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  • Greg Vaughn

    Birth Date: 07/03/1965

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    Back in the early 1990s, Greg Vaughn spent his time roaming left field in ‘Vaughn’s Valley’ at Milwaukee County Stadium. Although his best years came later after he was traded from the Brewers, Vaughn still played well enough to be considered one of the best left fielders in Milwaukee Brewers history. In his eight years as a Brewer, Vaughn was named to two All-Star teams and hit more than 20 home runs in a season four times.

    Gregory Lamont Vaughn was born in Sacramento, California and attended Sacramento City College after graduating from John F. Kennedy High School, where he starred in both football and baseball. He was drafted five different times over two-plus years before he finally signed with Milwaukee, who drafted him fourth overall in the 1986 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase.

    Prior to signing, Vaughn played two seasons in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), leading the Cotuit Kettleers to league titles in both seasons, and was named league MVP in 1985. He was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2009.

    The right-handed hitting Vaughn spent four years in the minors before getting called up to Milwaukee for good in August 1989. Vaughn doubled and singled in his first two big league at-bats. His final numbers for the season showed a batting line of .265/.336/.425 over 113 at-bats with five homers and 23 RBI.

    Vaughn led the Brewers in home runs from 1991-94 and would have led in 1996 but was traded to the San Diego Padres before the trade deadline after slamming 31 round-trippers in just 375 at-bats. That trade, which brought the Brewers pitchers Ron Villone and Bryce Florie, along with outfielder Marc Newfield, was probably one of the worst in Brewer history. In the eight years after the trade, Vaughn hit over 45 homers in two straight seasons (45, 50), made two more All-Star appearances, and hit 186 home runs to give him a career total of 355. Villone, Florie, and Newfield combined for a bWAR of just 0.8 in seven combined seasons for Milwaukee, while Vaughn's total bWAR in eight seasons after the trade was 15.6.

    As a Brewer, Vaughn ranks eighth all time with 169 home runs and 10th with 566 RBI.

     

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    Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
    1989 23 MIL AL 0.4 38 128 113 18 30 3 0 5 23 4 1 13 23 .265 .336 .425 .761 115 .355 114 48 0 0 0 2 0 7D/H  
    1990 24 MIL AL 0.2 120 429 382 51 84 26 2 17 61 7 4 33 91 .220 .280 .432 .712 98 .325 95 165 11 1 7 6 1 7H/D  
    1991 25 MIL AL 2.8 145 614 542 81 132 24 5 27 98 2 2 62 125 .244 .319 .456 .774 114 .350 114 247 5 1 2 7 2 *7D/H9  
    1992 26 MIL AL 1.8 141 573 501 77 114 18 2 23 78 15 15 60 123 .228 .313 .409 .723 103 .330 104 205 8 5 2 5 1 *7/DH9  
    1993 27 MIL AL 6.7 154 667 569 97 152 28 2 30 97 10 7 89 118 .267 .369 .482 .850 128 .390 135 274 6 5 0 4 14 7D/H AS
    1994 28 MIL AL 1.3 95 423 370 59 94 24 1 19 55 9 5 51 93 .254 .345 .478 .824 107 .354 99 177 6 1 0 1 6 *7D/8  
    1995 29 MIL AL -0.4 108 451 392 67 88 19 1 17 59 10 4 55 89 .224 .317 .408 .725 84 .331 82 160 10 0 0 4 3 *D/H  
    1996 30 2TM 2LG 3.1 145 609 516 98 134 19 1 41 117 9 3 82 130 .260 .365 .539 .903 127 .391 126 278 7 6 0 5 6 *7/H8D AS
    1996 30 MIL AL 2.7 102 442 375 78 105 16 0 31 95 5 2 58 99 .280 .378 .571 .948 133 .407 131 214 6 4 0 5 4 7/8DH  
    1996 30 SDP NL 0.4 43 167 141 20 29 3 1 10 22 4 1 24 31 .206 .329 .454 .783 110 .349 108 64 1 2 0 0 2 7/H  
    1997 31 SDP NL 0.2 120 422 361 60 78 10 0 18 57 7 4 56 110 .216 .322 .393 .716 93 .341 102 142 7 2 0 3 1 7H/D  
    1998 32 SDP NL 6.3 158 661 573 112 156 28 4 50 119 11 4 79 121 .272 .363 .597 .960 156 .417 159 342 7 5 0 4 6 *7/DH AS,MVP-4,SS
    1999 33 CIN NL 3.4 153 643 550 104 135 20 2 45 118 15 2 85 137 .245 .347 .535 .881 117 .390 117 294 9 3 0 5 3 *7/DH MVP-4
    2000 34 TBD AL 3.2 127 545 461 83 117 27 1 28 74 8 1 80 128 .254 .365 .499 .864 119 .392 125 230 10 2 0 2 3 7D/H  
    2001 35 TBD AL 2.1 136 562 485 74 113 25 0 24 82 11 5 71 130 .233 .333 .433 .766 103 .346 107 210 10 3 0 3 7 D7/H AS
    2002 36 TBD AL 0.1 69 297 251 28 41 10 2 8 29 3 2 41 82 .163 .286 .315 .601 62 .284 67 79 5 3 0 2 1 D7/H  
    2003 37 COL NL -0.1 22 46 37 8 7 3 0 3 5 0 0 8 13 .189 .326 .514 .840 103 .356 95 19 0 0 0 1 0 H/7D9  
    15 Yrs 30.9 1731 7070 6103 1017 1475 284 23 355 1072 121 59 865 1513 .242 .337 .470 .807 113 .363 114 2870 101 37 11 54 54 7DH/89  
    162 Game Avg 2.9 162 662 571 95 138 27 2 33 100 11 6 81 142 .242 .337 .470 .807 113 .363 114 269 9 3 1 5 5    
                                                               
    MIL (8 Yrs) 15.3 903 3727 3244 528 799 158 13 169 566 62 40 421 761 .246 .333 .459 .792 111 .356 110 1490 52 17 11 34 31 7DH/89  
    TBD (3 Yrs) 5.3 332 1404 1197 185 271 62 3 60 185 22 8 192 340 .226 .335 .434 .769 101 .351 106 519 25 8 0 7 11 D7/H  
    SDP (3 Yrs) 7.0 321 1250 1075 192 263 41 5 78 198 22 9 159 262 .245 .345 .510 .855 129 .382 133 548 15 9 0 7 9 7H/D  
    CIN (1 Yr) 3.4 153 643 550 104 135 20 2 45 118 15 2 85 137 .245 .347 .535 .881 117 .390 117 294 9 3 0 5 3 *7/DH  
    COL (1 Yr) -0.1 22 46 37 8 7 3 0 3 5 0 0 8 13 .189 .326 .514 .840 103 .356 95 19 0 0 0 1 0 H/7D9  
                                                               
    AL (11 Yrs) 20.7 1235 5131 4441 713 1070 220 16 229 751 84 48 613 1101 .241 .334 .452 .786 108 .355 109 2009 77 25 11 41 42 7DH/89  
    NL (5 Yrs) 10.2 496 1939 1662 304 405 64 7 126 321 37 11 252 412 .244 .345 .518 .863 124 .384 127 861 24 12 0 13 12 7HD/9  
    Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
    Generated 7/4/2025.

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    Villone, who did have a long career as a lefty although not with the Brewers, and Florie were very mediocre pitchers . Pick off the waiver wire types. The Brewers though thought were getting a young player just about to break out in Newfield who was the 6th pick in the 1990 player draft. But the injuries that ended his career were already plaguing him. Whoever okayed this trade really screwed the Brewers.

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    Vaughny seemed to just be finally putting other things together to go with his homer swing when the Crew dealt him.  He had power, walks, and good enough speed, but it just seemed the team underrated him.  Improving every year is something which wouldn't make me sell "high" on him and possibly miss a late peak.  Shrug?

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