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Brian Duensing

Brian Matthew Duensing (twitter: @BrianDuensing52)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 22, 1983 in Marysville, KS
High School: Millard South HS (Omaha, NE)
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 2009
Team: Twins 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$515k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.104, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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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
2009 26 MIN AL 5 2 .714 3.64 24 9 3 0 0 0 84.0 84 37 34 7 31 1 53 3 0 1 359 121 1.369 9.0 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.71
2010 27 MIN AL 10 3 .769 2.62 53 13 11 1 1 0 130.2 122 42 38 11 35 5 78 3 0 1 535 156 1.202 8.4 0.8 2.4 5.4 2.23
2011 28 MIN AL 9 14 .391 5.23 32 28 0 1 1 0 161.2 193 102 94 21 52 3 115 1 0 3 711 77 1.515 10.7 1.2 2.9 6.4 2.21
2012 29 MIN AL 0 2 .000 3.20 22 0 3 0 0 0 25.1 20 9 9 1 7 0 16 1 0 1 99 127 1.066 7.1 0.4 2.5 5.7 2.29
4 Yrs 24 21 .533 3.92 131 50 17 2 2 0 401.2 419 190 175 40 125 9 262 8 0 6 1704 105 1.354 9.4 0.9 2.8 5.9 2.10
162 Game Avg. 9 8 .533 3.92 49 19 6 1 1 0 151 157 71 66 15 47 3 98 3 0 2 640 105 1.354 9.4 0.9 2.8 5.9 2.10

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
2009 26 MIN AL 84.0 24 9 37 3.96 4.70 -0.28 -0.01 98.7 4.90 8 0.8 .7 -0.2 1.4 19 .535 .505 $400,000
2010 27 MIN AL 130.2 53 13 42 2.89 4.48 -0.10 -0.01 98.2 4.49 22 2.4 .9 -0.2 3.5 38 .545 .515 $417,500
2011 28 MIN AL 161.2 32 28 102 5.68 4.53 -0.43 0.15 99.3 5.07 -11 -1.2 .4 -0.1 0.2 7 .464 .493 $462,500
2012 29 MIN AL 25.1 22 0 9 3.20 4.61 0.13 -0.34 99.7 4.13 3 0.3 1.1 -0.0 0.5 5 .513 .502 $
4 Seasons 401.2 131 50 190 4.26 4.56 -0.25 0.03 98.8 4.79 22 2.4 .9 -0.5 5.6 70 .518 .504 $1,280,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
2009 26 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 9.64 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 7 5 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 22 1.714 13.5 1.9 1.9 5.8 3.00
2010 27 MIN AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 2.400 18.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 1.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 2 .000 11.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 14 10 10 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 39 2.000 15.8 2.3 2.3 4.5 2.00
2 ALDS 0 2 .000 11.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 14 10 10 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 39 2.000 15.8 2.3 2.3 4.5 2.00

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
2009 26 MIN AL 24 359 320 37 84 13 0 7 1 3 31 53 .263 .331 .369 .700 .294 118 10 3 3 2 1 4
2010 27 MIN AL 53 535 493 42 122 19 3 11 3 1 35 78 .247 .301 .365 .666 .275 180 15 3 4 0 5 4
2011 28 MIN AL 32 711 645 102 193 44 6 21 6 6 52 115 .299 .349 .484 .833 .334 312 16 1 7 6 3 5
2012 29 MIN AL 22 99 91 9 20 3 0 1 0 0 7 16 .220 .283 .286 .569 .257 26 4 1 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 131 1704 1549 190 419 79 9 40 10 10 125 262 .270 .327 .411 .737 .302 636 45 8 14 8 9 13
162 Game Avg. 49 640 582 71 157 30 3 15 4 4 47 98 .270 .327 .411 .737 .302 239 17 3 5 3 3 5
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 26 MIN AL 7.0 0.7 364 1.2 5.3 -4.1 .76 0.9 0.7 10.0 1.0 0.76 13.2 3 3 8
2010 27 MIN AL 21.0 2.2 541 1.9 8.9 -7.0 .88 1.7 0.5 23.2 2.4 0.88 16.8 11 9 20
2011 28 MIN AL -22.2 -2.2 725 -2.9 10.4 -13.3 .91 -1.9 -1.4 -22.6 -2.2 0.91 -17.0 0 1 3
2012 29 MIN AL 2.8 0.3 101 0.1 1.8 -1.7 1.04 0.8 -0.7 7.7 0.8 1.04 7.9 7 5 8
4 Yrs 8.7 1.0 1731 0.3 26.3 -26.0 .88 1.5 -1.2 18.3 2.0 0.88 21.0 21 18 39

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
2009 26 MIN AL 24 9 5 1 3 2 0 6 3 .667 2 0 0 0 4 44% 54.2 74 30 21 13 1 3 5.0 5.2 5.9 89 1 6 2 0 109
2010 27 MIN AL 53 13 7 2 4 0 0 9 4 .692 1 4 1 1 9 69% 54.3 83 36 16 3 0 8 4.9 4.7 6.6 96 1 6 6 0 109
2011 28 MIN AL 32 28 9 13 6 1 4 11 17 .393 1 4 1 1 14 50% 45.7 78 11 20 5 1 13 4.1 4.2 5.6 92 5 11 12 0 119
3 Yrs 109 50 21 16 13 3 4 26 24 .520 4 8 2 2 27 54% 49 83 11 57 21 2 24 4.5 4.5 5.9 92 7 23 20 0 119
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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
2009 26 MIN AL 24 15 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 11 73% 6 .762 3 3 8 3 1 11 7 8 11 0 11 2 6.3 35
2010 27 MIN AL 53 40 11 3 1 0 0 0 9 9 21 3 14% 7 .880 11 9 20 18 6 16 13 27 9 15 11 11 3.4 16
2011 28 MIN AL 32 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .912 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 4 2 0 2 0 4.0 23
2012 29 MIN AL 22 22 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 5 14 2 14% 7 1.036 7 5 8 6 4 12 10 12 6 6 9 3 3.5 17
4 Yrs 131 81 17 3 5 0 0 0 15 15 50 16 32% .878 21 18 39 27 12 42 30 51 28 21 33 16 4.0 20

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%
2009 26 MIN AL 359 25% 2.0% 14.8% 8.6% 5.6% 24% 0.85 0.98 73% 13% 5.7% 15% 83 10 12%
2010 27 MIN AL 535 29% 2.1% 14.6% 6.5% 6.2% 27% 1.12 1.60 76% 16% 6.2% 8% 94 15 16%
2011 28 MIN AL 711 26% 3.0% 16.2% 7.3% 10.0% 37% 0.79 1.12 72% 18% 8.1% 13% 139 16 12%
2012 29 MIN AL 99 42% 1.0% 16.2% 7.1% 4.0% 20% 0.67 0.79 75% 13% 2.8% 20% 27 4 15%
4 Yrs 1704 28% 2.4% 15.4% 7.3% 7.5% 31% 0.89 1.20 74% 16% 6.7% 12% 343 45 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 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
2009 26 MIN AL 360 1321 3.67 836 63% 24% 14% 29% 33% 76% 1% 48% 82% 59% 3% 12 6 20% 72 47 0 21% 12 5 -1 0 0
2010 27 MIN AL 537 1886 3.51 1194 63% 28% 13% 24% 35% 72% 2% 46% 81% 57% 5% 27 13 20% 110 58 9 22% 12 9 -2 0 0
2011 28 MIN AL 713 2667 3.74 1671 63% 26% 14% 27% 32% 74% 1% 46% 81% 59% 4% 26 16 18% 130 66 11 26% 12 7 -2 0 0
2012 29 MIN AL 99 379 3.83 235 62% 24% 13% 31% 32% 76% 0% 47% 83% 53% 7% 7 5 13% 13 6 0 6% 4 2 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1709 6253 3.66 3936 63% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 1% 47% 81% 58% 4% 72 40 19% 325 177 20 23% 40 23 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
2009 26 MIN AL 359 84 16 2 7 0 12 7 0 4 3 17 6 7 35% 4 1 0 140 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
2010 27 MIN AL 535 122 11 2 11 0 10 10 1 3 8 20 9 3 45% 4 1 0 192 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2011 28 MIN AL 711 193 23 2 21 1 8 20 1 12 9 45 30 5 67% 5 3 2 255 6 6 50% 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 14 0
2012 29 MIN AL 99 20 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 5 1 1 20% 0 1 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Yrs 1704 419 54 6 40 2 32 37 3 19 21 87 46 16 53% 13 6 2 633 10 10 50% 8 9 2 1 0 0 4 3 21 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2009 26 5 2 .714 3.64 24 9 3 0 0 0 84.0 84 37 34 7 31 1 53 3 0 1 359 121 1.369 9.0 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.71 121
2010 27 15 5 .750 3.02 77 22 14 1 1 0 214.2 206 79 72 18 66 6 131 6 0 2 894 139 1.267 8.6 0.8 2.8 5.5 1.98 139
2011 28 24 19 .558 3.97 109 50 14 2 2 0 376.1 399 181 166 39 118 9 246 7 0 5 1605 104 1.374 9.5 0.9 2.8 5.9 2.08 104
2012 29 24 21 .533 3.92 131 50 17 2 2 0 401.2 419 190 175 40 125 9 262 8 0 6 1704 105 1.354 9.4 0.9 2.8 5.9 2.10 105

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
2009 26 4 4 .500 3.83 80.0 84 38 34 7 31 51 3 1.438 9.5 3.5 5.7 1.65 0.8 24
2010 27 8 5 .615 3.00 123.0 127 46 41 11 36 73 3 1.325 9.3 2.6 5.3 2.03 0.8 53
2011 28 5 11 .313 5.98 152.0 200 112 101 22 54 108 1 1.671 11.8 3.2 6.4 2.00 1.3 32
2012 29 1 1 .500 3.38 24.0 20 10 9 1 7 15 1 1.125 7.5 2.6 5.6 2.14 0.4 22
4 Yrs 18 21 .462 4.39 379.0 431 206 185 41 128 247 8 1.475 10.2 5.9 1.93 1.0 131

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2011 AL  1 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
2011 AL  14 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2010 AL  21 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2010 AL  23.25 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2010 AL  2.4 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1952), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Don Rudolph (968)
  7. Don Liddle (966)
  8. Vic Albury (965)
  9. Bill Pleis (965)
  10. Glen Perkins (965)
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  2. Ray Fontenot (975)
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  5. Rich Folkers (970)
  6. Don Gross (970)
  7. Al Aber (969)
  8. Al Smith (969)
  9. Ken Dayley (967)
  10. Greg Cadaret (967)
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