Brad Arnsberg

Bradley James Arnsberg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 20, 1963 in Seattle, WA
High School: Medford HS (Medford, OR)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1986
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Yankees/Indians 1986-1992

Final Game: April 23, 1992
About biographical information

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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1984	20	NYY-min	A	12	5	.706	2.95	23	23	0	10	4	0	158.2	121	61	52	9	59	2	112	4	3	10			1.134	6.9	0.5	3.3	6.4	1.90	GBO · SALL
1985	21	NYY-min	AA	14	2	.875	1.59	20	20	0	9	2	0	141.1	105	34	25	0	35	0	82	8	1	3			0.991	6.7	0.0	2.2	5.2	2.34	ALC · EL
1986	22	NYY-min	AAA	8	12	.400	4.21	28	28	0	6	2	0	177.1	168	106	83	15	53	1	96	1	5	4			1.246	8.5	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.81	CLB · IL
1986	22	NYY	AL	0	0		3.38	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	13	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	39	127	1.750	14.6	1.1	1.1	3.4	3.00
1987	23	NYY-min	AAA	12	5	.706	2.88	19	19	0	9	2	0	144.0	140	55	46	9	37	1	83	0	1	2			1.229	8.8	0.6	2.3	5.2	2.24	CLB · IL
1987	23	NYY	AL	1	3	.250	5.59	6	2	2	0	0	0	19.1	22	12	12	5	13	3	14	0	0	1	91	81	1.810	10.2	2.3	6.1	6.5	1.08

1989	25	TEX-min	AAA	6	8	.429	4.06	18	18	0	4	1	0	115.1	117	58	52	6	34	1	61	6	6	4			1.309	9.1	0.5	2.7	4.8	1.79	OKC · AA
1989	25	TEX	AL	2	1	.667	4.13	16	1	3	0	0	1	48.0	45	27	22	6	22	0	26	3	2	6	209	97	1.396	8.4	1.1	4.1	4.9	1.18
1990	26	TEX-min	AAA	0	4	.000	5.16	14	3	7	0	0	2	29.2	35	19	17	2	10	0	17	0	1	4			1.517	10.6	0.6	3.0	5.2	1.70	OKC · AA
1990	26	TEX	AL	6	1	.857	2.15	53	0	20	0	0	5	62.2	56	20	15	4	33	1	44	2	0	8	277	183	1.420	8.0	0.6	4.7	6.3	1.33
1991	27	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.69	9	0	6	0	0	1	10.2	3	2	2	1	3	0	10	0	0	0	38		0.562	2.5	0.8	2.5	8.4	3.33	OKC · AA
1991	27	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	8.38	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	10	9	9	5	5	0	8	0	1	1	44	50	1.552	9.3	4.7	4.7	7.4	1.60
1992	28	CHC-CLE-min	AAA	1	9	.100	6.77	36	11	15	1	0	1	99.2	129	85	75	17	40	0	44	5	1	10	461		1.696	11.6	1.5	3.6	4.0	1.10	IWA,CSP · AA,PCL
1992	28	CLE	AL	0	0		11.81	8	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	13	14	14	6	11	0	5	2	0	2	54	34	2.250	11.0	5.1	9.3	4.2	0.45
1993	29	STL-CIN-OAK-min	AAA	3	4	.429	6.19	50	0	22	0	0	1	68.1	78	49	47	8	48	5	31	7	1	8	327		1.844	10.3	1.1	6.3	4.1	0.65	LOU,INA,TAC · AA,PCL
6 Yrs				9	6	.600	4.26	94	4	29	0	0	6	158.1	159	85	75	27	85	4	100	7	3	18	714	95	1.541	9.0	1.5	4.8	5.7	1.18
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.600	4.26	65	3	20	0	0	4	110	110	59	52	19	59	3	69	5	2	12	495	95	1.541	9.0	1.5	4.8	5.7	1.18

TEX (3 yrs)				8	3	.727	3.44	78	1	25	0	0	6	120.1	111	56	46	15	60	1	78	5	3	15	530	116	1.421	8.3	1.1	4.5	5.8	1.30
NYY (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	4.94	8	3	3	0	0	0	27.1	35	15	15	6	14	3	17	0	0	1	130	90	1.793	11.5	2.0	4.6	5.6	1.21
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		11.81	8	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	13	14	14	6	11	0	5	2	0	2	54	34	2.250	11.0	5.1	9.3	4.2	0.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1986	22	NYY	AL	8.0	2	1	3	3.38	4.67	-0.03	-0.04	96.0	4.48	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.1	2	.551	.501	$
1987	23	NYY	AL	19.1	6	2	12	5.59	4.71	0.12	-0.04	100.9	4.59	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.1	0	.466	.499	$68,000

1989	25	TEX	AL	48.0	16	1	27	5.06	4.39	-0.00	-0.29	101.9	4.18	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.1	-0.2	0	.468	.497	$
1990	26	TEX	AL	62.2	53	0	20	2.87	4.43	0.14	-0.34	99.4	3.93	8	0.8	1.7	0.2	1.6	14	.516	.505	$107,500
1991	27	TEX	AL	9.2	9	0	9	8.38	4.93	-0.22	-0.37	99.0	4.73	-4	-0.4	.4	0.1	-0.2	-3	.456	.498	$287,500
1992	28	CLE	AL	10.2	8	0	14	11.81	4.47	0.11	-0.35	101.0	4.06	-9	-0.9	.9	0.0	-0.8	-8	.389	.495	$150,000
6 Seasons				158.1	94	4	85	4.83	4.50	0.06	-0.28	100.2	4.17	-11	-1.1	1.3	0.1	0.4	6	.489	.499	$613,000

TEX (3 yrs)				120.1	78	1	56	4.19	4.45	0.05	-0.32	100.4	4.09	-1	-0.1	1.4	0.2	1.2	12	.499	.500	$395,000
NYY (2 yrs)				27.1	8	3	15	4.94	4.70	0.08	-0.04	99.5	4.56	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.0	2	.487	.500	$68,000
CLE (1 yr)				10.2	8	0	14	11.81	4.47	0.11	-0.35	101.0	4.06	-9	-0.9	.9	0.0	-0.8	-8	.389	.495	$150,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1986	22	NYY	AL	2	39	38	3	13	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	.342	.359	.474	.833	.353	18	1	0	0	0	0	1
1987	23	NYY	AL	6	91	76	12	22	4	0	5	3	2	13	14	.289	.385	.539	.924	.288	41	0	0	0	2	3	2

1989	25	TEX	AL	16	209	182	27	45	5	1	6	0	1	22	26	.247	.337	.385	.721	.258	70	3	3	1	1	0	2
1990	26	TEX	AL	53	277	238	20	56	11	0	4	1	0	33	44	.235	.331	.332	.663	.271	79	3	2	2	2	1	5
1991	27	TEX	AL	9	44	39	9	10	0	0	5	0	0	5	8	.256	.341	.641	.982	.192	25	1	0	0	0	0	0
1992	28	CLE	AL	8	54	41	14	13	1	0	6	0	0	11	5	.317	.481	.780	1.262	.233	32	4	2	0	0	0	1
6 Yrs				94	714	614	85	159	23	1	27	4	3	85	100	.259	.353	.432	.785	.268	265	12	7	3	5	4	11
162 Game Avg.				65	495	426	59	110	16	1	19	3	2	59	69	.259	.353	.432	.785	.268	184	8	5	2	3	3	8
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.387	.711	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1986	22	NYY	AL	1.0	0.1	39	0.0	0.6	-0.6	.85	-0.2	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.85	-2.5	0	0	1
1987	23	NYY	AL	-1.8	-0.2	98	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	1.10	-0.5	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.10	-4.5	2	1	1

1989	25	TEX	AL	-1.7	-0.2	219	-0.2	1.9	-2.1	.59	0.1	-0.4	-7.2	-0.7	0.59	-0.4	2	8	5
1990	26	TEX	AL	11.1	1.1	288	1.2	6.9	-5.6	1.41	0.3	0.6	1.6	0.2	1.41	2.1	28	11	14
1991	27	TEX	AL	-4.1	-0.4	46	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.24	-0.3	-1.0	-5.6	-0.5	0.24	-6.3	1	1	7
1992	28	CLE	AL	-8.5	-0.8	56	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	.64	-0.7	0.5	-10.0	-1.0	0.64	-11.9	3	1	3
6 Yrs				-4.0	-0.3	746	0.2	11.9	-11.6	.97	-1.3	1.5	-22.2	-2.1	0.97	-23.5	36	22	31

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1986	22	NYY	AL	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	47.0	47	47	2	0	0	1	5.6	1.8	5.0
1987	23	NYY	AL	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	40.0	56	24	1	1	1	0	3.0	2.3	6.0

1989	25	TEX	AL	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	28.0	28	28	18	4	0	1	3.0	0.0	4.7	86	0	1	0	0	86
3 Yrs				24	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	.500	0	0	0	0	1	25%	39	56	24	21	5	1	2	3.6	1.6	5.4	86	0	1	0	0	86
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-14					4.3	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1986	22	NYY	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.851	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0
1987	23	NYY	AL	6	4	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	4	1.102	2	1	1	0	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	5.5

1989	25	TEX	AL	16	15	3	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	24	10	42%	3	.588	2	8	5	1	0	14	13	2	13	1	13	0	8.7	47
1990	26	TEX	AL	53	53	20	6	1	6	5	1	83%	17	11	45	18	40%	8	1.411	28	11	14	26	11	16	26	27	22	16	28	12	3.5	18
1991	27	TEX	AL	9	9	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	7	.244	1	1	7	2	1	6	3	6	3	3	3	0	3.2	20
1992	28	CLE	AL	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	2	0	0%	7	.638	3	1	3	1	2	5	2	6	4	2	4	2	4.0	29
6 Yrs				94	90	29	8	4	7	6	1	86%	19	12	78	30	38%		.970	36	22	31	30	15	45	46	44	45	24	51	14	4.6	24

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1986	22	NYY	AL	39	56%	2.6%	7.7%	2.6%	7.7%	23%		0.75	87%				8	1	13%
1987	23	NYY	AL	91	67%	5.5%	15.4%	14.3%	9.9%	41%		0.74	65%				25	0	0%

1989	25	TEX	AL	209	57%	2.9%	12.4%	10.5%	5.7%	27%	0.95	1.05	72%	22%	8.7%	13%	44	3	7%
1990	26	TEX	AL	277	64%	1.4%	15.9%	11.9%	5.4%	27%	0.77	0.96	69%	19%	4.9%	25%	50	3	6%
1991	27	TEX	AL	44	75%	11.4%	18.2%	11.4%	11.4%	50%	0.82	1.33	59%	10%	35.7%	18%	7	1	14%
1992	28	CLE	AL	54	69%	11.1%	9.3%	20.4%	13.0%	54%	1.00	2.00	56%	14%	40.0%	17%	12	4	33%
6 Yrs				714	63%	3.8%	14.0%	11.9%	7.1%	32%	0.86	1.02	69%	19%	11.7%	20%	146	12	8%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	22%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	25	TEX	AL	181	698	3.86	412	59%	24%	17%	25%	33%	75%	0%	44%	76%	50%	6%	10	8	17%	30	19	4	19%	4	2	28	0	4
1990	26	TEX	AL	260	941	3.62	550	58%	21%	15%	29%	34%	78%	1%	46%	80%	47%	5%	13	8	18%	46	21	1	26%	7	4	17	0	5
1991	27	TEX	AL	44	177	4.02	104	59%	25%	13%	33%	30%	75%	0%	44%	83%	61%	5%	2	1	27%	12	5	0	13%	1	1	0	0	0
1992	28	CLE	AL	54	229	4.24	124	54%	20%	13%	38%	29%	80%	0%	43%	84%	50%	11%	6	1	17%	9	2	2	40%	0	5	0	0	0
4 Yrs				539	2045	3.79	1190	58%	22%	15%	29%	33%	77%	0%	45%	79%	50%	6%	31	18	18%	97	47	7	24%	12	12	45	0	9
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1986	22	NYY	AL	39	13			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	1	25%	1	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	23	NYY	AL	91	22			5	0	4	4	1	2	3	7	3	1	43%	2	1	0	38	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0

1989	25	TEX	AL	209	45	7	1	6	1	7	1	5	4	2	16	13	0	81%	2	6	1	81	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1990	26	TEX	AL	277	56	8	0	4	0	13	2	2	2	2	16	7	1	44%	5	8	0	105	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
1991	27	TEX	AL	44	10	2	0	5	0	0	4	1	4	1	2	0	2	0%	0	1	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1992	28	CLE	AL	54	13	4	0	6	0	2	3	3	1	5	1	1	0	100%	1	2	0	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6 Yrs				714	159	21	1	27	1	26	15	12	13	14	46	25	5	54%	11	18	1	274	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	38	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1986	22	0	0		3.38	2	1	1	0	8.0	13	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	39	127	1.750	14.6	1.1	1.1	3.4	3.00	127
1987	23	1	3	.250	4.94	8	3	3	0	27.1	35	15	15	6	14	3	17	0	0	1	130	90	1.793	11.5	2.0	4.6	5.6	1.21	90
1988	24	1	3	.250	4.94	8	3	3	0	27.1	35	15	15	6	14	3	17	0	0	1	130	90	1.793	11.5	2.0	4.6	5.6	1.21	90
1989	25	3	4	.429	4.42	24	4	6	1	75.1	80	42	37	12	36	3	43	3	2	7	339	94	1.540	9.6	1.4	4.3	5.1	1.19	94
1990	26	9	5	.643	3.39	77	4	26	6	138.0	136	62	52	16	69	4	87	5	2	15	616	120	1.486	8.9	1.0	4.5	5.7	1.26	120
1991	27	9	6	.600	3.72	86	4	28	6	147.2	146	71	61	21	74	4	95	5	3	16	660	110	1.490	8.9	1.3	4.5	5.8	1.28	110
1992	28	9	6	.600	4.26	94	4	29	6	158.1	159	85	75	27	85	4	100	7	3	18	714	95	1.541	9.0	1.5	4.8	5.7	1.18	95

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1986	22	0	0		3.38	8.0	13	3	3	1	1	3	0	1.750	14.6	1.1	3.4	3.00	1.1	2
1987	23	1	1	.500	5.21	19.0	21	12	11	5	12	14	0	1.737	9.9	5.7	6.6	1.17	2.4	6

1989	25	2	3	.400	4.50	46.0	46	26	23	6	22	25	3	1.478	9.0	4.3	4.9	1.14	1.2	16
1990	26	4	2	.667	2.36	61.0	58	18	16	4	34	43	2	1.508	8.6	5.0	6.3	1.26	0.6	53
1991	27	0	1	.000	10.00	9.0	11	11	10	6	6	7	0	1.889	11.0	6.0	7.0	1.17	6.0	9
1992	28	0	1	.000	15.00	9.0	13	17	15	6	11	4	2	2.667	13.0	11.0	4.0	0.36	6.0	8
6 Yrs		7	8	.467	4.62	152.0	162	87	78	28	86	96	7	1.632	9.6		5.7	1.12	1.7	94

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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