Leon Brown

Leon Brown

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 16, 1949 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Grant Union (Sacramento, CA)
School: California State University, Sacramento
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1976
Team: Mets 1976

Final Game: October 3, 1976
Relatives: Brother of Curtis Brown
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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
1967	17	BAL-min	Rk,A	40	88	88	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.205	.205	.250	.455		22						BLD,STK · APPY,CALL
1968	18	BAL-min	A-,A	118	391	391		98	11	5	4						.251	.251	.335	.586		131						ABD,STK · NORL,CALL
1969	19	BAL-min	A	126	483	438	74	113	21	7	5	39	22	11	45	80	.258	.327	.372	.699		163						STK · CALL
1970	20	BAL-min	A	140	624	572	78	154	21	4	4	49	51	19	34	84	.269	.319	.341	.660		195		8	9	1		STK · CALL
1971	21	BAL-min	AA	138	599	556	62	151	16	10	2	37	18	9	35	46	.272	.319	.347	.666		193		4	3	1		DFW · TL
1972	22	SFG-min	AA	136	616	567	78	169	29	4	8	58	18	10	40	53	.298	.349	.406	.755		230		5	3	1		AMA · TL
1973	23	SFG-min	AAA	109	389	356	60	102	19	4	4	43	8	1	20	28	.287	.326	.396	.722		141		3	5	5		PHX · PCL
1974	24	CHW-SFG-min	AAA	124	433	406	56	123	22	8	2	61	10	4	18	45	.303	.340	.411	.752		167		5	4	0		IWA,PHX · AA,PCL
1975	25	SFG-min	AAA	92	282	256	38	84	10	5	2	36	17	4	19	19	.328	.371	.430	.801		110		1	2	4		PHX · PCL
1976	26	NYM-min	AAA	21	88	78	14	25	5	0	1	13	4	1	7	6	.321	.384	.423	.807		33		1	2	0		TID · IL
1976	26	NYM	NL	64	74	70	11	15	3	0	0	2	2	4	4	4	.214	.257	.257	.514	51	18	3	0	0	0	0	8/79
1977	27	STL-min	AA,AAA	100	357	328	35	86	12	1	1	39	11	3	22	19	.262	.314	.314	.628		103		3	4	0		ARK,NOR · TL,AA
1980	30	KCR-min	AAA	65	170	157	15	30	3	1	2	19	1	0	8	9	.191	.228	.261	.489		41		0	3	2		OMA · AA
1 Season				64	74	70	11	15	3	0	0	2	2	4	4	4	.214	.257	.257	.514	51	18	3	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	187	177	28	38	8	0	0	5	5	10	10	10	.214	.257	.257	.514	51	46	8	0	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	Awards
1976	26	NYM	NL	74	-4	0	0	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	8/79
1 Season				74	-4	0	0	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1976	NYM	NL	26	OF	43	14	11	169.0	49	46	3	1	1.000	-0	-1	2.61	1.14	.979	2.34	2.33
1976	NYM	NL	26	CF	29	14	11	142.2	45	42	3	1	1.000	1	6	2.84	1.55	.984	2.85	2.84
1976	NYM	NL	26	LF	8	0	0	16.1	4	4	0	0	1.000	-2	-110	2.20	0.50	.975	2.04	2.01
1976	NYM	NL	26	RF	6	0	0	10.0	3	3	0	0	1.000	1	72	2.70	0.50	.973	2.16	2.15
	1 Season			OF	43	14	11	169.0	49	46	3	1	1.000	-0	-1	2.61	1.14	.979	2.34	2.33
	1 Season			CF	29	14	11	142.2	45	42	3	1	1.000	1	6	2.84	1.55	.984	2.85	2.84
	1 Season			LF	8	0	0	16.1	4	4	0	0	1.000	-2	-110	2.20	0.50	.975	2.04	2.01
	1 Season			RF	6	0	0	10.0	3	3	0	0	1.000	1	72	2.70	0.50	.973	2.16	2.15
	1 Season			TOT	43	14	11	169.0	49	46	3	1	1.000	-0	-1	2.61	1.14	.979	2.34	2.33

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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 7, 1966: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft.
November 29, 1971: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1971 minor league draft.
March 16, 1976: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the New York Mets for Bob Gallagher.
December 9, 1976: Traded by the New York Mets with Brock Pemberton to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Kurpiel (minors).

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