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
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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
1999	20	NYY-min	A-,Rk,A	6	6	.500	3.83	15	15	0	2	0	0	89.1	85	41	38	7	16	2	110	3	5	5	366		1.131	8.6	0.7	1.6	11.1	6.88	STI,YNK,GBO · NYPL,GULF,SALL
2000	21	NYY-min	A,A+	10	10	.500	3.72	26	26	0	2	1	0	150.0	140	73	62	10	61	0	142	3	1	5	636		1.340	8.4	0.6	3.7	8.5	2.33	GBO,TAM · SALL,FLOR
2001	22	NYY-min	AA,A+	14	4	.778	2.31	29	29	0	1	1	0	187.0	148	63	48	8	68	0	220	5	5	6	781		1.155	7.1	0.4	3.3	10.6	3.24	NCH,TAM · EL,FLOR
2002	23	NYY-min	AAA	2	8	.200	3.28	15	15	0	0	7	0	93.1	85	47	34	4	46	3	73	1	0	2	408		1.404	8.2	0.4	4.4	7.0	1.59	CLB · IL
2003	24	CIN-NYY-min	AAA,A+	4	2	.667	3.22	18	18	0	1	0	0	106.1	86	46	38	7	27	0	81	1	3	0	426		1.063	7.3	0.6	2.3	6.9	3.00	LOU,CLB,TAM · IL,FLOR
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	326	1.421	11.4	1.4	1.4	7.1	5.00
2004	25	CIN-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.66	18	18	0	0	0	0	100.1	98	56	52	10	47	0	111	5	1	1	437		1.445	8.8	0.9	4.2	10.0	2.36	LOU · IL
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	69	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	102	1.410	9.6	1.3	3.1	6.5	2.12
2006	27	CIN-min	AAA	0	2	.000	8.34	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.2	31	21	21	5	8	0	18	0	0	1	104		1.721	12.3	2.0	3.2	7.1	2.25	LOU · IL
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	76	1.571	10.9	1.6	3.3	6.7	2.04
2007	28	WSN-min	AAA,Rk	1	1	.500	5.24	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.1	43	25	20	4	8	0	31	2	0	3	154		1.485	11.3	1.0	2.1	8.1	3.88	CLB,NAT · IL,GULF
4 Yrs				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	86	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	326	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	86	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	326	1.421	11.4	1.4	1.4	7.1	5.00

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2003	24	NYY	AL	6.1	1	1	2	2.84	4.07	-0.29	0.15	96.0	4.33	1	0.1	-0.0	0.2	2	.611	.501	$
2004	25	CIN	NL	66.0	14	14	50	6.82	4.43	0.05	0.17	101.0	4.60	-17	-1.5	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.391	.491	$
2005	26	CIN	NL	166.2	29	29	89	4.81	4.53	-0.27	0.17	101.9	5.06	5	0.5	-0.1	1.6	21	.516	.503	$320,000
2006	27	CIN	NL	77.0	14	14	56	6.55	4.73	-0.30	0.19	106.7	5.56	-8	-0.8	-0.0	-0.2	-0	.445	.495	$370,000
4 Seasons				316.0	58	58	197	5.61	4.55	-0.21	0.17	102.7	5.07	-19	-1.7	-0.2	0.5	12	.471	.497	$690,000

CIN (3 yrs)				309.2	57	57	195	5.67	4.56	-0.21	0.17	102.9	5.09	-20	-1.8	-0.2	0.3	11	.468	.496	$690,000
NYY (1 yr)				6.1	1	1	2	2.84	4.07	-0.29	0.15	96.0	4.33	1	0.1	-0.0	0.2	2	.611	.501	$

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
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	1
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	4
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	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
4 Yrs				58	1423	1257	197	359	79	4	48	28	4	121	228	.286	.353	.469	.822	.314	590	21	15	19	11	8	14
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	8
MLB Averages																.266	.334	.425	.759	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
2003	24	NYY	AL	1.9	0.2	29	0.2	0.4	-0.2	.73	-0.0	0.3	1.2	0.1	0.73	-0.1
2004	25	CIN	NL	-14.2	-1.3	323	-1.2	5.3	-6.4	1.10	-1.3	0.2	-15.7	-1.5	1.10	-17.0
2005	26	CIN	NL	-0.9	-0.1	750	-0.5	11.7	-12.2	.91	-0.9	0.4	-3.2	-0.3	0.91	-11.0
2006	27	CIN	NL	-11.6	-1.1	360	-0.7	5.7	-6.4	.93	-1.1	0.3	-10.9	-1.0	0.93	-10.5
4 Yrs				-24.8	-2.3	1462	-2.2	23.1	-25.3	.95	-3.4	1.1	-28.5	-2.6	0.95	-38.6

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
2003	24	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	55.0	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%	41.9	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%	48.9	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	1	1	0	0	4	29%	42.9	76	2	9	5	0	7	3.6	4.1	5.5	95	2	7	5	0	115
4 Yrs				58	58	16	27	15	6	5	23	35	.397	3	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													.500						48%	49	100	-11					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

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%
2003	24	NYY	AL	28	14%	3.6%	17.9%	3.6%	3.6%	13%	0.69	0.75	75%	14%	25.0%	69%	3	1	33%
2004	25	CIN	NL	313	22%	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	20%	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	18%	4.0%	16.2%	8.0%	10.3%	39%	0.61	0.76	68%	19%	10.5%	14%	61	3	5%
4 Yrs				1423	20%	3.4%	16.0%	8.5%	9.2%	37%	0.58	0.74	70%	19%	8.7%	15%	259	21	8%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.1%	34%	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.9%	11%			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
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	732	2840	3.88	1811	64%	28%	14%	28%	30%	72%	2%	46%	80%	62%	5%	33	21	24%	179	84	12	26%	20	7	-1	0	0
2006	27	CIN	NL	352	1331	3.78	867	65%	27%	13%	30%	30%	73%	0%	47%	83%	59%	4%	13	9	23%	81	51	4	32%	8	3	-1	0	0
4 Yrs				1425	5534	3.88	3559	64%	28%	14%	29%	30%	72%	1%	47%	81%	59%	5%	65	43	25%	352	188	23	29%	39	14	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
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	1	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 Yrs				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	2	1	27	0
MLB Averages																		53%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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	6.1	8	2	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	28	326	1.421	11.4	1.4	1.4	7.1	5.00	326
2004	25	3	8	.273	5.72	15	15	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	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	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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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	4.23	164.0	176	86	77	24	56	119	7	1.415	9.7	3.1	6.5	2.13	1.3	29
2006	27	3	5	.375	5.49	77.0	88	52	47	13	26	57	6	1.481	10.3	3.0	6.7	2.19	1.5	14
4 Yrs		13	20	.394	4.83	313.0	351	187	168	47	118	226	15	1.498	10.1		6.5	1.92	1.4	58

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