Dave Brain
Chicago White Sox 1901; St. Louis Cardinals 1903–1904; Pittsburgh Pirates 1905; St. Louis Cardinals 1905; Boston Beaneaters 1906; Boston Doves 1907; Cincinnati Reds 1908; New York Giants 1908
Percentile snapshot
1907 season — qualified batters
of 101 qualified 1907 batters (min 471 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .350 | .381 | .400 | .781 | 116.9 | 119.4 | .368 | 0.1 |
| 1903 | 119 | 496 | 464 | 44 | 107 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 60 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 0 | .231 | .270 | .319 | .589 | 67.6 | 68.4 | .283 | 0.1 |
| 1904 | 127 | 514 | 488 | 57 | 130 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 72 | 17 | 48 | 18 | 0 | .266 | .291 | .408 | .699 | 110.9 | 117.3 | .329 | 2.8 |
| 1905 | 129 | 503 | 465 | 42 | 115 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 63 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 0 | .247 | .287 | .366 | .653 | 90.7 | 94.6 | .311 | 1.5 |
| 1906 | 139 | 574 | 525 | 43 | 131 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 47 | 11 | 0 | .250 | .293 | .333 | .626 | 90.9 | 95.0 | .307 | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 133 | 552 | 509 | 60 | 142 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 56 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 0 | .279 | .324 | .420 | .745 | 126.6 | 130.1 | .359 | 4.0 |
| 1908 | 27 | 83 | 72 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .232 | .125 | .357 | 20.8 | 14.7 | .199 | -0.6 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905-08-08 | ATL @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1905-05-29 | STL @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1905-08-23 | PIT @ SF Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1904-05-10 | SF @ STL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1907-05-30 | LAD @ ATL Gameday | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901-04-24 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901-04-25 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901-04-27 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901-04-28 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901-04-29 | DET @ CWS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.