Tony Brizzolara

Anthony John Brizzolara

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 14, 1957 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Beloit Memorial HS (Beloit, WI)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted
by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1979
Team: Braves 1979-1984

Final Game: September 28, 1984
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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
1979 22 ATL NL 20 39 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .029 .079 .029 .108 -70 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
1983 26 ATL NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 27 ATL NL 10 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
3 Yrs 44 48 42 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .024 .067 .024 .090 -75 1 0 0 3 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 177 155 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 59 .024 .067 .024 .090 -75 4 0 0 11 4 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 Awards
1979 22 ATL NL 20 39 -8 0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .482 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1983 26 ATL NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 27 ATL NL 10 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .485 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
3 Seasons 44 48 -10 0 0 0 6 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .489 .499 -0.5 0.0 -3 $

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
1979 22 ATL NL 39 36 0 0.0 105 .045 .029 .277 .079 .344 .029 .411 .108 .755 -70 .000 -8.6 -0.9 .088 .057 .000
1984 27 ATL NL 9 9 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .271 .000 .337 .000 .395 .000 .732 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
3 Yrs 48 45 0 0.0 104 .037 .024 .276 .067 .343 .024 .408 .090 .751 -75 .000 -10.6 -1.1 .073 .048 .000
162 Game Avg. 177 166 0 0.0 104 .037 .024 .276 .067 .343 .024 .408 .090 .751 -75 .000 -10.6 -1.1 .073 .048 .000

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
1979 22 ATL NL 39 0.0% 35.9% 5.1% 0.0% 0% 7.00 2.5 35.0 9.50 56%
1984 27 ATL NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 6.00 56%
3 Yrs 48 0.0% 33.3% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 8.00 2.6 42.0 8.33 56%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.1% 8.3% 6.6% 28% 1.57 6.8 44.6 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1979 22 ATL NL -8.6 -0.9 39 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .94 -0.7 0.1 -8.0 -0.8 0.99 -7.9 0
1983 26 ATL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1984 27 ATL NL -1.9 -0.2 9 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.23 -0.2 -0.0 -3.1 -0.3 1.32 -2.3 0
3 Yrs -10.6 -1.1 48 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 .99 -0.9 0.0 -11.1 -1.1 1.05 -10.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 22 ATL NL 1 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1984 27 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 1 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

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
1979 22 ATL NL 39 31% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 9 1 11% 26 2 8% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
1984 27 ATL NL 9 56% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 13 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 48 35% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 12 2 17% 39 2 5% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 57% 83% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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
1979 22 20 39 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .029 .079 .029 .108 -70 1 0 0 1 1 0
1980 23 20 39 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .029 .079 .029 .108 -70 1 0 0 1 1 0
1981 24 20 39 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .029 .079 .029 .108 -70 1 0 0 1 1 0
1982 25 20 39 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .029 .079 .029 .108 -70 1 0 0 1 1 0
1983 26 34 39 35 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .029 .079 .029 .108 -70 1 0 0 1 1 0
1984 27 44 48 42 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .024 .067 .024 .090 -75 1 0 0 3 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 22 20 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .000 .053 .000 .053 0 20
1984 27 10 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
2 Yrs 30 48 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .000 .044 .000 .044 0 30
162 Game Avg. 162 259 227 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 86 .000 .044 .000 .044 0 30

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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