Brandon Berger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 21, 1975 in Covington, KY
High School: Beechwood (Fort Mitchell, KY)
School: Eastern Kentucky University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 2001
Final Game: June 13, 2004
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2001 26 KCR AL 6 18 16 4 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 .313 .389 .875 1.264 211 14 0 0 0 0 0 /7D
2002 27 KCR AL 51 145 134 16 27 5 1 6 17 1 0 8 32 .201 .255 .388 .643 62 52 2 2 0 1 2 97D/83
2003 28 KCR AL 13 38 32 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 4 .219 .324 .219 .543 44 7 0 0 1 0 0 9/D
2004 29 KCR AL 11 36 35 5 7 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 .200 .200 .257 .457 17 9 1 0 1 0 0 7/9
4 Seasons 81 237 217 28 46 8 2 8 24 2 1 15 45 .212 .268 .378 .646 64 82 3 2 2 1 2
162 Game Avg. 162 474 434 56 92 16 4 16 48 4 2 30 90 .212 .268 .378 .646 64 164 6 4 4 2 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2001 26 KCR AL 18 11 6 14.6 113 .250 .313 .275 .389 .343 .875 .442 1.264 .785 211 .874 2.4 0.2 1.455 .688 .563 .0
2002 27 KCR AL 145 110 13 3.2 114 .216 .201 .276 .255 .344 .388 .443 .643 .788 62 .306 -8.5 -0.8 .578 .254 .187 1.7
2003 28 KCR AL 38 26 3 3.1 113 .250 .219 .276 .324 .343 .219 .441 .543 .784 44 .290 -2.7 -0.2 .480 .156 .000
2004 29 KCR AL 36 31 1 0.9 111 .250 .200 .273 .200 .341 .257 .438 .457 .779 17 .036 -4.4 -0.4 .300 .057 .057 .0
4 Seasons 237 178 23 3.5 113 .230 .212 .275 .268 .344 .378 .442 .646 .786 64 .338 -13.1 -1.3 .571 .240 .166 3.2
162 Game Avg. 474 356 46 3.5 113 .230 .212 .275 .268 .344 .378 .442 .646 .786 64 .338 -13.1 -1.3 .571 .240 .166 6

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2001 26 KCR AL 18 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 80% 1.00 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.20 0.29 67% 21% 28.6% 30%
2002 27 KCR AL 145 4.1% 22.1% 5.5% 8.3% 44% 4.00 4.2 22.3 7.9 0.62 0.70 67% 16% 14.6% 32%
2003 28 KCR AL 38 0.0% 10.5% 13.2% 0.0% 0% 0.80 8.0 10.7 1.55 1.30 74% 17% 0.0% 9%
2004 29 KCR AL 36 0.0% 19.4% 0.0% 5.6% 29% 5.0 17.5 0.56 0.69 78% 28% 0.0% 17%
4 Seasons 237 3.4% 19.0% 6.3% 7.6% 39% 3.00 4.8 27.1 9.0 0.67 0.74 70% 18% 11.0% 26%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 26 KCR AL 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 27 KCR AL 1 0 32% 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 57% 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
2003 28 KCR AL 0 0 25% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
2004 29 KCR AL 1 0 71% 15 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
4 Seasons 2 0 36% 70 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 56% 8 6 2 2 1 1 6 0 6
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2001 26 KCR AL 18 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 27 KCR AL 145 41% 27 3 0 6 0 0 0 0.88 6 0 5 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 17 2 12% 11 2 18% 89 11 12% 9 4 44% 14 6 43% 0
2003 28 KCR AL 38 71% 7 2 0 2 1 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 4 1 25% 19 3 16% 2 2 100% 3 2 67% 0
2004 29 KCR AL 36 53% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 6 2 33% 23 2 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 237 49% 46 7 0 8 1 0 0 0.67 8 0 6 3 5 6 2 0 2 2 100% 35 3 9% 21 5 24% 133 16 12% 12 6 50% 17 8 47% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2001 26 KCR AL 18 83 4.61 51 61% 29% 10% 33% 27% 71% 0% 43% 86% 17% 0% 0 0 17% 3 2 22% 4 1 50% 0 0 0
2002 27 KCR AL 145 589 4.06 383 65% 36% 14% 24% 27% 64% 3% 42% 79% 13% 8% 11 1 13% 19 0 11% 16 9 19% 0 0 0
2003 28 KCR AL 38 137 3.61 92 67% 30% 9% 29% 32% 70% 0% 47% 88% 26% 5% 2 0 13% 5 3 3% 1 0 50% 0 0 0
2004 29 KCR AL 36 121 3.36 85 70% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 0% 50% 83% 22% 0% 0 0 8% 3 2 6% 2 1 14% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 237 930 3.92 611 66% 33% 12% 26% 29% 67% 2% 44% 81% 17% 5% 13 1 13% 30 7 10% 23 11 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2001 26 6 18 16 4 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 .313 .389 .875 1.264 211 14 0 0 0 0 0
2002 27 57 163 150 20 32 6 2 8 19 1 0 10 34 .213 .270 .440 .710 78 66 2 2 0 1 2
2003 28 70 201 182 23 39 6 2 8 22 1 0 15 38 .214 .280 .401 .681 72 73 2 2 1 1 2
2004 29 81 237 217 28 46 8 2 8 24 2 1 15 45 .212 .268 .378 .646 64 82 3 2 2 1 2

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 26 6 18 16 4 5 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 .313 .389 .875 1.264 5 6
2002 27 51 144 133 14 26 5 1 6 15 1 8 32 .195 .250 .383 .633 12 51
2003 28 13 39 33 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 6 4 .242 .359 .242 .601 3 13
2004 29 11 35 35 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 11
4 Seasons 81 236 217 25 39 6 2 8 21 2 16 45 .180 .242 .336 .578 21 81
162 Game Avg. 162 472 434 50 78 12 4 16 42 4 32 90 .180 .242 .336 .578 42 81

* 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.

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