Asa Brainard

Asahel Brainard (Count)

Positions: Pitcher, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: 1841 in Albany, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1871
Teams (by GP): Canaries/Olympics/Mansfields 1871-1874

Final Game: October 14, 1874
Died: December 29, 1888 in Denver, CO
Buried: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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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	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1871	30	OLY	NA	12	15	.444	4.50	30	30	0	30	0	0	264.0	361	292	132	4	37	13	0	7	1291	94	1.508	12.3	0.1	1.3	0.4	0.35
1872	31	TOT	NA	2	9	.182	6.31	11	11	0	10	0	0	87.0	161	157	61	1	5	1	0	12	499	56	1.908	16.7	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.20
1872	31	OLY	NA	2	7	.222	6.38	9	9	0	9	0	0	79.0	148	140	56	0	5	1	0	12	449	55	1.937	16.9	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.20
1872	31	MAN	NA	0	2	.000	5.63	2	2	0	1	0	0	8.0	13	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	50	69	1.625	14.6	1.1	0.0	0.0
1873	32	BAL	NA	5	7	.417	4.14	14	14	0	12	0	0	108.2	182	139	50	0	9	3	0	3	568	84	1.758	15.1	*0.0*	0.7	0.2	0.33
1874	33	BAL	NA	5	22	.185	3.71	30	27	4	25	0	0	240.0	405	329	99	1	27	8		19	1267	61	1.800	15.2	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.30
4 Yrs				24	53	.312	4.40	85	82	4	77	0	0	699.2	1109	917	342	6	78	25	0	41	3625	76	1.697	14.3	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.32
162 Game Avg.				10	22	.312	4.40	35	33	2	31	0	0	285	452	373	139	2	32	10	0	17	1476	76	1.697	14.3	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.32

OLY (2 yrs)				14	22	.389	4.93	39	39	0	39	0	0	343.0	509	432	188	4	42	14	0	19	1740	82	1.606	13.4	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.33
BAL (2 yrs)				10	29	.256	3.85	44	41	4	37	0	0	348.2	587	468	149	1	36	11	0	22	1835	69	1.787	15.2	0.0	0.9	0.3	0.31
MAN (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.63	2	2	0	1	0	0	8.0	13	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	50	69	1.625	14.6	1.1	0.0	0.0

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
1871	30	OLY	NA	264.0	30	30	292	9.95	10.58	0.91	0.00	100.0	9.68	-3	-0.2		-0.2	2.1	4	.495	.499	$
1872	31	OLY	NA	79.0	9	9	140	15.95	9.34	-1.14	0.00	96.0	10.06	-51	-2.4		-0.2	-1.6	-46	.232	.485	$
1872	31	MAN	NA	8.0	2	2	17	19.13	9.27	-1.29	0.00	101.0	10.67	-7	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-7	.304	.498	$
1873	32	BAL	NA	108.2	14	14	139	11.51	8.61	0.31	0.00	102.0	8.46	-36	-2.0		-0.2	-1.0	-28	.354	.487	$1,000
1874	33	BAL	NA	240.0	30	27	329	12.34	7.78	-0.24	0.00	103.0	8.26	-107	-6.4	1.0	-0.2	-4.2	-91	.287	.461	$
4 Seasons				699.2	85	82	917	11.80	9.16	0.16	0.00	100.9	9.06	-205	-11.4	1.0	-0.8	-5.0	-168	.366	.486	$1,000

OLY (2 yrs)				343.0	39	39	432	11.34	10.30	0.43	0.00	99.1	9.77	-54	-2.6		-0.4	0.5	-42	.434	.492	$
BAL (2 yrs)				348.2	44	41	468	12.08	8.04	-0.07	0.00	102.7	8.32	-143	-8.4	1.0	-0.4	-5.2	-119	.308	.474	$1,000
MAN (1 yr)				8.0	2	2	17	19.13	9.27	-1.29	0.00	101.0	10.67	-7	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-7	.304	.498	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1871	30	12	15	.444	4.50	30	30	0	30	264.0	361	292	132	4	37	13	7	1291	94	1.508	12.3	0.1	1.3	0.4	0.35	94
1872	31	14	24	.368	4.95	41	41	0	40	351.0	522	449	193	5	42	14	19	1790	82	1.607	13.4	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.33	82
1873	32	19	31	.380	4.76	55	55	0	52	459.2	704	588	243	5	51	17	22	2358	82	1.642	13.8	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.33	82
1874	33	24	53	.312	4.40	85	82	4	77	699.2	1109	917	342	6	78	25	41	3625	76	1.697	14.3	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.32	76

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1871	30	195	26	.882	1.45	1992.0	1354	357	321	15	139	98	0.749	6.1	0.6	0.4	0.71	0.1	30
1872	31	53	16	.768	2.16	625.0	559	167	150	3	17	7	0.922	8.0	0.2	0.1	0.41	0.0	11
1873	32	52	7	.881	1.50	534.0	466	99	89	0	23	15	0.916	7.9	0.4	0.3	0.65	0.0	14
1874	33	83	14	.856	1.64	875.0	858	177	159	2	57	29	1.046	8.8	0.6	0.3	0.51	0.0	30
4 Yrs		383	63	.859	1.61	4026.0	3237	800	719	20	236	149	0.863	7.2		0.3	0.63	0.0	85

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1871 NA 1.8 (6th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1871 NA 2.1 (5th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1871 NA 4.50 (6th) 1873 NA 4.14 (9th) 1874 NA 3.71 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1871 NA 12 (5th) 1873 NA 5 (8th) 1874 NA 5 (8th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1871 NA .444 (5th) 1873 NA .417 (7th) 1874 NA .185 (9th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1871 NA 1.508 (5th) 1873 NA 1.758 (10th) 1874 NA 1.800 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1871 NA 12.307 (6th) 1873 NA 15.074 (9th) 1874 NA 15.188 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1871 NA 1.261 (4th) 1872 NA 0.517 (4th) 1873 NA 0.745 (4th) 1874 NA 1.013 (10th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1871 NA 0.443 (8th) 1873 NA 0.249 (10th) 1874 NA 0.300 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1871 NA 30 (3rd) 1873 NA 14 (9th) 1874 NA 30 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1871 NA 264.0 (2nd) 1873 NA 108.7 (9th) 1874 NA 240.0 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1871 NA 13 (8th) 1874 NA 8 (10th)
Games Started s c a p y 1871 NA 30 (3rd) 1872 NA 11 (10th) 1873 NA 14 (9th) 1874 NA 27 (8th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1871 NA 30 (2nd) 1872 NA 10 (9th) 1873 NA 12 (9th) 1874 NA 25 (8th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1871 NA 4 (5th) 1874 NA 1 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1871 NA 37 (6th) 1873 NA 9 (10th) 1874 NA 27 (4th)
Hits s c a p y 1871 NA 361 (2nd) 1872 NA 161 (10th) 1873 NA 182 (9th) 1874 NA 405 (8th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1871 NA 0.351 (8th) 1873 NA 0.333 (10th) 1874 NA 0.296 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1871 NA 0.136 (4th) 1872 NA 0.103 (8th) 1873 NA 0.000 (1st) 1874 NA 0.038 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1871 NA 15 (4th) 1872 NA 9 (8th) 1873 NA 7 (9th) 1874 NA 22 (5th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1871 NA 132 (2nd) 1872 NA 61 (10th) 1873 NA 50 (9th) 1874 NA 99 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1871 NA 7 (8th) 1872 NA 12 (7th) 1873 NA 3 (10th) 1874 NA 19 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1871 NA 1,291 (3rd) 1873 NA 568 (9th) 1874 NA 1,267 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1874 NA 4 (2nd)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1871 NA 92 (6th) 1873 NA 84 (8th) 1874 NA 62 (10th)	Oldest s c a p y 1871 NA born 1841-13-32 (9th) 1872 NA born 1841-13-32 (8th) 1873 NA born 1841-13-32 (9th) 1874 NA born 1841-13-32 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 79 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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