Brad Clontz

John Bradley Clontz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 25, 1971 in Stuart, VA
High School: Patrick County HS (Stuart, VA)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Drafted
by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1995
Teams (by GP): Braves/Pirates/Dodgers/Mets 1995-2000

Final Game: April 30, 2000
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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
1995 24 ATL NL 8 1 .889 3.65 59 0 14 0 0 4 69.0 71 29 28 5 22 4 55 4 0 0 295 116 1.348 9.3 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.50
1996 25 ATL NL 6 3 .667 5.69 81 0 11 0 0 1 80.2 78 53 51 11 33 8 49 2 1 0 350 78 1.376 8.7 1.2 3.7 5.5 1.48
1997 26 ATL NL 5 1 .833 3.75 51 0 16 0 0 1 48.0 52 24 20 3 18 3 42 1 0 1 203 112 1.458 9.8 0.6 3.4 7.9 2.33
1998 27 TOT NL 2 0 1.000 6.08 20 0 6 0 0 0 23.2 19 16 16 4 12 4 16 2 0 0 101 69 1.310 7.2 1.5 4.6 6.1 1.33
1998 27 LAD NL 2 0 1.000 5.66 18 0 6 0 0 0 20.2 15 13 13 3 10 4 14 2 0 0 87 72 1.210 6.5 1.3 4.4 6.1 1.40
1998 27 NYM NL 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 52 2.000 12.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
1999 28 PIT NL 1 3 .250 2.74 56 0 16 0 0 2 49.1 49 21 15 6 24 5 40 3 0 2 223 170 1.480 8.9 1.1 4.4 7.3 1.67
2000 29 PIT NL 0 0 5.14 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 4 4 1 11 2 8 0 0 1 37 94 2.571 9.0 1.3 14.1 10.3 0.73
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
6 Yrs 22 8 .733 4.34 272 0 63 0 0 8 277.2 276 147 134 30 120 26 210 12 1 4 1209 101 1.426 8.9 1.0 3.9 6.8 1.75
162 Game Avg. 6 2 .733 4.34 68 0 16 0 0 2 69 69 37 34 8 30 7 53 3 0 1 302 101 1.426 8.9 1.0 3.9 6.8 1.75
ATL (3 yrs) 19 5 .792 4.51 191 0 41 0 0 6 197.2 201 106 99 19 73 15 146 7 1 1 848 95 1.386 9.2 0.9 3.3 6.6 2.00
PIT (2 yrs) 1 3 .250 3.04 61 0 16 0 0 2 56.1 56 25 19 7 35 7 48 3 0 3 260 154 1.615 8.9 1.1 5.6 7.7 1.37
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 52 2.000 12.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
LAD (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 5.66 18 0 6 0 0 0 20.2 15 13 13 3 10 4 14 2 0 0 87 72 1.210 6.5 1.3 4.4 6.1 1.40

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 Awards
1995 24 ATL NL 69.0 59 0 29 3.78 4.67 0.13 -0.35 102.8 4.31 3 0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.8 10 .506 .502 $109,000
1996 25 ATL NL 80.2 81 0 53 5.91 4.74 0.25 -0.36 104.6 4.32 -14 -1.4 1.3 -0.4 -1.1 -6 .483 .492 $137,500
1997 26 ATL NL 48.0 51 0 24 4.50 4.73 0.42 -0.36 101.6 4.02 -3 -0.3 .9 -0.1 0.0 2 .495 .498 $245,000
1998 27 LAD NL 20.2 18 0 13 5.66 4.64 -0.09 -0.36 95.9 4.20 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .481 .498 $
1998 27 NYM NL 3.0 2 0 3 9.00 4.61 0.05 -0.35 104.9 4.40 -2 -0.1 .1 0.1 -0.1 -1 .426 .499 $
1999 28 PIT NL 49.1 56 0 21 3.83 5.12 0.02 -0.39 101.4 4.78 5 0.5 1.2 -0.0 0.8 10 .509 .503 $350,000
2000 29 PIT NL 7.0 5 0 4 5.14 5.02 -0.30 -0.38 97.0 4.79 -0 -0.0 1.2 -0.0 0.0 0 .494 .500 $
6 Seasons 277.2 272 0 147 4.76 4.79 0.17 -0.36 102.2 4.35 -13 -1.3 1.1 -0.6 0.2 14 .495 .499 $841,500
ATL (3 yrs) 197.2 191 0 106 4.83 4.71 0.25 -0.36 103.3 4.24 -13 -1.3 1.1 -0.5 -0.3 6 .493 .497 $491,500
PIT (2 yrs) 56.1 61 0 25 3.99 5.11 -0.02 -0.39 100.9 4.78 5 0.5 1.2 -0.1 0.8 11 .507 .501 $350,000
NYM (1 yr) 3.0 2 0 3 9.00 4.61 0.05 -0.35 104.9 4.40 -2 -0.1 .1 0.1 -0.1 -1 .426 .499 $
LAD (1 yr) 20.2 18 0 13 5.66 4.64 -0.09 -0.36 95.9 4.20 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .481 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1995 24 ATL NL NLDS W COL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
1995 24 ATL NL NLCS W CIN 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 24 ATL NL WS W CLE 0 0 2.70 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0.600 5.4 2.7 0.0 5.4
1996 25 ATL NL NLCS W STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 25 ATL NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
2 Yrs (5 Series) 0 0 1.23 8 0 4 0 0 0 7.1 4 1 1 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 27 0.682 4.9 1.2 1.2 7.4 6.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
2 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 WS 0 0 1.80 5 0 3 0 0 0 5.0 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 19 0.800 5.4 1.8 1.8 7.2 4.00

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
1995 24 ATL NL 59 295 264 29 71 11 1 5 4 2 22 55 .269 .332 .375 .707 .320 99 7 4 3 2 4 2
1996 25 ATL NL 81 350 306 53 78 14 1 11 12 1 33 49 .255 .328 .415 .743 .268 127 9 2 5 4 8 5
1997 26 ATL NL 51 203 182 24 52 12 1 3 5 6 18 42 .286 .350 .412 .762 .353 75 5 1 0 2 3 1
1998 27 TOT NL 20 101 87 16 19 4 0 4 3 1 12 16 .218 .327 .402 .729 .224 35 1 2 0 0 4 1
1998 27 LAD NL 18 87 75 13 15 4 0 3 3 1 10 14 .200 .310 .373 .684 .207 28 0 2 0 0 4 1
1998 27 NYM NL 2 14 12 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .333 .429 .583 1.012 .333 7 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 PIT NL 56 223 193 21 49 7 0 6 6 1 24 40 .254 .344 .383 .727 .291 74 3 3 2 1 5 3
2000 29 PIT NL 5 37 26 4 7 3 1 1 2 2 11 8 .269 .486 .577 1.063 .353 15 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 272 1209 1058 147 276 51 4 30 32 13 120 210 .261 .340 .402 .742 .297 425 25 12 10 9 26 12
162 Game Avg. 68 302 265 37 69 13 1 8 8 3 30 53 .261 .340 .402 .742 .297 106 6 3 3 2 7 3
MLB Averages .269 .340 .426 .766 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 24 ATL NL 5.7 0.6 304 0.7 5.6 -4.9 .99 0.6 0.1 8.7 0.9 0.99 7.2 16 13 30
1996 25 ATL NL -9.3 -0.9 365 0.4 6.3 -5.9 1.06 0.0 0.3 -6.0 -0.6 1.06 -1.4 33 19 29
1997 26 ATL NL 1.5 0.2 218 0.7 3.4 -2.7 .87 0.1 0.8 -3.9 -0.4 0.87 -0.9 10 10 28
1998 27 TOT NL -4.5 -0.4 106 0.1 1.5 -1.5 .77 -0.1 0.1 -3.6 -0.4 0.77 -1.1 6 4 10
1998 27 LAD NL -3.2 -0.3 92 0.1 1.5 -1.5 .88 0.1 0.0 -2.2 -0.2 0.88 -0.2 6 4 8
1998 27 NYM NL -1.3 -0.1 14 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.03 -0.9 0 0 2
1999 28 PIT NL 8.3 0.8 232 0.4 4.0 -3.6 1.08 0.2 0.2 5.6 0.5 1.08 -0.8 22 11 22
2000 29 PIT NL -0.1 0.0 41 0.0 0.8 -0.8 1.15 -0.4 0.4 -1.2 -0.1 1.15 -3.9 2 1 2
6 Yrs 1.6 0.2 1266 2.3 21.6 -19.3 .99 0.4 1.9 -0.4 -0.0 0.99 -0.8 89 58 121

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1995 24 ATL NL 59 59 14 8 1 6 4 2 67% 12 6 33 10 30% 8 .990 16 13 30 22 10 27 17 42 22 11 23 17 3.5 18
1996 25 ATL NL 81 81 11 6 3 6 1 5 17% 25 18 54 18 33% 8 1.057 33 19 29 37 18 26 28 53 21 27 26 22 3.0 15
1997 26 ATL NL 51 51 16 5 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 32 15 47% 7 .868 10 10 28 18 6 27 17 34 8 18 8 17 2.8 14
1998 27 TOT NL 20 20 6 2 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 12 3 25% .767 6 4 10 7 3 10 8 12 8 6 8 6 3.6 17
1998 27 LAD NL 18 18 6 2 0 1 0 1 0% 4 3 12 3 25% 7 .885 6 4 8 6 3 9 8 10 7 6 7 6 3.4 16
1998 27 NYM NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .034 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 26
1999 28 PIT NL 56 56 16 1 3 3 2 1 67% 13 9 37 9 24% 8 1.082 22 11 22 23 11 22 25 31 10 25 14 16 2.6 15
2000 29 PIT NL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 1.150 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 1 4.2 30
6 Yrs 272 272 63 22 8 18 8 10 44% 56 36 171 56 33% .992 89 58 121 108 49 115 97 175 71 89 82 79 3.1 16

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%
1995 24 ATL NL 295 64% 1.7% 18.6% 7.5% 5.8% 24% 1.27 1.63 70% 17% 7.4% 25% 66 7 11%
1996 25 ATL NL 350 71% 3.1% 14.0% 9.4% 7.4% 33% 1.03 1.46 71% 17% 10.7% 17% 65 9 14%
1997 26 ATL NL 203 59% 1.5% 20.7% 8.9% 7.9% 31% 1.06 1.40 68% 21% 5.3% 14% 56 5 9%
1998 27 TOT NL 101 62% 4.0% 15.8% 11.9% 7.9% 42% 0.56 0.59 66% 17% 12.9% 31% 16 1 6%
1998 27 LAD NL 87 62% 3.5% 16.1% 11.5% 8.1% 47% 0.46 0.52 67% 20% 10.7% 32% 12 0 0%
1998 27 NYM NL 14 64% 7.1% 14.3% 14.3% 7.1% 25% 1.50 1.33 64% 0% 33.3% 25% 4 1 25%
1999 28 PIT NL 223 75% 2.7% 17.9% 10.8% 5.8% 27% 0.66 0.98 66% 17% 7.2% 9% 43 3 7%
2000 29 PIT NL 37 78% 2.7% 21.6% 29.7% 13.5% 71% 0.55 0.83 46% 33% 11.1% 18% 6 0 0%
6 Yrs 1209 68% 2.5% 17.4% 9.9% 7.0% 31% 0.95 1.27 68% 18% 8.5% 18% 252 25 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.8% 16.6% 9.2% 7.9% 33% 0.80 1.09 70% 22% 8.3% 15% 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
1995 24 ATL NL 281 1017 3.62 648 64% 23% 19% 27% 31% 77% 3% 49% 76% 59% 4% 11 4 28% 78 51 6 19% 16 4 14 0 0
1996 25 ATL NL 309 1040 3.37 644 62% 25% 14% 25% 36% 75% 7% 47% 81% 62% 7% 21 9 16% 49 23 3 24% 9 4 41 0 0
1997 26 ATL NL 189 674 3.57 428 64% 25% 16% 27% 31% 75% 4% 47% 78% 61% 6% 12 6 25% 47 27 0 32% 9 3 14 0 0
1998 27 TOT NL 102 345 3.38 206 60% 28% 17% 21% 34% 72% 10% 43% 77% 53% 11% 11 4 25% 25 16 1 25% 3 3 -1 0 0
1998 27 LAD NL 88 293 3.33 175 60% 27% 18% 20% 35% 73% 12% 44% 75% 53% 13% 11 4 25% 22 14 0 21% 3 3 -1 0 0
1998 27 NYM NL 14 52 3.71 31 60% 35% 6% 26% 32% 65% 0% 38% 90% 50% 0% 0 0 21% 3 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 PIT NL 225 820 3.64 497 61% 25% 17% 26% 31% 75% 6% 45% 77% 56% 8% 19 8 17% 39 17 1 23% 9 6 -2 0 0
2000 29 PIT NL 37 149 4.03 83 56% 36% 16% 27% 22% 64% 12% 36% 75% 62% 14% 5 1 30% 11 9 1 38% 4 2 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1143 4045 3.54 2506 62% 25% 16% 26% 33% 75% 6% 46% 78% 59% 7% 79 32 22% 249 143 12 24% 50 22 66 0 0
MLB Averages 3.72 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 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
1995 24 ATL NL 295 71 15 3 5 0 14 4 1 2 3 19 11 5 58% 2 0 2 115 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1996 25 ATL NL 350 78 17 4 11 0 23 5 6 4 7 36 21 1 58% 5 0 0 113 12 1 92% 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1997 26 ATL NL 203 52 6 1 3 1 14 1 2 2 1 24 8 2 33% 1 1 3 87 5 6 45% 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1998 27 TOT NL 101 19 5 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 5 1 1 20% 1 0 0 39 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 27 LAD NL 87 15 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 5 1 1 20% 1 0 0 33 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 27 NYM NL 14 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 PIT NL 223 49 2 1 6 0 9 3 3 5 1 14 8 4 57% 3 2 0 92 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2000 29 PIT NL 37 7 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0% 0 1 0 14 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 1209 276 45 9 30 1 64 16 14 15 15 102 49 13 48% 12 4 5 460 32 13 71% 30 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 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+
1995 24 8 1 .889 3.65 59 0 14 0 0 4 69.0 71 29 28 5 22 4 55 4 0 0 295 116 1.348 9.3 0.7 2.9 7.2 2.50 116
1996 25 14 4 .778 4.75 140 0 25 0 0 5 149.2 149 82 79 16 55 12 104 6 1 0 645 91 1.363 9.0 1.0 3.3 6.3 1.89 91
1997 26 19 5 .792 4.51 191 0 41 0 0 6 197.2 201 106 99 19 73 15 146 7 1 1 848 95 1.386 9.2 0.9 3.3 6.6 2.00 95
1998 27 21 5 .808 4.68 211 0 47 0 0 6 221.1 220 122 115 23 85 19 162 9 1 1 949 92 1.378 8.9 0.9 3.5 6.6 1.91 92
1999 28 22 8 .733 4.32 267 0 63 0 0 8 270.2 269 143 130 29 109 24 202 12 1 3 1172 101 1.397 8.9 1.0 3.6 6.7 1.85 101
2000 29 22 8 .733 4.34 272 0 63 0 0 8 277.2 276 147 134 30 120 26 210 12 1 4 1209 101 1.426 8.9 1.0 3.9 6.8 1.75 101

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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 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
1995 24 4 4 .500 3.60 75.0 78 33 30 5 24 60 4 1.360 9.4 2.9 7.2 2.50 0.6 59
1996 25 3 6 .333 5.11 81.0 74 51 46 10 31 49 2 1.296 8.2 3.4 5.4 1.58 1.1 81
1997 26 2 2 .500 3.89 44.0 51 21 19 3 18 39 1 1.568 10.4 3.7 8.0 2.17 0.6 51
1998 27 1 1 .500 5.87 23.0 19 17 15 4 12 15 2 1.348 7.4 4.7 5.9 1.25 1.6 20
1999 28 4 1 .800 2.34 50.0 46 14 13 6 23 41 3 1.380 8.3 4.1 7.4 1.78 1.1 56
2000 29 0 0 6.00 6.0 7 4 4 1 11 7 0 3.000 10.5 16.5 10.5 0.64 1.5 5
6 Yrs 14 14 .500 4.10 279.0 275 140 127 29 119 211 12 1.412 8.9 6.8 1.77 0.9 272

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1996 NL  81 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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