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Larry Brown
Larry Leslie Brown

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 6, 1963
  vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 29, 1974
Born March 1, 1940 in Shinnston, WV

Brother of Dick Brown

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 23 CLE AL  74  247   28   63   6  0   5   18   4  3  22  27  .255  .316  .340   85   84   9   2   0   1   4
 1964 24 CLE AL 115  335   33   77  12  1  12   40   1  2  24  55  .230  .283  .379   84  127   3   3   3   2  10
 1965 25 CLE AL 124  438   52  111  22  2   8   40   5  7  38  62  .253  .315  .368   93  161  10   2   0   2   6
 1966 26 CLE AL 105  340   29   78  12  0   3   17   0  1  36  58  .229  .309  .291   74   99   5   0   3   3  11
 1967 27 CLE AL 152  485   38  110  16  2   7   37   4  4  53  62  .227  .308  .311   83  151  14   4   6   6  12
 1968 28 CLE AL 154  495   43  116  18  3   6   35   1  1  43  46  .234  .300  .319   89  158   6   4  10   5  12
 1969 29 CLE AL 132  469   48  112  10  2   4   24   5  3  44  43  .239  .304  .294   66  138   4   3   2   1  10
 1970 30 CLE AL  72  155   17   40   5  2   0   15   1  0  20  14  .258  .339  .316   79   49   3   2   1   0   6
 1971 31 TOT AL  83  239   18   48   3  1   1   14   1  2  10  22  .201  .239  .234   35   56   3   0   0   2   9
         CLE AL  13   50    4   11   1  0   0    5   0  0   3   3  .220  .278  .240   43   12   0   0   0   1   2
         OAK AL  70  189   14   37   2  1   1    9   1  2   7  19  .196  .228  .233   32   44   3   0   0   1   7
 1972 32 OAK AL  47  142   11   26   2  0   0    4   0  0  13   8  .183  .250  .197   38   28   1   1   1   0   9
 1973 33 BAL AL  17   28    4    7   0  0   1    5   0  0   5   4  .250  .353  .357  102   10   1   1   0   0   1
 1974 34 TEX AL  54   76   10   15   2  0   0    5   0  0   9  13  .197  .279  .224   49   17   1   1   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1129 3449  331  803 108 13  47  254  22 23 317 414  .233  .300  .313   76 1078  60  23  26  22  95
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        495   47  115  15  2   7   36   3  3  45  59  .233  .300  .313   76  155   9   3   4   3  14
 Career High    154  495   52  116  22  3  12   40   5  7  53  62  .255  .316  .379   93  161  14   4  10   6  12
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 23 CLE AL  281  202   27   3.6    95| .255  .255| .316  .321| .340  .394| .656  .716|  85  .431  -5.0  -0.5  57%
 1964 24 CLE AL  367  276   34   3.3    95| .230  .254| .283  .323| .379  .395| .662  .718|  84  .390  -8.2  -0.8  33%
 1965 25 CLE AL  490  352   51   3.9    93| .253  .252| .315  .322| .368  .386| .683  .708|  93  .485  -4.1  -0.4  41%
 1966 26 CLE AL  384  279   30   2.9    90| .229  .248| .309  .315| .291  .383| .600  .698|  74  .367 -10.6  -1.1   0%
 1967 27 CLE AL  562  409   48   3.2    86| .227  .245| .308  .315| .311  .368| .619  .683|  83  .425  -9.6  -1.1  50%
 1968 28 CLE AL  553  402   47   3.1    79| .234  .237| .300  .306| .319  .351| .619  .656|  89  .449  -6.2  -0.7  50%
 1969 29 CLE AL  521  377   43   3.1    97| .239  .258| .304  .335| .294  .389| .598  .724|  66  .360 -21.8  -2.3  62%
 1970 30 CLE AL  180  126   17   3.6   101| .258  .263| .339  .337| .316  .401| .655  .738|  79  .423  -3.9  -0.4 100%
 1971 31 TOT AL  254  205   12   1.6    92| .201  .255| .239  .327| .234  .379| .473  .706|  35  .152 -21.4  -2.3  33%
         CLE AL   54   41    3   2.0    99| .220  .265| .278  .338| .240  .393| .518  .732|  43  .212  -3.9  -0.4   0%
         OAK AL  200  164    9   1.5    91| .196  .253| .228  .324| .233  .375| .461  .700|  32  .137 -17.5  -1.9  33%
 1972 32 OAK AL  157  127    6   1.3    79| .183  .241| .250  .309| .197  .348| .447  .657|  38  .128 -10.6  -1.2   0%
 1973 33 BAL AL   35   24    4   4.5    93| .250  .258| .353  .327| .357  .380| .710  .707| 102  .513   0.3   0.0   0%
 1974 34 TEX AL   87   68    4   1.6    87| .197  .255| .279  .319| .224  .366| .503  .685|  49  .147  -4.7  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3871 2847  323   3.1    90| .233  .250| .300  .320| .313  .378| .613  .698|  76  .384 -105.7 -11.3  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1963 23 CLE AL SS 46 71 126 13 17 .938 .965 4.28 4.56 4.45 4.78 45 398.0 2B 27 42 50 1 8 .989 .980 3.41 4.68 4.51 5.08 20 183.7 1964 24 CLE AL 2B 103 185 270 9 56 .981 .980 4.42 4.54 5.13 5.17 87 797.7 SS 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .968 2.25 4.55 4.26 4.78 2 19.0 1965 25 CLE AL SS 95 167 262 10 55 .977 .962 4.52 4.38 4.61 4.74 92 838.3 2B 26 28 48 5 11 .938 .978 2.92 4.38 3.90 5.07 20 175.3 1966 26 CLE AL SS 90 131 238 15 45 .961 .960 4.10 4.41 4.25 4.79 88 782.3 2B 10 22 26 4 7 .923 .976 4.80 4.38 6.29 5.10 8 68.7 1967 27 CLE AL SS 150 233 414 22 90 .967 .963 4.31 4.09 4.32 4.62 150 1346.7 1968 28 CLE AL SS 154 255 371 22 70 .966 .962 4.06 4.07 4.33 4.79 150 1300.0 1969 29 CLE AL SS 101 172 276 19 59 .959 .966 4.44 4.43 4.78 4.96 93 843.3 3B 29 22 33 1 4 .982 .955 1.90 2.74 2.58 3.16 21 191.7 2B 5 6 6 0 0 1.000 .976 2.40 4.58 4.84 5.21 3 22.3 1970 30 CLE AL SS 27 34 62 5 15 .950 .967 3.56 4.39 4.42 4.94 19 195.3 3B 17 10 18 2 2 .933 .949 1.65 2.67 3.37 3.07 9 74.7 2B 16 28 25 1 6 .981 .980 3.31 4.64 5.80 5.35 7 82.3 1971 31 TOT AL SS 44 64 101 6 23 .965 .965 3.75 4.32 4.22 4.90 38 352.3 CLE AL SS 13 24 25 1 4 .980 .965 3.77 4.32 3.74 4.90 13 118.0 OAK AL SS 31 40 76 5 19 .959 .965 3.74 4.32 4.46 4.90 25 234.3 2B 23 38 55 1 11 .989 .980 4.04 4.76 5.44 5.31 16 154.0 3B 10 4 10 0 1 1.000 .959 1.40 2.74 2.42 3.05 4 52.0 1972 32 OAK AL 2B 46 110 111 6 30 .974 .977 4.80 4.42 5.12 5.17 44 388.7 3B 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1973 33 BAL AL 3B 15 9 13 3 2 .880 .948 1.47 2.68 2.91 3.00 7 68.0 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 2.25 5.40 0 4.0 1974 34 TEX AL 3B 47 14 53 5 8 .931 .954 1.43 2.77 3.15 3.12 11 191.7 2B 8 15 11 0 4 1.000 .974 3.25 4.56 5.12 5.38 3 45.7 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 5.40 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 23 CLE AL 2B 27 42 50 1 8 .989 .980 3.41 4.68 4.51 5.08 20 183.7 1964 24 CLE AL 2B 103 185 270 9 56 .981 .980 4.42 4.54 5.13 5.17 87 797.7 1965 25 CLE AL 2B 26 28 48 5 11 .938 .978 2.92 4.38 3.90 5.07 20 175.3 1966 26 CLE AL 2B 10 22 26 4 7 .923 .976 4.80 4.38 6.29 5.10 8 68.7 1969 29 CLE AL 2B 5 6 6 0 0 1.000 .976 2.40 4.58 4.84 5.21 3 22.3 1970 30 CLE AL 2B 16 28 25 1 6 .981 .980 3.31 4.64 5.80 5.35 7 82.3 1971 31 OAK AL 2B 23 38 55 1 11 .989 .980 4.04 4.76 5.44 5.31 16 154.0 1972 32 OAK AL 2B 46 110 111 6 30 .974 .977 4.80 4.42 5.12 5.17 44 388.7 1973 33 BAL AL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 2.25 5.40 0 4.0 1974 34 TEX AL 2B 8 15 11 0 4 1.000 .974 3.25 4.56 5.12 5.38 3 45.7 1969 29 CLE AL 3B 29 22 33 1 4 .982 .955 1.90 2.74 2.58 3.16 21 191.7 1970 30 CLE AL 3B 17 10 18 2 2 .933 .949 1.65 2.67 3.37 3.07 9 74.7 1971 31 OAK AL 3B 10 4 10 0 1 1.000 .959 1.40 2.74 2.42 3.05 4 52.0 1972 32 OAK AL 3B 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1973 33 BAL AL 3B 15 9 13 3 2 .880 .948 1.47 2.68 2.91 3.00 7 68.0 1974 34 TEX AL 3B 47 14 53 5 8 .931 .954 1.43 2.77 3.15 3.12 11 191.7 1963 23 CLE AL SS 46 71 126 13 17 .938 .965 4.28 4.56 4.45 4.78 45 398.0 1964 24 CLE AL SS 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .968 2.25 4.55 4.26 4.78 2 19.0 1965 25 CLE AL SS 95 167 262 10 55 .977 .962 4.52 4.38 4.61 4.74 92 838.3 1966 26 CLE AL SS 90 131 238 15 45 .961 .960 4.10 4.41 4.25 4.79 88 782.3 1967 27 CLE AL SS 150 233 414 22 90 .967 .963 4.31 4.09 4.32 4.62 150 1346.7 1968 28 CLE AL SS 154 255 371 22 70 .966 .962 4.06 4.07 4.33 4.79 150 1300.0 1969 29 CLE AL SS 101 172 276 19 59 .959 .966 4.44 4.43 4.78 4.96 93 843.3 1970 30 CLE AL SS 27 34 62 5 15 .950 .967 3.56 4.39 4.42 4.94 19 195.3 1971 31 TOT AL SS 44 64 101 6 23 .965 .965 3.75 4.32 4.22 4.90 38 352.3 CLE AL SS 13 24 25 1 4 .980 .965 3.77 4.32 3.74 4.90 13 118.0 OAK AL SS 31 40 76 5 19 .959 .965 3.74 4.32 4.46 4.90 25 234.3 1974 34 TEX AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 5.40 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 712 1131 1855 112 374 .964 .963 4.19 4.27 4.42 4.78 677 6076.3 2B* 265 475 602 27 133 .976 .979 4.06 4.54 5.04 5.17 208 1922.3 3B* 119 59 128 11 18 .944 .954 1.57 2.73 2.91 3.11 52 579.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1096 1665 2585 150 525 .966 .967 3.88 4.17 4.46 4.76 937 8578
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1973   ALCS  BAL OAK     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Sac. Hits
1965 AL-10-3
1967 AL-14-4

Intentional Walks
1968 AL-10-9

Caught Stealing
1965 AL-7-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1968 AL-10.8-7
1969 AL-10.9-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1711) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1958 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

April 24, 1971: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the Cleveland Indians.

December 21, 1972: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

March 31, 1973: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

January 22, 1974: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

March, 1974: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 21, 1974: Released by the Texas Rangers.


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