Lou Brock

6'0" · 170 lbsBorn June 18, 19391961–1979MLB.com ↗

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

15.0

1964, 1965, 1967 avg

Career VAL

166.1

Value Above League

Games

2,616

Hits

3,023

Home Runs

149

Runs Batted In

900

Batting Avg

.293

Playoff VAL

31.6

postseason

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

Cross-sport prominence: 99.5th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Franchise face

Etched into the franchise monument

#3 · St. Louis Cardinals168.9 legacy · 83% attributed career shareVAL × verified franchise tenure, with bounded honors evidence

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On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Boards that rank MLB careers

MLB Advanced — ERA+ & OPS+ Leaders MLB Age Milestones — Youngest to 1,000 Hits, 100 HR, 100 Wins and 1,000 K MLB Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps MLB Career Arc Types MLB Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories MLB Clutch Delta — Who Rises in October MLB Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VAL
1961	21–22	CHC	4	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	—
1962	22–23	CHC	123	434	73	114	24	7	9	35	16	35	96	.263	.319	.412	.731	2.9
1963	23–24	CHC	148	547	79	141	19	11	9	37	24	31	122	.258	.300	.382	.682	4
1964	24–25	All teams	155	634	111	200	30	11	14	58	43	40	127	.315	—	.464	—	15.4
1965	25–26	STL	155	631	107	182	35	8	16	69	63	45	116	.288	.345	.445	.790	13.6
1966	26–27	STL	156	643	94	183	24	12	15	46	74	31	134	.285	.320	.429	.749	12.8
1967	27–28	STL	159	689	113	206	32	12	21	76	52	24	109	.299	.327	.472	.799	15.9
1968	28–29	STL	159	660	92	184	46	14	6	51	62	46	124	.279	.328	.418	.746	13.5
1969	29–30	STL	157	655	97	195	33	10	12	47	53	50	115	.298	.349	.434	.783	10.7
1970	30–31	STL	155	664	114	202	29	5	13	57	51	60	99	.304	.361	.422	.783	10.5
1971	31–32	STL	157	640	126	200	37	7	7	61	64	76	107	.313	.385	.425	.810	13.1
1972	32–33	STL	153	621	81	193	26	8	3	42	63	47	93	.311	.359	.393	.752	10.3
1973	33–34	STL	160	650	110	193	29	8	7	63	70	71	112	.297	.364	.398	.762	10.9
1974	34–35	STL	153	635	105	194	25	7	3	48	118	61	88	.306	.368	.381	.749	13.1
1975	35–36	STL	136	528	78	163	27	6	3	47	56	38	64	.309	.359	.400	.759	7.7
1976	36–37	STL	133	498	73	150	24	5	4	67	56	35	75	.301	.344	.394	.738	7.3
1977	37–38	STL	141	489	69	133	22	6	2	46	35	30	74	.272	.317	.354	.671	1.1
1978	38–39	STL	92	298	31	66	9	0	0	12	17	17	29	.221	.263	.252	.515	0
1979	39–40	STL	120	405	56	123	15	4	5	38	21	23	43	.304	.342	.398	.740	3.3