Will Brunson

William Donald Brunson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 20, 1970 in Irving, TX
High School: DeSoto HS (DeSoto, TX)
School: Texas State University (San Marcos, TX)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1998
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Dodgers 1998-1999

Final Game: July 9, 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
1992	22	CIN-min	Rk	5	5	.500	3.59	13	13	0	0	0	0	72.2	68	34	29	6	28	0	48	3	0	2	313		1.321	8.4	0.7	3.5	5.9	1.71	PRI · APPY
1993	23	CIN-min	A	5	6	.455	3.93	37	15	4	0	0	0	123.2	119	68	54	10	50	1	103	11	2	7	545		1.367	8.7	0.7	3.6	7.5	2.06	CHL · SALL
1994	24	CIN-min	A+	12	7	.632	3.98	30	22	3	3	0	0	165.0	161	83	73	22	58	2	129	12	4	6	711		1.327	8.8	1.2	3.2	7.0	2.22	WSM · CARL
1995	25	LAD-min	A+,AA	14	5	.737	3.47	27	27	0	0	0	0	163.1	173	70	63	8	43	0	114	9	1	8	690		1.322	9.5	0.4	2.4	6.3	2.65	SBR,SAN · CALL,TL
1996	26	LAD-min	AAA,AA	6	5	.545	3.46	20	14	1	1	0	0	96.1	85	42	37	9	38	1	85	3	1	4	405		1.277	7.9	0.8	3.6	7.9	2.24	ABQ,SAN · PCL,TL
1997	27	LAD-min	AA,AAA	6	6	.500	4.27	44	11	13	2	1	0	99.0	107	49	47	11	23	1	96	7	0	2	424		1.313	9.7	1.0	2.1	8.7	4.17	SAN,ABQ · TL,PCL
1998	28	LAD-min	AAA	5	8	.385	4.65	34	15	5	1	0	2	120.0	135	69	62	11	40	1	100	4	1	3	520		1.458	10.1	0.8	3.0	7.5	2.50	ABQ · PCL
1998	28	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	5.06	10	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	22	98	1.500	8.4	0.0	5.1	3.4	0.67
1998	28	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	11.57	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	40	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50
1998	28	DET	AL	0	0		0.00	8	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	11		1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
1999	29	DET-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.53	38	1	15	0	0	3	47.2	45	28	24	5	17	1	41	2	1	2	201		1.301	8.5	0.9	3.2	7.7	2.41	TOL · IL
1999	29	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	6.00	17	0	1	0	0	0	12.0	18	9	8	3	6	1	9	0	0	0	58	83	2.000	13.5	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.50
2000	30	OAK-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	3.65	18	0	5	0	0	0	24.2	26	12	10	0	11	1	22	1	0	0	111		1.500	9.5	0.0	4.0	8.0	2.00	SAC · PCL
2001	31	ANA-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.39	39	1	12	0	0	0	69.2	73	37	34	9	20	2	52	1	1	0	294		1.335	9.4	1.2	2.6	6.7	2.60	SLK · PCL
2 Yrs				1	1	.500	5.71	27	0	3	0	0	0	17.1	23	12	11	3	9	1	11	0	0	1	80	87	1.846	11.9	1.6	4.7	5.7	1.22
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.500	5.71	68	0	8	0	0	0	44	58	30	28	8	23	3	28	0	0	3	201	87	1.846	11.9	1.6	4.7	5.7	1.22

DET (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	4.80	25	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	20	9	8	3	7	1	10	0	0	1	69	105	1.800	12.0	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.43
LAD (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.57	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	40	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50

AL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	4.80	25	0	2	0	0	0	15.0	20	9	8	3	7	1	10	0	0	1	69	105	1.800	12.0	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.43
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.57	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	40	2.143	11.6	0.0	7.7	3.9	0.50

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
1998	28	LAD	NL	2.1	2	0	3	11.57	4.40	-0.10	-0.34	129.5	5.39	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.423	.499	$
1998	28	DET	AL	3.0	8	0	0	0.00	5.95	0.33	-0.45	101.5	5.24	2	0.2	1.6	0.0	0.2	2	.521	.501	$
1999	29	DET	AL	12.0	17	0	9	6.75	5.50	0.24	-0.40	100.3	4.88	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.487	.499	$
2 Seasons				17.1	27	0	12	6.23	5.43	0.21	-0.40	104.5	5.01	-2	-0.2	1.0	0.1	0.0	-0	.492	.500	$

DET (2 yrs)				15.0	25	0	9	5.40	5.59	0.26	-0.41	100.6	4.95	-1	-0.1	1.0	0.1	0.1	1	.498	.500	$
LAD (1 yr)				2.1	2	0	3	11.57	4.40	-0.10	-0.34	129.5	5.39	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.423	.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
1998	28	DET	AL	8	11	10	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.200	.273	.300	.573	.222	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	28	LAD	NL	2	11	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.455	.333	.788	.375	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	28	TOT	MLB	10	22	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	.263	.364	.316	.679	.294	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
1999	29	DET	AL	17	58	49	9	18	4	0	3	1	0	6	9	.367	.421	.633	1.054	.385	31	3	0	1	2	1	1
2 Yrs				27	80	68	12	23	5	0	3	2	0	9	11	.338	.405	.544	.949	.357	37	5	0	1	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				68	201	171	30	58	13	0	8	5	0	23	28	.338	.405	.544	.949	.357	93	13	0	3	5	3	3
MLB Averages																.269	.340	.427	.767	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1998	28	TOT	MLB	-0.0	-0.0	24	0.0	0.4	-0.3	1.17	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.1	1.18	0.4	4	2	4
1998	28	LAD	NL	-1.7	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.04	0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	1.04	0.2	1	0	1
1998	28	DET	AL	1.7	0.2	13	0.2	0.3	-0.1	1.31	0.0	0.2	1.2	0.1	1.31	0.2	3	2	3
1999	29	DET	AL	-1.4	-0.1	59	0.1	0.5	-0.4	.46	-0.7	0.8	-6.0	-0.5	0.46	-5.8	1	4	10
2 Yrs				-1.4	-0.1	83	0.1	0.8	-0.7	.67	-0.6	0.8	-4.7	-0.4	0.67	-5.5	5	6	14

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1998	28	TOT	MLB	10	10	2	0	1	2	2	10	2	20%		1.174	4	2	4	2	2	6	7	3	1	8	2	2	1.6	10
1998	28	LAD	NL	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0		7	1.040	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	3.5	24
1998	28	DET	AL	8	8	1	0	0	1	1	10	2	20%	6	1.308	3	2	3	1	2	5	7	1	0	7	1	2	1.1	6
1999	29	DET	AL	17	17	1	1	0	1	1	12	6	50%	6	.457	1	4	10	3	1	13	8	9	2	11	3	5	2.1	12
2 Yrs				27	27	3	1	1	3	3	22	8	36%		.654	5	6	14	5	3	19	15	12	3	19	5	7	1.9	11

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%
1998	28	TOT	MLB	22	55%	0.0%	9.1%	13.6%	4.6%	20%	1.83	3.67	77%	24%	0.0%	17%	5	2	40%
1998	28	LAD	NL	11	27%	0.0%	9.1%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	7.00		73%	13%	0.0%	0%	3	1	33%
1998	28	DET	AL	11	82%	0.0%	9.1%	9.1%	9.1%	50%	0.80	1.67	82%	33%	0.0%	20%	2	1	50%
1999	29	DET	AL	58	52%	5.2%	15.5%	10.3%	12.1%	39%	0.75	1.45	67%	21%	14.3%	13%	15	3	20%
2 Yrs				80	53%	3.8%	13.8%	11.3%	10.0%	35%	0.97	1.93	70%	22%	11.5%	13%	20	5	25%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	9.1%	7.9%	33%	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	14%			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
1998	28	TOT	MLB	22	95	4.32	50	53%	40%	10%	16%	34%	60%	0%	32%	83%	64%	0%	0	0	23%	5	3	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0
1998	28	LAD	NL	11	48	4.36	28	58%	46%	7%	18%	29%	54%	0%	31%	87%	73%	0%	0	0	45%	5	3	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0
1998	28	DET	AL	11	47	4.27	22	47%	32%	14%	14%	41%	68%	0%	32%	80%	55%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0
1999	29	DET	AL	58	212	3.66	121	57%	26%	12%	26%	36%	74%	2%	42%	83%	50%	3%	2	1	14%	8	4	1	33%	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				80	307	3.84	171	56%	30%	12%	23%	35%	70%	1%	39%	83%	54%	3%	2	1	16%	13	7	1	45%	1	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	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
1998	28	TOT	MLB	22	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1998	28	LAD	NL	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	28	DET	AL	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	6	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1999	29	DET	AL	58	18	3	0	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	6	6	0	100%	1	0	0	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				80	23	4	0	3	0	2	3	0	3	0	6	6	0	100%	1	1	0	35	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	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+
1998	28	0	1	.000	5.06	10	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	22	98	1.500	8.4	0.0	5.1	3.4	0.67	98
1999	29	1	1	.500	5.71	27	0	3	0	0	0	17.1	23	12	11	3	9	1	11	0	0	1	80	87	1.846	11.9	1.6	4.7	5.7	1.22	87

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1998	28	0		5.40	5.0	5	3	3	0	3	2	1.600	9.0	5.4	3.6	0.67	0.0	10
1999	29	1	.000	6.00	12.0	17	9	8	3	6	9	1.917	12.8	4.5	6.8	1.50	2.3	17
2 Yrs		1	.000	5.82	17.0	22	12	11	3	9	11	1.824	11.6		5.8	1.22	1.6	27

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