Brooks Lawrence
1954–1960 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, NLS, St. Louis Cardinals
275G
.154AVG
.199OBP
.176SLG
More career statistics
49H
0HR
23RBI
1SB
69–62W–L
1,040.2IP
481K
4.25ERA
127GS
22SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 95 | 99 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,448 | 4,446 |
| Pitching · p er | 491 | 490 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,122 | 3,121 |
| Pitching · p k | 481 | 482 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275 | 360 | 319 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 56 | .154 | .199 | .176 | .375 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,040.7 | 275 | 127 | 42 | 69 | 62 | 22 | 1,034 | 539 | 491 | 110 | 385 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 4.25 | 1.364 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1956-07-01 to 1956-07-25
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1954-08-11 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1957-05-15 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1959-06-12 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 144 | 163 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 45 | .152 | .178 | .172 |
| Away | 131 | 197 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 54 | .155 | .188 | .178 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .148 | .152 | .148 |
| May | 38 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | .127 | .139 | .159 |
| June | 49 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 21 | .133 | .194 | .167 |
| July | 64 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | .154 | .171 | .192 |
| August | 58 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | .220 | .283 | .220 |
| September | 41 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | .160 | .182 | .160 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 42 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | .111 | .164 | .133 |
| milwaukee-braves | 41 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | .122 | .122 | .122 |
| chicago-cubs | 37 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | .180 | .203 | .180 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 36 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | .163 | .143 | .209 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 30 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .162 | .195 | .243 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 25 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .235 | .297 | .235 |
| new-york-giants | 21 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .174 | .143 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .042 | .071 | .083 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 53 | 10 | – | 4 | – | .189 | 158 | 72 |
| 1955 | St. Louis Cardinals | 46 | 21 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .095 | 96 | 53 |
| 1956 |  Cincinnati Reds | 49 | 70 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .157 | 218 | 96 |
| 1957 | Cincinnati Reds | 49 | 82 | 14 | – | 7 | – | .171 | 250 | 121 |
| 1958 | Cincinnati Reds | 46 | 53 | 6 | – | 3 | 1 | .113 | 181 | 74 |
| 1959 | Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 40 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .150 | 128 | 64 |
| 1960 | Cincinnati Reds | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 2 |