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Mickey Brantley

Michael Charles Brantley Sr.

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 17, 1961 in Catskill, NY
High School: Catskill HS (Catskill, NY)
School: Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1986
Team: Mariners 1986-1989

Final Game: June 1, 1989
Relatives: Father of Michael Brantley
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1986 25 SEA AL 27 113 102 12 20 3 2 3 7 1 1 10 21 .196 .268 .353 .621 68 36 3 0 1 0 0 8/7
1987 26 SEA AL 92 378 351 52 106 23 2 14 54 13 4 24 44 .302 .344 .499 .842 116 175 2 0 0 3 0 89/D7
1988 27 SEA AL 149 614 577 76 152 25 4 15 56 18 7 26 64 .263 .296 .399 .694 90 230 12 2 5 4 0 *78/9D
1989 28 SEA AL 34 117 108 14 17 5 0 0 8 2 2 7 7 .157 .207 .204 .411 15 22 1 0 1 1 0 79/D
4 Yrs 302 1222 1138 154 295 56 8 32 125 34 14 67 136 .259 .300 .407 .706 89 463 18 2 7 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 656 610 83 158 30 4 17 67 18 8 36 73 .259 .300 .407 .706 89 248 10 1 4 4 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1986 25 SEA AL 27 113 -6 -1 -0 -1 0 -7 -0.7 4 -4 -0.4 .472 .495 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $60,000 8/7
1987 26 SEA AL 92 378 8 1 2 -11 -2 -3 -0.2 12 9 0.9 .497 .498 1.9 -1.2 20 $77,500 89/D7
1988 27 SEA AL 149 614 -9 -0 0 2 -6 -13 -1.1 19 6 0.6 .491 .491 0.4 -0.3 4 $112,500 *78/9D
1989 28 SEA AL 34 117 -12 0 1 3 -2 -10 -1.0 4 -6 -0.7 .469 .493 -1.0 0.2 -9 $ 79/D
4 Seasons 302 1222 -18 0 2 -6 -10 -33 -3.0 37 5 0.4 .489 .495 1.0 -1.3 11 $250,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1986 25 SEA AL 113 87 9 2.8 100 .218 .196 .262 .268 .330 .353 .408 .621 .737 68 .276 -5.1 -0.5 .535 .255 .157 1.5
1987 26 SEA AL 378 254 62 6.5 110 .311 .302 .271 .344 .340 .499 .435 .842 .775 116 .621 7.5 0.7 .829 .291 .197 13.5
1988 27 SEA AL 614 453 66 3.9 98 .273 .263 .264 .296 .330 .399 .397 .694 .727 90 .444 -10.4 -1.0 .606 .199 .135 16.4
1989 28 SEA AL 117 96 5 1.4 96 .167 .157 .264 .207 .330 .204 .389 .411 .718 15 .111 -12.4 -1.3 .309 .111 .046 .0
4 Yrs 1222 890 142 4.3 102 .269 .259 .266 .300 .333 .407 .409 .706 .742 89 .466 -20.4 -2.1 .631 .224 .148 33.0
162 Game Avg. 656 477 76 4.3 102 .269 .259 .266 .300 .333 .407 .409 .706 .742 89 .466 -20.4 -2.1 .631 .224 .148 18

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1986 25 SEA AL 113 2.7% 18.6% 8.9% 7.1% 40% 2.10 4.9 34.0 14.6 1.64 69%
1987 26 SEA AL 378 3.7% 11.6% 6.4% 10.3% 37% 1.83 8.0 25.1 6.5 1.29 78%
1988 27 SEA AL 614 2.4% 10.4% 4.2% 7.2% 29% 2.46 9.0 38.5 10.3 0.74 0.82 82% 16% 11.3% 54%
1989 28 SEA AL 117 0.0% 6.0% 6.0% 4.3% 29% 1.00 15.4 13.5 1.17 1.24 87% 15% 0.0% 34%
4 Yrs 1222 2.6% 11.1% 5.5% 7.9% 33% 2.03 8.4 35.6 9.1 0.80 1.04 80% 16% 9.1% 51%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.1% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.76 5.9 39.4 8.4 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.8% 29%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1986 25 SEA AL -5.1 -0.5 115 -0.4 1.9 -2.3 .97 -0.6 0.2 -8.7 -0.9 0.90 -7.3 2.97 2
1987 26 SEA AL 7.5 0.7 400 0.6 6.8 -6.1 .92 0.9 -0.2 10.9 1.0 0.90 9.1 0.89 4
1988 27 SEA AL -10.4 -1.0 647 -1.2 10.1 -11.3 1.00 -0.7 -0.5 -15.3 -1.5 0.94 -10.4 1.72 1
1989 28 SEA AL -12.4 -1.3 121 -0.8 1.2 -2.0 .94 -1.1 0.3 -9.7 -1.0 0.95 -13.0 1.17 3
4 Yrs -20.4 -2.1 1283 -1.8 19.9 -21.7 .97 -1.6 -0.3 -22.8 -2.4 0.93 -21.6 1.48 10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 25 SEA AL 0 0 33% 38 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27% 7 6 1 0 0 0 4 2 2
1987 26 SEA AL 5 0 33% 171 13 4 76% 13 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 9 33% 16 13 3 3 3 0 14 6 8
1988 27 SEA AL 6 0 37% 205 18 7 72% 17 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 32% 31 22 8 6 3 3 19 12 7
1989 28 SEA AL 1 0 58% 28 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 75% 3 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 2
4 Yrs 12 0 37% 442 34 14 71% 33 14 1 0 0 0 2 1 13 26 35% 57 42 14 11 6 5 40 21 19

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1986 25 SEA AL 113 31% 20 2 0 0 0 2.97 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 17 3 18% 12 2 17% 51 4 8% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1987 26 SEA AL 378 36% 106 4 1 0 1 0.89 14 0 3 7 7 11 3 1 1 0 0% 50 2 4% 33 10 30% 179 42 23% 24 15 63% 18 10 56% 0
1988 27 SEA AL 614 29% 152 26 4 1 1 1 1 1.72 15 1 14 12 3 11 4 0 7 5 71% 109 12 11% 62 21 34% 348 45 13% 31 15 48% 26 17 65% 0
1989 28 SEA AL 117 31% 17 3 0 3 0 0 0 1.17 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 23 1 4% 18 8 44% 74 9 12% 5 3 60% 6 5 83% 0
4 Yrs 1222 32% 295 29 4 10 2 1 2 1.48 32 1 22 21 11 24 8 1 10 7 70% 199 18 9% 125 41 33% 652 100 15% 64 33 52% 51 32 63% 0
MLB Averages 60% 72% 11% 35% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 SEA AL 614 1966 3.20 1318 67% 22% 15% 24% 39% 78% 0% 52% 81% 35% 3% 18 1 11% 67 27 6% 35 16 17% 0 0 0
1989 28 SEA AL 117 394 3.37 253 64% 24% 11% 25% 41% 76% 0% 49% 86% 29% 4% 5 0 15% 17 7 7% 8 3 43% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 731 2360 3.23 1571 67% 23% 14% 24% 40% 77% 0% 52% 82% 34% 3% 23 1 11% 84 34 6% 43 19 20% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 25 27 113 102 12 20 3 2 3 7 1 1 10 21 .196 .268 .353 .621 68 36 3 0 1 0 0
1987 26 119 491 453 64 126 26 4 17 61 14 5 34 65 .278 .327 .466 .792 105 211 5 0 1 3 0
1988 27 268 1105 1030 140 278 51 8 32 117 32 12 60 129 .270 .309 .428 .738 97 441 17 2 6 7 0
1989 28 302 1222 1138 154 295 56 8 32 125 34 14 67 136 .259 .300 .407 .706 89 463 18 2 7 8 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 25 27 113 102 12 20 3 2 3 7 1 10 21 .196 .268 .353 .621 10 27
1987 26 92 372 346 48 101 22 2 13 50 12 23 44 .292 .333 .480 .813 56 92
1988 27 149 619 581 79 156 26 4 15 59 18 27 64 .269 .301 .404 .706 71 149
1989 28 34 118 109 15 18 5 0 0 9 2 7 7 .165 .214 .211 .425 5 34
4 Yrs 302 1222 1138 154 295 56 8 31 125 33 67 136 .259 .300 .404 .704 142 302
162 Game Avg. 162 656 610 83 158 30 4 17 67 18 36 73 .259 .300 .404 .704 76 302

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1988 AL  16.4 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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