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

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	5 (4)	Apr 22	DET	@	MIL	W,8-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	6	Apr 23	DET	@	MIL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
3	8 (1)	Apr 26	DET	@	TEX	W,8-1	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	9	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,12-0	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	11 (1)	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	12	May 2	DET		KCR	L,3-6	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
7	15 (2)	May 6	DET		TEX	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	16	May 7	DET		TEX	W,7-4	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	18 (1)	May 10	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	20 (1)	May 14 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	22 (1)	May 15	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	24 (1)	May 17	DET		BAL	W,6-1	GS	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	25	May 18	DET		BOS	W,7-2	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	26	May 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
15	27	May 20	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	28	May 21	DET		CLE	W,5-0		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	35 (6)	May 29 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
18	37 (1)	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	38	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	39	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
21	40	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	41	Jun 4	DET		MIN	W,3-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	42	Jun 6 (1)	DET		CAL	W,8-6	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	44 (1)	Jun 7	DET		CAL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	45	Jun 9	DET		OAK	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	46	Jun 10	DET		OAK	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
27	48 (1)	Jun 12	DET	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	LF
28	50 (1)	Jun 14	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	51	Jun 16	DET	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS	25	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	53 (1)	Jun 18	DET	@	CAL	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	54	Jun 19	DET	@	OAK	L,4-7	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	58 (3)	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
33	59	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	63 (3)	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	67 (3)	Jul 3	DET		BAL	L,3-15	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	72 (4)	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	74 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	88 (13)	Jul 23	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
39	93 (4)	Jul 30 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	LF
40	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	95	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	96	Aug 1	DET		MIL	L,0-9	CG	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	97	Aug 2	DET		MIL	L,1-13	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	98	Aug 3	DET		MIL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	99	Aug 4	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	100	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	49	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
47	101	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	104 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	106 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	107	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
51	108	Aug 12	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	112 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	DET		MIN	W,12-2	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET		MIN	L,6-7	CG	50	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
54	114	Aug 18	DET		CAL	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	116 (1)	Aug 20	DET		CAL	W,11-9		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
56	117	Aug 21	DET		OAK	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	124 (6)	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	131 (6)	Sep 6	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	133 (1)	Sep 8	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	135 (1)	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,0-5	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	136	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
62	137	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	139 (1)	Sep 15	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	140	Sep 16	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	141	Sep 17	DET	@	MIL	W,6-2	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	142	Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	144 (1)	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
68	145	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	GS	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
69	146	Sep 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	147	Sep 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-1	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	148	Sep 24	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	156 (7)	Oct 4	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							72gm		497.0	121	5	3	129	1