Brooks Lawrence
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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