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Brooks Lawrence

Brooks Ulysses Lawrence (Bull)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 30, 1925 in Springfield, OH
High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, OH)
School: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1954
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Cardinals/Reds 1954-1960

Final Game: May 1, 1960
Died: April 27, 2000 in Springfield, OH
Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, OH
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All-Star

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
1954 29 STL NL 35 58 53 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 .189 .246 .189 .434 16 10 0 1 1 0 1
1955 30 STL NL 46 24 21 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .095 .136 .095 .232 -37 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 31 CIN NL 49 81 70 4 11 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 28 .157 .187 .214 .401 6 15 2 1 6 2 0 1 AS,MVP-25
1957 32 CIN NL 49 94 82 4 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 6 26 .171 .227 .195 .422 13 16 4 0 6 0 0 1
1958 33 CIN NL 46 61 53 1 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 13 .113 .183 .113 .297 -21 6 1 0 1 2 0 1
1959 34 CIN NL 43 42 40 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .150 .150 .175 .325 -15 7 1 0 2 0 0 1
1960 35 CIN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 275 360 319 17 49 5 1 0 23 1 1 17 95 .154 .199 .176 .374 -0 56 8 2 18 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 212 188 10 29 3 1 0 14 1 1 10 56 .154 .199 .176 .374 -0 33 5 1 11 2
CIN (5 yrs) 194 278 245 14 37 5 1 0 17 1 1 13 80 .151 .194 .180 .374 -1 44 8 1 15 4 0
STL (2 yrs) 81 82 74 3 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 15 .162 .215 .162 .377 1 12 0 1 3 0 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
1954 29 STL NL 35 58 -7 -0 1 0 7 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1
1955 30 STL NL 46 24 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $ 1
1956 31 CIN NL 49 81 -10 0 -0 0 9 -1 -0.2 3 2 -0.2 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.1 2 $ 1 AS,MVP-25
1957 32 CIN NL 49 94 -11 0 0 0 10 -0 -0.1 3 3 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1958 33 CIN NL 46 61 -9 -0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1959 34 CIN NL 43 42 -5 0 -0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1960 35 CIN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
7 Seasons 275 360 -46 0 1 0 39 -6 -0.7 12 6 -0.8 .498 .499 -0.7 -0.2 6 $
CIN (5 yrs) 194 278 -35 0 0 0 30 -4 -0.5 9 5 -0.6 .498 .499 -0.5 -0.1 5 $
STL (2 yrs) 81 82 -11 0 1 0 9 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 -0.1 2 $

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
1954 29 STL NL 58 44 2 1.2 109 .263 .189 .274 .246 .345 .189 .424 .434 .769 16 .075 -6.7 -0.7 .326 .057 .000
1955 30 STL NL 24 21 0 0.0 105 .095 .095 .264 .136 .335 .095 .419 .232 .754 -37 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .158 .048 .000
1956 31 CIN NL 81 69 3 1.2 107 .250 .157 .270 .187 .337 .214 .426 .401 .763 6 .078 -9.7 -1.0 .295 .086 .057
1957 32 CIN NL 94 78 4 1.4 108 .250 .171 .276 .227 .340 .195 .427 .422 .766 13 .099 -10.6 -1.0 .306 .098 .024
1958 33 CIN NL 61 52 1 0.5 111 .143 .113 .277 .183 .346 .113 .432 .297 .778 -21 .018 -9.6 -1.0 .224 .094 .000 .0
1959 34 CIN NL 42 37 1 0.7 108 .222 .150 .274 .150 .340 .175 .424 .325 .764 -15 .032 -6.7 -0.7 .200 .025 .025
7 Yrs 360 301 11 1.0 108 .215 .154 .273 .199 .341 .176 .426 .374 .767 -0 .055 -47.4 -4.7 .269 .075 .022 .0
162 Game Avg. 212 177 6 1.0 108 .215 .154 .273 .199 .341 .176 .426 .374 .767 -0 .055 -47.4 -4.7 .269 .075 .022
CIN (5 yrs) 278 236 9 1.0 108 .219 .151 .274 .194 .341 .180 .427 .374 .768 -1 .061 -36.5 -3.6 .267 .082 .029 .0
STL (2 yrs) 82 65 2 0.8 108 .203 .162 .271 .215 .343 .162 .422 .377 .765 1 .039 -10.9 -1.1 .274 .054 .000

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 CIN NL 31 DNP

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
1954 29 STL NL 58 0.0% 25.9% 5.2% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.5 13.3 1.50 66%
1955 30 STL NL 24 0.0% 0.0% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 0.00 10.5 5.00 88%
1956 31 CIN NL 81 0.0% 34.6% 2.5% 3.7% 27% 14.00 2.5 17.5 2.33 54%
1957 32 CIN NL 94 0.0% 27.7% 6.4% 2.1% 14% 4.33 3.2 11.7 2.79 60%
1958 33 CIN NL 61 0.0% 21.3% 8.2% 0.0% 0% 2.60 4.1 17.7 1.25 69%
1959 34 CIN NL 42 0.0% 31.0% 0.0% 2.4% 17% 3.1 13.3 1.75 64%
7 Yrs 360 0.0% 26.4% 4.7% 1.7% 12% 5.59 3.4 13.9 2.03 63%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.4% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.37 7.2 38.5 8.3 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 29 STL NL -6.7 -0.7 46 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .88 -0.5 0.1 -4.4 -0.4 0.97 -4.7 0
1955 30 STL NL -4.2 -0.4 16 -0.3 0.0 -0.4 1.00 -0.3 0.0 -3.7 -0.4 1.05 -3.8 0
1956 31 CIN NL -9.8 -1.0 82 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .89 -0.8 0.0 -10.3 -1.0 1.02 -9.3 0
1957 32 CIN NL -10.6 -1.0 95 -0.8 1.0 -1.7 .95 -1.0 0.2 -10.8 -1.0 1.02 -11.6 0
1958 33 CIN NL -9.6 -1.0 63 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 1.02 -0.7 0.0 -7.2 -0.7 1.01 -8.1 0
1959 34 CIN NL -6.8 -0.7 43 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .81 -0.4 -0.2 -3.9 -0.4 0.89 -4.4 0
1960 35 CIN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -47.5 -4.7 345 -3.3 2.9 -6.2 .92 -3.8 0.2 -40.4 -3.9 1.00 -41.9 0

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
1954 29 STL NL 0 0 14% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1955 30 STL NL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1956 31 CIN NL 1 0 29% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1957 32 CIN NL 0 0 20% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 38% 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1958 33 CIN NL 2 0 9% 12 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20% 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1959 34 CIN NL 2 0 83% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20% 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
7 Yrs 5 0 25% 107 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 24% 19 17 2 4 3 1 6 2 4

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
1954 29 STL NL 58 26% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 10 0 0% 11 4 36% 33 4 12% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1955 30 STL NL 24 60% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 200% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 14 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1956 31 CIN NL 81 23% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 19 2 11% 22 6 27% 60 4 7% 4 3 75% 3 1 33% 0
1957 32 CIN NL 94 37% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 26 4 15% 23 4 17% 71 7 10% 7 3 43% 3 1 33% 0
1958 33 CIN NL 61 38% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 12 1 8% 12 4 33% 43 4 9% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1959 34 CIN NL 42 17% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 1 17% 8 2 25% 24 3 13% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
7 Yrs 360 31% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 29 18 62% 75 8 11% 79 21 27% 245 22 9% 21 11 52% 14 6 43% 0
MLB Averages 49% 77% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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
1954 29 35 58 53 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 .189 .246 .189 .434 16 10 0 1 1 0
1955 30 81 82 74 3 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 15 .162 .215 .162 .377 1 12 0 1 3 0 0
1956 31 130 163 144 7 23 2 1 0 10 0 0 6 43 .160 .201 .188 .389 3 27 2 2 9 2 0
1957 32 179 257 226 11 37 4 1 0 17 0 0 12 69 .164 .211 .190 .401 7 43 6 2 15 2 0
1958 33 225 318 279 12 43 4 1 0 20 1 1 17 82 .154 .205 .176 .381 1 49 7 2 16 4 0
1959 34 268 360 319 17 49 5 1 0 23 1 1 17 95 .154 .199 .176 .374 -0 56 8 2 18 4 0
1960 35 275 360 319 17 49 5 1 0 23 1 1 17 95 .154 .199 .176 .374 -0 56 8 2 18 4 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
1954 29 37 60 55 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 3 16 .182 .237 .182 .419 2 35
1955 30 48 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 46
1956 31 51 85 74 5 12 2 1 0 5 0 2 29 .162 .190 .216 .406 3 49
1957 32 51 96 84 3 13 2 0 0 6 0 6 27 .155 .211 .179 .390 3 49
1958 33 48 63 55 1 6 0 0 0 3 1 5 14 .109 .177 .109 .287 1 46
1959 34 45 44 42 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 14 .143 .143 .167 .310 1 43
6 Yrs 280 373 332 16 47 5 1 0 21 1 17 100 .142 .186 .163 .349 10 268
162 Game Avg. 162 216 192 9 27 3 1 0 12 1 10 58 .142 .186 .163 .349 6 268

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1956

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (25, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

                            

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