Gates Brown

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 220lb (180cm, 99kg)

Born: May 2, 1939 in Crestline, OH us

Died: September 27, 2013 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Crestline, OH

High School: Crestline HS (Crestline, OH)

Debut: June 19, 1963 (Age 24-048d, 12,120th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1975 (Age 36-147d)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: William James Brown

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1968 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.7

2262

582

.257

330

RBI

322

OBP

.330

SLG

.420

OPS

.750

OPS+

110

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 84 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 13 tying, 37 go ahead

1 Tm
DET	84

Platoon
vs RHP	75
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Home	50
Away	34

Outs
1	31
2	28
0	25

11 Opps
BOS	16
CLE	11
CHW	11
BAL	10
MIN	8
KCA	7
CAL/LAA	7
TEX/WSA	5
NYY	5
KCR	2
MIL	2

65 Pitchers
Jim Palmer	4
Lee Stange	3
Luis Tiant	3
Rollie Sheldon	2
Mel Stottlemyre	2
Marty Pattin	2
John Wyatt	2
Andy Messersmith	2
Bob Heffner	2
Pat Dobson	2
Diego Seguí	2
Dan Osinski	2
Joe Horlen	2
Jim Perry	2
Dean Chance	2
Ted Bowsfield	1
Wes Stock	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Tom Timmermann	1
Al Worthington	1
Ralph Terry	1
Bill Moran	1
Rich Gossage	1
Dick Bosman	1
Jack Aker	1
Ed Figueroa	1
Rick Austin	1
Tom Hilgendorf	1
Dick Stigman	1
Lynn McGlothen	1
George Brunet	1
Stan Bahnsen	1
Dave LaRoche	1
Bennie Daniels	1
Steve Stone	1
Jack Lamabe	1
Tom Kelley	1
Tom Phoebus	1
Jim Duckworth	1
Doc Medich	1
Wayne Garland	1
Pete Broberg	1
Bob Lee	1
Frank Baumann	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Steve Dunning	1
Bob Duliba	1
Jim Colborn	1
Steve Busby	1
Jack Fisher	1
Earl Wilson	1
Wally Bunker	1
Ray Culp	1
Bill Monbouquette	1
Nick Willhite	1
Jim Nash	1
Vicente Romo	1
Steve Hargan	1
Pedro Ramos	1
Mudcat Grant	1
Jerry Crider	1
Juan Pizarro	1
Sonny Siebert	1
Dennis Higgins	1
Ted Abernathy	1

10 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	50
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
ClevelandStd (CLE)	6
Memor. Stad (BAL)	6
Munic. Stad (KAN)	4
RFK Stad (WAS)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	73
7	3
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	82
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	52
1--	14
12-	10
-2-	3
-23	2
1-3	2
123	1

132 RBI
RISP	18
0 on	52
1 on	17
2 on	14
3 on	1
Any on	32

Inning
1	16
2	9
3	7
4	7
5	8
6	8
7	7
8	6
9	13
Extra	3

1-3	32
4-6	23
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	5
+1	6
Tied	32
-1	9
-2	11
-3	10
-4..	5

Ahead	17
Tied	32
Behind	35

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	55
PH	16
DH	12
RF	1

OrderPos
3rd	33
4th	12
9th	12
2nd	11
5th	6
6th	5
7th	2
1st	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	32

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1963-06-19	DET	@	BOS	Bob Heffner	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	1	9	PH	0.085	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1963-09-29	DET	@	BAL	Wally Bunker	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	-2-	2	4	7	0.138	86%		Home Run; N. Cash Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1964-05-03	DET	@	BOS	Jack Lamabe	behind 2-5	t 4	2	12-	3	9	PH	0.284	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Freehan Scores; D. McAuliffe Scores
4	4	2	1	1964-05-21	DET	@	WSA	Bennie Daniels	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.107	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1964-06-14 (1)	DET		LAA	Dan Osinski	behind 4-5	b 7	1	---	1	2	7	0.249	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	1964-06-24	DET	@	KCA	Diego Seguí	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	---	1	2	7	0.070	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	5	2	1964-06-24	DET	@	KCA	John Wyatt	ahead 6-5	t 6	0	1--	2	2	7	0.168	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Lumpe Scores
8	8	6	1	1964-06-28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	Rollie Sheldon	tied 5-5	t 7	1	---	1	2	7	0.221	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	7	1	1964-07-02	DET		CLE	Lee Stange	ahead 3-1	b 2	0	12-	3	2	7	0.112	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Lolich Scores/unER; B. Bruton Scores
10	10	8	1	1964-07-09	DET		BOS	Bill Monbouquette	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	7	0.080	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	9	1	1964-07-10 (1)	DET		BOS	Earl Wilson	behind 2-4	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.140	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	10	1	1964-07-28	DET		CHW	Joe Horlen	behind 1-3	b 6	1	1--	2	4	7	0.294	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores
13	13	11	1	1964-07-29	DET		CHW	Frank Baumann	behind 1-2	b 8	1	1--	2	4	7	0.566	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores
14	14	12	1	1964-07-31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	Pedro Ramos	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---	1	4	7	0.037	7%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	13	1	1964-08-07	DET		KCA	Ted Bowsfield	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.116	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	14	1	1964-08-21	DET		MIN	Dick Stigman	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.096	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	15	1	1964-08-23 (2)	DET		MIN	Mudcat Grant	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	0.196	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Lumpe Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1965-04-24	DET		MIN	Al Worthington	tied 4-4	b 9	2	12-	3	2	PH	0.395	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); D. McAuliffe Scores; J. Lumpe Scores
19	19	2	1	1965-06-19	DET		KCA	Diego Seguí	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.113	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	3	1	1965-07-11	DET	@	KCA	Wes Stock	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.112	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	4	1	1965-08-15 (2)	DET		CAL	Bob Lee	ahead 7-4	b 6	2	---	1	3	7	0.041	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	1965-08-21	DET	@	BOS	Bob Duliba	behind 7-13	t 9	2	1-3	3	3	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Thomas Scores; J. Lumpe Scores
23	23	6	1	1965-08-23	DET	@	KCA	Rollie Sheldon	behind 0-3	t 3	2	-23	3	3	7	0.265	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Wert Scores; J. Lumpe Scores
24	24	7	1	1965-09-11	DET	@	CLE	Luis Tiant	tied 0-0	t 3	2	12-	3	3	7	0.301	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sparma Scores; J. Lumpe Scores
25	25	8	1	1965-09-21	DET		CHW	Joe Horlen	tied 1-1	b 3	2	123	4	4	7	0.318	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Oyler Scores/unER; J. Lumpe Scores/unER; N. Cash Scores/unER; G. Brown Scores/unER
26	26	9	1	1965-09-26 (1)	DET		CLE	Ralph Terry	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.116	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	10	1	1965-10-02 (1)	DET	@	WSA	Jim Duckworth	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	7	0.139	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1966-05-25	DET		CLE	Tom Kelley	behind 0-13	b 8	0	1--	2	4	7	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Cash Scores
29	29	2	1	1966-06-12 (1)	DET		NYY	Mel Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	b 2	1	12-	3	7	7	0.237	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Northrup Scores; B. Freehan Scores
30	30	3	1	1966-06-16	DET	@	BOS	Dan Osinski	ahead 15-4	t 9	1	---	1	4	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	4	1	1966-07-03 (2)	DET		KCA	Jim Nash	behind 2-7	b 7	1	-2-	2	9	PH	0.049	8%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Freehan Scores
32	32	5	1	1966-08-02	DET		CHW	Juan Pizarro	ahead 4-0	b 8	1	---	1	2	7	0.006	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	6	1	1966-08-31 (1)	DET	@	CHW	Dennis Higgins	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	7	0.163	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	7	1	1966-09-02 (2)	DET	@	CLE	Bob Heffner	behind 4-5	t 6	0	---	1	9	PH	0.179	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1967-04-11	DET	@	CAL	George Brunet	behind 0-4	t 9	2	1--	2	6	7	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores
36	36	2	1	1967-04-12	DET	@	CAL	Nick Willhite	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	3	7	0.088	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1968-04-11	DET		BOS	John Wyatt	tied 3-3	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.386	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	2	1	1968-08-09	DET		BOS	Lee Stange	behind 2-5	b 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.050	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	1968-08-11 (1)	DET		BOS	Lee Stange	tied 4-4	b 14	2	---	1	9	PH	0.472	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
40	40	4	1	1968-08-20 (1)	DET		CHW	Jack Fisher	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.125	67%		Home Run
41	41	5	1	1968-09-08	DET		MIN	Dean Chance	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	5	7	0.170	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	6	1	1968-09-25	DET	@	BAL	Tom Phoebus	behind 1-3	t 9	1	12-	3	6	7	0.716	86%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Northrup Scores; N. Cash Scores/unER
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1969-08-05	DET		MIN	Dean Chance	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.139	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1970-06-03	DET	@	CAL	Andy Messersmith	behind 0-3	t 9	1	---	1	2	PH	0.019	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	2	1	1970-07-25	DET		CHW	Jerry Crider	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	---	1	4	7	0.044	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	3	1	1970-09-01	DET	@	BOS	Vicente Romo	ahead 9-8	t 7	2	---	1	3	7	0.140	79%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1971-06-20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	Rick Austin	behind 5-6	t 9	2	---	1	9	PH	0.366	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	2	1	1971-06-23	DET	@	NYY	Jack Aker	behind 2-5	t 9	1	12-	3	1	PH	0.378	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Brinkman Scores; C. Gutiérrez Scores
49	49	3	1	1971-07-28	DET		KCR	Ted Abernathy	behind 4-7	b 9	1	1--	2	1	7	0.062	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. McAuliffe Scores
50	50	4	1	1971-07-30	DET		CAL	Andy Messersmith	behind 0-3	b 4	2	---	1	3	7	0.088	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	5	1	1971-08-07	DET	@	BOS	Sonny Siebert	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	7	0.109	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	6	1	1971-08-15	DET	@	MIN	Jim Perry	ahead 3-1	t 6	2	1-3	3	7	7	0.157	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Horton Scores; J. Northrup Scores
53	53	7	1	1971-08-22	DET		MIL	Marty Pattin	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	0.144	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	8	1	1971-09-08	DET	@	WSA	Pete Broberg	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.118	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	9	1	1971-09-11	DET		BOS	Ray Culp	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.137	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	10	1	1971-09-13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	Pat Dobson	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.189	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Rodríguez Scores
57	57	11	1	1971-09-28	DET	@	CLE	Steve Hargan	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.106	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1972-05-07	DET		TEX	Dick Bosman	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.121	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	2	1	1972-05-15	DET		BAL	Jim Palmer	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.121	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	3	1	1972-06-03	DET		MIN	Jim Perry	behind 0-2	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.203	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Rodríguez Scores
61	61	4	1	1972-06-25	DET	@	BAL	Jim Palmer	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.118	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	5	1	1972-07-03	DET		BAL	Jim Palmer	behind 2-6	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.055	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	6	1	1972-07-30 (1)	DET		BOS	Lynn McGlothen	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.121	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	7	1	1972-07-30 (2)	DET		BOS	Luis Tiant	tied 2-2	b 5	1	---	1	3	7	0.178	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	8	1	1972-08-05	DET	@	CLE	Gaylord Perry	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	1	3	7	0.080	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	9	1	1972-08-15	DET		MIN	Dave LaRoche	behind 5-7	b 13	1	---	1	9	PH	0.056	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	10	1	1972-09-08	DET	@	BAL	Pat Dobson	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.118	58%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1973-04-20	DET	@	BAL	Doyle Alexander	behind 0-2	t 3	2	12-	3	5	DH	0.310	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Horton Scores; N. Cash Scores
69	69	2	1	1973-05-13	DET		MIL	Jim Colborn	behind 3-4	b 5	0	---	1	3	DH	0.153	57%		Home Run
70	70	3	1	1973-05-16	DET		BOS	Luis Tiant	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	0.168	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Northrup Scores
71	71	4	1	1973-05-30	DET	@	CHW	Rich Gossage	ahead 6-2	t 7	1	---	1	3	DH	0.029	97%		Home Run
72	72	5	1	1973-07-01 (1)	DET		BAL	Jim Palmer	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	DH	0.101	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	6	1	1973-07-05	DET		CLE	Tom Timmermann	tied 5-5	b 11	0	1--	2	6	DH	0.288	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); B. Freehan Scores
74	74	7	1	1973-07-09	DET		TEX	Steve Dunning	behind 3-4	b 5	1	12-	3	3	DH	0.328	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Brinkman Scores; M. Stanley Scores
75	75	8	1	1973-07-18	DET		KCR	Steve Busby	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	12-	3	3	DH	0.222	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Brinkman Scores; M. Stanley Scores
76	76	9	1	1973-08-06	DET		NYY	Mel Stottlemyre	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	3	DH	0.133	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	10	1	1973-08-10	DET		CHW	Steve Stone	behind 1-3	b 3	0	-23	3	3	DH	0.177	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Northrup Scores; M. Stanley Scores
78	78	11	1	1973-08-12	DET		CHW	Stan Bahnsen	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	DH	0.168	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Stanley Scores
79	79	12	1	1973-09-07	DET	@	BOS	Marty Pattin	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	DH	0.104	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
80	80	1	1	1974-07-01	DET		NYY	Doc Medich	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	1	8	PH	0.238	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
81	81	2	1	1974-07-05 (2)	DET		CHW	Bill Moran	ahead 5-3	b 7	1	-2-	2	5	DH	0.067	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores
82	82	3	1	1974-08-27	DET		CAL	Ed Figueroa	behind 3-6	b 9	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.064	10%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Rodríguez Scores
83	83	4	1	1974-09-03 (2)	DET		CLE	Tom Hilgendorf	behind 2-4	b 8	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.397	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rodríguez Scores/unER
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
84	84	1	1	1975-08-07	DET		BAL	Wayne Garland	behind 4-6	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.108	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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