Brandon Claussen
Brandon Allen Falker Claussen
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 1, 1979 in Rapid City, SD
High School: Goddard (Roswell, NM)
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
Final Game: June 16, 2006
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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
2003 24 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 28 309 1.421 11.4 1.4 1.4 7.1 5.00
2004 25 CIN NL 2 8 .200 6.14 14 14 0 0 0 0 66.0 80 50 45 9 35 2 45 2 0 3 313 70 1.742 10.9 1.2 4.8 6.1 1.29
2005 26 CIN NL 10 11 .476 4.21 29 29 0 0 0 0 166.2 178 89 78 24 57 5 121 7 1 2 731 101 1.410 9.6 1.3 3.1 6.5 2.12
2006 27 CIN NL 3 8 .273 6.19 14 14 0 0 0 0 77.0 93 56 53 14 28 1 57 6 0 2 351 75 1.571 10.9 1.6 3.3 6.7 2.04
4 Seasons 16 27 .372 5.04 58 58 0 0 0 0 316.0 359 197 177 48 121 8 228 15 1 7 1423 87 1.519 10.2 1.4 3.4 6.5 1.88
162 Game Avg. 9 16 .372 5.04 34 34 0 0 0 0 185 210 115 104 28 71 5 134 9 1 4 834 87 1.519 10.2 1.4 3.4 6.5 1.88
CIN (3 yrs) 15 27 .357 5.12 57 57 0 0 0 0 309.2 351 195 176 47 120 8 223 15 1 7 1395 85 1.521 10.2 1.4 3.5 6.5 1.86
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 28 309 1.421 11.4 1.4 1.4 7.1 5.00
NL (3 yrs) 15 27 .357 5.12 57 57 0 0 0 0 309.2 351 195 176 47 120 8 223 15 1 7 1395 85 1.521 10.2 1.4 3.5 6.5 1.86
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 28 309 1.421 11.4 1.4 1.4 7.1 5.00

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
2003 24 NYY AL 1 28 27 2 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 .296 .321 .407 .729 .333 11 1 0 0 0 0
2004 25 CIN NL 14 313 268 50 80 17 2 9 7 0 35 45 .299 .380 .478 .857 .327 128 4 2 5 3 2
2005 26 CIN NL 29 731 653 89 178 40 2 24 12 1 57 121 .273 .335 .450 .785 .300 294 13 7 8 6 5
2006 27 CIN NL 14 351 309 56 93 22 0 14 7 3 28 57 .301 .368 .508 .876 .329 157 3 6 6 2 1
4 Seasons 58 1423 1257 197 359 79 4 48 28 4 121 228 .286 .353 .469 .822 .314 590 21 15 19 11 8
162 Game Avg. 34 834 737 115 210 46 2 28 16 2 71 134 .286 .353 .469 .822 .314 346 12 9 11 6 5
MLB Averages

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
2003 24 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55 55 55 0 0 0 1 9.0 11.6 6.3 105 0 0 1 0 105
2004 25 CIN NL 14 14 2 8 4 1 1 2 12 .143 1 1 0 0 4 29% 42 61 6 9 3 0 10 3.5 3.6 4.7 90 3 7 4 0 118
2005 26 CIN NL 29 29 10 11 8 3 2 15 14 .517 1 4 0 0 14 48% 49 76 13 20 6 0 14 5.3 5.8 5.7 98 4 9 16 0 117
2006 27 CIN NL 14 14 3 8 3 2 2 5 9 .357 0 1 0 0 4 29% 43 76 2 9 5 0 7 3.6 4.1 5.5 95 2 7 5 0 115
4 Seasons 58 58 16 27 15 6 5 23 35 .397 2 6 0 0 23 40% 46 76 2 38 14 0 32 4.5 5.1 5.4 95 9 23 26 0 118
MLB Averages

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%
2003 24 NYY AL 28 86% 3.6% 17.9% 3.6% 3.6% 13% 0.69 0.75 75% 14% 8.3% 8% 3 1 33%
2004 25 CIN NL 313 78% 2.9% 14.4% 11.2% 9.0% 35% 0.62 0.81 69% 17% 8.0% 18% 66 4 6%
2005 26 CIN NL 731 80% 3.3% 16.6% 7.8% 9.0% 37% 0.55 0.70 70% 19% 8.0% 12% 129 13 10%
2006 27 CIN NL 351 82% 4.0% 16.2% 8.0% 10.3% 39% 0.61 0.76 68% 19% 10.5% 14% 61 3 5%
4 Seasons 1423 80% 3.4% 16.0% 8.5% 9.2% 37% 0.58 0.74 70% 19% 8.6% 14% 259 21 8%
MLB Averages

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
2003 24 NYY AL 28 105 3.75 70 67% 31% 20% 17% 31% 69% 0% 46% 71% 57% 4% 1 1 29% 8 3 1 0% 1 0 0 0 0
2004 25 CIN NL 313 1258 4.02 811 64% 27% 13% 31% 28% 73% 2% 47% 82% 54% 6% 18 12 27% 84 50 6 38% 10 4 0 0 0
2005 26 CIN NL 731 2836 3.88 1809 64% 28% 14% 28% 30% 72% 2% 46% 81% 62% 5% 33 21 24% 179 84 12 26% 20 7 0 0 0
2006 27 CIN NL 351 1328 3.78 865 65% 27% 12% 30% 30% 73% 0% 47% 83% 59% 4% 13 9 23% 81 51 4 32% 8 3 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1423 5527 3.88 3555 64% 28% 14% 29% 30% 72% 1% 47% 81% 59% 5% 65 43 25% 352 188 23 29% 39 14 0 0 0
MLB Averages

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
2003 24 NYY AL 28 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 10 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 25 CIN NL 313 80 7 1 9 0 7 6 3 4 5 18 13 3 72% 4 3 2 129 7 0 100% 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2005 26 CIN NL 731 178 17 2 24 1 15 16 8 15 9 28 14 4 50% 5 2 0 272 12 1 92% 8 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2006 27 CIN NL 351 93 10 2 14 1 5 13 1 8 6 16 9 2 56% 4 2 0 130 7 3 70% 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 0
4 Seasons 1423 359 34 5 48 2 27 36 12 27 21 63 36 10 57% 14 7 2 541 28 4 88% 18 3 10 0 0 1 3 1 27 0
MLB Averages

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+
2003 24 1 0 1.000 1.42 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 28 309 1.421 11.4 1.4 1.4 7.1 5.00 309
2004 25 3 8 .273 5.72 15 15 0 0 0 0 72.1 88 52 46 10 36 2 50 2 0 3 341 75 1.714 10.9 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.39 75
2005 26 13 19 .406 4.67 44 44 0 0 0 0 239.0 266 141 124 34 93 7 171 9 1 5 1072 92 1.502 10.0 1.3 3.5 6.4 1.84 92
2006 27 16 27 .372 5.04 58 58 0 0 0 0 316.0 359 197 177 48 121 8 228 15 1 7 1423 87 1.519 10.2 1.4 3.4 6.5 1.88 87

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
2003 24 0 0 1.50 6.0 8 1 1 1 1 5 0 1.500 12.0 1.5 7.5 5.00 1.5 1
2004 25 2 5 .286 5.86 66.0 79 48 43 9 35 45 2 1.727 10.8 4.8 6.1 1.29 1.2 14
2005 26 8 10 .444 4.25 163.0 179 86 77 24 57 118 7 1.448 9.9 3.1 6.5 2.07 1.3 29
2006 27 3 5 .375 5.68 76.0 89 53 48 13 27 56 6 1.526 10.5 3.2 6.6 2.07 1.5 14
4 Seasons 13 20 .394 4.89 311.0 355 188 169 47 120 224 15 1.527 10.3 6.5 1.87 1.4 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 1954 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.

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