Brooks Lawrence

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Full Name: Brooks Ulysses Lawrence	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/205	First Game: June 24, 1954
Birthdate: January 30, 1925	Final Game: May 1, 1960
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: April 27, 2000
Deathplace: Springfield, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 30, 1925 in Springfield, Ohio, Brooks Lawrence (Brooks Ulysses Lawrence) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 7 year career. Lawrence broke into the bigs on June 24, 1954 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.74 ERA in 158.2 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Brooks Lawrence's best season was 1957, when he posted a 3.52 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 121 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	STL	N	35	18	15	6	3.74	72	71	66	8	0	1	158.2	141	17	72	5	3	8
1955	STL	N	46	10	3	8	6.56	52	73	70	2	1	1	96	102	11	58	7	2	7
1956	CIN	N	49	30	19	10	3.99	96	109	97	11	1	0	218.2	210	26	71	4	0	2
1957	CIN	N	49	32	16	13	3.52	121	111	98	12	1	4	250.1	234	26	76	5	3	8
1958	CIN	N	46	23	8	13	4.13	74	89	83	6	2	5	181	194	12	55	7	1	4
1959	CIN	N	43	14	7	12	4.77	64	74	68	3	0	10	128.1	144	17	45	9	4	4
1960	CIN	N	7	0	1	0	1.57	2	12	9	0	0	1	7.2	9	1	8	1	0	0
Total			275	127	69	62	4.25	481	539	491	42	5	22	1040.2	1034	110	385	38	13	33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	STL	N	P	35	18	158.2	13	26	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	.975
1955	STL	N	P	46	0	0	11	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1956	CIN	N	P	49	0	0	13	53	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1957	CIN	N	P	49	32	250.1	34	32	4	3	0	1	5	0	0	.943
1958	CIN	N	P	46	23	181	6	33	2	2	0	0	5	7	0	.951
1959	CIN	N	P	43	14	128	7	22	3	1	0	0	4	8	0	.906
1960	CIN	N	P	7	0	7.2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
Total			P	275	87	725.2	84	185	13	17	0	1	15	19	1	.954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1954	STL	N	35	53	2	10	0	4	.189	.246	.189	0	0	3	15	1	1	0	0	0
1955	STL	N	46	21	1	2	0	2	.095	.136	.095	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
1956	CIN	N	49	70	4	11	0	4	.157	.187	.214	2	1	2	28	1	6	0	0	2
1957	CIN	N	49	82	4	14	0	7	.171	.227	.195	2	0	6	26	0	6	0	0	4
1958	CIN	N	46	53	1	6	0	3	.113	.183	.113	0	0	5	13	0	1	1	0	1
1959	CIN	N	43	40	5	6	0	3	.150	.150	.175	1	0	0	13	0	2	0	0	1
1960	CIN	N	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			275	319	17	49	0	23	.154	.199	.176	5	1	17	95	2	18	1	0	8

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1949).
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Cincinnati Reds in the minor league draft (December 1, 1953).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Sonny Senerchia to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Jackie Collum (January 31, 1956).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (July 19, 1960).

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