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Lou
Brissie		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 5, 1924 in Usa, SC, ANDERSON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 10 7 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1948 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1949 25 NYG NL $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6
1950 26 NYG NL $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7
1951 27 NYG NL $ 300,000 10 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 6 6
1952 28 PIT NL $ 2,285,714 10 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
1953 29 PIT NL $ 2,285,714 10 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6
1954 30 PIT NL $ 2,285,714 10 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5
1955 31 BRK NL $ 1,500,000 9 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5
1956 32 BRK NL $ 1,500,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1957 33 BRK NL $ 1,500,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,285,714 10 7 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7
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
1947 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1948 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1949 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1950 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1951 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1952 28 PIT NL $ 2,285,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1953 29 PIT NL $ 2,285,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1954 30 PIT NL $ 2,285,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1955 31 BRK NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1956 32 BRK NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
1957 33 BRK NL $ 1,500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,285,714   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 9 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 23 PIT NL 1 2 .333 5 5 2 0 0 40.0 29 14 2 22 28 3.15 .210 .319 .290 .609 3.8
    AAA   17 5 .773 30 30 2 0 0 191.0 204 88 11 106 159 4.15 .269 .358 .361 .719  
1948 24 PIT NL 12 15 .444 33 33 9 2 0 249.7 253 130 21 123 107 4.69 .265 .346 .390 .736 15.2
1949 25 PIT NL 7 12 .368 19 17 5 0 0 144.0 141 74 16 61 64 4.63 .256 .334 .410 .745 7.6
  NYG NL 0 0 .000 2 2 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .143 .000 .143 0.3
  TOT   7 12 .368 21 19 6 0 0 146.0 141 74 16 62 64 4.56 .253 .332 .406 .738 8.0
    AAA   6 3 .667 12 12 1 0 0 83.3 75 37 10 40 60 4.00 .243 .330 .388 .718  
1950 26 NYG NL 14 11 .560 54 21 10 1 0 203.7 189 105 19 98 89 4.64 .245 .329 .383 .713 11.6
1951 27 NYG NL 19 19 .500 43 43 19 1 0 345.7 343 175 41 152 174 4.56 .260 .336 .417 .752 21.8
1952 28 NYG NL 8 17 .320 29 16 7 0 0 227.0 234 123 39 115 117 4.88 .268 .353 .466 .819 12.3
  PIT NL 1 5 .167 22 13 6 0 2 28.3 19 11 3 15 12 3.49 .194 .301 .327 .627 2.4
  TOT   9 22 .290 51 29 13 0 2 255.3 253 134 42 130 129 4.72 .261 .348 .452 .800 14.6
1953 29 PIT NL 4 0 1.000 26 0 0 0 0 29.7 23 11 1 9 12 3.34 .215 .280 .280 .560 3.6
1954 30 PIT NL 6 5 .545 48 1 0 0 1 61.3 60 33 8 40 25 4.84 .263 .372 .417 .788 3.4
1955 31 BRK NL 7 3 .700 26 15 3 0 2 120.0 127 71 19 78 62 5.33 .273 .375 .441 .816 3.2
1956 32 BRK NL 0 3 .000 24 0 0 0 1 24.7 22 12 4 8 15 4.38 .239 .307 .380 .687 1.4
1957 33 AAA   3 4 .429 71 0 0 0 3 83.0 74 35 7 33 67 3.80 .238 .311 .357 .668  
10 Years Sim 79 92 .462 331 166 62 4 6 1476.0 1440 759 173 722 705 4.63 .257 .341 .408 .750 86.4
3 Years AAA 26 12 .684 113 42 3 0 3 357.3 353 160 28 179 286 4.03 .256 .341 .366 .708  
Season Average 7 9 .438 33 16 6 0 0 147.6 144 75 17 72 70 4.63 .257 .341 .408 .750  
Career Highs 19 22 1.000 54 43 19 2 2 345.7 343 175 42 152 174 5.33 .273 .375 .452 .816  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   986 505 115 524 454   .263 .354 .410 .763
vs LH   454 254 58 198 251   .244 .317 .405 .723
Home 41 37 .526 156 83 26 3 1 742.0 708 359 92 361 349 4.35 .252 .337 .406 .743
Away 38 55 .409 175 83 36 1 5 734.0 732 400 81 361 356 4.90 .262 .346 .411 .757
Mar/Apr 13 14 .481 56 27 9 1 1 241.3 230 132 27 111 118 4.92 .248 .328 .396 .724
May 12 17 .414 59 29 9 0 1 255.3 249 127 33 140 135 4.48 .259 .354 .419 .772
June 18 12 .600 62 28 12 1 0 268.6 252 113 25 123 111 3.79 .251 .333 .381 .714
July 10 14 .417 37 26 9 0 0 209.0 226 132 33 94 121 5.68 .277 .352 .470 .822
August 9 18 .333 48 23 9 1 1 208.0 210 125 27 108 94 5.41 .263 .351 .419 .770
Sep/Oct 17 17 .500 69 33 14 1 3 293.6 273 130 28 146 126 3.98 .249 .337 .380 .717
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
1947 23 PIT NL 5 14 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .357 .643 1.4 0.3
1948 24 PIT NL 33 94 8 25 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 7 .266 .263 .277 .540 6.9 0.0
1949 25 PIT NL 19 50 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .180 .180 .200 .380 0.9 0.0
  NYG NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   21 50 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .180 .180 .200 .380 0.9 0.0
1950 26 NYG NL 54 55 3 9 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 7 .164 .172 .218 .391 1.9 0.0
1951 27 NYG NL 44 123 11 27 3 0 2 15 0 0 4 9 .220 .240 .293 .533 9.8 0.0
1952 28 NYG NL 29 74 6 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 .216 .227 .230 .456 3.8 0.0
  PIT NL 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   51 75 6 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 .213 .224 .227 .450 3.7 0.0
1953 29 PIT NL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0
1954 30 PIT NL 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1955 31 BRK NL 26 47 5 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .170 .188 .191 .379 0.1 0.0
1956 32 BRK NL 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1957 33 AAA   6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
10 Years Sim 332 467 35 98 9 1 2 45 0 0 7 34 .210 .221 .246 .467 24.3 0.3
1 Years AAA 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 227 17 47 4 0 0 21 0 0 3 16 .210 .221 .246 .467 11.8  
Career Highs 54 123 11 27 3 1 2 15 0 0 4 9 .286 .500 .357 .643 9.8  
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   261 20 58 7 0 2 31 0 0 2 19 .222 .228 .272 .500 13.6
vs LH   206 15 40 2 1 0 14 0 0 5 15 .194 .212 .214 .426 6.7
Home 157 224 21 50 3 0 2 15 0 0 4 13 .223 .239 .263 .503 12.2
Away 161 243 14 48 6 1 0 30 0 0 3 21 .198 .204 .230 .434 8.2
RISP   123 0 30 4 0 1 42 0 0 1 12 .244 .240 .301 .541 8.2
Close/Late   40 2 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 .200 .195 .250 .445 1.4
Mar/Apr 38 79 3 19 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 .241 .241 .278 .519 4.4
May 37 84 5 18 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 7 .214 .214 .262 .476 3.8
June 58 77 9 12 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 5 .156 .165 .208 .372 1.3
July 31 68 8 15 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 6 .221 .254 .235 .489 3.3
August 44 66 4 16 1 1 0 10 0 0 1 2 .242 .243 .288 .531 4.3
Sep/Oct 48 93 6 18 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 12 .194 .216 .215 .432 3.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 23 PIT NL P 5 5 40.0 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.03    
1948 24 PIT NL P 33 33 249.7 18 45 2 3 .969 2.27    
1949 25 PIT NL P 19 17 144.0 8 29 2 1 .949 2.31    
  NYG NL P 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  TOT   P 21 19 146.0 8 29 2 1 .949 2.28    
1950 26 NYG NL P 54 21 203.7 13 43 4 1 .933 2.47    
1951 27 NYG NL P 43 43 345.7 20 61 1 4 .988 2.11    
1952 28 NYG NL P 29 16 227.0 18 43 2 2 .968 2.42    
  PIT NL P 22 13 28.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.22    
  TOT   P 51 29 255.3 20 48 2 2 .971 2.40    
1953 29 PIT NL P 26 0 29.7 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.12    
1954 30 PIT NL P 48 1 61.3 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.79    
1955 31 BRK NL P 26 15 120.0 6 29 0 3 1.000 2.63    
1956 32 BRK NL P 24 0 24.7 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.46    
Career Totals   331 166 1476.0 92 287 11 16 .972 2.31    
Career Highs   54 43 345.7 20 61 4 4 1.000 2.79    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1952 28 PIT NL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 0 6 3 10.50 .360 .484 .440 .924
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 7 0 6 3 10.50 .360 .484 .440 .924
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1948-6-15
1951-7-19
1952-2-22
 Games Started
1951-5-43
 Complete Games
1951-4-19
1952-8-13
 Shutouts
1948-5-2
1951-8-1
 Innings Pitched
1951-2-345.7
 Hits Allowed
1951-4-343
Homeruns Allowed
1951-4-41
1952-2-42
 Strikeouts
1951-6-174
 Walks Allowed
1948-10-123
1951-4-152
1952-8-130
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1951-9-4.5
 OOBP
1950-10-.329
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Bill Lee (956)
  2. Gene Schott (950)
  3. Sam Nahem (950)
  4. Hank Wyse (945)
  5. Bill Henry (937)
  6. David Clyde (936)
  7. Harry Gumbert (934)
  8. Joe Coleman (932)
  9. Virgil Trucks (931)
  10. Tex Hughson (931)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dutch Henry (993)
  2. Ivy Andrews (992)
  3. Joe Page (988)
  4. Thornton Lee (987)
  5. Dizzy Trout (986)
  6. Tony Kaufmann (986)
  7. Curt Davis (986)
  8. Garland Buckeye (985)
  9. Sheriff Blake (985)
  10. Rip Sewell (982)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1947
Had first career hit on 9/4/1947, off Bud Byerly (BOS)
Earned first career win on 9/14/1947
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 7/1/1949 (Going to NYG: C Del Wilber, CF Willard Marshall, P Lou Brissie. Going to PIT: C Frankie Hayes, 1B Mickey Rocco)
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1951, off Jack Kramer (NYA)
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,285,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1952 (Going to NYG: P Dave Koslo, C Charlie Silvera. Going to PIT: P Lou Brissie, RF Bill Burgo, C Ray Lamanno)
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,285,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,285,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/4/1955 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Injured on 6/5/1955 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
 
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