Mike Brown

Michael Charles Brown

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 29, 1959 in San Francisco, CA
School: San Jose State University (San Jose, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1983
Teams (by GP): Angels/Pirates 1983-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
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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
1980	20	ANA-min	A	47	182	152	24	40	7	0	5	35	3	3	19	32	.263	.354	.408	.761		62		5	1	5			SLS · CALL
1981	21	ANA-min	AA	135	572	499	64	160	25	8	6	83	15	7	60	56	.321	.396	.439	.835		219		6	1	6	3		HLY · EL
1982	22	ANA-min	AAA	134	531	476	74	135	30	7	11	73	5	6	47	70	.284	.346	.445	.791		212		1	2	5	0		SPO · PCL
1983	23	ANA-min	AAA	115	505	442	91	157	39	6	22	106	4	4	51	57	.355	.427	.620	1.046		274		7	1	4	2		EDM · PCL
1983	23	CAL	AL	31	111	104	12	24	5	1	3	9	1	0	7	20	.231	.279	.385	.664	82	40	3	0	0	0	0	79/8
1984	24	ANA-min	AAA	26	116	102	22	35	9	4	4	24	2	1	14	10	.343	.422	.627	1.050		64		0	0	0	2		EDM · PCL
1984	24	CAL	AL	62	163	148	19	42	8	3	7	22	0	2	13	23	.284	.342	.520	.862	136	77	8	0	2	0	1	9/D7
1985	25	TOT	MLB	117	397	358	52	109	27	3	9	53	2	3	29	48	.304	.355	.472	.828	129	169	16	1	6	3	4	9/D87
1985	25	CAL	AL	60	164	153	23	41	9	1	4	20	0	1	7	21	.268	.304	.418	.723	96	64	9	1	3	0	0	9/D87
1985	25	PIT	NL	57	233	205	29	68	18	2	5	33	2	2	22	27	.332	.391	.512	.903	153	105	7	0	3	3	4	9
1986	26	PIT-min	AAA	24	96	87	14	33	8	0	1	12	0	2	9	8	.379	.438	.506	.943		44		0	0	0	0		HAW · PCL
1986	26	PIT	NL	87	273	243	18	53	7	0	4	26	2	3	27	32	.218	.293	.296	.589	62	72	9	0	0	3	3	9

1987	27	CHW-ATL-min	AAA	92	363	313	52	85	15	2	7	39	1	2	42	46	.272	.365	.399	.764		125		5	1	2	3		HAW,RMD · PCL,IL
1988	28	DET-ANA-min	AAA	112	398	362	43	109	23	3	6	42	2	3	35	40	.301	.363	.431	.794		156		0	1	0	0		TOL,EDM · IL,PCL
1988	28	CAL	AL	18	52	50	4	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	12	.220	.235	.260	.495	41	13	2	0	1	0	0	7/9
1989	29	ANA-min	AAA	101	416	373	53	127	33	6	13	70	6	3	40	64	.340	.405	.566	.971		211		1	1	1	0		EDM · PCL
1990	30	YOM	Fgn																										YOM · JPCL
5 Yrs				315	996	903	105	239	49	7	23	113	5	8	77	135	.265	.321	.411	.732	102	371	38	1	9	6	8
162 Game Avg.				162	512	464	54	123	25	4	12	58	3	4	40	69	.265	.321	.411	.732	102	191	20	1	5	3	4

CAL (4 yrs)				171	490	455	58	118	24	5	14	54	1	3	28	76	.259	.304	.426	.730	100	194	22	1	6	0	1
PIT (2 yrs)				144	506	448	47	121	25	2	9	59	4	5	49	59	.270	.338	.395	.733	103	177	16	0	3	6	7

AL (4 yrs)				171	490	455	58	118	24	5	14	54	1	3	28	76	.259	.304	.426	.730	100	194	22	1	6	0	1
NL (2 yrs)				144	506	448	47	121	25	2	9	59	4	5	49	59	.270	.338	.395	.733	103	177	16	0	3	6	7

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
1983	23	CAL	AL	31	111	-0	0	0	-2	-1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.489	.498	0.2	-0.3	2	$	79/8
1984	24	CAL	AL	62	163	6	-1	-1	-2	-2	1	0.1	5	6	0.6	.501	.500	0.8	-0.4	8	$	9/D7
1985	25	CAL	AL	60	164	-2	-1	-1	4	-3	-3	-0.2	5	2	0.2	.495	.498	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	9/D87
1985	25	PIT	NL	57	233	15	-2	0	-4	-2	6	0.7	7	13	1.4	.512	.504	1.8	-0.7	18	$	9
1986	26	PIT	NL	87	273	-14	-2	0	-1	-3	-20	-2.2	8	-12	-1.4	.474	.486	-1.3	-0.4	-11	$	9

1988	28	CAL	AL	18	52	-4	-0	-0	0	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.467	.496	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$	7/9
5 Seasons				315	996	0	-7	-1	-5	-12	-25	-2.5	31	6	0.4	.491	.497	0.9	-1.7	11	$

CAL (4 yrs)				171	490	-1	-2	-1	0	-7	-11	-1.0	15	4	0.4	.493	.498	0.4	-0.6	4	$
PIT (2 yrs)				144	506	1	-5	0	-5	-5	-14	-1.5	16	2	0.0	.489	.495	0.5	-1.1	7	$

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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
1983	CAL	AL	23	OF	31	27	23	255.1	59	52	4	3	1	.949	-2	-8	1.97	1.81	.981	2.50	2.48
1983	CAL	AL	23	LF	19	14	13	136.2	29	25	3	1	0	.966	-1	-8	1.84	1.47	.977	2.32	2.30
1983	CAL	AL	23	RF	11	10	7	91.2	23	20	1	2	1	.913	-1	-17	2.06	1.91	.978	2.25	2.23
1983	CAL	AL	23	CF	3	3	3	27.0	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	0	22	3.00	3.00	.987	2.93	2.90
1984	CAL	AL	24	OF	44	33	22	300.0	63	57	4	2	0	.968	-2	-7	1.83	1.39	.983	2.51	2.49
1984	CAL	AL	24	RF	43	33	22	295.0	62	56	4	2	0	.968	-2	-8	1.83	1.40	.979	2.23	2.21
1984	CAL	AL	24	DH	4	3
1984	CAL	AL	24	LF	2	0	0	5.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	48	3.60	1.00	.980	2.34	2.25
1985	TOT	MLB	25	OF	104	86	80	812.2	177	165	6	6	2	.966	-0	-1	1.89	1.64	.980	2.30	2.30
1985	TOT	MLB	25	RF	102	86	80	806.2	173	161	6	6	2	.965	-1	-2	1.86	1.64	.978	2.07	2.07
1985	CAL	AL	25	OF	48	31	26	326.0	81	78	3	0	1	1.000	4	13	2.24	1.69	.982	2.44	2.42
1985	CAL	AL	25	RF	46	31	26	320.0	77	74	3	0	1	1.000	3	10	2.17	1.67	.980	2.17	2.15
1985	CAL	AL	25	DH	7	3
1985	CAL	AL	25	CF	1	0	0	5.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	216	7.20	4.00	.988	2.88	2.90
1985	CAL	AL	25	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1985	PIT	NL	25	OF	56	55	54	486.2	96	87	3	6	1	.938	-4	-10	1.66	1.61	.979	2.20	2.20
1985	PIT	NL	25	RF	56	55	54	486.2	96	87	3	6	1	.938	-4	-10	1.66	1.61	.977	2.01	2.01
1986	PIT	NL	26	OF	71	63	46	549.0	113	107	3	3	2	.973	-1	-2	1.80	1.55	.979	2.19	2.19
1986	PIT	NL	26	RF	71	63	46	549.0	109	103	3	3	2	.972	-1	-2	1.74	1.49	.977	1.99	2.00
1988	CAL	AL	28	LF	18	12	9	112.0	34	31	2	1	0	.971	1	10	2.65	1.83	.977	2.26	2.24
1988	CAL	AL	28	OF	18	13	9	126.2	37	33	2	2	0	.946	0	2	2.49	1.94	.979	2.47	2.45
1988	CAL	AL	28	RF	2	1	0	14.2	3	2	0	1	0	.667	-1	-57	1.23	1.00	.973	2.27	2.20
	5 Seasons			OF	268	222	180	2043.2	449	414	19	16	5	.964	-5	-3	1.91	1.62	.980	2.34	2.33
	5 Seasons			RF	229	193	155	1757.0	370	342	14	14	5	.962	-6	-4	1.82	1.55	.978	2.08	2.08
	4 Seasons			LF	40	26	22	254.2	65	58	5	2	0	.969	0	0	2.23	1.58	.977	2.29	2.27
	2 Seasons			CF	4	3	3	32.0	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	1	52	3.66	3.25	.987	2.92	2.90
	5 Seasons			TOT	268	222	180	2043.2	449	414	19	16	5	.964	-5	-3	1.91	1.62	.980	2.34	2.33
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1985 NL 6 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1985 NL 6 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1934), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Right Field (457th), 0.4 career WAR/0.4 7yr-peak WAR/0.4 JAWS Average HOF RF (out of 24) = 69.5 career WAR/41.3 7yr-peak WAR/55.4 JAWS

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Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the California Angels in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
August 2, 1985: Traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later and Pat Clements to the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Candelaria, George Hendrick and Al Holland. The California Angels sent Bob Kipper (August 16, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
March 31, 1987: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
April 8, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
May 15, 1987: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
June 1, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
December 13, 1987: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
December 30, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
July 14, 1988: Purchased by the California Angels from the Detroit Tigers.

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