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George Brett

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George Brett

1973–1993  ·  Bats L  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 185 lb  ·  b. 1953 Glen Dale, WV

Career 2,707 G · 3,154 H · 317 HR · 1,596 RBI · .305 AVG

Seasons leading his league
24
16 best in baseball 8 league only
78 Top-5 finishes
9 Title seasons
11 Categories led
1976 Best season

Spanning 1975–1990, peaking at 5 titles in 1976.

Clubs 3,000 Hit Club 200 Hit Seasons ×2
Team records #1 Royals career AVG #1 Royals career RBI #1 Royals career H #1 Royals career R #1 Royals 1980 AVG #1 Royals 1980 OPS #2 Royals career HR #2 Royals career OPS #2 Royals 1976 H #4 Royals career SB

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 108th League titles 24
  • 63rd Best in baseball 16
  • 113th Top-5 finishes 78

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
Triples 3 1st 2 yrs (1975–1976) 1975 13 1976 14 1979 20 1981 #2
Slugging Percentage 3 1st — 1980 .664 1983 .563 1985 .586
On-Base Plus Slug. 3 1st — 1980 1.118 1983 .947 1985 1.022
Hits 3 1st 2 yrs (1975–1976) 1976 215 1979 212 1975 AL 195
Batting Average 3 1st — 1980 .390 1976 AL .333 1990 AL .329 1979 #2 1985 #2
Third Base Range Factor 2 1st — 1979 3.37 1977 AL 3.26 1976 #3 1985 #2 1986 #2
Third Base Assists 2 1st — 1979 373 1985 AL 339 1975 #3 1976 #2 1977 #2
Doubles 2 1st — 1990 45 1978 AL 45 1976 #2 1979 #3 1988 #2
Third Base Putouts 1 1st — 1976 AL 140 1979 #2
Total Bases 1 1st — 1976 AL 298 1979 #2 1985 #2
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 1980 .454 1985 #2 1986 #3
First Base Range Factor — #2 — 1988 #2
Third Base Fielding Percentage — #2 — 1985 #2
Third Base Double Plays — #2 — 1977 #2 1985 #2
Walks — #3 — 1985 #3
Runs — #2 — 1977 #3 1979 #2
Runs Batted In — #2 — 1980 #2

Title Seasons

9 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1990 2 AVG .329 2B 45
1985 3 OPS 1.022 SLG .586 3B A 339
1983 2 OPS .947 SLG .563
1980 4 AVG .390 OPS 1.118 OBP .454 SLG .664
1979 4 H 212 3B 20 3B A 373 3B RF 3.37
1978 1 2B 45
1977 1 3B RF 3.26
1976 5 AVG .333 H 215 3B 14 TB 298 3B PO 140
1975 2 H 195 3B 13

Batting

  led the league   21 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 KCA AL 13 40 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 .125 .125 .175 .300
1974 KCA AL 133 457 49 129 21 5 2 47 21 38 8 .282 .313 .363 .676
1975 KCA AL 159 634 84 195 35 13 11 90 46 49 13 .308 .353 .456 .809
1976 KCA AL 159 645 94 215 34 14 7 67 49 36 21 .333 .377 .462 .839
1977 KCA AL 139 564 105 176 32 13 22 88 55 24 14 .312 .373 .532 .905
1978 KCA AL 128 510 79 150 45 8 9 62 39 35 23 .294 .342 .467 .809
1979 KCA AL 154 645 119 212 42 20 23 107 51 36 17 .329 .376 .563 .939
1980 KCA AL 117 449 87 175 33 9 24 118 58 22 15 .390 .454 .664 1.118
1981 KCA AL 89 347 42 109 27 7 6 43 27 23 14 .314 .362 .484 .846
1982 KCA AL 144 552 101 166 32 9 21 82 71 51 6 .301 .378 .505 .884
1983 KCA AL 123 464 90 144 38 2 25 93 57 39 0 .310 .385 .563 .947
1984 KCA AL 104 377 42 107 21 3 13 69 38 37 0 .284 .344 .459 .803
1985 KCA AL 155 550 108 184 38 5 30 112 103 49 9 .335 .436 .586 1.022
1986 KCA AL 124 441 70 128 28 4 16 73 80 45 1 .290 .401 .481 .882
1987 KCA AL 115 427 71 124 18 2 22 78 72 47 6 .290 .388 .497 .884
1988 KCA AL 157 589 90 180 42 3 24 103 82 51 14 .306 .389 .509 .898
1989 KCA AL 124 457 67 129 26 3 12 80 59 47 14 .282 .362 .431 .793
1990 KCA AL 142 544 82 179 45 7 14 87 56 63 9 .329 .387 .515 .902
1991 KCA AL 131 505 77 129 40 2 10 61 58 75 2 .255 .328 .402 .730
1992 KCA AL 152 592 55 169 35 5 7 61 35 69 8 .286 .330 .397 .727
1993 KCA AL 145 560 69 149 31 3 19 75 39 67 7 .266 .312 .434 .746
Career — — 2,707 10,349 1,583 3,154 665 137 317 1,596 1,096 908 201 .305 .369 .487 .857

Fielding

4 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1973 KCA AL 3B 13 9 96.0 9 28 1 2 38 .974 2.85
1974 KCA AL 3B 132 128 1134.2 102 279 21 16 402 .948 2.89
SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1975 KCA AL 3B 159 159 1423.1 131 355 26 27 512 .949 3.06
SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 1.000 2.00
1976 KCA AL 3B 157 157 1398.2 140 335 26 22 501 .948 3.03
SS 4 2 28.2 6 15 0 1 21 1.000 5.25
1977 KCA AL 3B 135 134 1184.0 115 325 20 33 460 .957 3.26
SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0.00
1978 KCA AL 3B 128 128 1102.1 104 289 16 25 409 .961 3.07
SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1979 KCA AL 3B 149 148 1287.1 129 373 30 28 532 .944 3.37
1B 8 5 51.0 47 5 1 6 53 .981 6.50
1980 KCA AL 3B 112 112 994.2 103 256 17 28 376 .955 3.21
1B 1 1 8.0 4 0 0 1 4 1.000 4.00
1981 KCA AL 3B 88 87 758.1 74 170 14 7 258 .946 2.77
1982 KCA AL 3B 134 132 1150.0 107 294 17 22 418 .959 2.99
OF 12 11 99.0 23 1 0 1 24 1.000 2.00
1983 KCA AL 3B 102 97 817.2 85 188 24 25 297 .919 2.68
1B 14 12 99.0 104 3 1 9 108 .991 7.64
OF 13 12 107.0 21 1 0 0 22 1.000 1.69
1984 KCA AL 3B 101 101 789.1 59 201 14 18 274 .949 2.57
1985 KCA AL 3B 152 152 1339.2 107 339 15 33 461 .968 2.93
1986 KCA AL 3B 115 115 990.0 97 218 16 17 331 .952 2.74
SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1987 KCA AL 1B 83 83 720.1 798 50 6 69 854 .993 10.22
3B 11 11 89.1 7 19 3 3 29 .897 2.36
1988 KCA AL 1B 124 124 1075.0 1,126 70 10 105 1,206 .992 9.65
SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0.00
1989 KCA AL 1B 104 105 901.1 896 80 2 71 978 .998 9.39
OF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 2 1.000 1.00
1990 KCA AL 1B 102 100 877.0 865 66 7 89 938 .993 9.13
OF 9 9 69.1 14 1 0 0 15 1.000 1.67
3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
1991 KCA AL 1B 10 10 84.0 87 5 1 6 93 .989 9.20
1992 KCA AL 1B 15 15 133.0 137 12 2 9 151 .987 9.93
3B 3 3 26.0 2 5 1 1 8 .875 2.33
Career — — 3B 1,692 1,673 14582.1 1,372 3,674 261 307 5,307 .951 2.98
— — 1B 461 455 3948.2 4,064 291 30 365 4,385 .993 9.45
— — OF 36 32 280.1 60 3 0 1 63 1.000 1.75
— — SS 11 2 39.2 7 16 1 1 24 .958 2.09