Bryan Bullington

Bryan Paul Bullington

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 30, 1980 in Indianapolis, IN
High School: Madison Consolidated HS (Madison, IN)
School: Ball State University (Muncie, IN)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed October 30, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 2005
Teams (by GP): Royals/Pirates/BlueJays/Indians 2005-2010
Agents: Casey Close [*]
Final Game: September 25, 2010
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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
2003	22	PIT-min	A+,A	13	5	.722	2.52	25	24	1	2	1	0	142.2	126	49	40	8	38	0	113	8	0	4	593		1.150	7.9	0.5	2.4	7.1	2.97	LBG,HCK · CARL,SALL
2004	23	PIT-min	AA	12	7	.632	4.10	26	26	0	0	0	0	145.0	160	77	66	18	47	1	100	9	0	5	629		1.428	9.9	1.1	2.9	6.2	2.13	ATO · EL
2005	24	PIT-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.28	17	17	0	1	0	0	104.1	98	45	38	11	25	1	77	4	0	0	436		1.179	8.5	0.9	2.2	6.6	3.08	INA · IL
2005	24	PIT	NL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	7	40	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00

2007	26	PIT-min	AAA	11	9	.550	4.00	26	26	0	0	0	0	150.2	146	70	67	10	59	3	89	6	0	3	635		1.361	8.7	0.6	3.5	5.3	1.51	INA · IL
2007	26	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	5.29	5	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	24	11	10	3	5	0	7	0	0	1	76	84	1.706	12.7	1.6	2.6	3.7	1.40
2008	27	PIT-CLE-min	AAA	5	9	.357	5.20	25	23	1	0	0	1	128.0	155	88	74	15	38	5	107	5	1	6	568		1.508	10.9	1.1	2.7	7.5	2.82	INA,BFL · IL
2008	27	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.2	15	9	8	4	2	0	12	1	0	1	60	88	1.159	9.2	2.5	1.2	7.4	6.00
2009	28	TOR-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.52	28	0	8	0	0	3	38.1	42	21	15	2	7	1	43	2	0	2	162		1.278	9.9	0.5	1.6	10.1	6.14	LVG · PCL
2009	28	TOR	AL	0	0		3.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	7	2	2	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	31	156	2.167	10.5	0.0	9.0	7.5	0.83
2010	29	KCR-min	AAA	8	2	.800	2.82	20	15	1	1	0	0	102.0	86	35	32	8	28	0	73	7	0	2	412		1.118	7.6	0.7	2.5	6.4	2.61	OMA · PCL
2010	29	KCR	AL	1	4	.200	6.12	13	5	2	0	0	0	42.2	51	29	29	6	17	2	29	4	0	1	196	69	1.594	10.8	1.3	3.6	6.1	1.71
2011	30	HIR	Fgn	13	11	.542	2.42	30	30	0	3	2	0	204.1	183	61	55	8	43	3	136	18	0	4	832		1.106	8.1	0.4	1.9	6.0	3.16	HIR · JPCL
2012	31	HIR	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.90	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.2	57	30	25	1	13		41	0			239		1.214	8.9	0.2	2.0	6.4	3.15	HIR · JPCL
5 Yrs				1	9	.100	5.62	26	10	5	0	0	0	81.2	98	53	51	13	31	3	54	6	0	3	370	77	1.580	10.8	1.4	3.4	6.0	1.74
162 Game Avg.				2	17	.100	5.62	49	19	9	0	0	0	154	185	100	96	25	59	6	102	11	0	6	699	77	1.580	10.8	1.4	3.4	6.0	1.74

PIT (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	5.89	6	3	0	0	0	0	18.1	25	13	12	3	6	0	8	1	0	1	83	76	1.691	12.3	1.5	2.9	3.9	1.33
KCR (1 yr)				1	4	.200	6.12	13	5	2	0	0	0	42.2	51	29	29	6	17	2	29	4	0	1	196	69	1.594	10.8	1.3	3.6	6.1	1.71
CLE (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.2	15	9	8	4	2	0	12	1	0	1	60	88	1.159	9.2	2.5	1.2	7.4	6.00
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		3.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	7	2	2	0	6	1	5	0	0	0	31	156	2.167	10.5	0.0	9.0	7.5	0.83

AL (3 yrs)				1	6	.143	5.54	20	7	5	0	0	0	63.1	73	40	39	10	25	3	46	5	0	2	287	77	1.547	10.4	1.4	3.6	6.5	1.84
NL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	5.89	6	3	0	0	0	0	18.1	25	13	12	3	6	0	8	1	0	1	83	76	1.691	12.3	1.5	2.9	3.9	1.33

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
2005	24	PIT	NL	1.1	1	0	2	13.50	5.20	0.08	-0.40	98.0	4.62	-1	-0.1	3.4	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.379	.499	$

2007	26	PIT	NL	17.0	5	3	11	5.82	4.60	-0.16	0.07	97.9	4.71	-2	-0.2	.0	0.0	-0.1	-0	.461	.499	$
2008	27	CLE	AL	14.2	3	2	9	5.52	4.74	0.15	0.00	104.4	4.79	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.0	1	.453	.499	$
2009	28	TOR	AL	6.0	4	0	2	3.00	4.45	0.40	-0.33	102.6	3.83	1	0.1	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.513	.500	$
2010	29	KCR	AL	42.2	13	5	29	6.12	4.54	-0.67	-0.01	98.2	5.11	-5	-0.5	.6	-0.0	-0.1	0	.460	.497	$
5 Seasons				81.2	26	10	53	5.84	4.59	-0.33	-0.02	99.6	4.87	-9	-0.9	.6	-0.2	-0.4	0	.465	.499	$

PIT (2 yrs)				18.1	6	3	13	6.38	4.64	-0.14	0.03	97.9	4.71	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.447	.499	$
KCR (1 yr)				42.2	13	5	29	6.12	4.54	-0.67	-0.01	98.2	5.11	-5	-0.5	.6	-0.0	-0.1	0	.460	.497	$
CLE (1 yr)				14.2	3	2	9	5.52	4.74	0.15	0.00	104.4	4.79	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.0	1	.453	.499	$
TOR (1 yr)				6.0	4	0	2	3.00	4.45	0.40	-0.33	102.6	3.83	1	0.1	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.513	.500	$

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
2005	24	PIT	NL	1	7	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.429	.500	.929	.250	2	0	1	0	1	0	0

2007	26	PIT	NL	5	76	70	11	24	3	0	3	2	0	5	7	.343	.387	.514	.901	.350	36	3	0	1	0	0	1
2008	27	CLE	AL	3	60	56	9	15	1	1	4	2	0	2	12	.268	.300	.536	.836	.268	30	2	1	0	1	0	1
2009	28	TOR	AL	4	31	23	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	6	5	.304	.433	.435	.868	.368	10	0	0	1	1	1	0
2010	29	KCR	AL	13	196	172	29	51	11	1	6	7	4	17	29	.297	.369	.477	.846	.324	82	2	4	1	2	2	2
5 Yrs				26	370	325	53	98	17	3	13	11	4	31	54	.302	.368	.492	.860	.323	160	7	6	3	5	3	4
162 Game Avg.				49	699	614	100	185	32	6	25	21	8	59	102	.302	.368	.492	.860	.323	302	13	11	6	9	6	8
MLB Averages																.264	.332	.418	.751	.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
2005	24	PIT	NL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.88	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.88	-0.8	1	0	0

2007	26	PIT	NL	-1.7	-0.2	79	-0.4	0.9	-1.4	.74	-0.4	-0.2	-2.6	-0.2	0.74	-3.9	0	0	1
2008	27	CLE	AL	-1.0	-0.1	63	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	.87	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.87	-2.5	0	0	1
2009	28	TOR	AL	1.2	0.1	31	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.24	0.0	-0.2	0.6	0.1	0.24	-0.3	0	1	1
2010	29	KCR	AL	-7.9	-0.8	207	-1.0	2.3	-3.3	.76	-0.7	-0.6	-9.0	-0.9	0.76	-8.1	1	1	6
5 Yrs				-10.6	-1.0	387	-1.7	4.4	-6.0	.75	-1.4	-0.9	-12.6	-1.2	0.75	-15.6	2	2	9

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	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2007	26	PIT	NL	5	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.0	51	24	1	0	0	2	3.5	1.5	4.3	69	3	0	0	0	78
2008	27	CLE	AL	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.5	48	27	0	0	1	1	2.5	2.0	4.8	81	0	2	0	0	81

2010	29	KCR	AL	13	5	1	3	1	0	1	1	4	.200	0	1	0	0	2	40%	42.0	82	16	6	2	0	3	3.0	3.7	5.7	94	0	4	1	0	103
3 Yrs				21	10	1	8	1	0	1	1	9	.100	0	1	0	0	2	20%	40	82	16	7	2	1	6	3.0	2.8	5.1	84	3	6	1	0	103
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	100	-12					4.7	4.7	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2005	24	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	3	1.880	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0	30

2007	26	PIT	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.740	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	6.0	25
2008	27	CLE	AL	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	.873	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	15.0	60
2009	28	TOR	AL	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	.238	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	3	1	0	1	1	4.5	29
2010	29	KCR	AL	13	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%	6	.764	1	1	6	0	1	7	4	4	5	2	5	1	5.4	31
5 Yrs				26	16	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	4	36%		.754	2	2	9	2	1	13	6	10	9	2	9	2	5.8	32

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%
2005	24	PIT	NL	7	86%	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	14.3%	100%	1.00	2.00	57%	0%	0.0%	0%	2	0	0%

2007	26	PIT	NL	76	63%	4.0%	9.2%	6.6%	7.9%	25%	1.03	1.44	79%	25%	10.0%	3%	11	3	27%
2008	27	CLE	AL	60	48%	6.7%	20.0%	3.3%	10.0%	40%	1.14	1.46	68%	18%	22.2%	14%	10	2	20%
2009	28	TOR	AL	31	65%	0.0%	16.1%	19.4%	6.5%	29%	0.19	0.44	61%	35%	0.0%	13%	11	0	0%
2010	29	KCR	AL	196	45%	3.1%	14.8%	8.7%	9.2%	35%	0.87	1.02	71%	17%	8.7%	10%	38	2	5%
5 Yrs				370	52%	3.5%	14.6%	8.4%	8.9%	34%	0.87	1.13	71%	20%	9.8%	10%	72	7	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%			11%

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
2005	24	PIT	NL	7	30	4.29	17	57%	35%	12%	29%	24%	65%	0%	37%	82%	43%	0%	0	0	29%	2	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0

2007	26	PIT	NL	76	257	3.38	173	67%	24%	10%	29%	37%	76%	0%	51%	86%	62%	7%	5	3	22%	17	8	2	14%	3	2	0	0	0
2008	27	CLE	AL	60	222	3.70	151	68%	22%	19%	30%	30%	78%	0%	53%	76%	60%	5%	3	2	15%	9	3	0	8%	2	1	0	0	0
2009	28	TOR	AL	31	117	3.77	64	55%	27%	14%	28%	31%	73%	8%	40%	81%	42%	13%	4	2	19%	6	1	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
2010	29	KCR	AL	196	721	3.68	447	62%	28%	12%	28%	33%	72%	3%	45%	83%	54%	5%	10	6	15%	29	14	5	14%	3	2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				370	1347	3.64	852	63%	26%	13%	28%	33%	74%	2%	47%	82%	55%	6%	22	13	17%	63	27	7	11%	8	6	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	59%	5%			22%				25%

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
2005	24	PIT	NL	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

2007	26	PIT	NL	76	24	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	30	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2008	27	CLE	AL	60	15	2	0	4	0	2	2	2	3	1	4	3	0	75%	1	1	0	14	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2009	28	TOR	AL	31	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	33%	0	0	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2010	29	KCR	AL	196	51	2	1	6	1	4	3	3	5	1	13	9	1	69%	2	1	0	78	7	4	64%	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5 Yrs				370	98	6	1	13	1	11	5	8	10	3	27	17	2	63%	4	3	0	140	11	4	73%	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		53%							72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2005	24	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	40	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	40
2006	25	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	1.1	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	40	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	40
2007	26	0	3	.000	5.89	6	3	0	18.1	25	13	12	3	6	0	8	1	1	83	76	1.691	12.3	1.5	2.9	3.9	1.33	76
2008	27	0	5	.000	5.45	9	5	0	33.0	40	22	20	7	8	0	20	2	2	143	81	1.455	10.9	1.9	2.2	5.5	2.50	81
2009	28	0	5	.000	5.08	13	5	3	39.0	47	24	22	7	14	1	25	2	2	174	88	1.564	10.8	1.6	3.2	5.8	1.79	88
2010	29	1	9	.100	5.62	26	10	5	81.2	98	53	51	13	31	3	54	6	3	370	77	1.580	10.8	1.4	3.4	6.0	1.74	77

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2005	24	0	0		36.00	1.0	1	4	4	0	1	1	1	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1

2007	26	0	1	.000	5.63	16.0	23	11	10	3	5	7	0	1.750	12.9	2.8	3.9	1.40	1.7	5
2008	27	0	1	.000	5.14	14.0	15	9	8	4	2	11	1	1.214	9.6	1.3	7.1	5.50	2.6	3
2009	28	0	0		3.00	6.0	7	2	2	0	6	5	0	2.167	10.5	9.0	7.5	0.83	0.0	4
2010	29	1	3	.250	6.59	41.0	52	33	30	6	17	28	4	1.683	11.4	3.7	6.1	1.65	1.3	13
5 Yrs		1	5	.167	6.23	78.0	98	59	54	13	31	52	6	1.654	11.3		6.0	1.68	1.5	26

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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