Brooks Lawrence
Brooks Ulysses Lawrence (Bull)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 30, 1925 in Springfield, OH
High School: Springfield (Springfield, OH)
School: Miami University
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1954
Final Game: May 1, 1960
Died: April 27, 2000 in Springfield, OH
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Standard Pitching

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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 99 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 1 773 101 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 85 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 36 2.217 10.6 1.2 9.4 2.3 0.25
7 Seasons 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

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS 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*

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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
1954 29 STL NL 35 673 580 71 141 19 3 17 1 3 72 72 .243 .333 .374 .707 .251 217 17 8 10 3
1955 30 STL NL 46 441 366 73 102 10 1 11 2 2 58 52 .279 .385 .402 .786 .297 147 5 7 7 3 7
1956 31 CIN NL 49 912 819 109 210 29 8 26 3 9 71 96 .256 .315 .407 .722 .262 333 20 2 14 6 4
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 275 4445 3956 539 1034 164 23 110 20 30 385 481 .261 .330 .398 .728 .272 1574 101 33 44 27 33
162 Game Avg. 47 752 669 91 175 28 4 19 3 5 65 81 .261 .330 .398 .728 .272 266 17 6 7 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 2 8 0 10 56% 53 77 22 8 3 13 1 5.9 6.1 7.3
1955 30 STL NL 46 10 2 5 3 0 0 4 6 .400 1 2 2 1 2 20% 44 83 24 26 6 3 6 4.5 2.9 4.0
1956 31 CIN NL 49 30 13 9 8 4 3 17 12 .586 1 7 11 1 15 50% 50 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% 54 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 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% 44 71 21 17 10 6 3 4.6 4.2 5.6
6 Seasons 268 127 48 42 37 7 8 69 57 .548 5 23 42 5 60 47% 50 84 21 127 48 74 26 5.0 4.8 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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% 1.208 9 0 2 4 5 2 3 8 8 3 6 4 4.9
1955 30 STL NL 46 36 7 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 17 11 65% 0.945 7 6 9 2 3 17 11 11 17 9 10 13 4.7
1956 31 CIN NL 49 19 12 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0% 8 0.974 7 4 8 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 1.071 9 3 5 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 1.121 10 5 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 1.278 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 0.171 0 0 7 1 0 6 2 5 3 2 3 1 3.3
7 Seasons 275 148 75 21 20 26 22 5 85% 31 4 90 22 24% 1.086 55 25 48 34 27 67 50 78 73 36 66 40 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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 40% 2.5% 10.7% 10.7% 5.8% 28% 1.17 73% 95 17 18%
1955 30 STL NL 441 36% 2.5% 11.8% 13.2% 5.0% 22% 0.95 69% 63 5 8%
1956 31 CIN NL 912 38% 2.9% 10.5% 7.8% 6.9% 30% 1.01 77% 174 20 11%
1957 32 CIN NL 1045 41% 2.5% 11.6% 7.3% 6.0% 27% 0.97 77% 202 21 10%
1958 33 CIN NL 772 39% 1.6% 9.6% 7.1% 7.5% 30% 1.24 80% 165 21 13%
1959 34 CIN NL 564 47% 3.0% 11.4% 8.0% 8.7% 34% 1.17 77% 118 15 13%
1960 35 CIN NL 38 32% 2.6% 5.3% 21.1% 7.9% 33% 0.67 71% 14 2 14%
7 Seasons 4445 40% 2.5% 10.8% 8.7% 6.7% 29% 1.07 76% 831 101 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 453 141 17 1 8 3 8 7 4 16 6 1 38% 8 3 0 174 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 220
1955 30 STL NL 256 102 11 1 10 4 3 0 7 22 12 4 55% 3 2 0 104 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 185
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 2 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 2 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 1 1 1 0
7 Seasons 4039 1034 110 4 102 52 48 52 48 204 110 16 54% 54 13 3 1493 20 30 40% 18 27 0 2 2 1 8 1 50 406
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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

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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 3.77 160.0 146 74 67 18 75 73 8 1.381 8.2 4.2 4.1 0.97 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 12 12 .500 4.09 220.0 219 111 100 27 74 97 2 1.332 9.0 3.0 4.0 1.31 1.1 49
1957 32 16 12 .571 3.46 255.0 241 109 98 27 78 123 8 1.251 8.5 2.8 4.3 1.58 1.0 49
1958 33 10 10 .500 4.04 185.0 198 92 83 12 56 76 4 1.373 9.6 2.7 3.7 1.36 0.6 46
1959 34 6 8 .429 4.78 130.0 149 77 69 18 47 65 4 1.508 10.3 3.3 4.5 1.38 1.2 43
1960 35 0 0 12.86 7.0 10 11 10 1 9 2 0 2.714 12.9 11.6 2.6 0.22 1.3 7
7 Seasons 56 57 .496 4.26 1054.0 1069 554 499 114 399 489 33 1.393 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 1954 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.

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 (1339th)

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  .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  1045 (4th)

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

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 37 (649), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (800), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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