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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 29 STL NL 15 6 .714 3.74 35 18 10 8 0 1 158.2 141 71 66 17 72 72 8 0 3 673 110 1.342 8.0 1.0 4.1 4.1 1.00
1955 30 STL NL 3 8 .273 6.56 46 10 7 2 1 1 96.0 102 73 70 11 58 7 52 7 1 2 442 62 1.667 9.6 1.0 5.4 4.9 0.90
1956 31 CIN NL 19 10 .655 3.99 49 30 12 11 1 0 218.2 210 109 97 26 71 4 96 2 0 0 913 98 1.285 8.6 1.1 2.9 4.0 1.35 AS,MVP-25
1957 32 CIN NL 16 13 .552 3.52 49 32 10 12 1 4 250.1 234 111 98 26 76 5 121 8 0 3 1045 116 1.238 8.4 0.9 2.7 4.4 1.59
1958 33 CIN NL 8 13 .381 4.13 46 23 13 6 2 5 181.0 194 89 83 12 55 7 74 4 0 1 773 102 1.376 9.6 0.6 2.7 3.7 1.35
1959 34 CIN NL 7 12 .368 4.77 43 14 22 3 0 10 128.1 144 74 68 17 45 9 64 4 0 4 564 86 1.473 10.1 1.2 3.2 4.5 1.42
1960 35 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 10.57 7 0 1 0 0 1 7.2 9 12 9 1 8 1 2 0 0 0 38 38 2.217 10.6 1.2 9.4 2.3 0.25
7 Yrs 69 62 .527 4.25 275 127 75 42 5 22 1040.2 1034 539 491 110 385 33 481 33 1 13 4448 96 1.364 8.9 1.0 3.3 4.2 1.25
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .527 4.25 47 21 13 7 1 4 176 175 91 83 19 65 81 6 0 2 752 96 1.364 8.9 1.0 3.3 4.2 1.25
CIN (5 yrs) 51 48 .515 4.06 194 99 58 32 4 20 786.0 791 395 355 82 255 26 357 18 0 8 3333 100 1.331 9.1 0.9 2.9 4.1 1.40
STL (2 yrs) 18 14 .563 4.81 81 28 17 10 1 2 254.2 243 144 136 28 130 7 124 15 1 5 1115 85 1.465 8.6 1.0 4.6 4.4 0.95

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1954 29 STL NL 158.2 35 18 71 4.03 4.49 0.07 0.00 101.1 4.47 8 0.9 1.6 -0.1 2.3 26 .525 .505 $
1955 30 STL NL 96.0 46 10 73 6.84 4.70 0.16 0.00 98.4 4.47 -24 -2.3 .9 -0.0 -1.4 -15 .449 .486 $
1956 31 CIN NL 218.2 49 30 109 4.49 4.24 0.10 0.00 104.1 4.31 0 0.0 1.1 -0.1 1.9 19 .501 .500 $ AS,MVP-25
1957 32 CIN NL 250.1 49 32 111 3.99 4.24 0.06 0.00 105.4 4.40 14 1.5 1.6 -0.1 3.7 38 .531 .509 $
1958 33 CIN NL 181.0 46 23 89 4.43 4.44 0.06 0.00 106.7 4.67 5 0.5 1.3 -0.1 2.0 24 .511 .503 $
1959 34 CIN NL 128.0 43 14 74 5.20 4.36 -0.07 0.00 102.7 4.55 -10 -1.0 1.6 -0.3 -0.1 5 .476 .494 $
1960 35 CIN NL 7.2 7 0 12 14.09 4.76 0.00 -0.20 100.2 4.57 -8 -0.8 .2 0.3 -0.4 -7 .387 .495 $
7 Seasons 1040.1 275 127 539 4.66 4.37 0.06 -0.00 103.7 4.46 -15 -1.2 1.3 -0.4 8.0 89 .495 .499 $
CIN (5 yrs) 785.2 194 99 395 4.52 4.31 0.05 -0.00 104.8 4.46 1 0.2 1.3 -0.3 7.1 78 .501 .500 $
STL (2 yrs) 254.2 81 28 144 5.09 4.57 0.10 0.00 100.1 4.47 -15 -1.4 1.2 -0.1 0.9 11 .482 .496 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1956 CIN NL 31

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1954 29 STL NL 35 546 580 71 141 22 3 17 3 3 72 72 .243 .333 .379 .713 .251 220 19 8 10 3 8
1955 30 STL NL 46 314 366 73 102 16 1 11 2 3 58 52 .279 .385 .418 .803 .297 153 7 7 7 3 7 5
1956 31 CIN NL 49 911 819 109 210 29 8 26 3 9 71 96 .256 .315 .407 .722 .262 333 20 2 14 6 4 9
1957 32 CIN NL 49 1045 946 111 234 32 5 26 5 0 76 121 .247 .306 .374 .680 .257 354 21 8 5 10 5 12
1958 33 CIN NL 46 772 704 89 194 43 3 12 5 7 55 74 .276 .330 .396 .727 .293 279 21 4 6 3 7 9
1959 34 CIN NL 43 564 512 74 144 29 3 17 4 8 45 64 .281 .343 .449 .793 .294 230 15 4 2 1 9 12
1960 35 CIN NL 7 38 29 12 9 2 0 1 0 1 8 2 .310 .447 .483 .930 .296 14 2 0 0 1 1 1
7 Yrs 275 4190 3956 539 1034 173 23 110 22 31 385 481 .261 .330 .400 .730 .272 1583 105 33 44 27 33 56
162 Game Avg. 47 709 669 91 175 29 4 19 4 5 65 81 .261 .330 .400 .730 .272 268 18 6 7 5 9
MLB Averages .258 .328 .391 .719 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1954 29 STL NL 8.1 0.8 560 -0.6 10.8 -11.4 1.15 -0.3 -0.3 0.9 0.1 1.17 -2.4 9 1 4
1955 30 STL NL -24.0 -2.3 331 -1.7 4.3 -6.0 .90 -1.0 -0.9 -22.5 -2.2 0.88 -10.9 6 7 16
1956 31 CIN NL -0.0 0.0 926 -0.5 15.7 -16.2 .96 0.2 -0.7 2.2 0.2 0.96 1.6 7 3 9
1957 32 CIN NL 14.3 1.5 1056 1.3 19.5 -18.1 1.05 1.6 -0.3 19.2 1.9 1.05 20.7 8 3 6
1958 33 CIN NL 2.2 0.2 785 -0.6 15.1 -15.7 1.12 0.2 -0.7 3.2 0.3 1.12 2.9 9 6 8
1959 34 CIN NL -8.4 -0.8 580 -0.8 12.1 -12.9 1.27 -1.1 0.5 -3.6 -0.4 1.27 -10.5 13 7 9
1960 35 CIN NL -6.2 -0.6 39 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .14 -0.2 -0.3 -5.8 -0.6 0.14 -3.4 0 0 7
7 Yrs -14.1 -1.2 4277 -2.8 77.5 -80.4 1.07 -0.6 -2.1 -6.4 -0.5 1.07 -1.8 52 27 59

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 29 STL NL 35 18 9 2 7 1 0 12 6 .667 0 4 8 0 10 56% 53.4 77 22 12 3 13 1 5.9 5.8 7.3
1955 30 STL NL 46 10 2 5 3 0 0 4 6 .400 1 2 2 1 2 20% 43.5 83 24 28 7 3 6 4.5 3.1 4.0
1956 31 CIN NL 49 30 13 9 8 4 3 17 12 .586 1 7 11 1 15 50% 49.8 84 23 15 5 21 6 6.1 5.6 6.3
1957 32 CIN NL 49 32 15 11 6 1 3 19 13 .594 1 5 12 1 18 56% 53.5 79 27 28 12 20 5 4.3 4.3 7.0
1958 33 CIN NL 46 23 6 8 9 0 0 11 12 .478 1 6 6 2 8 35% 47.3 80 23 33 12 11 5 4.5 4.7 5.8
1959 34 CIN NL 43 14 3 7 4 1 2 6 8 .429 1 1 3 0 7 50% 43.7 71 21 17 10 6 3 4.6 4.2 5.6
6 Yrs 268 127 48 42 37 7 8 69 57 .548 5 25 42 5 60 47% 50 84 21 133 49 74 26 5.0 4.8 6.2
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 118 -2 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 29 STL NL 35 17 10 6 4 3 1 2 33% 4 1 3 0 0% 8 1.155 9 1 4 4 5 5 3 11 8 3 7 4 4.9
1955 30 STL NL 46 36 7 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 20 12 60% .896 6 7 16 3 3 23 14 15 17 9 15 13 4.7
1956 31 CIN NL 49 19 12 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0% 8 .958 7 3 9 2 5 12 5 14 8 5 9 9 4.8
1957 32 CIN NL 49 17 10 1 2 5 4 1 80% 5 0 22 3 14% 9 1.052 8 3 6 6 2 9 10 7 8 6 8 5 4.8
1958 33 CIN NL 46 23 13 2 5 5 5 0 100% 6 1 12 4 33% 7 1.119 9 6 8 7 6 10 5 18 15 4 15 4 6.3
1959 34 CIN NL 43 29 22 4 5 12 10 2 83% 12 0 25 4 16% 8 1.269 13 7 9 12 6 11 14 15 14 7 15 4 5.1
1960 35 CIN NL 7 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 .140 0 0 7 1 0 6 2 5 3 2 3 1 3.3
7 Yrs 275 148 75 21 20 26 22 5 85% 31 4 93 23 25% 1.067 52 27 59 35 27 76 53 85 73 36 72 40 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 29 STL NL 673 62% 3.1% 13.2% 13.2% 7.7% 30% 1.23 90% 109 19 17%
1955 30 STL NL 441 64% 3.5% 16.6% 18.5% 8.9% 28% 1.01 97% 76 7 9%
1956 31 CIN NL 912 62% 2.9% 10.5% 7.8% 6.9% 30% 1.01 77% 174 20 11%
1957 32 CIN NL 1045 59% 2.5% 11.6% 7.3% 6.0% 27% 0.97 77% 202 21 10%
1958 33 CIN NL 772 61% 1.6% 9.6% 7.1% 7.5% 30% 1.24 80% 165 21 13%
1959 34 CIN NL 564 53% 3.0% 11.4% 8.0% 8.7% 34% 1.17 77% 118 15 13%
1960 35 CIN NL 38 68% 2.6% 5.3% 21.1% 7.9% 33% 0.67 71% 14 2 14%
7 Yrs 4445 60% 2.6% 11.5% 9.2% 7.3% 30% 1.08 81% 858 105 12%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.7% 9.3% 6.7% 28% 0.99 77% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 29 STL NL 546 141 17 1 9 6 10 12 4 20 6 2 30% 8 3 0 209 3 3 50% 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 127
1955 30 STL NL 314 102 11 1 13 5 3 1 7 29 16 4 55% 5 2 0 129 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 127
1956 31 CIN NL 911 210 26 1 19 15 11 14 12 42 22 3 52% 9 0 2 319 3 9 25% 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 1
1957 32 CIN NL 1045 234 26 1 28 14 12 13 13 43 29 2 67% 12 3 1 358 5 0 100% 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
1958 33 CIN NL 772 194 12 0 21 9 3 8 4 46 24 2 52% 9 1 0 297 5 7 42% 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
1959 34 CIN NL 564 144 17 0 14 6 11 9 8 32 15 4 47% 12 4 0 222 4 8 33% 3 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 0
1960 35 CIN NL 38 9 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 19 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0
7 Yrs 4190 1034 110 4 106 56 50 58 48 215 114 17 53% 56 13 3 1553 22 31 42% 18 28 2 2 2 1 7 3 52 255
MLB Averages 51% 57%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 29 15 6 .714 3.74 35 18 10 8 0 1 158.2 141 71 66 17 72 72 8 0 3 673 110 1.342 8.0 1.0 4.1 4.1 1.00 110
1955 30 18 14 .563 4.81 81 28 17 10 1 2 254.2 243 144 136 28 130 7 124 15 1 5 1115 85 1.465 8.6 1.0 4.6 4.4 0.95 85
1956 31 37 24 .607 4.43 130 58 29 21 2 2 473.1 453 253 233 54 201 11 220 17 1 5 2028 91 1.382 8.6 1.0 3.8 4.2 1.09 91
1957 32 53 37 .589 4.12 179 90 39 33 3 6 723.2 687 364 331 80 277 16 341 25 1 8 3073 98 1.332 8.5 1.0 3.4 4.2 1.23 98
1958 33 61 50 .550 4.12 225 113 52 39 5 11 904.2 881 453 414 92 332 23 415 29 1 9 3846 99 1.341 8.8 0.9 3.3 4.1 1.25 99
1959 34 68 62 .523 4.20 268 127 74 42 5 21 1033.0 1025 527 482 109 377 32 479 33 1 13 4410 97 1.357 8.9 0.9 3.3 4.2 1.27 97
1960 35 69 62 .527 4.25 275 127 75 42 5 22 1040.2 1034 539 491 110 385 33 481 33 1 13 4448 96 1.364 8.9 1.0 3.3 4.2 1.25 96

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 29 9 8 .529 3.71 160.0 145 73 66 17 74 73 8 1.369 8.2 4.2 4.1 0.99 1.0 35
1955 30 3 7 .300 6.68 97.0 106 80 72 11 60 53 7 1.711 9.8 5.6 4.9 0.88 1.0 46
1956 31 11 13 .458 4.19 219.0 220 113 102 27 74 96 2 1.342 9.0 3.0 3.9 1.30 1.1 49
1957 32 16 12 .571 3.49 255.0 240 110 99 27 78 123 8 1.247 8.5 2.8 4.3 1.58 1.0 49
1958 33 10 10 .500 4.04 185.0 199 92 83 12 56 75 4 1.378 9.7 2.7 3.6 1.34 0.6 46
1959 34 6 8 .429 4.85 130.0 149 78 70 18 47 65 4 1.508 10.3 3.3 4.5 1.38 1.2 43
1960 35 0 0 10.13 8.0 9 10 9 1 8 2 0 2.125 10.1 9.0 2.3 0.25 1.1 7
7 Yrs 55 58 .487 4.28 1054.0 1068 556 501 113 397 487 33 1.390 9.1 4.2 1.23 1.0 275

* 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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1957 NL  3.7 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1954 NL  15 (7th)
1956 NL  19 (4th)
1957 NL  16 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1954 NL  .714 (4th)
1956 NL  .655 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1957 NL  1.238 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1954 NL  7.998 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL  46 (10th)
1956 NL  49 (7th)
1957 NL  49 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1959 NL  10 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1957 NL  250.3 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL  121 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1957 NL  32 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1957 NL  12 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 NL  2 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  26 (6th)
1957 NL  26 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  76 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1957 NL  234 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL  0.597 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1957 NL  13 (8th)
1958 NL  13 (7th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  97 (5th)
1957 NL  98 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1954 NL  8 (1st)
1955 NL  7 (4th)
1957 NL  8 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1957 NL  1,045 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1959 NL  22 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 NL  116 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1957 NL  14 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1957 NL  1.5 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1957 NL  19.15 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1957 NL  1.6 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1957 NL  1.9 (7th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 37 (665), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (828), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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