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Steve
Braun		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 8, 1948 in Usa, NJ, TRENTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974    1978    1980    1982   
All-Star Selections 1974    1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 23 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 7 10 9 8 8 8
1972 24 COL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 10 9 8 9 8
1973 25 COL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 10 9 8 9 8
1974 26 COL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 10 9 7 8 8
1975 27 COL NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 10 9 7 8 8
1976 28 COL NL $ 3,421,429   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 10 9 8 9 8
1977 29 SDP NL $ 4,600,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 10 10 8 9 8
1978 30 SDP NL $ 4,600,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 6 5 8 10 9 8 9 9
1979 31 SDP NL $ 4,600,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 10 9 8 9 8
1980 32 SDP NL $ 4,600,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 10 9 7 8 8
1981 33 SDP NL $ 4,600,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 4 5 5 8 10 10 7 8 8
1982 34 CLN NL $ 4,600,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 8 10 10 7 8 7
1983 35 CLN NL $ 4,600,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 3 4 4 7 10 9 6 7 7
1984 36 CLN NL $ 4,600,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 3 4 3 6 8 8 5 6 6
1985 37 CLN NL $ 2,500,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 2 3 3 4 7 6 5 6 5
1986 38 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 6 5 4 5 5
1987 39 BSN NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,600,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 10 10 8 9 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
1971 23 COL NL 26 84 13 26 3 0 2 22 0 0 16 10 .310 .416 .417 .833 15.3 3.6
    AAA   135 487 78 140 17 2 10 52 7 6 99 55 .287 .408 .392 .800 83.9  
1972 24 COL NL 100 317 44 92 13 3 6 36 1 0 48 27 .290 .380 .407 .787 47.5 8.9
    AAA   54 189 31 49 11 2 3 24 2 5 43 15 .259 .397 .386 .783 30.8  
1973 25 COL NL 126 418 50 120 15 2 12 54 0 1 54 31 .287 .367 .419 .786 66.6 13.5
1974 26 COL NL 122 404 50 131 20 3 11 82 3 0 43 38 .324 .386 .470 .856 71.9 14.9
1975 27 COL NL 145 448 86 139 22 5 8 70 2 4 72 35 .310 .405 .435 .840 77.0 16.4
1976 28 COL NL 136 407 65 125 19 1 11 61 0 2 60 46 .307 .395 .440 .835 70.4 16.4
1977 29 MIL NL 75 276 43 82 9 2 7 41 1 1 46 19 .297 .394 .420 .815 47.1 12.8
  SDP NL 68 217 31 63 11 1 6 39 0 0 38 18 .290 .390 .433 .823 37.7 8.4
  TOT   143 493 74 145 20 3 13 80 1 1 84 37 .294 .392 .426 .818 84.8 21.1
1978 30 SDP NL 124 438 72 132 23 0 7 50 4 1 55 30 .301 .377 .402 .779 65.5 15.4
1979 31 SDP NL 130 450 78 122 20 2 8 58 1 1 70 29 .271 .369 .378 .746 63.0 13.7
1980 32 SDP NL 145 437 63 114 10 2 9 47 1 0 69 33 .261 .359 .355 .714 57.5 9.7
1981 33 SDP NL 141 409 56 111 14 6 10 62 1 0 70 33 .271 .372 .408 .781 66.7 15.8
1982 34 CLN NL 146 495 73 168 19 6 15 102 0 0 75 56 .339 .422 .493 .915 97.9 23.1
1983 35 CLN NL 133 450 79 140 18 2 13 72 0 1 74 43 .311 .405 .447 .852 77.3 16.8
1984 36 CLN NL 132 488 66 132 10 0 13 67 0 0 55 67 .270 .343 .371 .714 61.2 12.2
1985 37 CLN NL 108 347 48 98 10 2 6 36 0 0 39 44 .282 .355 .375 .729 45.4 9.4
1986 38 BSN NL 105 330 32 90 9 1 9 42 0 0 28 67 .273 .329 .388 .717 39.1 7.1
1987 39 AAA   136 518 49 122 13 0 11 51 2 2 57 116 .236 .311 .324 .636 55.3  
16 Years Sim 1962 6415 949 1885 245 38 153 941 14 11 912 626 .294 .379 .415 .795 1007.1 217.9
3 Years AAA 325 1194 158 311 41 4 24 127 11 13 199 186 .260 .367 .362 .729 170.0  
162 Game Average 529 78 155 20 3 12 77 1 0 75 51 .294 .379 .415 .795 83.2  
Career Highs 146 495 86 168 23 6 15 102 4 4 84 67 .339 .422 .493 .915 97.9  
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   5384 827 1651 209 34 132 808 12 9 790 483 .307 .393 .432 .824 923.4
vs LH   1031 122 234 36 4 21 133 2 2 122 143 .227 .307 .331 .637 111.5
Home 946 3004 466 913 102 18 71 447 6 4 466 298 .304 .395 .421 .816 512.9
Away 1016 3411 483 972 143 20 82 494 8 7 446 328 .285 .365 .411 .776 522.0
RISP   1696 0 515 66 13 42 756 0 0 299 169 .304 .396 .432 .828 306.8
Pinch Hitting   221 50 63 8 1 9 57 0 1 50 21 .285 .411 .452 .863 43.8
Close/Late   666 84 194 25 1 18 114 0 0 140 58 .291 .412 .413 .824 122.2
Mar/Apr 297 989 129 281 41 4 23 128 2 3 131 104 .284 .365 .403 .769 149.3
May 297 982 156 302 52 6 25 187 3 2 131 93 .308 .386 .449 .835 168.3
June 326 1057 152 283 27 3 22 132 1 2 162 101 .268 .361 .361 .723 150.1
July 319 1049 155 304 45 6 23 155 4 0 176 97 .290 .390 .410 .800 175.8
August 347 1138 180 363 42 9 27 164 2 2 151 109 .319 .397 .443 .840 197.6
Sep/Oct 376 1200 177 352 38 10 33 175 2 2 161 122 .293 .374 .424 .799 193.8
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
1971 23 COL NL LF 25 24 209.0 41 1 1 0 .977 1.81   0.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 24 COL NL LF 67 64 562.7 96 6 4 0 .962 1.63   1.5
    1B 10 9 78.7 103 3 2 10 .981 12.13   0.2
    3B 10 5 54.7 0 15 0 1 1.000 2.47   0.2
    RF 10 2 39.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.38    
1973 25 COL NL 3B 97 93 792.0 58 192 10 22 .962 2.84   3.6
    LF 10 3 39.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.92   0.1
    RF 6 3 32.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
    1B 12 0 24.0 26 1 0 1 1.000 10.13   0.0
1974 26 COL NL 3B 91 80 654.3 35 178 15 15 .934 2.93   2.2
    1B 9 6 57.0 62 3 0 5 1.000 10.26   0.1
    RF 12 3 51.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.82   0.5
    LF 8 4 44.7 7 2 0 1 1.000 1.81    
1975 27 COL NL 3B 109 95 841.0 53 188 9 16 .964 2.58   2.0
    1B 18 8 93.0 116 9 1 9 .992 12.10   0.2
    RF 8 1 32.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.2
    LF 6 2 31.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45    
1976 28 COL NL 3B 92 84 743.0 47 204 7 21 .973 3.04   3.4
    1B 26 3 89.3 103 8 1 6 .991 11.18   0.1
    LF 10 2 34.3 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.10   0.4
    RF 7 2 29.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79    
1977 29 MIL NL 3B 57 57 519.7 46 134 6 14 .968 3.12   2.4
    1B 13 11 107.7 134 11 2 14 .986 12.12   0.1
    RF 2 1 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.6 0 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
  SDP NL 3B 52 51 411.6 36 106 4 11 .973 3.10   1.4
    1B 11 10 85.3 106 9 2 11 .983 12.13   0.1
    RF 1 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 109 108 931.3 82 240 10 25 .970 3.11   3.8
      1B 24 21 193.0 240 20 4 25 .985 12.12   0.3
      RF 3 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
      LF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 30 SDP NL 3B 96 88 784.7 70 233 14 19 .956 3.48   3.5
    1B 12 9 80.7 111 16 0 11 1.000 14.17   0.2
    LF 10 4 46.3 5 0 1 0 .833 0.97   0.1
    RF 5 3 33.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1979 31 SDP NL 3B 119 108 971.7 60 290 10 30 .972 3.24   3.7
    LF 6 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1980 32 SDP NL 3B 120 108 943.0 55 284 17 29 .952 3.24   3.2
    RF 13 9 87.0 13 0 1 0 .929 1.34   0.1
    LF 5 1 15.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15    
    1B 5 0 9.0 13 0 0 1 1.000 13.00   0.0
1981 33 SDP NL 3B 125 107 946.7 56 253 20 23 .939 2.94   2.5
    LF 13 5 60.3 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.54   0.4
    RF 5 5 36.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1982 34 CLN NL 3B 124 117 1051.7 72 226 14 13 .955 2.55   3.6
    RF 9 5 56.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.24   0.2
    LF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1983 35 CLN NL 3B 120 116 1039.0 67 286 18 22 .951 3.06   5.3
    1B 8 1 21.0 24 4 0 5 1.000 12.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1984 36 CLN NL 3B 124 120 1048.0 66 277 17 18 .953 2.95   4.5
    RF 6 2 23.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.1
1985 37 CLN NL 3B 100 95 795.3 53 185 17 16 .933 2.69   2.8
    SS 2 0 13.0 5 4 1 1 .900 6.23   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 38 BSN NL 1B 24 24 199.3 258 18 2 23 .993 12.46   0.3
    3B 9 7 59.0 8 14 0 1 1.000 3.36   0.3
    LF 5 2 21.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.0
    RF 5 1 17.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.51    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 3 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 1446 1331 11656.3 782 3065 178 271 .956 2.97   44.8
  LF 170 112 1095.0 193 11 6 3 .971 1.68   3.1
  1B 151 81 849.0 1059 82 10 96 .991 12.10   1.3
  RF 91 37 452.7 99 2 1 0 .990 2.01   1.2
  SS 5 0 20.0 5 8 1 3 .929 5.85   0.1
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1864 1561 14073.9 2138 3168 196 373 .964 3.39   50.6
Career Highs   143 130 1146.3 326 290 20 50 .994 9.18    
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
1973 25 COL NL 9 25 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .200 .310 .200 .510
1974 26 COL NL 8 21 3 5 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 3 .238 .360 .286 .646
1975 27 COL NL 4 11 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 .273 .385 .455 .839
1976 28 COL NL 13 42 11 13 1 1 1 6 0 0 6 0 .310 .396 .452 .848
1978 30 SDP NL 13 44 7 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 8 .159 .245 .227 .472
1980 32 SDP NL 15 48 6 19 1 0 2 13 1 0 7 2 .396 .464 .542 1.006
1981 33 SDP NL 5 15 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .400 .438 .667 1.104
1982 34 CLN NL 16 49 6 8 2 0 0 5 0 1 14 3 .163 .354 .204 .558
1983 35 CLN NL 10 25 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 7 .200 .344 .240 .584
1984 36 CLN NL 11 42 3 11 0 0 1 6 0 0 5 9 .262 .340 .333 .674
1985 37 CLN NL 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762
Career Post-Season Batting 107 328 44 84 7 2 6 43 3 1 55 34 .256 .362 .345 .706
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
1982-2-.339
1983-4-.311
 On-Base Pct
1975-4-.405
1977-7-.392
1982-2-.422
1983-2-.405
 Slugging Pct
1982-6-.493
 OPS
1982-5-.915
1983-9-.852
 Triples
1975-10-5
1981-8-6
 RBIs
1982-8-102
Walks
1983-10-74
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Bill Madlock (912)
  4. Ken Landreaux (893)
  5. Mike Shannon (892)
  6. Red Rolfe (891)
  7. Bruce Bochte (889)
  8. Mike Easler (874)
  9. Lee Walls (871)
  10. Irv Noren (868)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Colorado in 1971
Had first career hit on 9/4/1971, off Gary Kroll (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 9/14/1971, off Milt Wilcox (MON)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1974, hitting .750 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Injured on 7/19/1974 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1975, hitting .542 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/7/1976
9/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $4,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Milwaukee to San Diego on 7/1/1977 (Going to SDP: 3B Steve Braun. Going to MIL: LF Greg Gross, C Rick Dempsey)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/21/1977
Injured on 5/21/1978 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 10/17/1980
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
10/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $4,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 8/11/1981
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (N) on 3/4/1982 (Going to SDP: P Ed Lynch, 3B Vance Law, P Alejandro Pena, 1B Daryl Sconiers. Going to CLN: 3B Steve Braun, CF Ken Griffey sr.)
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/2/1983
7/1/1984: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/24/1985 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Boston (N) on 3/4/1986 (Going to BSN: 3B Steve Braun, C Charlie Sands. Going to CLN: CF Jesus Figueroa)
 
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