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
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 31 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 80 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 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 Awards
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% 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 .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 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 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 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 69
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 75 1.547 9.7 1.1 4.2 6.3 1.49 75
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 69 1.677 10.7 1.5 4.4 5.7 1.31 69

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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

* 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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