Los Angeles Dodgers: Fifty greatest Dodgers of all-time (50-46)

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46. RHP Kevin Brown, LHP Jerry Reuss (23.8 WAR)

Kevin Brown Stats: 872.2 IP, 58-32, 2.83 ERA, 784 K’s, 2x All-Star

Kevin Brown was actually a really good pitcher, despite not having a big name like other past greats. Brown excelled in his short time with the Dodgers, which is evident by his low innings pitched but his higher WAR. Making it to two all-star teams with the Dodgers, and four outside of Los Angeles, Brown was a great pitcher in the 90’s and early 2000’s.

Brown’s best season with the Los Angeles Dodgers came in his first season in 1999. That year Brown was good enough for a 7.3 WAR, tossing an 18-9 record and 3.00 ERA. The rest of Brown’s Dodgers career was solid, he had two bad years in 2001 and 2002, however, those were cut short because of injury.

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Fun fact: Despite winning two ERA titles and ranking 24th all-time in pitching WAR, Brown was kicked off the Hall of Fame ballot after one year of voting.

Jerry Reuss Stats: 1407.2 IP, 86-69, 3.11 ERA, 685 K’s, 1x All-Star

Jerry Reuss is the exact opposite case of Kevin Brown. Reuss was a solid pitcher, don’t get me wrong, but he was not as good as Brown was at his best. Instead, Reuss has the same WAR as a Dodgers because of the amount of time he pitched for the Dodgers. He threw over 500 more innings than Brown, yet has the same WAR.

That is not to say that he is bad, his 3.11 ERA shows that he was a solid option for the Dodgers. Reuss finished second in Cy Young voting in 1980, which was the only year he was an All-Star as a Dodger.

That season Reuss had an 18-6 record, 4.6 WAR, and a 2.51 ERA. However, that was not his lowest ERA as a Dodger (2.30 in 1981) or his highest WAR (5.5 in 1982).

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Fun fact: Reuss struck out all three batters he faced during his 1980 All-Star Game appearance.

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