Chris Brown
John Christopher Brown
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 15, 1961 in Jackson, MS
High School: Crenshaw (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1984
Final Game: May 16, 1989
Died: December 26, 2006 in Houston, TX
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 SFG NL 22 3B 23 23 200.0 70 23 40 7 3 .900 -4.8 -28.8 -4.8 -0.3 -4.5 0 2.84 2.74 .946 2.79 2.36
1985 SFG NL 23 3B 120 120 1020.1 347 94 243 10 15 .971 0.3 0.4 1.3 -2.0 3.3 -1 2.97 2.81 .947 2.88 2.47 RoY-4
1986 SFG NL 24 3B 111 111 951.0 268 73 177 18 17 .933 -0.6 -0.8 -0.6 -5.1 4.5 0 2.37 2.25 .947 2.72 2.20 AS
1986 SFG NL 24 SS 2 0 6.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.8 160.0 0.8 0.2 0.6 0 6.00 2.00 .950 4.80 3.95 AS
1987 TOT NL 25 3B 80 78 665.4 208 60 132 16 17 .923 -3.7 -6.7 -4.7 -1.0 -3.7 1 2.60 2.40 .952 2.82 2.34
1987 SFG NL 25 3B 37 36 306.2 105 33 62 10 5 .905 -3.8 -14.9 -3.8 -2.7 -1.1 0 2.79 2.57 .953 2.82 2.34
1987 SFG NL 25 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.90
1987 SDP NL 25 3B 43 42 358.2 103 27 70 6 12 .942 0.1 0.3 -0.9 1.7 -2.6 1 2.43 2.26 .951 2.82 2.34
1988 SDP NL 26 3B 72 70 591.1 195 54 131 10 15 .949 2.7 5.5 1.7 -1.9 3.6 1 2.82 2.57 .947 2.77 2.35
1989 DET AL 27 3B 17 17 134.0 44 15 25 4 4 .909 0.7 6.3 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 2.69 2.35 .945 2.73 2.34
6 Seasons 3B 423 419 3562.0 1132 319 748 65 71 .943 -5.4 -1.8 -6.4 -10.3 3.9 1 2.70 2.52 .948 2.80 2.34
2 Seasons SS 3 0 7.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.7 120.0 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 5.14 1.33 .950 4.76 3.93
6 Seasons TOT 426 419 3569.0 1136 319 752 65 71 .943 -4.7 -1.6 -5.7 -10.2 4.5 1 2.70 2.51 .890 2.80 2.35

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 SFG NL 22 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SFG NL 23 131 120 131 120 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1986 SFG NL 24 116 111 116 112 0 0 0 0 112 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1987 SDP NL 25 44 42 44 43 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 SFG NL 25 38 36 38 37 0 0 0 0 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 SDP NL 26 80 70 80 72 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1989 DET AL 27 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 449 419 449 424 0 0 0 0 424 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 4
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 SFG NL 22 934 61% 81% 26% 63 87% 2 23 13 2 8 40 34 5 0 2 7 0 6 1 5 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 100%
1985 SFG NL 23 4560 63% 76% 25% 321 97% 4 94 70 9 15 239 198 35 2 6 10 0 8 2 8 15 9 3 13 2 1 1 11 91%
1986 SFG NL 24 4137 51% 75% 28% 258 89% 5 70 51 2 17 181 153 18 2 5 18 2 14 2 13 17 12 0 12 2 0 1 12 75%
1987 SDP NL 25 1627 46% 76% 31% 105 86% 2 27 19 5 3 70 50 16 1 3 6 0 5 1 5 11 9 1 11 0 0 0 5 80%
1987 SFG NL 25 1366 51% 76% 29% 111 79% 1 33 23 5 5 63 51 10 0 2 10 0 10 0 10 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 9 67%
1988 SDP NL 26 2581 51% 78% 33% 191 87% 1 52 38 5 9 131 109 16 2 4 10 0 6 4 8 15 8 2 13 2 1 1 14 71%
1989 DET AL 27 591 57% 78% 27% 37 89% 2 15 8 2 5 25 20 2 2 4 4 0 3 1 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 100%
6 Seasons 15796 55% 76% 28% 1086 90% 17 314 222 30 62 749 615 102 9 26 65 2 52 11 51 70 45 6 56 10 3 6 53 77%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 28% 90% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1986 SFG NL 24 27 33% 78% 41% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SFG NL 25 4 50% 100% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 31 35% 81% 39% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 28% 92%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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