George Brunet

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: June 8, 1935 in Houghton, MI us

Died: October 25, 1991 in Poza Rica, Mexico

High School: Calumet HS (Calumet, MI)

Debut: September 14, 1956 (Age 21-098d, 11,397th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: April 28, 1971 (Age 35-324d)
vs. NYM 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: George Stuart Brunet

Nicknames: Lefty or Red

Pronunciation: \brue-NET\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

ERA

3.62

324

213

1431.2

921

WHIP

1.316

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1955	20	KCA-min	D,C	11	11	.500	4.59	34	20		11	1		157.0	182	111	80	3	102	3	141	6	0	11				1.809	10.4	0.2	5.8	8.1	1.38	SMN,HSP SOSL,CSTL
1956	21	KCA-min	C,A,B	9	11	.450	2.83	31	21		9	3		143.0	97	49	45	4	97	1	173	1	2	4				1.357	6.1	0.3	6.1	10.9	1.78	CLY,CLM,ABL EVAN,SALL,BSTL
1956	21	KCA	AL	0	0		7.00	6	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	10	8	7	1	11	0	5	0	0	0	47	64	6.37	2.333	10.0	1.0	11.0	5.0	0.45
1957	22	KCA-min	AA	14	15	.483	3.42	33	31		13	5		213.0	162	92	81	12	127	2	235	3	0	8				1.357	6.8	0.5	5.4	9.9	1.85	LRK SOUA
1957	22	KCA	AL	0	1	.000	5.56	4	2	1	0	0	0	11.1	13	7	7	2	4	0	3	0	1	1	51	73	5.28	1.500	10.3	1.6	3.2	2.4	0.75

1958	23	KCA-min	AA,AAA	9	13	.409	4.34	35	25		10	0		191.0	165	109	92	15	111	7	156	2	0	11				1.445	7.8	0.7	5.2	7.4	1.41	LRK,BFL SOUA,IL
1959	24	KCA-min	AAA	5	13	.278	3.78	28	20		7	2		138.0	139	73	58	12	41		116	1	0	3				1.304	9.1	0.8	2.7	7.6	2.83	POR PCL
1959	24	KCA	AL	0	0		11.57	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	10	9	6	2	7	1	7	1	1	0	32	38	10.26	3.643	19.3	3.9	13.5	13.5	1.00
1960	25	MLN-min	AAA	4	1	.800	0.78	7	5		4	0		46.0	31	10	4	1	13	0	53	2	0	2				0.957	6.1	0.2	2.5	10.4	4.08	LOU AA
1960	25	TOT	MLB	2	2	.500	4.95	20	8	1	0	0	0	60.0	65	37	33	6	32	7	43	2	0	5	273	72	4.09	1.617	9.8	0.9	4.8	6.5	1.34
1960	25	KCA	AL	0	2	.000	4.35	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	12	6	5	0	10	2	4	1	0	2	52	95	4.95	2.129	10.5	0.0	8.7	3.5	0.40
1960	25	MLN	NL	2	0	1.000	5.07	17	6	1	0	0	0	49.2	53	31	28	6	22	5	39	1	0	3	221	68	3.92	1.510	9.6	1.1	4.0	7.1	1.77
1961	26	MLN-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.81	20	16		5	1		104.0	108	50	44	7	67	2	86	2	0	9				1.683	9.3	0.6	5.8	7.4	1.28	VAN PCL
1961	26	MLN	NL	0	0		5.40	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	23	74	6.37	1.800	12.6	1.8	3.6	0.0	0.00
1962	27	HOU-LAA-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.21	27	17		7	1		143.0	114	63	51	15	81	6	133	3	1	8				1.364	7.2	0.9	5.1	8.4	1.64	OKC,HAW AA,PCL
1962	27	HOU	NL	2	4	.333	4.50	17	11	3	2	0	0	54.0	62	31	27	2	21	1	36	0	0	1	238	84	2.93	1.537	10.3	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.71
1963	28	HOU-min	AAA	8	3	.727	2.07	13	10		7	3		87.0	69	23	20	2	25	0	96	1	0	4				1.080	7.1	0.2	2.6	9.9	3.84	OKC PCL
1963	28	TOT	MLB	0	4	.000	6.06	21	2	9	0	0	1	32.2	49	26	22	5	15	1	24	1	3	1	161	57	4.47	1.959	13.5	1.4	4.1	6.6	1.60
1963	28	HOU	NL	0	3	.000	7.11	5	2	2	0	0	0	12.2	24	11	10	2	6	1	11	0	1	0	67	46	4.22	2.368	17.1	1.4	4.3	7.8	1.83
1963	28	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	5.40	16	0	7	0	0	1	20.0	25	15	12	3	9	0	13	1	2	1	94	65	4.63	1.700	11.3	1.4	4.1	5.9	1.44
1964	29	HOU-BAL-min	AAA	10	7	.588	3.10	24	18		7	2		125.0	115	55	43	6	50	1	121	0	0	8				1.320	8.3	0.4	3.6	8.7	2.42	OKC,ROC PCL,IL
1964	29	LAA	AL	2	2	.500	3.61	10	7	2	0	0	0	42.1	38	17	17	2	25	1	36	0	0	1	188	92	3.29	1.488	8.1	0.4	5.3	7.7	1.44
1965	30	CAL	AL	9	11	.450	2.56	41	26	7	8	3	2	197.0	149	64	56	9	69	8	141	3	3	3	798	131	2.78	1.107	6.8	0.4	3.2	6.4	2.04
1966	31	CAL	AL	13	13	.500	3.31	41	32	3	8	2	0	212.0	183	88	78	21	106	8	148	5	4	4	913	101	4.02	1.363	7.8	0.9	4.5	6.3	1.40
1967	32	CAL	AL	11	19	.367	3.31	40	37	2	7	2	1	250.0	203	99	92	19	90	9	165	4	0	5	1027	94	3.34	1.172	7.3	0.7	3.2	5.9	1.83
1968	33	CAL	AL	13	17	.433	2.86	39	36	2	8	5	0	245.1	191	83	78	23	68	3	132	2	0	10	973	101	3.38	1.056	7.0	0.8	2.5	4.8	1.94
1969	34	TOT	AL	8	12	.400	4.44	35	30	3	4	2	0	164.1	168	92	81	26	67	9	93	1	1	7	715	79	4.68	1.430	9.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	1.39
1969	34	CAL	AL	6	7	.462	3.84	23	19	2	2	2	0	100.2	98	51	43	15	39	4	56	1	1	4	434	90	4.53	1.361	8.8	1.3	3.5	5.0	1.44
1969	34	SEP	AL	2	5	.286	5.37	12	11	1	2	0	0	63.2	70	41	38	11	28	5	37	0	0	3	281	67	4.91	1.539	9.9	1.6	4.0	5.2	1.32
1970	35	TOT	MLB	9	7	.563	4.21	36	21	3	2	1	0	134.2	143	69	63	11	57	5	84	2	0	2	584	85	3.77	1.485	9.6	0.7	3.8	5.6	1.47
1970	35	WSA	AL	8	6	.571	4.42	24	20	1	2	1	0	118.0	124	64	58	10	48	4	67	1	0	2	509	80	3.85	1.458	9.5	0.8	3.7	5.1	1.40
1970	35	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	2.70	12	1	2	0	0	0	16.2	19	5	5	1	9	1	17	1	0	0	75	148	3.18	1.680	10.3	0.5	4.9	9.2	1.89
1971	36	SDP-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.09	14	9		4	0	0	66.0	67	33	30	9	21	2	54	0	0	2				1.333	9.1	1.2	2.9	7.4	2.57	HAW PCL
1971	36	STL	NL	0	1	.000	5.79	7	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	12	6	6	3	7	0	4	0	0	0	46	65	8.02	2.036	11.6	2.9	6.8	3.9	0.57
1972	37	SDP-min	AAA	14	9	.609	3.99	28	28		4	1	0	169.0	160	85	75	19	75	3	119	1	0	10				1.391	8.5	1.0	4.0	6.3	1.59	HAW PCL
1973	38	PHI-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.00	5	5		1	0	0	36.0	37	21	20	4	16	0	21	0	0	1				1.472	9.3	1.0	4.0	5.3	1.31	EUG PCL
15 Yrs				69	93	.426	3.62	324	213	42	39	15	4	1431.2	1303	639	576	133	581	53	921	21	13	41	6069	92	3.70	1.316	8.2	0.8	3.7	5.8	1.59
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.426	3.62	41	27	5	5	2	1	181	165	81	73	17	74	7	117	3	2	5	769	92	3.70	1.316	8.2	0.8	3.7	5.8	1.59
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CAL (6 yrs)				54	69	.439	3.13	194	157	18	33	14	3	1047.1	862	402	364	89	397	33	678	15	8	27	4333	102	3.49	1.202	7.4	0.8	3.4	5.8	1.71
KCA (4 yrs)				0	3	.000	6.37	15	5	3	0	0	0	35.1	45	30	25	5	32	3	19	2	2	3	182	67	6.12	2.179	11.5	1.3	8.2	4.8	0.59
MLN (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	5.10	22	6	4	0	0	0	54.2	60	34	31	7	24	5	39	1	0	4	244	69	4.14	1.537	9.9	1.2	4.0	6.4	1.63
HOU (2 yrs)				2	7	.222	5.00	22	13	5	2	0	0	66.2	86	42	37	4	27	2	47	0	1	1	305	74	3.18	1.695	11.6	0.5	3.6	6.3	1.74
PIT (1 yr)				1	1	.500	2.70	12	1	2	0	0	0	16.2	19	5	5	1	9	1	17	1	0	0	75	148	3.18	1.680	10.3	0.5	4.9	9.2	1.89
STL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.79	7	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	12	6	6	3	7	0	4	0	0	0	46	65	8.02	2.036	11.6	2.9	6.8	3.9	0.57
WSA (1 yr)				8	6	.571	4.42	24	20	1	2	1	0	118.0	124	64	58	10	48	4	67	1	0	2	509	80	3.85	1.458	9.5	0.8	3.7	5.1	1.40
BAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.40	16	0	7	0	0	1	20.0	25	15	12	3	9	0	13	1	2	1	94	65	4.63	1.700	11.3	1.4	4.1	5.9	1.44
SEP (1 yr)				2	5	.286	5.37	12	11	1	2	0	0	63.2	70	41	38	11	28	5	37	0	0	3	281	67	4.91	1.539	9.9	1.6	4.0	5.2	1.32

AL (12 yrs)				64	84	.432	3.48	261	193	30	37	15	4	1284.1	1126	552	497	118	514	45	814	19	12	36	5399	94	3.68	1.277	7.9	0.8	3.6	5.7	1.58
NL (6 yrs)				5	9	.357	4.83	63	20	12	2	0	0	147.1	177	87	79	15	67	8	107	2	1	5	670	76	3.84	1.656	10.8	0.9	4.1	6.5	1.60

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