Larry Brown
Larry Leslie Brown
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 1, 1940 in Shinnston, WV
High School: Holy Name (Lake Worth, FL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 1963
Final Game: September 29, 1974
Relatives: Brother of Dick Brown
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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
1963 CLE AL 23 SS 46 45 398.0 210 71 126 13 17 .938 0.1 0.3 1.1 2.3 -1.2 -1 4.45 4.28 .966 4.78 4.56
1963 CLE AL 23 2B 27 20 183.2 93 42 50 1 8 .989 -2.7 -17.6 -2.7 -3.0 0.3 0 4.51 3.41 .980 5.08 4.68
1964 CLE AL 24 2B 103 87 797.2 464 185 270 9 56 .981 8.7 13.1 7.7 2.1 5.6 1 5.13 4.42 .980 5.17 4.54
1964 CLE AL 24 SS 4 2 19.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.0 63.2 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 4.26 2.25 .967 4.78 4.55
1965 CLE AL 25 SS 95 92 838.1 439 167 262 10 55 .977 4.2 6.0 5.2 0.7 4.5 -1 4.61 4.52 .962 4.74 4.38
1965 CLE AL 25 2B 26 20 175.1 81 28 48 5 11 .938 0.7 4.8 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 3.90 2.92 .979 5.07 4.38
1966 CLE AL 26 SS 90 88 782.1 384 131 238 15 45 .961 5.3 8.1 4.3 2.3 2.0 1 4.24 4.10 .960 4.79 4.41
1966 CLE AL 26 2B 10 8 68.2 52 22 26 4 7 .923 2.0 35.0 1.0 0.6 0.4 1 6.29 4.80 .977 5.10 4.38
1967 CLE AL 27 SS 150 150 1346.2 669 233 414 22 90 .967 0.5 0.4 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 2 4.32 4.31 .963 4.62 4.09
1968 CLE AL 28 SS 154 150 1300.0 648 255 371 22 70 .966 3.1 2.9 6.1 -1.3 7.3 -3 4.33 4.06 .962 4.79 4.07
1969 CLE AL 29 SS 101 93 843.1 467 172 276 19 59 .959 -5.8 -8.3 -5.8 -7.1 1.4 0 4.78 4.44 .966 4.96 4.43
1969 CLE AL 29 3B 29 21 191.2 56 22 33 1 4 .982 -4.4 -27.5 -4.4 -3.7 -0.7 0 2.58 1.90 .954 3.16 2.74
1969 CLE AL 29 2B 5 3 22.1 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 0.5 26.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 4.84 2.40 .975 5.20 4.58
1970 CLE AL 30 SS 27 19 195.1 101 34 62 5 15 .950 0.3 1.8 -0.7 -1.4 0.7 1 4.42 3.56 .967 4.94 4.39
1970 CLE AL 30 3B 17 9 74.2 30 10 18 2 2 .933 -0.9 -14.5 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 3.38 1.65 .950 3.07 2.67
1970 CLE AL 30 2B 16 7 82.1 54 28 25 1 6 .981 -1.2 -17.5 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 -1 5.79 3.31 .980 5.35 4.64
1971 TOT AL 31 SS 44 38 352.1 171 64 101 6 23 .965 0.3 1.0 0.3 -0.8 1.1 0 4.21 3.75 .965 4.90 4.32
1971 CLE AL 31 SS 13 13 118.0 50 24 25 1 4 .980 -3.7 -37.6 -2.7 -1.4 -1.3 -1 3.74 3.77 .964 4.90 4.32
1971 OAK AL 31 SS 31 25 234.1 121 40 76 5 19 .959 4.0 20.5 3.0 0.6 2.4 1 4.46 3.74 .965 4.90 4.32
1971 OAK AL 31 2B 23 16 154.0 94 38 55 1 11 .989 2.2 17.1 1.2 1.1 0.1 1 5.44 4.04 .980 5.31 4.76
1971 OAK AL 31 3B 10 4 52.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 -0.6 -13.8 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 2.42 1.40 .957 3.05 2.74
1972 OAK AL 32 2B 46 44 388.2 227 110 111 6 30 .974 -3.3 -10.2 -3.3 -0.7 -2.6 0 5.12 4.80 .977 5.17 4.42
1972 OAK AL 32 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.70
1973 BAL AL 33 3B 15 7 68.0 25 9 13 3 2 .880 0.2 3.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.91 1.47 .952 3.00 2.68
1973 BAL AL 33 2B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1974 TEX AL 34 3B 47 11 191.2 72 14 53 5 8 .931 2.9 18.2 2.9 1.2 1.6 0 3.15 1.43 .956 3.12 2.77
1974 TEX AL 34 2B 8 3 45.2 26 15 11 0 4 1.000 -0.5 -13.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 0 5.12 3.25 .973 5.38 4.56
1974 TEX AL 34 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.20
10 Seasons SS 712 677 6076.1 3098 1131 1855 112 374 .964 9.0 1.8 10.0 -4.3 14.3 -1 4.42 4.19 .963 4.78 4.27
10 Seasons 2B 265 208 1922.1 1104 475 602 27 133 .976 6.2 3.9 4.2 1.0 3.2 2 5.04 4.06 .979 5.17 4.54
6 Seasons 3B 119 52 579.0 198 59 128 11 18 .944 -2.5 -5.2 -2.5 -3.2 0.6 0 2.91 1.57 .954 3.11 2.73
12 Seasons TOT 1096 937 8577.2 4400 1665 2585 150 525 .966 12.7 1.8 11.7 -6.5 18.1 1 4.46 3.88 .933 4.76 4.17
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

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
1963 CLE AL 23 74 65 74 74 0 0 0 27 0 46 0 0 0 0 5 3
1964 CLE AL 24 115 89 115 115 0 0 0 103 0 4 0 0 0 0 15 3
1965 CLE AL 25 124 112 124 124 0 0 0 26 0 95 0 0 0 0 5 1
1966 CLE AL 26 105 96 105 105 0 0 0 10 0 90 0 0 0 0 7 0
1967 CLE AL 27 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 CLE AL 28 154 150 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 CLE AL 29 132 117 132 132 0 0 0 5 29 101 0 0 0 0 6 0
1970 CLE AL 30 72 35 72 72 0 0 0 16 17 27 0 0 0 0 24 0
1971 OAK AL 31 70 45 70 70 0 0 0 23 10 31 0 0 0 0 9 1
1971 CLE AL 31 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 32 47 44 47 47 0 0 0 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BAL AL 33 17 7 17 15 0 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1974 TEX AL 34 54 14 54 54 0 0 0 8 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
12 Seasons 1129 937 1129 1127 0 0 0 265 119 712 0 0 0 0 0 80 15
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 -- 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
1963 CLE AL 23 1697 59% 78% 26% 174 89% 1 71 38 29 4 125 105 17 0 1 13 0 13 0 10 17 4 2 8 1 0 16 6 9 0 0 0
1964 CLE AL 24 71 56% 59% 17% 9 89% 0 3 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CLE AL 25 3562 58% 73% 23% 325 96% 0 166 89 57 21 262 193 58 4 7 10 1 9 0 8 55 21 2 18 4 2 50 23 26 2 1 1
1966 CLE AL 26 3273 63% 72% 23% 305 94% 1 132 74 41 17 236 181 44 1 4 15 0 15 0 10 45 19 2 10 1 2 37 21 15 7 4 3
1967 CLE AL 27 5836 60% 72% 23% 527 91% 5 227 106 90 31 419 333 71 3 5 22 1 21 0 19 90 38 9 19 13 2 82 47 35 4 0 3
1968 CLE AL 28 5465 57% 71% 23% 518 91% 3 252 136 87 29 369 301 61 0 1 22 0 22 0 17 70 19 5 19 14 1 61 24 35 4 1 2
1969 CLE AL 29 3794 63% 72% 23% 351 93% 2 174 88 63 23 271 210 52 1 3 19 0 16 3 14 57 19 3 20 7 0 49 22 27 2 0 2
1970 CLE AL 30 837 65% 72% 26% 71 89% 0 35 14 17 4 60 51 8 0 1 5 0 4 1 3 15 3 1 8 1 1 14 4 10 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 31 961 54% 77% 24% 107 91% 0 43 22 17 4 78 58 19 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 19 9 2 3 0 1 16 11 4 2 1 1
1971 CLE AL 31 550 70% 69% 24% 36 94% 0 24 12 8 4 26 21 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 34 3 67% 100% 67% 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
10 Seasons 26049 60% 73% 23% 2423 92% 12 1127 582 409 137 1851 1458 335 9 22 112 2 106 4 87 372 133 26 106 42 9 329 159 163 21 7 12
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 CLE AL 23 805 56% 75% 23% 58 97% 0 43 14 23 6 48 44 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 2 3 0 1 6 1 5 0 0 0
1964 CLE AL 24 3564 62% 73% 25% 335 92% 2 185 71 87 27 276 240 31 0 2 9 0 8 1 8 58 24 7 13 7 53 21 32 3 2 1
1965 CLE AL 25 761 62% 72% 24% 58 91% 0 28 11 14 3 49 40 8 0 0 5 0 4 1 4 11 3 2 3 1 11 4 7 0 0 0
1966 CLE AL 26 311 67% 77% 25% 36 89% 0 23 8 11 4 29 29 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 7 3 2 0 2 7 2 5 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 29 109 59% 74% 26% 10 90% 0 6 2 3 1 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 30 370 67% 71% 25% 31 90% 0 28 10 14 4 22 21 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 2 5 2 3 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 31 667 61% 73% 25% 56 95% 0 39 10 21 8 54 48 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 7 2 1 1 11 2 9 0 0 0
1972 OAK AL 32 1629 65% 80% 30% 137 95% 0 109 40 59 10 115 94 18 0 3 6 0 5 1 5 29 11 8 6 0 26 6 20 3 1 0
1973 BAL AL 33 17 65% 71% 18% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 34 191 48% 82% 28% 17 94% 0 15 6 6 3 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0
10 Seasons 8424 62% 75% 26% 739 93% 2 477 173 238 66 612 533 68 0 6 27 0 24 3 22 133 53 25 24 15 122 40 82 6 3 1
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

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%
1969 CLE AL 29 859 65% 74% 19% 47 94% 0 20 13 3 4 32 24 8 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1970 CLE AL 30 361 63% 75% 25% 29 93% 0 10 8 1 1 18 13 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 31 225 64% 78% 24% 15 93% 0 4 4 0 0 12 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 100%
1972 OAK AL 32 3 100% 33% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1973 BAL AL 33 302 54% 80% 23% 24 83% 0 9 7 1 1 14 9 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 0
1974 TEX AL 34 805 56% 77% 28% 75 87% 1 15 13 1 1 53 36 15 0 1 5 0 3 2 4 8 7 0 7 1 1 0 2 50%
6 Seasons 2555 61% 76% 24% 191 90% 1 58 45 6 7 130 90 35 0 4 11 0 8 3 9 18 14 0 14 4 3 1 4 75%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 67%

* 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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