In celebration of Braun's 8-year contract, let's take a trip through the history of baseball and look at some of the greats that had seasons at age 23 that match Braun's rookie campaign...
I generally looked for guys that hit for high average, had OBP .400 or under, and had a very high SLG.
Here's what I found, with my favorites marked...
Braun (23, 2007): 146 H, 26 2B, 6 3B, 34 HR, 15/20 SB, 112/29 K, .324/.370/.634 (1.004)
Greenberg (23, 1934): 201 H, 63 2B, 7 3B, 26 HR, 9/14 SB, 93/63 K, .339/.404/.600 (1.004)
Juan Gonzalez (23, 1993): 166 H, 33 2B, 1 3B, 46 HR, 4/5 SB, 99/37 K, .310/.368/.632 (1.000)
Jeff Heath (23, 1938): 172 H, 31 2B, 18 3B, 21 Hr, ¾ SB, 55/33 K, .343/.383/.602 (0.985)
Mize (23, 1936): 469 PA, 414 AB, 136 H, 30 2B, 8 3B, 19 HR, 1 SB, 32/50 K, .329/.402/.577 (0.979)
Aaron (23, 1957): 198 H, 27 2B, 6 3B, 44 HR, ½ SB, 58/57 K, .322/.378/.600 (0.978)
V. Guerrero (23, 1999): 193 H, 37 2B, 5 3B, 42 HR, 14/21 SB, 62/55 K, .316/.378/.600 (0.978)
F. Robinson (23, 1959): 168 H, 31 2B, 4 3B, 36 HR, 18/26 SB, 93/69 K, .311/.391/.583 (0.974)
DiMaggio (23, 1938): 215 H, 35 2B, 15 3B, 46 HR, 3 SB, 37/64 K, .324/.386/.581 (0.967)
Lynn (23, 1975): 175 H, 47 2B, 7 3B, 21 HR, 10/15 SB, 90/62 K, .331/.401/.566 (0.967)
Bottomley (23, 1923): 194 H, 34 2B, 14 3B, 8 HR, 4/10 SB, 44/45 K, .371/.425/.535 (0.960)
M. Ramirez (23, 1995): 149 H, 26 2B, 1 3B, 31 HR, 6/12 SB, 112/75 K, .308/.402/.558 (0.960)
Conseco (23, 1988): 187 H, 34 2B, 42 HR, 40/56 SB, 128/78 K, .307/.391/.569 (.960)
W. Clark (23, 1987): 163 H, 29 2B, 5 3B, 35 HR, 5/22 SB, 98/49 K, .308/.371/.580 (0.951)
H. Ramirez (23, 2007): 212 H, 48 2B, 6 3B, 29 HR, 51/65 SB, 95/52 K, .332/.386/.562 (0.948)
Duke Snider (23, 1950): 199 H, 31 2B, 10 3B, 31 HR, 16 SB, 79/58 K, .321/.379/.553 (0.932)
Mattingly (23, 1984): 207 H, 44 2B, 2 3B, 23 HR, ½ SB, 33/41 K, .343/.381/.537 (0.918)
Don Hurst (23, 1929): 179 H, 29 2B, 4 3B, 31 HR, 10 SB, 36/80 K, .304/.390/.525 (0.915)
A. Jones (23, 2000): 199 H, 36 2B, 6 3B, 36 HR, 21/27 SB, 100/59 K, .303/.366/.541 (0.907)
Bob Meusel (23, 1920): 151 H, 40 2B, 7 3B, 11 HR, 4/8 SB, 72/20 K, .328/.359/.517 (0.876)
*** Allen (23, 1965): 187 H, 31 2B, 14 3B, 20 HR, 15/17 SB, 150/74 K, .302/.375/.494 (0.869)