Steve Braun
Stephen Russell Braun
Born: May 8, 1948
Trenton, NJ USA
Primary Position: LF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180
Career: 1971-1985
Draft: Round 10 (1966 June Amateur Draft, Minnesota Twins)
School: Hopewell Valley HS (Titusville, NJ)
Minor League Statistics
Steve Braun compiled a career batting average of .271 with 52 home runs and 388 RBI in his 1425-game career with the Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 1971 season and last took the field during the 1985 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 128 | 402 | 343 | 51 | 87 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 50 | .254 | .350 | .344 | .694 | 118 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 1972 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 121 | 455 | 402 | 40 | 116 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 38 | .289 | .360 | .356 | .716 | 143 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1973 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 115 | 440 | 361 | 46 | 102 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 48 | .283 | .408 | .438 | .845 | 158 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1974 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 129 | 516 | 453 | 53 | 127 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 51 | .280 | .361 | .364 | .726 | 165 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 1975 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 136 | 526 | 453 | 70 | 137 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 55 | .302 | .389 | .428 | .818 | 194 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1976 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 122 | 491 | 417 | 73 | 120 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 67 | 43 | .288 | .384 | .353 | .737 | 147 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 1977 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 139 | 544 | 451 | 51 | 106 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 80 | 59 | .235 | .351 | .315 | .666 | 142 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 1978 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 32 | 84 | 74 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .230 | .310 | .405 | .715 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1978 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 64 | 167 | 137 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | .263 | .386 | .350 | .736 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1979 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 58 | 139 | 116 | 15 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | .267 | .384 | .388 | .772 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1980 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 14 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .043 | .120 | .043 | .163 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 37 | 63 | 55 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .273 | .365 | .364 | .729 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 44 | 62 | 46 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .196 | .393 | .283 | .676 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 58 | 73 | 62 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .274 | .384 | .339 | .722 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 114 | 92 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | .272 | .404 | .413 | .817 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 115 | 98 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | .276 | .383 | .327 | .709 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 64 | 79 | 67 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .239 | .342 | .343 | .685 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 1425 | 4295 | 3650 | 466 | 989 | 155 | 19 | 52 | 388 | 45 | 27 | 579 | 433 | .271 | .371 | .367 | .738 | 1338 | 77 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 73 | 59 | 543.0 | 48 | 106 | 11 | 7 | .933 | 2.552 | 2.110 |
| 1971 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 2B | 28 | 20 | 174.0 | 41 | 58 | 1 | 11 | .990 | 5.121 | 3.536 |
| 1971 | AL | Minnesota Twins | SS | 10 | 8 | 81.0 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 6 | .979 | 5.222 | 4.700 |
| 1971 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1972 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 74 | 72 | 644.0 | 49 | 146 | 6 | 14 | .970 | 2.725 | 2.635 |
| 1972 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 2B | 20 | 13 | 138.0 | 36 | 39 | 2 | 12 | .974 | 4.891 | 3.750 |
| 1972 | AL | Minnesota Twins | SS | 11 | 8 | 78.0 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 3.000 | 2.364 |
| 1972 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 9 | 7 | 69.0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.739 | 2.333 |
| 1973 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 102 | 98 | 852.0 | 79 | 175 | 16 | 21 | .941 | 2.683 | 2.490 |
| 1973 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 6 | 6 | 54.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | 1.167 |
| 1974 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 108 | 103 | 894.7 | 180 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .964 | 1.911 | 1.759 |
| 1974 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 17 | 17 | 137.0 | 15 | 37 | 5 | 6 | .912 | 3.416 | 3.059 |
| 1975 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 106 | 102 | 865.0 | 195 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .971 | 2.091 | 1.896 |
| 1975 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 9 | 9 | 68.3 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .964 | 1.537 | 8.889 |
| 1975 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 9.000 | 4.000 |
| 1975 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1976 | AL | Minnesota Twins | OF | 32 | 32 | 236.0 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 2.593 | 2.125 |
| 1976 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 3B | 16 | 13 | 119.0 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .897 | 2.647 | 2.188 |
| 1977 | AL | Seattle Mariners | OF | 100 | 95 | 831.0 | 186 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .975 | 2.134 | 1.970 |
| 1977 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1978 | AL | Kansas City Royals | OF | 33 | 27 | 202.7 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 2.354 | 1.606 |
| 1978 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 3B | 11 | 6 | 59.3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 2.882 | 1.727 |
| 1978 | AL | Seattle Mariners | OF | 4 | 3 | 24.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.824 | 1.250 |
| 1979 | AL | Kansas City Royals | OF | 18 | 14 | 126.0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.143 | 1.667 |
| 1979 | AL | Kansas City Royals | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1980 | AL | Kansas City Royals | OF | 5 | 3 | 29.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .621 | .400 |
| 1980 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 1.000 |
| 1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 12 | 6 | 55.0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.782 | 1.417 |
| 1981 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 5 | 4 | 28.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.250 | 1.400 |
| 1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 8 | 2 | 27.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | .500 |
| 1983 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 22 | 13 | 116.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.784 | 1.045 |
| 1983 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 4 | 0 | 6.7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.450 | 1.750 |
| 1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 19 | 10 | 93.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.065 | .579 |
| 1984 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1985 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 14 | 5 | 58.7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.301 | 1.071 |
| Totals | 887 | 755 | 6631.3 | 1193 | 706 | 80 | 94 | .960 | 2.577 | 2.141 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALCS | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | NLCS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | AL | Kansas City Royals | ALCS | LF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
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