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Mel Ott League
8-19-2069
Brent Givens Center Field
Retired (1976, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .222 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .607 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 210 Age at Death 84 Date of Birth 11-06-1942
HR 18 Drafted Round 3, Pick 43
(1963)
Majors Svc Time 4 years
(43 games)
RBI 86
SB 7
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR C+
Speed C- Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL D+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (98.9%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (99.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1963 Minors 21 11.00 1 / 2 3 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 10 / 11
1964 Minors 22 28.00 4 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 3 7 / 7 2 / 2 3 / 3 21 / 28
1964 Majors 22 8.62 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 3 0 / 0 5 / 8
1965 Minors 23 23.00 3 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 2 4 / 4 5 / 5 1 / 3 1 / 2 15 / 23
1965 Majors 23 6.36 0 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 5 / 6
1966 Minors 24 22.00 1 / 4 3 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 6 2 / 2 12 / 22
1967 Minors 25 27.00 0 / 4 0 / 0 1 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 2 4 / 7 5 / 7 14 / 27
1967 Majors 25 0.10 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1968 Minors 26 15.00 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 3 3 / 3 0 / 2 8 / 15
1968 Majors 26 1.46 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1
1969 Minors 27 19.00 1 / 1 1 / 2 2 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 3 2 / 2 11 / 19
1970 Minors 28 26.00 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 5 7 / 26
1971 Minors 29 19.00 1 / 2 3 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 4 7 / 19
1972 Minors 30 34.00 0 / 4 2 / 6 0 / 0 1 / 6 2 / 4 2 / 7 1 / 7 8 / 34
1973 Minors 31 24.00 1 / 5 0 / 2 2 / 2 2 / 9 2 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 2 8 / 24
1974 Majors 32 38.61 162 52 0 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 7 1 / 6 0 / 5 1 / 38
1975 Majors 33 67.35 162 128 0 0 / 16 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 13 0 / 6 1 / 8 1 / 67
1976 Majors 34 28.48 162 25 0 -5 / 6 -7 / 6 -6 / 5 -8 / 4 -2 / 3 -1 / 1 -1 / 3 -30 / 28
Total 486 205 0 8 / 58 10 / 57 9 / 46 7 / 61 26 / 60 24 / 58 19 / 56 103 / 396
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Brent Givens has retired from the Philadelphia Predators
1974-04-01The Philadelphia Predators have promoted Brent Givens to the major league team.
1969-03-01The Philadelphia Predators have promoted Mark Rachunok to the major league team. The Philadelphia Predators have designated Brent Givens for assignment.
1968-09-03The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Brent Givens to the major league team.
1968-05-23The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Brent Givens to the minors.
1968-04-01The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Brent Givens to the major league team.
1967-06-13The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Brent Givens to the minors.
1967-05-24The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Brent Givens to the major league team.
1965-06-24The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Pete Heath to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have designated Joe Johnson for assignment. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Brent Givens to the minors.
1964-09-05The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Brent Givens to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Wally Wever to the major league team.