Gates Brown

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 220lb (180cm, 99kg)

Born: May 2, 1939 in Crestline, OH us

Died: September 27, 2013 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Crestline, OH

High School: Crestline HS (Crestline, OH)

Debut: June 19, 1963 (Age 24-048d, 12,120th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1975 (Age 36-147d)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: William James Brown

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1968 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.7

2262

582

.257

330

RBI

322

OBP

.330

SLG

.420

OPS

.750

OPS+

110

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-33 / in Starts: 11-4
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	68 (41-20-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-19-9)

Most Driven In
Self	6
D Tracewski	2
M Stanley	2
J Northrup	1
B Freehan	1
W Horton	1
A Kaline	1
N Cash	1

Most Driven In By
Self	6
N Cash	2
M Stanley	2
B Freehan	1
J Price	1
D Wert	1
D McAuliffe	1
A Kaline	1

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	414	2 (1)	Apr 11	DET		BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	9	2.12	0.386	3.76	0.41%	1.00	PH
2	415	4 (1)	Apr 14	DET		CHW	W,5-4	9-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	9	1.17	0.026	2.46	0.03%	0.11	PH
3	416	11 (6)	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	9	.74	-0.017	2.59	-0.04%	-0.12	PH
4	417	12	Apr 26	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	9	.08	-0.002	.27	0.00%	-0.11	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	418	19 (6)	May 2	DET		MIN	L,2-3	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	1.250	1.850	9	1.98	0.096	7.58	0.22%	0.39	PH
6	419	20	May 3	DET		CAL	L,5-6	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.667	1.200	1.867	8	1.78	0.061	6.25	0.13%	0.36	PH
7	420	24 (3)	May 7	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	1.000	1.571	8	4.62	-0.062	15.62	-0.13%	-0.25	PH
8	421	28 (3)	May 12	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	8	.56	-0.013	2.14	-0.03%	-0.18	PH
9	422	30 (1)	May 15	DET		BAL	L,8-10	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.875	1.431	8	.76	0.040	3.30	0.11%	0.59	PH
10	423	33 (2)	May 19 (1)	DET		WSA	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.556	.600	.889	1.489	9	3.46	0.302	13.45	0.71%	1.00	PH
11	424	34	May 19 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-0	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.727	1.227	5	.40	-0.019	1.60	-0.05%	-0.31	LF
12	425	37 (2)	May 22	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.538	.917	1.455	9	1.46	0.184	6.95	0.53%	0.66	PH
13	426	40 (2)	May 26	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	5-GF(10)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.500	.800	1.300	5	2.11	-0.026	9.24	-0.07%	0.10	PH LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	427	46 (5)	Jun 1	DET		NYY	W,5-4	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.529	.800	1.329	9	1.78	0.052	8.88	0.16%	0.36	PH
15	428	49 (2)	Jun 3	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.875	1.431	9	2.71	0.203	14.17	0.64%	0.61	PH
16	429	50	Jun 4 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.571	.833	1.405	5	.64	0.036	3.21	0.11%	0.22	LF
17	430	54 (3)	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,5-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.571	.833	1.405	8						PH
18	431	56 (1)	Jun 9	DET		CLE	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.526	.591	.895	1.486	9	.50	0.031	3.38	0.13%	0.20	PH
19	432	57	Jun 11 (1)	DET		MIN	W,3-1	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.560	.818	1.378	5	.88	0.018	4.94	0.06%	-0.16	LF
20	433	61 (3)	Jun 14	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	13-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.478	.538	.783	1.321	9	2.17	-0.052	11.50	-0.16%	-0.19	PH
21	434	70 (8)	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.407	.467	.667	1.133	3	.63	-0.058	4.25	-0.23%	-0.62	LF
22	435	75 (4)	Jun 29	DET		CHW	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.367	.424	.600	1.024	5	.58	-0.056	3.00	-0.17%	-0.98	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	436	80 (4)	Jul 4	DET		CAL	W,13-10	2-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355	.429	.581	1.009	9	1.19	0.061	5.20	0.16%	0.27	PH
24	437	82 (1)	Jul 6	DET		OAK	L,1-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.344	.417	.563	.979	9	.13	-0.003	.56	-0.01%	-0.08	PH
25	438	87 (4)	Jul 13	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	13-13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.432	.576	1.008	9	1.59	0.056	5.70	0.12%	0.23	PH
26	439	88	Jul 14	DET	@	CAL	L,3-7	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.382	.447	.588	1.036	9	.42	0.019	1.74	0.05%	0.59	PH
27	440	91 (2)	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.371	.436	.571	1.007	9	1.17	-0.027	5.75	-0.08%	-0.07	PH
28	441	93 (1)	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361	.425	.556	.981	9	1.19	-0.025	7.26	-0.09%	-0.32	PH
29	442	94	Jul 20	DET		BAL	L,3-5	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.361	.439	.556	.995	9	.97	0.048	5.27	0.16%	0.59	PH
30	443	95	Jul 21 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.378	.452	.595	1.047	9	.51	0.032	3.32	0.12%	0.20	PH
31	444	96	Jul 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.442	.579	1.021	1	3.72	-0.088	26.91	-0.38%	-0.70	PH
32	445	97	Jul 23	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.455	.590	1.044	9	3.50	0.295	20.02	1.01%	1.00	PH
33	446	98	Jul 24	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.467	.600	1.067	8	.37	0.019	1.97	0.06%	1.05	PH
34	447	103 (4)	Jul 29	DET		NYY	L,2-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.390	.457	.585	1.042	8	1.60	-0.032	7.74	-0.09%	-0.36	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	448	108 (4)	Aug 3	DET	@	MIN	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.405	.468	.595	1.063	9	.21	0.011	.93	0.03%	0.23	PH
36	449	110 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.395	.458	.581	1.040	9	.92	-0.022	5.35	-0.08%	-0.08	PH
37	450	111	Aug 6 susp	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GS-7	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.451	.587	1.038	4	1.03	0.082	5.12	0.24%	0.23	LF
38	451	114 (2)	Aug 9	DET		BOS	L,3-5	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.404	.462	.660	1.121	9	.49	0.050	2.09	0.13%	1.00	PH
39	452	115	Aug 10	DET		BOS	W,4-3	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.404	.462	.660	1.121	9						PH
40	453	116	Aug 11 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	14-GF(14)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.472	.729	1.201	9	1.17	0.472	5.65	1.37%	1.00	PH
41	454	117	Aug 11 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.423	.483	.712	1.194	4	2.26	0.201	9.38	0.50%	0.75	LF
42	455	119 (1)	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.415	.475	.698	1.173	9	3.81	-0.034	10.80	-0.06%	-0.15	PH
43	456	120	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.411	.468	.679	1.146	4	1.11	0.076	4.10	0.17%	0.49	LF
44	457	121	Aug 16	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.404	.460	.667	1.127	7	.29	-0.007	.86	-0.01%	-0.71	PH
45	458	122	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	W,10-9	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.404	.469	.667	1.135	9	1.44	0.034	3.06	0.04%	0.19	PH
46	459	124 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	DET		CHW	W,7-0	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.478	.717	1.194	4	.79	0.192	2.46	0.36%	1.92	LF
47	460	126 (1)	Aug 21	DET		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.413	.471	.730	1.202	4	1.21	-0.034	3.03	-0.05%	-0.36	LF
48	461	128 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.406	.465	.719	1.184	8	2.39	-0.052	5.05	-0.07%	-0.23	PH
49	462	129	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	NYY	T,3-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.403	.459	.701	1.161	4	1.12	-0.057	2.81	-0.09%	-0.44	LF
50	463	130	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.397	.453	.691	1.145	9	1.40	-0.032	2.97	-0.04%	-0.11	PH
51	464	131	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.406	.461	.710	1.171	2	.91	0.056	2.53	0.09%	0.19	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	465	141 (9)	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.700	1.155	9	2.09	-0.048	3.95	-0.06%	-0.18	PH
53	466	142	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	W,6-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.394	.449	.690	1.139	9	4.81	-0.100	6.22	-0.08%	-0.31	PH
54	467	143	Sep 4	DET	@	OAK	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.443	.681	1.124	9	1.75	-0.040	1.06	-0.01%	-0.18	PH
55	468	145 (1)	Sep 7	DET		MIN	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.384	.438	.671	1.109	9	3.14	-0.074	.71	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
56	469	146	Sep 8	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.377	.429	.688	1.117	5	1.61	0.013	.74	0.00%	-0.11	LF
57	470	151 (4)	Sep 14	DET		OAK	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.372	.424	.679	1.103	8	4.78	-0.114	.09	0.00%	-0.38	PH
58	471	152	Sep 15	DET		OAK	W,13-0	6-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.372	.430	.679	1.110	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.32	PH
59	472	154 (1)	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.372	.437	.679	1.116	7	4.78	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
60	473	155	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,6-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.358	.422	.654	1.077	4	1.11	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.55	LF
61	474	156	Sep 20	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.366	.429	.671	1.099	9	.07	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.19	PH
62	475	158 (1)	Sep 22	DET	@	WSA	L,0-6	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.373	.435	.675	1.109	9	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.10	1B
63	476	159	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.384	.442	.686	1.128	6	.81	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.15	LF
64	477	160	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.439	.670	1.109	6	.65	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.10	LF
65	478	161	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.374	.441	.692	1.133	6	1.86	0.698	.00	0.00%	2.35	LF
66	479	162	Sep 27	DET		WSA	L,1-3	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.437	.685	1.122	9	1.00	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PH
67	480	163	Sep 28	DET		WSA	L,1-2	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.442	.685	1.127	9	2.26	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.20	PH
							33-33		104	92	15	34	7	2	6	15	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.370	.442	.685	1.127		1.41	2.758	4.21	5.75%	10.61

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