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Billy Brewer

William Robert Brewer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 15, 1968 in Fort Worth, TX
High School: Spring Hill HS (Longview, TX)
School: Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 28th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1993
Teams (by GP): Royals/Phillies/Yankees/Athletics 1993-1999

Final Game: October 2, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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
1993 25 KCR AL 2 2 .500 3.46 46 0 14 0 0 0 39.0 31 16 15 6 20 4 28 0 1 2 157 134 1.308 7.2 1.4 4.6 6.5 1.40
1994 26 KCR AL 4 1 .800 2.56 50 0 17 0 0 3 38.2 28 11 11 4 16 1 25 2 0 3 157 197 1.138 6.5 0.9 3.7 5.8 1.56
1995 27 KCR AL 2 4 .333 5.56 48 0 13 0 0 0 45.1 54 28 28 9 20 1 31 2 1 5 209 86 1.632 10.7 1.8 4.0 6.2 1.55
1996 28 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 9.53 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 6 6 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 32 55 2.647 11.1 0.0 12.7 12.7 1.00
1997 29 TOT MLB 1 2 .333 4.13 28 0 5 0 0 0 24.0 19 11 11 3 13 0 17 0 0 1 105 106 1.333 7.1 1.1 4.9 6.4 1.31
1997 29 OAK AL 0 0 13.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 39 3.000 18.0 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50
1997 29 PHI NL 1 2 .333 3.27 25 0 4 0 0 0 22.0 15 8 8 2 11 0 16 0 0 1 93 132 1.182 6.1 0.8 4.5 6.5 1.45
1998 30 PHI NL 0 1 .000 108.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 15.000 81.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
1999 31 PHI NL 1 1 .500 7.01 25 0 8 0 0 2 25.2 30 20 20 4 14 1 28 0 0 1 118 69 1.714 10.5 1.4 4.9 9.8 2.00
7 Yrs 11 11 .500 4.79 203 0 58 0 0 5 178.2 172 96 95 26 93 7 137 4 2 12 784 100 1.483 8.7 1.3 4.7 6.9 1.47
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .500 4.79 68 0 19 0 0 2 60 58 32 32 9 31 2 46 1 1 4 263 100 1.483 8.7 1.3 4.7 6.9 1.47
KCR (3 yrs) 8 7 .533 3.95 144 0 44 0 0 3 123.0 113 55 54 19 56 6 84 4 2 10 523 122 1.374 8.3 1.4 4.1 6.1 1.50
PHI (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 6.00 52 0 12 0 0 2 48.0 48 32 32 6 27 1 44 0 0 2 217 77 1.563 9.0 1.1 5.1 8.3 1.63
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 39 3.000 18.0 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 9.53 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 6 6 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 32 55 2.647 11.1 0.0 12.7 12.7 1.00
AL (5 yrs) 9 7 .563 4.34 151 0 46 0 0 3 130.2 124 64 63 20 66 6 93 4 2 10 567 112 1.454 8.5 1.4 4.5 6.4 1.41
NL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 6.00 52 0 12 0 0 2 48.0 48 32 32 6 27 1 44 0 0 2 217 77 1.563 9.0 1.1 5.1 8.3 1.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1993 25 KCR AL 39.0 46 0 16 3.69 4.85 0.15 -0.37 104.9 4.54 4 0.4 1.1 -0.0 0.7 8 .509 .502 $109,000
1994 26 KCR AL 38.2 50 0 11 2.56 5.59 -0.08 -0.43 103.6 5.43 12 1.2 1.6 0.3 1.8 16 .523 .507 $165,000
1995 27 KCR AL 45.1 48 0 28 5.56 5.33 0.34 -0.40 101.3 4.66 -4 -0.4 1.4 -0.2 -0.2 1 .491 .497 $220,000
1996 28 NYY AL 5.2 4 0 6 9.53 5.53 -0.26 -0.41 100.4 5.40 -3 -0.2 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .442 .499 $
1997 29 OAK AL 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 6.30 -0.72 -0.47 94.0 6.16 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .449 .499 $
1997 29 PHI NL 22.0 25 0 8 3.27 4.88 0.07 -0.37 98.5 4.38 3 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.4 5 .511 .502 $200,000
1998 30 PHI NL 0.1 2 0 4 108.00 8.42 0.92 -0.65 96.7 6.64 -4 -0.3 1.7 -0.1 -0.4 -4 .337 .498 $310,000
1999 31 PHI NL 25.2 25 0 20 7.01 5.13 0.21 -0.39 108.2 4.91 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .477 .496 $320,000
7 Seasons 178.2 203 0 96 4.84 5.22 0.12 -0.40 103.1 4.84 0 0.1 1.3 -0.1 1.7 20 .501 .500 $1,324,000
KCR (3 yrs) 123.0 144 0 55 4.02 5.26 0.15 -0.40 103.2 4.86 12 1.1 1.4 0.1 2.3 25 .508 .502 $494,000
PHI (3 yrs) 48.0 52 0 32 6.00 5.04 0.15 -0.38 103.7 4.67 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.2 -0.4 -2 .488 .499 $830,000
OAK (1 yr) 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 6.30 -0.72 -0.47 94.0 6.16 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .449 .499 $
NYY (1 yr) 5.2 4 0 6 9.53 5.53 -0.26 -0.41 100.4 5.40 -3 -0.2 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .442 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1993 25 KCR AL 46 157 135 16 31 4 1 6 5 2 20 28 .230 .327 .407 .734 .245 55 7 0 1 1 4 0
1994 26 KCR AL 50 157 135 11 28 4 2 4 2 2 16 25 .207 .297 .356 .652 .222 48 4 2 2 2 1 1
1995 27 KCR AL 48 209 186 28 54 4 1 9 4 0 20 31 .290 .365 .468 .833 .308 87 2 2 1 0 1 0
1996 28 NYY AL 4 32 24 6 7 5 0 0 0 0 8 8 .292 .469 .500 .969 .438 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 29 TOT MLB 28 105 89 11 19 2 2 3 1 0 13 17 .213 .305 .382 .687 .222 34 2 0 0 3 0 2
1997 29 OAK AL 3 12 9 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 .444 .500 1.000 1.500 .375 9 0 0 0 1 0 0
1997 29 PHI NL 25 93 80 8 15 0 2 2 1 0 11 16 .188 .280 .313 .592 .203 25 2 0 0 2 0 2
1998 30 PHI NL 2 6 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .750 .833 .750 1.583 .750 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 31 PHI NL 25 118 102 20 30 6 1 4 0 1 14 28 .294 .376 .490 .866 .366 50 2 0 1 1 1 0
7 Yrs 203 784 675 96 172 25 7 26 12 5 93 137 .255 .345 .428 .773 .281 289 17 4 5 7 7 3
162 Game Avg. 68 263 226 32 58 8 2 9 4 2 31 46 .255 .345 .428 .773 .281 97 6 1 2 2 2 1
MLB Averages .268 .338 .421 .759 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1993 25 KCR AL 5.0 0.5 165 0.5 2.5 -2.1 .80 0.4 0.2 10.7 1.0 0.80 6.6 13 11 22
1994 26 KCR AL 10.7 1.0 165 0.9 3.9 -3.1 1.37 0.8 -0.2 10.4 1.0 1.37 10.3 21 18 10
1995 27 KCR AL -2.7 -0.2 218 -0.3 3.6 -3.9 1.02 -0.6 0.3 -8.6 -0.8 1.02 -1.5 19 5 24
1996 28 NYY AL -2.4 -0.2 32 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .61 -0.2 -0.1 -2.6 -0.2 0.61 -2.4 0 1 3
1997 29 TOT MLB 1.1 0.1 107 -0.6 1.3 -2.0 .88 0.2 -0.9 -3.6 -0.3 0.88 -0.2 7 6 13
1997 29 OAK AL -1.8 -0.2 12 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .37 -0.2 -0.6 -2.6 -0.2 0.37 -2.8 1 1 1
1997 29 PHI NL 2.9 0.3 95 -0.3 1.3 -1.6 .94 0.5 -0.8 -1.0 -0.1 0.94 2.6 6 5 12
1998 30 PHI NL -3.4 -0.3 6 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 2.75 -0.2 0.0 -2.9 -0.3 2.75 -2.1 1 1 0
1999 31 PHI NL -5.0 -0.5 121 -0.3 1.3 -1.6 .66 -0.1 -0.3 -4.4 -0.4 0.66 -2.2 6 4 14
7 Yrs 3.2 0.4 814 -0.5 13.1 -13.6 .97 0.3 -0.8 -1.0 -0.1 0.97 8.5 67 46 86

Reliever Pitching*

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
1993 25 KCR AL 46 46 14 2 2 2 0 2 0% 7 5 39 4 10% 8 .801 13 11 22 9 10 27 24 22 9 22 14 6 2.5 13
1994 26 KCR AL 50 50 17 4 1 7 3 4 43% 20 12 50 12 24% 8 1.368 21 18 10 22 10 18 29 21 12 29 16 12 2.3 12
1995 27 KCR AL 48 48 13 2 4 4 0 4 0% 11 7 49 18 37% 8 1.021 19 5 24 18 9 21 33 15 16 24 21 12 2.8 17
1996 28 NYY AL 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .611 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 4 2 1 3 0 4.3 37
1997 29 TOT MLB 28 28 5 1 2 2 0 2 0% 7 5 13 6 46% .875 7 6 13 10 3 15 8 20 6 12 7 8 2.6 16
1997 29 OAK AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 .373 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2.0 15
1997 29 PHI NL 25 25 4 1 2 2 0 2 0% 7 5 11 5 45% 7 .940 6 5 12 10 2 13 6 19 5 10 6 7 2.6 16
1998 30 PHI NL 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2.750 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0.5 16
1999 31 PHI NL 25 25 8 1 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 14 3 21% 6 .658 6 4 14 5 3 17 9 16 7 12 9 7 3.1 19
7 Yrs 203 203 58 11 11 17 5 12 29% 49 30 165 43 26% .969 67 46 86 65 36 102 103 100 52 102 70 45 2.6 15

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1993 25 KCR AL 157 45% 3.8% 17.8% 12.7% 7.0% 36% 0.57 0.93 65% 25% 10.3% 15% 37 7 19%
1994 26 KCR AL 157 41% 2.6% 15.9% 10.2% 6.4% 36% 0.93 1.23 69% 18% 8.9% 21% 34 4 12%
1995 27 KCR AL 209 42% 4.3% 14.8% 9.6% 6.7% 26% 0.58 0.69 70% 24% 10.7% 13% 41 2 5%
1996 28 NYY AL 32 28% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 15.6% 71% 0.78 1.25 50% 25% 0.0% 11% 6 0 0%
1997 29 TOT MLB 105 43% 2.9% 16.2% 12.4% 6.7% 37% 0.87 1.15 69% 13% 10.3% 24% 19 2 11%
1997 29 OAK AL 12 42% 8.3% 8.3% 16.7% 25.0% 75% 0.80 4.00 67% 11% 20.0% 0% 4 0 0%
1997 29 PHI NL 93 43% 2.2% 17.2% 11.8% 4.3% 27% 0.88 1.04 69% 14% 8.3% 27% 15 2 13%
1998 30 PHI NL 6 33% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.33 0.00 67% 50% 0.0% 0% 4 0 0%
1999 31 PHI NL 118 36% 3.4% 23.7% 11.9% 9.3% 37% 0.70 1.09 60% 21% 11.4% 19% 32 2 6%
7 Yrs 784 41% 3.3% 17.5% 11.9% 7.4% 34% 0.70 0.97 66% 21% 9.9% 17% 173 17 10%
MLB Averages 44% 2.7% 16.3% 9.0% 7.7% 32% 0.82 1.09 70% 21% 8.0% 15% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1993 25 KCR AL 156 573 3.67 323 56% 26% 20% 20% 34% 74% 5% 42% 74% 47% 9% 14 6 13% 21 9 1 19% 3 4 1 1 0
1994 26 KCR AL 153 570 3.73 344 60% 28% 18% 22% 33% 72% 2% 44% 75% 63% 3% 5 2 15% 23 9 0 13% 5 2 4 0 0
1995 27 KCR AL 205 778 3.80 456 59% 28% 16% 23% 33% 72% 1% 42% 78% 51% 7% 15 12 21% 43 18 4 13% 5 2 4 0 0
1996 28 NYY AL 25 112 4.48 55 49% 25% 25% 27% 22% 75% 0% 37% 66% 40% 16% 4 4 4% 1 1 0 0% 1 0 7 0 0
1997 29 TOT MLB 96 400 4.17 232 58% 30% 16% 24% 29% 70% 0% 41% 76% 49% 6% 6 4 16% 15 9 1 19% 2 2 9 0 1
1997 29 OAK AL 12 46 3.83 25 54% 32% 12% 20% 36% 68% 0% 37% 82% 50% 17% 2 1 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 1 0 0 0
1997 29 PHI NL 84 354 4.21 207 58% 29% 17% 25% 29% 70% 0% 41% 75% 49% 5% 4 3 18% 15 9 1 20% 2 1 9 0 1
1998 30 PHI NL 6 31 5.17 16 52% 31% 13% 31% 25% 69% 0% 35% 82% 33% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 31 PHI NL 118 486 4.12 282 58% 21% 29% 23% 27% 79% 2% 46% 63% 47% 8% 9 2 12% 14 4 0 14% 1 6 0 0 0
7 Yrs 759 2950 3.89 1708 58% 27% 19% 23% 31% 73% 2% 42% 73% 51% 7% 53 30 16% 118 50 6 14% 17 16 25 1 1
MLB Averages 3.70 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1993 25 KCR AL 157 31 4 0 6 0 6 3 3 1 5 16 5 2 31% 0 2 1 61 5 2 71% 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1994 26 KCR AL 157 28 4 1 4 0 10 0 4 1 3 16 7 3 44% 1 3 0 58 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
1995 27 KCR AL 209 54 7 1 9 2 12 4 5 5 4 8 7 1 88% 0 5 0 96 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1996 28 NYY AL 32 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 29 TOT MLB 105 19 1 0 3 1 6 1 2 1 2 10 7 1 70% 2 1 0 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 29 OAK AL 12 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 29 PHI NL 93 15 1 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 2 9 6 1 67% 2 1 0 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 30 PHI NL 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 31 PHI NL 118 30 3 1 4 1 6 2 2 2 2 11 9 1 82% 0 1 1 49 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
7 Yrs 784 172 20 3 26 4 44 10 16 10 16 66 38 9 58% 3 12 2 310 12 5 71% 9 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 27 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1993 25 2 2 .500 3.46 46 0 14 0 0 0 39.0 31 16 15 6 20 4 28 0 1 2 157 134 1.308 7.2 1.4 4.6 6.5 1.40 134
1994 26 6 3 .667 3.01 96 0 31 0 0 3 77.2 59 27 26 10 36 5 53 2 1 5 314 161 1.223 6.8 1.2 4.2 6.1 1.47 161
1995 27 8 7 .533 3.95 144 0 44 0 0 3 123.0 113 55 54 19 56 6 84 4 2 10 523 122 1.374 8.3 1.4 4.1 6.1 1.50 122
1996 28 9 7 .563 4.20 148 0 45 0 0 3 128.2 120 61 60 19 64 6 92 4 2 10 555 115 1.430 8.4 1.3 4.5 6.4 1.44 115
1997 29 10 9 .526 4.19 176 0 50 0 0 3 152.2 139 72 71 22 77 6 109 4 2 11 660 114 1.415 8.2 1.3 4.5 6.4 1.42 114
1998 30 10 10 .500 4.41 178 0 50 0 0 3 153.0 142 76 75 22 79 6 109 4 2 11 666 108 1.444 8.4 1.3 4.6 6.4 1.38 108
1999 31 11 11 .500 4.79 203 0 58 0 0 5 178.2 172 96 95 26 93 7 137 4 2 12 784 100 1.483 8.7 1.3 4.7 6.9 1.47 100

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1993 25 2 2 .500 3.50 36.0 30 16 14 6 19 26 0 1.361 7.5 4.8 6.5 1.37 1.5 46
1994 26 4 1 .800 2.38 53.0 38 16 14 5 22 34 3 1.132 6.5 3.7 5.8 1.55 0.8 50
1995 27 2 3 .400 5.12 51.0 58 32 29 10 21 35 2 1.549 10.2 3.7 6.2 1.67 1.8 48
1996 28 0 0 9.00 6.0 7 7 6 0 8 8 0 2.500 10.5 12.0 12.0 1.00 0.0 4
1997 29 1 1 .500 3.60 25.0 18 11 10 3 12 18 0 1.200 6.5 4.3 6.5 1.50 1.1 28
1998 30 0 0 inf 0.0 3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0.00 2
1999 31 1 1 .500 5.88 26.0 27 19 17 4 13 28 0 1.538 9.3 4.5 9.7 2.15 1.4 25
7 Yrs 10 8 .556 4.29 197.0 181 105 94 28 97 149 5 1.411 8.3 6.8 1.54 1.3 203

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1994 AL  50 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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