Ken Brett

Full Name: Kenneth Alven Brett	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: September 27, 1967
Birthdate: September 18, 1948	Final Game: October 3, 1981
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 14 years
Died: November 18, 2003
Deathplace: Spokane, Washington
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on September 18, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, Ken Brett (Kenneth Alven Brett) played for the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 14 year career. Brett broke into the bigs on September 27, 1967 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.07 ERA in 139.1 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Ken Brett's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1973, when he posted a 3.44 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 111 batters. However, others believe that it was 1970, when he posted a 4.07 ERA and struck out 155 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
1967	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1969	BOS	A	8	8	2	3	5.26	23	24	23	0	0	0	39.1	41	6	22	1	0	3
1970	BOS	A	41	14	8	9	4.07	155	71	63	1	0	2	139.1	118	17	79	6	4	3
1971	BOS	A	29	2	0	3	5.34	57	38	35	0	0	1	59	57	7	35	6	3	1
1972	MIL	A	26	22	7	12	4.53	74	76	67	2	1	0	133	121	13	49	9	3	1
1973	PHI	N	31	25	13	9	3.44	111	91	81	10	1	0	211.2	206	19	74	12	7	0
1974	PIT	N	27	27	13	9	3.30	96	81	70	10	3	0	191	192	9	52	9	4	2
1975	PIT	N	23	16	9	5	3.36	47	47	44	4	1	0	118	110	10	43	5	5	2
1976	NY	A	2	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHI	A	27	26	10	12	3.32	91	82	74	16	1	1	200.2	171	5	76	3	4	3
1976	TOT	A	29	26	10	12	3.28	92	82	74	16	1	2	203	173	5	76	3	4	3
1977	CHI	A	13	13	6	4	5.01	39	47	46	2	0	0	82.2	101	10	15	0	2	1
1977	CAL	A	21	21	7	10	4.25	41	73	67	5	0	0	142	157	15	38	0	4	3
1977	TOT	A	34	34	13	14	4.53	80	120	113	7	0	0	224.2	258	25	53	0	6	4
1978	CAL	A	31	10	3	5	4.95	43	60	55	1	1	1	100	100	12	42	5	1	1
1979	MIN	A	9	0	0	0	4.97	3	7	7	0	0	0	12.2	16	1	6	0	0	0
1979	LA	N	30	0	4	3	3.45	13	20	18	0	0	2	47	52	1	12	2	0	1
1979	Total		39	0	4	3	3.77	16	27	25	0	0	2	59.2	68	2	18	2	0	1
1980	KC	A	8	0	0	0	.00	4	0	0	0	0	1	13.1	8	0	5	0	0	1
1981	KC	A	22	0	1	1	4.18	7	16	15	0	0	2	32.1	35	2	14	4	0	1
Total	NL		111	68	39	26	3.38	267	239	213	24	5	2	567.2	560	39	181	28	16	5
Total	AL		238	116	44	59	4.25	540	495	453	27	3	9	958.2	930	88	381	34	21	18
Total			349	184	83	85	3.93	807	734	666	51	8	11	1526.1	1490	127	562	62	37	23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	BOS	A	P	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1969	BOS	A	P	8	8	39.1	2	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	1.000
1970	BOS	A	P	41	14	139.1	9	20	2	0	1	5	3	0	.935
1971	BOS	A	P	29	2	59	0	8	0	0	1	4	4	1	1.000
1972	MIL	A	P	26	22	133	6	15	3	1	1	7	5	2	.875
1973	PHI	N	P	31	25	211.2	13	39	0	4	3	3	11	7	1.000
1974	PIT	N	P	27	27	191	12	28	0	1	0	8	8	2	1.000
1975	PIT	N	P	23	16	118	13	18	1	0	1	10	5	5	.969
1976	NY	A	P	2	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	CHI	A	P	27	26	200.2	11	35	3	0	0	11	15	10	.939
1976	TOT	A	P	29	26	203	11	35	3	0	0	11	15	10	.939
1977	CHI	A	P	13	13	82.2	3	13	1	2	0	4	4	2	.941
1977	CAL	A	P	21	21	142	8	35	1	4	0	5	10	7	.977
1977	TOT	A	P	34	34	224.2	11	48	2	6	0	9	14	9	.967
1978	CAL	A	P	31	10	100	12	20	2	4	1	3	5	4	.941
1979	MIN	A	P	9	0	12.2	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1979	LA	N	P	30	0	47	7	14	0	1	1	2	1	2	1.000
1979	Total		P	39	0	59.2	10	17	0	1	1	2	2	2	1.000
1980	KC	A	P	8	0	13.1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1981	KC	A	P	22	0	32.1	5	6	0	1	2	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	349	184	1526.1	104	263	13	18	13	64	75	42	.966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1967	BOS	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	BOS	A	8	10	1	3	1	3	.300	.364	.700	1	0	1	1	0	2	2
1970	BOS	A	41	41	8	13	2	3	.317	.364	.537	3	0	2	7	1	1	1
1971	BOS	A	29	10	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
1972	MIL	A	31	44	6	10	0	1	.227	.261	.250	1	0	2	10	0	1	0
1973	PHI	N	37	80	6	20	4	16	.250	.282	.463	5	0	4	17	0	0	0
1974	PIT	N	43	87	13	27	2	15	.310	.337	.448	4	1	4	20	0	3	0
1975	PIT	N	26	52	5	12	1	4	.231	.245	.365	4	0	1	7	0	1	1
1976	NY	A	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHI	A	33	12	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1976	TOT	A	35	12	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1977	CHI	A	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CAL	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	TOT	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	CAL	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	MIN	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	LA	N	30	11	0	3	0	2	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1979	Total		39	11	0	3	0	2	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1980	KC	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	KC	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		136	230	24	62	7	37	.270	.295	.426	13	1	9	46	0	4	2
Total	AL		250	117	15	29	3	7	.248	.285	.368	5	0	5	21	1	5	4
Total			386	347	39	91	10	44	.262	.291	.406	18	1	14	67	1	9	6

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Jim Lonborg, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, George Scott and Don Pavletich to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Marty Pattin, Lew Krausse, Tommy Harper and Pat Skrable (October 10, 1971).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders and Earl Stephenson to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Don Money, John Vukovich and Bill Champion (October 31, 1972).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dave Cash (October 18, 1973).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Willie Randolph and Dock Ellis to New York Yankees in exchange for Doc Medich (December 11, 1975).
Traded by New York Yankees with Rich Coggins to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Carlos May (May 18, 1976).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to California Angels in exchange for Don Kirkwood, John Verhoeven and John Flannery (June 15, 1977).
Released by California Angels (April 2, 1979).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (April 30, 1979).
Released by Minnesota Twins (June 4, 1979).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 11, 1979).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 27, 1980).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (August 11, 1980).
Released by Kansas City Royals (November 25, 1981).

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