MLB / Players

Ken Brett

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 190 lb
BornSeptember 18, 1948 · Brooklyn, NY, USA
MLB debutSeptember 27, 1967
Final gameOctober 3, 1981
Seasons14 (1967–1981)

Boston Red Sox 1967; Boston Red Sox 1969–1971; Milwaukee Brewers 1972; Philadelphia Phillies 1973; Pittsburgh Pirates 1974–1975; Chicago White Sox 1976; New York Yankees 1976; California Angels 1977; Chicago White Sox 1977; California Angels 1978; Los Angeles Dodgers 1979; Minnesota Twins 1979; Kansas City Royals 1980–1981

Percentile snapshot

1977 season — qualified pitchers

G
34
42.5
GS
34
61.3
W
13
47.5
L
14
22.5
SV
0
0
CG
7
38.8
SHO
0
0
H
258
11.3
ER
113
7.5
BB
53
85
SO
80
6.3
HR
25
12.5
IP
224.7
60
ERA
4.53
8.8
WHIP
1.384
25
K/9
3.20
5
FIP
4.24
26.3
FIP-
106.4
22.5
ERA+
88.2
8.8
sWAR
0.9
12.5

of 81 qualified 1977 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
93.4
13.5
sWAR
13.4
90

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
196710000000000000.0
1969813101310131100.300.364.7001.064188.9185.0.466-0.1
197041454181330232700.317.364.537.900143.3138.4.4041.9
19712911100200000200.200.200.200.400-6.910.9.187-0.7
1972314744610100121000.227.261.250.51148.554.1.246-1.2
19733785806205041641700.250.282.463.74598.6101.0.3333.9
197443958713274121542000.310.337.448.785122.9123.1.3633.4
197526545251240141700.231.245.365.61163.870.0.2811.8
19763512120100000100.083.083.083.167-73.2-51.1.0782.4
1977350000000000000.9
197831000000000000-0.6
19793911110300020200.273.273.273.54546.351.3.2530.7
198080000000000000.8
1981220000000000000.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19671000000310202.04.501.5009.000.4212.177.30.0
1969882300041232223639.35.261.6025.265.08133.272.5-0.1
1970411489210118637915517139.34.071.41410.013.5689.997.11.9
19712920310057353557759.05.341.5598.693.80103.768.6-0.7
1972262271202112167497413133.04.531.2785.013.56117.466.8-1.2
197331251390101206817411119211.73.441.3234.723.7298.6109.53.9
1974272713901031927052969191.03.301.2774.523.0486.9106.13.4
197523169504111044434710118.03.361.2973.584.07114.2106.11.8
19762926101221611737476925203.03.281.2274.083.2089.9108.52.4
197734341314070258113538025224.74.531.3843.204.24106.488.20.9
197831103511110055424312100.04.951.4203.874.54124.673.6-0.6
19793904320068251816259.73.771.4412.413.5692.7101.20.7
198080001008054013.30.00.9752.703.5185.90.8
1981220112003515147232.34.181.5151.954.30118.786.90.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
386
PA
373
AB
347
R
39
H
91
2B
18
3B
1
HR
10
RBI
44
BB
14
SO
67
SB
0
BA
.2622
OBP
.2912
SLG
.4063
OPS
.6975

Pitching

G (P)
349
GS
184
W
83
L
85
SV
11
CG
51
SHO
8
IP
1,526
SO (P)
807
BB allowed
562
ERA
3.927
WHIP
1.3444
K/9
4.76

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1969-09-12BOS @ NYY Gameday313101307
1975-05-18PIT @ LAD Gameday413200105
1974-05-05ATL @ PIT Gameday312001105
1973-08-04PIT @ PHI Gameday403100104
1973-06-18NYM @ PHI Gameday311001204

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1970-09-19TEX @ BOS Gameday7.27322110
1976-07-15MIL @ CWS Gameday10.07334101
1973-08-29SF @ PHI Gameday8.09334103
1971-05-09BOS @ MIL Gameday6.24111100
1970-06-17BOS @ KC Gameday9.0310480

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.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.