Mark Brandenburg

Mark Clay Brandenburg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 14, 1970 in Houston, TX
School: Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 26th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1995
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Rangers 1995-1997

Final Game: September 27, 1997
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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
1992	21	TEX-min	Rk	7	1	.875	4.06	24	1	16	0	0	2	62.0	70	32	28	3	14	1	78	5	0	1	268		1.355	10.2	0.4	2.0	11.3	5.57	BTE · PION
1993	22	TEX-min	A	6	3	.667	1.46	44	0	18	0	0	4	80.0	62	23	13	2	22	6	67	3	0	0	320		1.050	7.0	0.2	2.5	7.5	3.05	CHS · SALL
1994	23	TEX-min	AA,A+	5	6	.455	1.39	62	0	41	0	0	13	103.1	73	22	16	3	27	10	107	3	0	0	407		0.968	6.4	0.3	2.4	9.3	3.96	TUL,CHT · TL,FLOR
1995	24	TEX-min	AAA	0	5	.000	2.02	35	0	15	0	0	2	58.0	52	16	13	2	15	5	51	2	2	0	235		1.155	8.1	0.3	2.3	7.9	3.40	OKC · AA
1995	24	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	5.93	11	0	5	0	0	0	27.1	36	18	18	5	7	1	21	1	1	0	123	83	1.573	11.9	1.6	2.3	6.9	3.00
1996	25	TOT	AL	5	5	.500	3.43	55	0	13	0	0	0	76.0	76	35	29	8	33	2	66	3	1	0	338	152	1.434	9.0	0.9	3.9	7.8	2.00
1996	25	TEX	AL	1	3	.250	3.21	26	0	8	0	0	0	47.2	48	22	17	3	25	1	37	2	1	0	215	165	1.531	9.1	0.6	4.7	7.0	1.48
1996	25	BOS	AL	4	2	.667	3.81	29	0	5	0	0	0	28.1	28	13	12	5	8	1	29	1	0	0	123	134	1.271	8.9	1.6	2.5	9.2	3.63
1997	26	BOS-min	AAA,A+	2	1	.667	2.08	10	0	5	0	0	0	21.2	16	6	5	2	3	1	24	1	0	0	85		0.877	6.6	0.8	1.2	10.0	8.00	PAW,SAR · IL,FLOR
1997	26	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	5.49	31	0	5	0	0	0	41.0	49	25	25	3	16	3	34	2	0	0	186	86	1.585	10.8	0.7	3.5	7.5	2.13
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
3 Yrs				5	8	.385	4.49	97	0	23	0	0	0	144.1	161	78	72	16	56	6	121	6	2	0	647	112	1.503	10.0	1.0	3.5	7.5	2.16
162 Game Avg.				4	6	.385	4.49	68	0	16	0	0	0	101	113	55	50	11	39	4	85	4	1	0	454	112	1.503	10.0	1.0	3.5	7.5	2.16

BOS (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.80	60	0	10	0	0	0	69.1	77	38	37	8	24	4	63	3	0	0	309	101	1.457	10.0	1.0	3.1	8.2	2.63
TEX (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	4.20	37	0	13	0	0	0	75.0	84	40	35	8	32	2	58	3	2	0	338	123	1.547	10.1	1.0	3.8	7.0	1.81

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
1995	24	TEX	AL	27.1	11	0	18	5.93	5.27	0.18	-0.39	102.7	4.83	-3	-0.3	.5	0.0	0.0	-0	.472	.498	$109,000
1996	25	TEX	AL	47.2	26	0	22	4.15	5.68	0.13	-0.42	105.0	5.38	6	0.5	.9	-0.2	0.8	13	.521	.503	$123,500
1996	25	BOS	AL	28.1	29	0	13	4.13	5.34	-0.44	-0.40	100.9	5.43	4	0.3	1.3	-0.0	0.6	8	.512	.502	$
1997	26	BOS	AL	41.0	31	0	25	5.49	4.96	0.15	-0.37	100.9	4.49	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	1	.485	.497	$187,500
3 Seasons				144.1	97	0	78	4.86	5.33	0.03	-0.40	102.6	5.03	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.2	22	.501	.500	$420,000

BOS (2 yrs)				69.1	60	0	38	4.93	5.12	-0.09	-0.38	100.9	4.87	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.4	9	.498	.500	$187,500
TEX (2 yrs)				75.0	37	0	40	4.80	5.54	0.15	-0.41	104.2	5.18	3	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.8	13	.506	.501	$232,500

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
1995	24	TEX	AL	11	123	114	18	36	5	0	5	0	0	7	21	.316	.358	.491	.849	.348	56	1	1	0	1	1	0
1996	25	BOS	AL	29	123	112	13	28	6	0	5	0	0	8	29	.250	.301	.438	.738	.288	49	0	1	0	2	1	1
1996	25	TEX	AL	26	215	183	22	48	9	2	3	2	1	25	37	.262	.354	.383	.736	.310	70	3	2	3	2	1	4
1996	25	TOT	AL	55	338	295	35	76	15	2	8	2	1	33	66	.258	.334	.403	.738	.302	119	3	3	3	4	2	5
1997	26	BOS	AL	31	186	164	25	49	13	1	3	2	1	16	34	.299	.364	.445	.809	.357	73	4	2	2	2	3	0
3 Yrs				97	647	573	78	161	33	3	16	4	2	56	121	.281	.347	.433	.780	.327	248	8	6	5	7	6	5
162 Game Avg.				68	454	402	55	113	23	2	11	3	1	39	85	.281	.347	.433	.780	.327	174	6	4	4	5	4	4
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.421	.760	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	24	TEX	AL	-2.3	-0.2	124	-0.3	0.7	-1.0	.38	-0.3	-0.4	-5.3	-0.5	0.38	-1.7	2	1	7
1996	25	TOT	AL	12.9	1.2	343	0.1	5.2	-5.0	.85	-0.0	0.2	2.5	0.2	0.84	2.9	19	15	20
1996	25	TEX	AL	8.9	0.8	220	-0.3	2.5	-2.7	.67	0.0	-0.4	3.8	0.3	0.67	3.6	6	8	11
1996	25	BOS	AL	4.0	0.4	123	0.4	2.7	-2.3	1.14	-0.0	0.4	-1.2	-0.1	1.14	-0.8	13	7	9
1997	26	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	188	-0.9	1.8	-2.7	.67	-0.4	-1.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.67	-1.9	8	7	15
3 Yrs				8.1	0.7	655	-1.1	7.6	-8.7	.70	-0.7	-0.8	-4.3	-0.4	0.70	-0.7	29	23	42

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
1995	24	TEX	AL	11	11	5	0	1	0	0		1	1	13	7	54%	7	.378	2	1	7	1	0	10	7	4	8	1	10	0	7.5	39
1996	25	TOT	AL	55	55	13	5	5	2	2	0%	14	11	39	17	44%		.845	19	15	20	23	8	24	29	26	24	17	26	9	4.1	24
1996	25	TEX	AL	26	26	8	1	3	1	1	0%	3	2	20	7	35%	6	.674	6	8	11	8	3	15	15	11	17	4	17	3	5.5	31
1996	25	BOS	AL	29	29	5	4	2	1	1	0%	11	9	19	10	53%	8	1.145	13	7	9	15	5	9	14	15	7	13	9	6	2.9	17
1997	26	BOS	AL	31	31	5	0	2	0	0		3	3	28	10	36%	6	.668	8	7	15	9	5	17	18	13	15	8	18	10	4.0	23
3 Yrs				97	97	23	5	8	2	2	0%	18	15	80	34	43%		.706	29	23	42	33	13	51	54	43	47	26	54	19	4.5	25

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%
1995	24	TEX	AL	123	46%	4.1%	17.1%	5.7%	8.1%	28%	0.60	0.69	72%	26%	11.1%	22%	31	1	3%
1996	25	TOT	AL	338	57%	2.4%	19.5%	9.8%	7.4%	33%	0.47	0.60	67%	25%	6.7%	23%	73	3	4%
1996	25	TEX	AL	215	61%	1.4%	17.2%	11.6%	6.5%	29%	0.45	0.55	67%	23%	4.1%	25%	49	3	6%
1996	25	BOS	AL	123	50%	4.1%	23.6%	6.5%	8.9%	39%	0.50	0.70	65%	27%	10.9%	18%	24	0	0%
1997	26	BOS	AL	186	56%	1.6%	18.3%	8.6%	9.1%	35%	0.84	1.15	69%	19%	6.0%	26%	51	4	8%
3 Yrs				647	55%	2.5%	18.7%	8.7%	8.0%	32%	0.59	0.75	68%	23%	7.4%	23%	155	8	5%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%			10%

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
1995	24	TEX	AL	106	388	3.66	260	67%	30%	12%	27%	31%	70%	3%	47%	83%	61%	3%	3	2	28%	30	18	3	24%	5	0	17	0	0
1996	25	TOT	AL	319	1209	3.79	776	64%	32%	16%	24%	28%	68%	2%	44%	77%	63%	6%	18	13	26%	83	49	4	22%	14	3	19	0	0
1996	25	TEX	AL	203	747	3.68	480	64%	33%	16%	23%	29%	68%	1%	43%	77%	64%	5%	10	6	27%	55	31	3	17%	8	3	12	0	0
1996	25	BOS	AL	116	462	3.98	296	64%	31%	16%	26%	27%	69%	2%	44%	77%	60%	7%	8	7	24%	28	18	1	29%	6	0	7	0	0
1997	26	BOS	AL	155	585	3.77	390	67%	28%	13%	29%	30%	72%	6%	48%	82%	63%	6%	9	5	26%	41	27	2	40%	7	1	31	0	0
3 Yrs				580	2182	3.76	1426	65%	31%	14%	26%	29%	69%	3%	45%	79%	63%	5%	30	20	27%	154	94	9	27%	26	4	67	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				28%

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
1995	24	TEX	AL	123	36	3	0	5	0	6	4	1	3	2	10	6	1	60%	0	0	0	45	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1996	25	TOT	AL	338	76	3	1	8	1	11	5	3	5	3	18	10	3	56%	5	0	0	157	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	0
1996	25	TEX	AL	215	48	3	1	3	0	9	2	1	3	0	10	5	2	50%	4	0	0	101	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
1996	25	BOS	AL	123	28	0	0	5	1	2	3	2	2	3	8	5	1	63%	1	0	0	56	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1997	26	BOS	AL	186	49	5	0	3	0	6	2	1	2	1	19	11	1	58%	0	0	1	97	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				647	161	11	1	16	1	23	11	5	10	6	47	27	5	57%	5	0	1	299	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	16	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	24	0	1	.000	5.93	11	5	27.1	36	18	18	5	7	1	21	1	1	123	83	1.573	11.9	1.6	2.3	6.9	3.00	83
1996	25	5	6	.455	4.09	66	18	103.1	112	53	47	13	40	3	87	4	2	461	125	1.471	9.8	1.1	3.5	7.6	2.18	125
1997	26	5	8	.385	4.49	97	23	144.1	161	78	72	16	56	6	121	6	2	647	112	1.503	10.0	1.0	3.5	7.5	2.16	112

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
1995	24	1	2	.333	5.23	31.0	38	20	18	5	7	24	1	1.452	11.0	2.0	7.0	3.43	1.5	11
1996	25	5	3	.625	2.88	78.0	70	28	25	7	30	68	3	1.282	8.1	3.5	7.8	2.27	0.8	55
1997	26	1	3	.250	5.05	41.0	47	26	23	3	15	34	2	1.512	10.3	3.3	7.5	2.27	0.7	31
3 Yrs		7	8	.467	3.96	150.0	155	74	66	15	52	126	6	1.380	9.3		7.6	2.42	0.9	97

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