Gates Brown stats

Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 1975

Age 87

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Gates Brown played 13 MLB seasons, 1963 to 1975.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,051
AB
2,262
R
330
H
582
HR
84
RBI
322
SB
30
AVG
.257
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1963DET558216222142.268
1964DET12342665116155411.272
1965DET96227335810436.256
1966DET8816927457273.266
1967DET51911717290.187
1968DET679215346150.370
1969DET60931319160.204
1970DET8112418283240.226
1971DET82195376611294.338
1972DET103252335810313.230
1973DET125377488912501.236
1974DET73997244170.242
1975DET473516130.171

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
4
AB
3
R
1
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.000

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
2,545
TB
950
XBH
181
HBP
15
IBB
18
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1963DET933361000
1964DET465195434000
1965DET249106260100
1966DET19373132200
1967DET1052640000
1968DET10463150100
1969DET1002741000
1970DET1484061000
1971DET218107162200
1972DET28393152300
1973DET433138241600
1974DET1093860200
1975DET451131100

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
9.2
RC
338.0
RC/27
5.30
ISOP
.163
SECA
.279
BB/K
0.88
AB/HR
26.9
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1963DET0.3125.1.1340.20.6410
1964DET3.266.45.6.1850.30.628.40
1965DET1.734.95.4.2110.30.522.70
1966DET0.427.25.7.1660.31.024.10
1967DET-0.38.33.0990.20.945.50
1968DET2.025.812.3150.4315.30
1969DET-0.46.72.4.0860.10.3930
1970DET-0.315.74.3.0970.31.441.30
1971DET2.3438.9.2100.31.217.70
1972DET0.431.34.3.1390.30.925.20
1973DET-0.4504.6.1300.31.331.40
1974DET0.112.54.5.1410.20.724.80
1975DET0.24.94.6.1430.41.5350

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
87 yearsMay 2, 1939
Debut
1963

What were Gates Brown's career stats?

Gates Brown played 13 seasons for the Tigers. He was a career .257 hitter with 582 hits, 84 home runs and 322 RBI. His best season was 1968: a .370 batting average, 6 home runs and 15 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1963 to 1975

Championships

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