Brian Bannister
Brian P. Bannister
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: February 28, 1981 in Scottsdale, AZ
High School: Chaparral (Scottsdale, AZ)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 7th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2006
Relatives: Son of Floyd Bannister
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Standard Pitching

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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
2006 25 NYM NL 2 1 .667 4.26 8 6 1 0 0 0 38.0 34 18 18 4 22 2 19 2 0 2 171 102 1.474 8.1 0.9 5.2 4.5 0.86
2007 26 KCR AL 12 9 .571 3.87 27 27 0 1 0 0 165.0 156 76 71 15 44 1 77 6 0 4 683 118 1.212 8.5 0.8 2.4 4.2 1.75 RoY-3
2008 27 KCR AL 9 16 .360 5.76 32 32 0 1 0 0 182.2 215 127 117 29 58 1 113 7 1 7 811 76 1.495 10.6 1.4 2.9 5.6 1.95
2009 28 KCR AL 7 12 .368 4.73 26 26 0 0 0 0 154.0 161 94 81 15 50 4 98 4 2 12 668 93 1.370 9.4 0.9 2.9 5.7 1.96
4 Seasons 30 38 .441 4.79 93 91 1 2 0 0 539.2 566 315 287 63 174 8 307 19 3 25 2333 93 1.371 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.1 1.76
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .441 4.79 34 34 0 1 0 0 199 209 116 106 23 64 3 113 7 1 9 862 93 1.371 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.1 1.76
KCR (3 yrs) 28 37 .431 4.83 85 85 0 2 0 0 501.2 532 297 269 59 152 6 288 17 3 23 2162 92 1.363 9.5 1.1 2.7 5.2 1.89
NYM (1 yr) 2 1 .667 4.26 8 6 1 0 0 0 38.0 34 18 18 4 22 2 19 2 0 2 171 102 1.474 8.1 0.9 5.2 4.5 0.86
AL (3 yrs) 28 37 .431 4.83 85 85 0 2 0 0 501.2 532 297 269 59 152 6 288 17 3 23 2162 92 1.363 9.5 1.1 2.7 5.2 1.89
NL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 4.26 8 6 1 0 0 0 38.0 34 18 18 4 22 2 19 2 0 2 171 102 1.474 8.1 0.9 5.2 4.5 0.86

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2006 25 NYM NL 8 171 142 18 34 6 2 4 7 1 22 19 .239 .341 .394 .736 .244 56 1 2 1 4 2
2007 26 KCR AL 27 682 626 76 156 47 4 15 7 5 44 77 .249 .303 .409 .712 .262 256 14 6 2 4 1
2008 27 KCR AL 32 810 732 127 215 39 5 29 6 3 58 113 .294 .347 .480 .826 .310 351 15 7 3 10 1
2009 28 KCR AL 26 668 601 94 161 28 0 15 15 1 50 98 .268 .323 .389 .713 .293 234 12 4 3 10 4
4 Seasons 93 2331 2101 315 566 120 11 63 35 10 174 307 .269 .327 .427 .754 .286 897 42 19 9 28 8
162 Game Avg. 34 861 776 116 209 44 4 23 13 4 64 113 .269 .327 .427 .754 .286 332 16 7 3 10 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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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
2006 25 NYM NL 8 6 2 1 3 1 0 3 3 .500 1 0 0 0 2 33% 52 68 40 0 0 0 3 5.0 5.5 5.7 99 0 2 4 0 112
2007 26 KCR AL 27 27 12 9 6 1 1 15 12 .556 2 3 1 0 15 56% 51 80 23 11 4 0 14 4.7 4.8 6.1 96 3 11 13 0 116
2008 27 KCR AL 32 32 9 16 7 1 2 13 19 .406 1 2 1 0 11 34% 44 81 -10 18 5 0 13 4.9 5.1 5.7 98 3 9 19 1 127
2009 28 KCR AL 26 26 7 12 7 0 3 10 16 .385 3 3 0 0 11 42% 48 75 10 15 8 0 8 3.9 3.8 5.9 97 1 14 11 0 119
4 Seasons 93 91 30 38 23 3 6 41 50 .451 7 8 2 0 39 43% 48 81 -10 44 17 0 38 4.6 4.7 5.9 97 7 36 47 1 127
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 25 NYM NL 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.009 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 40
1 Season 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.009 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 6.0 40

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2006 25 NYM NL 171 54% 2.3% 11.1% 12.9% 7.0% 35% 0.74 0.65 72% 11% 6.9% 19% 38 1 3%
2007 26 KCR AL 683 49% 2.2% 11.3% 6.5% 9.7% 42% 0.73 0.98 79% 21% 5.5% 15% 110 14 13%
2008 27 KCR AL 811 50% 3.6% 14.0% 7.2% 9.0% 34% 0.59 0.89 74% 24% 8.4% 11% 146 15 10%
2009 28 KCR AL 668 51% 2.3% 14.7% 7.5% 6.4% 27% 1.01 1.26 75% 16% 6.9% 13% 118 12 10%
4 Seasons 2333 50% 2.7% 13.2% 7.5% 8.3% 34% 0.75 0.98 75% 20% 7.1% 13% 412 42 10%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2006 25 NYM NL 171 675 3.95 384 57% 27% 13% 28% 33% 73% 2% 42% 83% 51% 7% 12 8 12% 20 13 1 37% 2 2 0 0 0
2007 26 KCR AL 683 2600 3.81 1660 64% 29% 9% 28% 33% 71% 0% 45% 87% 61% 4% 26 19 20% 134 69 1 35% 17 6 0 0 0
2008 27 KCR AL 811 3143 3.88 1972 63% 28% 11% 28% 32% 71% 0% 45% 85% 60% 4% 31 21 20% 162 77 13 34% 21 9 0 0 1
2009 28 KCR AL 668 2521 3.77 1566 62% 28% 12% 27% 33% 72% 2% 45% 84% 57% 4% 30 16 22% 148 80 8 21% 12 10 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2333 8939 3.83 5582 62% 29% 11% 28% 33% 71% 1% 45% 85% 59% 4% 99 64 20% 464 239 23 30% 52 27 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2006 25 NYM NL 171 34 2 0 4 0 7 2 2 3 1 20 7 6 35% 1 2 0 64 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2007 26 KCR AL 683 156 15 1 15 1 8 8 7 8 7 26 13 2 50% 6 4 0 235 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
2008 27 KCR AL 811 215 21 1 29 4 15 14 15 15 14 46 24 3 52% 9 7 2 291 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 0
2009 28 KCR AL 668 161 15 4 15 1 8 9 6 7 8 36 21 8 58% 10 12 2 257 15 1 94% 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 32 0
4 Seasons 2333 566 53 6 63 6 38 33 30 33 30 128 65 19 51% 26 25 4 847 35 10 78% 34 10 1 0 0 0 4 0 76 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2006 25 2 1 .667 4.26 8 6 1 0 0 0 38.0 34 18 18 4 22 2 19 2 0 2 171 102 1.474 8.1 0.9 5.2 4.5 0.86 102
2007 26 14 10 .583 3.95 35 33 1 1 0 0 203.0 190 94 89 19 66 3 96 8 0 6 854 115 1.261 8.4 0.8 2.9 4.3 1.45 115
2008 27 23 26 .469 4.81 67 65 1 2 0 0 385.2 405 221 206 48 124 4 209 15 1 13 1665 92 1.372 9.5 1.1 2.9 4.9 1.69 92
2009 28 30 38 .441 4.79 93 91 1 2 0 0 539.2 566 315 287 63 174 8 307 19 3 25 2333 93 1.371 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.1 1.76 93

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
2006 25 2 2 .500 4.03 38.0 34 19 17 4 22 19 2 1.474 8.1 5.2 4.5 0.86 0.9 8
2007 26 9 8 .529 3.82 160.0 153 76 68 15 43 75 6 1.225 8.6 2.4 4.2 1.74 0.8 27
2008 27 6 13 .316 5.85 177.0 216 128 115 29 58 109 7 1.548 11.0 2.9 5.5 1.88 1.5 32
2009 28 7 9 .438 4.77 151.0 161 89 80 15 50 96 4 1.397 9.6 3.0 5.7 1.92 0.9 26
4 Seasons 24 32 .429 4.79 526.0 564 312 280 63 173 299 19 1.401 9.7 5.1 1.73 1.1 93

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
2008 AL--29--3rd

Hits s c a p y
2008 AL--215--8th

Losses s c a p y
2008 AL--16--2nd
2009 AL--12--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2008 AL--117--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2009 AL--12--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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