Brian Bass
Brian Michael Bass
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 6, 1982 in Pinehurst, NC
High School: Robert E. Lee (Montgomery, AL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 6th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 2008
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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
2008 26 TOT AL 4 4 .500 4.84 49 4 14 0 0 1 89.1 98 55 48 12 31 4 45 5 0 6 388 88 1.444 9.9 1.2 3.1 4.5 1.45
2008 26 MIN AL 3 4 .429 4.87 44 0 14 0 0 1 68.1 84 42 37 11 22 3 32 3 0 4 303 86 1.551 11.1 1.4 2.9 4.2 1.45
2008 26 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 4.71 5 4 0 0 0 0 21.0 14 13 11 1 9 1 13 2 0 2 85 94 1.095 6.0 0.4 3.9 5.6 1.44
2009 27 BAL AL 5 3 .625 4.90 48 0 13 0 0 0 86.1 106 52 47 11 44 5 54 5 0 6 400 92 1.737 11.1 1.1 4.6 5.6 1.23
2 Seasons 9 7 .563 4.87 97 4 27 0 0 1 175.2 204 107 95 23 75 9 99 10 0 12 788 90 1.588 10.5 1.2 3.8 5.1 1.32
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .563 4.87 65 3 18 0 0 1 118 137 72 64 15 50 6 67 7 0 8 531 90 1.588 10.5 1.2 3.8 5.1 1.32
BAL (2 yrs) 6 3 .667 4.86 53 4 13 0 0 0 107.1 120 65 58 12 53 6 67 7 0 8 485 92 1.612 10.1 1.0 4.4 5.6 1.26
MIN (1 yr) 3 4 .429 4.87 44 0 14 0 0 1 68.1 84 42 37 11 22 3 32 3 0 4 303 86 1.551 11.1 1.4 2.9 4.2 1.45

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
2008 26 BAL AL 5 85 73 13 14 1 1 1 0 0 9 13 .192 .298 .274 .572 .220 20 2 2 1 0 1
2008 26 MIN AL 44 303 277 42 84 14 4 11 1 2 22 32 .303 .360 .502 .862 .311 139 13 3 0 1 3
2008 26 TOT AL 49 388 350 55 98 15 5 12 1 2 31 45 .280 .346 .454 .801 .293 159 15 5 1 1 4
2009 27 BAL AL 48 400 346 52 106 16 1 11 5 5 44 54 .306 .390 .454 .844 .336 157 10 5 3 2 5
2 Seasons 97 788 696 107 204 31 6 23 6 7 75 99 .293 .369 .454 .823 .314 316 25 10 4 3 9
162 Game Avg. 65 531 469 72 137 21 4 15 4 5 50 67 .293 .369 .454 .823 .314 213 17 7 3 2 6
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
2008 26 TOT AL 49 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 66 31 31 13 0 2 4.8 5.5 4.8 70 4 0 0 0 77
2008 26 BAL AL 5 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 50 66 31 9 8 0 2 4.8 5.5 4.8 70 4 0 0 0 77
1 Season 5 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 1 25% 50 66 31 9 8 0 2 4.8 5.5 4.8 70 4 0 0 0 77
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
2008 26 TOT AL 49 45 14 3 4 2 1 1 50% 5 3 42 12 29% 0.642 7 16 22 14 6 25 22 23 26 10 26 6 4.7 23
2008 26 MIN AL 44 44 14 3 4 2 1 1 50% 5 3 39 11 28% 7 0.515 6 16 22 14 5 25 21 23 25 10 25 6 4.7 23
2008 26 BAL AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 1.097 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0 22
2009 27 BAL AL 48 48 13 5 3 0 0 0 3 1 24 5 21% 5 0.752 7 10 29 7 4 37 16 32 31 10 33 2 5.4 31
2 Seasons 97 93 27 8 7 2 1 1 50% 8 4 66 17 26% 0.698 14 26 51 21 10 62 38 55 57 20 59 8 5.0 27

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%
2008 26 TOT AL 388 44% 3.1% 11.6% 8.0% 8.3% 33% 1.39 2.16 76% 15% 10.2% 8% 92 15 16%
2008 26 MIN AL 303 38% 3.6% 10.6% 7.3% 9.6% 35% 1.48 2.49 78% 14% 12.4% 10% 75 13 17%
2008 26 BAL AL 85 65% 1.2% 15.3% 10.6% 3.5% 21% 1.07 1.38 69% 16% 3.4% 0% 17 2 12%
2009 27 BAL AL 400 48% 2.8% 13.5% 11.0% 7.0% 26% 1.62 2.33 71% 17% 10.5% 6% 97 10 10%
2 Seasons 788 46% 2.9% 12.6% 9.5% 7.6% 29% 1.50 2.24 73% 16% 10.3% 7% 189 25 13%
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
2008 26 TOT AL 388 1322 3.41 806 61% 25% 12% 26% 38% 75% 3% 46% 85% 55% 6% 22 9 15% 58 20 3 22% 5 9 0 0 0
2008 26 MIN AL 303 1022 3.37 626 61% 23% 12% 25% 39% 77% 3% 47% 84% 55% 5% 16 7 15% 46 14 3 25% 3 6 0 0 0
2008 26 BAL AL 85 300 3.53 180 60% 29% 10% 27% 34% 71% 1% 43% 86% 54% 7% 6 2 14% 12 6 0 15% 2 3 0 0 0
2009 27 BAL AL 400 1478 3.70 881 60% 26% 15% 25% 34% 74% 3% 44% 80% 54% 8% 32 15 18% 71 45 3 22% 12 12 0 0 0
2 Seasons 788 2800 3.55 1687 60% 25% 13% 26% 36% 75% 3% 45% 82% 54% 7% 54 24 16% 129 65 6 22% 17 21 0 0 0
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
2008 26 TOT AL 388 98 6 0 12 0 20 8 4 7 5 34 18 4 53% 6 6 0 153 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2008 26 MIN AL 303 84 5 0 11 0 17 8 3 6 5 28 14 4 50% 6 4 0 129 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
2008 26 BAL AL 85 14 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 67% 0 2 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 27 BAL AL 400 106 16 0 11 0 18 4 7 9 2 33 16 5 48% 4 6 0 167 5 5 50% 4 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 10 0
2 Seasons 788 204 22 0 23 0 38 12 11 16 7 67 34 9 51% 10 12 0 320 6 7 46% 5 6 1 0 0 1 4 2 16 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+
2008 26 4 4 .500 4.84 49 4 14 0 0 1 89.1 98 55 48 12 31 4 45 5 0 6 388 88 1.444 9.9 1.2 3.1 4.5 1.45 88
2009 27 9 7 .563 4.87 97 4 27 0 0 1 175.2 204 107 95 23 75 9 99 10 0 12 788 90 1.588 10.5 1.2 3.8 5.1 1.32 90

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
2008 26 3 6 .333 5.25 84.0 99 54 49 12 31 42 5 1.548 10.6 3.3 4.5 1.35 1.3 49
2009 27 4 5 .444 4.88 83.0 104 50 45 11 43 52 5 1.771 11.3 4.7 5.6 1.21 1.2 48
2 Seasons 7 11 .389 5.07 167.0 203 104 94 23 74 94 10 1.659 10.9 5.1 1.27 1.2 97

* 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.

Similarity Scores

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