORL · FLOR,SOUL
1994	23	CHC-min	AA	127	514	470	54	127	30	6	5	37	11	15	37	86	.270	.330	.391	.722		184	10	5	2	0	3	ORL · SOUL
1995	24	CHC-min	AA	121	502	446	67	121	27	4	6	53	8	5	39	77	.271	.332	.390	.722		174	6	3	11	3	2	ORL · SOUL
1996	25	CHC-min	AAA	94	364	342	48	104	25	3	10	43	6	6	19	65	.304	.346	.482	.829		165	10	3	0	0	1	IWA · AA
1996	25	CHC	NL	29	73	69	11	21	1	0	5	9	3	3	2	17	.304	.329	.536	.865	121	37	1	1	0	1	1	3
1997	26	CHC-min	AAA	71	291	256	51	77	19	3	16	51	6	6	31	44	.301	.379	.586	.965		150	5	2	1	1	2	IWA · AA
1997	26	CHC	NL	46	148	137	15	32	7	1	5	15	2	1	7	28	.234	.286	.409	.694	78	56	2	3	1	0	0	73
1998	27	CHC-min	AAA	3	11	11	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.364	.364	.364	.727		4	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · PCL
1998	27	CHC	NL	124	380	347	56	101	17	7	14	48	4	5	30	95	.291	.348	.501	.850	118	174	1	1	1	1	2	87/3
1999	28	PIT	NL	130	371	341	49	79	20	3	16	58	3	4	22	114	.232	.283	.449	.732	81	153	4	4	0	4	3	98/3D
2000	29	TOT	NL	95	178	162	11	28	7	0	5	16	3	1	13	62	.173	.237	.309	.546	39	50	3	1	1	1	0	73/89
2000	29	FLA	NL	41	76	73	4	14	6	0	2	6	1	0	3	33	.192	.224	.356	.580	47	26	1	0	0	0	0	/739
2000	29	CHC	NL	54	102	89	7	14	1	0	3	10	2	1	10	29	.157	.248	.270	.517	33	24	2	1	1	1	0	7/839
2001	30	STL-MIL-min	AAA	102	381	342	52	83	12	2	9	32	3	3	33	107	.243	.315	.368	.683		126	1	3	3	0	2	MEM,INA · PCL,IL
5 Seasons				424	1150	1056	142	261	52	11	45	146	15	14	74	316	.247	.301	.445	.746	89	470	11	10	3	7	6
162 Game Avg.				162	439	403	54	100	20	4	17	56	6	5	28	121	.247	.301	.445	.746	89	180	4	4	1	3	2

CHC (4 yrs)				253	703	642	89	168	26	8	27	82	11	10	49	169	.262	.319	.453	.772	98	291	6	6	3	3	3
PIT (1 yr)				130	371	341	49	79	20	3	16	58	3	4	22	114	.232	.283	.449	.732	81	153	4	4	0	4	3
FLA (1 yr)				41	76	73	4	14	6	0	2	6	1	0	3	33	.192	.224	.356	.580	47	26	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
1996	25	CHC	NL	73	3	-1	0	0	3	-1	2	6	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$	3
1997	26	CHC	NL	148	-5	0	1	0	-2	-2	4	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$155,000	73
1998	27	CHC	NL	380	9	-2	1	1	-2	0	11	18	1.8	20	2.1	-0.3	$180,000	87/3
1999	28	PIT	NL	371	-12	-1	2	2	-11	-3	11	-12	-1.2	-1	-0.1	-1.1	$290,000	98/3D
2000	29	FLA	NL	76	-7	0	0	0	-0	-1	2	-7	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$315,000	/739
2000	29	CHC	NL	102	-10	0	0	0	1	0	3	-7	-0.7	-7	-0.7	0.0	$	7/839
5 Seasons				1150	-22	-4	4	3	-12	-7	33	-6	-0.6	7	0.8	-1.4	$940,000

CHC (4 yrs)				703	-3	-3	2	1	-1	-3	20	13	1.3	14	1.5	-0.2	$335,000
PIT (1 yr)				371	-12	-1	2	2	-11	-3	11	-12	-1.2	-1	-0.1	-1.1	$290,000
FLA (1 yr)				76	-7	0	0	0	-0	-1	2	-7	-0.7	-6	-0.6	-0.1	$315,000

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
1998	27	CHC	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	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
1996	CHC	NL	25	1B	18	12	10	128.1	143	126	17	0	4	1.000	3	27	10.03	7.94	.992	9.61	9.56
1997	CHC	NL	26	LF	27	27	12	195.2	45	42	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-8	2.07	1.67	.980	1.95	1.93
1997	CHC	NL	26	OF	27	27	12	195.2	46	43	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-8	2.12	1.70	.980	2.13	2.12
1997	CHC	NL	26	1B	12	10	9	89.0	84	78	4	2	7	.976	-1	-16	8.29	6.83	.993	9.52	9.45
1998	CHC	NL	27	OF	102	73	48	703.1	188	180	1	7	0	.963	-1	-2	2.32	1.77	.980	2.17	2.16
1998	CHC	NL	27	CF	69	62	41	537.1	152	147	1	4	0	.974	1	2	2.48	2.14	.987	2.54	2.53
1998	CHC	NL	27	LF	48	11	7	166.0	35	32	0	3	0	.914	-2	-17	1.73	0.67	.975	1.89	1.88
1998	CHC	NL	27	1B	7	4	2	35.0	34	32	2	0	2	1.000	-1	-34	8.74	4.86	.993	9.46	9.41
1999	PIT	NL	28	OF	82	76	30	579.2	157	150	4	3	0	.981	-11	-24	2.39	1.88	.981	2.26	2.24
1999	PIT	NL	28	RF	59	55	21	419.1	119	115	4	0	0	1.000	-2	-5	2.55	2.02	.981	2.16	2.14
1999	PIT	NL	28	CF	23	21	9	160.1	38	35	0	3	0	.921	-10	-72	1.96	1.52	.984	2.63	2.61
1999	PIT	NL	28	1B	7	5	3	45.0	40	37	3	0	2	1.000	1	21	8.00	5.71	.993	9.20	9.13
1999	PIT	NL	28	DH	4	4
2000	TOT	NL	29	OF	41	21	10	200.2	51	50	0	1	0	.980	2	9	2.24	1.22	.981	2.24	2.22
2000	TOT	NL	29	LF	26	8	2	89.2	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	2	21	2.01	0.77	.976	1.92	1.90
2000	TOT	NL	29	1B	12	8	4	70.2	57	50	6	1	2	.982	-1	-20	7.13	4.67	.992	9.26	9.16
2000	TOT	NL	29	RF	8	4	2	35.0	5	4	0	1	0	.800	-1	-48	1.03	0.50	.980	2.19	2.16
2000	FLA	NL	29	OF	13	8	2	63.0	13	12	0	1	0	.923	-0	-8	1.71	0.92	.981	2.24	2.22
2000	FLA	NL	29	LF	8	4	0	32.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1	45	2.81	1.25	.976	1.91	1.90
2000	FLA	NL	29	1B	5	4	2	34.2	33	30	3	0	2	1.000	-0	-3	8.57	6.60	.992	9.27	9.16
2000	FLA	NL	29	RF	5	4	2	31.0	4	3	0	1	0	.750	-2	-62	0.87	0.60	.980	2.18	2.16
2000	CHC	NL	29	OF	28	13	8	137.2	38	38	0	0	0	1.000	2	17	2.48	1.36	.981	2.24	2.22
2000	CHC	NL	29	LF	18	4	2	57.2	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	0	8	1.56	0.56	.976	1.92	1.90
2000	CHC	NL	29	CF	9	9	6	76.0	27	27	0	0	0	1.000	1	21	3.20	3.00	.987	2.64	2.62
2000	CHC	NL	29	1B	7	4	2	36.0	24	20	3	1	0	.958	-1	-37	5.75	3.29	.992	9.25	9.16
2000	CHC	NL	29	RF	3	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	60	2.25	0.33	.980	2.25	2.17
	4 Seasons			OF	252	197	100	1679.1	442	423	8	11	0	.975	-13	-9	2.31	1.71	.980	2.21	2.19
	3 Seasons			CF	101	92	56	773.2	217	209	1	7	0	.968	-7	-11	2.44	2.08	.986	2.57	2.56
	3 Seasons			LF	101	46	21	451.1	100	94	3	3	0	.970	-2	-6	1.93	0.96	.977	1.92	1.90
	2 Seasons			RF	67	59	23	454.1	124	119	4	1	0	.992	-3	-8	2.44	1.84	.981	2.16	2.14
	5 Seasons			1B	56	39	28	368.0	358	323	32	3	17	.992	0	1	8.68	6.34	.992	9.46	9.38
	5 Seasons			TOT	308	236	128	2047.1	800	746	40	14	17	.983	-12	-7	3.46	2.55	.986	3.51	3.50
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1998 NL 7 (8th)

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1998 NL 7 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Matt Mieske (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Carmelo Castillo (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1992.
December 14, 1998: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jon Lieber.
December 13, 1999: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Florida Marlins for Bruce Aven.
June 9, 2000: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Texas Rangers for Chuck Smith.
June 9, 2000: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Martinez.
October 10, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
January 11, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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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
1997	26	Chicago Cubs	$155,000	1997 AP survey
1998	27	Chicago Cubs	$180,000	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	$290,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	29	Florida Marlins	$315,000	4/5/00 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$940,000

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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