Kevin Brown

Kevin Lee Brown

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 21, 1973 in Valparaiso, IN
High School: Pike Central HS (Petersburg, IN)
School: University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1996
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Brewers/Rangers/RedSox 1996-2002

Final Game: September 22, 2002
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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
1994	21	TEX-min	A-	68	265	232	33	57	19	1	6	32	0	1	23	86	.246	.317	.414	.731		96	4	4	0	6	0		HDV · NYPL
1995	22	TEX-min	A+,AAA	110	431	365	49	98	26	1	11	57	2	3	52	100	.268	.370	.436	.805		159	9	9	1	4	0		CHT,OKC · FLOR,AA
1996	23	TEX-min	AA	128	550	460	77	121	27	1	26	86	0	3	73	150	.263	.373	.496	.868		228	5	11	0	6	0		TUL · TL
1996	23	TEX	AL	3	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.375	.000	.375	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	/2D
1997	24	TEX-min	AAA	116	449	403	56	97	18	2	19	50	2	2	38	111	.241	.313	.437	.749		176	11	5	1	2	1		OKC · AA
1997	24	TEX	AL	4	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	243	5	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1998	25	TOR-min	AAA	2	8	8	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.625	.625	.875	1.500		7	0	0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1998	25	TOR	AL	52	128	110	17	29	7	1	2	15	0	0	9	31	.264	.320	.400	.720	87	44	1	2	3	4	0	2
1999	26	TOR-min	AAA	88	320	295	39	76	18	2	13	51	0	1	21	79	.258	.309	.464	.774		137	2	2	0	2	1		SYR · IL
1999	26	TOR	AL	2	9	9	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.444	.444	.667	1.111	179	6	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2000	27	TOR-MIL-min	AAA	74	277	261	31	80	20	1	8	35	0	0	14	70	.307	.343	.483	.826		126	8	1	0	1	1		SYR,INA · IL
2000	27	MIL	NL	5	18	17	3	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.235	.278	.412	.690	74	7	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2001	28	MIL-min	AAA	82	317	290	19	67	16	1	9	34	0	1	18	110	.231	.284	.386	.671		112	8	4	4	1	0		INA · IL
2001	28	MIL	NL	17	46	43	7	9	0	1	4	12	0	0	2	18	.209	.261	.535	.796	101	23	1	1	0	0	0	2
2002	29	BOS-TBD-min	AAA	76	267	246	33	58	13	1	8	25	0	0	20	66	.236	.293	.394	.688		97	5	0	1	0	0		PAW,DHM · IL
2002	29	BOS	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2003	30	STL-min	A+	7	28	25	2	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	.280	.357	.440	.797		11	1	0	0	0	0		PLM · FLOR
7 Yrs				85	215	189	30	48	12	2	7	31	0	0	14	59	.254	.311	.450	.761	95	85	2	4	3	5	0
162 Game Avg.				162	410	360	57	91	23	4	13	59	0	0	27	112	.254	.311	.450	.761	95	162	4	8	6	10	0

TEX (2 yrs)				7	13	9	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	.222	.385	.556	.940	134	5	0	1	0	1	0
MIL (2 yrs)				22	64	60	10	13	3	1	4	13	0	0	3	23	.217	.266	.500	.766	93	30	1	1	0	0	0
TOR (2 yrs)				54	137	119	18	33	9	1	2	16	0	0	9	34	.277	.328	.420	.749	94	50	1	2	3	4	0
BOS (1 yr)				2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				63	151	129	20	35	9	1	3	18	0	0	11	36	.271	.331	.426	.757	96	55	1	3	3	5	0
NL (2 yrs)				22	64	60	10	13	3	1	4	13	0	0	3	23	.217	.266	.500	.766	93	30	1	1	0	0	0

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
1996	23	TEX	AL	3	8	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.513	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/2D
1997	24	TEX	AL	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.526	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1998	25	TOR	AL	52	128	-4	-1	-0	1	2	-2	-0.1	4	3	0.3	.497	.499	0.2	0.3	2	$170,000	2
1999	26	TOR	AL	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.562	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	/2
2000	27	MIL	NL	5	18	1	0	0	-1	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/2
2001	28	MIL	NL	17	46	-0	0	-0	-2	1	-2	-0.2	1	-0	0.0	.491	.499	0.2	-0.1	2	$	2
2002	29	BOS	AL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.485	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
7 Seasons				85	215	-2	0	0	-1	3	0	0.0	7	7	0.7	.500	.500	0.8	0.2	8	$170,000

TEX (2 yrs)				7	13	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.1	1	2	0.2	.520	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$
MIL (2 yrs)				22	64	0	1	0	-3	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.495	.500	0.4	-0.2	4	$
TOR (2 yrs)				54	137	-2	-1	0	1	2	-0	0.0	4	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.3	0.3	3	$170,000
BOS (1 yr)				2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.485	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1996	23	TEX	AL	8	5	0	0.0	120	.000	.000	.283	.375	.357	.000	.454	.375	.812	5	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.750	.500	.000
1997	24	TEX	AL	5	3	2	17.8	113	.250	.400	.277	.400	.347	1.000	.438	1.400	.785	243	.906	1.0	0.1	1.667	.600	.600	.0
1998	25	TOR	AL	128	89	15	4.5	109	.333	.264	.271	.320	.339	.400	.431	.720	.770	87	.434	-1.6	-0.2	.671	.218	.136	.0
1999	26	TOR	AL	9	5	3	16.0	114	.667	.444	.275	.444	.348	.667	.440	1.111	.788	179	.879	1.1	0.1	1.200	.222	.222
2000	27	MIL	NL	18	13	2	4.1	114	.333	.235	.270	.278	.346	.412	.440	.690	.787	74	.383	-0.6	-0.1	.615	.235	.176
2001	28	MIL	NL	46	35	6	4.6	109	.238	.209	.265	.261	.336	.535	.434	.796	.770	101	.458	-0.5	-0.1	.743	.372	.326	.0
2002	29	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.268	.000	.336	.000	.431	.000	.767	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				215	151	28	5.0	110	.320	.254	.270	.311	.340	.450	.433	.761	.774	95	.478	-1.3	-0.1	.720	.270	.196	.0
162 Game Avg.				410	288	53	5.0	110	.320	.254	.270	.311	.340	.450	.433	.761	.774	95	.478	-1.3	-0.1	.720	.270	.196

TEX (2 yrs)				13	8	2	6.7	117	.143	.222	.280	.385	.353	.556	.445	.940	.799	134	.595	0.6	0.1	1.143	.556	.333	.0
MIL (2 yrs)				64	48	8	4.5	110	.273	.217	.266	.266	.339	.500	.436	.766	.775	93	.438	-1.2	-0.1	.708	.333	.283	.0
TOR (2 yrs)				137	94	18	5.1	109	.356	.277	.271	.328	.340	.420	.431	.749	.771	94	.491	-0.5	-0.1	.701	.218	.143	.0
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.268	.000	.336	.000	.431	.000	.767	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (5 yrs)				151	103	20	5.2	110	.337	.271	.272	.331	.341	.426	.432	.757	.773	96	.496	-0.2	-0.0	.726	.240	.155	.0
NL (2 yrs)				64	48	8	4.5	110	.273	.217	.266	.266	.339	.500	.436	.766	.775	93	.438	-1.2	-0.1	.708	.333	.283	.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
1996	23	TEX	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	2.0		4.0	0.50	0.50	38%	33%	0.0%	0%
1997	24	TEX	AL	5	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	50%			5.0	5.0	0.00	0.00	80%	20%	20.0%	0%
1998	25	TOR	AL	128	1.6%	24.2%	7.0%	7.8%	35%	3.44	3.5	55.0	7.3	0.58	0.71	63%	20%	4.8%	19%
1999	26	TOR	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	22.2%	50%		3.0		9.0	1.00		67%	50%	0.0%	0%
2000	27	MIL	NL	18	0.0%	27.8%	5.6%	16.7%	75%	5.00	3.4		17.0	0.71	0.50	67%	25%	0.0%	0%
2001	28	MIL	NL	46	8.7%	39.1%	4.4%	10.9%	56%	9.00	2.4	10.8	3.6	0.50	0.89	46%	32%	30.8%	7%
2002	29	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%		100%
7 Yrs				215	3.3%	27.4%	6.5%	9.8%	44%	4.21	3.2	27.0	6.1	0.55	0.68	60%	24%	9.7%	14%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	34%	1.87	5.3	31.5	7.4	0.78	1.08	70%	23%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	23	TEX	AL	-0.3	-0.0	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.80	0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.91	-0.3	0.53	2
1997	24	TEX	AL	1.0	0.1	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.83	0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	1.06	2.0	0.00	1
1998	25	TOR	AL	-1.8	-0.2	129	-0.3	1.5	-1.8	.81	-0.2	-0.2	-3.4	-0.3	0.95	-1.8	0.00	0
1999	26	TOR	AL	1.1	0.1	9	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.54	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.76	1.6		0
2000	27	MIL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	19	-0.0	0.2	-0.3	.77	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.87	0.5		0
2001	28	MIL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	46	0.2	0.9	-0.7	.73	-0.0	0.2	2.7	0.3	0.90	-0.8	0.23	1
2002	29	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.5	-0.0	1.45	-0.3	0.00	1
7 Yrs				-1.6	-0.2	217	-0.1	2.9	-3.0	.77	0.0	-0.2	-1.2	-0.1	0.93	0.8	0.26	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	23	TEX	AL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	24	TEX	AL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	25	TOR	AL	0	40%	43	1	1	31%	5	4	1	3	2	5	2	3
1999	26	TOR	AL	0	25%	6	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	27	MIL	NL	2	60%	10	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2001	28	MIL	NL	0	38%	6	0	1	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2002	29	BOS	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				2	39%	70	2	3	44%	7	4	3	3	2	6	2	4

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
1996	23	TEX	AL	8	38%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1997	24	TEX	AL	5	80%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	25	TOR	AL	128	49%	29	8	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	4	3	75%	22	1	5%	17	8	47%	82	13	16%	11	7	64%	5	2	40%	0
1999	26	TOR	AL	9	22%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2000	27	MIL	NL	18	44%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2001	28	MIL	NL	46	37%	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.23	4	0	1	3	1	0	4	0	0	0		9	1	11%	5	0	0%	27	8	30%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2002	29	BOS	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				215	45%	48	8	0	5	0	0	0	0.26	7	0	5	6	1	1	6	0	4	3	75%	37	2	5%	26	10	38%	134	24	18%	17	9	53%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

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
1996	23	TEX	AL	8	36	4.50	19	53%	32%	26%	26%	16%	68%	0%	36%	62%	13%	25%	2	0	25%	2	0	25%	2	2	50%	0	0	0
1997	24	TEX	AL	5	14	2.80	9	64%	11%	11%	22%	56%	89%	0%	57%	88%	60%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	20%	1	1		0	0	0
1998	25	TOR	AL	129	440	3.41	292	66%	25%	24%	22%	29%	75%	0%	50%	68%	39%	3%	4	0	8%	10	4	5%	6	3	26%	-1	0	0
1999	26	TOR	AL	9	27	3.00	19	70%	5%	42%	21%	32%	95%	0%	67%	56%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2000	27	MIL	NL	18	76	4.22	54	71%	11%	26%	41%	22%	89%	0%	63%	71%	67%	0%	0	0	17%	3	3	6%	1	1	40%	0	0	0
2001	28	MIL	NL	46	187	4.07	124	66%	23%	27%	30%	20%	77%	0%	51%	65%	48%	2%	1	0	7%	3	2	2%	1	0	39%	0	0	0
2002	29	BOS	AL	1	2	2.00	2	100%	50%	0%	0%	50%	50%		50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
7 Yrs				216	782	3.62	519	66%	23%	25%	26%	27%	77%	0%	51%	67%	44%	3%	7	0	8%	18	9	5%	11	7	31%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1996	23	3	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.375	.000	.375	5	0	0	1	0	1
1997	24	7	13	9	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	.222	.385	.556	.940	134	5	0	1	0	1
1998	25	59	141	119	19	31	7	1	3	17	11	33	.261	.326	.412	.738	91	49	1	3	3	5
1999	26	61	150	128	20	35	9	1	3	18	11	36	.273	.333	.430	.763	97	55	1	3	3	5
2000	27	66	168	145	23	39	12	1	3	19	12	41	.269	.327	.428	.755	95	62	1	3	3	5
2001	28	83	214	188	30	48	12	2	7	31	14	59	.255	.313	.452	.765	96	85	2	4	3	5
2002	29	85	215	189	30	48	12	2	7	31	14	59	.254	.311	.450	.761	95	85	2	4	3	5

Neutralized Batting

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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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1996	23	3	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.375	.000	.375	0	3
1997	24	4	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	2	4
1998	25	52	127	109	16	28	7	1	2	14	9	31	.257	.315	.394	.709	13	52
1999	26	2	8	8	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	3	.375	.375	.625	1.000	2	2
2000	27	5	18	17	3	4	3	0	0	1	1	5	.235	.278	.412	.690	2	5
2001	28	17	45	42	6	8	0	1	4	11	2	18	.190	.244	.524	.768	5	17
2002	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
7 Yrs		85	212	186	28	45	12	2	7	29	14	59	.242	.301	.441	.742	24	85
162 Game Avg.		162	404	354	53	86	23	4	13	55	27	112	.242	.301	.441	.742	46	85

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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