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Chris Brown

John Christopher Brown

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 15, 1961 in Jackson, MS
High School: Crenshaw HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1984 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Padres/Tigers 1984-1989
Agents: Eric Goldschmidt [*]
Final Game: May 16, 1989 (Age 27)
Died: December 26, 2006 in Houston, TX
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All-Star

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
1984 22 SFG NL 23 95 84 6 24 7 0 1 11 2 1 9 19 .286 .358 .405 .763 117 34 4 1 0 1 0 5
1985 23 SFG NL 131 482 432 50 117 20 3 16 61 2 3 38 78 .271 .345 .442 .787 124 191 19 11 1 0 4 *5 RoY-4
1986 24 SFG NL 116 463 416 57 132 16 3 7 49 13 9 33 43 .317 .376 .421 .796 125 175 9 9 0 5 4 *5/6 AS
1987 25 TOT NL 82 317 287 34 68 9 0 12 40 4 4 20 46 .237 .299 .394 .693 85 113 14 6 3 1 1 5/6
1987 25 SFG NL 38 144 132 17 32 6 0 6 17 1 3 9 16 .242 .306 .424 .730 95 56 7 3 0 0 1 5/6
1987 25 SDP NL 44 173 155 17 36 3 0 6 23 3 1 11 30 .232 .294 .368 .662 78 57 7 3 3 1 0 5
1988 26 SDP NL 80 274 247 14 58 6 0 2 19 0 0 19 49 .235 .295 .283 .579 68 70 9 3 3 2 3 5
1989 27 DET AL 17 59 57 3 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .193 .203 .246 .449 28 14 3 0 0 1 0 5
6 Yrs 449 1690 1523 164 410 61 6 38 184 21 17 120 252 .269 .333 .392 .725 104 597 58 30 7 10 12
162 Game Avg. 162 610 550 59 148 22 2 14 66 8 6 43 91 .269 .333 .392 .725 104 215 21 11 3 4 4
SFG (4 yrs) 308 1184 1064 130 305 49 6 30 138 18 16 89 156 .287 .353 .429 .782 120 456 39 24 1 6 9
SDP (2 yrs) 124 447 402 31 94 9 0 8 42 3 1 30 79 .234 .295 .316 .611 72 127 16 6 6 3 3
DET (1 yr) 17 59 57 3 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .193 .203 .246 .449 28 14 3 0 0 1 0
NL (5 yrs) 432 1631 1466 161 399 58 6 38 180 21 17 119 235 .272 .337 .398 .735 107 583 55 30 7 9 12
AL (1 yr) 17 59 57 3 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 17 .193 .203 .246 .449 28 14 3 0 0 1 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
1984 22 SFG NL 23 95 3 -0 -1 -5 0 -3 -0.3 3 1 0.0 .488 .498 0.6 -0.5 5 5
1985 23 SFG NL 131 482 13 -2 -2 0 2 11 1.2 16 27 2.9 .509 .507 2.8 0.2 27 $60,000 *5 RoY-4
1986 24 SFG NL 116 463 15 -3 1 0 2 16 1.6 16 31 3.2 .515 .510 3.2 0.2 31 $155,000 *5/6 AS
1987 25 SFG NL 38 144 -1 -2 -1 -4 1 -8 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .479 .495 0.1 -0.3 1 5/6
1987 25 SDP NL 44 173 -3 0 -0 0 1 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .493 .498 0.2 0.1 3 $215,000 5
1988 26 SDP NL 80 274 -9 0 -1 3 1 -6 -0.8 9 3 0.2 .491 .496 -0.1 0.4 1 $265,000 5
1989 27 DET AL 17 59 -6 -0 -0 1 0 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .463 .496 -0.5 0.1 -4 $277,500 5
6 Seasons 449 1690 13 -7 -5 -5 6 1 0.1 58 59 5.9 .500 .500 6.1 0.1 64 $972,500
SFG (4 yrs) 308 1184 31 -8 -3 -8 4 16 1.8 40 56 5.9 .506 .503 6.6 -0.5 65 $215,000
SDP (2 yrs) 124 447 -12 1 -2 3 1 -9 -1.1 15 6 0.5 .492 .497 0.1 0.5 3 $480,000
DET (1 yr) 17 59 -6 -0 -0 1 0 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .463 .496 -0.5 0.1 -4 $277,500

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
1984 22 SFG NL 95 66 12 4.9 91 .354 .286 .260 .358 .324 .405 .378 .763 .702 117 .571 2.5 0.2 .692 .238 .119 1.3
1985 23 SFG NL 482 338 61 4.9 91 .299 .271 .254 .345 .321 .442 .379 .787 .700 124 .566 13.4 1.4 .709 .257 .171 3.6
1986 24 SFG NL 463 307 65 5.7 93 .337 .317 .256 .376 .325 .421 .385 .796 .710 125 .626 14.9 1.5 .732 .192 .103 9.1
1987 25 TOT NL 317 241 30 3.3 102 .243 .237 .264 .299 .333 .394 .412 .693 .745 85 .344 -6.7 -0.7 .586 .226 .157 6.0
1987 25 SFG NL 144 110 14 3.4 102 .236 .242 .264 .306 .333 .424 .412 .730 .745 95 .354 -1.4 -0.1 .600 .235 .182 1.7
1987 25 SDP NL 173 131 16 3.3 102 .250 .232 .264 .294 .333 .368 .412 .662 .745 78 .337 -5.4 -0.5 .575 .219 .135 4.0
1988 26 SDP NL 274 203 20 2.7 89 .283 .235 .255 .295 .319 .283 .375 .579 .693 68 .323 -10.0 -1.1 .465 .126 .049 .0
1989 27 DET AL 59 50 2 1.1 92 .268 .193 .258 .203 .323 .246 .380 .449 .703 28 .072 -5.5 -0.6 .306 .070 .053
6 Yrs 1690 1205 190 4.2 93 .299 .269 .257 .333 .324 .392 .386 .725 .710 104 .494 8.6 0.8 .632 .204 .123 27.1
162 Game Avg. 610 435 69 4.2 93 .299 .269 .257 .333 .324 .392 .386 .725 .710 104 .494 3 0 .632 .204 .123 10
SFG (4 yrs) 1184 821 152 5.0 93 .311 .287 .256 .353 .324 .429 .385 .782 .710 120 .567 29.4 3.0 .701 .227 .142 22.5
SDP (2 yrs) 447 334 36 2.9 94 .270 .234 .259 .295 .324 .316 .389 .611 .713 72 .329 -15.3 -1.6 .508 .162 .082 4.4
DET (1 yr) 59 50 2 1.1 92 .268 .193 .258 .203 .323 .246 .380 .449 .703 28 .072 -5.5 -0.6 .306 .070 .053
NL (5 yrs) 1631 1155 188 4.4 93 .300 .272 .257 .337 .324 .398 .386 .735 .711 107 .509 14.1 1.4 .646 .209 .126 27.1
AL (1 yr) 59 50 2 1.1 92 .268 .193 .258 .203 .323 .246 .380 .449 .703 28 .072 -5.5 -0.6 .306 .070 .053

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 SFG NL 24 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 2 1 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
1984 22 SFG NL 95 1.1% 20.0% 9.5% 8.4% 33% 2.11 4.4 84.0 7.6 1.32 68%
1985 23 SFG NL 482 3.3% 16.2% 7.9% 8.1% 33% 2.05 5.5 27.0 7.1 1.65 70%
1986 24 SFG NL 463 1.5% 9.3% 7.1% 5.6% 20% 1.30 9.7 59.4 8.5 1.32 80%
1987 25 TOT NL 317 3.8% 14.5% 6.3% 6.6% 31% 2.30 6.2 23.9 7.2 1.80 73%
1987 25 SFG NL 144 4.2% 11.1% 6.3% 8.3% 38% 1.78 8.3 22.0 7.8 1.70 76%
1987 25 SDP NL 173 3.5% 17.3% 6.4% 5.2% 25% 2.73 5.2 25.8 6.7 1.91 69%
1988 26 SDP NL 274 0.7% 17.9% 6.9% 2.9% 14% 2.58 5.0 123.5 13.0 1.41 2.00 72% 16% 4.0% 40%
1989 27 DET AL 59 0.0% 28.8% 1.7% 5.1% 27% 17.00 3.4 14.3 0.95 1.36 69% 20% 0.0% 14%
6 Yrs 1690 2.3% 14.9% 7.1% 6.2% 26% 2.10 6.0 40.1 8.3 1.32 1.60 74% 16% 2.9% 35%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.7% 8.5% 6.8% 30% 1.72 6.1 40.2 8.4 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.8% 29%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 22 SFG NL 2.5 0.2 98 0.1 1.7 -1.6 .98 0.2 -0.0 2.4 0.3 0.92 2.4 0
1985 23 SFG NL 13.4 1.4 492 2.1 11.6 -9.5 1.14 1.1 0.7 12.9 1.4 0.93 11.9 2.28 9
1986 24 SFG NL 14.9 1.5 497 2.5 9.9 -7.4 1.08 1.3 0.9 21.7 2.2 0.95 16.0 2.70 1
1987 25 TOT NL -6.7 -0.7 326 -2.0 5.3 -7.2 1.15 -0.9 -0.8 -5.4 -0.5 0.99 -6.8 2.99 3
1987 25 SFG NL -1.4 -0.1 149 -1.1 2.5 -3.6 1.19 -0.3 -0.6 -2.9 -0.3 0.97 -2.4 4.49 2
1987 25 SDP NL -5.4 -0.5 177 -0.9 2.7 -3.6 1.12 -0.6 -0.2 -2.5 -0.2 1.00 -4.4 0.00 1
1988 26 SDP NL -10.0 -1.1 279 -1.6 3.7 -5.3 1.10 -1.3 -0.2 -14.0 -1.5 0.97 -12.6 1.92 5
1989 27 DET AL -5.5 -0.6 60 -0.5 0.7 -1.1 .97 -0.7 0.2 -6.9 -0.7 1.00 -6.1 0
6 Yrs 8.6 0.8 1752 0.6 32.9 -32.3 1.11 -0.2 0.7 10.8 1.1 0.96 4.8 2.32 18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 22 SFG NL 2 0 15% 41 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 67% 5 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
1985 23 SFG NL 4 0 23% 190 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 2 8 33% 25 17 7 6 5 1 11 4 6
1986 24 SFG NL 7 0 30% 205 13 9 59% 13 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 0 4 1 4 13 36% 36 29 7 7 4 3 21 7 13
1987 25 TOT NL 5 0 27% 97 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 6 36% 21 13 8 4 3 0 6 3 3
1987 25 SFG NL 2 0 29% 47 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 14% 8 7 1 3 3 0 3 2 1
1987 25 SDP NL 3 0 25% 50 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 53% 13 6 7 1 0 0 3 1 2
1988 26 SDP NL 4 0 15% 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 47% 10 8 2 2 1 1 5 0 5
1989 27 DET AL 0 0 25% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 22 0 24% 659 21 17 55% 21 15 0 2 0 0 6 1 24 1 5 3 8 33 38% 100 71 28 20 14 5 46 14 30

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1984 22 SFG NL 95 18% 24 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 4 24% 7 3 43% 53 10 19% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1985 23 SFG NL 482 26% 117 9 3 0 2 2.28 16 1 7 11 5 5 11 0 1 1 100% 78 19 24% 35 5 14% 265 48 18% 22 9 41% 13 5 38% 0
1986 24 SFG NL 463 31% 132 1 0 0 0 2.70 7 0 9 4 3 3 4 0 0 0 92 9 10% 30 11 37% 274 43 16% 30 17 57% 12 5 42% 0
1987 25 TOT NL 317 35% 68 3 2 0 0 2.99 12 0 6 7 5 5 7 0 3 3 100% 68 14 21% 31 10 32% 208 28 13% 19 7 37% 14 7 50% 0
1987 25 SFG NL 144 31% 32 2 1 0 0 4.49 6 0 3 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 28 7 25% 13 3 23% 87 11 13% 6 3 50% 8 3 38% 0
1987 25 SDP NL 173 38% 36 1 1 0 0 0.00 6 0 3 1 5 3 3 0 3 3 100% 40 7 18% 18 7 39% 121 17 14% 13 4 31% 6 4 67% 0
1988 26 SDP NL 274 42% 58 6 0 5 0 0 0 1.92 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 100% 52 9 17% 25 9 36% 165 18 11% 10 5 50% 11 7 64% 0
1989 27 DET AL 59 39% 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 25% 6 2 33% 38 4 11% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
6 Yrs 1690 32% 410 8 0 18 5 0 2 2.32 38 1 34 24 14 14 24 0 7 7 100% 319 58 18% 134 40 30% 1003 151 15% 87 41 47% 53 27 51% 0
MLB Averages 60% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 SDP NL 274 957 3.49 634 66% 13% 23% 32% 32% 87% 3% 57% 74% 50% 3% 8 0 11% 31 17 4% 12 5 21% 0 0 0
1989 27 DET AL 59 209 3.54 149 71% 17% 26% 30% 28% 83% 0% 59% 69% 51% 0% 0 0 17% 10 7 7% 4 4 24% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 333 1166 3.50 783 67% 14% 23% 31% 31% 86% 3% 58% 73% 50% 2% 8 0 12% 41 24 5% 16 9 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

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
1984 22 23 95 84 6 24 7 0 1 11 2 1 9 19 .286 .358 .405 .763 117 34 4 1 0 1 0
1985 23 154 577 516 56 141 27 3 17 72 4 4 47 97 .273 .347 .436 .783 123 225 23 12 1 1 4
1986 24 270 1040 932 113 273 43 6 24 121 17 13 80 140 .293 .360 .429 .789 124 400 32 21 1 6 8
1987 25 352 1357 1219 147 341 52 6 36 161 21 17 100 186 .280 .346 .421 .767 115 513 46 27 4 7 9
1988 26 432 1631 1466 161 399 58 6 38 180 21 17 119 235 .272 .337 .398 .735 107 583 55 30 7 9 12
1989 27 449 1690 1523 164 410 61 6 38 184 21 17 120 252 .269 .333 .392 .725 104 597 58 30 7 10 12

Neutralized Batting

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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
1984 22 23 98 86 7 26 8 0 1 13 2 10 19 .302 .378 .430 .808 14 23
1985 23 131 496 442 57 127 22 3 17 70 2 41 78 .287 .364 .466 .830 72 131
1986 24 116 477 426 64 142 17 3 8 55 14 36 43 .333 .394 .444 .838 72 116
1987 25 82 318 288 35 69 9 0 12 41 4 20 46 .240 .302 .396 .697 33 82
1988 26 80 279 251 16 62 6 0 2 22 0 20 49 .247 .308 .295 .603 23 80
1989 27 17 59 57 3 11 3 0 0 4 0 1 17 .193 .203 .246 .449 3 17
6 Yrs 449 1727 1550 182 437 65 6 40 205 22 128 252 .282 .347 .409 .756 217 449
162 Game Avg. 162 623 559 66 158 23 2 14 74 8 46 91 .282 .347 .409 .756 78 449

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1986 *

Batting Average s c a p y
1986 NL  .317 (10th)**

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1985 NL  11 (1st)
1986 NL  9 (2nd)
1987 NL  6 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1985 NL  19 (7th)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1511), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2221), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (252nd), 5.9 career WAR/5.9 7yr-peak WAR/5.9 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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