Oscar Brown

Oscar Lee Brown

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 8, 1946 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1969
Team: Braves 1969-1973

Final Game: September 30, 1973
Relatives: Brother of Ollie Brown
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Standard Batting

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
1966	20	ATL-min	A-	73	313	272	42	94	12	4	4	24	11	7	41	47	.346	.431	.463	.895		126							YAK · NORW
1967	21	ATL-min	A	51	194	188	17	51	5	2	0	16	1	4	6	21	.271	.294	.319	.613		60							KIN,WPB · CARL,FLOR
1968	22	ATL-min	A-,A	91	332	332		96	16	7	5						.289	.289	.425	.714		141							WPT,WPB · NYPL,FLOR
1969	23	ATL-min	AA,AAA	79	321	297	42	92	12	4	1	25	3	4	21	35	.310	.359	.387	.747		115		2	1	0			SHV,RMD · TL,IL
1969	23	ATL	NL	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	/89
1970	24	ATL-min	AA,AAA	52	211	202	13	59	9	0	3	5	5	1	6	12	.292	.311	.381	.692		77		0	2	1			SHV,RMD · TL,IL
1970	24	ATL	NL	28	57	47	6	18	2	1	1	7	0	2	7	7	.383	.464	.532	.996	162	25	1	1	1	1	0	8/79
1971	25	ATL-min	AAA	49	178	168	17	47	7	1	2	21	1	2	8	34	.280	.311	.369	.680		62		0	1	1			RMD · IL
1971	25	ATL	NL	27	46	43	4	9	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	8	.209	.261	.302	.563	56	13	0	0	0	0	0	/879
1972	26	ATL-min	AAA	4	15	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.267	.267	.267	.533		4		0	0	0			RMD · IL
1972	26	ATL	NL	76	168	164	19	37	5	1	3	16	0	2	4	29	.226	.244	.323	.567	55	53	4	0	0	0	0	97/8
1973	27	ATL	NL	22	62	58	3	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.207	.246	.259	.505	36	15	1	0	1	0	0	/798
1974	28	ATL-min	AAA	104	249	218	28	55	6	1	2	18	5	3	23	49	.252	.325	.317	.642		69		1	6	1			RMD · IL
5 Yrs				160	337	316	34	77	14	2	4	28	0	4	17	55	.244	.284	.339	.622	69	107	6	1	2	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	341	320	34	78	14	2	4	28	0	4	17	56	.244	.284	.339	.622	69	108	6	1	2	1	0

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
1969	23	ATL	NL	7	4	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/89
1970	24	ATL	NL	28	57	5	-2	0	-1	-1	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.503	.500	0.4	-0.2	4	$	8/79
1971	25	ATL	NL	27	46	-2	-1	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.484	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	/879
1972	26	ATL	NL	76	168	-9	-2	1	-4	-3	-17	-1.9	5	-12	-1.5	.474	.488	-1.0	-0.7	-8	$	97/8
1973	27	ATL	NL	22	62	-5	0	-0	-1	-0	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.464	.495	-0.5	-0.2	-4	$	/798
5 Seasons				160	337	-12	-5	1	-7	-5	-27	-3.1	10	-18	-2.2	.480	.496	-1.3	-1.2	-10	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1969	23	ATL	NL	4	3	0	0.0	95	.333	.250	.260	.250	.331	.250	.386	.500	.717	40	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1970	24	ATL	NL	57	34	11	8.7	108	.425	.383	.273	.464	.346	.532	.417	.996	.763	162	.759	4.7	0.5	.969	.255	.149	.0
1971	25	ATL	NL	46	34	4	3.2	97	.257	.209	.267	.261	.334	.302	.390	.563	.724	56	.387	-2.5	-0.3	.471	.163	.093
1972	26	ATL	NL	168	133	11	2.2	99	.258	.226	.267	.244	.336	.323	.394	.567	.730	55	.251	-10.9	-1.2	.414	.110	.098	.0
1973	27	ATL	NL	62	48	4	2.2	103	.250	.207	.272	.246	.342	.259	.404	.505	.746	36	.235	-5.3	-0.6	.383	.103	.052
5 Yrs				337	252	30	3.2	101	.283	.244	.268	.284	.339	.339	.398	.622	.737	69	.380	-14.3	-1.5	.486	.136	.095	.0
162 Game Avg.				341	255	30	3.2	101	.283	.244	.268	.284	.339	.339	.398	.622	.737	69	.380	-14.3	-1.5	.486	.136	.095

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	23	ATL	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			1.00	75%
1970	24	ATL	NL	57	1.8%	12.3%	12.3%	7.0%	22%	1.00	6.7	47.0	6.7	2.00	70%
1971	25	ATL	NL	46	0.0%	17.4%	6.5%	8.7%	44%	2.67	5.4		8.6	0.71	76%
1972	26	ATL	NL	168	1.8%	17.3%	2.4%	5.4%	24%	7.25	5.7	54.7	10.3	1.41	79%
1973	27	ATL	NL	62	0.0%	16.1%	4.8%	4.8%	25%	3.33	5.8			1.24	77%
5 Yrs				337	1.2%	16.3%	5.0%	5.9%	26%	3.24	5.7	79.0	11.3	1.31	77%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.6%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.66	6.1	43.3	9.0	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	23	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.32	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.96	-0.4	0.00	1
1970	24	ATL	NL	4.7	0.4	59	0.3	1.2	-0.9	1.06	0.4	-0.2	6.1	0.6	1.02	4.9	2.01	3
1971	25	ATL	NL	-2.5	-0.3	42	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.06	-0.0	-0.3	-1.9	-0.2	1.08	-1.7	0.98	10
1972	26	ATL	NL	-10.9	-1.2	169	-1.2	2.2	-3.4	1.03	-1.0	-0.2	-7.9	-0.8	0.96	-9.8	1.72	13
1973	27	ATL	NL	-5.3	-0.6	62	-0.9	0.6	-1.5	1.19	-0.6	-0.2	-6.4	-0.6	0.84	-6.1	1.68	9
5 Yrs				-14.4	-1.6	336	-2.3	4.6	-6.9	1.06	-1.2	-1.0	-10.3	-1.1	0.96	-13.1	1.48	36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	23	ATL	NL	0	200%	7	0		0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1970	24	ATL	NL	1	20%	36	2	0%	2	1	1	2	2	0%	7	7	0	2	2	3	2	0
1971	25	ATL	NL	1	33%	28	0		0	0	0	2	0	0%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
1972	26	ATL	NL	2	42%	80	2	0%	2	0	0	3	3	37%	14	10	2	0	0	5	0	5
1973	27	ATL	NL	0	20%	18	0		0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				4	33%	169	4	0%	4	1	1	8	5	21%	26	21	3	3	2	10	4	5

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	23	ATL	NL	4	25%	1			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	24	ATL	NL	57	54%	18			3	2	0	0	2.01	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	3	2	67%	37	7	19%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1971	25	ATL	NL	46	52%	9			10	1	0	1	0.98	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	5	1	20%	34	6	18%	5	2	40%	4	2	50%	0
1972	26	ATL	NL	168	63%	37			13	1	0	0	1.72	3	0	3	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	0%	31	4	13%	17	5	29%	97	13	13%	5	3	60%	10	5	50%	0
1973	27	ATL	NL	62	85%	12			9	1	0	0	1.68	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	6	1	17%	29	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				337	64%	77			36	5	0	1	1.48	4	0	9	2	2	3	1	0	6	2	33%	63	6	10%	31	9	29%	200	26	13%	15	7	47%	14	7	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1969	23	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1	0	0	0	0
1970	24	35	61	51	8	19	2	1	1	7	2	7	8	.373	.450	.510	.960	153	26	1	1	1	1
1971	25	62	107	94	12	28	6	1	1	12	2	10	16	.298	.368	.415	.783	111	39	1	1	1	1
1972	26	138	275	258	31	65	11	2	4	28	4	14	45	.252	.292	.357	.649	76	92	5	1	1	1
1973	27	160	337	316	34	77	14	2	4	28	4	17	55	.244	.284	.339	.622	69	107	6	1	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	23	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1970	24	28	56	46	6	17	2	1	1	7	7	7	.370	.455	.522	.976	11	28
1971	25	27	47	44	5	10	4	0	0	6	3	8	.227	.277	.318	.595	4	27
1972	26	79	176	172	20	39	5	1	3	17	4	30	.227	.244	.320	.564	14	76
1973	27	22	63	59	3	13	3	0	0	0	3	10	.220	.258	.271	.529	4	22
5 Yrs		163	346	325	34	79	14	2	4	30	17	56	.243	.282	.335	.617	33	160
162 Game Avg.		162	344	323	34	79	14	2	4	30	17	56	.243	.282	.335	.617	33	160

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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