Steve Braun

Positions: Leftfielder, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: May 8, 1948 in Trenton, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hopewell Valley Central HS (Pennington, NJ).

High School: Hopewell Valley Central HS (Pennington, NJ)

Debut: April 6, 1971 (Age 22-333d, 13,093rd in major league history)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 37-151d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Stephen Russell Braun

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1982 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.4

3650

989

.271

466

RBI

388

OBP

.371

SLG

.367

OPS

.738

OPS+

109

Summary of 52 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 17 go ahead

5 Tms
MIN	35
SEA	8
KCR	4
STL	4
TOR	1

Platoon
vs RHP	45
vs LHP	7

Home/Road
Home	29
Away	23

Outs
1	19
0	17
2	16

15 Opps
OAK	7
BOS	6
DET	5
KCR	4
NYY	4
BAL	4
MIL	4
CHW	4
TEX	3
CLE	3
PIT	2
CAL	2
TOR	2
LAD	1
CHC	1

44 Pitchers
Catfish Hunter	3
Fergie Jenkins	3
Doc Medich	2
Orlando Peña	2
Dick Drago	2
Steve Busby	2
Jim Slaton	1
Tom Murphy	1
Bill Campbell	1
Lee Tunnell	1
Dick Ruthven	1
Mickey Scott	1
Ray Lamb	1
Pat Dobson	1
Lerrin LaGrow	1
Al Fitzmorris	1
Manny Sarmiento	1
Luis Tiant	1
Rich Gossage	1
Wilbur Wood	1
Tom Niedenfuer	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Bart Johnson	1
Chris Knapp	1
Bill Slayback	1
Jerry Garvin	1
Dick Pole	1
Tom Walker	1
Ed Sprague	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Jesse Jefferson	1
Lary Sorensen	1
Vern Ruhle	1
Tom Hausman	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Marty Pattin	1
Vida Blue	1
Dick Bosman	1
Darold Knowles	1
Fernando Arroyo	1
Rollie Fingers	1
Mike Cuellar	1
Ray Culp	1
Rick Wise	1

18 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	21
Kingdome (SEA)	5
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
9	42
8	2
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	50
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	6
-2-	5
12-	3
--3	2

71 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	36
1 on	13
2 on	3
Any on	16

Inning
1	4
2	2
3	3
4	8
5	9
6	6
7	6
8	2
9	8
Extra	4

1-3	9
4-6	23
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	1
+1	4
Tied	14
-1	6
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	8

Ahead	13
Tied	14
Behind	25

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	27
3B	13
DH	7
PH	5

OrderPos
6th	13
1st	11
2nd	8
7th	7
5th	7
8th	3
9th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-05-21	MIN	@	OAK	Darold Knowles	ahead 9-1	t 9	2	---	1	5	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1971-05-22	MIN	@	OAK	Catfish Hunter	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1	5	5	0.078	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1971-05-30	MIN		BAL	Mike Cuellar	behind 4-6	b 9	0	---	1	7	5	0.102	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1971-06-29	MIN	@	OAK	Vida Blue	behind 1-2	t 4	2	---	1	6	5	0.143	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1971-09-13 (2)	MIN	@	CAL	Tom Murphy	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	5	0.152	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1972-05-05	MIN	@	BOS	Ray Culp	tied 0-0	t 4	1	1--	2	6	5	0.241	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Killebrew Scores
7	7	2	1	1972-08-06 (1)	MIN		OAK	Ken Holtzman	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	2	5	5	0.280	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Killebrew Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1973-04-28	MIN	@	NYY	Doc Medich	behind 1-6	t 7	1	---	1	6	5	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	1973-05-17	MIN		CHW	Wilbur Wood	behind 0-5	b 4	1	---	1	6	7	0.045	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	1973-05-28	MIN		BAL	Orlando Peña	ahead 6-2	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	0.028	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	4	2	1973-05-28	MIN		BAL	Orlando Peña	ahead 7-3	b 7	1	---	1	6	5	0.016	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	5	1	1973-06-06 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	Ray Lamb	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	12-	3	6	5	0.158	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Darwin Scores; L. Hisle Scores
13	13	6	1	1973-08-03	MIN		KCR	Al Fitzmorris	behind 0-4	b 6	2	-2-	2	5	5	0.118	19%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Oliva Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1974-04-06	MIN	@	KCR	Steve Busby	behind 1-10	t 4	0	12-	3	7	7	0.024	4%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Darwin Scores; H. Killebrew Scores
15	15	2	1	1974-04-23	MIN	@	DET	Lerrin LaGrow	tied 0-0	t 10	0	---	1	1	7	0.346	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	3	1	1974-05-03	MIN		DET	Bill Slayback	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	0.103	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	4	1	1974-06-25	MIN	@	TEX	Fergie Jenkins	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.114	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	5	1	1974-07-14	MIN		CLE	Milt Wilcox	tied 5-5	b 10	0	---	1	2	7	0.368	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	6	1	1974-08-31	MIN		BOS	Dick Drago	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	1--	2	6	7	0.140	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Soderholm Scores
20	20	7	1	1974-09-09	MIN		CHW	Bart Johnson	ahead 2-1	b 8	2	---	1	1	7	0.083	93%		Home Run
21	21	8	1	1974-09-13	MIN		KCR	Steve Busby	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---	1	6	5	0.145	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1975-05-18	MIN		MIL	Ed Sprague	tied 0-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	1	7	0.179	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Thompson Scores
23	23	2	1	1975-05-21	MIN		DET	Vern Ruhle	behind 3-4	b 5	2	---	1	1	7	0.164	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	1975-05-28	MIN	@	DET	Tom Walker	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	1--	2	1	7	0.198	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Borgmann Scores/unER; S. Braun Scores/unER
25	25	4	1	1975-05-30	MIN		BOS	Dick Pole	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	1	7	0.146	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	1975-05-31	MIN		BOS	Rick Wise	tied 3-3	b 3	0	---	1	1	7	0.118	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1975-06-16	MIN		OAK	Rollie Fingers	behind 4-6	b 9	0	---	1	7	PH	0.108	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	7	1	1975-07-01 (2)	MIN		CAL	Mickey Scott	ahead 7-1	b 5	1	1--	2	6	DH	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Terrell Scores
29	29	8	1	1975-07-12	MIN	@	NYY	Catfish Hunter	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	6	7	0.097	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	9	1	1975-08-11	MIN		MIL	Jim Slaton	behind 6-7	b 5	2	--3	2	7	7	0.284	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Soderholm Scores
31	31	10	1	1975-08-13	MIN		MIL	Tom Hausman	tied 1-1	b 6	2	---	1	7	7	0.192	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	11	1	1975-09-12 (1)	MIN		OAK	Dick Bosman	behind 1-4	b 5	1	---	1	2	7	0.091	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1976-06-09	MIN	@	CLE	Pat Dobson	behind 0-4	t 9	1	---	1	2	DH	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	1976-06-24	MIN		CHW	Rich Gossage	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1	1	DH	0.056	91%		Home Run
35	35	3	1	1976-07-24	MIN	@	CHW	Chris Knapp	ahead 8-2	t 7	2	12-	3	1	7	0.011	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Cubbage Scores; J. Terrell Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1977-05-29	SEA	@	DET	Fernando Arroyo	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	1	2	7	0.119	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	2	1	1977-06-14	SEA		OAK	Doc Medich	tied 0-0	b 3	2	-2-	2	2	7	0.203	74%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); J. Báez Scores/unER; S. Braun Scores/unER
38	38	3	1	1977-08-06	SEA		NYY	Catfish Hunter	ahead 4-0	b 1	2	---	1	7	DH	0.047	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	4	1	1977-08-13	SEA	@	BOS	Bill Campbell	behind 5-13	t 9	0	---	1	7	7	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	5	1	1977-09-04	SEA	@	TOR	Jerry Garvin	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1	8	7	0.060	90%		Home Run
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1978-05-05	SEA		TOR	Jesse Jefferson	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	DH	0.110	51%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
42	42	2	1	1978-05-20	SEA		TEX	Fergie Jenkins	behind 2-3	b 6	1	1--	2	6	DH	0.342	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Roberts Scores
43	43	3	1	1978-05-25	SEA		KCR	Marty Pattin	behind 3-9	b 9	1	---	1	8	PH	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1979-05-09	KCR	@	TEX	Fergie Jenkins	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	---	1	1	7	0.106	91%		Home Run (Deep CF)
45	45	2	1	1979-06-10	KCR		NYY	Luis Tiant	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	1	2	7	0.095	32%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	3	1	1979-06-12	KCR		BOS	Dick Drago	behind 4-6	b 9	2	--3	2	2	7	0.487	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Wilson Scores/unER; S. Braun Scores/unER
47	47	4	1	1979-06-17	KCR	@	MIL	Lary Sorensen	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---	1	2	7	0.076	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1980-09-19	TOR	@	BAL	Dennis Martínez	tied 5-5	t 10	2	---	1	5	DH	0.413	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1983-06-19	STL		CHC	Dick Ruthven	behind 0-4	b 5	1	---	1	6	7	0.060	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	2	1	1983-07-03	STL	@	PIT	Manny Sarmiento	tied 2-2	t 7	1	-2-	2	9	PH	0.276	81%		Home Run; D. Porter Scores
51	51	3	1	1983-09-12	STL	@	PIT	Lee Tunnell	behind 4-7	t 7	0	---	1	8	PH	0.076	17%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1985-07-21	STL	@	LAD	Tom Niedenfuer	tied 2-2	t 10	1	-2-	2	9	PH	0.369	93%		Home Run; T. Pendleton Scores