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Larry
Brown		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 165
 
Born: March 1, 1940 in Usa, WV, SHINNSTON
 
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
1963 23 CLE AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1964 24 CLE AL     7 7 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 6 6 8 7 7
1965 25 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6
1966 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6
1967 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6
1968 28 CLE AL $ 1,100,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6
1969 29 CLE AL $ 1,621,429   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6
1970 30 CLE AL $ 1,800,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1971 31 CLE AL $ 1,960,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1972 32 CLE AL $ 1,960,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1973 33 NYG NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1974 34 LAD NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 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 23 AA   83 300 27 73 13 2 5 28 1 4 39 26 .243 .330 .350 .680 35.5  
    A   54 199 28 69 8 1 11 31 2 4 29 17 .347 .430 .563 .993 43.6  
1964 24 AAA   135 472 62 134 11 1 17 54 4 9 65 50 .284 .371 .419 .790 73.4  
1965 25 CLE AL 95 266 38 72 12 2 5 28 2 4 29 47 .271 .341 .387 .728 31.7 6.2
1966 26 CLE AL 139 424 43 114 19 1 5 40 4 1 45 71 .269 .338 .354 .691 48.1 6.6
1967 27 CLE AL 154 571 65 155 26 4 9 52 1 4 51 105 .271 .332 .378 .711 69.5 10.2
1968 28 CLE AL 152 514 62 129 21 4 6 41 0 5 59 85 .251 .330 .342 .672 56.9 9.6
1969 29 CLE AL 150 531 51 148 17 2 5 59 1 1 54 97 .279 .344 .347 .691 62.7 13.1
1970 30 CLE AL 153 518 55 121 16 5 6 50 1 2 51 92 .234 .305 .319 .623 49.9 6.3
1971 31 CLE AL 123 373 38 101 18 1 4 36 0 0 36 76 .271 .335 .357 .692 43.0 8.8
1972 32 CLE AL 110 325 39 90 11 2 4 48 1 0 30 54 .277 .338 .360 .698 41.5 6.5
1973 33 NYG NL 113 308 32 70 12 1 4 21 0 0 31 70 .227 .302 .312 .614 27.2 2.1
1974 34 AAA   136 487 60 134 12 3 13 49 7 4 74 92 .275 .371 .392 .763 74.7  
9 Years Sim 1189 3830 423 1000 152 22 48 375 10 17 386 697 .261 .329 .350 .679 430.4 69.5
2 Years AAA 271 959 122 268 23 4 30 103 11 13 139 142 .279 .372 .406 .778 148.2  
1 Years AA 83 300 27 73 13 2 5 28 1 4 39 26 .243 .329 .350 .679 35.5  
1 Years A 54 199 28 69 8 1 11 31 2 4 29 17 .347 .428 .563 .991 43.6  
4 Years Minors 408 1458 177 410 44 7 46 162 14 21 207 185 .281 .371 .416 .787 227.3  
162 Game Average 521 57 136 20 2 6 51 1 2 52 94 .261 .329 .350 .679 58.6  
Career Highs 154 571 65 155 26 5 9 59 4 5 59 105 .279 .344 .387 .728 69.5  
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   2248 229 566 89 11 25 214 5 11 195 419 .252 .313 .335 .647 234.2
vs LH   1582 194 434 63 11 23 161 5 6 191 278 .274 .352 .372 .724 212.1
Home 586 1893 212 508 64 9 25 189 4 10 183 319 .268 .333 .351 .684 223.2
Away 603 1937 211 492 88 13 23 186 6 7 203 378 .254 .326 .348 .674 223.1
RISP   919 0 252 34 5 5 297 0 0 119 185 .274 .352 .338 .690 117.3
Pinch Hitting   99 12 26 5 0 0 11 0 0 12 19 .263 .345 .313 .658 11.2
Close/Late   444 54 121 30 2 11 57 0 0 53 70 .273 .351 .423 .774 65.5
Mar/Apr 185 601 61 161 20 3 9 61 0 0 52 111 .268 .325 .356 .681 70.4
May 208 687 72 170 23 5 7 56 3 6 58 131 .247 .305 .326 .631 68.0
June 192 622 67 174 26 5 8 64 0 5 57 105 .280 .342 .376 .718 77.7
July 186 604 62 157 30 1 7 69 2 2 60 110 .260 .328 .348 .676 69.4
August 212 674 72 166 26 3 10 50 3 1 63 124 .246 .312 .338 .651 72.6
Sep/Oct 206 642 89 172 27 5 7 75 2 3 96 116 .268 .365 .358 .723 88.1
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
1965 25 CLE AL SS 78 73 607.3 83 262 17 44 .953 5.11   2.0
    2B 8 1 23.0 5 8 1 0 .929 5.09   0.1
1966 26 CLE AL SS 121 115 1000.3 157 420 24 83 .960 5.19   2.6
    2B 4 1 14.3 6 7 0 1 1.000 8.16   0.1
1967 27 CLE AL SS 150 147 1269.0 206 559 32 112 .960 5.43   3.5
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1968 28 CLE AL SS 149 146 1257.3 203 551 28 105 .964 5.40   5.6
1969 29 CLE AL SS 146 145 1279.7 232 522 41 96 .948 5.30   4.3
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1970 30 CLE AL SS 14 13 119.0 26 45 2 11 .973 5.37   0.6
    2B 3 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1971 31 CLE AL 2B 10 7 67.0 18 30 1 4 .980 6.45   0.3
    SS 10 7 67.0 7 21 1 2 .966 3.76   0.2
    1B 2 1 8.3 6 1 0 2 1.000 7.56   0.0
1972 32 CLE AL SS 59 52 432.0 78 177 6 38 .977 5.31   2.6
    2B 12 10 88.0 14 31 3 5 .938 4.60   0.3
1973 33 NYG NL SS 24 10 124.0 17 48 8 11 .890 4.72   0.5
    2B 25 6 105.7 22 41 4 9 .940 5.37   0.4
  SS 751 708 6155.7 1009 2605 159 502 .958 5.28   22.0
  2B 66 25 310.0 67 121 9 20 .954 5.46   1.1
  1B 2 1 8.3 6 1 0 2 1.000 7.56   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   820 734 6476.0 1082 2728 168 524 .958 5.29   23.2
Career Highs   152 147 1285.7 233 561 41 113 .976 5.44    
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 25 CLE AL 2 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750
1972 32 CLE AL 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .188 .188 .188 .375
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.
Singles
1967-10-116
1969-7-124
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Creepy Crespi (972)
  2. Bob Aspromonte (946)
  3. Bill Akers (941)
  4. Steve Mesner (940)
  5. Ed Kranepool (940)
  6. Phil Garner (938)
  7. Dave Hilton (937)
  8. Jake Wood (936)
  9. Bucky Dent (936)
  10. Bernie Allen (933)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1963
Had first career hit on 4/6/1965, off Frank Baumann (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 5/14/1965, off Dick Lemay (KCR)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,100,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
9/22/1970: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $1,960,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/3/1971 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Cleveland (A) to New York (N) on 3/3/1973 (Going to NYG: SS Larry Brown, 2B Dave Rosello. Going to CLE: SS Bob Aspromonte, P Jose Santiago)
Traded from New York (N) to Los Angeles on 2/13/1974 (Going to LAD: P Frank Carpin, RF Lou Brock, SS Larry Brown, 2B Chuck Schilling, P Rick Waits. Going to NYG: SS Mike Andrews)
Injured on 4/22/1974 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days
 
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