Brian Barber
Brian Scott Barber
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 4, 1973 in Hamilton, OH
High School: Dr. Phillips (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
Final Game: August 1, 1999
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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
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 NL 0 0 15.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 5 5 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 20 28 3.333 12.0 0.0 18.0 3.0 0.17
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 79 1.381 9.6 1.1 2.8 5.1 1.85
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 Seasons 5 8 .385 6.77 26 16 3 0 0 1 93.0 111 70 70 15 45 3 59 4 0 7 425 68 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 68 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 68 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 68 1.763 9.7 1.1 6.1 7.8 1.27

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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 26 425 366 70 111 24 1 15 15 2 45 59 .303 .377 .497 .875 .319 182 6 4 1 9 3
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
MLB Averages

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
1995 22 STL NL 9 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 40 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 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% 45 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 43 12 5 2 1 2 6.7 9.0 3.3 62 2 1 0 0 84
4 Seasons 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

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
1995 22 STL NL 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 4 0.754 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 0.847 3 0 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 1 3 0 5.2 34
2 Seasons 17 10 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 10 6 60% 0.793 3 0 7 4 1 5 7 3 8 1 8 0 6.0 35

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%
1995 22 STL NL 130 37% 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 70% 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 53% 2.8% 13.3% 7.2% 8.9% 36% 0.51 0.57 76% 21% 6.8% 20% 36 4 11%
1999 26 KCR AL 95 47% 6.3% 7.4% 10.5% 15.8% 48% 0.54 0.75 73% 30% 14.0% 10% 19 1 5%
4 Seasons 425 48% 3.5% 13.9% 10.6% 9.4% 36% 0.50 0.60 71% 27% 8.6% 15% 96 6 6%
MLB Averages

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
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 Seasons 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

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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1995 22 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 80
1996 23 2 1 .667 6.12 10 5 2 0 0 0 32.1 35 22 22 4 22 0 28 1 0 3 150 68 1.763 9.7 1.1 6.1 7.8 1.27 68
1997 24 2 1 .667 6.12 10 5 2 0 0 0 32.1 35 22 22 4 22 0 28 1 0 3 150 68 1.763 9.7 1.1 6.1 7.8 1.27 68
1998 25 4 5 .444 6.05 18 13 2 0 0 0 74.1 80 50 50 9 35 1 52 2 0 7 330 74 1.547 9.7 1.1 4.2 6.3 1.49 74
1999 26 5 8 .385 6.77 26 16 3 0 0 1 93.0 111 70 70 15 45 3 59 4 0 7 425 68 1.677 10.7 1.5 4.4 5.7 1.31 68

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 12.00 3.0 4 4 4 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 23 1 1.341 9.4 2.6 5.0 1.92 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 Seasons 2 7 .222 6.39 93.0 110 73 66 15 45 60 4 1.667 10.6 5.8 1.33 1.5 26

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