Brandon Berger

Brandon Charles Berger

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 21, 1975 in Covington, KY
High School: Beechwood HS (Ft. Mitchell, KY)
School: Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, KY)
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
Team: Royals 2001-2004

Final Game: June 13, 2004
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Standard Batting

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
1996	21	KCR-min	A-	71	320	283	46	87	12	1	13	58	17	5	31	64	.307	.376	.495	.871		140	7	2	1	3	0		SPO · NORW
1997	22	KCR-min	A	107	446	393	64	115	22	6	12	73	13	1	42	79	.293	.368	.471	.838		185	8	7	0	4	1		LNS · MIDW
1998	23	KCR-min	A+	110	408	338	53	75	18	3	8	50	13	3	53	94	.222	.332	.364	.696		123	11	5	7	5	1		WMT · CARL
1999	24	KCR-min	A+	119	515	450	73	132	27	4	16	73	29	7	45	93	.293	.363	.478	.841		215	3	8	6	6	0		WMT · CARL
2000	25	KCR-min	A+,AA	129	540	465	72	122	20	4	18	79	18	5	47	98	.262	.351	.439	.790		204	10	19	5	4	2		WMT,WCH · CARL,TL
2001	26	KCR-min	AA	120	515	454	98	140	28	3	40	118	14	6	43	91	.308	.383	.648	1.031		294	9	14	1	3	2		WCH · TL
2001	26	KCR	AL	6	18	16	4	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	.313	.389	.875	1.264	213	14	0	0	0	0	0	/7D
2002	27	KCR-min	AAA	68	292	261	34	76	16	1	13	47	11	2	25	43	.291	.363	.510	.873		133	4	5	0	1	0		OMA · PCL
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-min	AAA	62	267	226	43	61	16	3	12	53	6	1	31	58	.270	.367	.527	.894		119	5	6	0	4	1		OMA · PCL
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-min	AA,AAA	109	476	413	67	109	27	2	26	87	4	3	53	62	.264	.349	.528	.877		218	11	4	0	6	1		WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2004	29	KCR	AL	11	36	35	5	7	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	7	.200	.200	.257	.457	18	9	1	0	1	0	0	7/9
2005	30	STL-min	AAA	109	338	300	48	70	13	0	19	57	3	2	30	58	.233	.309	.467	.775		140	4	4	1	3	1		MEM · PCL
4 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2001	26	KCR	AL	6	18	2	0	0	-0	-0	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.530	.501	0.3	-0.0	3	$	/7D
2002	27	KCR	AL	51	145	-9	-0	-0	0	-3	-12	-1.1	5	-7	-0.7	.477	.493	-0.7	-0.2	-7	$202,000	97D/83
2003	28	KCR	AL	13	38	-3	0	0	-2	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.460	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$304,000	9/D
2004	29	KCR	AL	11	36	-4	-0	0	-2	-0	-7	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.442	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	7/9
4 Seasons				81	237	-13	-0	-0	-4	-4	-22	-2.1	8	-14	-1.4	.473	.497	-0.9	-0.7	-10	$506,000

Advanced Batting

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	112	.250	.313	.274	.389	.342	.875	.440	1.264	.782	213	.874	2.5	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	110	.250	.200	.272	.200	.340	.257	.436	.457	.776	18	.036	-4.3	-0.4	.300	.057	.057	.0
4 Yrs				237	178	23	3.5	113	.230	.212	.275	.268	.343	.378	.442	.646	.785	64	.338	-13.0	-1.2	.571	.240	.166	3.2
162 Game Avg.				474	356	46	3.5	113	.230	.212	.275	.268	.343	.378	.442	.646	.785	64	.338	-13.0	-1.2	.571	.240	.166	6

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				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					2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	1.97	5.3	31.4	7.6	0.78	1.07	70%	21%	8.2%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2001	26	KCR	AL	2.4	0.2	18	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.84	0.3	-0.4	1.6	0.1	0.78	3.0		0
2002	27	KCR	AL	-8.5	-0.8	147	-1.1	1.6	-2.7	.91	-1.1	-0.2	-9.1	-0.8	0.91	-10.3	0.90	7
2003	28	KCR	AL	-2.7	-0.2	38	-0.1	0.4	-0.6	.83	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.91	-2.2	0.03	2
2004	29	KCR	AL	-4.4	-0.4	38	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	1.04	-0.4	0.0	-5.3	-0.5	1.01	-4.7		0
4 Yrs				-13.1	-1.3	241	-1.7	2.7	-4.5	.92	-1.4	-0.5	-13.6	-1.3	0.92	-14.2	0.71	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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	7	0	0	0	0.90	6	0	5	3	3	5	1	0	0	0		17	2	12%	11	2	18%	89	11	12%	9	4	44%	8	5	63%	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%	2	1	50%	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%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				237	49%	46	7	0	9	1	0	0	0.71	8	0	6	3	5	6	2	0	2	2	100%	35	3	9%	21	5	24%	133	16	12%	12	6	50%	11	7	64%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			71%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 Yrs				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						3.73		62%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	29%	5%			15%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

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	213	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	142	132	14	25	5	1	6	15	1	7	32	.189	.239	.379	.618	11	51
2003	28	13	36	31	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	.194	.286	.194	.479	2	13
2004	29	11	36	35	6	7	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	.200	.200	.257	.457	2	11
4 Yrs		81	232	214	27	43	8	2	8	22	2	13	45	.201	.252	.369	.621	20	81
162 Game Avg.		162	464	428	54	86	16	4	16	44	4	26	90	.201	.252	.369	.621	40	81

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