Brandon Claussen

Brandon Allen Falker Claussen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 1, 1979 in Rapid City, SD
High School: Goddard HS (Roswell, NM)
School: Howard College (Big Spring, TX)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 34th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed May 20, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 2003
Teams (by GP): Reds/Yankees 2003-2006
Agents: Levinsons [*]
Final Game: June 16, 2006
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Sponsor this page for $15 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service. Your message will replace this ad.

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
1999	20	NYY-min	A,A-,Rk	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GBO,STI,YNK · SALL,NYPL,GULF
2000	21	NYY-min	A,A+	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GBO,TAM · SALL,FLOR
2001	22	NYY-min	A+,AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TAM,NCH · FLOR,EL
2002	23	NYY-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
2003	24	CIN-NYY-min	AAA,A+	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU,CLB,TAM · IL,FLOR
2003	24	NYY	AL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	25	CIN-min	AAA	18	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	5	0	0		LOU · IL
2004	25	CIN	NL	14	22	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.105	.150	.105	.255	-31	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
2005	26	CIN	NL	29	64	55	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	22	.091	.138	.091	.229	-38	5	0	0	6	0	0	1
2006	27	CIN-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · IL
2006	27	CIN	NL	14	24	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.095	.095	.095	.190	-51	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
2007	28	WSN-min	AAA,Rk	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1	0	0	0	0	0		CLB,NAT · IL,GULF
4 Yrs				58	114	99	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	40	.101	.136	.101	.237	-37	10	1	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	318	277	14	28	0	0	0	6	0	0	11	112	.101	.136	.101	.237	-37	28	3	0	31	0	0

CIN (3 yrs)				57	110	95	5	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	39	.095	.131	.095	.226	-40	9	1	0	11	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				57	110	95	5	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	39	.095	.131	.095	.226	-40	9	1	0	11	0	0
AL (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	0	0	0	0	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
2003	24	NYY	AL	1	4	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2004	25	CIN	NL	14	22	-3	0	-0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
2005	26	CIN	NL	29	64	-12	-0	0	0	9	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.487	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$320,000	1
2006	27	CIN	NL	14	24	-6	-0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$370,000	1
4 Seasons				58	114	-21	-0	0	0	16	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.6	.491	.499	-0.6	0.0	-2	$690,000

CIN (3 yrs)				57	110	-21	-0	0	0	16	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.6	.491	.499	-0.6	0.0	-2	$690,000
NYY (1 yr)				1	4	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
2003	24	NYY	AL	4	3	0	0.0	105	.333	.250	.266	.250	.331	.250	.425	.500	.756	34	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
2004	25	CIN	NL	22	20	0	0.0	108	.154	.105	.266	.150	.337	.105	.431	.255	.768	-31	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.167	.053	.000
2005	26	CIN	NL	64	56	1	0.5	108	.152	.091	.269	.138	.339	.091	.428	.229	.767	-38	.014	-11.4	-1.1	.160	.055	.000
2006	27	CIN	NL	24	22	0	0.0	116	.200	.095	.277	.095	.348	.095	.450	.190	.798	-51	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.105	.000	.000
4 Yrs				114	101	1	0.3	110	.169	.101	.270	.136	.340	.101	.433	.237	.773	-37	.005	-20.5	-2.0	.156	.040	.000
162 Game Avg.				318	282	3	0.3	110	.169	.101	.270	.136	.340	.101	.433	.237	.773	-37	.005	-20.5	-2.0	.156	.040	.000

CIN (3 yrs)				110	98	1	0.3	110	.161	.095	.270	.131	.341	.095	.433	.226	.774	-40	.005	-20.1	-2.0	.149	.042	.000
NYY (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	105	.333	.250	.266	.250	.331	.250	.425	.500	.756	34	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				110	98	1	0.3	110	.161	.095	.270	.131	.341	.095	.433	.226	.774	-40	.005	-20.1	-2.0	.149	.042	.000
AL (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	105	.333	.250	.266	.250	.331	.250	.425	.500	.756	34	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.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
2003	24	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		4.0	2.00	1.00	75%	0%		100%
2004	25	CIN	NL	22	0.0%	27.3%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.2			5.00	12.00	59%	7%	0.0%	0%
2005	26	CIN	NL	64	0.0%	34.4%	4.7%	0.0%	0%	7.33	2.5			1.82	2.50	52%	10%	0.0%	9%
2006	27	CIN	NL	24	0.0%	45.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9		21.0	3.50	5.00	42%	8%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				114	0.0%	35.1%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	10.00	2.5		49.5	2.44	3.43	52%	9%	0.0%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	1.98	5.3	31.7	7.6	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.9%	11%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2003	24	NYY	AL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.40	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	1.15	-0.3
2004	25	CIN	NL	-3.8	-0.4	22	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.07	-0.3	0.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.98	-3.7
2005	26	CIN	NL	-11.4	-1.1	64	-0.9	0.2	-1.1	.76	-1.1	-0.1	-13.5	-1.3	0.99	-12.8
2006	27	CIN	NL	-5.0	-0.5	24	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.95	-0.5	0.0	-5.4	-0.5	0.93	-5.6
4 Yrs				-20.5	-2.0	114	-1.7	0.4	-2.2	.85	-2.0	-0.1	-22.9	-2.2	0.98	-22.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3
2003	24	NYY	AL	0	0%	0		0	0	0	0
2004	25	CIN	NL	1	33%	7	0%	1	1	0	0
2005	26	CIN	NL	0	38%	11	0%	1	1	2	2
2006	27	CIN	NL	0	50%	4	0%	1	1	1	1
4 Yrs				1	36%	22	0%	3	3	3	3

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
2003	24	NYY	AL	4	75%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
2004	25	CIN	NL	22	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	3	3	100%	14	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2005	26	CIN	NL	64	22%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	67%	12	0	0%	14	2	14%	45	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2006	27	CIN	NL	24	17%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	6	0	0%	8	1	13%	15	1	7%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				114	28%	10	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	11	65%	22	1	5%	26	6	23%	79	2	3%	7	1	14%	5	2	40%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			66%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2003	24	NYY	AL	4	15	3.75	11	73%	27%	18%	27%	27%	73%	0%	53%	75%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2004	25	CIN	NL	22	68	3.09	50	74%	44%	8%	18%	30%	56%	0%	41%	86%	23%	0%	0	0	5%	1	0	5%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
2005	26	CIN	NL	64	247	3.86	179	72%	37%	17%	24%	22%	63%	0%	46%	73%	27%	2%	1	0	9%	6	0	2%	1	0	36%	0	0	0
2006	27	CIN	NL	24	85	3.54	68	80%	31%	18%	32%	19%	69%	0%	55%	74%	21%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	36%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				114	415	3.64	308	74%	36%	16%	25%	23%	64%	0%	47%	75%	24%	1%	1	0	6%	7	0	2%	2	0	35%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
2003	24	1	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	0	0
2004	25	15	26	23	1	3	1	1	7	.130	.167	.130	.297	-20	3	1	2
2005	26	44	90	78	4	8	1	4	29	.103	.146	.103	.249	-33	8	1	8
2006	27	58	114	99	5	10	2	4	40	.101	.136	.101	.237	-37	10	1	11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / 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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2003	24	1	4	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2004	25	14	22	19	0	0	1	6	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	14
2005	26	29	66	56	4	6	4	22	.107	.167	.107	.274	1	29
2006	27	14	24	21	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
4 Yrs		58	116	100	4	6	5	40	.060	.105	.060	.165	1	58
162 Game Avg.		162	324	279	11	17	14	112	.060	.105	.060	.165	3	58

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Brandon Claussen

Viewed 9,653 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Brandon Allen Brandon Falker Claussen

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.