The Ryan Braun Milestone Thread

[splitterpfj]

Braun has now tied Gorman Thomas for 4th in Brewers History, with 208 Home Runs. Next up is Geoff Jenkins, at 212.

[Ulice Payne]

Yount has the franchise lead at 251. Braun needs 44 to be the Brewers franchise leader. Allow me to kick it off.

 

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[Outlander]

He also passed Prince Fielder in RBI on Sunday and is currently 6th in Brewers history.

[pogokat]

this is all amazing considering he would still be arby eligible this year...crazy to think he might break a bunch of team records in his first 6 full seasons

 

i wouldn't count him out for 50 home runs this year...i wouldn't count him out for any statistic

[brewcrewdue80]

Love this thread already. I always enjoyed seeing how Brewers players I liked stacked up to all-time numbers. Braun is tied for 282nd All-time in HRs and just projecting out this year he'll be in top 240 if not around top 225 by season's end. That would include passing guys like Rob Deer,Paul Molitor,Ben Oglivie, and approaching/passing Roberto Clemente.

[3and2Fastball]

Only the University of Miami kept him from having a chance at the All-Time MLB HR record. Shoulda entered the draft at 18! (kidding/kinda)

 

I do think Braun has the potential to end up considered one of the top 25-50 players of all-time in MLB history. Especially if he can consistently keep his OPB over .400 for several seasons like I think he is about to

[DocLuna7]

Splitter- Thank you for starting this thread. I was recently thinking that it has been a bit odd that it has been relatively quiet that Braun will be inching his way upwards in several of the team's all-time top ten offensive categories this season.

[brewmann04]

I have a silly question but where is Braun on the list for Most Home runs by players in their first 7 seasons.

[NeedMoreFans]

Through last night's game, he had a 3TO% of 59.4% this year. Not really a milestone, but interesting in my book.

[homer]

I have a silly question but where is Braun on the list for Most Home runs by players in their first 7 seasons.

 

If I did the query right, Frank Thomas is 10th with 222 (1990 - 1996). So Braun is probably going to be top ten. I don't subscribe to Baseball Reference and they hide the top ten so I don't know who's number 1. I would assume it's Pujols (282 for first 7 seasons).

[brewmann04]

Hey thanks Homer

[topper09er]

Top 10 through first 7 seasons:

1. 294 Kiner

2. 282 Pujols

3. 253 mathews

__253 Ryan Howard

5. 242 Teixeira

6. 241 Frank Robinson

7. 238 Dunn

8. 230 Prince Fielder

9. 228 Banks

10. 222 Ted Williams

___222 Orlando Cepeda

___222 Frank Thomas

 

A repeat performance from last year with 41 HRs would land Braun 5th on this list 1 ahead of Tex

[brewmann04]

Much appreciated Tooper

[bani1717]

Wow... crazy to think that the Brewers will likely have had 2 players on that list at the same time for a 5-year span

[brewcrewdue80]

What's Braun's likely next milestone between team/personal achievement?

[EdgarDiazRocks]

OOOhhhhhhh!!! "Milestone!" I thought that read Millstone....

 

I'll check back in 5 years.

[Outlander]

What's Braun's likely next milestone between team/personal achievement?

Catching Jenkins in home runs, he is four away. He will also catch Ben Oglivie in hits (7th) and RBI (5th) in the next 40 games or so. Here is a good place to see various Brewers leaders.

 

http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=mil#sortColumn=hr&sectionType=sp&playerType=ALL&statType=hitting&season=2013&season_type=ALL&game_type='R'&elem=%5Bobject+Object%5D&tab_level=child&click_text=Sortable+Player+hitting&league_code='MLB'&page=1&ts=1366980291232

[DocLuna7]

Braun is also fifth all-time right now in franchise history for stolen bases with 125. Next up is Tommy Harper with 136. I guess technically Braun would be past him already if it was just Brewers stolen bases, since this counts Harper's year in Seattle with the Pilots.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/leaders_bat.shtml

[jjkoestler]

http://media.lehighvalleylive.com/sports_impact/photo/randy-wolf-fda49672960dfb2d_large.jpg

[DocLuna7]

And no mention of Braun breaking the tie with Thomas for third all-time on the Brewers broadcast tonight. Thought that might be a bit more newsworthy.

[3and2Fastball]

Right now, despite appearing to be "off" at times, Braun is on pace for a 54 HR, 162 RBI, .999 OPS season!

 

Pretty incredible

[jjkoestler]

http://img.beckett.com/images/items_stock/185223/3945222/3945991/front.jpg

[DocLuna7]

One away from Jenkins after today's HR. 41 to Robin.

[Outlander]

Braun passed Ben Oglivie for seventh all time in Brewers hits.

[splitterpfj]

Braun has passed Geoff Jenkins in career home runs, with 214, Braun is now 3rd in Brewers history.