Chris Brown

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 15, 1961 in Jackson, MS us

Died: December 26, 2006 in Houston, TX

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Crenshaw HS (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Crenshaw HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 3, 1984 (Age 23-019d, 14,947th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 16, 1989 (Age 27-274d)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Eric Goldschmidt

Full Name: John Christopher Brown

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

1523

410

.269

164

RBI

184

OBP

.333

SLG

.392

OPS

.725

OPS+

104

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 38 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 10 go ahead

2 Tms
SFG	30
SDP	8

Platoon
vs RHP	24
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	14

Outs
0	17
1	13
2	8

11 Opps
HOU	6
CHC	5
SDP	5
CIN	5
ATL	5
PIT	4
PHI	3
STL	2
NYM	1
LAD	1
MON	1

32 Pitchers
Bob Knepper	3
Rick Mahler	2
Mark Thurmond	2
Rick Reuschel	2
Bill Gullickson	2
Jay Tibbs	1
John Tudor	1
Jamie Moyer	1
Gene Garber	1
Kevin Gross	1
Tom Glavine	1
Steve Carlton	1
Dave Meads	1
Mario Soto	1
Ray Fontenot	1
Randy O'Neal	1
Danny Cox	1
Danny Jackson	1
Mike Scott	1
John Denny	1
Lee Smith	1
Eric Show	1
Lee Tunnell	1
Lance McCullers	1
Bob Welch	1
Tom Browning	1
Jim Deshaies	1
Andy Hawkins	1
Dick Ruthven	1
Don Robinson	1
Rick Sutcliffe	1
Wes Gardner	1

11 Parks
3Com Park (SFO)	10
Qualcomm St (SAN)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Astrodome (HOU)	4
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1

Where Hit
7	15
8	4
9	3
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	35
5	2
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	5
-2-	4
--3	2
1-3	2
12-	1
123	1

58 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	23
1 on	11
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	15

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

1-3	13
4-6	13
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	1
+1	5
Tied	7
-1	7
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	3

Ahead	14
Tied	7
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	35
3-1	2
1-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	38

OrderPos
5th	18
6th	9
3rd	5
7th	5
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-09-19	SFG	@	SDP	Eric Show	behind 2-4	t 7	0	---		1	7	5	0.125	29%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1985-05-11	SFG		STL	Danny Cox	behind 2-8	b 4	1	---		1	5	5	0.025	6%		Home Run
3	3	2	1	1985-05-18	SFG	@	NYM	Wes Gardner	ahead 6-2	t 10	2	--3		2	5	5	0.010	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Davis Scores
4	4	3	1	1985-06-16 (1)	SFG		SDP	Mark Thurmond	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	---		1	7	5	0.099	77%		Home Run
5	5	4	1	1985-06-25	SFG	@	CIN	Mario Soto	behind 1-2	t 2	0	---		1	7	5	0.110	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	5	1	1985-06-26	SFG	@	CIN	Tom Browning	behind 3-6	t 8	2	---		1	6	5	0.038	7%		Home Run
7	7	6	1	1985-07-05	SFG	@	CHC	Dick Ruthven	ahead 10-6	t 8	1	-2-		2	6	5	0.023	99%		Home Run; R. Deer Scores
8	8	7	1	1985-07-06	SFG	@	CHC	Ray Fontenot	behind 0-2	t 2	0	-2-		2	6	5	0.141	50%		Home Run; B. Brenly Scores
9	9	8	2	1985-07-06	SFG	@	CHC	Lee Smith	tied 4-4	t 9	0	---		1	6	5	0.338	84%		Home Run
10	10	9	1	1985-07-26	SFG		PIT	Lee Tunnell	behind 0-1	b 6	1	12-		3	5	5	0.413	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores; C. Davis Scores
11	11	10	1	1985-07-28	SFG		PIT	Rick Reuschel	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---		1	5	5	0.171	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	11	1	1985-08-03	SFG	@	ATL	Rick Mahler	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	123		4	6	5	0.197	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores; C. Davis Scores; D. Driessen Scores
13	13	12	1	1985-08-05	SFG	@	HOU	Bob Knepper	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	5	0.115	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	13	1	1985-08-23	SFG	@	PHI	John Denny	ahead 2-1	t 8	0	---		1	5	5	0.117	87%		Home Run
15	15	14	1	1985-09-06	SFG		MON	Bill Gullickson	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	1-3		3	5	5	0.152	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Davis Scores; D. Driessen Scores
16	16	15	1	1985-09-10	SFG	@	HOU	Bob Knepper	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---		1	4	5	0.146	60%		Home Run
17	17	16	1	1985-09-16	SFG	@	CIN	Jay Tibbs	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---		1	5	5	0.111	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1986-04-19	SFG		SDP	Lance McCullers	behind 4-5	b 7	1	1--		2	3	5	0.442	79%		Home Run; W. Clark Scores
19	19	2	1	1986-05-06	SFG	@	PIT	Rick Reuschel	behind 1-2	t 3	0	1--		2	3	5	0.194	62%		Home Run; W. Clark Scores
20	20	3	1	1986-05-27	SFG	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 0-2	t 4	1	---		1	3	5	0.107	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	4	1	1986-06-07	SFG		CIN	Bill Gullickson	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	---		1	3	5	0.049	94%		Home Run
22	22	5	1	1986-06-14	SFG	@	HOU	Jim Deshaies	behind 0-3	t 4	1	---		1	3	5	0.081	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	6	1	1986-06-18	SFG	@	SDP	Mark Thurmond	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	5	0.112	61%		Home Run
24	24	7	1	1986-07-13	SFG		PIT	Don Robinson	ahead 10-4	b 8	1	---		1	5	5	0.001	100%		Home Run
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1987-04-08	SFG		SDP	Andy Hawkins	tied 0-0	b 4	2	--3		2	5	5	0.220	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Leonard Scores
26	26	2	1	1987-04-09	SFG	@	LAD	Bob Welch	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	-2-		2	5	5	0.064	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Maldonado Scores
27	27	3	1	1987-04-24	SFG	@	ATL	Randy O'Neal	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---		1	5	5	0.083	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	4	1	1987-04-27	SFG	@	ATL	Gene Garber	ahead 4-3	t 8	0	1--		2	5	5	0.150	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); C. Maldonado Scores
29	29	5	1	1987-07-01	SFG		ATL	Rick Mahler	behind 2-8	b 9	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	5	5	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep CF)
30	30	6	1	1987-07-04	SFG	@	CHC	Rick Sutcliffe	behind 0-3	t 4	0	1--		2	5	5	0.153	38%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Clark Scores
31	31	7	1	1987-07-08	SDP	@	CHC	Jamie Moyer	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	1-3		3	5	5	0.140	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ready Scores; C. Martínez Scores
32	32	8	1	1987-08-09	SDP		HOU	Bob Knepper	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---		1	5	5	0.131	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	9	1	1987-08-30	SDP		PHI	Kevin Gross	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---		1	6	5	0.115	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	10	1	1987-09-06	SDP	@	STL	John Tudor	behind 0-4	t 7	1	-2-		2	6	5	0.083	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Santiago Scores
35	35	11	1	1987-09-07	SDP	@	ATL	Tom Glavine	ahead 6-1	t 5	1	---		1	6	5	0.028	96%		Home Run (LF-CF)
36	36	12	1	1987-09-13	SDP		HOU	Dave Meads	ahead 8-2	b 8	0	1--		2	6	5	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Ready Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1988-04-05	SDP	@	HOU	Mike Scott	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	7	5	0.130	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
38	38	2	1	1988-06-07	SDP		CIN	Danny Jackson	behind 0-2	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	0.119	42%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)