Brian Bowles

Brian Christopher Bowles

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 18, 1976 in Harbor City, CA
High School: Peninsula HS (Manhattan Beach, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 50th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed August 23, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 2001
Team: BlueJays 2001-2003

Final Game: September 8, 2003
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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
1995	18	TOR-min	Rk	0	1	.000	2.40	8	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	18	12	4	2	3	0	11	1	1	2	70		1.400	10.8	1.2	1.8	6.6	3.67	BJY · GULF
1996	19	TOR-min	Rk	2	2	.500	6.35	24	0	7	0	0	1	39.2	53	35	28	5	21	1	29	5	0	9	193		1.866	12.0	1.1	4.8	6.6	1.38	MDH · PION
1997	20	TOR-min	A-,A+,A	6	10	.375	5.57	27	17	4	0	0	0	103.1	110	77	64	10	47	1	82	12	2	8	468		1.519	9.6	0.9	4.1	7.1	1.74	STC,DUN,HGR · NYPL,FLOR,SALL
1998	21	TOR-min	A,A+	3	6	.333	4.18	40	6	9	1	0	0	94.2	112	54	44	6	34	1	65	10	1	7	432		1.542	10.6	0.6	3.2	6.2	1.91	HGR,DUN · SALL,FLOR
1999	22	TOR-min	A	6	2	.750	3.97	48	1	22	0	0	3	79.1	73	41	35	4	39	3	80	12	0	9	355		1.412	8.3	0.5	4.4	9.1	2.05	HGR · SALL
2000	23	TOR-min	AA	4	4	.500	2.98	49	0	12	0	0	0	81.2	64	31	27	1	36	1	72	8	0	11	343		1.224	7.1	0.1	4.0	7.9	2.00	KNX · SOUL
2001	24	TOR-min	AAA	3	5	.375	2.91	66	0	24	0	0	6	77.1	56	30	25	3	44	4	81	7	3	14	338		1.293	6.5	0.3	5.1	9.4	1.84	SYR · IL
2001	24	TOR	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	15		1.364	9.8	0.0	2.5	9.8	4.00
2002	25	TOR-min	AAA	4	7	.364	3.36	59	0	46	0	5	14	59.0	46	24	22	4	32	5	53	8	1	3	259		1.322	7.0	0.6	4.9	8.1	1.66	SYR · IL
2002	25	TOR	AL	2	1	.667	4.05	17	0	7	0	0	0	20.0	13	11	9	0	14	1	19	3	1	5	89	115	1.350	5.9	0.0	6.3	8.6	1.36
2003	26	TOR-min	AAA	2	3	.400	2.66	41	0	34	0	0	14	47.1	47	23	14	1	21	3	32	2	0	2	210		1.437	8.9	0.2	4.0	6.1	1.52	SYR · IL
2003	26	TOR	AL	0	0		2.57	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	2	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	34	192	1.429	10.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	1.00
2004	27	COL-MIL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.67	23	0	10	0	0	1	34.2	41	22	18	5	20	3	32	2	0	1	166		1.760	10.6	1.3	5.2	8.3	1.60	CSP,INA · PCL,IL
2006	29	BAL-min	AAA	10	10	.500	3.23	30	26	1	1	0	0	156.0	156	66	56	12	53	3	78	9	1	15	659		1.340	9.0	0.7	3.1	4.5	1.47	OTT · IL
2007	30	SFG-min	AAA	0	2	.000	7.16	9	6	0	0	0	0	27.2	40	25	22	3	12	0	8	4	0	4	134		1.880	13.0	1.0	3.9	2.6	0.67	FRE · PCL
3 Yrs				2	1	.667	3.23	24	0	9	0	0	0	30.2	25	15	11	1	17	1	25	5	1	6	138	148	1.370	7.3	0.3	5.0	7.3	1.47
162 Game Avg.				6	3	.667	3.23	68	0	26	0	0	0	87	71	43	31	3	48	3	71	14	3	17	391	148	1.370	7.3	0.3	5.0	7.3	1.47

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2001	24	TOR	AL	3.2	2	0	0.00	4.71	-0.02	-0.35	104.0	4.56	2	0.2	.2	-0.1	0.1	2	.596	.501	$
2002	25	TOR	AL	20.0	17	11	4.95	5.28	-0.04	-0.40	102.3	5.03	0	0.0	.7	-0.0	0.2	3	.501	.500	$
2003	26	TOR	AL	7.0	5	4	5.14	5.36	-0.30	-0.40	101.5	5.33	0	0.0	.6	-0.0	0.1	1	.503	.500	$
3 Seasons				30.2	24	15	4.40	5.23	-0.09	-0.39	102.3	5.04	2	0.2	.6	-0.2	0.4	6	.509	.500	$

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	24	TOR	AL	2	15	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.286	.333	.286	.619	.400	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002	25	TOR	AL	17	89	71	11	13	5	0	0	2	0	14	19	.183	.337	.254	.591	.245	18	2	3	0	1	1	1
2003	26	TOR	AL	5	34	30	4	8	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	.267	.353	.433	.786	.259	13	2	2	0	0	0	3
3 Yrs				24	138	115	15	25	7	0	1	2	0	17	25	.217	.341	.304	.645	.267	35	5	5	0	1	1	4
162 Game Avg.				68	391	326	43	71	20	0	3	6	0	48	71	.217	.341	.304	.645	.267	99	14	14	0	3	3	11
MLB Averages																.263	.332	.422	.754	.294

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	24	TOR	AL	2.0	0.2	16	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.32	0.1	0.1	2.0	0.2	0.32	1.1	0	0	2
2002	25	TOR	AL	0.9	0.1	100	0.0	0.9	-0.9	.59	0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.59	2.1	3	1	12
2003	26	TOR	AL	1.0	0.1	34	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.18	-0.2	-0.4	-1.9	-0.2	0.18	-2.5	1	0	4
3 Yrs				3.8	0.4	150	-0.0	1.1	-1.1	.47	0.0	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.47	0.6	4	1	18

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2001	24	TOR	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		5	.322	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	5.5	34
2002	25	TOR	AL	17	17	7	2	1	1	1	0%	2	1	8	3	38%	6	.588	3	1	12	7	2	8	4	13	6	3	7	2	3.5	22
2003	26	TOR	AL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	3	50%	7	.177	1	0	4	0	0	5	3	2	4	1	4	0	4.2	27
3 Yrs				24	24	9	2	1	1	1	0%	2	1	14	6	43%		.458	4	1	18	7	2	15	7	17	11	4	12	2	3.8	24

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	24	TOR	AL	15	67%	0.0%	26.7%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	0.25	0.75	67%	50%	0.0%	13%	7	1	14%
2002	25	TOR	AL	89	60%	0.0%	21.4%	15.7%	5.6%	39%	0.53	0.86	60%	25%	0.0%	9%	15	2	13%
2003	26	TOR	AL	34	65%	2.9%	5.9%	5.9%	8.8%	38%	0.87	1.11	79%	14%	8.3%	20%	9	2	22%
3 Yrs				138	62%	0.7%	18.1%	12.3%	5.8%	32%	0.58	0.91	65%	24%	2.0%	12%	31	5	16%
MLB Averages					47%	2.8%	16.9%	8.6%	8.0%	34%	0.77	1.07	70%	22%	8.2%	14%			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	24	TOR	AL	15	68	4.53	45	66%	29%	20%	29%	22%	71%	0%	47%	72%	60%	0%	0	0	33%	5	3	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0
2002	25	TOR	AL	89	369	4.15	214	58%	29%	18%	28%	25%	71%	2%	41%	74%	54%	6%	5	2	20%	18	7	1	11%	1	3	0	0	0
2003	26	TOR	AL	34	136	4.00	81	60%	27%	6%	32%	35%	73%	0%	43%	92%	38%	6%	2	2	6%	2	2	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				138	573	4.15	340	59%	29%	16%	29%	27%	71%	1%	42%	78%	51%	5%	7	4	18%	25	12	3	8%	2	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	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	24	TOR	AL	15	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2002	25	TOR	AL	89	13	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	1	5	2	30	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
2003	26	TOR	AL	34	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0%	3	0	0	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				138	25	1	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	5	1	2	20%	4	6	2	56	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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	24	0	0		0.00	2	0	3.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	15		1.364	9.8	0.0	2.5	9.8	4.00
2002	25	2	1	.667	3.42	19	7	23.2	17	11	9	0	15	1	23	3	1	6	104	138	1.352	6.5	0.0	5.7	8.7	1.53	138
2003	26	2	1	.667	3.23	24	9	30.2	25	15	11	1	17	1	25	5	1	6	138	148	1.370	7.3	0.3	5.0	7.3	1.47	148

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
2001	24	0	0		0.00	3.0	4	0	0	0	1	4	0	1.667	12.0	3.0	12.0	4.00	0.0	2
2002	25	1	1	.500	3.60	20.0	12	9	8	0	13	19	3	1.250	5.4	5.9	8.6	1.46	0.0	17
2003	26	0	0		2.57	7.0	8	2	2	1	2	2	2	1.429	10.3	2.6	2.6	1.00	1.3	5
3 Yrs		1	1	.500	3.00	30.0	24	11	10	1	16	25	5	1.333	7.2		7.5	1.56	0.3	24

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