Ike Brown

Isaac Brown

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 13, 1942 in Memphis, TN
Signed
by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1969
Team: Tigers 1969-1974

Final Game: May 4, 1974
Died: May 17, 2001 in Memphis, TN
Buried: New Park Cemetery, Memphis, TN
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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
1969 27 DET AL 70 205 170 24 39 4 3 5 12 2 3 26 43 .229 .338 .376 .715 96 64 7 2 7 0 4 45/976
1970 28 DET AL 56 113 94 17 27 5 0 4 15 0 0 13 26 .287 .376 .468 .844 131 44 2 1 4 1 0 4/759
1971 29 DET AL 59 132 110 20 28 1 0 8 19 0 1 19 25 .255 .359 .482 .841 132 53 4 0 1 2 1 3/47596
1972 30 DET AL 51 101 84 12 21 3 0 2 10 1 2 17 23 .250 .376 .357 .733 117 30 5 0 0 0 1 73/4956
1973 31 DET AL 42 91 76 12 22 2 1 1 9 0 1 15 13 .289 .407 .382 .788 119 29 2 0 0 0 1 37/5D
1974 32 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
6 Yrs 280 644 536 85 137 15 4 20 65 3 7 90 130 .256 .364 .410 .774 116 220 20 3 12 3 7
162 Game Avg. 162 373 310 49 79 9 2 12 38 2 4 52 75 .256 .364 .410 .774 116 127 12 2 7 2 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1969 27 DET AL 70 205 2 -0 -1 0 1 1 0.1 6 7 0.7 .502 .501 0.7 0.1 7 $ 45/976
1970 28 DET AL 56 113 6 -0 -0 -7 0 -1 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .497 .499 1.0 -0.8 9 $ 4/759
1971 29 DET AL 59 132 5 0 -0 0 -1 4 0.4 4 8 0.8 .507 .503 0.8 -0.2 8 $ 3/47596
1972 30 DET AL 51 101 2 0 -1 5 -2 5 0.6 3 8 1.0 .513 .504 0.3 0.4 3 $ 73/4956
1973 31 DET AL 42 91 2 0 0 -2 -2 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .495 .499 0.3 -0.3 3 $ 37/5D
1974 32 DET AL 2 2 -0 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .461 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ /5
6 Seasons 280 644 16 -0 -3 -4 -3 6 0.7 20 26 2.7 .503 .501 3.0 -0.7 29 $

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
1969 27 DET AL 205 148 21 3.8 99 .279 .229 .260 .338 .338 .376 .392 .715 .730 96 .456 -1.0 -0.1 .645 .294 .147 2.9
1970 28 DET AL 113 74 17 6.2 98 .354 .287 .259 .376 .334 .468 .395 .844 .729 131 .660 4.4 0.4 .841 .319 .181 .0
1971 29 DET AL 132 90 19 5.7 96 .253 .255 .260 .359 .334 .482 .387 .841 .720 132 .652 4.9 0.5 .816 .391 .227 .0
1972 30 DET AL 101 70 11 4.2 85 .322 .250 .250 .376 .319 .357 .361 .733 .680 117 .570 2.6 0.3 .657 .298 .107 1.3
1973 31 DET AL 91 57 12 5.6 98 .339 .289 .266 .407 .336 .382 .391 .788 .727 119 .618 2.6 0.3 .754 .276 .092 .0
1974 32 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .260 .000 .326 .000 .374 .000 .700 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 644 441 80 4.9 96 .301 .256 .259 .364 .333 .410 .387 .774 .719 116 .577 13.0 1.4 .725 .315 .155 5.2
162 Game Avg. 373 255 46 4.9 96 .301 .256 .259 .364 .333 .410 .387 .774 .719 116 .577 8 1 .725 .315 .155 3

Postseason Batting

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
1972 30 DET AL ALCS OAK L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 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
1969 27 DET AL 205 2.4% 21.0% 12.7% 5.9% 31% 1.65 4.0 34.0 14.2 2.06 60%
1970 28 DET AL 113 3.5% 23.0% 11.5% 8.0% 33% 2.00 3.6 23.5 6.3 1.35 58%
1971 29 DET AL 132 6.1% 18.9% 14.4% 6.8% 32% 1.32 4.4 13.8 5.8 1.82 60%
1972 30 DET AL 101 2.0% 22.8% 16.8% 5.0% 24% 1.35 3.7 42.0 8.4 2.14 58%
1973 31 DET AL 91 1.1% 14.3% 16.5% 4.4% 18% 0.87 5.8 76.0 8.4 1.69 68%
1974 32 DET AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
6 Yrs 644 3.1% 20.2% 14.0% 6.1% 29% 1.44 4.1 26.8 8.2 1.79 60%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.3% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.63 6.2 44.3 9.0 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1969 27 DET AL -1.0 -0.1 215 -0.4 3.2 -3.6 .97 0.3 -0.7 -1.2 -0.1 0.95 4.2 1.21 13
1970 28 DET AL 4.4 0.4 115 1.0 2.8 -1.8 1.16 0.7 0.2 8.4 0.8 0.98 6.7 1.82 21
1971 29 DET AL 4.9 0.5 137 0.2 2.6 -2.4 1.11 0.5 -0.3 5.7 0.6 0.95 10.0 1.59 19
1972 30 DET AL 2.6 0.3 105 0.3 2.7 -2.3 1.31 0.2 0.0 2.4 0.3 1.07 2.3 3.23 12
1973 31 DET AL 2.6 0.3 95 0.9 2.2 -1.3 1.18 0.2 0.6 3.4 0.3 1.06 3.5 0.93 9
1974 32 DET AL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 3.41 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.23 -0.6 0
6 Yrs 13.0 1.4 669 1.9 13.6 -11.7 1.12 1.8 -0.1 17.9 1.8 0.99 26.1 1.78 74

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 27 DET AL 6 0 31% 99 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 33% 7 6 1 3 1 2 5 2 2
1970 28 DET AL 3 0 35% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 47% 9 7 1 2 0 2 4 0 4
1971 29 DET AL 2 0 31% 54 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 38% 8 4 3 4 4 0 4 1 3
1972 30 DET AL 1 0 28% 36 1 2 33% 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 46% 8 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
1973 31 DET AL 0 0 31% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 30% 5 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 3
1974 32 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 12 0 31% 278 3 7 30% 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 25 39% 37 26 8 12 8 4 18 3 14

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 27 DET AL 205 56% 39 13 0 0 0 1.21 5 0 1 1 4 3 2 0 8 7 88% 39 7 18% 22 10 45% 108 7 6% 10 2 20% 9 3 33% 0
1970 28 DET AL 113 71% 27 21 7 0 3 1.82 4 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 5 4 80% 19 2 11% 12 5 42% 67 12 18% 4 2 50% 9 7 78% 0
1971 29 DET AL 132 86% 28 19 6 2 4 1.59 8 0 2 2 6 6 2 0 2 1 50% 24 4 17% 9 3 33% 75 11 15% 6 5 83% 9 5 56% 0
1972 30 DET AL 101 80% 21 12 1 0 1 3.23 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 23 5 22% 12 1 8% 82 8 10% 6 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1973 31 DET AL 91 88% 22 9 1 0 0 0.93 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 2 11% 6 2 33% 73 8 11% 6 4 67% 2 1 50% 0
1974 32 DET AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 644 73% 137 74 15 2 8 1.78 20 0 14 3 17 13 7 0 15 12 80% 123 20 16% 61 21 34% 408 46 11% 32 13 41% 33 17 52% 0
MLB Averages 54% 74% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1969 27 70 205 170 24 39 4 3 5 12 2 3 26 43 .229 .338 .376 .715 96 64 7 2 7 0 4
1970 28 126 318 264 41 66 9 3 9 27 2 3 39 69 .250 .352 .409 .761 109 108 9 3 11 1 4
1971 29 185 450 374 61 94 10 3 17 46 2 4 58 94 .251 .354 .430 .784 116 161 13 3 12 3 5
1972 30 236 551 458 73 115 13 3 19 56 3 6 75 117 .251 .358 .417 .775 116 191 18 3 12 3 6
1973 31 278 642 534 85 137 15 4 20 65 3 7 90 130 .257 .365 .412 .777 116 220 20 3 12 3 7
1974 32 280 644 536 85 137 15 4 20 65 3 7 90 130 .256 .364 .410 .774 116 220 20 3 12 3 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1969 27 70 207 171 25 40 4 3 5 12 2 27 43 .234 .345 .380 .725 22 70
1970 28 56 114 95 18 28 5 0 4 16 0 13 26 .295 .382 .474 .856 17 56
1971 29 59 136 113 22 30 1 0 9 21 0 20 25 .265 .370 .513 .884 21 59
1972 30 53 111 91 16 25 4 0 2 13 1 20 24 .275 .405 .385 .790 15 51
1973 31 42 91 76 12 22 2 1 1 9 0 15 13 .289 .407 .382 .788 12 42
1974 32 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
6 Yrs 282 661 548 93 145 16 4 21 71 3 95 131 .265 .374 .423 .798 87 280
162 Game Avg. 162 380 315 53 83 9 2 12 41 2 55 75 .265 .374 .423 .798 50 280

* 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.

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