Nick Bierbrodt
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 16, 1978 in Tarzana, CA
High School: Millikan (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
Final Game: July 6, 2004
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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
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 57 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 48 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 45 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 65 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 87 1.941 7.4 2.1 10.1 5.3 0.53
3 Seasons 6 9 .400 6.66 38 25 4 0 0 0 144.2 178 117 107 30 85 4 112 11 1 9 693 68 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 68 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 57 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 87 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 65 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 71 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 57 1.783 11.3 2.3 4.7 6.7 1.42

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 38 693 585 117 178 34 3 30 13 7 85 112 .304 .398 .526 .924 .328 308 13 11 4 8 4
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
MLB Averages

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
2001 23 TOT MLB 16 16 5 6 5 1 0 8 8 .500 2 2 0 0 6 38% 44 77 9 7 1 0 9 6.3 6.5 5.3 97 3 6 6 1 120
2001 23 ARI NL 5 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 .600 0 1 0 0 1 20% 38 53 22 0 0 0 4 10.3 13.3 4.6 89 3 0 1 1 120
2001 23 TBD AL 11 11 3 4 4 0 0 5 6 .455 2 1 0 0 5 45% 47 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 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% 45 53 34 5 2 0 3 4.9 2.6 4.3 78 2 2 0 0 95
3 Seasons 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 1 120
MLB Averages

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
2003 25 TOT AL 18 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 0.626 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 0.724 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 0.061 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 5 3 0 3 0 4.8 29
1 Season 18 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 0.626 0 4 9 3 0 10 4 9 9 2 11 0 6.5 39

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%
2001 23 TOT MLB 389 81% 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 83% 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 81% 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 70% 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 73% 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 58% 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 77% 4.9% 12.4% 23.5% 4.9% 29% 0.78 1.44 54% 14% 17.4% 15% 18 3 17%
3 Seasons 693 77% 4.3% 16.2% 12.3% 9.7% 38% 0.69 0.89 65% 22% 12.4% 11% 150 13 9%
MLB Averages

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
2001 23 TOT MLB 389 1547 3.98 953 62% 23% 14% 34% 29% 77% 1% 47% 81% 55% 7% 26 15 26% 100 71 8 29% 12 10 0 0 0
2001 23 ARI NL 108 444 4.11 273 61% 21% 14% 36% 29% 79% 0% 49% 82% 53% 6% 6 3 32% 35 29 3 29% 3 3 0 0 0
2001 23 TBD AL 281 1103 3.93 680 62% 24% 15% 33% 29% 76% 1% 47% 81% 56% 7% 20 12 23% 65 42 5 29% 9 7 0 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 Seasons 693 2712 3.91 1625 60% 25% 15% 31% 30% 75% 1% 45% 81% 53% 8% 58 32 24% 169 110 13 22% 22 22 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
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 Seasons 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

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+
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 66 1.802 11.6 1.8 4.7 7.2 1.55 66
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 68 1.818 11.1 1.9 5.3 7.0 1.32 68

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
2001 23 3 6 .333 5.38 82.0 99 54 49 17 39 71 4 1.683 10.9 4.3 7.8 1.82 1.9 16
2003 25 1 3 .250 9.43 42.0 65 49 44 9 27 28 5 2.190 13.9 5.8 6.0 1.04 1.9 18
2004 26 0 1 .000 5.62 16.0 13 11 10 4 18 9 2 1.938 7.3 10.1 5.1 0.50 2.3 4
3 Seasons 4 10 .286 6.62 140.0 177 114 103 30 84 108 11 1.864 11.4 6.9 1.29 1.9 38

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