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The Brewer Advent Calendar #4: Ryan Braun

Behind door #4 we find...Ryan Braun!

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via www.milwaukeebrewersticket.net

It would be fair to call Ryan Braun a once in a lifetime player. Braun turned 25 in November, but has already posted two seasons with an OPS+ over 125, and last season he finished third in the NL MVP voting. Among players who spent their first two major league seasons as a Brewer, Braun has practically lapped the field in all of these categories:

Home runs:

Player HR
Ryan Braun 71
Dale Sveum 32
Prince Fielder 30
Geoff Jenkins 30
Pedro Garcia 27

RBI:

Player RBI
Ryan Braun 203
Dale Sveum 130
Geoff Jenkins 110
Pedro Garcia 108
Paul Molitor 107

Runs scored:

Player R
Ryan Braun 183
Paul Molitor 161
Pat Listach 143
Ernest Riles 123
Dale Sveum 121

Doubles:

Player 2B
Ryan Braun 65
Geoff Jenkins 55
Paul Molitor 53
Pedro Garcia 47
B.J. Surhoff 43

And strikeouts:

Player K
Ryan Braun 241
Dale Sveum 196
Pat Listach 194
Pedro Garcia 186
Bob Collucio 153

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Define irony

SOMEONE is wearing her Brewers gear today, complete with Ryan Braun’s t-shirt…
although, sadly, it’s not really HIS shirt, but you get the idea.

"If loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right"
"If lovin’ Braun is wrong, I want to be a repeat offender"

by kirbir on Feb 9, 2009 1:48 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Do you think Ryan Braun feels like a man amongst boys?

or do you think that he’s more proud of his clothing line?

by Charlie Marlow on Feb 9, 2009 6:01 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Poor Braun

his advent post gets less comments because of Looper.

September 15: Not a bad little Monday

by molitorfan on Feb 9, 2009 8:32 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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