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Brian Dorsett

Brian Richard Dorsett

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 9, 1961 in Terre Haute, IN
High School: North (Terre Haute, IN)
School: Indiana State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1987
Teams (by GP): Reds/Yankees/Cubs/Padres/Angels/... 1987-1996

Final Game: June 4, 1996
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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… 

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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
1987 26 CLE AL 5 12 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .273 .333 .545 .879 128 6 0 1 0 0 0 /2
1988 27 CAL AL 7 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1989 28 NYY AL 8 23 22 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .364 .391 .409 .800 128 9 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1990 29 NYY AL 14 37 35 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .143 .189 .200 .389 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 /2D
1991 30 SDP NL 11 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1993 32 CIN NL 25 66 63 7 16 4 0 2 12 0 0 3 14 .254 .288 .413 .701 85 26 1 0 0 0 0 2/3
1994 33 CIN NL 76 241 216 21 53 8 0 5 26 0 0 21 33 .245 .313 .352 .664 74 76 10 1 1 2 7 2/3
1996 35 CHC NL 17 46 41 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 8 .122 .196 .195 .391 3 8 2 0 0 1 0 2
8 Seasons 163 449 411 38 92 15 0 9 51 0 0 32 73 .224 .281 .326 .607 62 134 15 2 1 3 7
162 Game Avg. 162 446 408 38 91 15 0 9 51 0 0 32 73 .224 .281 .326 .607 62 133 15 2 1 3 7
CIN (2 yrs) 101 307 279 28 69 12 0 7 38 0 0 24 47 .247 .307 .366 .673 77 102 11 1 1 2 7
NYY (2 yrs) 22 60 57 5 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 .228 .267 .281 .547 55 16 2 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 11 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 17 46 41 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 8 .122 .196 .195 .391 3 8 2 0 0 1 0
CAL (1 yr) 7 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 5 12 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .273 .333 .545 .879 128 6 0 1 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 129 365 332 31 75 12 0 8 42 0 0 28 58 .226 .286 .334 .620 63 111 13 1 1 3 7
AL (4 yrs) 34 84 79 7 17 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 15 .215 .262 .291 .553 55 23 2 1 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
1987 26 CLE AL 12 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
1988 27 CAL AL 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
1989 28 NYY AL 23 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ /2
1990 29 NYY AL 37 -4 0 0 -1 -1 0 1 -5 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $107,000 /2D
1991 30 SDP NL 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /3
1993 32 CIN NL 66 -1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 2/3
1994 33 CIN NL 241 -9 -1 -1 -1 4 4 7 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $170,000 2/3
1996 35 CHC NL 46 -6 -1 0 0 2 1 1 -3 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $210,000 2
8 Seasons 449 -23 -2 -1 -2 5 6 12 -5 -0.5 -10 -1.0 0.5 $487,000
CIN (2 yrs) 307 -10 -1 -1 -1 4 5 9 5 0.5 1 0.1 0.4 $170,000
NYY (2 yrs) 60 -3 0 0 -1 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $107,000
SDP (1 yr) 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
CHC (1 yr) 46 -6 -1 0 0 2 1 1 -3 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $210,000
CAL (1 yr) 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
CLE (1 yr) 12 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1987 CLE AL 26 C 4 2 2 21.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -57 5.14 3.00 .988 6.73 6.68 1 0 4 0 0% 0
1988 CAL AL 27 C 7 3 0 33.0 22 19 3 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.00 3.14 .989 6.22 6.16 3 1 2 2 50% 0
1989 NYY AL 28 C 8 6 6 54.0 32 29 3 0 1 1.000 1 22 5.33 4.00 .989 6.23 6.18 0 2 2 2 50% 0
1990 NYY AL 29 C 9 5 1 48.0 31 31 0 0 1 1.000 -1 -25 5.81 3.44 .991 6.41 6.36 0 3 5 0 0% 0
1990 NYY AL 29 DH 5 5
1991 SDP NL 30 1B 2 0 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 2.50 .992 9.72 9.75
1993 CIN NL 32 C 18 14 12 127.1 116 111 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 8.20 6.44 .989 6.74 6.69 0 4 9 3 25% 0
1993 CIN NL 32 1B 3 1 0 10.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 48 7.20 2.67 .992 9.72 9.60
1994 CIN NL 33 C 73 61 48 538.1 450 412 34 4 6 .991 4 9 7.46 6.11 .991 7.10 7.05 9 14 31 20 39% 2
1994 CIN NL 33 1B 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -80 3.00 1.00 .990 9.60 9.70
1996 CHC NL 35 C 15 9 9 90.2 84 79 5 0 1 1.000 2 26 8.34 5.60 .989 7.50 7.45 1 2 2 3 60% 1
7 Seasons C 134 100 78 912.1 747 693 50 4 10 .995 5 7 7.33 5.54 .990 6.96 6.89 14 26 55 30 35% 3
3 Seasons 1B 6 1 0 18.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 0 13 7.00 2.33 .992 9.70 9.67
8 Seasons TOT 140 101 78 930.1 761 706 51 4 10 .995 5 7 7.32 5.41 .990 7.01 7.01 14 26 55 30 35% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Passed Balls s c a p y
1994 NL  9 (3rd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1994 NL  39.2 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1994 NL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1994 NL  7.46 (4th)

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199029New York Yankees$107,000USA Today
199433Cincinnati Reds$170,0004/5/94 USA Today
199635Chicago Cubs$210,0004/10/96 Baseball Weekly survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$487,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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