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Roosevelt Brown

Roosevelt Lawayne Brown

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 3, 1975 in Vicksburg, MS
High School: Vicksburg HS (Vicksburg, MS)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 20th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1999
Team: Cubs 1999-2002

Final Game: September 29, 2002
Relatives: Cousin of Ellis Burks
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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
1999 23 CHC NL 33 70 64 6 14 6 1 1 10 1 0 2 14 .219 .239 .391 .629 58 25 2 0 3 1 0 7/89
2000 24 CHC NL 45 98 91 11 32 8 0 3 14 0 1 4 22 .352 .378 .538 .916 131 49 0 1 0 2 0 7/98
2001 25 CHC NL 39 92 83 13 22 6 1 4 22 0 0 7 12 .265 .326 .506 .832 116 42 3 1 0 1 0 7/D98
2002 26 CHC NL 111 231 204 14 43 12 0 3 23 2 2 23 50 .211 .299 .314 .612 63 64 4 3 0 1 0 78/9D
4 Yrs 228 491 442 44 111 32 2 11 69 3 3 36 98 .251 .311 .407 .719 87 180 9 5 3 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 349 314 31 79 23 1 8 49 2 2 26 70 .251 .311 .407 .719 87 128 6 4 2 4 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 Awards
1999 23 CHC NL 33 70 -4 -0 -0 -2 -1 -8 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .477 .495 -0.3 -0.3 -3 $ 7/89
2000 24 CHC NL 45 98 4 -0 0 -0 -1 3 0.3 3 5 0.5 .506 .502 0.6 -0.2 6 $210,000 7/98
2001 25 CHC NL 39 92 2 -0 -0 -0 -1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.2 -0.2 2 $230,000 7/D98
2002 26 CHC NL 111 231 -10 -1 0 -3 -2 -16 -1.7 6 -10 -1.1 .484 .489 -0.7 -0.6 -7 $255,000 78/9D
4 Seasons 228 491 -9 -2 0 -6 -5 -22 -2.3 13 -8 -1.0 .490 .497 -0.2 -1.2 -2 $695,000

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
1999 23 CHC NL 70 56 6 2.9 113 .260 .219 .272 .239 .347 .391 .438 .629 .785 58 .245 -4.2 -0.4 .538 .219 .172 1.0
2000 24 CHC NL 98 62 19 8.2 114 .426 .352 .270 .378 .346 .538 .441 .916 .787 131 .687 4.6 0.4 .883 .220 .187 .0
2001 25 CHC NL 92 65 13 5.3 107 .265 .265 .263 .326 .333 .506 .430 .832 .763 116 .528 1.8 0.2 .781 .325 .241 .0
2002 26 CHC NL 231 168 20 3.2 105 .263 .211 .264 .299 .337 .314 .419 .612 .756 63 .321 -10.5 -1.0 .539 .216 .103 2.4
4 Yrs 491 351 58 4.4 108 .296 .251 .266 .311 .340 .407 .428 .719 .768 87 .442 -8.3 -0.8 .644 .238 .156 4.7
162 Game Avg. 349 249 41 4.4 108 .296 .251 .266 .311 .340 .407 .428 .719 .768 87 .442 -8.3 -0.8 .644 .238 .156 3

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1999 23 CHC NL 70 1.4% 20.0% 2.9% 11.4% 57% 7.00 4.6 64.0 6.4 0.59 1.05 71% 19% 3.8% 19%
2000 24 CHC NL 98 3.1% 22.5% 4.1% 11.2% 34% 5.50 4.1 30.3 6.5 0.39 0.41 69% 35% 7.1% 14%
2001 25 CHC NL 92 4.4% 13.0% 7.6% 12.0% 50% 1.71 6.9 20.8 3.8 0.79 1.04 74% 25% 11.4% 8%
2002 26 CHC NL 231 1.3% 21.7% 10.0% 6.5% 35% 2.17 4.1 68.0 8.9 1.03 1.42 66% 22% 4.7% 15%
4 Yrs 491 2.2% 20.0% 7.3% 9.2% 41% 2.72 4.5 40.2 6.4 0.75 1.05 69% 25% 6.6% 14%
MLB Averages 2.9% 16.8% 9.1% 8.1% 34% 1.85 5.3 30.6 7.4 0.75 1.06 70% 24% 8.4% 14%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 23 CHC NL -4.2 -0.4 72 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 1.18 -0.2 -0.2 -2.7 -0.3 0.98 -3.2 1.52 13
2000 24 CHC NL 4.6 0.4 102 0.4 2.2 -1.8 1.13 0.5 -0.1 4.7 0.4 0.96 4.3 0.91 14
2001 25 CHC NL 1.8 0.2 93 -0.2 1.9 -2.1 1.10 0.1 -0.3 4.7 0.5 1.07 1.0 1.87 11
2002 26 CHC NL -10.5 -1.0 238 -0.9 3.5 -4.4 1.05 -0.9 -0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.95 -7.2 1.37 43
4 Yrs -8.3 -0.8 505 -1.2 8.9 -10.0 1.09 -0.4 -0.6 1.8 0.2 0.98 -5.2 1.38 81

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 23 CHC NL 1 0 33% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2000 24 CHC NL 1 0 24% 36 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 40% 8 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
2001 25 CHC NL 1 0 35% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 29% 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 2 1
2002 26 CHC NL 1 0 17% 82 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 33% 9 7 2 3 1 2 3 1 1
4 Yrs 4 0 23% 179 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 11 32% 21 16 5 4 1 3 9 4 3

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
1999 23 CHC NL 70 97% 14 0 0 13 1 0 1 1.52 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 17 2 12% 12 4 33% 46 9 20% 7 4 57% 0 0 0
2000 24 CHC NL 98 96% 32 2 0 14 4 1 2 0.91 3 1 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 18 0 0% 10 4 40% 64 11 17% 9 4 44% 3 0 0% 0
2001 25 CHC NL 92 80% 22 1 0 11 1 0 2 1.87 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 22 3 14% 9 4 44% 76 18 24% 11 8 73% 5 3 60% 0
2002 26 CHC NL 231 90% 43 3 0 43 11 1 9 1.37 3 0 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 45 4 9% 20 8 40% 141 21 15% 6 3 50% 10 7 70% 0
4 Yrs 491 90% 111 6 0 81 17 2 14 1.38 11 1 17 9 2 6 5 0 3 3 100% 102 9 9% 51 20 39% 327 59 18% 33 19 58% 18 10 56% 0
MLB Averages 53% 76% 11% 34% 15% 53% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1999 23 CHC NL 70 218 3.11 161 74% 16% 19% 32% 34% 84% 0% 62% 78% 50% 4% 3 1 9% 6 3 1% 1 0 14% 0 0 0
2000 24 CHC NL 98 339 3.46 222 65% 16% 20% 32% 32% 84% 0% 55% 76% 38% 2% 2 0 11% 11 7 7% 7 6 0% 0 0 0
2001 25 CHC NL 92 315 3.42 198 63% 17% 14% 32% 36% 83% 0% 52% 83% 37% 9% 8 0 17% 16 7 9% 8 6 8% 0 0 0
2002 26 CHC NL 231 827 3.58 526 64% 15% 19% 36% 29% 85% 0% 54% 77% 43% 6% 13 1 11% 26 11 7% 16 11 18% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 491 1699 3.46 1107 65% 16% 18% 34% 32% 84% 0% 55% 78% 42% 5% 26 2 12% 59 28 7% 32 23 12% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 29% 5% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 23 33 70 64 6 14 6 1 1 10 1 0 2 14 .219 .239 .391 .629 58 25 2 0 3 1 0
2000 24 78 168 155 17 46 14 1 4 24 1 1 6 36 .297 .321 .477 .799 101 74 2 1 3 3 0
2001 25 117 260 238 30 68 20 2 8 46 1 1 13 48 .286 .323 .487 .810 106 116 5 2 3 4 0
2002 26 228 491 442 44 111 32 2 11 69 3 3 36 98 .251 .311 .407 .719 87 180 9 5 3 5 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1999 23 33 70 64 6 14 6 1 1 10 1 2 14 .219 .239 .391 .629 6 33
2000 24 45 96 89 10 30 8 0 3 13 0 4 22 .337 .365 .528 .893 17 45
2001 25 39 91 82 12 21 6 1 4 21 0 7 12 .256 .319 .500 .819 13 39
2002 26 111 233 205 14 44 12 0 3 23 2 24 50 .215 .305 .317 .622 19 111
4 Yrs 228 490 440 42 109 32 2 11 67 3 37 98 .248 .310 .405 .715 55 228
162 Game Avg. 162 348 313 30 77 23 1 8 48 2 26 70 .248 .310 .405 .715 39 228

* 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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