Craig Brazell

Craig Walter Brazell

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 10, 1980 in Montgomery, AL
High School: Montgomery HS (Montgomery, AL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 2004
Teams (by GP): Mets/Royals 2004-2007

Final Game: September 30, 2007
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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
1998	18	NYM-min	Rk	13	50	47	6	14	3	1	1	6	0	0	2	13	.298	.340	.468	.808		22	0	1	0	0	0		MET · GULF
1999	19	NYM-min	Rk	59	239	221	27	85	16	1	6	39	6	5	7	34	.385	.422	.548	.969		121	5	8	2	1	4		KPT · APPY
2000	20	NYM-min	A	112	439	406	35	98	28	0	8	57	3	3	15	82	.241	.279	.369	.648		150	6	9	1	8	1		CLM · SALL
2001	21	NYM-min	A	83	356	331	51	102	25	5	19	72	0	3	15	74	.308	.343	.586	.929		194	3	5	0	5	3		CLM · SALL
2002	22	NYM-min	A+,AA	135	568	532	52	147	33	3	22	101	2	3	14	106	.276	.305	.474	.778		252	9	12	0	10	3		SCE,BNG · FLOR,EL
2003	23	NYM-min	AA,AAA	123	516	478	62	138	26	2	17	77	3	1	24	105	.289	.328	.458	.786		219	4	7	0	7	5		BNG,NFK · EL,IL
2004	24	NYM-min	AAA	121	505	475	66	126	22	2	23	67	1	2	21	99	.265	.300	.465	.765		221	5	3	5	1	5		NFK · IL
2004	24	NYM	NL	24	35	34	3	9	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.265	.286	.412	.697	79	14	1	0	0	0	0	/3

2005	25	NYM-min	AAA	52	187	173	22	43	11	2	6	28	2	0	13	32	.249	.301	.439	.740		76	6	0	1	0	3		NFK · IL
2006	26	LAD-min	AA	117	448	421	56	104	26	1	21	91	1	0	19	94	.247	.283	.463	.747		195	19	4	0	4	1		JCK · SOUL
2007	27	KCR-min	AAA,AA	135	575	542	83	171	38	0	39	91	0	1	31	102	.315	.352	.601	.953		326	13	0	1	1	3		OMA,WCH · PCL,TL
2007	27	KCR	AL	5	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	77	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2008	28	SEI	Fgn	130	521	471	59	110	19	0	27	87	0	0	30	139	.234	.294	.446	.740		210	11	13	0	7	0		SEI · JPPL
2009	29	HAN	Fgn	82	295	285	29	83	14	0	16	49	0	1	8	66	.291	.308	.509	.817		145	13	0	0	2	2		HAN · JPCL
2010	30	HAN	Fgn	143	601	564	82	167	15	0	47	117	1	0	25	153	.296	.329	.573	.902		323	14	6	0	6	0		HAN · JPCL
2011	31	HAN	Fgn	120	456	422	33	119	21	0	16	69	0	1	21	71	.282	.322	.445	.768		188	15	7	0	6	1		HAN · JPCL
2012	32	HAN	Fgn	46	150	141	12	33	8	0	6	18	0	0	9	34	.234	.280	.418	.698		59	11	0	0	0	0		HAN · JPCL
2 Yrs				29	40	38	4	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	8	.263	.300	.395	.695	80	15	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	223	212	22	56	11	0	6	17	0	0	11	45	.263	.300	.395	.695	80	84	6	0	0	0	0

KCR (1 yr)				5	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	77	1	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				24	35	34	3	9	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.265	.286	.412	.697	79	14	1	0	0	0	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
2004	24	NYM	NL	24	35	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.495	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/3

2007	27	KCR	AL	5	5	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/3
2 Seasons				29	40	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

KCR (1 yr)				5	5	-0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
NYM (1 yr)				24	35	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.495	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
2004	24	NYM	NL	35	26	4	4.1	109	.308	.265	.267	.286	.339	.412	.433	.697	.772	79	.410	-1.2	-0.1	.577	.176	.147	.0

2007	27	KCR	AL	5	3	1	8.9	107	.333	.250	.271	.400	.339	.250	.424	.650	.762	77	.738	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.000
2 Yrs				40	29	5	4.6	109	.310	.263	.268	.300	.339	.395	.432	.695	.771	80	.461	-1.2	-0.1	.586	.184	.132	.0
162 Game Avg.				223	162	28	4.6	109	.310	.263	.268	.300	.339	.395	.432	.695	.771	80	.461	-1.2	-0.1	.586	.184	.132

KCR (1 yr)				5	3	1	8.9	107	.333	.250	.271	.400	.339	.250	.424	.650	.762	77	.738	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.000
NYM (1 yr)				35	26	4	4.1	109	.308	.265	.267	.286	.339	.412	.433	.697	.772	79	.410	-1.2	-0.1	.577	.176	.147	.0

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
2004	24	NYM	NL	35	2.9%	20.0%	2.9%	8.6%	33%	7.00	4.9	34.0	11.3	0.69	0.73	74%	15%	7.1%	13%

2007	27	KCR	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0			0.50	1.00	60%	67%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				40	2.5%	20.0%	5.0%	7.5%	30%	4.00	4.8	38.0	12.7	0.67	0.75	73%	20%	6.3%	11%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	1.99	5.3	32.1	7.6	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.8%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2004	24	NYM	NL	-1.2	-0.1	35	0.3	1.0	-0.7	1.17	-0.1	0.3	-1.7	-0.2	0.99	-1.6	1.36	17

2007	27	KCR	AL	-0.1	-0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.41	-0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	1.04	0.1	0.50	3
2 Yrs				-1.3	-0.1	40	0.2	1.0	-0.8	1.08	-0.1	0.3	-1.7	-0.2	0.99	-1.5	1.23	20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2004	24	NYM	NL	0	0	22%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

2007	27	KCR	AL	0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2 Yrs				0	0	27%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1

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
2004	24	NYM	NL	35	97%	9	0	0	17	5	0	1	1.36	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	2	0	0%	22	2	9%	0	0		0	0		0

2007	27	KCR	AL	5	80%	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				40	95%	10	0	0	20	5	0	1	1.23	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	3	1	33%	25	2	8%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

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
2004	24	NYM	NL	35	128	3.66	96	75%	11%	21%	40%	28%	89%	0%	66%	76%	60%	0%	0	0	6%	2	1	0%	0	0	14%	0	0	0

2007	27	KCR	AL	5	19	3.80	14	74%	14%	29%	36%	21%	86%	0%	63%	67%	60%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				40	147	3.68	110	75%	12%	22%	39%	27%	88%	0%	66%	75%	60%	0%	0	0	5%	2	1	0%	0	0	13%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
2004	24	24	35	34	3	9	2	1	3	1	7	.265	.286	.412	.697	79	14	1
2005	25	24	35	34	3	9	2	1	3	1	7	.265	.286	.412	.697	79	14	1
2006	26	24	35	34	3	9	2	1	3	1	7	.265	.286	.412	.697	79	14	1
2007	27	29	40	38	4	10	2	1	3	2	8	.263	.300	.395	.695	80	15	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2004	24	24	35	34	3	9	2	0	1	3	0	1	7	.265	.286	.412	.697	4	24

2007	27	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	5
2 Yrs		29	40	38	3	9	2	0	1	3	0	2	8	.237	.275	.368	.643	4	29
162 Game Avg.		162	223	212	17	50	11	0	6	17	0	11	45	.237	.275	.368	.643	22	29

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