Dallas Braden
Dallas Lee Braden
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 13, 1983 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Alonzo Stagg (Stockton, CA)
School: Texas Tech University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 24th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 2007
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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
2007 23 OAK AL 1 8 .111 6.72 20 14 1 0 0 0 72.1 91 59 54 9 26 1 55 2 1 6 332 63 1.618 11.3 1.1 3.2 6.8 2.12
2008 24 OAK AL 5 4 .556 4.14 19 10 7 0 0 0 71.2 77 36 33 8 25 2 41 2 1 0 301 100 1.423 9.7 1.0 3.1 5.1 1.64
2009 25 OAK AL 8 9 .471 3.89 22 22 0 0 0 0 136.2 144 63 59 9 42 2 81 2 0 1 589 113 1.361 9.5 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.93
3 Seasons 14 21 .400 4.68 61 46 8 0 0 0 280.2 312 158 146 26 93 5 177 6 2 7 1222 91 1.443 10.0 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.90
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .400 4.68 39 29 5 0 0 0 178 198 100 93 17 59 3 112 4 1 4 777 91 1.443 10.0 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.90

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
2007 23 OAK AL 20 332 300 59 91 15 5 9 2 1 26 55 .303 .363 .477 .839 .347 143 4 2 4 0 1
2008 24 OAK AL 19 301 271 36 77 12 1 8 1 2 25 41 .284 .347 .424 .771 .308 115 7 2 1 2 2
2009 25 OAK AL 22 589 537 63 144 40 1 9 0 2 42 81 .268 .321 .397 .718 .299 213 10 2 4 4 2
3 Seasons 61 1222 1108 158 312 67 7 26 3 5 93 177 .282 .339 .425 .764 .314 471 21 6 9 6 5
162 Game Avg. 39 777 704 100 198 43 4 17 2 3 59 112 .282 .339 .425 .764 .314 299 13 4 6 4 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2007 23 OAK AL 20 14 1 8 5 0 1 5 9 .357 2 2 0 0 2 14% 39 67 9 7 4 1 8 3.7 3.9 4.6 85 4 8 2 0 107
2008 24 OAK AL 19 10 4 4 2 2 0 6 4 .600 0 2 0 0 4 40% 49 60 21 4 1 1 5 4.1 2.6 5.7 88 2 6 2 0 102
2009 25 OAK AL 22 22 8 9 5 3 5 9 13 .409 2 4 0 0 15 68% 50 70 17 10 2 0 7 3.9 3.5 6.2 97 0 13 9 0 111
3 Seasons 61 46 13 21 12 5 6 20 26 .435 4 8 0 0 21 46% 46 70 9 21 7 2 20 3.9 3.4 5.6 91 6 27 13 0 111
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2007 23 OAK AL 20 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 25% 6 1.024 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 4 3 2 3 1 4.2 21
2008 24 OAK AL 19 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 0.826 1 0 8 3 0 6 2 7 5 0 5 1 5.0 28
2 Seasons 39 15 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 29% 0.930 2 3 10 6 1 8 4 11 8 2 8 2 4.7 25

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%
2007 23 OAK AL 332 81% 2.7% 16.6% 7.8% 8.7% 32% 0.62 0.78 71% 19% 7.4% 19% 69 4 6%
2008 24 OAK AL 301 74% 2.7% 13.6% 8.3% 7.0% 27% 0.65 0.79 74% 18% 6.7% 14% 60 7 12%
2009 25 OAK AL 589 75% 1.5% 13.8% 7.1% 8.5% 35% 0.59 0.72 77% 19% 3.8% 16% 101 10 10%
3 Seasons 1222 77% 2.1% 14.5% 7.6% 8.2% 32% 0.61 0.75 75% 19% 5.4% 16% 230 21 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2007 23 OAK AL 332 1311 3.95 836 64% 27% 14% 29% 30% 73% 1% 46% 81% 61% 5% 16 10 21% 70 42 5 33% 9 5 0 0 0
2008 24 OAK AL 301 1129 3.75 712 63% 29% 12% 26% 33% 71% 2% 45% 83% 58% 7% 21 11 29% 88 56 6 44% 11 8 0 0 0
2009 25 OAK AL 589 2142 3.64 1400 65% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 1% 47% 83% 62% 4% 22 14 24% 140 81 11 33% 14 6 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1222 4582 3.75 2948 64% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 1% 46% 82% 61% 5% 59 35 24% 298 179 22 36% 34 19 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2007 23 OAK AL 332 91 11 2 9 0 4 8 1 3 6 20 13 5 65% 4 6 0 134 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 13 0
2008 24 OAK AL 301 77 13 2 8 0 5 4 4 5 3 14 8 1 57% 3 0 0 118 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 0
2009 25 OAK AL 589 144 19 3 9 0 8 7 2 5 4 25 13 2 52% 5 1 0 229 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
3 Seasons 1222 312 43 7 26 0 17 19 7 13 13 59 34 8 58% 12 7 0 481 3 5 38% 2 5 1 0 0 0 12 1 23 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2007 23 1 8 .111 6.72 20 14 1 0 0 0 72.1 91 59 54 9 26 1 55 2 1 6 332 63 1.618 11.3 1.1 3.2 6.8 2.12 63
2008 24 6 12 .333 5.44 39 24 8 0 0 0 144.0 168 95 87 17 51 3 96 4 2 6 633 77 1.521 10.5 1.1 3.2 6.0 1.88 77
2009 25 14 21 .400 4.68 61 46 8 0 0 0 280.2 312 158 146 26 93 5 177 6 2 7 1222 91 1.443 10.0 0.8 3.0 5.7 1.90 91

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
2007 23 2 5 .286 7.07 70.0 93 61 55 9 27 53 2 1.714 12.0 3.5 6.8 1.96 1.2 20
2008 24 3 4 .429 4.71 65.0 78 38 34 8 25 37 2 1.585 10.8 3.5 5.1 1.48 1.1 19
2009 25 7 7 .500 4.16 132.0 147 68 61 9 43 78 2 1.439 10.0 2.9 5.3 1.81 0.6 22
3 Seasons 12 16 .429 5.06 267.0 318 167 150 26 95 168 6 1.547 10.7 5.7 1.77 0.9 61

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