Brian Bruney
Brian Anthony Bruney
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 226 lb.

Born: February 17, 1982 in Astoria, OR
High School: Warrenton (Warrenton, OR)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 12th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 2004
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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
2004 22 ARI NL 3 4 .429 4.31 30 0 14 0 0 0 31.1 20 16 15 2 27 5 34 1 0 2 135 107 1.500 5.7 0.6 7.8 9.8 1.26
2005 23 ARI NL 1 3 .250 7.43 47 0 21 0 0 12 46.0 56 39 38 6 35 2 51 5 0 2 230 60 1.978 11.0 1.2 6.8 10.0 1.46
2006 24 NYY AL 1 1 .500 0.87 19 0 2 0 0 0 20.2 14 2 2 1 15 0 25 1 0 2 90 519 1.403 6.1 0.4 6.5 10.9 1.67
2007 25 NYY AL 3 2 .600 4.68 58 0 16 0 0 0 50.0 44 28 26 5 37 2 39 3 0 4 228 96 1.620 7.9 0.9 6.7 7.0 1.05
2008 26 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 1.83 32 1 5 0 0 1 34.1 18 7 7 2 16 0 33 1 0 1 137 242 0.990 4.7 0.5 4.2 8.7 2.06
2009 27 NYY AL 5 0 1.000 3.92 44 0 6 0 0 0 39.0 36 17 17 6 23 3 36 1 0 2 175 109 1.513 8.3 1.4 5.3 8.3 1.57
6 Seasons 16 10 .615 4.27 230 1 64 0 0 13 221.1 188 109 105 22 153 12 218 12 0 13 995 105 1.541 7.6 0.9 6.2 8.9 1.42
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .615 4.27 68 0 19 0 0 4 65 55 32 31 6 45 4 64 4 0 4 293 105 1.541 7.6 0.9 6.2 8.9 1.42
NYY (4 yrs) 12 3 .800 3.25 153 1 29 0 0 1 144.0 112 54 52 14 91 5 133 6 0 9 630 136 1.410 7.0 0.9 5.7 8.3 1.46
ARI (2 yrs) 4 7 .364 6.17 77 0 35 0 0 12 77.1 76 55 53 8 62 7 85 6 0 4 365 73 1.784 8.8 0.9 7.2 9.9 1.37
AL (4 yrs) 12 3 .800 3.25 153 1 29 0 0 1 144.0 112 54 52 14 91 5 133 6 0 9 630 136 1.410 7.0 0.9 5.7 8.3 1.46
NL (2 yrs) 4 7 .364 6.17 77 0 35 0 0 12 77.1 76 55 53 8 62 7 85 6 0 4 365 73 1.784 8.8 0.9 7.2 9.9 1.37

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 24 NYY AL ALDS L DET 0 0 3.38 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.375 3.4 3.4 0.0 13.5
2009 27 NYY AL WS W PHI 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 1.333 12.0 3.0 0.0 12.0
1 ALDS 0 0 3.38 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.375 3.4 3.4 0.0 13.5
1 WS 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 81.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
2004 22 ARI NL 30 135 106 16 20 3 0 2 2 5 27 34 .189 .358 .274 .632 .257 29 1 1 1 0 5
2005 23 ARI NL 47 230 187 39 56 10 3 6 2 0 35 51 .299 .421 .481 .902 .382 90 4 5 2 1 2
2006 24 NYY AL 19 90 74 2 14 3 0 1 1 1 15 25 .189 .333 .270 .604 .271 20 1 1 0 0 0
2007 25 NYY AL 58 228 181 28 44 9 1 5 4 5 37 39 .243 .370 .387 .757 .273 70 5 3 1 6 2
2008 26 NYY AL 32 137 118 7 18 4 0 2 3 0 16 33 .153 .255 .237 .493 .188 28 0 1 0 2 0
2009 27 NYY AL 44 175 148 17 36 5 1 6 2 0 23 36 .243 .347 .412 .759 .280 61 3 1 2 1 3
6 Seasons 230 995 814 109 188 34 5 22 14 11 153 218 .231 .357 .366 .723 .284 298 14 12 6 10 12
162 Game Avg. 68 293 240 32 55 10 1 6 4 3 45 64 .231 .357 .366 .723 .284 88 4 4 2 3 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2008 26 NYY AL 32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57 57 57 3 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 2.0 36 1 0 0 0 36
1 Season 32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57 57 57 3 1 1 0 0.0 0.0 2.0 36 1 0 0 0 36
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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
2004 22 ARI NL 30 30 14 3 4 1 0 1 0% 4 3 17 2 12% 7 1.117 11 5 14 7 6 17 9 21 9 9 11 4 3.1 20
2005 23 ARI NL 47 47 21 1 3 16 12 4 75% 20 4 16 3 19% 9 1.441 20 7 18 24 4 19 9 38 10 14 11 8 2.9 20
2006 24 NYY AL 19 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 17 6 35% 7 1.074 10 2 6 9 2 8 10 9 6 6 8 6 3.3 20
2007 25 NYY AL 58 58 16 3 2 2 0 2 0% 8 6 40 14 35% 7 0.856 11 13 32 23 5 30 23 35 10 24 16 11 2.6 16
2008 26 NYY AL 32 31 5 3 0 2 1 1 50% 15 12 24 10 42% 7 1.038 14 9 8 19 3 9 15 16 10 10 13 5 3.1 17
2009 27 NYY AL 44 44 6 5 0 1 0 1 0% 15 14 13 4 31% 8 0.991 16 8 17 28 5 11 8 36 6 16 7 7 2.7 16
6 Seasons 230 229 64 16 10 22 13 9 59% 66 43 127 39 31% 1.095 82 44 95 110 25 94 74 155 51 79 66 41 2.9 18

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%
2004 22 ARI NL 135 41% 1.5% 25.2% 20.0% 3.7% 25% 0.49 0.67 52% 21% 4.8% 11% 35 1 3%
2005 23 ARI NL 230 44% 2.6% 22.2% 15.2% 8.3% 34% 0.69 1.05 57% 22% 8.0% 7% 57 4 7%
2006 24 NYY AL 90 39% 1.1% 27.8% 16.7% 4.4% 29% 0.53 0.80 53% 16% 3.6% 13% 17 1 6%
2007 25 NYY AL 228 40% 2.2% 17.1% 16.2% 6.6% 34% 0.47 0.45 63% 21% 6.0% 15% 63 5 8%
2008 26 NYY AL 137 43% 1.5% 24.1% 11.7% 4.4% 33% 0.76 0.71 62% 15% 5.6% 27% 27 0 0%
2009 27 NYY AL 175 46% 3.4% 20.6% 13.1% 6.9% 33% 0.47 0.62 61% 18% 9.5% 17% 38 3 8%
6 Seasons 995 43% 2.2% 21.9% 15.4% 6.1% 32% 0.56 0.68 59% 19% 6.7% 15% 237 14 6%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
2004 22 ARI NL 135 601 4.45 349 58% 28% 17% 35% 21% 72% 4% 42% 77% 56% 10% 13 3 27% 37 17 1 32% 2 5 0 0 0
2005 23 ARI NL 230 945 4.11 562 59% 33% 18% 24% 25% 67% 2% 40% 73% 52% 4% 9 6 20% 45 24 3 27% 7 1 0 0 0
2006 24 NYY AL 90 388 4.31 242 62% 25% 18% 36% 20% 75% 0% 47% 76% 58% 1% 1 1 32% 29 15 3 28% 4 0 0 0 0
2007 25 NYY AL 228 918 4.03 546 59% 24% 17% 32% 27% 76% 1% 45% 78% 54% 8% 18 10 25% 56 35 6 23% 8 6 0 0 0
2008 26 NYY AL 137 548 4.00 327 60% 27% 20% 27% 27% 73% 0% 43% 73% 58% 6% 8 4 18% 24 14 2 33% 6 4 0 0 0
2009 27 NYY AL 175 692 3.95 414 60% 25% 16% 31% 28% 75% 4% 45% 78% 58% 8% 14 5 22% 38 18 3 22% 9 6 0 0 0
6 Seasons 995 4092 4.11 2440 60% 27% 18% 30% 25% 73% 2% 43% 76% 55% 6% 63 29 23% 229 123 18 28% 36 22 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2004 22 ARI NL 135 20 1 0 2 0 9 0 2 1 1 9 4 1 44% 1 2 0 52 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0
2005 23 ARI NL 230 56 4 0 6 0 15 3 3 4 2 22 15 3 68% 2 2 0 94 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 24 NYY AL 90 14 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 6 2 3 33% 1 2 0 33 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007 25 NYY AL 228 44 4 2 5 1 14 1 4 3 2 20 9 3 45% 4 4 0 100 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2008 26 NYY AL 137 18 2 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 8 4 3 50% 0 1 1 58 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 27 NYY AL 175 36 1 0 6 0 7 3 3 2 4 14 6 2 43% 1 2 0 57 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 995 188 12 2 22 1 57 10 12 10 12 79 40 15 51% 9 13 1 394 14 11 56% 13 11 1 0 0 0 2 1 27 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2004 22 3 4 .429 4.31 30 0 14 0 0 0 31.1 20 16 15 2 27 5 34 1 0 2 135 107 1.500 5.7 0.6 7.8 9.8 1.26 107
2005 23 4 7 .364 6.17 77 0 35 0 0 12 77.1 76 55 53 8 62 7 85 6 0 4 365 73 1.784 8.8 0.9 7.2 9.9 1.37 73
2006 24 5 8 .385 5.05 96 0 37 0 0 12 98.0 90 57 55 9 77 7 110 7 0 6 455 89 1.704 8.3 0.8 7.1 10.1 1.43 89
2007 25 8 10 .444 4.93 154 0 53 0 0 12 148.0 134 85 81 14 114 9 149 10 0 10 683 92 1.676 8.1 0.9 6.9 9.1 1.31 92
2008 26 11 10 .524 4.34 186 1 58 0 0 13 182.1 152 92 88 16 130 9 182 11 0 11 820 104 1.547 7.5 0.8 6.4 9.0 1.40 104
2009 27 16 10 .615 4.27 230 1 64 0 0 13 221.1 188 109 105 22 153 12 218 12 0 13 995 105 1.541 7.6 0.9 6.2 8.9 1.42 105

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
2004 22 2 1 .667 3.77 31.0 18 14 13 2 24 34 1 1.355 5.2 7.0 9.9 1.42 0.6 30
2005 23 1 4 .200 7.20 45.0 55 40 36 6 34 50 5 1.978 11.0 6.8 10.0 1.47 1.2 47
2006 24 2 0 1.000 0.90 20.0 14 2 2 1 15 24 1 1.450 6.3 6.8 10.8 1.60 0.5 19
2007 25 2 3 .400 4.59 49.0 43 28 25 5 36 38 3 1.612 7.9 6.6 7.0 1.06 0.9 58
2008 26 3 0 1.000 1.54 35.0 17 7 6 2 15 34 1 0.914 4.4 3.9 8.7 2.27 0.5 32
2009 27 2 2 .500 4.03 38.0 36 19 17 6 23 35 1 1.553 8.5 5.4 8.3 1.52 1.4 44
6 Seasons 12 10 .545 4.09 218.0 183 110 99 22 147 215 12 1.514 7.6 8.9 1.46 0.9 230

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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