Tom Brennan
Thomas Martin Brennan
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 30, 1952 in Chicago, IL
School: Lewis University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1981
Final Game: May 27, 1985
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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
1981 28 CLE AL 2 2 .500 3.17 7 6 0 1 0 0 48.1 49 20 17 5 14 1 15 0 0 0 205 116 1.303 9.1 0.9 2.6 2.8 1.07
1982 29 CLE AL 4 2 .667 4.27 30 4 14 0 0 2 92.2 112 51 44 9 10 1 46 2 1 2 393 96 1.317 10.9 0.9 1.0 4.5 4.60
1983 30 CLE AL 2 2 .500 3.86 11 5 2 1 1 0 39.2 45 22 17 3 8 1 21 1 0 0 167 111 1.336 10.2 0.7 1.8 4.8 2.63
1984 31 CHW AL 0 1 .000 4.05 4 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 8 5 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 30 103 1.650 10.8 1.4 4.1 4.1 1.00
1985 32 LAD NL 1 3 .250 7.39 12 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 41 26 26 2 11 4 17 0 3 0 144 47 1.642 11.7 0.6 3.1 4.8 1.55
5 Seasons 9 10 .474 4.40 64 20 19 2 1 2 219.0 255 124 107 20 46 7 102 3 4 2 939 90 1.374 10.5 0.8 1.9 4.2 2.22
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .474 4.40 52 16 15 2 1 2 177 206 100 87 16 37 6 83 2 3 2 760 90 1.374 10.5 0.8 1.9 4.2 2.22
CLE (3 yrs) 8 6 .571 3.89 48 15 16 2 1 2 180.2 206 93 78 17 32 3 82 3 1 2 765 104 1.317 10.3 0.8 1.6 4.1 2.56
LAD (1 yr) 1 3 .250 7.39 12 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 41 26 26 2 11 4 17 0 3 0 144 47 1.642 11.7 0.6 3.1 4.8 1.55
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.05 4 1 1 0 0 0 6.2 8 5 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 30 103 1.650 10.8 1.4 4.1 4.1 1.00
AL (4 yrs) 8 7 .533 3.89 52 16 17 2 1 2 187.1 214 98 81 18 35 3 85 3 1 2 795 104 1.329 10.3 0.9 1.7 4.1 2.43
NL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 7.39 12 4 2 0 0 0 31.2 41 26 26 2 11 4 17 0 3 0 144 47 1.642 11.7 0.6 3.1 4.8 1.55

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
1981 28 CLE AL 7 205 189 20 49 6 0 5 0 1 14 15 .259 .310 .370 .681 .260 70 4 0 2 0 1
1982 29 CLE AL 30 393 373 51 112 27 4 9 3 8 10 46 .300 .317 .466 .784 .318 174 4 2 2 6 1
1983 30 CLE AL 11 167 156 22 45 13 0 3 3 2 8 21 .288 .323 .429 .753 .313 67 4 1 0 2 1
1984 31 CHW AL 4 30 26 5 8 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 .308 .379 .462 .841 .318 12 2 0 1 0 0
1985 32 LAD NL 12 144 123 26 41 12 0 2 2 1 11 17 .333 .374 .480 .854 .358 59 1 0 5 5 4
5 Seasons 64 939 867 124 255 59 4 20 9 12 46 102 .294 .327 .441 .768 .310 382 15 3 10 13 7
162 Game Avg. 52 760 702 100 206 48 3 16 7 10 37 83 .294 .327 .441 .768 .310 309 12 2 8 11 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1981 28 CLE AL 7 6 2 2 2 1 0 3 3 .500 1 0 1 0 2 33% 52 68 42 7 5 3 1 3.8 3.4 7.3
1982 29 CLE AL 30 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 1 25% 49 73 20 10 2 2 1 2.5 2.6 6.3
1983 30 CLE AL 11 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 .400 0 1 1 1 2 40% 50 76 33 5 2 1 2 4.8 5.3 5.9
1984 31 CHW AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 4 2 0 0 1.0 0.0 2.3
1985 32 LAD NL 12 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 46 61 30 9 3 4 0 2.7 3.9 5.6
5 Seasons 64 20 6 8 6 2 0 7 13 .350 2 2 2 1 5 25% 49 76 20 35 14 10 4 3.4 3.7 6.2
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
1981 28 CLE AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 1.112 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0
1982 29 CLE AL 30 26 14 2 1 4 2 2 50% 4 0 25 11 44% 6 0.648 6 5 14 7 2 17 14 12 22 2 24 2 7.8
1983 30 CLE AL 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 5 0.777 0 2 4 0 0 6 4 2 3 1 4 0 5.2
1984 31 CHW AL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 0.502 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 4.3
1985 32 LAD NL 12 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 5 1.031 3 2 3 1 1 6 5 3 3 3 3 0 3.5
5 Seasons 64 44 19 3 2 4 2 2 50% 4 0 46 24 52% 0.826 10 9 24 9 3 32 25 19 31 6 34 2 6.5

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%
1981 28 CLE AL 205 53% 2.4% 7.3% 6.8% 5.4% 22% 0.90 82% 42 4 10%
1982 29 CLE AL 393 45% 2.3% 11.7% 2.5% 10.2% 36% 0.75 82% 60 4 7%
1983 30 CLE AL 167 44% 1.8% 12.6% 4.8% 9.6% 36% 1.41 80% 27 4 15%
1984 31 CHW AL 30 50% 3.3% 10.0% 10.0% 6.7% 25% 1.43 73% 9 2 22%
1985 32 LAD NL 144 41% 1.4% 11.8% 7.6% 9.7% 34% 1.21 76% 29 1 3%
5 Seasons 939 46% 2.1% 10.9% 4.9% 8.8% 33% 0.95 81% 167 15 9%
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
1981 28 CLE AL 205 49 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 6 3 0 50% 4 0 2 74 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 29 CLE AL 393 112 9 0 5 5 4 7 2 32 17 5 53% 5 2 0 149 3 8 27% 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
1983 30 CLE AL 167 45 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 13 7 1 54% 3 0 0 66 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
1984 31 CHW AL 30 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 32 LAD NL 144 41 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 16 11 1 69% 2 0 0 59 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
5 Seasons 939 255 20 0 12 12 8 15 5 67 38 7 57% 15 2 2 363 9 12 43% 8 11 1 0 0 1 2 0 30 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+
1981 28 2 2 .500 3.17 7 6 0 1 0 0 48.1 49 20 17 5 14 1 15 0 0 0 205 116 1.303 9.1 0.9 2.6 2.8 1.07 116
1982 29 6 4 .600 3.89 37 10 14 1 0 2 141.0 161 71 61 14 24 2 61 2 1 2 598 102 1.312 10.3 0.9 1.5 3.9 2.54 102
1983 30 8 6 .571 3.89 48 15 16 2 1 2 180.2 206 93 78 17 32 3 82 3 1 2 765 104 1.317 10.3 0.8 1.6 4.1 2.56 104
1984 31 8 7 .533 3.89 52 16 17 2 1 2 187.1 214 98 81 18 35 3 85 3 1 2 795 104 1.329 10.3 0.9 1.7 4.1 2.43 104
1985 32 9 10 .474 4.40 64 20 19 2 1 2 219.0 255 124 107 20 46 7 102 3 4 2 939 90 1.374 10.5 0.8 1.9 4.2 2.22 90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1981 28 4 3 .571 3.78 69.0 80 32 29 8 23 21 0 1.493 10.4 3.0 2.7 0.91 1.0 7
1982 29 4 5 .444 4.65 89.0 115 51 46 9 10 44 2 1.404 11.6 1.0 4.4 4.40 0.9 30
1983 30 2 2 .500 4.03 38.0 44 19 17 3 8 20 1 1.368 10.4 1.9 4.7 2.50 0.7 11
1984 31 0 0 4.50 6.0 8 3 3 1 3 3 0 1.833 12.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.5 4
1985 32 0 3 .000 9.31 29.0 44 33 30 2 12 16 0 1.931 13.7 3.7 5.0 1.33 0.6 12
5 Seasons 10 13 .435 4.87 231.0 291 138 125 23 56 104 3 1.502 11.3 4.1 1.86 0.9 64

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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