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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 (Age 22)
Team: Indians 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$527k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.131, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Double Diamond Sports Management [*]
Relatives: Son of Mickey Brantley
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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 149 609 552 63 159 37 4 6 60 12 9 53 56 .288 .348 .402 .750 112 222 7 0 0 4 12 *8/D
2013 26 CLE AL 36 155 141 17 43 6 1 1 13 2 1 10 18 .305 .361 .383 .744 111 54 3 3 0 1 1 *7/8
5 Yrs 399 1706 1553 191 430 80 12 17 152 41 21 127 207 .277 .332 .377 .708 99 585 30 6 8 12 15
162 Game Avg. 162 693 631 78 175 32 5 7 62 17 9 52 84 .277 .332 .377 .708 99 238 12 2 3 5 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2009 22 CLE AL 28 121 -1 -3 0 -1 0 -5 -0.4 4 -0 -0.0 .483 .497 0.1 -0.1 1 8/7
2010 23 CLE AL 72 325 -10 1 0 -15 1 -22 -2.2 11 -11 -1.1 .468 .486 0.4 -1.4 4 $400,800 8/7
2011 24 CLE AL 114 496 -4 1 -1 6 -2 -0 0.0 18 18 1.8 .500 .500 1.2 0.4 12 $421,800 *78/D
2012 25 CLE AL 149 609 8 -1 2 -1 3 10 1.1 23 33 3.3 .507 .507 3.5 0.2 34 $495,300 *8/D
2013 26 CLE AL 36 155 1 1 1 1 -1 2 0.3 5 8 0.8 .507 .501 0.7 0.0 7 $526,900 *7/8
5 Seasons 399 1706 -7 -0 2 -10 1 -15 -1.3 62 47 4.7 .496 .498 5.8 -0.9 57 $1,844,800

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2009 CLE AL 22 OF 28 26 26 229.1 60 59 0 1 0 .983 -3 -1 -18 -5 2.32 2.11 .987 2.33 2.30
2009 CLE AL 22 CF 20 19 19 166.0 47 46 0 1 0 .979 -4 -4 -30 -29 2.49 2.30 .992 2.73 2.70
2009 CLE AL 22 LF 8 7 7 63.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 3 13 57 1.85 1.63 .987 2.12 2.09
2010 CLE AL 23 OF 72 69 68 625.2 163 161 0 2 0 .988 -7 -15 -14 -28 2.32 2.24 .986 2.30 2.28
2010 CLE AL 23 CF 65 62 61 562.2 158 156 0 2 0 .987 -5 -14 -10 -30 2.50 2.40 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 CLE AL 23 LF 7 7 7 63.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -29 -21 0.71 0.71 .984 2.07 2.04
2011 CLE AL 24 OF 111 108 99 971.0 244 236 5 3 2 .988 8 6 10 7 2.23 2.17 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 CLE AL 24 LF 66 62 57 558.1 125 118 5 2 2 .984 6 8 12 17 1.98 1.86 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 CLE AL 24 CF 52 46 42 412.2 119 118 0 1 0 .992 2 -2 6 -6 2.57 2.27 .990 2.61 2.59
2011 CLE AL 24 DH 3 1
2012 CLE AL 25 CF 144 140 132 1237.0 342 336 5 1 3 .997 -11 -1 -10 -1 2.48 2.37 .989 2.58 2.56
2012 CLE AL 25 OF 144 140 132 1237.0 342 336 5 1 3 .997 -11 -1 -10 0 2.48 2.37 .986 2.17 2.16
2012 CLE AL 25 DH 3 3
2013 CLE AL 26 LF 36 35 34 308.0 55 53 2 0 0 1.000 -4 1 -17 4 1.61 1.53 .990 1.90 1.89
2013 CLE AL 26 OF 36 35 34 312.0 55 53 2 0 0 1.000 -4 1 -17 3 1.59 1.53 .989 2.23 2.22
2013 CLE AL 26 CF 1 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
5 Seasons OF 391 378 359 3375.0 864 845 12 7 5 .992 -18 -10 -6 -3 2.29 2.19 .986 2.24 2.23
5 Seasons CF 282 267 254 2382.1 666 656 5 5 3 .992 -17 -21 -9 -10 2.50 2.34 .990 2.63 2.61
4 Seasons LF 117 111 105 992.2 198 189 7 2 2 .990 0 11 1 13 1.78 1.68 .985 2.05 2.04
5 Seasons TOT 391 378 359 3375.0 864 845 12 7 5 .992 -18 -10 -6 -3 2.29 2.19 .986 2.24 2.23
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Singles s c a p y
2013 AL  35 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2013 AL  3 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  12 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL  9 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2012 AL  9.9 (2nd)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  36 (1st)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  53 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  5 (4th)
2013 AL  2 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 AL  2 (3rd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  144 (4th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  336 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (3rd)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
2013 AL  36 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2013 AL  1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  .997 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2013 AL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
2009 AL  born 1987-05-15 (9th)
2009 AL  born 1987-05-15 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2249), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2080), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Center Field (321st), 4.4 career WAR/4.4 7yr-peak WAR/4.4 JAWS
Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  4. Tim Hendryx (971)
  5. Estel Crabtree (969)
  6. Denny Sothern (969)
  7. Art Griggs (968)
  8. Al Nixon (968)
  9. Earl Smith (967)
  10. Chris Coghlan (966)
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  1. Terry Moore (979)
  2. Jack Tobin (972)
  3. Ryan Sweeney (972)
  4. Rich Becker (969)
  5. Cleon Jones (969)
  6. Mike Menosky (968)
  7. Chad Curtis (968)
  8. Dion James (967)
  9. Roger Cedeno (966)
  10. Jimmy Sebring (965)
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  1. Hal Jeffcoat (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Terry Moore (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
201023Cleveland Indians$400,800
201124Cleveland Indians$421,800
201225Cleveland Indians$495,300contracts
201326Cleveland Indians$526,900
2013 StatusPre-Arb Eligible, Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,844,800
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Name and misspellings: Michael Charles Jr. Michael micheal mike Brantley brantly

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