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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 19	MIN	@	CAL	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
2	6 (1)	Apr 25	MIN		BOS	W,12-0	GS	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B 2B
3	7	Apr 26	MIN		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	8	Apr 28	MIN	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
5	10 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	12 (1)	May 3	MIN	@	MIL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
7	13	May 5	MIN	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
8	14	May 6	MIN	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
9	15	May 7	MIN	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
10	16	May 8	MIN		NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
11	17	May 9	MIN		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
12	18	May 10	MIN		NYY	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
13	19	May 12 susp	MIN		MIL	L,3-4	CG	86	22.0	2	7	0	9	0	3B
14	20	May 13	MIN		MIL	W,5-4	GF	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
15	23 (2)	May 16	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
16	24	May 17	MIN	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
17	25	May 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
18	26	May 20	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	27	May 21 (1)	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	31 (3)	May 26	MIN		TEX	W,7-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
21	32	May 27	MIN		TEX	L,2-16	GS	52	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	3B 2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	38 (5)	Jun 3	MIN	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
23	39	Jun 4	MIN	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	41 (1)	Jun 6	MIN	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	63	15.0	3	1	1	5	0	RF SS
25	42	Jun 7	MIN	@	BAL	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
26	43	Jun 9	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
27	44	Jun 10	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
28	45	Jun 11	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
29	46	Jun 12	MIN		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
30	47	Jun 13	MIN		DET	W,3-1	CG	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
31	48	Jun 14	MIN		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
32	49	Jun 16	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
33	54 (4)	Jun 21	MIN		CLE	L,2-4	GF	11	2.0	1	2	1	4	0	PH 2B
34	56 (1)	Jun 24	MIN	@	KCR	W,4-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
35	57	Jun 25 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	58	Jun 25 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
37	59	Jun 26	MIN		CAL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	60	Jun 27	MIN		CAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	78 (17)	Jul 14	MIN		BOS	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
40	79	Jul 15	MIN		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	80	Jul 16	MIN		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	81	Jul 18	MIN	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
43	82	Jul 19	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-13	GF	18	4.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
44	84 (1)	Jul 21	MIN	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	85	Jul 22	MIN	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
46	86	Jul 23 (1)	MIN	@	MIL	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
47	87	Jul 23 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
48	88	Jul 27	MIN	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
49	89	Jul 28	MIN	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
50	90	Jul 29	MIN	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
51	91	Jul 30	MIN		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
52	92	Jul 31	MIN		CHW	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	93	Aug 1	MIN	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
54	94	Aug 2	MIN	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
55	95	Aug 3	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	96	Aug 4	MIN		OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
57	97	Aug 5	MIN		OAK	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	98	Aug 6 (1)	MIN		OAK	L,3-6	CG	58	13.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
59	99	Aug 6 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
60	100	Aug 7	MIN		TEX	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	101	Aug 8	MIN		TEX	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	102	Aug 9	MIN		TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	103	Aug 10	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
64	104	Aug 11	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	105	Aug 12	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
66	106	Aug 13	MIN	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	107	Aug 15	MIN	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	108	Aug 17 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
69	109	Aug 17 (2)	MIN	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
70	110	Aug 18	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	111	Aug 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	112	Aug 20	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	113	Aug 21	MIN	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	114	Aug 22	MIN	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
75	115	Aug 23	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
76	116	Aug 26	MIN		DET	L,3-5	GS	48	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B LF
77	118 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	MIN		DET	L,0-1	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
78	119	Aug 28	MIN		BAL	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
79	121 (1)	Aug 30	MIN		BAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	122	Sep 1	MIN		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
81	123	Sep 2	MIN		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	124	Sep 3	MIN		CLE	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
83	125	Sep 4 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
84	127 (1)	Sep 5	MIN	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
85	128	Sep 6	MIN	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
86	129	Sep 7	MIN	@	TEX	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	130	Sep 8 (1)	MIN	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
88	131	Sep 8 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
89	132	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	52	13.0	4	5	0	9	1	3B 2B
90	134 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	MIN		OAK	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
91	135	Sep 11 (2)	MIN		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
92	136	Sep 12	MIN		OAK	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
93	137	Sep 13	MIN		OAK	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	138	Sep 15	MIN		KCR	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
95	139	Sep 16	MIN		KCR	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	140	Sep 17	MIN		KCR	L,6-10	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
97	141	Sep 19	MIN		TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	142	Sep 20	MIN		TEX	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	143	Sep 22	MIN		CAL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
100	144	Sep 23	MIN		CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	145	Sep 24	MIN		CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
102	147 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	MIN	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
103	148	Sep 28	MIN	@	OAK	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	1	7	2	2B
104	149	Sep 29	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B 3B
105	150	Sep 30	MIN	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
106	151	Oct 1	MIN	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	152	Oct 2	MIN		CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
108	153	Oct 3	MIN		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
109	154	Oct 4	MIN		CHW	W,14-2	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
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