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Dave Brain
David Leonard Brain

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 24, 1901
Final Game October 7, 1908
Born January 24, 1879 in Hereford, England
Died May 25, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 22 CHW AL   5   20    2    7   1  0   0    5   0      1      .350  .381  .400  119    8   0           0    
 1903 24 STL NL 119  464   44  107   8 15   1   60  21     25      .231  .270  .319   70  148   7           0    
 1904 25 STL NL 127  488   57  130  24 12   7   72  18     17      .266  .291  .408  118  199   9           0    
 1905 26 TOT NL 129  465   42  115  21 11   4   63  12     23      .247  .287  .366   93  170  12           3    
         STL NL  44  158   11   36   4  5   1   17   4      8      .228  .269  .335   82   53   2           1    
         PIT NL  85  307   31   79  17  6   3   46   8     15      .257  .296  .381   99  117  10           2    
 1906 27 BSN NL 139  525   43  131  19  5   5   45  11     29      .250  .293  .333   98  175  17           3    
 1907 28 BSN NL 133  509   60  142  24  9  10   56  10     29      .279  .324  .420  133  214   9           5    
 1908 29 TOT NL  27   72    6    9   0  0   0    2   1     10      .125  .232  .125   15    9   1           0    
         CIN NL  16   55    4    6   0  0   0    1   0      8      .109  .222  .109    8    6   1           0    
         NYG NL  11   17    2    3   0  0   0    1   1      2      .176  .263  .176   38    3   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      679 2543  254  641  97 52  27  303  73  0 134   0  .252  .292  .363  100  923  55   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        607   61  153  23 12   6   72  17  0  32   0  .252  .292  .363  100  220  13   0   0   3   0
 Career High    139  525   60  142  24 15  10   72  21  0  29   0  .279  .324  .420  133  214  17   0   0   5   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 22 CHW AL   21   13    3   6.0    95| .350  .281| .381  .336| .400  .377| .781  .713| 119  .648   0.6   0.1     
 1903 24 STL NL  496  364   40   2.9    90| .231  .274| .270  .337| .319  .357| .589  .693|  70  .361 -21.4  -2.3     
 1904 25 STL NL  514  367   58   4.2    74| .266  .253| .291  .311| .408  .327| .699  .638| 118  .606   7.0   0.8     
 1905 26 TOT NL  503  362   48   3.5    85| .247  .266| .287  .328| .366  .347| .653  .675|  93  .500  -6.2  -0.7     
         STL NL  169  124   14   3.0    81| .228  .261| .269  .323| .335  .341| .604  .663|  82  .426  -4.4  -0.5     
         PIT NL  334  238   34   3.8    86| .257  .268| .296  .330| .381  .350| .677  .680|  99  .534  -1.8  -0.2     
 1906 27 BSN NL  574  411   51   3.3    74| .250  .249| .293  .316| .333  .318| .626  .633|  98  .518  -3.4  -0.4     
 1907 28 BSN NL  552  376   68   4.8    75| .279  .252| .324  .318| .420  .320| .744  .639| 133  .692  16.6   2.0     
 1908 29 TOT NL   83   64    2   0.8    71| .125  .245| .232  .307| .125  .316| .357  .623|  15  .089  -6.5  -0.8     
         CIN NL   64   50    1   0.5    69| .109  .243| .222  .305| .109  .314| .331  .618|   8  .042  -5.4  -0.7     
         NYG NL   19   14    1   1.9    75| .176  .252| .263  .315| .176  .325| .439  .639|  38  .308  -1.2  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2743 1957  270   3.6    79| .252  .258| .292  .321| .363  .333| .655  .654| 100  .535 -13.4  -1.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 22 CHW AL 2B 5 14 16 3 4 .909 .935 6.00 5.64 1903 24 STL NL SS 72 163 244 41 34 .908 .911 5.65 5.37 3B 46 70 106 22 9 .889 .913 3.83 3.39 1904 25 STL NL SS 59 109 182 23 21 .927 .920 4.93 5.30 3B 30 40 68 14 1 .885 .899 3.60 3.20 OF 19 35 0 0 0 1.000 .946 1.84 1.86 7 11 1 2B 13 35 55 6 3 .938 .942 6.92 5.26 1B 4 40 3 2 1 .956 .984 10.75 10.35 1905 26 TOT NL 3B 84 90 185 21 13 .929 .921 3.27 3.16 TOT NL SS 33 69 86 14 6 .917 .931 4.70 5.48 STL NL SS 29 58 74 13 4 .910 .931 4.55 5.48 OF 6 11 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.33 1.93 0 4 2 3B 6 8 15 0 0 1.000 .920 3.83 3.17 PIT NL 3B 78 82 170 21 13 .923 .921 3.23 3.16 SS 4 11 12 1 2 .958 .931 5.75 5.47 1906 27 BSN NL 3B 139 208 321 48 26 .917 .931 3.81 3.19 1907 28 BSN NL 3B 130 191 323 47 27 .916 .928 3.95 3.33 OF 3 7 2 0 0 1.000 .957 3.00 1.93 3 0 0 1908 29 TOT NL OF 19 36 0 2 0 .947 .960 1.89 1.99 16 0 2 CIN NL OF 16 36 0 2 0 .947 .960 2.25 1.99 16 0 0 NYG NL 2B 3 5 8 2 0 .867 .956 4.33 5.03 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 2 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.25 SS 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .930 4.00 5.20
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1904 25 STL NL 1B 4 40 3 2 1 .956 .984 10.75 10.35 1901 22 CHW AL 2B 5 14 16 3 4 .909 .935 6.00 5.64 1904 25 STL NL 2B 13 35 55 6 3 .938 .942 6.92 5.26 1908 29 NYG NL 2B 3 5 8 2 0 .867 .956 4.33 5.03 1903 24 STL NL 3B 46 70 106 22 9 .889 .913 3.83 3.39 1904 25 STL NL 3B 30 40 68 14 1 .885 .899 3.60 3.20 1905 26 TOT NL 3B 84 90 185 21 13 .929 .921 3.27 3.16 STL NL 3B 6 8 15 0 0 1.000 .920 3.83 3.17 PIT NL 3B 78 82 170 21 13 .923 .921 3.23 3.16 1906 27 BSN NL 3B 139 208 321 48 26 .917 .931 3.81 3.19 1907 28 BSN NL 3B 130 191 323 47 27 .916 .928 3.95 3.33 1908 29 NYG NL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.25 1904 25 STL NL OF 19 35 0 0 0 1.000 .946 1.84 1.86 7 11 1 1905 26 STL NL OF 6 11 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.33 1.93 0 4 2 1907 28 BSN NL OF 3 7 2 0 0 1.000 .957 3.00 1.93 3 0 0 1908 29 TOT NL OF 19 36 0 2 0 .947 .960 1.89 1.99 16 0 2 CIN NL OF 16 36 0 2 0 .947 .960 2.25 1.99 16 0 0 NYG NL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0 0 2 1903 24 STL NL SS 72 163 244 41 34 .908 .911 5.65 5.37 1904 25 STL NL SS 59 109 182 23 21 .927 .920 4.93 5.30 1905 26 TOT NL SS 33 69 86 14 6 .917 .931 4.70 5.48 STL NL SS 29 58 74 13 4 .910 .931 4.55 5.48 PIT NL SS 4 11 12 1 2 .958 .931 5.75 5.47 1908 29 NYG NL SS 1 2 2 2 0 .667 .930 4.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 431 600 1003 152 76 .913 .924 3.72 3.25 SS 165 343 514 80 61 .915 .918 5.19 5.37 OF 47 89 5 2 0 .979 .953 2.00 1.93 26 15 5 2B 21 54 79 11 7 .924 .942 6.33 5.32 1B 4 40 3 2 1 .956 .984 10.75 10.35 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 668 1126 1604 247 145 .917 .925 4.09 3.79
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Slugging %
1904 NL-.408-9
1907 NL-.420-5

OPS
1907 NL-.745-9

Total Bases
1904 NL-199-9
1907 NL-214-5

Doubles
1904 NL-24-7
1907 NL-24-5

Triples
1903 NL-15-4
1904 NL-12-6

Home Runs
1904 NL-7-2
1906 NL-5-7
1907 NL-10-1

RBI
1904 NL-72-6

Adjusted OPS+
1907 NL-133-9

Runs Created
1907 NL-68-7

Extra-Base Hits
1904 NL-43-4
1907 NL-43-3

Offensive Win%
1907 NL-.692-10

Power/Speed Number
1904 NL-10.1-4
1906 NL-6.9-7
1907 NL-10.0-4

At Bats per Home Run
1904 NL-69.7-4
1906 NL-105.0-9
1907 NL-50.9-2

         

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 28 (812) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1601) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 1, 1903: Traded by the Buffalo (Eastern) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Fred Hartman.

July 4, 1905: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for George McBride.

December 15, 1905: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Del Howard and Vive Lindaman to the Boston Beaneaters for Vic Willis.

May 17, 1908: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Doves.

July 10, 1908: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Jake Weimer to the New York Giants for Bob Spade and $5,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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