Brian Buchanan

Positions: Rightfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 230lb (193cm, 104kg)

Born: July 21, 1973 in Miami, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (24th) of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA).

High School: Fairfax HS (Fairfax, VA)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Debut: May 19, 2000 (Age 26-303d, 17,656th in major league history)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 29, 2004 (Age 31-039d)
vs. LAD 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

Full Name: Brian James Buchanan

Nicknames: Buck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

767

198

.258

105

RBI

103

OBP

.328

SLG

.439

OPS

.767

OPS+

102

Summary of 32 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 8 go ahead

2 Tms
MIN	16
SDP	16

Platoon
vs LHP	19
vs RHP	13

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	12

Outs
2	14
1	11
0	7

19 Opps
CLE	5
KCR	4
ANA	3
ARI	2
NYM	2
PHI	2
TOR	2
MIN	1
TBD	1
COL	1
SFG	1
TEX	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
DET	1
BOS	1
LAD	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

30 Pitchers
Al Leiter	2
CC Sabathia	2
Bartolo Colón	1
Brandon Lyon	1
Jeremy Affeldt	1
Pete Schourek	1
Doug Henry	1
Brian Cooper	1
Randy Johnson	1
Russ Ortiz	1
Glendon Rusch	1
Micheal Nakamura	1
Mike Timlin	1
Kenny Rogers	1
David Wells	1
Heath Murray	1
Nick Bierbrodt	1
Billy Traber	1
José Mesa	1
Brian Anderson	1
Scott Schoeneweis	1
Aaron Sele	1
Armando Almanza	1
Shawn Camp	1
Chuck Finley	1
Matt White	1
Kevin Beirne	1
Esteban Loaiza	1
Denny Neagle	1
Jeff Suppan	1

11 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	11
Qualcomm St (SAN)	7
Progressive (CLE)	3
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Petco Pk (SAN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	13
8	7
9	6
78	4
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	9
2	8
5	6
4	3
3	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	4
12-	3
--3	2

44 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	23
1 on	6
2 on	3
Any on	9

Inning
1	1
2	5
3	2
4	4
5	5
6	4
7	4
8	6
Extra	1

1-3	8
4-6	13
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	5
+1	2
Tied	8
-1	3
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	5

Ahead	11
Tied	8
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	9
2-2	6
1-0	5
0-1	3
3-2	2
2-0	2
1-2	1
2-1	1
1-1	1
3-1	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	14
1B	5
PH	5
DH	5
LF	2
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
7th	9
6th	7
5th	6
4th	4
9th	4
8th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-05-23	MIN		ANA	Brian Cooper	behind 2-7	b 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	9	0.087	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Cummings Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2001-04-10	MIN		DET	Heath Murray	ahead 5-2	b 5	2	12-	5,(3-1) BFBBX	3	5	9	0.098	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Rivas Scores; D. Ortiz Scores
3	3	2	1	2001-05-04	MIN	@	KCR	Doug Henry	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	PH/DH	0.036	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
4	4	3	1	2001-05-16	MIN		BOS	Pete Schourek	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	PH	0.248	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	2001-06-02	MIN	@	TEX	Kenny Rogers	tied 1-1	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	DH	0.101	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Buchanan Scores/unER
6	6	5	1	2001-06-19	MIN	@	CLE	Bartolo Colón	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	8,(3-2) SFFBBBFX	1	7	DH	0.089	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	6	1	2001-08-07	MIN		CLE	CC Sabathia	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	7	DH	0.025	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	7	1	2001-08-18	MIN		TBD	Nick Bierbrodt	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	6	9	0.125	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	8	1	2001-08-21	MIN		TOR	Brandon Lyon	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	9	0.129	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	9	1	2001-08-22	MIN		TOR	Esteban Loaiza	ahead 3-1	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	0.131	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Ortiz Scores
11	11	10	1	2001-09-01	MIN		ANA	Scott Schoeneweis	behind 3-8	b 5	1	--3	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	9	0.075	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); C. Guzmán Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2002-04-01	MIN	@	KCR	Jeff Suppan	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.080	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
13	13	2	1	2002-04-21	MIN		CLE	Chuck Finley	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	DH	0.114	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	3	1	2002-05-10	MIN		NYY	David Wells	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	0.185	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Mientkiewicz Scores
15	15	4	1	2002-05-13	MIN	@	KCR	Jeremy Affeldt	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	6	9	0.148	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	5	1	2002-06-02	MIN		ANA	Aaron Sele	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	9	0.101	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
17	17	6	1	2002-07-28	SDP	@	ARI	Brian Anderson	behind 1-4	t 7	2	---	5,(2-2) CCBBX	1	9	PH	0.062	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	7	1	2002-08-08	SDP		PHI	Mike Timlin	behind 2-4	b 7	1	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	7	PH	0.134	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	8	1	2002-08-23	SDP		FLA	Armando Almanza	ahead 17-2	b 8	2	---	5,(2-2) BBSSX	1	3	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	9	1	2002-09-13	SDP		SFG	Russ Ortiz	behind 2-8	b 7	0	---	5,(2-2) FBSBX	1	7	9	0.015	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	10	1	2002-09-19	SDP		ARI	Randy Johnson	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	3	0.122	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	11	1	2002-09-28	SDP	@	LAD	Kevin Beirne	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	7,(3-2) BC1SBFBX	1	6	9	0.098	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2003-05-10	SDP	@	NYM	Al Leiter	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	0.125	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	2	1	2003-05-28	SDP		MIL	Glendon Rusch	behind 1-5	b 3	1	12-	2,(1-0) B2X	3	4	3	0.216	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Vázquez Scores; R. White Scores
25	25	3	1	2003-06-08	SDP		MIN	Micheal Nakamura	ahead 7-4	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	0.020	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Burroughs Scores
26	26	4	1	2003-06-10	SDP	@	CLE	Billy Traber	behind 4-7	t 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	0.075	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
27	27	5	1	2003-06-11	SDP	@	CLE	CC Sabathia	behind 0-3	t 8	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	5	DH	0.110	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. White Scores
28	28	6	1	2003-06-17	SDP	@	COL	Denny Neagle	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	7	0.085	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	7	1	2003-06-22	SDP		SEA	Matt White	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	---	7,(2-2) ...CFBFFBX	1	9	PH	0.078	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
30	30	8	1	2003-08-03	SDP	@	PHI	José Mesa	tied 2-2	t 10	0	12-	4,(1-2) L>LBX	3	7	9	0.270	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Burroughs Scores; G. Matthews Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2004-05-01	SDP		NYM	Al Leiter	behind 0-1	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0.169	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	2	1	2004-07-02	SDP		KCR	Shawn Camp	ahead 3-1	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	9	PH	0.073	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)