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Gene Brabender

Eugene Mathew Brabender

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 16, 1941 in Madison, WI
High School: Black Earth HS (Black Earth, WI)
School: University of Wisconsin at Whitewater (Whitewater, WI)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1966
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Pilots/Brewers 1966-1970

Final Game: September 26, 1970
Died: December 27, 1996 in Madison, WI
Buried: St. Barnabas Cemetery, Mazomanie, WI
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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
1961	19	LAD-min	D,C	6	13	.316	5.32	28	20					115.0	99	88	68	2	119								1.896	7.7	0.2	9.3			ORL,GRF · FLOR,PION
1962	20	LAD-min	D	9	14	.391	3.20	29	26		11	0		191.0	148	109	68	5	139	1	204	8	0	37			1.503	7.0	0.2	6.5	9.6	1.47	SPT · FLOR
1963	21	LAD-min	A,AA	16	10	.615	3.28	36	27					192.0	153	87	70	6	109		8						1.365	7.2	0.3	5.1	0.4	0.07	SLM,ABQ · NORW,TL
1966	24	BAL	AL	4	3	.571	3.55	31	1	15	0	0	2	71.0	57	30	28	4	29	0	62	1	2	6	287	95	1.211	7.2	0.5	3.7	7.9	2.14
1967	25	BAL-min	AAA	8	6	.571	2.77	19	17		6	2		117.0	106	42	36	6	39	4	85	1	0	3			1.239	8.2	0.5	3.0	6.5	2.18	ROC · IL
1967	25	BAL	AL	6	4	.600	3.35	14	14	0	3	1	0	94.0	77	38	35	6	23	1	71	1	1	5	378	95	1.064	7.4	0.6	2.2	6.8	3.09
1968	26	BAL	AL	6	7	.462	3.32	37	15	8	3	2	3	124.2	116	52	46	9	48	4	92	3	2	5	530	88	1.316	8.4	0.6	3.5	6.6	1.92
1969	27	SEP	AL	13	14	.481	4.36	40	29	3	7	1	0	202.1	193	111	98	26	103	7	139	13	0	6	891	83	1.463	8.6	1.2	4.6	6.2	1.35
1970	28	MIL	AL	6	15	.286	6.02	29	21	3	2	0	1	128.2	127	94	86	9	79	7	76	2	0	6	586	63	1.601	8.9	0.6	5.5	5.3	0.96
1971	29	ANA-min	AAA	1	4	.200	8.36	13	3		0	0	1	28.0	37	32	26	5	18	1	17	4	0	1			1.964	11.9	1.6	5.8	5.5	0.94	SLC · PCL
5 Yrs				35	43	.449	4.25	151	80	29	15	4	6	620.2	570	325	293	54	282	19	440	20	5	28	2672	80	1.373	8.3	0.8	4.1	6.4	1.56
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.449	4.25	44	24	9	4	1	2	183	168	96	86	16	83	6	130	6	1	8	787	80	1.373	8.3	0.8	4.1	6.4	1.56

BAL (3 yrs)				16	14	.533	3.39	82	30	23	6	3	5	289.2	250	120	109	19	100	5	225	5	5	16	1195	92	1.208	7.8	0.6	3.1	7.0	2.25
MIL (2 yrs)				19	29	.396	5.00	69	50	6	9	1	1	331.0	320	205	184	35	182	14	215	15	0	12	1477	73	1.517	8.7	1.0	4.9	5.8	1.18

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
1966	24	BAL	AL	71.0	31	1	30	3.80	3.78	0.11	-0.14	98.9	3.49	-1	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.3	3	.495	.499	$4,800
1967	25	BAL	AL	94.0	14	14	38	3.64	3.66	0.25	0.07	100.4	3.49	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.6	6	.498	.500	$
1968	26	BAL	AL	124.2	37	15	52	3.75	3.38	0.50	-0.01	98.0	2.81	-12	-1.4	1.8	-0.3	-0.8	-4	.461	.491	$
1969	27	SEP	AL	202.1	40	29	111	4.94	4.25	-0.48	0.05	98.3	4.70	-4	-0.4	1.5	-0.1	1.0	12	.490	.497	$21,500
1970	28	MIL	AL	128.2	29	21	94	6.58	4.31	-0.22	0.05	101.3	4.65	-27	-2.7	.6	-0.0	-1.6	-14	.407	.483	$
5 Seasons				620.2	151	80	325	4.71	3.95	-0.05	0.02	99.2	3.99	-44	-4.7	1.3	-0.6	-0.5	3	.469	.494	$26,300

BAL (3 yrs)				289.2	82	30	120	3.73	3.57	0.32	-0.02	99.0	3.20	-13	-1.6	1.3	-0.4	0.1	5	.480	.497	$4,800
MIL (2 yrs)				331.0	69	50	205	5.57	4.28	-0.38	0.05	99.5	4.68	-30	-3.1	1.1	-0.1	-0.6	-2	.455	.490	$21,500

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
1966	24	BAL	AL	31	289	251	30	57	8	1	4	2	5	29	62	.227	.307	.315	.622	.283	79	5	1	6	2	0	5
1967	25	BAL	AL	14	378	350	38	77	13	2	6	2	4	23	71	.220	.269	.320	.589	.258	112	9	1	2	2	1	8
1968	26	BAL	AL	37	530	468	52	116	13	1	9	12	8	48	92	.248	.320	.338	.658	.289	158	5	3	8	3	4	7
1969	27	SEP	AL	40	894	763	111	193	26	8	26	16	12	103	139	.253	.349	.410	.759	.276	313	11	13	9	6	7	12
1970	28	MIL	AL	29	584	498	94	127	29	2	9	11	3	79	76	.255	.358	.376	.734	.284	187	11	2	4	2	7	7
5 Yrs				151	2675	2330	325	570	89	14	54	43	32	282	440	.245	.329	.364	.694	.279	849	41	20	29	15	19	39
162 Game Avg.				44	787	686	96	168	26	4	16	13	9	83	130	.245	.329	.364	.694	.279	250	12	6	9	4	6	11
MLB Averages																.246	.313	.366	.679	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1966	24	BAL	AL	-0.5	-0.1	306	-1.2	3.6	-4.8	.82	0.4	-1.8	-4.3	-0.5	0.82	2.8	9	5	14
1967	25	BAL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	391	0.4	7.7	-7.3	1.13	0.7	-0.3	2.6	0.3	1.13	6.0	0	0	0
1968	26	BAL	AL	-4.7	-0.5	562	0.3	9.1	-8.8	1.05	-0.3	0.6	-3.5	-0.4	1.05	-4.6	10	2	10
1969	27	SEP	AL	-16.5	-1.7	938	-0.5	16.1	-16.6	1.09	-2.2	1.8	-13.6	-1.4	1.09	-20.1	3	2	6
1970	28	MIL	AL	-30.6	-3.0	607	-2.2	9.7	-11.9	1.08	-0.9	-1.1	-21.7	-2.1	1.08	-10.6	1	1	6
5 Yrs				-53.1	-5.4	2804	-3.1	46.1	-49.2	1.05	-2.3	-0.7	-40.6	-4.1	1.05	-26.4	23	10	36

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
1966	24	BAL	AL	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	10	3	1	0	6.0	4.5	4.3
1967	25	BAL	AL	14	14	6	4	4	0	0	8	6	.571	0	2	3	1	8	57%	57.7	88	33	11	5	3	5	3.9	3.4	6.7
1968	26	BAL	AL	37	15	4	6	5	2	2	5	10	.333	1	2	3	2	7	47%	51.6	81	27	24	10	4	6	3.6	3.8	5.5
1969	27	SEP	AL	40	29	13	12	4	3	2	15	14	.517	1	4	7	1	13	45%	50.6	85	24	24	13	6	4	4.2	4.2	6.3
1970	28	MIL	AL	29	21	5	14	2	1	0	6	15	.286	3	0	2	0	6	29%	44.0	75	21	36	23	4	8	3.5	3.4	5.6
5 Yrs				151	80	28	37	15	6	4	34	46	.425	5	8	15	4	34	43%	50	88	21	105	54	18	23	3.9	3.7	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						56%	54	112	0					3.9	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1966	24	BAL	AL	31	30	15	4	2	2	2	0	100%	3	1	26	13	50%	3	.819	9	5	14	6	3	21	13	17	19	4	19	4	6.7

1968	26	BAL	AL	37	22	8	2	1	3	3	0	100%	6	3	28	8	29%	6	1.046	10	2	10	7	2	13	13	9	16	4	17	4	5.7
1969	27	SEP	AL	40	11	3	0	2	1	0	1	0%	2	1	10	3	30%	8	1.090	3	2	6	2	2	7	5	6	4	1	6	0	5.1
1970	28	MIL	AL	29	8	3	1	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	1	25%	7	1.080	1	1	6	1	1	6	3	5	4	2	5	2	4.3
4 Yrs				137	71	29	7	6	7	6	1	86%	12	5	68	25	37%		1.043	23	10	36	16	8	47	34	37	43	11	47	10	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1966	24	BAL	AL	289	64%	1.4%	21.5%	10.0%	4.5%	23%	2.36	65%	57	5	9%
1967	25	BAL	AL	378	56%	1.6%	18.8%	6.1%	5.6%	27%	1.54	73%	68	9	13%
1968	26	BAL	AL	530	55%	1.7%	17.4%	9.1%	4.3%	20%	1.23	70%	109	5	5%
1969	27	SEP	AL	894	51%	2.9%	15.6%	11.5%	6.7%	31%	0.94	68%	166	11	7%
1970	28	MIL	AL	585	55%	1.5%	13.0%	13.5%	6.9%	32%	1.24	71%	109	11	10%
5 Yrs				2676	55%	2.0%	16.5%	10.5%	5.9%	28%	1.24	69%	509	41	8%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.6%	8.4%	6.1%	27%	1.11	73%			10%

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
1966	24	BAL	AL	289	57			4	1	8	2	2	2	2	18	15	3	83%	5	6	2	107	2	5	29%	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	0
1967	25	BAL	AL	378	77			6	0	1	3	3	4	2	25	11	3	44%	8	5	1	125	2	4	33%	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1968	26	BAL	AL	530	116			9	0	17	8	1	5	4	32	17	4	53%	7	5	2	201	12	8	60%	9	8	2	0	1	0	2	0	19	0
1969	27	SEP	AL	894	193			26	0	28	13	13	11	15	45	29	6	64%	12	6	3	334	16	12	57%	16	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	0
1970	28	MIL	AL	584	127			9	1	23	4	5	6	3	32	15	3	47%	7	6	0	207	11	3	79%	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	1
5 Yrs				2675	570			54	2	77	30	24	28	26	152	87	19	57%	39	28	8	974	43	32	57%	40	31	2	0	1	1	5	0	78	1
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

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+
1966	24	4	3	.571	3.55	31	1	15	0	0	2	71.0	57	30	28	4	29	0	62	1	2	6	287	95	1.211	7.2	0.5	3.7	7.9	2.14	95
1967	25	10	7	.588	3.44	45	15	15	3	1	2	165.0	134	68	63	10	52	1	133	2	3	11	665	95	1.127	7.3	0.5	2.8	7.3	2.56	95
1968	26	16	14	.533	3.39	82	30	23	6	3	5	289.2	250	120	109	19	100	5	225	5	5	16	1195	92	1.208	7.8	0.6	3.1	7.0	2.25	92
1969	27	29	28	.509	3.79	122	59	26	13	4	5	492.0	443	231	207	45	203	12	364	18	5	22	2086	88	1.313	8.1	0.8	3.7	6.7	1.79	88
1970	28	35	43	.449	4.25	151	80	29	15	4	6	620.2	570	325	293	54	282	19	440	20	5	28	2672	80	1.373	8.3	0.8	4.1	6.4	1.56	80

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
1966	24	3	4	.429	4.57	65.0	62	37	33	4	32	56	1	1.446	8.6	4.4	7.8	1.75	0.6	31
1967	25	4	5	.444	4.35	89.0	85	48	43	7	25	67	1	1.236	8.6	2.5	6.8	2.68	0.7	14
1968	26	5	7	.417	4.86	113.0	134	68	61	10	55	83	3	1.673	10.7	4.4	6.6	1.51	0.8	37
1969	27	8	13	.381	5.10	189.0	202	119	107	27	108	130	14	1.640	9.6	5.1	6.2	1.20	1.3	40
1970	28	4	9	.308	6.53	124.0	130	100	90	9	81	73	2	1.702	9.4	5.9	5.3	0.90	0.7	29
5 Yrs		24	38	.387	5.18	580.0	613	372	334	57	301	409	21	1.576	9.5		6.3	1.36	0.9	151

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1969 AL 26 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1969 AL 103 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1969 AL 14 (10th) 1970 AL 15 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1969 AL 98 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1969 AL 13 (3rd)

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Hall of Fame Standards

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