MLB / Players

Lou Brock

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 170 lb

BornJune 18, 1939 · El Dorado, AR, USA

MLB debutSeptember 10, 1961

Final gameSeptember 30, 1979

Seasons19 (1961–1979)

Chicago Cubs 1961–1964; St. Louis Cardinals 1964–1979

Percentile snapshot

1977 season — qualified batters

141

23.3

521

8.2

489

17.8

32.9

133

19.2

27.4

60.3

2.7

RBI

13.7

12.3

91.1

.272

36.3

OBP

.317

SLG

.354

OPS

.670

wRC+

82.2

11.6

OPS+

81.7

9.6

wOBA

.308

11.6

sWAR

-0.1

2.1

of 147 qualified 1977 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

109.7

61.1

OPS+

109.5

61.2

sWAR

38.4

97.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1961	4	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	-33.9	-29.9	.137	-0.2
1962	123	477	434	73	114	24	7	9	35	35	96	16	7	.263	.319	.412	.731	89.2	91.5	.327	1.1
1963	148	588	547	79	141	19	11	9	37	31	122	24	12	.258	.300	.382	.682	89.9	90.7	.309	0.5
1964	155	695	634	111	200	30	11	14	58	40	127	43	18	.315	.358	.464	.821	128.1	123.2	.370	3.9
1965	155	697	631	107	182	35	8	16	69	45	116	63	27	.288	.345	.445	.791	119.0	116.4	.356	3.1
1966	156	678	643	94	183	24	12	15	46	31	134	74	18	.285	.320	.429	.749	105.1	105.3	.333	1.9
1967	159	724	689	113	206	32	12	21	76	24	109	52	18	.299	.327	.472	.799	130.4	129.4	.360	4.2
1968	159	712	660	92	184	46	14	6	51	46	124	62	12	.279	.328	.418	.746	128.9	126.1	.345	3.9
1969	157	710	655	97	195	33	10	12	47	50	115	53	14	.298	.349	.434	.782	116.9	119.1	.354	3.0
1970	155	729	664	114	202	29	5	13	57	60	99	51	15	.304	.361	.422	.783	107.7	108.0	.354	2.3
1971	157	720	640	126	200	37	7	7	61	76	107	64	19	.313	.385	.425	.810	133.3	126.3	.377	4.5
1972	153	675	621	81	193	26	8	3	42	47	93	63	18	.311	.359	.393	.752	115.6	115.8	.344	2.7
1973	160	727	650	110	193	29	8	7	63	71	112	70	20	.297	.364	.398	.762	113.0	113.1	.349	2.7
1974	153	701	635	105	194	25	7	3	48	61	88	118	33	.306	.368	.381	.749	111.4	111.9	.349	2.4
1975	136	572	528	78	163	27	6	3	47	38	64	56	16	.309	.359	.400	.758	109.6	108.0	.354	1.9
1976	133	544	498	73	150	24	5	4	67	35	75	56	19	.301	.344	.394	.738	107.9	109.3	.341	1.6
1977	141	521	489	69	133	22	6	2	46	30	74	35	24	.272	.317	.354	.670	82.2	81.7	.308	-0.1
1978	92	317	298	31	66	9	0	0	12	17	29	17	5	.221	.263	.252	.514	29.2	37.6	.244	-2.1
1979	120	436	405	56	123	15	4	5	38	23	43	21	12	.304	.342	.398	.739	102.3	100.8	.339	1.1

Career totals

2,616

41st-most career G

11,235

35th-most career PA

10,332

24th-most career AB

1,610

47th-most career R

3,023

29th-most career H

486

78th-most career 2B

141

63rd-most career 3B

149

RBI

900

405th-most career RBI

761

308th-most career BB

1,730

40th-most career SO

938

2nd-most career SB

.2926

354th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3426

SLG

.4102

OPS

.7528

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	TB
1963-07-28	STL @ CHC Gameday	4	3	3	0	1	2	5	11
1967-04-15	LAD @ STL Gameday	6	3	4	0	0	2	5	10
1967-04-16	HOU @ STL Gameday	5	4	4	0	0	2	3	10
1967-09-26	STL @ CHC Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	2	3	10
1975-05-27	SD @ STL Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	1	2	10

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1962-05-21	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-22	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-29	ATL @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-07-01	CHC @ ATL 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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1985 (BBWAA)

6× 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.