Mark Brandenburg
Mark Clay Brandenburg
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 14, 1970 in Houston, TX
School: Texas Tech University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 26th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1995
Final Game: September 27, 1997
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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
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 82 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 0 338 151 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 0 215 164 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 0 123 132 1.271 8.9 1.6 2.5 9.2 3.63
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 85 1.585 10.8 0.7 3.5 7.5 2.13
3 Seasons 5 8 .385 4.49 97 0 23 0 0 0 144.1 161 78 72 16 56 6 121 6 2 0 647 111 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 0 454 111 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 0 309 100 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 0 338 122 1.547 10.1 1.0 3.8 7.0 1.81

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
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
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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 97 647 573 78 161 33 3 16 4 2 56 121 .281 .347 .433 .780 .327 248 8 6 5 7 6
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
MLB Averages

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
1995 24 TEX AL 11 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 7 54% 7 0.371 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 0 2 0% 14 11 39 17 44% 0.823 18 15 21 23 8 24 29 26 24 17 26 9 4.1 24
1996 25 TEX AL 26 26 8 1 3 1 0 1 0% 3 2 20 7 35% 6 0.653 5 9 11 8 3 15 15 11 17 4 17 3 5.5 31
1996 25 BOS AL 29 29 5 4 2 1 0 1 0% 11 9 19 10 53% 8 1.119 13 6 10 15 5 9 14 15 7 13 9 6 2.9 17
1997 26 BOS AL 31 31 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 28 10 36% 6 0.667 8 7 15 9 5 17 18 13 15 8 18 10 4.0 23
3 Seasons 97 97 23 5 8 2 0 2 0% 18 15 80 34 43% 0.692 28 23 43 33 13 51 54 43 47 26 54 19 4.5 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%
1995 24 TEX AL 123 54% 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 43% 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 39% 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 44% 1.6% 18.3% 8.6% 9.1% 35% 0.84 1.15 69% 19% 6.0% 26% 51 4 8%
3 Seasons 647 45% 2.5% 18.7% 8.7% 8.0% 32% 0.59 0.75 68% 23% 7.4% 23% 155 8 5%
MLB Averages

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
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 318 1206 3.79 774 64% 32% 16% 24% 28% 68% 2% 44% 77% 63% 6% 18 13 26% 83 49 4 22% 14 3 20 0 0
1996 25 TEX AL 202 744 3.68 478 64% 32% 15% 23% 29% 68% 2% 43% 77% 64% 5% 10 6 27% 55 31 3 17% 8 3 13 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 Seasons 579 2179 3.76 1424 65% 31% 14% 26% 29% 69% 3% 45% 80% 63% 5% 30 20 27% 154 94 9 27% 26 4 68 0 0
MLB Averages

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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1995 24 0 1 .000 5.93 11 0 5 0 0 0 27.1 36 18 18 5 7 1 21 1 1 0 123 82 1.573 11.9 1.6 2.3 6.9 3.00 82
1996 25 5 6 .455 4.09 66 0 18 0 0 0 103.1 112 53 47 13 40 3 87 4 2 0 461 124 1.471 9.8 1.1 3.5 7.6 2.18 124
1997 26 5 8 .385 4.49 97 0 23 0 0 0 144.1 161 78 72 16 56 6 121 6 2 0 647 111 1.503 10.0 1.0 3.5 7.5 2.16 111

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 5.40 30.0 39 20 18 5 8 23 1 1.567 11.7 2.4 6.9 2.88 1.5 11
1996 25 5 3 .625 2.77 78.0 71 27 24 7 31 68 3 1.308 8.2 3.6 7.8 2.19 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 Seasons 7 8 .467 3.93 149.0 157 73 65 15 54 125 6 1.416 9.5 7.6 2.31 0.9 97

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