Brian Dorsett
Brian Richard Dorsett
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: April 9, 1961 in Terre Haute, IN
High School: North (Terre Haute, IN)
School: Indiana State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1987
Final Game: June 4, 1996
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Standard Batting

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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
1987 26 CLE AL 5 12 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .273 .333 .545 .879 128 6 0 1 0 0 0 /2
1988 27 CAL AL 7 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1989 28 NYY AL 8 23 22 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .364 .391 .409 .800 128 9 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1990 29 NYY AL 14 37 35 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .143 .189 .200 .389 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 /2D
1991 30 SDP NL 11 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1993 32 CIN NL 25 66 63 7 16 4 0 2 12 0 0 3 14 .254 .288 .413 .701 85 26 1 0 0 0 0 2/3
1994 33 CIN NL 76 241 216 21 53 8 0 5 26 0 0 21 33 .245 .313 .352 .664 74 76 10 1 1 2 7 2/3
1996 35 CHC NL 17 46 41 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 8 .122 .196 .195 .391 3 8 2 0 0 1 0 2
8 Seasons 163 449 411 38 92 15 0 9 51 0 0 32 73 .224 .281 .326 .607 62 134 15 2 1 3 7
162 Game Avg. 162 446 408 38 91 15 0 9 51 0 0 32 73 .224 .281 .326 .607 62 133 15 2 1 3 7
CIN (2 yrs) 101 307 279 28 69 12 0 7 38 0 0 24 47 .247 .307 .366 .673 77 102 11 1 1 2 7
NYY (2 yrs) 22 60 57 5 13 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 .228 .267 .281 .547 55 16 2 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 11 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 17 46 41 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 8 .122 .196 .195 .391 3 8 2 0 0 1 0
CAL (1 yr) 7 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 5 12 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .273 .333 .545 .879 128 6 0 1 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 129 365 332 31 75 12 0 8 42 0 0 28 58 .226 .286 .334 .620 63 111 13 1 1 3 7
AL (4 yrs) 34 84 79 7 17 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 15 .215 .262 .291 .553 55 23 2 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1987 26 CLE AL 12 8 2 6.7 106 .286 .273 .265 .333 .333 .545 .425 .879 .759 128 .631 0.4 0.0 .875 .273 .273 .0
1988 27 CAL AL 12 10 0 0.0 92 .167 .091 .256 .167 .320 .091 .385 .258 .706 -24 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .200 .091 .000
1989 28 NYY AL 23 14 4 7.6 92 .421 .364 .260 .391 .324 .409 .382 .800 .706 128 .738 0.8 0.1 .714 .091 .045
1990 29 NYY AL 37 32 1 0.8 95 .161 .143 .259 .189 .327 .200 .388 .389 .715 9 .046 -4.3 -0.4 .281 .114 .057
1991 30 SDP NL 12 11 0 0.0 96 .111 .083 .261 .083 .329 .083 .391 .167 .720 -53 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .091 .000 .000
1993 32 CIN NL 66 48 7 3.9 104 .298 .254 .272 .288 .338 .413 .415 .701 .752 85 .422 -1.6 -0.2 .604 .206 .159 .0
1994 33 CIN NL 241 176 22 3.4 108 .267 .245 .273 .313 .340 .352 .427 .664 .768 74 .331 -8.2 -0.8 .566 .204 .106 .0
1996 35 CHC NL 46 39 1 0.7 109 .121 .122 .273 .196 .343 .195 .428 .391 .771 3 .028 -6.1 -0.6 .316 .171 .073 .0
8 Seasons 449 338 37 2.9 105 .250 .224 .270 .281 .337 .326 .417 .607 .755 62 .292 -23.4 -2.3 .503 .180 .102 .0
162 Game Avg. 446 336 37 2.9 105 .250 .224 .270 .281 .337 .326 .417 .607 .755 62 .292 -23.4 -2.3 .503 .180 .102
CIN (2 yrs) 307 224 29 3.5 108 .273 .247 .273 .307 .340 .366 .425 .673 .764 77 .351 -9.8 -0.9 .575 .204 .118 .0
NYY (2 yrs) 60 46 5 2.9 94 .260 .228 .259 .267 .326 .281 .385 .547 .712 55 .322 -3.5 -0.4 .413 .105 .053
SDP (1 yr) 12 11 0 0.0 96 .111 .083 .261 .083 .329 .083 .391 .167 .720 -53 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .091 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 46 39 1 0.7 109 .121 .122 .273 .196 .343 .195 .428 .391 .771 3 .027 -6.1 -0.6 .316 .171 .073 .0
CAL (1 yr) 12 10 0 0.0 92 .167 .091 .256 .167 .320 .091 .385 .258 .706 -24 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .200 .091 .000
CLE (1 yr) 12 8 2 6.7 106 .286 .273 .265 .333 .333 .545 .425 .879 .759 128 .631 0.4 0.0 .875 .273 .273 .0
NL (4 yrs) 365 274 30 2.9 107 .249 .226 .272 .286 .340 .334 .424 .620 .763 63 .286 -18.4 -1.8 .519 .193 .108 .0
AL (4 yrs) 84 64 7 2.9 95 .254 .215 .260 .262 .326 .291 .391 .553 .717 55 .316 -5.0 -0.5 .438 .127 .076 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1987 26 CLE AL 12 8.3% 25.0% 0.0% 8.3% 33% 3.7 11.0 3.7 1.50 58%
1988 27 CAL AL 12 0.0% 41.7% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 5.00 2.2 5.5 0.00 0.00 50% 17% 0.0% 50%
1989 28 NYY AL 23 0.0% 13.0% 4.4% 4.4% 13% 3.00 7.3 5.5 0.80 1.40 83% 42% 0.0% 10%
1990 29 NYY AL 37 0.0% 10.8% 5.4% 5.4% 40% 2.00 8.8 0.35 0.56 84% 19% 0.0% 9%
1991 30 SDP NL 12 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 12.0 0.50 0.33 75% 0% 0.0% 67%
1993 32 CIN NL 66 3.0% 21.2% 4.6% 9.1% 38% 4.67 4.5 31.5 5.3 0.53 0.70 71% 27% 8.0% 22%
1994 33 CIN NL 241 2.1% 13.7% 8.7% 5.4% 25% 1.57 6.5 43.2 8.3 0.57 0.65 75% 21% 5.3% 20%
1996 35 CHC NL 46 2.2% 17.4% 8.7% 2.2% 20% 2.00 5.1 41.0 13.7 0.55 0.60 72% 15% 7.7% 41%
8 Seasons 449 2.0% 16.3% 7.1% 5.4% 26% 2.28 5.6 45.7 8.1 0.53 0.64 74% 22% 4.8% 23%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 26 CLE AL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 27 CAL AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 28 NYY AL 0 0 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1990 29 NYY AL 0 0 29% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1991 30 SDP NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 CIN NL 0 0 29% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1994 33 CIN NL 0 0 23% 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 11% 11 10 1 1 1 0 7 5 1
1996 35 CHC NL 0 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13% 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
8 Seasons 0 0 25% 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 15% 23 22 1 1 1 0 15 9 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1987 26 CLE AL 12 25% 3 2 1 0 1 0.05 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 6 2 33% 1 1 100% 2 2 100% 0
1988 27 CAL AL 12 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 7 2 29% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1989 28 NYY AL 23 26% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 21 4 19% 2 1 50% 4 4 100% 0
1990 29 NYY AL 37 46% 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 1 0 0% 26 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 30 SDP NL 12 50% 1 1 0 10 1 0 1 0.83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 9 1 11% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1993 32 CIN NL 66 39% 16 1 0 8 2 0 1 1.64 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 3 1 33% 39 10 26% 6 5 83% 7 4 57% 0
1994 33 CIN NL 241 35% 53 3 0 8 3 0 1 2.68 5 1 6 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 50% 54 10 19% 25 7 28% 170 23 14% 13 6 46% 14 9 64% 0
1996 35 CHC NL 46 37% 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.46 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 2 18% 6 2 33% 30 3 10% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 449 36% 92 5 0 32 7 0 4 1.37 9 1 12 6 3 5 4 0 3 1 33% 95 15 16% 38 11 29% 308 45 15% 25 15 60% 30 19 63% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 CAL AL 12 59 4.92 34 58% 35% 18% 29% 18% 65% 0% 37% 73% 0% 0% 0 0 17% 2 2 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
1989 28 NYY AL 22 66 3.00 48 73% 17% 23% 23% 38% 83% 0% 61% 73% 55% 0% 0 0 9% 2 2 5% 1 1 33% 1 0 0
1990 29 NYY AL 37 126 3.41 77 61% 22% 14% 23% 40% 78% 0% 48% 82% 27% 0% 0 0 19% 7 7 5% 2 1 25% 0 0 0
1991 30 SDP NL 12 47 3.92 33 70% 21% 21% 30% 27% 79% 0% 55% 73% 50% 0% 0 0 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1993 32 CIN NL 56 228 4.07 153 67% 29% 14% 30% 26% 71% 0% 47% 79% 36% 2% 1 1 5% 3 1 4% 2 1 38% 10 0 1
1994 33 CIN NL 236 882 3.74 531 60% 20% 19% 26% 34% 80% 7% 48% 76% 34% 4% 10 0 17% 40 23 8% 18 11 28% 5 0 0
1996 35 CHC NL 43 167 3.88 101 61% 25% 17% 28% 31% 75% 0% 46% 78% 23% 7% 3 0 14% 6 2 12% 5 4 50% 3 1 0
7 Seasons 418 1575 3.77 977 62% 23% 18% 27% 32% 77% 4% 48% 76% 33% 3% 14 1 15% 61 37 7% 28 18 34% 19 1 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 26 5 12 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .273 .333 .545 .879 128 6 0 1 0 0 0
1988 27 12 24 22 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 8 .182 .250 .318 .568 55 7 0 1 0 0 0
1989 28 20 47 44 5 12 1 0 1 9 0 0 2 11 .273 .319 .364 .683 90 16 0 1 0 0 0
1990 29 34 84 79 7 17 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 15 .215 .262 .291 .553 55 23 2 1 0 0 0
1991 30 45 96 91 7 18 3 0 1 10 0 0 4 18 .198 .240 .264 .503 41 24 2 1 0 0 0
1992 31 45 96 91 7 18 3 0 1 10 0 0 4 18 .198 .240 .264 .503 41 24 2 1 0 0 0
1993 32 70 162 154 14 34 7 0 3 22 0 0 7 32 .221 .259 .325 .584 59 50 3 1 0 0 0
1994 33 146 403 370 35 87 15 0 8 48 0 0 28 65 .235 .291 .341 .632 68 126 13 2 1 2 7
1995 34 146 403 370 35 87 15 0 8 48 0 0 28 65 .235 .291 .341 .632 68 126 13 2 1 2 7
1996 35 163 449 411 38 92 15 0 9 51 0 0 32 73 .224 .281 .326 .607 62 134 15 2 1 3 7

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 26 5 12 11 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 2 5
1988 27 7 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 7
1989 28 8 24 23 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 .391 .417 .435 .851 4 8
1990 29 14 36 34 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .118 .167 .176 .343 1 14
1991 30 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1993 32 25 65 62 7 15 4 0 2 12 0 3 14 .242 .277 .403 .680 7 25
1994 33 107 330 299 28 69 10 0 7 35 0 27 46 .231 .294 .334 .628 30 76
1996 35 17 44 40 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 .100 .159 .175 .334 1 17
8 Seasons 194 535 492 44 101 17 0 10 56 0 37 86 .205 .262 .301 .562 45 163
162 Game Avg. 162 447 411 37 84 14 0 8 47 0 31 72 .205 .262 .301 .562 38 163

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