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Gates
Brown		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 225
 
Born: May 2, 1939 in Usa, OH, CRESTLINE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965    1968    1971   
Gold Glove 1964   
All-Star Selections 1968   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 24 SEM AL     6 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1964 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 6 8 8 8
1965 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 7 7 8 8
1966 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 8
1967 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 8 7
1968 29 SEM AL $ 3,300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1969 30 COL NL $ 3,300,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 5 6 5 7 8 8 7 8 7
1970 31 MON NL $ 3,300,000   6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 7 8 7
1971 32 MON NL $ 2,200,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7
1972 33 PIT NL $ 2,200,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 9 8 6 7 7
1973 34 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 9 8 5 6 6
1974 35 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 5
1975 36 TAM AL $ 370,000   5 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 3 6 8 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 3 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,300,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 9 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 24 AAA   137 526 91 154 20 3 37 102 16 6 75 58 .293 .381 .553 .934 108.5  
1964 25 SEM AL 131 468 67 113 15 2 17 79 31 5 53 51 .241 .319 .391 .710 63.3 11.8
    AAA   26 101 16 27 5 0 6 17 7 0 15 13 .267 .362 .495 .857 19.5  
1965 26 SEM AL 127 382 61 110 8 4 15 74 25 12 49 42 .288 .369 .448 .817 63.8 14.5
1966 27 SEM AL 141 441 74 126 23 5 17 66 29 6 55 52 .286 .364 .476 .840 77.4 16.2
1967 28 SEM AL 136 399 67 102 11 1 26 71 19 6 50 56 .256 .341 .484 .825 68.4 14.3
1968 29 SEM AL 141 440 79 121 21 9 19 92 29 4 57 52 .275 .358 .493 .851 80.6 20.0
1969 30 COL NL 127 432 73 110 16 1 6 41 23 7 47 50 .255 .324 .338 .662 51.8 7.0
1970 31 MON NL 133 431 73 125 22 2 16 66 21 5 67 56 .290 .382 .462 .843 79.2 19.1
1971 32 MON NL 117 348 59 84 9 0 8 44 12 2 44 47 .241 .327 .336 .664 41.7 5.9
1972 33 PIT NL 101 176 28 53 5 0 4 15 6 1 26 23 .301 .391 .398 .789 28.0 6.2
1973 34 PIT NL 85 151 27 38 7 0 3 18 1 2 26 38 .252 .362 .358 .719 20.0 3.4
1974 35 TAM AL 26 47 7 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 10 .149 .216 .149 .365 1.4 0.0
1975 36 AAA   53 213 38 45 4 0 7 18 5 1 36 35 .211 .325 .329 .654 26.7  
    AA   77 281 48 81 12 0 10 54 10 2 58 45 .288 .410 .438 .848 54.2  
11 Years Sim 1265 3715 615 989 137 24 131 568 199 50 478 477 .266 .349 .422 .771 575.6 118.4
3 Years AAA 216 840 145 226 29 3 50 137 28 7 126 106 .269 .362 .489 .851 154.7  
1 Years AA 77 281 48 81 12 0 10 54 10 2 58 45 .288 .414 .438 .852 54.2  
4 Years Minors 293 1121 193 307 41 3 60 191 38 9 184 151 .274 .375 .476 .852 208.9  
162 Game Average 475 78 126 17 3 16 72 25 6 61 61 .266 .349 .422 .771 73.7  
Career Highs 141 468 79 126 23 9 26 92 31 12 67 56 .301 .391 .493 .851 80.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3128 521 853 115 21 119 496 175 42 420 385 .273 .358 .437 .795 517.5
vs LH   587 94 136 22 3 12 72 24 8 58 92 .232 .302 .341 .642 63.9
Home 640 1837 295 470 67 11 58 260 78 26 230 246 .256 .338 .399 .737 262.9
Away 625 1878 320 519 70 13 73 308 121 24 248 231 .276 .360 .444 .804 318.5
RISP   1044 0 283 41 6 39 426 0 0 180 135 .271 .369 .434 .803 178.6
Pinch Hitting   256 39 73 8 2 6 46 14 3 29 38 .285 .359 .402 .761 38.8
Close/Late   538 79 161 16 3 12 82 0 0 57 69 .299 .366 .407 .773 80.1
Mar/Apr 168 519 94 144 19 5 21 87 21 9 72 58 .277 .361 .455 .816 88.0
May 212 621 110 160 18 3 23 97 34 9 78 93 .258 .343 .407 .751 92.7
June 229 704 105 193 25 4 19 103 34 10 87 86 .274 .353 .402 .755 105.5
July 205 624 110 168 17 5 29 106 32 4 67 85 .269 .341 .452 .792 101.2
August 234 654 106 174 25 6 20 82 47 9 98 83 .266 .363 .414 .777 107.4
Sep/Oct 216 593 90 150 33 1 19 93 31 9 76 72 .253 .334 .408 .742 86.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1964 25 SEM AL RF 129 123 1105.0 225 8 7 1 .971 1.90   2.6
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1965 26 SEM AL CF 103 93 845.0 211 6 2 2 .991 2.31   2.7
    RF 10 0 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1966 27 SEM AL LF 110 98 901.0 171 6 2 4 .989 1.77   3.1
    CF 15 2 49.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.76    
    RF 3 2 26.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    SS 1 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 28 SEM AL LF 110 95 849.3 154 2 5 0 .969 1.65   2.0
    CF 4 1 29.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.03    
    RF 1 1 8.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63    
1968 29 SEM AL RF 100 100 875.3 170 7 4 2 .978 1.82   3.7
    CF 11 7 73.7 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    LF 23 0 51.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.24    
1969 30 COL NL LF 93 85 779.0 187 4 2 1 .990 2.21   3.2
    RF 12 6 59.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.58    
    CF 14 4 56.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
1970 31 MON NL CF 120 118 1008.3 279 7 3 1 .990 2.55   4.2
    LF 6 1 19.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.29    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 32 MON NL LF 57 49 443.3 102 2 2 1 .981 2.11   2.1
    RF 27 27 227.0 54 2 1 0 .982 2.22    
    CF 15 0 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1972 33 PIT NL CF 18 12 112.7 38 1 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.8
    LF 20 7 89.0 27 0 1 0 .964 2.73    
    RF 24 6 83.7 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
    3B 3 0 6.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
1973 34 PIT NL RF 40 7 130.7 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.14   0.3
    CF 8 8 66.0 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.59    
    LF 9 7 58.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.54    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1974 35 TAM AL CF 11 8 79.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.14   0.1
    RF 5 4 37.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.97    
  LF 433 342 3198.7 663 15 12 6 .983 1.91   10.4
  RF 352 276 2577.6 530 18 12 4 .979 1.91   6.6
  CF 319 253 2356.7 621 17 6 4 .991 2.44   7.8
  3B 3 0 6.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
  SS 2 0 6.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.84   0.0
Career Totals   1109 871 8145.9 1815 52 30 15 .984 2.06   24.8
Career Highs   134 123 1108.0 283 8 7 4 1.000 2.62    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 26 SEM AL 13 28 4 9 1 0 1 4 4 3 7 4 .321 .444 .464 .909
1966 27 SEM AL 17 56 11 15 0 0 6 13 3 4 8 11 .268 .348 .589 .938
1967 28 SEM AL 6 15 5 5 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 4 .333 .333 .733 1.067
1968 29 SEM AL 13 28 2 7 1 0 2 7 1 0 4 4 .250 .333 .500 .833
1969 30 COL NL 13 37 8 10 1 0 1 1 3 1 4 3 .270 .341 .378 .720
1970 31 MON NL 7 25 8 9 0 0 1 7 1 0 4 3 .360 .433 .480 .913
1971 32 MON NL 7 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 .250 .250 .625 .875
Career Post-Season Batting 76 197 41 57 3 0 14 38 14 9 27 30 .289 .367 .518 .885
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1970-5-.382
 Slugging Pct
1966-7-.476
1968-6-.493
 OPS
1966-7-.840
1968-8-.851
 Triples
1968-3-9
 Homeruns
1967-7-26
 RBIs
1964-10-79
1968-4-92
Stolen Bases
1964-7-31
1965-8-25
1966-9-29
1968-9-29
1969-4-23
1970-4-21
 Caught Stealing
1965-10-12
 Walks
1970-6-67
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Seattle in 1963
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1964, off Bob Friend (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/10/1964, off Don Drysdale (NYA)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1964
Drove in 7 runs against Colorado on 6/11/1965
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 7/26/1965
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1966, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Colorado on 2/21/1969 (Going to COL: LF Gates Brown, P Frank Bertaina. Going to SEM: P Tom Parsons)
Injured on 4/22/1969 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Colorado to Montreal on 2/1/1970 (Going to MON: C Carl Warwick, LF Gates Brown. Going to COL: C Dick Billings)
7/31/1970: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $2,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Traded from Montreal to Pittsburgh on 2/7/1972 (Going to MON: P Bill Connors. Going to PIT: LF Gates Brown)
Released by Pittsburgh on 10/14/1973
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/17/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
9/1/1974: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $370,000 per year, for 2 years
3/3/1975: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 7/26/1975 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/27/1975 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
 
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