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 (Petersburg, IN)
School: University of Southern Indiana
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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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	/2
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	178	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	100	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 Seasons				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	93	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	95	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1996	23	TEX	AL	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/2
1997	24	TEX	AL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/2
1998	25	TOR	AL	128	-2	-1	-1	0	1	2	4	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$170,000	2
1999	26	TOR	AL	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/2
2000	27	MIL	NL	18	-1	0	1	0	-1	0	1	0	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	/2
2001	28	MIL	NL	46	0	1	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$	2
2002	29	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
7 Seasons				215	-1	0	0	0	-1	3	6	7	0.6	8	0.8	-0.2	$170,000

TEX (2 yrs)				13	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$
MIL (2 yrs)				64	-1	1	1	0	-3	1	2	1	0.0	4	0.4	-0.4	$
TOR (2 yrs)				137	-1	-1	-1	0	1	2	4	4	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$170,000
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
1996	TEX	AL	23	C	2	1	1	14.0	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	1	86	7.71	6.00	.990	6.88	6.85	0	0	0	1	100%
1997	TEX	AL	24	C	4	1	1	13.0	10	9	0	1	0	.900	0	0	6.23	2.25	.991	7.13	7.10	0	0	1	0	0%
1998	TOR	AL	25	C	52	32	24	313.1	282	261	19	2	2	.993	1	4	8.04	5.38	.990	7.13	7.05	5	6	29	12	29%
1999	TOR	AL	26	C	2	2	2	18.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	5.50	5.50	.991	7.00	6.85	0	2	1	1	50%
2000	MIL	NL	27	C	5	5	3	40.0	23	20	2	1	0	.957	-1	-30	4.95	4.40	.990	7.45	7.38	0	3	4	0	0%
2001	MIL	NL	28	C	16	11	8	96.1	74	68	6	0	0	1.000	-2	-25	6.91	4.63	.992	7.74	7.65	2	11	8	4	33%
2002	BOS	AL	29	C	2	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.00	0.50	.990	6.90	6.90	0	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			C	83	52	39	497.2	413	380	29	4	2	.990	-1	-2	7.40	4.93	.990	7.26	7.17	7	22	43	18	30%
	7 Seasons			TOT	83	52	39	497.2	413	380	29	4	2	.990	-1	-2	7.40	4.93	.990	7.26	7.17	7	22	43	18	30%

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1994.
March 14, 1998: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Toronto Blue Jays for Tim Crabtree.
July 25, 2000: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Milwaukee Brewers for Alvin Morrow (minors).
October 10, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
January 24, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
April 16, 2002: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
April 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 14, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1998	25	Toronto Blue Jays	$170,000	4/3/98 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$170,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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