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Gates Brown

William James Brown

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 2, 1939 in Crestline, OH
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1963
Team: Tigers 1963-1975

Final Game: September 26, 1975
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Standard Fielding

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
1963 DET AL 24 LF 17 12 10 119.0 38 35 3 0 1 1.000 1 12 2.87 2.24 .976 1.90 1.90
1963 DET AL 24 OF 16 12 10 119.0 38 35 3 0 1 1.000 1 12 2.87 2.38 .981 2.16 2.16
1964 DET AL 25 LF 106 101 90 904.2 211 204 3 4 0 .981 13 18 2.06 1.95 .975 1.81 1.80
1964 DET AL 25 OF 106 101 90 904.2 213 205 4 4 0 .981 13 18 2.08 1.97 .980 2.04 2.03
1965 DET AL 26 OF 56 51 39 451.0 112 108 1 3 0 .973 4 12 2.18 1.95 .978 2.04 2.03
1965 DET AL 26 LF 49 44 37 398.0 104 100 1 3 0 .971 6 18 2.28 2.06 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 DET AL 26 RF 7 7 2 53.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -36 1.02 0.86 .978 1.85 1.84
1966 DET AL 27 LF 43 34 27 320.0 53 48 4 1 1 .981 -2 -9 1.46 1.21 .980 1.83 1.82
1966 DET AL 27 OF 43 34 27 320.0 51 46 4 1 1 .980 -2 -9 1.41 1.16 .982 2.10 2.10
1967 DET AL 28 LF 20 17 6 127.1 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -14 1.55 1.10 .976 1.87 1.87
1967 DET AL 28 OF 20 17 6 127.1 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -14 1.63 1.15 .980 2.05 2.06
1968 DET AL 29 LF 17 16 5 116.1 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1 14 1.47 1.12 .978 1.85 1.84
1968 DET AL 29 OF 17 16 5 116.1 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 1 14 1.47 1.12 .981 2.08 2.07
1968 DET AL 29 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 13.50 3.00 .990 9.45 9.50
1969 DET AL 30 LF 14 14 6 105.0 32 28 1 3 0 .906 0 5 2.49 2.07 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 DET AL 30 OF 14 14 6 105.0 32 28 1 3 0 .906 0 5 2.49 2.07 .978 2.13 2.13
1970 DET AL 31 LF 26 26 12 192.0 38 34 2 2 0 .947 -4 -23 1.69 1.38 .978 1.81 1.80
1970 DET AL 31 OF 26 26 12 192.0 40 37 1 2 0 .950 -4 -23 1.78 1.46 .980 2.14 2.13
1971 DET AL 32 LF 56 49 17 372.0 71 68 2 1 0 .986 -1 -3 1.69 1.25 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 DET AL 32 OF 56 49 17 372.0 71 68 2 1 0 .986 -1 -3 1.69 1.25 .982 2.24 2.22
1972 DET AL 33 LF 72 67 29 497.0 129 121 5 3 1 .977 1 2 2.28 1.75 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 DET AL 33 OF 72 67 29 497.0 130 122 5 3 1 .977 1 2 2.30 1.76 .983 2.22 2.21
1973 DET AL 34 DH 118 102
1973 DET AL 34 OF 2 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 0.50 .980 2.31 2.25
1973 DET AL 34 LF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.29 1.00 .980 2.06 2.00
1974 DET AL 35 DH 13 13
11 Seasons OF 428 388 241 3211.1 730 690 23 17 3 .977 13 5 2.00 1.67 .981 2.11 2.11
11 Seasons LF 421 381 239 3158.1 718 678 23 17 3 .976 15 6 2.00 1.67 .978 1.86 1.86
1 Season RF 7 7 2 53.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -36 1.02 0.86 .978 1.85 1.84
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 13.50 3.00 .990 9.45 9.50
13 Seasons TOT 429 388 241 3213.1 733 693 23 17 3 .977 13 5 2.01 1.67 .981 2.12 2.13
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1963 DET AL 24 LF 1 12 0 0 0 1
1964 DET AL 25 LF 13 18 12 6 6 1
1965 DET AL 26 LF 6 18 7 2 5 -1
1965 DET AL 26 RF -2 -36 -2 -2 0 0
1966 DET AL 27 LF -2 -9 -4 -4 -1 2
1967 DET AL 28 LF -2 -14 -2 -0 -1 0
1968 DET AL 29 LF 1 14 0 0 -0 1
1968 DET AL 29 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 DET AL 30 LF 0 5 0 1 -1 0
1970 DET AL 31 LF -4 -23 -2 -0 -1 -2
1971 DET AL 32 LF -1 -3 0 1 -1 -1
1972 DET AL 33 LF 1 2 3 -2 4 -2
1973 DET AL 34 LF 0 17 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons LF 15 6 16 5 11 -1
1 Season RF -2 -36 -2 -2 0 0
1 Season 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons TOT 13 5 14 3 11 0 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 DET AL 24 55 12 55 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 36 4
1964 DET AL 25 123 101 123 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 0 0 106 0 20 2
1965 DET AL 26 96 51 96 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 7 56 0 38 5
1966 DET AL 27 88 34 88 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 43 0 49 3
1967 DET AL 28 51 17 51 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 32 1
1968 DET AL 29 67 16 67 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 50 0
1969 DET AL 30 60 14 60 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 0 46 0
1970 DET AL 31 81 26 81 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 0 55 0
1971 DET AL 32 82 49 82 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 56 0 32 0
1972 DET AL 33 103 67 103 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 72 0 35 0
1973 DET AL 34 125 103 125 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 118 22 0
1974 DET AL 35 73 13 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 60 0
1975 DET AL 36 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
13 Seasons 1051 503 1051 429 0 0 1 0 0 0 421 0 7 428 131 522 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1963 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 16 13 0 10 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 36 23 63.9% 13 0 0.0% 3 540 64% 80% 28% 78 46%
1964 DET AL 25 4 0 4 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 52 43 1 24 2 0 16 9 1 9 5 0 22 22 0 123 81 65.9% 40 2 1.6% 1 3822 64% 77% 27% 423 49%
1965 DET AL 26 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 22 18 0 9 0 1 10 5 0 7 1 0 10 10 0 58 34 58.6% 23 1 1.7% 0 1644 64% 76% 27% 207 49%
1966 DET AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 24 20 1 14 6 0 6 3 0 3 2 0 6 4 1 53 35 66.0% 16 2 3.8% 2 1396 66% 76% 27% 150 35%
1967 DET AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 540 65% 79% 23% 41 54%
1968 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 11 9 81.8% 2 0 0.0% 1 476 67% 71% 26% 35 54%
1969 DET AL 30 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 447 65% 78% 27% 59 49%
1970 DET AL 31 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 18 9 1 16 4 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 44 17 38.6% 26 1 2.3% 1 892 71% 73% 23% 105 34%
1971 DET AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14 12 0 15 2 0 8 7 0 5 2 0 7 4 0 49 27 55.1% 22 0 0.0% 2 1533 68% 77% 27% 161 43%
1972 DET AL 33 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 2 1 28 22 0 17 3 1 10 3 0 8 1 0 13 10 1 76 39 51.3% 35 2 2.6% 3 2069 67% 79% 27% 262 48%
1973 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 24 88% 83% 38% 2 50%
11 Seasons 17 0 17 0 2 23 0 13 6 3 187 148 3 112 24 2 63 32 1 37 12 0 73 64 2 472 280 59.3% 184 8 1.7% 15 13383 66% 77% 27% 1523 46%
MLB Averages 59.0% 2.8% 63% 80% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 DET AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 234 65% 71% 22% 17 35%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 234 65% 71% 22% 17 35%
MLB Averages 41.0% 3.2% 63% 80% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 DET AL 29 6 100% 67% 33% 1 100% 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 6 100% 67% 33% 1 100% 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 80% 28% 94% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ( 0.2%)
1982 BBWAA ()

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 AL  204 (4th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 AL  4 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 AL  13 (1st)
1965 AL  6 (3rd)
Career  15 (87th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1964 AL  2.06 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 AL  1.95 (2nd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 AL  .981 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1964 AL  13 (2nd)

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