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Brad Bergesen

Bradley Steven Bergesen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 25, 1985 in Fairfield, CA
High School: Foothill HS (Pleasanton, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 21, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 2009
Team: Orioles 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$800k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.147, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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
2004	18	BAL-min	Rk	0	0		7.94	5	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	5	5	1	3	1	6	0	0	0	27		1.765	11.1	1.6	4.8	9.5	2.00	BLD · APPY
2005	19	BAL-min	A-	1	3	.250	4.82	15	15	0	0	0	71.0	89	45	38	5	14	0	54	1	0	3	311		1.451	11.3	0.6	1.8	6.8	3.86	ADN · NYPL
2006	20	BAL-min	A	5	4	.556	4.27	18	14	3	1	0	86.1	97	44	41	6	10	0	49	9	0	5	370		1.239	10.1	0.6	1.0	5.1	4.90	DEL · SALL
2007	21	BAL-min	A,A+	10	9	.526	3.52	25	25	0	2	0	150.2	153	68	59	7	26	0	108	14	2	5	633		1.188	9.1	0.4	1.6	6.5	4.15	DEL,FDK · SALL,CARL
2008	22	BAL-min	AA,A+	16	7	.696	3.10	28	26	0	3	2	165.1	158	65	57	13	33	0	87	4	0	5	676		1.155	8.6	0.7	1.8	4.7	2.64	BOW,FDK · EL,CARL
2009	23	BAL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.45	2	2	0	0	0	11.0	6	4	3	0	3	0	9	2	0	0	45		0.818	4.9	0.0	2.5	7.4	3.00	NFK · IL
2009	23	BAL	AL	7	5	.583	3.43	19	19	0	1	0	123.1	126	52	47	11	32	4	65	5	0	2	519	133	1.281	9.2	0.8	2.3	4.7	2.03
2010	24	BAL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.30	3	3	0	0	0	14.2	17	7	7	2	3	0	10	0	0	0	65		1.364	10.4	1.2	1.8	6.1	3.33	NFK · IL
2010	24	BAL	AL	8	12	.400	4.98	30	28	1	2	0	170.0	193	104	94	26	51	4	81	7	3	0	746	83	1.435	10.2	1.4	2.7	4.3	1.59
2011	25	BAL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.64	3	3	0	1	1	22.0	14	4	4	1	8	0	18	0	0	0	88		1.000	5.7	0.4	3.3	7.4	2.25	NFK · IL
2011	25	BAL	AL	2	7	.222	5.70	34	12	3	1	1	101.0	119	73	64	16	32	3	61	3	0	2	451	73	1.495	10.6	1.4	2.9	5.4	1.91
2012	26	BAL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.96	10	8	0	0	0	45.1	57	29	25	7	16	1	22	1	0	0	204		1.610	11.3	1.4	3.2	4.4	1.38	NFK · IL
3 Yrs				17	24	.415	4.68	83	59	4	4	1	394.1	438	229	205	53	115	11	207	15	3	4	1716	92	1.402	10.0	1.2	2.6	4.7	1.80
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.415	4.68	40	28	2	2	0	189	210	110	98	25	55	5	99	7	1	2	822	92	1.402	10.0	1.2	2.6	4.7	1.80

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
2009	23	BAL	AL	123.1	19	19	52	3.79	4.78	-0.13	0.19	102.5	5.22	19	2.0		-0.1	3.0	35	.604	.512	$
2010	24	BAL	AL	170.0	30	28	104	5.51	4.53	-0.19	0.15	100.0	4.87	-13	-1.3	.1	-0.1	0.1	7	.455	.492	$405,000
2011	25	BAL	AL	101.0	34	12	73	6.50	4.68	-0.13	-0.03	98.8	4.73	-20	-2.0	.3	0.1	-0.9	-8	.441	.488	$434,000
3 Seasons				394.1	83	59	229	5.23	4.65	-0.15	0.12	100.5	4.94	-15	-1.4	.2	-0.0	2.2	34	.483	.497	$839,000

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
2009	23	BAL	AL	19	519	475	52	126	30	0	11	1	3	32	65	.265	.316	.398	.714	.285	189	12	5	3	4	4	7
2010	24	BAL	AL	30	746	678	104	193	53	4	26	9	3	51	81	.285	.339	.490	.828	.290	332	15	7	5	5	4	11
2011	25	BAL	AL	34	451	413	73	119	35	3	16	4	4	32	61	.288	.341	.504	.845	.304	208	7	3	0	3	3	8
3 Yrs				83	1716	1566	229	438	118	7	53	14	10	115	207	.280	.333	.466	.798	.292	729	34	15	8	12	11	26
162 Game Avg.				40	822	750	110	210	57	3	25	7	5	55	99	.280	.333	.466	.798	.292	349	16	7	4	6	5	12
MLB Averages																.258	.326	.407	.733	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
2009	23	BAL	AL	14.7	1.5	525	1.1	9.1	-8.0	.97	1.5	-0.4	14.9	1.5	0.97	16.1	0	0
2010	24	BAL	AL	-15.9	-1.6	763	-0.7	12.6	-13.4	.96	-2.3	1.5	-22.0	-2.1	0.96	-22.9	0	2
2011	25	BAL	AL	-18.8	-1.8	464	-1.9	4.9	-6.8	.66	-2.3	-0.5	-26.9	-2.6	0.66	-20.9	1	21
3 Yrs				-20.1	-1.9	1752	-1.5	26.7	-28.1	.89	-3.0	1.4	-34.0	-3.2	0.89	-27.7	1	23

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
2009	23	BAL	AL	19	19	7	5	7	1	3	10	9	.526	3	2	1	0	13	68%	52.2	78	24	12	4	0	11	5.4	4.9	6.5	98	0	10	9	0	113
2010	24	BAL	AL	30	28	8	12	8	2	3	11	17	.393	4	3	2	0	12	43%	45.3	81	15	26	7	0	14	3.9	3.6	6.0	92	6	10	12	0	114
2011	25	BAL	AL	34	12	2	7	3	0	0	2	10	.167	2	3	1	1	3	25%	41.5	83	17	16	1	1	5	3.8	3.5	5.2	89	2	7	3	0	103
3 Yrs				83	59	17	24	18	3	6	23	36	.390	9	8	4	1	28	47%	47	83	15	54	12	1	30	4.4	4.0	6.0	94	8	27	24	0	114
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	100	-8					4.5	4.5	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	24	BAL	AL	30	2	1	1	0	0%	7	.964	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	5.0	14
2011	25	BAL	AL	34	22	3	8	4	50%	6	.664	1	21	1	21	4	18	12	5	12	1	5.3	27
2 Yrs				64	24	4	9	4	44%		.851	1	23	1	23	5	19	14	5	14	1	5.3	26

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%
2009	23	BAL	AL	519	50%	2.1%	12.5%	6.2%	7.9%	33%	1.02	1.50	78%	18%	6.0%	10%	87	12	14%
2010	24	BAL	AL	746	48%	3.5%	10.9%	6.8%	11.1%	43%	0.98	1.37	77%	16%	9.6%	10%	122	15	12%
2011	25	BAL	AL	451	47%	3.6%	13.5%	7.1%	12.0%	45%	0.71	1.05	75%	17%	8.6%	10%	76	7	9%
3 Yrs				1716	49%	3.1%	12.1%	6.7%	10.4%	41%	0.91	1.32	77%	17%	8.3%	10%	285	34	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.4%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

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
2009	23	BAL	AL	519	1864	3.59	1207	65%	27%	11%	27%	35%	73%	2%	47%	85%	61%	5%	26	13	24%	124	74	9	18%	14	9	0	0	0
2010	24	BAL	AL	747	2610	3.49	1668	64%	29%	9%	25%	36%	71%	1%	45%	87%	63%	4%	27	16	19%	139	73	14	28%	13	7	-1	0	0
2011	25	BAL	AL	452	1660	3.67	1069	64%	27%	11%	29%	33%	73%	2%	47%	85%	65%	4%	18	8	21%	96	39	5	25%	8	7	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				1718	6134	3.57	3944	64%	28%	10%	27%	35%	72%	2%	46%	86%	63%	4%	71	37	21%	359	186	28	24%	35	23	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

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
2009	23	BAL	AL	519	126	11	1	11	0	8	6	5	6	5	25	14	3	56%	7	2	0	182	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0
2010	24	BAL	AL	746	193	19	2	26	0	16	13	13	15	11	39	21	2	54%	11	0	1	260	9	3	75%	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2011	25	BAL	AL	451	119	11	0	16	1	9	9	7	8	8	22	14	3	64%	8	2	0	161	4	4	50%	4	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	0
3 Yrs				1716	438	41	3	53	1	33	28	25	29	24	86	49	8	57%	26	4	1	603	14	10	58%	14	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	27	0
MLB Averages																		52%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
2009	23	7	5	.583	3.43	19	19	0	1	0	123.1	126	52	47	11	32	4	65	5	0	2	519	133	1.281	9.2	0.8	2.3	4.7	2.03	133
2010	24	15	17	.469	4.33	49	47	1	3	0	293.1	319	156	141	37	83	8	146	12	3	2	1265	100	1.370	9.8	1.1	2.5	4.5	1.76	100
2011	25	17	24	.415	4.68	83	59	4	4	1	394.1	438	229	205	53	115	11	207	15	3	4	1716	92	1.402	10.0	1.2	2.6	4.7	1.80	92

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2009	23	8	5	.615	3.38	120.0	124	50	45	11	31	63	5	1.292	9.3	2.3	4.7	2.03	0.8	19
2010	24	6	12	.333	5.56	162.0	199	111	100	27	53	77	7	1.556	11.1	2.9	4.3	1.45	1.5	30
2011	25	3	7	.300	6.06	98.0	121	73	66	16	33	59	3	1.571	11.1	3.0	5.4	1.79	1.5	34
3 Yrs		17	24	.415	5.00	380.0	444	234	211	54	117	199	15	1.476	10.5		4.7	1.70	1.3	83

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