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George
Brett		  
Nickname: Mullet
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 15, 1953 in Usa, WV, GLEN DALE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
All-Star Selections 1976    1977    1982    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987    1988   
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
1973 20 BOS AL     6 6 6 5 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 5 8 8 8
1974 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 5 9 9 9
1975 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 9 9 9 5 6 5 9 9 9
1976 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 10 9
1977 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1978 25 BOS AL $ 2,785,714   8 8 8 5 6 5 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 10 9
1979 26 BOS AL $ 2,785,714   8 8 7 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 10 9
1980 27 BOS AL $ 2,835,714   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 10 9
1981 28 BOS AL $ 2,835,714   9 9 9 5 5 5 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1982 29 CLE AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1983 30 CLE AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 9 10 9
1984 31 CLE AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1985 32 CLE AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 4 5 5 9 9 9
1986 33 CLE AL $ 7,000,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 4 5 4 9 9 9
1987 34 PHN NL $ 7,000,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 4 4 4 9 9 9
1988 35 PHN NL $ 7,000,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 9 3 4 4 8 8 8
1989 36 KCR AL $ 7,000,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 8 9 9 3 4 4 8 8 8
1990 37 PIT NL $ 2,750,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 6 5 9 10 9
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
1973 20 AAA   135 513 95 163 37 5 27 91 10 7 70 38 .318 .400 .567 .967 107.5  
1974 21 BOS AL 51 177 25 49 9 1 4 30 8 1 21 7 .277 .350 .407 .757 25.7 4.3
    AAA   105 428 85 135 29 2 25 77 16 2 57 27 .315 .396 .568 .964 92.0  
1975 22 BOS AL 155 563 72 154 41 4 15 101 19 19 53 25 .274 .334 .440 .775 77.1 11.3
1976 23 BOS AL 155 547 93 165 47 12 14 103 22 7 51 25 .302 .361 .508 .870 94.8 22.5
1977 24 BOS AL 156 608 84 172 37 8 13 78 9 4 49 23 .283 .337 .434 .771 83.5 14.7
1978 25 BOS AL 151 599 90 168 56 14 5 74 11 4 44 29 .280 .332 .446 .778 84.0 16.3
1979 26 BOS AL 150 574 85 154 34 10 18 85 14 2 45 30 .268 .324 .456 .780 80.9 17.1
1980 27 BOS AL 50 198 20 35 9 3 3 18 4 3 5 11 .177 .193 .298 .491 11.1 0.0
    AAA   83 325 52 105 22 1 13 50 4 5 45 10 .323 .405 .517 .922 63.4  
1981 28 BOS AL 153 596 73 162 48 7 6 68 7 6 40 23 .272 .318 .406 .724 72.6 12.9
1982 29 CLE AL 155 601 85 168 46 3 10 81 13 3 36 23 .280 .319 .416 .735 75.1 13.9
1983 30 CLE AL 151 582 94 172 46 9 14 112 4 1 51 22 .296 .350 .478 .828 88.8 20.5
1984 31 CLE AL 152 586 102 184 54 6 17 105 9 1 52 25 .314 .368 .514 .881 101.5 25.6
1985 32 CLE AL 153 602 97 176 41 11 15 111 4 3 40 26 .292 .333 .472 .805 84.8 17.8
1986 33 CLE AL 156 609 93 188 43 4 17 97 6 0 51 31 .309 .358 .476 .835 95.8 19.4
1987 34 PHN NL 154 631 107 198 55 7 13 81 24 7 36 28 .314 .350 .485 .835 103.5 25.2
1988 35 PHN NL 153 646 103 203 47 7 15 75 19 2 32 45 .314 .346 .478 .824 102.9 25.5
1989 36 KCR AL 103 430 57 129 35 3 8 46 0 0 30 52 .300 .346 .451 .797 59.8 12.5
1990 37 KCR AL 24 105 14 31 9 0 2 12 3 1 8 14 .295 .342 .438 .780 14.7 1.9
  PIT NL 120 424 57 126 25 6 9 50 10 3 36 38 .297 .351 .448 .799 62.1 12.6
  TOT   144 529 71 157 34 6 11 62 13 4 44 52 .297 .349 .446 .796 76.8 14.5
17 Years Sim 2342 9078 1351 2634 682 115 198 1327 186 67 680 477 .290 .339 .456 .795 1318.8 274.0
3 Years AAA 323 1266 232 403 88 8 65 218 30 14 172 75 .318 .398 .555 .952 262.8  
162 Game Average 627 93 182 47 7 13 91 12 4 47 32 .290 .339 .456 .795 91.2  
Career Highs 156 646 107 203 56 14 18 112 24 19 53 52 .314 .368 .514 .881 103.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6449 978 1897 468 73 140 962 131 43 491 303 .294 .343 .454 .797 962.2
vs LH   2629 373 737 214 42 58 365 55 24 189 174 .280 .328 .460 .788 377.6
Home 1156 4396 658 1267 358 46 98 678 85 26 303 218 .288 .333 .457 .790 638.8
Away 1186 4682 693 1367 324 69 100 649 101 41 377 259 .292 .344 .455 .799 701.0
RISP   2296 0 694 165 24 61 1025 0 0 231 127 .302 .358 .475 .833 378.3
Pinch Hitting   110 13 38 6 1 0 14 3 2 12 4 .345 .400 .418 .818 17.9
Close/Late   1052 162 309 70 20 21 163 0 0 122 54 .294 .366 .458 .824 170.6
Mar/Apr 389 1570 213 447 126 26 26 223 38 10 111 87 .285 .331 .448 .779 223.3
May 426 1635 248 454 114 18 37 231 27 12 130 99 .278 .331 .437 .768 228.4
June 382 1514 261 436 116 11 33 217 26 12 111 76 .288 .336 .445 .780 215.6
July 368 1459 203 451 99 23 36 210 33 12 88 67 .309 .347 .483 .829 228.8
August 395 1504 229 443 111 17 38 239 37 11 129 80 .295 .348 .467 .815 236.0
Sep/Oct 382 1396 197 403 116 20 28 207 25 10 111 68 .289 .341 .461 .801 207.9
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
1974 21 BOS AL 1B 38 35 299.0 347 22 2 34 .995 11.11   1.1
    3B 13 13 109.0 4 25 3 2 .906 2.39   0.2
1975 22 BOS AL 3B 79 77 697.3 49 154 15 9 .931 2.62   1.1
    1B 76 69 626.0 740 70 1 63 .999 11.65   1.5
1976 23 BOS AL 3B 147 143 1278.7 102 290 37 29 .914 2.76   2.5
    1B 5 0 10.3 9 1 0 2 1.000 8.71   0.0
1977 24 BOS AL 3B 102 99 893.7 52 196 19 16 .929 2.50   0.4
    1B 54 45 406.0 485 21 2 48 .996 11.22   0.6
1978 25 BOS AL 3B 102 97 881.7 71 231 18 25 .944 3.08   2.6
    1B 49 43 390.7 455 34 4 44 .992 11.27   0.5
1979 26 BOS AL 3B 104 101 913.0 67 233 14 14 .955 2.96   3.8
    1B 45 42 378.0 432 41 5 46 .990 11.26   0.6
1980 27 BOS AL 3B 38 37 335.0 20 71 4 8 .958 2.44   0.9
    1B 6 6 55.0 52 3 0 10 1.000 9.00   0.1
1981 28 BOS AL 3B 149 144 1285.0 107 315 24 26 .946 2.96   3.8
    1B 2 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
    2B 1 0 5.0 4 3 1 1 .875 12.60   0.0
1982 29 CLE AL 3B 127 122 1101.3 76 301 22 24 .945 3.08   4.1
    1B 26 22 201.7 255 24 1 33 .996 12.45   0.4
1983 30 CLE AL 3B 144 138 1253.3 71 316 22 25 .946 2.78   3.7
    1B 4 1 14.3 19 4 0 2 1.000 14.45   0.0
1984 31 CLE AL 3B 143 141 1270.3 81 285 19 22 .951 2.59   3.4
    1B 7 0 21.0 26 0 0 3 1.000 11.14   0.0
    2B 1 1 8.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.88   0.1
1985 32 CLE AL 3B 150 144 1308.7 97 291 24 23 .942 2.67   5.3
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1986 33 CLE AL 3B 146 144 1285.7 92 316 36 19 .919 2.86   3.5
    1B 8 0 21.0 27 3 1 2 .968 12.86   0.0
1987 34 PHN NL 3B 150 149 1336.0 105 289 32 26 .925 2.65   1.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 35 PHN NL 1B 148 145 1300.0 1476 110 14 155 .991 10.98   3.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1989 36 KCR AL 3B 102 101 895.3 66 239 11 18 .965 3.07   1.8
    SS 1 0 5.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1990 37 KCR AL 3B 22 22 228.3 13 49 4 4 .939 2.44   0.6
    SS 0 0 2.2 0 1 1 0 .500 4.09   0.0
    1B 0 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  PIT NL 3B 112 109 929.3 52 198 14 17 .947 2.42   3.5
    SS 2 1 8.8 2 4 2 0 .750 6.14   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.2 3 0 0 1 1.000 8.44   0.0
  3B 1831 1781 16004.6 1125 3801 318 307 .939 2.77   42.6
  1B 473 408 3736.0 4341 334 30 443 .994 11.26   8.1
  SS 3 1 16.3 4 7 3 0 .786 6.06   0.0
  2B 2 1 13.0 6 8 1 2 .933 9.69   0.1
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2310 2191 19770.9 5476 4150 352 752 .965 4.38   50.9
Career Highs   156 149 1338.0 1476 325 37 155 .991 10.97    
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
1978 25 BOS AL 5 20 1 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .250 .318 .400 .718
1979 26 BOS AL 7 28 3 7 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .276 .429 .704
1982 29 CLE AL 19 68 7 16 5 1 0 7 0 0 9 4 .235 .325 .338 .663
1983 30 CLE AL 14 51 11 13 1 0 5 11 1 2 10 4 .255 .377 .569 .946
1984 31 CLE AL 5 19 5 7 0 0 3 7 0 0 2 2 .368 .429 .842 1.271
1985 32 CLE AL 16 63 14 20 7 0 2 13 2 0 6 4 .317 .377 .524 .901
1987 34 PHN NL 6 22 4 6 1 2 1 4 0 0 2 2 .273 .333 .636 .970
Career Post-Season Batting 72 271 45 74 20 4 11 46 3 2 32 18 .273 .350 .498 .848
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.
Batting Average
1976-10-.302
1984-9-.314
1986-8-.309
1987-9-.314
1988-2-.314
 Slugging Pct
1976-6-.508
1979-8-.456
1983-10-.478
1984-4-.514
1986-10-.476
1987-10-.485
1988-6-.478
 OPS
1976-8-.870
1984-4-.881
1986-8-.835
1988-9-.824
 XR
1984-3-101.5
1986-6-95.8
1987-7-103.5
1988-4-102.9
CAR-48-1318.8
 Games
1977-3-156
1982-8-155
1986-5-156
CAR-41-2342
 At-Bats
1977-4-608
1978-7-599
1982-9-601
1985-6-602
1986-8-609
1987-2-631
1988-1-646
CAR-23-9078
Runs
1984-4-102
1985-6-97
1986-7-93
1987-2-107
1988-4-103
CAR-42-1351
 Hits
1984-6-184
1986-5-188
1987-2-198
1988-2-203
CAR-22-2634
 Total Bases
1976-9-278
1979-7-262
1984-4-301
1985-8-284
1986-6-290
1987-5-306
1988-3-309
CAR-29-4140
 Singles
1988-5-134
CAR-46-1639
 Doubles
1975-3-41
1976-1-47
1978-1-56
1979-6-34
1981-1-48
1982-1-46
1983-3-46
1984-1-54
1985-7-41
1986-6-43
1987-1-55
1988-3-47
CAR-2-682
 Triples
1976-1-12
1977-5-8
1978-1-14
1979-1-10
1981-10-7
1983-5-9
1985-3-11
1988-5-7
1990-7-6
CAR-8-115
RBIs
1976-9-103
1983-5-112
1984-3-105
1985-5-111
 Caught Stealing
1975-4-19
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 127    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  7. Billy Williams (798)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1973
Had first career hit on 7/31/1974, off George Lauzerique (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1974, off Tippy Martinez (LAD)
Drove in 7 runs against Los Angeles on 8/1/1974
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tampa Bay on 6/29/1975
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 8/17/1975
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1976, hitting .417 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1977, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,835,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,835,714 through salary arbitration
7/31/1981: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Boston (A) to Cleveland (A) on 3/4/1982 (Going to CLE: 3B George Brett, SS Bucky Dent. Going to BOS: 2B Bill Doran, C Don Slaught)
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/8/1982
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1983, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1983, hitting .388 with 4 HR, 24 RBI
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/11/1983
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 9/7/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1984, hitting .462 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1985, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
7/31/1985: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 9 RBI against Baltimore on 9/27/1985
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1985, hitting .615 with 1 HR, 12 RBI
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Philadelphia on 2/4/1987 (Going to CLE: 2B Dick Davis, P Ed Glynn, 2B Craig Reynolds. Going to PHN: C Ron Hassey, 3B George Brett)
Had 2000th career hit on 5/15/1987, off Juan Eichelberger (OAK)
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/25/1988
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1988, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Traded from Philadelphia to Kansas City on 2/2/1989 (Going to PHN: P Jose Dejesus. Going to KCR: 1B George Brett, RF Ellis Valentine)
6/1/1989: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/5/1989 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1990 (Going to PIT: 3B George Brett, LF Al Woods, CF Miguel Dilone. Going to KCR: P Kevin Tapani)
Injured on 5/13/1990 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 8/10/1990
Had 29-game hitting streak snapped on 8/27/1990
 
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