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Tommy Brown

Thomas Michael Brown (Buckshot)

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 6, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1944
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cubs/Phillies 1944-1953

Final Game: September 25, 1953
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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
1944	16	LAD-min	B	91	340	340		101	21	11	1						.297	.297	.432	.729		147							NNW · PIED
1944	16	BRO	NL	46	160	146	17	24	4	0	0	8	0		8	17	.164	.208	.192	.400	14	28	3	0	6			6
1945	17	LAD-min	AA	85	344	301	54	86	13	3	10	48	5		33	38	.286	.368	.449	.816		135	7	6	4				STP · AA
1945	17	BRO	NL	57	204	196	13	48	3	4	2	19	3		6	16	.245	.267	.332	.599	67	65	3	0	2			6/O9

1947	19	BRO	NL	15	35	34	3	8	1	0	0	2	0		1	6	.235	.257	.265	.522	37	9	1	0	0			/57O6
1948	20	BRO	NL	54	156	145	18	35	4	0	2	20	1		7	17	.241	.281	.310	.591	57	45	5	1	3			5/37
1949	21	BRO	NL	41	95	89	14	27	2	0	3	18	0		6	8	.303	.347	.427	.774	103	38	1	0	0			7O
1950	22	BRO	NL	48	98	86	15	25	2	1	8	20	0		11	9	.291	.378	.616	.994	153	53	4	1	0			7O
1951	23	TOT	NL	89	241	221	26	47	4	1	10	33	1	2	17	25	.213	.272	.376	.648	73	83	8	1	1			743/5
1951	23	BRO	NL	11	27	25	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.160	.222	.240	.462	23	6	0	0	0			/7O
1951	23	PHI	NL	78	214	196	24	43	2	1	10	32	1	2	15	21	.219	.278	.393	.671	80	77	8	1	1			7O43/5
1952	24	TOT	NL	79	243	225	26	68	12	0	4	26	1	2	16	27	.302	.349	.409	.757	109	92	5	0	1			64/37
1952	24	PHI	NL	18	29	25	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	.160	.276	.320	.596	65	8	0	0	0			/37O
1952	24	CHC	NL	61	214	200	24	64	11	0	3	24	1	2	12	24	.320	.358	.420	.778	114	84	5	0	1			64/3
1953	25	CHC	NL	65	154	138	19	27	7	1	2	13	1	0	13	17	.196	.279	.304	.584	51	42	9	3	0			6/O97
1954	26	CHC-min	Opn	152	579	502	68	132	25	1	14	61	3		53	83	.263	.338	.400	.738		201	10	7	11	6			LOS · PCL
1955	27	CIN-CHC-min	AA,Opn	118	335	334	3	99	24	1	7	3	0		1	3	.296	.299	.437	.736		146	2	0	0	0			NVL,LOS · SOUA,PCL
1956	28	CIN-min	AA	139	468	468		148	34	4	10						.316	.316	.470	.786		220							NVL · SOUA
1957	29	CIN-min	AA	139	485	485		124	24	0	8						.256	.256	.355	.610		172							NVL · SOUA
1958	30	CIN-MIN-min	AA	110	342	342		91	21	1	8						.266	.266	.404	.670		138							NVL,CNG · SOUA
1959	31	MIN-min	AA	105	378	316	46	82	12	1	8	35	1		52	55	.259	.371	.380	.750		120		5	3	2	4		NOR,CNG · SOUA
9 Yrs				494	1386	1280	151	309	39	7	31	159	7	4	85	142	.241	.292	.355	.647	74	455	39	6	13
162 Game Avg.				162	455	420	50	101	13	2	10	52	2		28	47	.241	.292	.355	.647	74	149	13	2	4

BRO (7 yrs)				272	775	721	82	171	18	5	15	88	4	0	41	77	.237	.280	.338	.619	67	244	17	2	11
PHI (2 yrs)				96	243	221	26	47	3	1	11	34	1	2	19	24	.213	.278	.385	.663	78	85	8	1	1
CHC (2 yrs)				126	368	338	43	91	18	1	5	37	2	2	25	41	.269	.325	.373	.698	87	126	14	3	1

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
1944	16	BRO	NL	46	160	-16	0	0	-10	3	-24	-2.6	5	-19	-2.1	.445	.484	-1.0	-0.8	-9	$	6
1945	17	BRO	NL	57	204	-9	-0	0	-2	3	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.2	.485	.495	0.0	0.2	0	$	6/O9

1947	19	BRO	NL	15	35	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/57O6
1948	20	BRO	NL	54	156	-9	0	-0	-2	-0	-11	-1.2	6	-6	-0.7	.478	.493	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	5/37
1949	21	BRO	NL	41	95	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0.0	3	4	0.3	.501	.500	0.3	-0.1	3	$	7O
1950	22	BRO	NL	48	98	6	1	-1	0	-1	6	0.6	3	9	0.9	.512	.504	0.9	-0.1	9	$	7O
1951	23	BRO	NL	11	27	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.473	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/7O
1951	23	PHI	NL	78	214	-6	-0	-1	-2	-2	-10	-1.1	7	-3	-0.4	.486	.493	-0.2	-0.4	-1	$	7O43/5
1952	24	PHI	NL	18	29	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/37O
1952	24	CHC	NL	61	214	3	0	-0	-5	3	1	0.1	7	8	0.8	.502	.501	1.4	-0.2	13	$	64/3
1953	25	CHC	NL	65	154	-10	1	-2	-5	1	-15	-1.5	5	-10	-1.0	.477	.491	-0.4	-0.4	-5	$	6/O97
9 Seasons				494	1386	-47	1	-3	-26	6	-69	-7.4	46	-23	-2.9	.485	.496	0.1	-2.1	3	$

BRO (7 yrs)				272	775	-33	1	-1	-14	4	-43	-4.6	25	-18	-2.2	.483	.496	-0.6	-1.0	-4	$
PHI (2 yrs)				96	243	-7	-1	-1	-2	-2	-12	-1.3	8	-4	-0.5	.487	.496	-0.3	-0.4	-2	$
CHC (2 yrs)				126	368	-7	1	-2	-10	4	-14	-1.4	12	-2	-0.2	.489	.496	1.0	-0.7	9	$

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
1944	16	BRO	NL	160	131	6	1.2	93	.186	.164	.266	.208	.332	.192	.373	.400	.706	14	.096	-16.8	-1.8	.288	.082	.027
1945	17	BRO	NL	204	153	17	3.0	96	.258	.245	.272	.267	.342	.332	.375	.599	.717	67	.340	-10.4	-1.1	.490	.133	.087	2.4

1947	19	BRO	NL	35	27	2	2.0	108	.286	.235	.278	.257	.353	.265	.412	.522	.765	37	.173	-3.2	-0.3	.370	.059	.029
1948	20	BRO	NL	156	118	12	2.7	105	.262	.241	.274	.281	.349	.310	.405	.591	.754	57	.286	-9.3	-0.9	.470	.124	.069	1.3
1949	21	BRO	NL	95	63	13	5.5	107	.308	.303	.275	.347	.349	.427	.412	.774	.761	103	.585	0.1	0.0	.698	.191	.124	.0
1950	22	BRO	NL	98	65	20	8.2	111	.246	.291	.273	.378	.351	.616	.424	.994	.774	153	.733	6.2	0.6	1.000	.453	.326	.0
1951	23	TOT	NL	241	185	22	3.2	102	.199	.213	.266	.272	.339	.376	.402	.648	.742	73	.347	-9.5	-1.0	.543	.235	.163	1.8
1951	23	BRO	NL	27	21	1	1.3	105	.190	.160	.270	.222	.344	.240	.409	.462	.753	23	.090	-2.7	-0.3	.381	.160	.080
1951	23	PHI	NL	214	164	21	3.4	102	.200	.219	.265	.278	.339	.393	.402	.671	.740	80	.378	-6.8	-0.7	.564	.245	.173	1.8
1952	24	TOT	NL	243	165	32	5.2	98	.330	.302	.262	.349	.335	.409	.391	.757	.726	109	.601	2.6	0.3	.652	.173	.107	1.6
1952	24	PHI	NL	29	21	2	2.6	96	.143	.160	.260	.276	.333	.320	.388	.596	.721	65	.291	-1.2	-0.1	.571	.320	.160	.0
1952	24	CHC	NL	214	144	30	5.6	98	.353	.320	.263	.358	.336	.420	.391	.778	.727	114	.632	3.8	0.4	.664	.155	.100	1.5
1953	25	CHC	NL	154	120	11	2.4	112	.210	.196	.277	.279	.348	.304	.431	.584	.779	51	.222	-10.2	-1.0	.492	.210	.109	1.3
9 Yrs				1386	1027	135	3.5	102	.251	.241	.270	.292	.342	.355	.399	.647	.741	74	.395	-50.4	-5.1	.541	.183	.114	11.4
162 Game Avg.				455	337	44	3.5	102	.251	.241	.270	.292	.342	.355	.399	.647	.741	74	.395	-50.4	-5.1	.541	.183	.114	4

BRO (7 yrs)				775	578	71	3.3	101	.248	.237	.272	.280	.344	.338	.394	.619	.738	67	.368	-36.0	-3.8	.513	.164	.101	6.3
PHI (2 yrs)				243	185	23	3.3	101	.194	.213	.265	.278	.338	.385	.400	.663	.738	78	.369	-8.0	-0.8	.565	.253	.172	1.8
CHC (2 yrs)				368	264	41	4.1	104	.295	.269	.268	.325	.341	.373	.407	.698	.748	87	.468	-6.4	-0.6	.586	.178	.104	2.9

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
1949	21	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	16	BRO	NL	160	0.0%	10.6%	5.0%	2.5%	17%	2.13	8.6		18.3		81%
1945	17	BRO	NL	204	1.0%	7.8%	2.9%	4.4%	19%	2.67	12.3	98.0	10.3		87%

1947	19	BRO	NL	35	0.0%	17.1%	2.9%	2.9%	13%	6.00	5.7		17.0		80%
1948	20	BRO	NL	156	1.3%	10.9%	4.5%	3.9%	17%	2.43	8.5	72.5	7.3	1.16	81%
1949	21	BRO	NL	95	3.2%	8.4%	6.3%	5.3%	19%	1.33	11.1	29.7	4.9	0.93	82%
1950	22	BRO	NL	98	8.2%	9.2%	11.2%	11.2%	44%	0.82	9.6	10.8	4.3	0.70	70%
1951	23	TOT	NL	241	4.2%	10.4%	7.1%	6.2%	32%	1.47	8.8	22.1	6.7	0.78	77%
1951	23	BRO	NL	27	0.0%	14.8%	7.4%	7.4%	50%	2.00	6.3		25.0	0.70	78%
1951	23	PHI	NL	214	4.7%	9.8%	7.0%	6.1%	30%	1.40	9.3	19.6	6.1	0.79	77%
1952	24	TOT	NL	243	1.7%	11.1%	6.6%	6.6%	24%	1.69	8.3	56.3	8.7	1.35	80%
1952	24	PHI	NL	29	3.5%	10.3%	13.8%	6.9%	50%	0.75	8.3	25.0	12.5	0.88	72%
1952	24	CHC	NL	214	1.4%	11.2%	5.6%	6.5%	22%	2.00	8.3	66.7	8.3	1.46	81%
1953	25	CHC	NL	154	1.3%	11.0%	8.4%	6.5%	37%	1.31	8.1	69.0	10.6	1.12	77%
9 Yrs				1386	2.2%	10.3%	6.1%	5.6%	25%	1.67	9.0	41.3	8.1	1.01	80%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.7%	9.5%	6.2%	27%	1.02	9.2	53.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1944	16	BRO	NL	-16.8	-1.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	17	BRO	NL	-10.4	-1.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1947	19	BRO	NL	-3.2	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	20	BRO	NL	-9.3	-0.9	158	-1.0	2.1	-3.1	1.01	-1.1	0.1	-12.0	-1.2	0.99	-13.8	1.82	9
1949	21	BRO	NL	-0.0	0.0	95	-0.0	1.5	-1.5	.91	0.1	-0.1	2.7	0.3	0.98	1.6	1.07	18
1950	22	BRO	NL	6.2	0.6	98	0.2	2.2	-2.1	1.06	0.2	-0.1	3.8	0.4	1.00	5.0	1.62	30
1951	23	TOT	NL	-9.8	-1.0	182	-0.2	3.7	-4.0	1.15	-0.7	0.4	-1.8	-0.2	0.98	-7.1	1.78	23
1951	23	BRO	NL	-2.7	-0.3	27	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.31	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.89	-2.4	1.99	5
1951	23	PHI	NL	-7.1	-0.7	155	-0.0	3.3	-3.3	1.13	-0.5	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.99	-4.7	1.72	18
1952	24	TOT	NL	2.6	0.3	195	0.3	4.0	-3.6	1.02	0.7	-0.4	8.5	0.9	0.92	10.3	1.01	12
1952	24	PHI	NL	-1.2	-0.1	24	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.33	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.89	-1.1	1.12	9
1952	24	CHC	NL	3.8	0.4	171	0.4	3.3	-2.9	.98	0.8	-0.3	9.4	1.0	0.93	11.3	0.70	3
1953	25	CHC	NL	-10.2	-1.0	137	-0.6	2.3	-2.9	1.12	-0.7	0.2	-9.9	-0.9	1.04	-9.6	1.16	23
9 Yrs				-50.8	-5.2	865	-1.4	15.9	-17.2	1.06	-1.5	0.2	-8.7	-0.8	0.98	-13.5	1.43	115

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	20	BRO	NL	0	39%	44	1			1	0	0	0	3	2	36%	7	5	1	1	1	0	6	2	4
1949	21	BRO	NL	1	37%	42	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	44%	6	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	2
1950	22	BRO	NL	0	24%	19	0			0	0	0	0	2	0	75%	5	1	4	2	1	1	1	0	1
1951	23	TOT	NL	4	29%	38	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	3	1	33%	9	5	3	0	0	0	3	2	1
1951	23	BRO	NL	0	33%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1951	23	PHI	NL	4	29%	33	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	3	1	33%	8	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
1952	24	TOT	NL	2	28%	86	1	2	33%	1	2	1	1	5	1	45%	13	10	3	2	1	1	5	0	5
1952	24	PHI	NL	0	14%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1952	24	CHC	NL	2	29%	82	1	2	33%	1	2	1	1	5	1	47%	13	10	3	1	0	1	5	0	5
1953	25	CHC	NL	2	42%	43	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	4	8%	7	6	1	2	2	0	4	3	0
9 Yrs				9	33%	272	7	4	100%	4	4	1	1	14	8	38%	47	31	14	7	5	2	22	7	13

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
1948	20	BRO	NL	156	48%	35			9	1	0	0	1.82	2	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	4	3	75%	36	5	14%	20	9	45%	106	18	17%	15	8	53%	7	4	57%	0
1949	21	BRO	NL	95	88%	27			18	7	0	1	1.07	3	0	4	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	0%	18	1	6%	13	3	23%	68	16	24%	8	5	63%	7	2	29%	0
1950	22	BRO	NL	98	51%	25			30	8	2	6	1.62	8	0	4	6	2	7	1	0	1	0	0%	24	4	17%	12	2	17%	72	12	17%	11	4	36%	7	0	0%	0
1951	23	TOT	NL	241	50%	47			23	3	1	2	1.78	10	1	8	2	6	6	4	0	1	1	100%	33	8	24%	13	5	38%	116	19	16%	9	5	56%	0	0		0
1951	23	BRO	NL	27	89%	4			5	1	0	1	1.99	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	1	50%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1951	23	PHI	NL	214	43%	43			18	2	1	1	1.72	10	1	7	2	6	6	4	0	1	1	100%	27	8	30%	11	4	36%	105	18	17%	8	4	50%	0	0		0
1952	24	TOT	NL	243	23%	68			12	2	1	1	1.01	4	0	7	2	2	1	3	0	2	1	50%	24	5	21%	12	2	17%	100	20	20%	11	2	18%	3	1	33%	0
1952	24	PHI	NL	29	46%	4			9	1	1	1	1.12	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	15	1	7%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1952	24	CHC	NL	214	20%	64			3	1	0	0	0.70	3	0	6	2	1	0	3	0	2	1	50%	22	5	23%	11	2	18%	85	19	22%	9	2	22%	3	1	33%	0
1953	25	CHC	NL	154	36%	27			23	3	0	0	1.16	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		28	9	32%	18	1	6%	99	10	10%	5	2	40%	7	3	43%	0
9 Yrs				987	46%	309			115	24	4	10	1.43	31	1	34	13	13	18	11	0	10	13	130%	163	39	24%	88	22	25%	561	95	17%	59	26	44%	31	10	32%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			180%			21%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1944	16	46	160	146	17	24	4	0	0	8	0		8	17	.164	.208	.192	.400	14	28	3	0	6
1945	17	103	364	342	30	72	7	4	2	27	3		14	33	.211	.242	.272	.514	44	93	6	0	8
1946	18	103	364	342	30	72	7	4	2	27	3		14	33	.211	.242	.272	.514	44	93	6	0	8
1947	19	118	399	376	33	80	8	4	2	29	3		15	39	.213	.243	.271	.514	43	102	7	0	8
1948	20	172	555	521	51	115	12	4	4	49	4		22	56	.221	.254	.282	.536	47	147	12	1	11
1949	21	213	650	610	65	142	14	4	7	67	4		28	64	.233	.268	.303	.571	56	185	13	1	11
1950	22	261	748	696	80	167	16	5	15	87	4		39	73	.240	.282	.342	.624	69	238	17	2	11
1951	23	350	989	917	106	214	20	6	25	120	5	2	56	98	.233	.280	.350	.630	70	321	25	3	12
1952	24	429	1232	1142	132	282	32	6	29	146	6	4	72	125	.247	.293	.362	.655	78	413	30	3	13
1953	25	494	1386	1280	151	309	39	7	31	159	7	4	85	142	.241	.292	.355	.647	74	455	39	6	13

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	16	48	166	152	18	25	4	0	0	9	0	8	18	.164	.206	.191	.397	6	46
1945	17	60	213	205	13	50	3	4	2	19	3	6	17	.244	.265	.327	.592	18	57

1947	19	16	36	35	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	.229	.250	.257	.507	2	15
1948	20	56	162	151	18	36	4	0	2	20	1	7	18	.238	.277	.305	.581	13	54
1949	21	43	96	90	13	26	2	0	3	17	0	6	8	.289	.333	.411	.744	12	41
1950	22	50	101	89	14	25	2	1	8	19	0	11	9	.281	.366	.596	.962	19	48
1951	23	92	251	231	28	50	4	1	11	35	1	18	26	.216	.276	.385	.661	24	89
1952	24	83	256	238	29	74	13	0	4	29	1	17	28	.311	.357	.416	.773	36	79
1953	25	68	157	141	18	26	7	1	2	12	1	13	18	.184	.268	.291	.558	10	65
9 Yrs		516	1438	1332	154	320	40	7	32	162	7	87	148	.240	.290	.353	.643	140	494
162 Game Avg.		162	451	418	48	100	13	2	10	51	2	27	46	.240	.290	.353	.643	44	494

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1944 NL born 1927-12-06 (2nd) 1945 NL born 1927-12-06 (2nd) 1947 NL born 1927-12-06 (3rd) 1948 NL born 1927-12-06 (7th) 1949 NL born 1927-12-06 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1944 NL  born 1927-12-06 (2nd)
1945 NL  born 1927-12-06 (2nd)
1947 NL  born 1927-12-06 (3rd)
1948 NL  born 1927-12-06 (7th)
1949 NL  born 1927-12-06 (8th)

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Hall of Fame Standards

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Similarity Scores

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Brooks Robinson (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wayne Garrett (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Schaal (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Roberts (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Roberts (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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