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Kevin Brown

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Kevin Brown

1986–2005  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'4", 195 lb  ·  b. 1965 Milledgeville, GA

Also in Triple-A  ·  Double-A

Career 211–144 · 3.28 ERA · 2,397 SO · 3256.1 IP · 490 G · 64 H · 2 HR · 29 RBI · .129 AVG

Seasons leading his league
17
12 best in baseball 5 league only
61 Top-5 finishes
8 Title seasons
7 Categories led
1992 Best season

Spanning 1992–2000, peaking at 3 titles in 1992.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons
Team records #1 Marlins 1996 ERA #1 Padres 1998 SO #1 Marlins 1996 WHIP #1 Marlins 1997 IP #2 Rangers 1992 W #3 Marlins 1996 W #4 Rangers career ERA #5 Rangers career W #5 Rangers career IP #5 Padres 1998 W
Led in Pitcher Putouts for 4 straight seasons (1997–2000) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 205th League titles 17
  • 123rd Best in baseball 12
  • 235th Top-5 finishes 61

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Pitcher Putouts 7 1st 4 yrs (1997–2000) 1992 37 1995 40 1997 36 1998 31 1999 41 2000 35 1993 AL 29 1994 #2 1996 #2
Pitcher Range Factor 3 1st — 1995 3.15 1997 2.42 1993 AL 2.09 1989 #3 1992 #2 1994 #3 1996 #2 1998 #2 1999 #2 2000 #2
Walks + Hits / IP 2 1st — 1996 0.94 2000 NL 0.99 1998 #2 1999 #3
Earned Run Average 2 1st — 1996 1.89 2000 NL 2.58 1998 #2 2003 #2
Shutouts 1 1st — 1996 3 1993 #2 1998 #2
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1992 AL 265.2 1998 #2 1999 #2
Wins 1 1st — 1992 21 1996 #3
Pitcher Assists — #2 — 1996 #2 1999 #3
Complete Games — #2 — 1992 #2 1993 #2 1996 #3
Strikeouts — #2 — 1998 #2 1999 #2 2000 #3

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
2000 3 ERA 2.58 WHIP 0.99 P PO 35
1999 1 P PO 41
1998 1 P PO 31
1997 2 P PO 36 P RF 2.42
1996 3 ERA 1.89 WHIP 0.94 SHO 3
1995 2 P PO 40 P RF 3.15
1993 2 P PO 29 P RF 2.09
1992 3 W 21 IP 265.2 P PO 37

Pitching

  led the league   19 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1986 TEX AL 1 0 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 6 2 0 0 4 1.20
1988 TEX AL 1 1 4.24 4 4 0 23.1 33 11 2 8 12 1.76
1989 TEX AL 12 9 3.35 28 28 0 191.0 167 71 10 70 104 1.24
1990 TEX AL 12 10 3.60 26 26 0 180.0 175 72 13 60 88 1.31
1991 TEX AL 9 12 4.40 33 33 0 210.2 233 103 17 90 96 1.53
1992 TEX AL 21 11 3.32 35 35 0 265.2 262 98 11 76 173 1.27
1993 TEX AL 15 12 3.59 34 34 0 233.0 228 93 14 74 142 1.30
1994 TEX AL 7 9 4.82 26 25 0 170.0 218 91 18 50 123 1.58
1995 BAL AL 10 9 3.60 26 26 0 172.1 155 69 10 48 117 1.18
1996 FLO NL 17 11 1.89 32 32 0 233.0 187 49 8 33 159 0.94
1997 FLO NL 16 8 2.69 33 33 0 237.1 214 71 10 66 205 1.18
1998 SDN NL 18 7 2.38 36 35 0 257.0 225 68 8 49 257 1.07
1999 LAN NL 18 9 3.00 35 35 0 252.1 210 84 19 59 221 1.07
2000 LAN NL 13 6 2.58 33 33 0 230.0 181 66 21 47 216 0.99
2001 LAN NL 10 4 2.65 20 19 0 115.2 94 34 8 38 104 1.14
2002 LAN NL 3 4 4.81 17 10 0 63.2 68 34 9 23 58 1.43
2003 LAN NL 14 9 2.39 32 32 0 211.0 184 56 11 56 185 1.14
2004 NYA AL 10 6 4.09 22 22 0 132.0 132 60 14 35 83 1.27
2005 NYA AL 4 7 6.50 13 13 0 73.1 107 53 5 19 50 1.72
Career — — 211 144 3.28 486 476 0 3256.1 3,079 1,185 208 901 2,397 1.22

Batting

19 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 TEX AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1988 TEX AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1989 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1990 TEX AL 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1991 TEX AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1992 TEX AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1993 TEX AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1994 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1995 BAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
1996 FLO NL 34 75 1 9 1 0 0 3 6 28 0 .120 .185 .133 .319
1997 FLO NL 33 72 4 9 1 0 0 4 5 25 0 .125 .182 .139 .321
1998 SDN NL 36 82 4 17 3 0 0 10 4 29 0 .207 .244 .244 .488
1999 LAN NL 35 78 1 5 0 0 0 3 2 24 0 .064 .086 .064 .151
2000 LAN NL 33 66 2 5 0 0 0 3 2 29 0 .076 .129 .076 .204
2001 LAN NL 20 36 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 12 0 .083 .154 .167 .321
2002 LAN NL 17 20 2 5 1 0 1 2 0 11 0 .250 .250 .450 .700
2003 LAN NL 32 63 4 10 3 0 0 2 0 28 0 .159 .156 .206 .363
2004 NYA AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — —
2005 NYA AL 13 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Career — — 490 495 20 64 10 0 2 29 19 187 0 .129 .169 .162 .331

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1986 TEX AL P 1 1 5.0 0 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1988 TEX AL P 4 4 23.1 1 2 0 0 3 1.000 0.75
1989 TEX AL P 28 28 191.0 15 41 2 6 58 .966 2.00
1990 TEX AL P 26 26 180.0 15 24 3 0 42 .929 1.50
1991 TEX AL P 33 33 210.2 18 32 2 3 52 .962 1.52
1992 TEX AL P 35 35 265.2 37 36 8 4 81 .901 2.09
1993 TEX AL P 34 34 233.0 29 42 3 2 74 .959 2.09
1994 TEX AL P 26 25 170.0 20 31 4 2 55 .927 1.96
1995 BAL AL P 26 26 172.1 40 42 2 2 84 .976 3.15
1996 FLO NL P 32 32 233.0 29 54 1 4 84 .988 2.59
1997 FLO NL P 33 33 237.1 36 44 1 3 81 .988 2.42
1998 SDN NL P 36 35 257.0 31 41 2 2 74 .973 2.00
1999 LAN NL P 35 35 252.1 41 46 6 2 93 .935 2.49
2000 LAN NL P 33 33 230.0 35 33 4 1 72 .944 2.06
2001 LAN NL P 20 19 115.2 10 22 2 1 34 .941 1.60
2002 LAN NL P 17 10 63.2 5 9 1 0 15 .933 0.82
2003 LAN NL P 32 32 211.0 14 43 3 2 60 .950 1.78
2004 NYA AL P 22 22 132.0 8 11 4 2 23 .826 0.86
2005 NYA AL P 13 13 73.1 4 8 1 1 13 .923 0.92
Career — — P 486 476 3256.1 388 562 49 37 999 .951 1.95