Nick Bierbrodt

Nicholas Raymond Bierbrodt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 16, 1978 in Tarzana, CA
High School: Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted
by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 2001
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Diamondbacks/Indians/Rangers 2001-2004

Final Game: July 6, 2004
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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
2001 23 TOT MLB 5 6 .455 5.55 16 16 0 0 0 0 84.1 100 59 52 17 39 1 73 4 0 3 389 82 1.648 10.7 1.8 4.2 7.8 1.87
2001 23 ARI NL 2 2 .500 8.22 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.0 29 21 21 6 12 0 17 0 0 0 108 58 1.783 11.3 2.3 4.7 6.7 1.42
2001 23 TBD AL 3 4 .429 4.55 11 11 0 0 0 0 61.1 71 38 31 11 27 1 56 4 0 3 281 98 1.598 10.4 1.6 4.0 8.2 2.07
2003 25 TOT AL 0 2 .000 9.14 18 5 4 0 0 0 43.1 64 47 44 9 27 3 29 5 1 4 223 49 2.100 13.3 1.9 5.6 6.0 1.07
2003 25 TBD AL 0 2 .000 9.68 13 5 1 0 0 0 35.1 59 41 38 9 23 3 20 5 1 4 190 46 2.321 15.0 2.3 5.9 5.1 0.87
2003 25 CLE AL 0 0 6.75 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 5 6 6 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 33 68 1.125 5.6 0.0 4.5 10.1 2.25
2004 26 TEX AL 1 1 .500 5.82 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.0 14 11 11 4 19 0 10 2 0 2 81 88 1.941 7.4 2.1 10.1 5.3 0.53
3 Yrs 6 9 .400 6.66 38 25 4 0 0 0 144.2 178 117 107 30 85 4 112 11 1 9 693 69 1.818 11.1 1.9 5.3 7.0 1.32
162 Game Avg. 6 10 .400 6.66 41 27 4 0 0 0 156 192 126 115 32 92 4 121 12 1 10 748 69 1.818 11.1 1.9 5.3 7.0 1.32
TBD (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 6.42 24 16 1 0 0 0 96.2 130 79 69 20 50 4 76 9 1 7 471 69 1.862 12.1 1.9 4.7 7.1 1.52
ARI (1 yr) 2 2 .500 8.22 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.0 29 21 21 6 12 0 17 0 0 0 108 58 1.783 11.3 2.3 4.7 6.7 1.42
TEX (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.82 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.0 14 11 11 4 19 0 10 2 0 2 81 88 1.941 7.4 2.1 10.1 5.3 0.53
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 5 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 5 6 6 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 33 68 1.125 5.6 0.0 4.5 10.1 2.25
AL (3 yrs) 4 7 .364 6.36 33 20 4 0 0 0 121.2 149 96 86 24 73 4 95 11 1 9 585 72 1.825 11.0 1.8 5.4 7.0 1.30
NL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 8.22 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.0 29 21 21 6 12 0 17 0 0 0 108 58 1.783 11.3 2.3 4.7 6.7 1.42

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
2001 23 ARI NL 23.0 5 5 21 8.22 5.06 0.36 0.19 122.1 5.97 -6 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .395 .497 $200,000
2001 23 TBD AL 61.1 11 11 38 5.58 5.03 -0.17 0.19 100.2 5.40 -2 -0.1 -0.0 0.4 7 .487 .499 $
2003 25 TBD AL 35.1 13 5 41 10.44 4.83 0.18 -0.12 97.8 4.42 -24 -2.0 .6 0.2 -1.5 -19 .347 .488 $300,000
2003 25 CLE AL 8.0 5 0 6 6.75 4.75 0.13 -0.35 106.0 4.52 -2 -0.2 .1 0.1 0.0 -1 .463 .499 $
2004 26 TEX AL 17.0 4 4 11 5.82 4.80 -0.19 0.18 100.5 5.19 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .468 .499 $
3 Seasons 144.2 38 25 117 7.28 4.94 0.01 0.08 103.4 5.18 -34 -3.0 .4 0.2 -1.5 -16 .422 .496 $500,000
TBD (2 yrs) 96.2 24 16 79 7.36 4.96 -0.04 0.08 99.3 5.05 -25 -2.1 .6 0.1 -1.1 -13 .411 .493 $300,000
ARI (1 yr) 23.0 5 5 21 8.22 5.06 0.36 0.19 122.1 5.97 -6 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .395 .497 $200,000
TEX (1 yr) 17.0 4 4 11 5.82 4.80 -0.19 0.18 100.5 5.19 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 1 .468 .499 $
CLE (1 yr) 8.0 5 0 6 6.75 4.75 0.13 -0.35 106.0 4.52 -2 -0.2 .1 0.1 0.0 -1 .463 .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
2001 23 TBD AL 11 281 249 38 71 12 2 11 5 2 27 56 .285 .363 .482 .845 .328 120 5 4 0 1 1 6
2001 23 ARI NL 5 108 95 21 29 6 0 6 2 2 12 17 .305 .380 .558 .938 .315 53 1 0 0 1 0 2
2001 23 TOT MLB 16 389 344 59 100 18 2 17 7 4 39 73 .291 .368 .503 .871 .324 173 6 4 0 2 1 8
2003 25 TOT AL 18 223 184 47 64 16 1 9 5 1 27 29 .348 .434 .592 1.027 .364 109 4 5 2 5 3 2
2003 25 CLE AL 5 33 27 6 5 2 1 0 1 0 4 9 .185 .273 .333 .606 .250 9 0 0 0 2 0 0
2003 25 TBD AL 13 190 157 41 59 14 0 9 4 1 23 20 .376 .463 .637 1.100 .382 100 4 5 2 3 3 2
2004 26 TEX AL 4 81 57 11 14 0 0 4 1 2 19 10 .246 .443 .456 .899 .227 26 3 2 2 1 0 0
3 Yrs 38 693 585 117 178 34 3 30 13 7 85 112 .304 .398 .526 .924 .328 308 13 11 4 8 4 10
162 Game Avg. 41 748 631 126 192 37 3 32 14 8 92 121 .304 .398 .526 .924 .328 332 14 12 4 9 4 11
MLB Averages .264 .333 .423 .756 .295

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2001 23 TOT MLB -9.7 -0.9 403 -0.9 6.4 -7.3 .95 -1.6 0.7 -12.2 -1.1 0.95 -16.8 0 0 0
2001 23 ARI NL -7.5 -0.7 112 -0.6 1.2 -1.8 .72 -0.7 -0.1 -7.4 -0.7 0.72 -7.6 0 0 0
2001 23 TBD AL -2.2 -0.2 291 -0.3 5.3 -5.5 1.04 -0.9 0.6 -4.8 -0.5 1.04 -9.2 0 0 0
2003 25 TOT AL -22.8 -2.0 232 -2.4 1.8 -4.2 .62 -2.1 -1.7 -28.7 -2.5 0.62 -23.2 0 4 9
2003 25 TBD AL -21.1 -1.9 197 -2.4 1.8 -4.2 .72 -2.2 -1.1 -27.2 -2.4 0.72 -24.0 0 4 4
2003 25 CLE AL -1.7 -0.2 35 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 0.0 -0.4 -1.5 -0.1 0.05 0.8 0 0 5
2004 26 TEX AL -0.8 -0.1 85 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 1.14 -0.4 0.2 -1.2 -0.1 1.14 -4.2 0 0 0
3 Yrs -33.3 -3.0 720 -3.5 9.7 -13.2 .87 -4.2 0.1 -42.2 -3.8 0.87 -44.2 0 4 9

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
2001 23 TOT MLB 16 16 5 6 5 1 0 8 8 .500 2 2 0 0 6 38% 0.0 77 9 7 1 0 9 6.3 6.5 5.3 97 3 6 6 1 122
2001 23 ARI NL 5 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 .600 0 1 0 0 1 20% 38.4 53 22 0 0 0 4 10.3 13.3 4.6 89 3 0 1 1 122
2001 23 TBD AL 11 11 3 4 4 0 0 5 6 .455 2 1 0 0 5 45% 46.8 77 9 7 1 0 5 4.6 4.3 5.6 100 0 6 5 0 117
2003 25 TOT AL 18 5 0 2 3 0 0 1 4 .200 0 3 0 0 0 0% 27 12 14 2 0 4 5.9 3.9 3.1 70 2 3 0 0 92
2003 25 TBD AL 13 5 0 2 3 0 0 1 4 .200 0 3 0 0 0 0% 21.0 27 12 14 2 0 4 5.9 3.9 3.1 70 2 3 0 0 92
2004 26 TEX AL 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 3 0 0 2 50% 44.5 53 34 5 2 0 3 4.9 2.6 4.3 78 2 2 0 0 95
3 Yrs 33 25 6 9 10 1 0 11 14 .440 2 8 0 0 8 32% 40 77 9 26 5 0 16 6.0 5.5 4.7 88 7 11 6 1 122
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -9 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

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
2003 25 TOT AL 18 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% .619 0 4 9 3 0 10 4 9 9 2 11 0 6.5 39
2003 25 TBD AL 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 2 .718 0 4 4 1 0 7 4 4 6 2 8 0 7.5 45
2003 25 CLE AL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .051 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 4.8 29
1 Yr 18 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% .619 0 4 9 3 0 10 4 9 9 2 11 0 6.5 39

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%
2001 23 TOT MLB 389 19% 4.4% 18.8% 10.0% 9.5% 37% 0.60 0.79 66% 27% 12.3% 13% 83 6 7%
2001 23 ARI NL 108 17% 5.6% 15.7% 11.1% 11.1% 41% 0.74 0.85 68% 25% 15.8% 10% 23 1 4%
2001 23 TBD AL 281 19% 3.9% 19.9% 9.6% 8.9% 35% 0.55 0.76 65% 27% 11.0% 14% 60 5 8%
2003 25 TOT AL 223 30% 4.0% 13.0% 12.1% 11.7% 41% 0.84 0.91 68% 17% 11.1% 7% 49 4 8%
2003 25 TBD AL 190 27% 4.7% 10.5% 12.1% 12.1% 39% 0.92 1.10 69% 15% 13.2% 7% 45 4 9%
2003 25 CLE AL 33 42% 0.0% 27.3% 12.1% 9.1% 60% 0.43 0.25 61% 25% 0.0% 7% 4 0 0%
2004 26 TEX AL 81 23% 4.9% 12.4% 23.5% 4.9% 29% 0.78 1.44 54% 14% 17.4% 15% 18 3 17%
3 Yrs 693 23% 4.3% 16.2% 12.3% 9.7% 38% 0.69 0.89 65% 22% 12.4% 11% 150 13 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.9% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.2% 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
2001 23 TOT MLB 391 1550 3.96 956 62% 23% 15% 34% 29% 77% 1% 47% 81% 55% 7% 26 15 26% 100 71 8 29% 12 10 -2 0 0
2001 23 ARI NL 109 446 4.09 275 62% 21% 15% 36% 29% 79% 0% 49% 81% 53% 6% 6 3 32% 35 29 3 29% 3 3 -1 0 0
2001 23 TBD AL 282 1104 3.91 681 62% 24% 15% 33% 28% 76% 1% 47% 81% 56% 7% 20 12 23% 65 42 5 29% 9 7 -1 0 0
2003 25 TOT AL 223 855 3.83 512 60% 27% 14% 28% 32% 73% 1% 44% 81% 52% 8% 18 10 25% 56 31 3 14% 7 5 0 0 0
2003 25 TBD AL 190 709 3.73 421 59% 28% 13% 26% 34% 72% 1% 43% 82% 53% 8% 16 8 25% 47 26 2 20% 5 5 0 0 0
2003 25 CLE AL 33 146 4.42 91 62% 22% 20% 36% 22% 78% 0% 49% 75% 48% 6% 2 2 27% 9 5 1 0% 2 0 0 0 0
2004 26 TEX AL 81 310 3.83 160 52% 27% 16% 26% 31% 73% 0% 38% 78% 51% 17% 14 7 16% 13 8 2 0% 3 7 0 0 0
3 Yrs 695 2715 3.91 1628 60% 25% 15% 31% 30% 75% 1% 45% 81% 54% 8% 58 32 24% 169 110 13 22% 22 22 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
2001 23 TOT MLB 389 100 8 0 17 0 6 13 4 8 9 18 10 4 56% 8 3 1 168 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 8 0
2001 23 ARI NL 108 29 1 0 6 0 2 4 2 5 1 6 5 0 83% 2 0 0 49 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
2001 23 TBD AL 281 71 7 0 11 0 4 9 2 3 8 12 5 4 42% 6 3 1 119 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
2003 25 TOT AL 223 64 6 0 9 0 5 6 3 4 5 22 12 3 55% 2 4 1 96 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2003 25 TBD AL 190 59 6 0 9 0 5 6 3 4 5 18 9 3 50% 2 4 0 85 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2003 25 CLE AL 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 0 1 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 26 TEX AL 81 14 1 0 4 0 0 3 1 1 3 7 3 0 43% 0 2 0 35 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
3 Yrs 693 178 15 0 30 0 11 22 8 13 17 47 25 7 53% 10 9 2 299 13 7 65% 12 6 1 1 0 0 3 3 23 0
MLB Averages 53% 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+
2001 23 5 6 .455 5.55 16 16 0 0 0 0 84.1 100 59 52 17 39 1 73 4 0 3 389 82 1.648 10.7 1.8 4.2 7.8 1.87 82
2002 24 5 6 .455 5.55 16 16 0 0 0 0 84.1 100 59 52 17 39 1 73 4 0 3 389 82 1.648 10.7 1.8 4.2 7.8 1.87 82
2003 25 5 8 .385 6.77 34 21 4 0 0 0 127.2 164 106 96 26 66 4 102 9 1 7 612 67 1.802 11.6 1.8 4.7 7.2 1.55 67
2004 26 6 9 .400 6.66 38 25 4 0 0 0 144.2 178 117 107 30 85 4 112 11 1 9 693 69 1.818 11.1 1.9 5.3 7.0 1.32 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
2001 23 3 6 .333 5.31 83.0 97 54 49 16 38 72 4 1.627 10.5 4.1 7.8 1.89 1.7 16
2003 25 1 3 .250 9.43 42.0 64 49 44 9 27 28 5 2.167 13.7 5.8 6.0 1.04 1.9 18
2004 26 0 1 .000 5.63 16.0 13 11 10 4 18 9 2 1.938 7.3 10.1 5.1 0.50 2.3 4
3 Yrs 4 10 .286 6.57 141.0 174 114 103 29 83 109 11 1.823 11.1 7.0 1.31 1.9 38

* 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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