Lou Brissie
[edit] Biography
Born on June 5, 1924 in Anderson, South Carolina, Lou Brissie (Leland Victor Brissie) played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. Brissie broke into the bigs on September 28, 1947 with the Philadelphia Athletics, and put up a 4.13 ERA in 194 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Lou Brissie's best season was 1948, when he posted a 4.13 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 127 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6.43
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 25
| 14
| 10
| 4.13
| 127
| 100
| 89
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 194
| 202
| 6
| 95
| 0
| 7
| 2
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 34
| 29
| 16
| 11
| 4.28
| 118
| 113
| 109
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 229.1
| 220
| 20
| 118
| 0
| 10
| 5
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 31
| 7
| 19
| 4.02
| 101
| 127
| 110
| 15
| 2
| 8
| 246
| 237
| 22
| 117
| 0
| 7
| 4
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 6.75
| 3
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.1
| 20
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| 54
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 3.20
| 50
| 44
| 40
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 112.1
| 90
| 5
| 61
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 56
| 6
| 4
| 5
| 3.58
| 53
| 54
| 50
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 125.2
| 110
| 5
| 69
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 42
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 3.48
| 28
| 41
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 82.2
| 68
| 5
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1953
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.62
| 5
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 21
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 234
| 93
| 44
| 48
| 4.07
| 436
| 451
| 406
| 45
| 2
| 29
| 897.2
| 867
| 61
| 451
| 0
| 31
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| P
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 41
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| P
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| P
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| CLE
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 234
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 120
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1947
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| PHI
| A
| 39
| 76
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 10
| .237
| .256
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 34
| 90
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 6
| .267
| .275
| .311
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 46
| 87
| 5
| 15
| 0
| 7
| .172
| .200
| .184
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| CLE
| A
| 54
| 23
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .261
| .261
| .304
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| TOT
| A
| 56
| 28
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .250
| .250
| .286
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| CLE
| A
| 42
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .308
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 234
| 295
| 17
| 67
| 0
| 26
| .227
| .245
| .251
| 5
| 1
| 7
| 23
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 10
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (@December 15, 1946).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Cleveland Indians as part of 3-team trade in which Cleveland Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to Philadelphia Athletics; Cleveland Indians sent Minnie Minoso to Chicago White Sox; Philadelphia Athletics sent Paul Lehner to Chicago White Sox; and Chicago White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to Philadelphia Athletics (April 30, 1951).
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