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 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
1977	20	ATL-min	Rk	3	2	.600	2.33	6	3		0	0	0	27.0	21	8	7	0	10	0	27	0	0	1			1.148	7.0	0.0	3.3	9.0	2.70	KPT · APPY
1978	21	ATL-min	AA,AAA,A	10	8	.556	3.21	22	22		6	0	0	140.0	123	56	50	10	47	1	95	3	1	4			1.214	7.9	0.6	3.0	6.1	2.02	SAV,RMD,GRW · SOUL,IL,WCRS
1979	22	ATL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.91	9	9		2	1	0	66.0	47	15	14	3	28	4	42	0	0	9			1.136	6.4	0.4	3.8	5.7	1.50	RMD · IL
1979	22	ATL	NL	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487	77	1.547	11.2	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.94

1980	23	ATL-min	AAA	10	15	.400	3.71	30	30		13	1	0	206.0	198	102	85	13	56	4	128	6	1	10			1.233	8.7	0.6	2.4	5.6	2.29	RMD · IL
1981	24	ATL-min	AAA	10	3	.769	3.57	25	19	3	3	2	0	141.0	138	62	56	13	44	2	59	2	0	3			1.291	8.8	0.8	2.8	3.8	1.34	RMD · IL
1982	25	ATL-min	AAA	15	11	.577	5.04	32	32	0	5	2	0	193.0	231	119	108	24	75	0	102	3	0	6			1.585	10.8	1.1	3.5	4.8	1.36	RMD · IL
1983	26	ATL-min	AAA	9	7	.563	3.74	21	19	1	3	1	0	127.2	136	58	53	7	44	0	90	2	0	6			1.410	9.6	0.5	3.1	6.3	2.05	RMD · IL
1983	26	ATL	NL	1	0	1.000	3.54	14	0	2	0	0	1	20.1	22	8	8	2	6	0	17	0	0	0	88	112	1.377	9.7	0.9	2.7	7.5	2.83
1984	27	ATL-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.23	18	18	0	5	3	0	111.1	110	53	40	8	38	0	76	1	0	4			1.329	8.9	0.6	3.1	6.1	2.00	RMD · IL
1984	27	ATL	NL	1	2	.333	5.28	10	4	2	0	0	0	29.0	33	22	17	4	13	1	17	0	1	3	132	74	1.586	10.2	1.2	4.0	5.3	1.31
1985	28	ATL-min	AAA	10	12	.455	3.27	33	22	6	8	2	2	165.0	146	72	60	12	63	2	76	2	2	9			1.267	8.0	0.7	3.4	4.1	1.21	RMD · IL
1986	29	CHW-min	AAA	6	6	.500	5.40	28	17	5	5	2	0	116.2	131	79	70	14	54	1	70	4	0	11			1.586	10.1	1.1	4.2	5.4	1.30	BFL · AA
3 Yrs				8	11	.421	5.06	44	23	4	2	0	1	156.2	188	100	88	12	52	2	98	3	1	8	707	79	1.532	10.8	0.7	3.0	5.6	1.88
162 Game Avg.				8	11	.421	5.06	45	23	4	2	0	1	159	191	101	89	12	53	2	99	3	1	8	718	79	1.532	10.8	0.7	3.0	5.6	1.88

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
1979	22	ATL	NL	107.1	20	19	70	5.87	4.24	-0.58	0.13	109.9	5.43	-6	-0.6	.1	-0.0	0.2	5	.468	.496	$

1983	26	ATL	NL	20.1	14	0	8	3.54	4.18	-0.10	-0.32	106.7	4.21	1	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.3	3	.512	.501	$
1984	27	ATL	NL	29.0	10	4	22	6.83	4.25	0.02	0.06	109.2	4.68	-7	-0.8	.4	0.0	-0.5	-4	.424	.495	$
3 Seasons				156.2	44	23	100	5.74	4.23	-0.41	0.05	109.3	5.14	-12	-1.2	.6	-0.1	0.0	4	.472	.497	$

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
1979	22	ATL	NL	20	486	439	70	133	26	5	6	10	2	33	64	.303	.352	.426	.778	.340	187	9	3	7	5	1	8

1983	26	ATL	NL	14	88	79	8	22	1	0	2	2	2	6	17	.278	.329	.367	.697	.333	29	0	0	3	0	0	1
1984	27	ATL	NL	10	132	116	22	33	7	1	4	3	2	13	17	.284	.351	.466	.817	.299	54	2	0	1	2	1	2
3 Yrs				44	706	634	100	188	34	6	12	15	6	52	98	.297	.349	.426	.775	.331	270	11	3	11	7	2	11
162 Game Avg.				45	717	643	101	191	35	6	12	15	6	53	99	.297	.349	.426	.775	.331	274	11	3	11	7	2	11
MLB Averages																.262	.325	.387	.712	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	22	ATL	NL	-12.5	-1.2	506	-1.8	7.1	-8.9	.91	-1.4	-0.6	-11.8	-1.1	0.91	-13.2	0	0	1

1983	26	ATL	NL	1.3	0.1	91	0.1	1.3	-1.1	.81	0.1	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.81	-0.6	2	1	11
1984	27	ATL	NL	-5.3	-0.5	140	-0.7	1.8	-2.5	.87	-0.7	-0.1	-6.9	-0.7	0.87	-6.4	1	0	5
3 Yrs				-16.5	-1.6	737	-2.4	10.2	-12.5	.89	-2.0	-0.6	-20.0	-1.9	0.89	-20.2	3	1	17

Starting Pitching*

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
1979	22	ATL	NL	20	19	6	9	4	1	1	7	12	.368	0	3	2	0	8	42%	43.7	68	22	13	11	5	9	4.1	4.6	5.5

1984	27	ATL	NL	10	4	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	.750	0	1	0	0	2	50%	46.0	60	38	10	4	1	3	5.2	4.9	5.8
2 Yrs				30	23	7	10	6	1	1	10	13	.435	0	4	2	0	10	43%	44	68	22	23	15	6	12	4.3	4.6	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	22	ATL	NL	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		2	.906	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	10.0

1983	26	ATL	NL	14	14	2	1	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	11	6	55%	6	.806	2	1	11	2	0	12	5	9	8	3	9	2	4.4
1984	27	ATL	NL	10	6	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	6	.865	1	0	5	0	1	5	2	4	2	4	2	0	2.8
3 Yrs				44	21	4	1	1	1	1	0	100%	2	0	14	6	43%		.886	3	1	17	2	1	18	7	14	11	7	12	2	4.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	22	ATL	NL	487	51%	1.2%	13.2%	6.8%	7.6%	28%	1.32	77%	91	9	10%

1983	26	ATL	NL	88	69%	2.3%	19.3%	6.8%	3.4%	14%	1.21	68%	16	0	0%
1984	27	ATL	NL	132	52%	3.0%	12.9%	9.9%	9.1%	36%	0.94	73%	25	2	8%
3 Yrs				707	53%	1.7%	13.9%	7.4%	7.4%	28%	1.23	75%	132	11	8%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.1%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

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
1979	22	ATL	NL	486	133			6	0	7	5	1	2	4	20	15	0	75%	8	5	2	192	10	2	83%	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	1

1983	26	ATL	NL	88	22			2	0	3	2	0	2	0	9	5	3	56%	1	0	1	37	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	27	ATL	NL	132	33			4	0	0	3	1	4	0	12	4	3	33%	2	3	0	50	3	2	60%	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0
3 Yrs				706	188			12	0	10	10	2	8	4	41	24	6	59%	11	8	3	279	15	6	71%	14	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	21	1
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1979	22	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487	77	1.547	11.2	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.94	77
1980	23	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487	77	1.547	11.2	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.94	77
1981	24	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487	77	1.547	11.2	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.94	77
1982	25	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487	77	1.547	11.2	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.94	77
1983	26	7	9	.438	5.01	34	19	2	2	1	127.2	155	78	71	8	39	1	81	3	0	5	575	81	1.520	10.9	0.6	2.7	5.7	2.08	81
1984	27	8	11	.421	5.06	44	23	4	2	1	156.2	188	100	88	12	52	2	98	3	1	8	707	79	1.532	10.8	0.7	3.0	5.6	1.88	79

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979	22	4	7	.364	5.21	107.0	131	69	62	6	33	64	3	1.533	11.0	2.8	5.4	1.94	0.5	20

1983	26	1	1	.500	3.60	20.0	23	9	8	2	6	16	0	1.450	10.4	2.7	7.2	2.67	0.9	14
1984	27	1	2	.333	5.79	28.0	34	20	18	4	13	17	0	1.679	10.9	4.2	5.5	1.31	1.3	10
3 Yrs		6	10	.375	5.11	155.0	188	98	88	12	52	97	3	1.548	10.9		5.6	1.87	0.7	44

* 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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