Kevin Brown


	Kevin Brown led the Padres to the pennant.

Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
Career biography: The Ballplayers
In the show: Rangers (1986, 1988-94), Orioles (1995), Marlins (1996-97), Padres (1998), Dodgers (1999-2003), Yankees (2004-05)
How he was acquired: The Padres traded Derrek Lee, Rafael Medina and Steve Hoff to the Marlins for Brown on Dec. 15, 1997.
How he was lost: Brown signed a seven-year, $105 million contract with the Dodgers on Dec. 12, 1998, becoming baseball's first $100 million player.

Pitches: 1. Two-seam (sinking) fastball 2. Four-seam (rising) fastball 3. Hard slider 4. Curve 5. Change
6. Split-fingered fastball
Players most similar to: Dave Stieb, Curt Schilling
Career year, 1996: 17-11, 1.89 ERA, 159 strikeouts and 33 walks in 233 innings, three shutouts, 16 hit batters
Revisionist history: Brown should have won two NL Cy Young Awards -- in 1996 and 1998, when he went 18-7 with a 2.38 ERA for the Padres -- according to Bill James' Win Shares.

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Top 10 in Cy Young Award voting five times (1992, 1996, 1998-2000)

The Sporting News NL Pitcher of the Year (1998)

Named to The Sporting News NL All-Star team (1998)

Five-time All-Star (1992, 1996-98, 2000, 2003)

Led the league in ERA twice (1996, 2000)

Led the league in wins (1992)

Led the league in innings pitched (1992)

Led the league in shutouts (1996)

Led the league in hit batsmen three times (1991, 1996-97)

Pitched no-hitter (June 10, 1997: Marlins d. Giants 9-0)
At Georgia Tech

Named to The Sporting News college All-America team (1986)

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