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George Brett

Birthdate:

5/15/1953

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 200 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Glen Dale, WV, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

'Brett was the prototypical baseball player; the way he chased a foul ball; you couldn't tell if he was playing in a Little League game and getting a snow cone for it' said Robin Yount at Cooperstown as both were voted into the Hall of Fame in Jan., 1999. Brett was a 13th time All-Star , playing his entire 21 seasons with the Kansas City Royals. Brett hit over .300 in 11 seasons and won a batting title in each of three decades, a baseball record.

In 1980, he hit an amazing .390, the highest any player batted since 1941 when Ted Williams batted over .400. George Brett was one the best clutch hitters to ever play in the major leagues. He excelled in the playoffs and led the Royals in winning the World Championship. Brett was the American League's most dominant third baseman during the 1970's and 1980's. Brett won the American League's Most Valuable award in 1980. George Brett smashed 3,154 career hits- 13th highest ever while playing in 2707 games any only struck out only 908 times.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
21 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1973	KCR (AL)	13	40	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.125	SLG
1974	KCR (AL)	133	457	49	129	21	5	2	47	21	38	8	5	3	0	6	2	.282	.313	SLG
1975	KCR (AL)	159	634	84	195	35	13	11	89	46	49	13	10	6	2	9	6	.308	.353	SLG
1976	KCR (AL)	159	645	94	215	34	14	7	67	49	36	21	11	4	1	2	8	.333	.377	SLG
1977	KCR (AL)	139	564	105	176	32	13	22	88	55	24	14	12	9	2	3	3	.312	.373	SLG
1978	KCR (AL)	128	510	79	150	45	8	9	62	39	35	23	7	6	1	3	5	.294	.342	SLG
1979	KCR (AL)	154	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	51	36	17	10	14	0	1	4	.329	.376	SLG
1980	KCR (AL)	117	449	87	175	33	9	24	118	58	22	15	6	16	1	0	7	.390	.454	SLG
1981	KCR (AL)	89	347	42	109	27	7	6	43	27	23	14	6	7	1	0	4	.314	.361	SLG
1982	KCR (AL)	144	552	101	166	32	9	21	82	71	51	6	1	14	1	0	5	.301	.378	SLG
1983	KCR (AL)	123	464	90	144	38	2	25	93	57	39	0	1	13	1	0	3	.310	.385	SLG
1984	KCR (AL)	104	377	42	107	21	3	13	69	38	37	0	2	6	0	0	7	.284	.344	SLG
1985	KCR (AL)	155	550	108	184	38	5	30	112	103	49	9	1	31	3	0	9	.335	.436	SLG
1986	KCR (AL)	124	441	70	128	28	4	16	73	80	45	1	2	18	4	0	4	.290	.401	SLG
1987	KCR (AL)	115	427	71	124	18	2	22	78	72	47	6	3	14	1	0	8	.290	.388	SLG
1988	KCR (AL)	157	589	90	180	42	3	24	103	82	51	14	3	15	3	0	7	.306	.389	SLG
1989	KCR (AL)	124	457	67	129	26	3	12	80	59	47	14	4	14	3	0	9	.282	.362	SLG
1990	KCR (AL)	142	544	82	179	45	7	14	87	56	63	9	2	14	0	0	7	.329	.387	SLG
1991	KCR (AL)	131	505	77	129	40	2	10	61	58	75	2	0	10	0	1	8	.255	.327	SLG
1992	KCR (AL)	152	592	55	169	35	5	7	61	35	69	8	6	6	6	0	4	.285	.330	SLG
1993	KCR (AL)	145	560	69	149	31	3	19	75	39	67	7	5	9	3	0	10	.266	.312	SLG
21 years		2707	10349	1583	3154	665	137	317	1595	1096	908	201	97	229	33	26	120	.305	.369	.SLG

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