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Chris Brown
John Christopher Brown

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 3, 1984
  vs. CIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 16, 1989
Born August 15, 1961 in Jackson, MS
Died December 26, 2006 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 22 SFG NL  23   84    6   24   7  0   1   11   2  1   9  19  .286  .358  .405  117   34   0   1   0   1   4
 1985 23 SFG NL 131  432   50  117  20  3  16   61   2  3  38  78  .271  .345  .442  124  191   1   0   4  11  19 RoY-4
 1986 24 SFG NL 116  416   57  132  16  3   7   49  13  9  33  43  .317  .376  .421  125  175   0   5   4   9   9 AS
 1987 25 TOT NL  82  287   34   68   9  0  12   40   4  4  20  46  .237  .299  .394   85  113   3   1   1   6  14
         SFG NL  38  132   17   32   6  0   6   17   1  3   9  16  .242  .306  .424   95   56   0   0   1   3   7
         SDP NL  44  155   17   36   3  0   6   23   3  1  11  30  .232  .294  .368   78   57   3   1   0   3   7
 1988 26 SDP NL  80  247   14   58   6  0   2   19   0  0  19  49  .235  .295  .283   68   70   3   2   3   3   9
 1989 27 DET AL  17   57    3   11   3  0   0    4   0  0   1  17  .193  .203  .246   28   14   0   1   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      449 1523  164  410  61  6  38  184  21 17 120 252  .269  .333  .392  104  597   7  10  12  30  58
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        550   59  148  22  2  14   66   8  6  43  91  .269  .333  .392  104  215   3   4   4  11  21
 Career High    131  432   57  132  20  3  16   61  13  9  38  78  .317  .376  .442  125  191   3   5   4  11  19
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 22 SFG NL   95   66   12   4.9    91| .286  .260| .358  .324| .405  .378| .763  .702| 117  .571   2.5   0.3  66%
 1985 23 SFG NL  482  338   61   4.9    91| .271  .254| .345  .321| .442  .379| .787  .700| 124  .566  13.5   1.4  40%
 1986 24 SFG NL  463  307   65   5.7    93| .317  .256| .376  .325| .421  .385| .797  .710| 125  .626  15.0   1.5  59%
 1987 25 TOT NL  317  241   30   3.3   102| .237  .264| .299  .333| .394  .412| .693  .745|  85  .344  -6.7  -0.6  50%
         SFG NL  144  110   14   3.4   102| .242  .264| .306  .333| .424  .412| .730  .745|  95  .354  -1.4  -0.1  25%
         SDP NL  173  131   16   3.3   102| .232  .264| .294  .333| .368  .412| .662  .745|  78  .337  -5.3  -0.5  75%
 1988 26 SDP NL  274  203   20   2.7    89| .235  .255| .295  .319| .283  .375| .578  .693|  68  .323 -10.0  -1.1   0%
 1989 27 DET AL   59   50    2   1.1    92| .193  .258| .203  .323| .246  .380| .449  .703|  28  .072  -5.5  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1690 1205  190   4.2    93| .269  .257| .333  .324| .392  .386| .725  .710| 104  .494   8.7   0.9  55%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 22 SFG NL 3B 23 23 40 7 3 .900 .943 2.74 2.36 2.83 2.79 23 200.0 1985 23 SFG NL 3B 120 94 243 10 15 .971 .948 2.81 2.47 2.97 2.88 120 1020.3 1986 24 SFG NL 3B 111 73 177 18 17 .933 .946 2.25 2.20 2.37 2.72 111 951.0 AS SS 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.95 6.00 4.80 0 6.0 AS 1987 25 TOT NL 3B 80 60 132 16 17 .923 .951 2.40 2.34 2.60 2.82 78 665.4 SFG NL 3B 37 33 62 10 5 .905 .951 2.57 2.34 2.79 2.82 36 306.7 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 SDP NL 3B 43 27 70 6 12 .942 .951 2.26 2.34 2.43 2.82 42 358.7 1988 26 SDP NL 3B 72 54 131 10 15 .949 .947 2.57 2.35 2.82 2.77 70 591.3 1989 27 DET AL 3B 17 15 25 4 4 .909 .943 2.35 2.34 2.69 2.73 17 134.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 22 SFG NL 3B 23 23 40 7 3 .900 .943 2.74 2.36 2.83 2.79 23 200.0 1985 23 SFG NL 3B 120 94 243 10 15 .971 .948 2.81 2.47 2.97 2.88 120 1020.3 1986 24 SFG NL 3B 111 73 177 18 17 .933 .946 2.25 2.20 2.37 2.72 111 951.0 1987 25 TOT NL 3B 80 60 132 16 17 .923 .951 2.40 2.34 2.60 2.82 78 665.4 SFG NL 3B 37 33 62 10 5 .905 .951 2.57 2.34 2.79 2.82 36 306.7 SDP NL 3B 43 27 70 6 12 .942 .951 2.26 2.34 2.43 2.82 42 358.7 1988 26 SDP NL 3B 72 54 131 10 15 .949 .947 2.57 2.35 2.82 2.77 70 591.3 1989 27 DET AL 3B 17 15 25 4 4 .909 .943 2.35 2.34 2.69 2.73 17 134.0 1986 24 SFG NL SS 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 3.95 6.00 4.80 0 6.0 1987 25 SFG NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 0.00 4.50 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 423 319 748 65 71 .943 .947 2.52 2.34 2.70 2.80 419 3562.0 SS* 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 3.93 5.14 4.76 0 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 426 319 752 65 71 .943 .947 2.51 2.35 2.70 2.80 419 3569
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1986   SFG NL       2   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   2   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1986 *

Batting Average
1986 NL-**.317-10

Hit By Pitch
1985 NL-11-1
1986 NL-9-2
1987 NL-6-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1985 NL-19-7

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1429) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft.

July 5, 1987: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Keith Comstock, Mark Davis, and Mark Grant to the San Diego Padres for Dave Dravecky, Craig Lefferts, and Kevin Mitchell.

October 28, 1988: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Keith Moreland to the Detroit Tigers for Walt Terrell.

May 19, 1989: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

June 2, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985San Francisco Giants$60,000
1986San Francisco Giants$155,000
1987San Diego Padres$215,000
1988San Diego Padres$265,000
Career (may be incomplete)$695,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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