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Larry Brown

Larry Leslie Brown

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Rangers/Orioles 1963-1974

Final Game: September 29, 1974
Relatives: Brother of Dick Brown
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1722. Joe Sommer… #1723. Alex Cora… #1724. Blondie Purcell… #1725. LARRY BROWN… #1726. Chick Galloway… #1727. David Ross… #1728. Bob Kennedy… 

Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1963 23 CLE AL 74 281 247 28 63 6 0 5 18 4 3 22 27 .255 .316 .340 .656 85 84 4 1 9 2 0 64
1964 24 CLE AL 115 367 335 33 77 12 1 12 40 1 2 24 55 .230 .283 .379 .662 84 127 10 2 3 3 3 4/6
1965 25 CLE AL 124 490 438 52 111 22 2 8 40 5 7 38 62 .253 .315 .368 .682 93 161 6 2 10 2 0 64
1966 26 CLE AL 105 384 340 29 78 12 0 3 17 0 1 36 58 .229 .309 .291 .600 74 99 11 3 5 0 3 64
1967 27 CLE AL 152 562 485 38 110 16 2 7 37 4 4 53 62 .227 .308 .311 .620 82 151 12 6 14 4 6 *6
1968 28 CLE AL 154 553 495 43 116 18 3 6 35 1 1 43 46 .234 .300 .319 .619 89 158 12 5 6 4 10 *6
1969 29 CLE AL 132 521 469 48 112 10 2 4 24 5 3 44 43 .239 .304 .294 .598 66 138 10 1 4 3 2 65/4
1970 30 CLE AL 72 180 155 17 40 5 2 0 15 1 0 20 14 .258 .339 .316 .655 79 49 6 0 3 2 1 654
1971 31 TOT AL 83 254 239 18 48 3 1 1 14 1 2 10 22 .201 .239 .234 .473 35 56 9 2 3 0 0 645
1971 31 CLE AL 13 54 50 4 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 .220 .278 .240 .518 43 12 2 1 0 0 0 6
1971 31 OAK AL 70 200 189 14 37 2 1 1 9 1 2 7 19 .196 .228 .233 .461 32 44 7 1 3 0 0 645
1972 32 OAK AL 47 157 142 11 26 2 0 0 4 0 0 13 8 .183 .250 .197 .447 38 28 9 0 1 1 1 4/5
1973 33 BAL AL 17 35 28 4 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 4 .250 .353 .357 .710 102 10 1 0 1 1 0 5/4
1974 34 TEX AL 54 87 76 10 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 9 13 .197 .279 .224 .503 49 17 5 0 1 1 0 5/46
12 Seasons 1129 3871 3449 331 803 108 13 47 254 22 23 317 414 .233 .300 .313 .612 76 1078 95 22 60 23 26
162 Game Avg. 162 555 495 47 115 15 2 7 36 3 3 45 59 .233 .300 .313 .612 76 155 14 3 9 3 4
CLE (9 yrs) 941 3392 3014 292 718 102 12 45 231 21 21 283 370 .238 .306 .325 .631 81 979 73 21 54 20 25
OAK (2 yrs) 117 357 331 25 63 4 1 1 13 1 2 20 27 .190 .238 .218 .455 35 72 16 1 4 1 1
TEX (1 yr) 54 87 76 10 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 9 13 .197 .279 .224 .503 49 17 5 0 1 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 17 35 28 4 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 5 4 .250 .353 .357 .710 102 10 1 0 1 1 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 Awards
1963 23 CLE AL 281 -5 1 1 0 -3 3 8 5 0.4 8 0.8 -0.4 $ 64
1964 24 CLE AL 367 -6 1 -2 -1 10 3 10 15 1.4 5 0.5 0.9 $ 4/6
1965 25 CLE AL 490 -2 0 -3 0 5 7 14 21 2.0 16 1.8 0.2 $ 64
1966 26 CLE AL 384 -11 0 0 -1 7 6 11 12 1.0 5 0.5 0.5 $ 64
1967 27 CLE AL 562 -13 -3 0 0 0 10 16 10 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $ *6
1968 28 CLE AL 554 -9 0 -3 0 3 10 16 17 1.3 14 1.5 -0.2 $ *6
1969 29 CLE AL 521 -21 -1 2 0 -10 7 15 -7 -0.9 2 0.2 -1.1 $ 65/4
1970 30 CLE AL 180 -5 -1 0 -1 -2 2 6 -1 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ 654
1971 31 CLE AL 54 -4 0 0 0 -4 1 2 -5 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $28,500 6
1971 31 OAK AL 200 -16 0 -1 -1 6 2 7 -4 -0.7 -9 -1.0 0.3 $ 645
1972 32 OAK AL 157 -11 0 0 -1 -3 1 5 -9 -1.2 -6 -0.7 -0.5 $30,000 4/5
1973 33 BAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 5/4
1974 34 TEX AL 87 -5 0 -1 0 2 1 3 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 5/46
12 Seasons 3872 -108 -3 -7 -5 13 53 114 55 3.2 44 4.5 -1.3 $58,500
CLE (9 yrs) 3393 -76 -3 -5 -3 8 49 98 67 5.1 60 6.3 -1.2 $28,500
OAK (2 yrs) 357 -27 0 -1 -2 3 3 12 -13 -1.9 -15 -1.7 -0.2 $30,000
TEX (1 yr) 87 -5 0 -1 0 2 1 3 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
BAL (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1973 33 BAL AL ALCS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1963 CLE AL 23 SS 46 210 71 126 13 17 .938 0 4.28 .965 4.78
1963 CLE AL 23 2B 27 93 42 50 1 8 .989 -3 3.41 .980 5.09
1964 CLE AL 24 2B 103 464 185 270 9 56 .981 9 4.42 .980 5.16
1964 CLE AL 24 SS 4 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 1 2.25 .968 4.78
1965 CLE AL 25 SS 95 439 167 262 10 55 .977 4 4.52 .962 4.73
1965 CLE AL 25 2B 26 81 28 48 5 11 .938 1 2.92 .978 5.06
1966 CLE AL 26 SS 90 384 131 238 15 45 .961 5 4.10 .960 4.78
1966 CLE AL 26 2B 10 52 22 26 4 7 .923 2 4.80 .975 5.09
1967 CLE AL 27 SS 150 669 233 414 22 90 .967 0 4.31 .963 4.63
1968 CLE AL 28 SS 154 648 255 371 22 70 .966 3 4.06 .962 4.77
1969 CLE AL 29 SS 101 467 172 276 19 59 .959 -6 4.44 .966 4.96
1969 CLE AL 29 3B 29 56 22 33 1 4 .982 -4 1.90 .955 3.15
1969 CLE AL 29 2B 5 12 6 6 0 0 1.000 0 2.40 .976 5.20
1970 CLE AL 30 SS 27 101 34 62 5 15 .950 0 3.56 .967 4.91
1970 CLE AL 30 3B 17 30 10 18 2 2 .933 -1 1.65 .949 3.06
1970 CLE AL 30 2B 16 54 28 25 1 6 .981 -1 3.31 .979 5.32
1971 TOT AL 31 SS 44 38 32 352.1 171 64 101 6 23 .965 0 1 4.21 3.75 .965 0.00 4.88
1971 CLE AL 31 SS 13 13 13 118.0 50 24 25 1 4 .980 -4 -38 3.74 3.77 .965 0.00 4.88
1971 OAK AL 31 SS 31 25 19 234.1 121 40 76 5 19 .959 4 20 4.46 3.74 .965 0.00 4.88
1971 OAK AL 31 2B 23 16 13 154.0 94 38 55 1 11 .989 2 17 5.44 4.04 .980 0.00 5.28
1971 OAK AL 31 3B 10 4 4 52.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 -1 -14 2.42 1.40 .956 0.00 3.03
1972 OAK AL 32 2B 46 227 110 111 6 30 .974 -3 4.80 .977 5.14
1972 OAK AL 32 3B 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 1.00 .950 3.00
1973 BAL AL 33 3B 15 25 9 13 3 2 .880 0 1.47 .950 2.98
1973 BAL AL 33 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .980 5.40
1974 TEX AL 34 3B 47 72 14 53 5 8 .931 3 1.43 .954 3.10
1974 TEX AL 34 2B 8 26 15 11 0 4 1.000 -0 3.25 .975 5.35
1974 TEX AL 34 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00
10 Seasons SS 712 38 32 352.1 3098 1131 1855 112 374 .964 9 31 4.21 4.19 .963 0.00 4.78
10 Seasons 2B 265 16 13 154.0 1104 475 602 27 133 .976 6 48 5.44 4.06 .979 0.00 5.16
6 Seasons 3B 119 4 4 52.0 198 59 128 11 18 .944 -2 -58 2.42 1.57 .953 0.00 3.08
12 Seasons TOT 1096 58 49 558.1 4400 1665 2585 150 525 .966 13 27 4.38 3.88 .967 0.00 4.69
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-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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  10 (3rd)
1967 AL  14 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1968 AL  10 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1965 AL  7 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1968 AL  10.8 (7th)
1969 AL  10.9 (10th)

Assists† s c a p y
1967 AL  414 (4th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1967 AL  150 (4th)
1968 AL  154 (3rd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1967 AL  233 (4th)
1968 AL  255 (4th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1967 AL  414 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1968 AL  22 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  9 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1964 AL  5.13 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1964 AL  .981 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1967 AL  4.31 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1965 AL  .977 (1st)
1966 AL  .961 (5th)
1967 AL  .967 (4th)
1968 AL  .966 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1341), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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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 Notes
197131Cleveland Indians$28,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database3/27/71 TSN: $30,000
197232Oakland Athletics$30,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$58,500
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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