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Michael Brantley

Michael Charles Brantley Jr.

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 15, 1987 in Bellevue, WA
High School: Central HS (Fort Pierce, FL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 7th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2009
Team: Indians 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.131, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Joshua Kusnick, Double Diamond Sports Mgmt [*]
Relatives: Son of Mickey 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
2005	18	MIL-min	Rk	54	241	207	42	71	5	1	0	22	16	5	28	17	.343	.426	.377	.803		78	2	2	4	0	0		BRR,HEL · ARIZ,PION
2006	19	MIL-min	A	108	435	360	47	108	10	2	0	42	24	7	61	51	.300	.402	.339	.741		122	5	4	5	5	0		CHL · SALL
2007	20	MIL-min	A,AA	115	478	405	69	120	21	2	2	53	35	9	60	47	.296	.386	.373	.758		151	11	2	6	5	1		CHL,HVL · SALL,SOUL
2008	21	MIL-min	AA	106	479	420	80	134	17	2	4	40	28	8	50	27	.319	.395	.398	.793		167	6	4	3	2	5		HVL · SOUL
2009	22	CLE-min	AAA	116	528	457	80	122	21	2	6	37	46	5	59	48	.267	.350	.361	.711		165	7	1	8	3	1		CLB · IL
2009	22	CLE	AL	28	121	112	10	35	4	0	0	11	4	4	8	19	.313	.358	.348	.707	92	39	3	0	1	0	0	8/7
2010	23	CLE-min	AAA	67	316	273	54	87	13	2	4	29	13	5	34	28	.319	.395	.425	.820		116	7	2	5	2	1		CLB · IL
2010	23	CLE	AL	72	325	297	38	73	9	3	3	22	10	2	22	38	.246	.296	.327	.623	75	97	6	0	4	2	0	8/7
2011	24	CLE	AL	114	496	451	63	120	24	4	7	46	13	5	34	76	.266	.318	.384	.702	97	173	11	3	3	5	2	*78/D
2012	25	CLE	AL	46	197	187	25	51	15	2	0	21	9	4	10	18	.273	.310	.374	.684	93	70	3	0	0	0	1	*8
4 Yrs				260	1139	1047	136	279	52	9	10	100	36	15	74	151	.266	.315	.362	.677	89	379	23	3	8	7	3
162 Game Avg.				162	710	652	85	174	32	6	6	62	22	9	46	94	.266	.315	.362	.677	89	236	14	2	5	4	2

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	28	121	-1	-3	0	-1	0	-5	-0.4	4	-1	-0.1	.482	.497	0.0	-0.1	0	$	8/7
2010	23	CLE	AL	72	325	-11	1	0	-15	1	-23	-2.3	11	-12	-1.3	.466	.485	0.2	-1.4	3	$400,800	8/7
2011	24	CLE	AL	114	496	-4	1	-1	6	-2	-0	0.1	17	16	1.6	.500	.500	1.0	0.4	10	$421,800	*78/D
2012	25	CLE	AL	46	197	-2	1	0	2	1	3	0.3	7	9	0.9	.506	.502	0.7	0.3	7	$	*8
4 Seasons				260	1139	-18	1	-0	-8	-1	-26	-2.4	38	13	1.1	.490	.496	1.9	-0.8	21	$822,600

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	121	85	13	4.1	103	.376	.313	.261	.358	.329	.348	.420	.707	.749	92	.403	-1.2	-0.1	.560	.107	.036	.0
2010	23	CLE	AL	325	238	30	3.4	95	.271	.246	.253	.296	.320	.327	.397	.623	.717	75	.354	-10.4	-1.0	.547	.182	.081	4.6
2011	24	CLE	AL	496	355	55	4.2	94	.303	.266	.253	.318	.317	.384	.400	.702	.716	97	.452	-1.6	-0.2	.628	.211	.118	9.1
2012	25	CLE	AL	197	143	21	4.0	92	.302	.273	.245	.310	.312	.374	.398	.684	.709	93	.432	-1.5	-0.2	.594	.182	.102	.0
4 Yrs				1139	821	119	3.9	95	.301	.266	.252	.315	.318	.362	.401	.677	.719	89	.415	-14.7	-1.4	.592	.186	.096	15.7
162 Game Avg.				710	512	74	3.9	95	.301	.266	.252	.315	.318	.362	.401	.677	.719	89	.415	-14.7	-1.4	.592	.186	.096	10

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	121	0.0%	15.7%	6.6%	3.3%	11%	2.38	5.9		10.2	0.96	1.00	77%	22%	0.0%	11%
2010	23	CLE	AL	325	0.9%	11.7%	6.8%	4.6%	21%	1.73	7.8	99.0	13.5	0.90	1.13	79%	22%	2.5%	11%
2011	24	CLE	AL	496	1.4%	15.3%	6.9%	7.1%	29%	2.24	5.9	64.4	9.8	0.93	1.24	75%	22%	4.0%	9%
2012	25	CLE	AL	197	0.0%	9.1%	5.1%	8.6%	33%	1.80	10.4		8.9	1.06	1.22	86%	21%	0.0%	10%
4 Yrs				1139	0.9%	13.3%	6.5%	6.2%	25%	2.04	6.9	104.7	10.5	0.95	1.18	78%	22%	2.4%	10%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	35.0	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	22	CLE	AL	-1.2	-0.1	130	0.2	2.1	-2.0	.94	-0.3	0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.89	-2.5	0.92	1
2010	23	CLE	AL	-10.4	-1.0	346	-0.5	5.3	-5.9	1.07	-1.0	0.5	-3.9	-0.4	0.94	-9.6	4.22	2
2011	24	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	524	0.5	9.6	-9.1	1.02	-0.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.98	-1.4	3.64	1
2012	25	CLE	AL	-1.5	-0.2	211	-1.1	2.9	-4.0	1.06	-0.6	-0.4	-4.0	-0.4	1.00	-4.1		0
4 Yrs				-15.3	-1.5	1211	-0.9	20.0	-20.9	1.03	-1.8	0.9	-7.8	-0.8	0.96	-17.7	3.25	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	22	CLE	AL	0	23%	53	4	4	50%	4	4	0	2	2	2	0	27%	4	3	1	4	3	1	3	1	1
2010	23	CLE	AL	1	38%	126	10	2	83%	10	2	0	5	1	2	13	42%	26	19	7	6	3	3	11	3	8
2011	24	CLE	AL	2	37%	182	13	5	72%	11	5	2	5	2	0	12	42%	25	18	7	6	2	4	19	9	10
2012	25	CLE	AL	2	41%	72	9	4	69%	7	4	2	1	1	1	3	60%	13	8	5	4	1	3	8	1	7
4 Yrs				5	36%	433	36	15	71%	32	15	4	13	6	5	28	44%	68	48	20	20	9	11	41	14	26

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	121	74%	35	5	1	1	1	0	1	0.92	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	18	3	17%	5	2	40%	53	11	21%	5	4	80%	5	3	60%	0
2010	23	CLE	AL	325	78%	73	9	2	2	1	0	1	4.22	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	0	6	4	67%	46	6	13%	18	10	56%	158	21	13%	8	4	50%	11	7	64%	0
2011	24	CLE	AL	496	68%	120	10	3	1	0	0	0	3.64	7	0	9	7	0	4	3	0	5	3	60%	74	11	15%	40	18	45%	244	41	17%	26	16	62%	14	9	64%	0
2012	25	CLE	AL	197	67%	51	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	39	3	8%	22	7	32%	125	21	17%	12	9	75%	8	5	63%	0
4 Yrs				1139	72%	279	30	7	4	2	0	2	3.25	10	0	22	9	1	6	4	0	13	8	62%	177	23	13%	85	37	44%	580	94	16%	51	33	65%	38	24	63%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
2009	22	CLE	AL	121	489	4.04	313	64%	47%	4%	19%	30%	53%	0%	34%	92%	7%	2%	2	0	11%	13	1	10%	12	6	53%	0	0	0
2010	23	CLE	AL	326	1314	4.03	828	63%	41%	5%	22%	32%	59%	0%	37%	91%	10%	6%	18	0	17%	55	17	13%	41	23	39%	-1	0	0
2011	24	CLE	AL	496	1948	3.93	1221	63%	39%	7%	23%	31%	61%	1%	38%	89%	9%	5%	23	0	16%	77	27	8%	42	26	43%	0	0	0
2012	25	CLE	AL	198	708	3.58	446	63%	37%	5%	20%	38%	63%	0%	39%	92%	17%	5%	9	0	11%	22	5	8%	16	11	39%	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				1141	4459	3.91	2808	63%	40%	6%	21%	32%	60%	1%	38%	90%	10%	5%	52	0	15%	167	50	10%	111	66	43%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2009	22	28	121	112	10	35	4	0	0	11	4	4	8	19	.313	.358	.348	.707	92	39	3	0	1	0	0
2010	23	100	446	409	48	108	13	3	3	33	14	6	30	57	.264	.313	.333	.645	80	136	9	0	5	2	0
2011	24	214	942	860	111	228	37	7	10	79	27	11	64	133	.265	.316	.359	.675	88	309	20	3	8	7	2
2012	25	260	1139	1047	136	279	52	9	10	100	36	15	74	151	.266	.315	.362	.677	89	379	23	3	8	7	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	22	28	121	112	10	35	4	0	0	11	4	8	19	.313	.358	.348	.707	14	28
2010	23	72	333	303	43	79	10	3	3	25	11	24	38	.261	.313	.343	.656	33	72
2011	24	114	506	459	70	128	26	4	7	51	14	36	76	.279	.332	.399	.731	61	114
2012	25	46	201	190	28	54	16	2	0	23	10	11	18	.284	.323	.389	.713	24	46
4 Yrs		260	1161	1064	151	296	56	9	10	110	39	79	151	.278	.328	.376	.704	132	260
162 Game Avg.		162	723	663	94	184	35	6	6	69	24	49	94	.278	.328	.376	.704	82	260

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1779), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2359), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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