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Brian Bixler

Brian Joseph Bixler

Positions: Shortstop, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 22, 1982 in Sandusky, OH
High School: Perkins HS (Sandusky, OH)
School: Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2008
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Pirates/Astros 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.126, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2008 25 PIT NL 50 120 108 16 17 2 1 0 2 1 0 6 36 .157 .229 .194 .423 15 21 1 4 2 0 2 6
2009 26 PIT NL 18 46 44 5 10 5 0 0 3 1 0 2 26 .227 .261 .341 .602 59 15 0 0 0 0 0 6/48
2011 28 WSN NL 79 94 83 9 17 1 2 0 2 4 3 7 19 .205 .267 .265 .532 47 22 1 0 4 0 3 75/9836D
2012 29 HOU NL 6 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4579
4 Yrs 153 268 242 32 45 8 3 0 7 6 3 16 84 .186 .248 .244 .492 34 59 2 4 6 0 5
162 Game Avg. 162 284 256 34 48 8 3 0 7 6 3 17 89 .186 .248 .244 .492 34 62 2 4 6 0 5
PIT (2 yrs) 68 166 152 21 27 7 1 0 5 2 0 8 62 .178 .238 .237 .475 28 36 1 4 2 0 2
WSN (1 yr) 79 94 83 9 17 1 2 0 2 4 3 7 19 .205 .267 .265 .532 47 22 1 0 4 0 3
HOU (1 yr) 6 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393 12 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
2008 25 PIT NL 50 120 -12 0 1 -1 1 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.8 .479 .493 -0.6 0.0 -6 $ 6
2009 26 PIT NL 18 46 -3 1 0 -3 1 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .475 .497 0.0 -0.2 -0 $ 6/48
2011 28 WSN NL 79 94 -6 -2 1 3 -1 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.3 .492 .496 -0.7 0.2 -6 $ 75/9836D
2012 29 HOU NL 6 8 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /4579
4 Seasons 153 268 -22 -0 2 -1 1 -21 -2.2 7 -13 -1.4 .486 .497 -1.3 0.0 -12 $
PIT (2 yrs) 68 166 -15 1 1 -4 2 -15 -1.5 4 -10 -1.1 .478 .495 -0.6 -0.2 -6 $
WSN (1 yr) 79 94 -6 -2 1 3 -1 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.3 .492 .496 -0.7 0.2 -6 $
HOU (1 yr) 6 8 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

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
2008 25 PIT NL 120 94 5 1.4 104 .236 .157 .262 .229 .334 .194 .419 .423 .752 15 .095 -13.5 -1.3 .348 .102 .037 .0
2009 26 PIT NL 46 34 4 3.2 105 .556 .227 .263 .261 .336 .341 .418 .602 .755 59 .316 -2.6 -0.2 .529 .182 .114 .0
2011 28 WSN NL 94 74 6 2.2 99 .266 .205 .260 .267 .328 .265 .405 .532 .733 47 .214 -6.5 -0.7 .429 .157 .060 .0
2012 29 HOU NL 8 6 0 0.0 99 .250 .143 .258 .250 .326 .143 .408 .393 .734 12 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .143 .000
4 Yrs 268 208 15 1.9 102 .285 .186 .262 .248 .332 .244 .414 .492 .746 34 .165 -23.4 -2.3 .406 .136 .058 .0
162 Game Avg. 284 220 16 1.9 102 .285 .186 .262 .248 .332 .244 .414 .492 .746 34 .165 -23.4 -2.3 .406 .136 .058
PIT (2 yrs) 166 128 9 1.9 104 .300 .178 .263 .238 .334 .237 .419 .475 .753 28 .150 -16.1 -1.6 .397 .125 .059 .0
WSN (1 yr) 94 74 6 2.2 99 .266 .205 .260 .267 .328 .265 .405 .532 .733 47 .214 -6.5 -0.7 .429 .157 .060 .0
HOU (1 yr) 8 6 0 0.0 99 .250 .143 .258 .250 .326 .143 .408 .393 .734 12 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .143 .000

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
2008 25 PIT NL 120 0.0% 30.0% 5.0% 2.5% 18% 6.00 3.0 54.0 1.63 1.95 60% 9% 0.0% 19%
2009 26 PIT NL 46 0.0% 56.5% 4.4% 10.9% 50% 13.00 1.7 14.7 0.64 1.00 39% 22% 0.0% 0%
2011 28 WSN NL 94 0.0% 20.2% 7.5% 3.2% 18% 2.71 4.4 41.5 1.68 2.33 68% 9% 0.0% 9%
2012 29 HOU NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 3.00 2.3 3.00 1.00 50% 0% 100%
4 Yrs 268 0.0% 31.3% 6.0% 4.1% 24% 5.25 2.9 34.6 1.49 1.97 59% 10% 0.0% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 2.14 4.9 34.8 8.0 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 25 PIT NL -13.5 -1.3 122 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 .83 -1.2 -0.1 -13.1 -1.3 0.88 -13.4 0.43 5
2009 26 PIT NL -2.6 -0.2 48 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 .97 -0.2 -0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.98 -2.5 0.20 1
2011 28 WSN NL -6.4 -0.6 105 -0.6 1.7 -2.3 1.34 -0.7 0.3 -8.6 -0.9 1.01 -7.7 1.07 20
2012 29 HOU NL -0.9 -0.1 8 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .85 0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.98 0.3 0.54 2
4 Yrs -23.3 -2.3 283 -2.0 3.1 -5.1 1.04 -2.1 0.2 -23.9 -2.4 0.95 -23.3 0.89 28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2008 25 PIT NL 3 0 59% 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 64% 6 4 2 4 0 3 4 0 4
2009 26 PIT NL 0 0 42% 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
2011 28 WSN NL 2 0 38% 61 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 10% 8 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
2012 29 HOU NL 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 6 0 49% 126 6 3 67% 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 9 50% 16 12 4 4 0 3 8 1 7

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
2008 25 PIT NL 120 21% 17 6 0 5 1 0 0 0.43 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 21 1 5% 9 3 33% 68 2 3% 7 1 14% 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 46 24% 10 3 0 1 1 0 0 0.20 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 28 3 11% 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 0
2011 28 WSN NL 94 61% 17 7 2 20 4 0 1 1.07 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 15 1 7% 11 6 55% 48 2 4% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 0
2012 29 HOU NL 8 50% 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 268 36% 45 17 2 28 6 0 1 0.89 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 41 2 5% 25 9 36% 147 7 5% 15 3 20% 4 1 25% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

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
2008 25 PIT NL 120 445 3.71 296 67% 25% 23% 28% 25% 75% 3% 50% 70% 23% 4% 5 0 7% 8 3 3% 4 2 31% 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 46 196 4.26 129 66% 26% 35% 26% 14% 74% 0% 49% 53% 26% 2% 1 0 15% 7 2 4% 2 1 19% 0 0 0
2011 28 WSN NL 94 366 3.89 227 62% 22% 21% 27% 30% 78% 6% 48% 73% 21% 7% 7 0 18% 17 9 6% 6 3 32% 0 0 0
2012 29 HOU NL 8 34 4.25 21 62% 29% 14% 38% 19% 71% 0% 44% 80% 13% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 13% 1 1 33% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 268 1041 3.88 673 65% 24% 24% 27% 24% 76% 4% 49% 68% 22% 5% 13 0 12% 32 14 5% 13 7 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2008 25 50 120 108 16 17 2 1 0 2 1 0 6 36 .157 .229 .194 .423 15 21 1 4 2 0 2
2009 26 68 166 152 21 27 7 1 0 5 2 0 8 62 .178 .238 .237 .475 28 36 1 4 2 0 2
2010 27 68 166 152 21 27 7 1 0 5 2 0 8 62 .178 .238 .237 .475 28 36 1 4 2 0 2
2011 28 147 260 235 30 44 8 3 0 7 6 3 15 81 .187 .248 .247 .495 34 58 2 4 6 0 5
2012 29 153 268 242 32 45 8 3 0 7 6 3 16 84 .186 .248 .244 .492 34 59 2 4 6 0 5

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 25 50 119 107 15 16 2 1 0 2 1 6 36 .150 .222 .187 .409 4 50
2009 26 18 46 44 5 10 5 0 0 3 1 2 26 .227 .261 .341 .602 4 18
2011 28 79 94 83 9 17 1 2 0 2 4 7 19 .205 .267 .265 .532 6 79
2012 29 6 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 6
4 Yrs 153 267 241 29 43 8 3 0 7 6 16 84 .178 .241 .237 .478 14 153
162 Game Avg. 162 283 255 31 46 8 3 0 7 6 17 89 .178 .241 .237 .478 15 153

* 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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