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Lou Brock

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: June 18, 1939 in El Dorado, AR us

Died: September 6, 2020 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Forever Bellerive Cemetery, Creve Coeur, MO

High School: Union HS (Mer Rouge, LA)

School: Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: September 10, 1961 (Age 22-084d, 11,895th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1979 (Age 40-104d)
vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1985. (Voted by BBWAA on 315/395 ballots)
View Lou Brock's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Louis Clark Brock

Nicknames: The Franchise or The Rocket

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.3

10332

3023

149

.293

1610

RBI

900

938

OBP

.343

SLG

.410

OPS

.753

OPS+

109

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-10 / in Starts: 11-10
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	6 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1964	WS g1	Oct 7	STL		NYY	W,9-5	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	2	.77	0.001	40.47	-0.24%	1.40	LF
2	1964	WS g2	Oct 8	STL		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	2	1.52	-0.153	80.40	-5.01%	-0.82	LF
3	1964	WS g3	Oct 10	STL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	2	1.26	-0.130	78.94	-4.49%	-0.81	LF
4	1964	WS g4	Oct 11	STL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.176	.294	2	1.37	-0.137	88.00	-4.97%	-1.35	LF
5	1964	WS g5	Oct 12	STL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.227	.409	2	1.15	0.126	95.54	6.97%	0.88	LF
6	1964	WS g6	Oct 14	STL		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.346	.615	2	.95	0.110	72.40	4.75%	2.04	LF
7	1964	WS g7	Oct 15	STL		NYY	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.467	.767	2	.41	0.039	68.33	3.59%	0.74	LF
1967 Postseason			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
8	1967	WS g1	Oct 4	STL	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	5	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	1.38	0.196	71.88	6.81%	1.66	LF
9	1967	WS g2	Oct 5	STL	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	1	.82	-0.081	42.31	-2.31%	-0.78	LF
10	1967	WS g3	Oct 7	STL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.538	.667	1.205	1	.51	0.138	32.24	4.83%	1.41	LF
11	1967	WS g4	Oct 8	STL		BOS	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.529	.688	1.217	1	.26	0.035	16.54	1.25%	0.60	LF
12	1967	WS g5	Oct 9	STL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.429	.550	.979	1	.93	-0.092	44.64	-2.75%	-0.74	LF
13	1967	WS g6	Oct 11	STL	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.423	.640	1.063	1	.99	0.368	88.72	18.26%	2.19	LF
14	1967	WS g7	Oct 12	STL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.414	.452	.655	1.107	1	.51	-0.049	85.21	-4.82%	0.51	LF
1968 Postseason			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
15	1968	WS g1	Oct 2	STL		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	1	.75	-0.035	38.97	-1.02%	0.36	LF
16	1968	WS g2	Oct 3	STL		DET	L,1-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.286	.375	.714	1.089	1	.50	-0.003	26.47	0.02%	0.69	LF
17	1968	WS g3	Oct 5	STL	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.455	.538	.727	1.266	1	.99	0.099	62.08	3.55%	1.08	LF
18	1968	WS g4	Oct 6	STL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.556	1.063	1.618	1	.24	0.128	14.56	5.04%	3.85	LF
19	1968	WS g5	Oct 7	STL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.524	.565	1.048	1.613	1	1.02	0.015	36.65	0.54%	0.24	LF
20	1968	WS g6	Oct 9	STL		DET	L,1-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.480	.519	.920	1.439	1	.22	-0.021	17.23	-0.88%	-0.26	LF
21	1968	WS g7	Oct 10	STL		DET	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.464	.516	.857	1.373	1	1.07	-0.055	178.33	-5.04%	-0.38	LF
									92	87	16	34	7	2	4	13	5	0	10	0	0	0		0	14	2	.391	.424	.655	1.079

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