Brian Barber

Brian Scott Barber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 4, 1973 in Hamilton, OH
High School: Dr. Phillips HS (Orlando, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1995
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cardinals 1995-1999

Final Game: August 1, 1999
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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
1991	18	STL-min	Rk	4	6	.400	5.40	14	13	0	0	0	0	73.1	62	48	44	5	38	0	84	5	6	4	325		1.364	7.6	0.6	4.7	10.3	2.21	JOH · APPY
1992	19	STL-min	A+,A	8	9	.471	3.40	27	27	0	1	0	0	164.0	138	72	62	14	70	0	158	6	1	6	688		1.268	7.6	0.8	3.8	8.7	2.26	SPT,SPR · FLOR,MIDW
1993	20	STL-min	AA,AAA	9	9	.500	4.05	25	25	0	1	0	0	149.0	158	73	67	19	60	2	131	4	3	10	650		1.463	9.5	1.1	3.6	7.9	2.18	ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1994	21	STL-min	AAA,AA	5	10	.333	4.75	25	24	1	0	0	1	121.1	110	73	64	11	62	3	149	5	0	9	528		1.418	8.2	0.8	4.6	11.1	2.40	LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1995	22	STL-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.70	20	19	0	0	0	0	107.1	105	67	56	14	40	1	94	4	0	1	465		1.351	8.8	1.2	3.4	7.9	2.35	LOU · AA
1995	22	STL	NL	2	1	.667	5.22	9	4	2	0	0	0	29.1	31	17	17	4	16	0	27	0	0	3	130	80	1.602	9.5	1.2	4.9	8.3	1.69
1996	23	STL-min	AAA	0	6	.000	5.62	11	11	0	1	0	0	49.2	49	37	31	12	26	1	33	3	0	2	222		1.510	8.9	2.2	4.7	6.0	1.27	LOU · AA
1996	23	STL	NL	0	0		15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	5	5	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	20	31	3.333	12.0	0.0	18.0	3.0	0.17

1997	24	STL-min	AAA,AA,A+	5	10	.333	7.12	23	23	0	0	0	0	120.0	149	104	95	25	54	1	102	6	1	5	555		1.692	11.2	1.9	4.0	7.6	1.89	LOU,ARK,PRW · AA,TL,CARL
1998	25	KCR-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.75	22	22	0	2	1	0	136.2	114	63	57	24	53	0	100	3	1	0	568		1.222	7.5	1.6	3.5	6.6	1.89	OMA · PCL
1998	25	KCR	AL	2	4	.333	6.00	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.0	45	28	28	5	13	1	24	1	0	4	180	80	1.381	9.6	1.1	2.8	5.1	1.85
1999	26	KCR-min	AAA	9	5	.643	4.56	19	19	0	2	1	0	120.1	128	68	61	21	29	1	75	5	0	6	520		1.305	9.6	1.6	2.2	5.6	2.59	OMA · PCL
1999	26	KCR	AL	1	3	.250	9.64	8	3	1	0	0	1	18.2	31	20	20	6	10	2	7	2	0	0	95	52	2.196	14.9	2.9	4.8	3.4	0.70
4 Yrs				5	8	.385	6.77	26	16	3	0	0	1	93.0	111	70	70	15	45	3	59	4	0	7	425	69	1.677	10.7	1.5	4.4	5.7	1.31
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.385	6.77	42	26	5	0	0	2	151	180	113	113	24	73	5	96	6	0	11	688	69	1.677	10.7	1.5	4.4	5.7	1.31

KCR (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	7.12	16	11	1	0	0	1	60.2	76	48	48	11	23	3	31	3	0	4	275	68	1.632	11.3	1.6	3.4	4.6	1.35
STL (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	6.12	10	5	2	0	0	0	32.1	35	22	22	4	22	0	28	1	0	3	150	69	1.763	9.7	1.1	6.1	7.8	1.27

AL (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	7.12	16	11	1	0	0	1	60.2	76	48	48	11	23	3	31	3	0	4	275	68	1.632	11.3	1.6	3.4	4.6	1.35
NL (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	6.12	10	5	2	0	0	0	32.1	35	22	22	4	22	0	28	1	0	3	150	69	1.763	9.7	1.1	6.1	7.8	1.27

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
1995	22	STL	NL	29.1	9	4	17	5.22	4.67	0.26	-0.03	108.7	4.76	-2	-0.2	.2	-0.0	0.0	1	.481	.499	$
1996	23	STL	NL	3.0	1	1	5	15.00	4.11	0.61	0.15	98.0	3.58	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.226	.498	$

1998	25	KCR	AL	42.0	8	8	28	6.00	5.22	-0.06	0.19	100.9	5.52	-2	-0.2		-0.0	0.1	3	.474	.499	$175,000
1999	26	KCR	AL	18.2	8	3	20	9.64	5.33	0.26	-0.07	102.9	5.14	-9	-0.8	1.2	-0.1	-0.7	-7	.402	.495	$210,000
4 Seasons				93.0	26	16	70	6.77	5.03	0.13	0.07	103.6	5.14	-17	-1.4	.7	-0.1	-0.9	-6	.444	.498	$385,000

KCR (2 yrs)				60.2	16	11	48	7.12	5.25	0.04	0.11	101.5	5.40	-11	-1.0	1.2	-0.1	-0.6	-4	.438	.497	$385,000
STL (2 yrs)				32.1	10	5	22	6.12	4.62	0.30	-0.01	107.7	4.65	-6	-0.4	.2	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.455	.499	$

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
1995	22	STL	NL	9	130	111	17	31	4	0	4	10	2	16	27	.279	.362	.423	.785	.325	47	1	0	0	3	0	0
1996	23	STL	NL	1	20	11	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	6	1	.364	.550	.455	1.005	.333	5	0	1	0	2	0	0

1998	25	KCR	AL	8	180	163	28	45	10	1	5	2	0	13	24	.276	.328	.442	.769	.292	72	4	1	0	3	1	1
1999	26	KCR	AL	8	95	81	20	31	9	0	6	1	0	10	7	.383	.457	.716	1.173	.362	58	1	2	1	1	2	0
4 Yrs				26	425	366	70	111	24	1	15	15	2	45	59	.303	.377	.497	.875	.319	182	6	4	1	9	3	1
162 Game Avg.				42	688	593	113	180	39	2	24	24	3	73	96	.303	.377	.497	.875	.319	295	10	6	2	15	5	2
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.424	.763	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	22	STL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	142	-0.2	1.6	-1.8	.76	-0.4	0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.76	-3.3	0	0	5
1996	23	STL	NL	-3.2	-0.3	22	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.06	-0.2	-0.0	-3.4	-0.3	1.06	-2.5	0	0	0

1998	25	KCR	AL	-4.5	-0.4	186	-0.3	3.2	-3.5	.99	0.0	-0.3	-4.0	-0.4	0.99	-0.1	0	0	0
1999	26	KCR	AL	-8.3	-0.7	97	-1.1	1.1	-2.2	.85	-0.8	-0.5	-10.7	-0.9	0.85	-9.0	3	0	2
4 Yrs				-18.3	-1.6	447	-1.8	6.1	-7.9	.89	-1.4	-0.7	-20.5	-1.8	0.89	-14.8	3	0	7

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
1995	22	STL	NL	9	4	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	.500	0	0	0	0	1	25%	40.2	55	23	1	0	0	3	6.7	7.9	4.5	83	2	2	0	0	99
1996	23	STL	NL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	26.0	26	26	0	0	0	1	6.8	0.0	3.0	80	0	1	0	0	80

1998	25	KCR	AL	8	8	2	4	2	0	1	2	6	.250	1	1	0	0	3	38%	44.9	69	6	8	2	0	3	3.5	3.9	5.3	78	5	0	3	0	104
1999	26	KCR	AL	8	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.3	43	12	5	2	1	2	6.7	9.0	3.3	62	2	1	0	0	84
4 Yrs				26	16	5	7	4	2	1	6	10	.375	1	2	0	0	4	25%	39	69	6	14	4	1	9	5.1	5.5	4.6	76	9	4	3	0	104
MLB Averages													.500						47%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	6.0	96

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
1995	22	STL	NL	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	2	40%	4	.763	0	0	5	1	0	4	4	1	5	0	5	0	6.8	35

1999	26	KCR	AL	8	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	5	4	80%	2	.849	3	0	2	3	1	1	3	2	3	1	3	0	5.2	34
2 Yrs				17	10	3	0	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	10	6	60%		.799	3	0	7	4	1	5	7	3	8	1	8	0	6.0	35

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%
1995	22	STL	NL	130	63%	3.1%	20.8%	12.3%	6.2%	26%	0.46	0.64	64%	31%	8.0%	15%	36	1	3%
1996	23	STL	NL	20	30%	0.0%	5.0%	30.0%	5.0%	25%	0.50	0.14	60%	42%	0.0%	0%	5	0	0%

1998	25	KCR	AL	180	47%	2.8%	13.3%	7.2%	8.9%	36%	0.51	0.57	76%	22%	6.8%	20%	36	4	11%
1999	26	KCR	AL	95	53%	6.3%	7.4%	10.5%	15.8%	48%	0.54	0.75	73%	30%	14.0%	10%	19	1	5%
4 Yrs				425	52%	3.5%	13.9%	10.6%	9.4%	36%	0.50	0.60	71%	27%	8.6%	15%	96	6	6%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.6%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%			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
1995	22	STL	NL	130	509	3.92	303	60%	22%	20%	29%	29%	78%	0%	46%	74%	50%	5%	6	3	22%	28	18	1	33%	5	3	0	0	0
1996	23	STL	NL	20	80	4.00	40	50%	48%	8%	15%	30%	53%	0%	26%	86%	50%	10%	2	1	25%	5	0	0	100%	0	1	0	0	0

1998	25	KCR	AL	180	624	3.47	371	59%	20%	15%	26%	38%	80%	2%	47%	81%	53%	4%	7	2	13%	24	8	2	17%	2	4	0	0	0
1999	26	KCR	AL	95	355	3.74	207	58%	31%	8%	25%	37%	69%	3%	40%	89%	52%	7%	7	3	12%	11	4	0	43%	1	2	0	0	0
4 Yrs				425	1568	3.69	921	59%	24%	15%	26%	34%	76%	1%	44%	80%	52%	5%	22	9	16%	68	30	3	29%	8	10	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

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
1995	22	STL	NL	130	31	2	0	4	0	2	3	1	2	2	8	8	0	100%	0	3	1	64	10	2	83%	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	10	0
1996	23	STL	NL	20	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	67%	0	0	0	7	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

1998	25	KCR	AL	180	45	12	3	5	0	1	1	4	4	1	14	9	3	64%	1	4	0	62	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1999	26	KCR	AL	95	31	2	1	6	1	4	5	1	3	3	6	4	0	67%	0	0	1	42	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				425	111	17	4	15	1	11	9	6	9	6	34	25	3	74%	1	7	2	175	15	2	88%	13	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	25	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	22	2	1	.667	5.22	9	4	2	0	29.1	31	17	17	4	16	0	27	0	3	130	80	1.602	9.5	1.2	4.9	8.3	1.69	80
1996	23	2	1	.667	6.12	10	5	2	0	32.1	35	22	22	4	22	0	28	1	3	150	69	1.763	9.7	1.1	6.1	7.8	1.27	69
1997	24	2	1	.667	6.12	10	5	2	0	32.1	35	22	22	4	22	0	28	1	3	150	69	1.763	9.7	1.1	6.1	7.8	1.27	69
1998	25	4	5	.444	6.05	18	13	2	0	74.1	80	50	50	9	35	1	52	2	7	330	75	1.547	9.7	1.1	4.2	6.3	1.49	75
1999	26	5	8	.385	6.77	26	16	3	1	93.0	111	70	70	15	45	3	59	4	7	425	69	1.677	10.7	1.5	4.4	5.7	1.31	69

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
1995	22	1	2	.333	5.23	31.0	34	20	18	4	18	29	0	1.677	9.9	5.2	8.4	1.61	1.2	9
1996	23	0	0		15.00	3.0	4	6	5	0	6	1	1	3.333	12.0	18.0	3.0	0.17	0.0	1

1998	25	1	3	.250	5.71	41.0	43	29	26	5	12	24	1	1.341	9.4	2.6	5.3	2.00	1.1	8
1999	26	0	2	.000	9.00	18.0	29	20	18	6	9	7	2	2.111	14.5	4.5	3.5	0.78	3.0	8
4 Yrs		2	7	.222	6.48	93.0	110	75	67	15	45	61	4	1.667	10.6		5.9	1.36	1.5	26

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