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Steve Braun
Stephen Russell Braun

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

MLB Debut April 6, 1971
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born May 8, 1948 in Trenton, NJ (age 75)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 23 MNA AL  123  350   42   94  15   3   9   42   2   1   42   51  .269  .346  .406  .752   107   142   0   3   0   1  11  
 1972 24 MNA AL  132  400   44  132  15   0   0   34   3   1   62   31  .330  .421  .368  .789   119   147   0   0   4   1  15  
 1973 25 MNA AL  115  365   76  101  25   4  11   54   6   1   82   39  .277  .410  .458  .867   118   167   0   4   2   3  10  
 1974 26 MNA AL  116  458   70  128  14   1  10   42   2   3   46   32  .279  .344  .380  .724   105   174   0   3   0   1   8  
 1975 27 MNA AL  141  479   62  155  17   1  13   80   0   0   55   59  .324  .392  .445  .836   116   213   3   2   0   0  13  
 1976 28 MNA AL  127  437   72  116  10   2   4   40  16   4   73   46  .265  .370  .325  .695    99   142   2   2   0   1  12  
 1977 29 SEA AL  113  386   49   82  14   1   1   28   3   3   66   58  .212  .326  .262  .588    76   101   1   6   0   2  17  
 1978 30 SLN NL   74  213   23   50  14   3   4   18   9   2   40   27  .235  .356  .385  .741   104    82   0   0   2   0   4  
 1979 31 SLN NL   20   49    3   12   1   0   2    6   0   0    6    6  .245  .327  .388  .715   100    19   1   0   0   0   0  
 1980 32 SEA AL    4   12    2    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .333  .429  .583 1.012   142     7   0   0   0   0   1  
         CHA AL   11   35    0    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .114  .162  .114  .276    39     4   0   0   0   0   0  
         TOT      15   47    2    8   0   0   1    5   0   0    4    5  .170  .235  .234  .469          11   0   0   0   0   1 
 1981 33 LAN NL   59   62    7   14   3   1   0    6   0   0   15   13  .226  .372  .306  .678   100    19   3   1   0   0   2  
 1982 34 LAN NL   16   14    4    3   1   0   0    3   0   0    4    2  .214  .421  .286  .707   103     4   0   0   0   1   0  
 1983 35 LAN NL   96   86   13   22   3   0   1    6   0   0   23    9  .256  .413  .326  .738   105    28   0   0   2   0   0  
 1984 36 DEA AL   36  102    9   22   4   1   0    7   0   0   18   16  .216  .333  .275  .608    83    28   1   0   0   0   0  
 1985 37 DEA AL   23   69   11   16   2   0   3    5   0   1    6    8  .232  .293  .391  .685    94    27   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1206 3517  487  955 138  17  59  376  41  16  542  402  .272  .368  .371  .739        1304  11  21  10  10  93
 Per 600 PA           515   71  140  20   2   9   55   6   2   79   59                                 191   2   3   1   1  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MNA      754 2489  366  726  96  11  47  292  29  10  360  258  .292  .381  .396  .777         985   5  14   6   7  69
   With LAN      171  162   24   39   7   1   1   15   0   0   42   24  .241  .398  .315  .713          51   3   1   2   1   2
   With SEA      117  398   51   86  14   1   2   30   3   3   68   59  .216  .329  .271  .600         108   1   6   0   2  18
   With SLN       94  262   26   62  15   3   6   24   9   2   46   33  .237  .351  .385  .736         101   1   0   2   0   4
   With DEA       59  171   20   38   6   1   3   12   0   1   24   24  .222  .318  .322  .640          55   1   0   0   0   0
   With CHA       11   35    0    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .114  .162  .114  .276           4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1425 3650  466  989 155  19  52  388  45  27  579  433  .271  .371  .367  .738        1338  24  25  32  17  77
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1971 23 MNA AL  28   49   4.9  10   3   1  .300  23   57   28  .491    0    0  .000  3B   3e31       58   
 1972 24 MNA AL  10   63   6.0  15   9   0  .600   6   47   29  .617    0    0  .000  3B   3e14       73   
 1973 25 MNA AL   6   74   7.2  14   4   0  .286   7   40   14  .350    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e8    22   
 1974 26 MNA AL   6   60   4.8   2   0   0  .000   1    7    2  .286    0    0  .000  DH              -1   
 1975 27 MNA AL  37   84   6.6  11   4   0  .364  20   45   18  .400    0    0  .000  UT              19   
 1976 28 MNA AL  16   57   4.6   6   2   0  .333   4    9    4  .444    0    0  .000  3B   4e47      -42   
 1977 29 SEA AL  15   34   2.8   5   2   0  .400  11   50   16  .320    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e9   -78   
 1978 30 SLN NL   8   32   5.1  14   5   1  .357   7   22    6  .273    0    0  .000  UT              11   
 1979 31 SLN NL   7    6   4.8   8   0   0  .000   0    9    1  .111    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e8   -57   
 1980 32 SEA AL   0    2   8.1   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  3B   4e37      447   
         CHA AL  62    0    .6   2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e16 -288   
         TOT                     2   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000
 1981 33 LAN NL   3    8   4.2  35  10   0  .286   1    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  3B   4e37        2   
 1982 34 LAN NL   0    2   5.5  11   2   0  .182   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             -16   
 1983 35 LAN NL   6   13   5.8  65  14   0  .215   2    4    2  .500    0    0  .000  PH             -78   
 1984 36 DEA AL  16   10   3.7   3   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  3B   4e37     -101   
 1985 37 DEA AL  12    7   4.0   4   1   0  .250   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e7     0   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          510   5.1 205  56   2  .273  84  297  123  .414    0    0  .000                  -1   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 18.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1971 23 MNA AL  3B    90    61   150   22   14   .906    82   735.2   2.58
                 RF     8    15     1    1    0   .941     8    63.0   2.29
                 2B    16    14    14    0    4  1.000     3    51.2   4.88
                 SS     2     2     3    0    1  1.000     2    18.0   2.50
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
 1972 24 MNA AL  3B   121   124   170    5   20   .983   101   933.1   2.84
                 2B     6    13    13    1    5   .963     3    30.0   7.80
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   1.12
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1973 25 MNA AL  LF    94   138     6    7    0   .954    90   785.0   1.65
                 3B    13     6     8    0    1  1.000     3    43.1   2.91
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .1   0.00
 1974 26 MNA AL  LF    20    26     4    1    0   .968    20   168.0   1.61
                 3B     5     4     2    0    1  1.000     1    22.0   2.45
 1975 27 MNA AL  LF    60   105     3    6    0   .947    54   441.1   2.20
                 1B    49   344    21    7   37   .981    44   348.0   9.44
                 3B    30    29    56    7    4   .924    27   234.2   3.26
                 2B     4     1     2    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   5.40
 1976 28 MNA AL  3B    25    21    27    4    4   .923    20   173.2   2.49
                 RF     9    12     0    0    0  1.000     5    38.1   2.82
                 LF     3     3     0    0    0  1.000     1    11.0   2.45
 1977 29 SEA AL  RF    56   109     1    5    0   .957    56   490.2   2.02
                 3B    28    22    39    6    3   .910    26   222.0   2.47
                 LF     5     3     0    0    0  1.000     4    33.0   0.82
 1978 30 SLN NL  LF    40    87     0    3    1   .967    40   321.0   2.44
                 3B    19    10    27    4    4   .902    18   157.0   2.12
 1979 31 SLN NL  LF    11    17     0    0    0  1.000    11    96.0   1.59
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1980 32 SEA AL  3B     4     5     7    0    1  1.000     4    34.2   3.12
         CHA AL  RF     4     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    24.0   1.50
                 CF     3     6     0    0    0  1.000     2    19.1   2.79
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
 1981 33 LAN NL  3B    13     6    14    1    4   .952    11    81.0   2.22
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1982 34 LAN NL  3B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   1.50
 1983 35 LAN NL  3B    11     1     5    2    0   .750     1    34.2   1.56
                 RF     1     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
                 LF     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1984 36 DEA AL  3B    11    12    14    1    5   .963     9    70.0   3.34
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   0.69
 1985 37 DEA AL  RF     4     5     0    1    0   .833     4    33.0   1.36
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   373   302   520   52   61   .941   304  2750.0   2.69
                 LF   245   384    13   17    1   .959   223  1901.1   1.88
                 RF    83   148     2    7    0   .955    77   657.1   2.05
                 1B    49   344    21    7   37   .981    44   348.0   9.44
                 2B    26    28    29    1    9   .983     6    86.2   5.92
                 SS     3     2     3    0    1  1.000     2    20.0   2.25
                 CF     3     6     0    0    0  1.000     2    19.1   2.79
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1982 NLCS  LAN MON   L    3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1971  MNA   77-85   Rick Ramacier
 1972  MNA   75-87   Rick Ramacier
 1973  MNA   64-98   Rick Ramacier
 1974  MNA   78-84   Rick Ramacier
 1975  MNA   63-99   James Taglia
 1976  MNA   75-87   James Taglia
 1977  SEA   52-110  Jeff Tripodi
 1978  SLN   83-79   Steve Dewing, Jim Sheehan, Rob Tomlinson
 1979  SLN   73-89   Rob Tomlinson
 1980  SEA   66-96   Jeff Tripodi
 1980  CHA   56-106  Ben Lea
 1981  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1982  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1983  LAN   87-75   Billy Vanson
 1984  DEA   95-67   Dennis Van Langen
 1985  DEA   77-85   Dennis Van Langen

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