George
Brunet
 
Nickname: Lefty
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 8, 1935 in Usa, MI, HOUGHTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
All-Star Selections 1960    1961    1962    1963    1967   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 21 MON NL   7 5 4 5 6 4 5 8 7 7
1957 22 MON NL   7 6 5 5 6 4 5 7 7 7
1958 23 MON NL $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 7
1959 24 MON NL $ 300,000 7 9 8 8 8 6 7 8 7 7
1960 25 MON NL $ 300,000 7 9 8 8 8 6 7 8 8 8
1961 26 MON NL $ 300,000 7 9 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1962 27 MON NL $ 300,000 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8
1963 28 MON NL $ 6,800,000 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8
1964 29 MON NL $ 6,800,000 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8
1965 30 MON NL $ 6,800,000 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8
1966 31 MON NL $ 6,800,000 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8
1967 32 MIN AL $ 6,800,000 7 8 7 8 9 8 8 9 8 8
1968 33 MIN AL $ 6,800,000 7 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
1969 34 MIN AL $ 6,800,000 7 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
1970 35 DET AL $ 11,250,000 7 7 6 6 9 7 8 7 7 7
1971 36 DET AL $ 11,250,000 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1972 37 SDP NL $ 11,250,000 6 5 4 4 7 5 6 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 4 4 6 4 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,250,000 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 21 MON NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 22 MON NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 23 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 26 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 27 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 28 MON NL $ 6,800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 29 MON NL $ 6,800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 30 MON NL $ 6,800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 31 MON NL $ 6,800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 32 MIN AL $ 6,800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 33 MIN AL $ 6,800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 34 MIN AL $ 6,800,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 35 DET AL $ 11,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 36 DET AL $ 11,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 37 SDP NL $ 11,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1956 21 AAA   6 10 .375 18 18 1 0 0 110.7 141 70 12 55 90 5.69 .309 .383 .429 .812  
    AA   3 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 40.3 35 14 2 25 37 3.12 .230 .339 .316 .655  
1957 22 AAA   14 10 .583 29 29 2 1 0 197.3 194 89 18 78 190 4.06 .253 .322 .374 .695  
1958 23 MON NL 1 2 .333 6 6 1 0 0 34.3 31 19 1 24 23 4.98 .238 .357 .277 .634 0.4
    AAA   15 8 .652 28 28 0 0 0 187.3 167 62 15 72 187 2.98 .237 .308 .335 .643  
1959 24 MON NL 9 5 .643 17 17 3 2 0 128.3 88 26 9 40 113 1.82 .193 .260 .296 .556 15.4
    AAA   9 3 .750 18 18 2 1 0 131.0 97 27 14 53 160 1.85 .201 .280 .313 .594  
1960 25 MON NL 23 5 .821 37 37 9 2 0 263.3 192 82 17 80 252 2.80 .203 .267 .309 .576 22.5
1961 26 MON NL 19 6 .760 37 37 5 1 0 280.0 194 81 15 76 261 2.60 .193 .253 .292 .545 24.4
1962 27 MON NL 24 8 .750 40 40 4 0 0 295.0 244 94 18 74 263 2.87 .221 .270 .331 .601 20.4
1963 28 MON NL 22 9 .710 41 41 8 3 0 304.7 237 87 18 81 260 2.57 .213 .267 .302 .569 24.2
1964 29 MON NL 18 15 .545 41 41 14 4 0 311.0 253 112 30 64 256 3.24 .221 .263 .356 .619 20.1
1965 30 MON NL 16 5 .762 33 33 5 1 0 245.3 216 69 21 51 192 2.53 .239 .279 .365 .644 20.0
1966 31 MON NL 21 8 .724 39 39 8 3 0 301.7 232 85 18 74 262 2.54 .210 .259 .314 .573 25.5
1967 32 MIN AL 22 12 .647 44 44 8 2 0 330.7 292 128 24 73 262 3.48 .236 .277 .360 .637 21.9
1968 33 MIN AL 20 13 .606 44 44 7 2 0 328.7 264 96 23 78 268 2.63 .218 .267 .332 .599 27.8
1969 34 MIN AL 17 10 .630 35 35 12 1 0 271.3 224 86 19 61 241 2.85 .224 .271 .341 .612 25.1
1970 35 DET AL 12 12 .500 33 33 4 1 0 240.3 221 75 21 67 173 2.81 .243 .295 .362 .656 21.8
1971 36 DET AL 11 16 .407 35 29 10 2 1 230.3 196 89 20 67 137 3.48 .229 .284 .356 .640 17.9
1972 37 SDP NL 0 14 .000 47 8 0 0 5 113.7 142 85 15 68 37 6.73 .313 .402 .459 .861 0.0
15 Years Sim 235 140 .627 529 484 98 24 6 3678.6 3026 1214 269 978 3000 2.97 .223 .276 .337 .613 287.5
4 Years AAA 44 31 .587 93 93 5 2 0 626.3 599 248 59 258 627 3.56 .248 .321 .361 .682  
1 Years AA 3 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 40.3 35 14 2 25 37 3.12 .230 .339 .316 .655  
5 Years Minors 47 31 .603 99 99 5 2 0 666.7 634 262 61 283 664 3.54 .247 .322 .358 .680  
Season Average 15 9 .625 35 32 6 1 0 245.2 201 80 17 65 200 2.97 .223 .276 .337 .613  
Career Highs 24 16 .821 47 44 14 4 5 330.7 292 128 30 81 268 6.73 .313 .402 .459 .861  
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   2202 863 203 724 1921   .239 .294 .362 .656
vs LH   824 351 66 254 1079   .189 .234 .284 .518
Home 114 70 .620 262 244 42 12 2 1862.3 1555 607 141 488 1536 2.93 .226 .277 .344 .620
Away 121 70 .634 267 240 56 12 6 1816.3 1471 607 128 490 1464 3.01 .220 .273 .330 .603
Mar/Apr 48 18 .727 93 80 20 4 3 634.3 549 214 49 140 500 3.04 .233 .276 .354 .629
May 38 20 .655 88 80 19 5 1 620.0 454 175 35 130 533 2.54 .202 .246 .302 .548
June 34 25 .576 82 74 11 3 0 550.6 482 194 28 173 450 3.17 .234 .293 .337 .630
July 36 20 .643 87 82 14 4 0 604.6 493 191 54 174 497 2.84 .221 .278 .346 .623
August 42 29 .592 93 88 18 3 1 663.6 536 232 60 199 508 3.15 .219 .278 .342 .620
Sep/Oct 37 28 .569 86 80 20 5 3 605.3 512 208 43 162 512 3.09 .229 .281 .340 .621
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
1958 23 MON NL 6 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0
1959 24 MON NL 17 45 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 .133 .130 .178 .308 0.3 0.0
1960 25 MON NL 37 91 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 31 .066 .085 .066 .151 -3.7 0.0
1961 26 MON NL 37 95 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 .053 .053 .063 .116 -4.9 0.0
1962 27 MON NL 40 96 6 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 26 .063 .100 .094 .194 -2.8 0.0
1963 28 MON NL 41 100 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 38 .060 .103 .060 .163 -3.7 0.0
1964 29 MON NL 41 106 6 7 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 38 .066 .066 .104 .170 -4.3 0.0
1965 30 MON NL 33 79 4 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 22 .063 .096 .089 .185 -2.6 0.0
1966 31 MON NL 39 107 3 6 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 42 .056 .055 .084 .139 -4.5 0.0
1967 32 MIN AL 44 116 8 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 43 .078 .084 .086 .170 -4.5 0.0
1968 33 MIN AL 44 104 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 .038 .057 .048 .105 -6.9 0.0
11 Years Sim 379 951 42 61 13 2 0 30 0 0 14 352 .064 .080 .082 .162 -38.2 0.0
162 Game Average 406 17 26 5 0 0 12 0 0 5 150 .064 .080 .082 .162 -16.3  
Career Highs 44 116 8 9 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 52 .133 .130 .178 .308 0.3  
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   632 25 38 7 1 0 24 0 0 8 221 .060 .072 .074 .147 -33.2
vs LH   319 17 23 6 1 0 6 0 0 6 131 .072 .095 .097 .192 -13.0
Home 194 444 19 31 6 2 0 18 0 0 6 163 .070 .081 .092 .173 -19.7
Away 185 507 23 30 7 0 0 12 0 0 8 189 .059 .079 .073 .152 -26.5
RISP   217 0 9 3 1 0 27 0 0 3 82 .041 .057 .065 .121 -13.2
Close/Late   59 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 .068 .067 .102 .168 -2.8
Mar/Apr 62 156 10 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 55 .090 .100 .109 .209 -5.3
May 63 165 6 9 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 61 .055 .065 .067 .132 -9.4
June 55 134 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 57 .045 .066 .045 .110 -8.6
July 62 142 4 7 3 1 0 5 0 0 4 45 .049 .074 .085 .159 -6.9
August 69 179 5 14 5 0 0 6 0 0 1 66 .078 .087 .106 .193 -7.4
Sep/Oct 68 175 11 11 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 68 .063 .084 .074 .158 -8.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1958 23 MON NL P 6 6 34.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.52    
1959 24 MON NL P 17 17 128.3 8 22 1 2 .968 2.10    
1960 25 MON NL P 37 37 263.3 13 43 0 1 1.000 1.91    
1961 26 MON NL P 37 37 280.0 14 52 1 6 .985 2.12    
1962 27 MON NL P 40 40 295.0 22 49 1 5 .986 2.17    
1963 28 MON NL P 41 41 304.7 22 46 2 2 .971 2.01    
1964 29 MON NL P 41 41 311.0 17 47 3 3 .955 1.85    
1965 30 MON NL P 33 33 245.3 11 41 0 2 1.000 1.91    
1966 31 MON NL P 39 39 301.7 18 49 2 1 .971 2.00    
1967 32 MIN AL P 44 44 330.7 29 62 0 2 1.000 2.48    
1968 33 MIN AL P 44 44 328.7 23 47 1 5 .986 1.92    
1969 34 MIN AL P 35 35 271.3 17 51 2 1 .971 2.26    
1970 35 DET AL P 33 33 240.3 16 31 0 1 1.000 1.76    
1971 36 DET AL P 35 29 230.3 9 42 1 3 .981 1.99    
1972 37 SDP NL P 47 8 113.7 5 24 0 4 1.000 2.30    
Career Totals   529 484 3678.6 224 608 14 38 .983 2.04    
Career Highs   47 44 330.7 29 62 3 6 1.000 2.48    
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
1959 24 MON NL 0 2 .000 8 0 0 0 2 8.0 7 8 1 4 8 9.00 .241 .333 .448 .782
1960 25 MON NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 24.0 18 5 2 2 21 1.88 .212 .230 .329 .559
1961 26 MON NL 1 1 .500 4 3 0 0 0 23.3 23 16 3 8 19 6.17 .256 .316 .422 .739
1962 27 MON NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 17.7 15 8 5 2 9 4.08 .217 .239 .464 .703
1963 28 MON NL 4 2 .667 6 6 2 0 0 49.0 41 21 6 7 38 3.86 .225 .254 .374 .628
1965 30 MON NL 1 1 .500 6 6 1 0 0 38.7 32 11 3 10 33 2.56 .221 .271 .331 .602
1966 31 MON NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 16 9 1 4 10 6.75 .308 .357 .365 .723
Career Post-Season Pitching 9 8 .529 31 22 4 0 2 172.7 152 78 21 37 138 4.07 .233 .274 .377 .652
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
1960 25 MON NL 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 26 MON NL 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1962 27 MON NL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 28 MON NL 6 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .067 .067 .067 .133
1965 30 MON NL 6 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154
1966 31 MON NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250
Career Post-Season Batting 23 53 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .038 .056 .038 .093
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1960-4-2.80
1961-5-2.60
1962-7-2.87
1963-3-2.57
1965-4-2.53
1966-4-2.54
1968-4-2.63
1969-6-2.85
1970-7-2.81
CAR-11-2.97
Wins
1960-2-23
1961-8-19
1962-4-24
1963-3-22
1966-6-21
1967-2-22
1968-8-20
1969-7-17
CAR-37-235
Losses
1971-7-16
Winning Pct
1960-2-.821
1961-3-.760
1962-4-.750
1963-3-.710
1965-3-.762
1966-5-.724
1967-6-.647
CAR-24-.627
Games Started
1963-9-41
1964-8-41
1967-1-44
1968-1-44
1969-5-35
Complete Games
1969-7-12
1971-10-10
Shutouts
1959-6-2
1960-6-2
1961-10-1
1963-4-3
1964-5-4
1966-6-3
1967-4-2
1971-8-2
CAR-32-24
Innings Pitched
1963-10-304.7
1967-3-330.7
1968-8-328.7
1969-7-271.3
Hits Allowed
1967-8-292
Strikeouts
1960-8-252
1961-9-261
1962-6-263
1963-7-260
1964-6-256
1966-5-262
1967-6-262
1968-6-268
1969-4-241
CAR-23-3000
Walks per 9IP
1964-9-1.9
1965-10-1.9
1967-4-2.0
1968-7-2.1
1969-7-2.0
1970-10-2.5
Hits per 9IP
1960-2-6.6
1961-2-6.2
1962-7-7.4
1963-6-7.0
1964-7-7.3
1966-3-6.9
CAR-19-7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP
1960-4-8.6
1961-7-8.4
1962-8-8.0
1963-7-7.7
1964-8-7.4
1965-9-7.0
1966-6-7.8
1969-7-8.0
CAR-34-7.3
WHiP
1960-3-1.03
1961-1-0.96
1962-6-1.08
1963-5-1.04
1964-3-1.02
1965-7-1.09
1966-3-1.01
1967-7-1.10
1968-7-1.04
1969-3-1.05
1971-9-1.14
CAR-11-1.09
OAVG
1960-3-.203
1961-2-.193
1962-6-.221
1963-5-.213
1964-7-.221
1966-4-.210
CAR-20-.223
OOBP
1960-3-.267
1961-2-.253
1962-4-.270
1963-6-.267
1964-3-.263
1965-7-.279
1966-2-.259
1967-7-.277
1968-6-.267
1969-6-.271
1971-9-.284
CAR-11-.276
OSLG
1960-3-.309
1961-2-.292
1962-8-.331
1963-3-.302
1966-3-.314
1968-10-.332
1969-9-.341
CAR-29-.337
OOPS
1960-3-.576
1961-1-.545
1962-6-.601
1963-2-.569
1966-3-.573
1967-10-.637
1968-7-.599
1969-7-.612
CAR-12-.613
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 194    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 64    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Whitey Wilshere (984)
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  6. Rollie Sheldon (969)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Injured on 6/27/1958 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 9/5/1958
Had first career hit on 9/10/1958, off Danny Mcdevitt (CIN)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Injured on 7/6/1960 with a Inflamed Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1961, going 6-0, 1.38
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
7/31/1962: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,800,000 per year, for 7 years
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Injured on 5/23/1965 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 4-5 weeks
Pitched NO-HITTER against Oakland on 9/18/1965, striking out 5
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1966, going 6-1, 2.11
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1966, going 2-0, 0.56
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: 3B Roger Maris. Going to MIN: C Sammy Taylor, P George Brunet)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1967, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1967, going 6-1, 1.77
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/13/1970 to a 4-year deal worth $11,250,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/1/1972 (Going to SDP: P George Brunet, P Bob Locker, P Phil Niekro. Going to DET: LF Frank Johnson)