Brandon Claussen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: May 1, 1979 in Rapid City, SD us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 34th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Howard College (Big Spring, TX).

High School: Goddard HS (Roswell, NM)

School: Howard College (Big Spring, TX)

Debut: June 28, 2003 (Age 24-058d, 18,300th in major league history)
vs. NYM 6.1 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: June 16, 2006 (Age 27-046d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 9 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Levinsons

Full Name: Brandon Allen Falker Claussen

Pronunciation: \CLAW-sun\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

ERA

5.04

316.0

228

WHIP

1.519

Summary of 48 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 13 go ahead

2 Tms
CIN	47
NYY	1

Platoon
vs RHB	36
vs LHB	12

Home/Road
Home	27
Away	21

Outs
0	20
2	18
1	10

15 Opps
MIL	13
CHC	8
STL	5
PIT	3
ATL	3
LAD	3
WSN	3
COL	2
HOU	2
ARI	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
DET	1
BAL	1
CHW	1

37 Batters
Lyle Overbay	4
Derrek Lee	3
Bill Hall	2
Carlos Lee	2
Reggie Sanders	2
J.J. Hardy	2
Todd Walker	2
Corey Patterson	2
Aramis Ramírez	1
Todd Greene	1
José Hernández	1
Jason Lane	1
César Izturis	1
Wes Helms	1
Preston Wilson	1
Brady Clark	1
Ryan Zimmerman	1
Joe Crede	1
Marcus Giles	1
Juan Encarnación	1
David Ross	1
Roger Cedeño	1
José Guillén	1
Scott Rolen	1
Michael Restovich	1
Matt LeCroy	1
Joe Randa	1
Tike Redman	1
Luis Terrero	1
Julio Franco	1
Marcus Thames	1
Ryan Howard	1
Damian Miller	1
Todd Helton	1
Chris Duncan	1
Rafael Furcal	1
Sal Fasano	1

11 Parks
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	27
Am Fam Field (MIL)	8
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	22
9	11
8	10
78	4
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	11
2	11
1	7
3	7
5	5
6	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1
5·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	13
-2-	4
123	2
12-	2
1-3	1

77 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	26
1 on	17
2 on	3
3 on	2
Any on	22

Inning
1	12
2	1
3	7
4	13
5	6
6	6
7	1
8	2

1-3	20
4-6	25
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	6
+2	4
+1	6
Tied	10
-1	6
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	6

Ahead	23
Tied	10
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
0-1	7
3-2	6
2-1	6
1-2	5
1-1	5
1-0	4
3-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	9
3B	7
LF	6
CF	5
C	5
SS	5
2B	4
RF	4
PH	2
DH	1

OrderPos
5th	8
6th	8
4th	7
2nd	7
3rd	5
1st	5
7th	4
8th	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2003-06-28 (2)	Roger Cedeño	NYM		NYY	behind 1-9	b 7	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	1	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2004-07-20	Bill Hall	MIL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	6	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Helms Scores
3	3	2	1	2004-07-25	Tike Redman	PIT		CIN	behind 1-5	b 4	0	1-3	2,(1-0) *BX	3	6	8	17%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Wilson Scores; T. Alvarez Scores
4	4	3	1	2004-08-06	Todd Helton	COL		CIN	behind 0-4	b 1	1	1--	6,(3-2) BCBBCX	2	3	3	13%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Miles Scores
5	5	4	1	2004-08-11	José Hernández	LAD	@	CIN	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	1--	7,(3-2) CCF*BBB>X	2	7	4	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Green Scores
6	6	5	2	2004-08-11	David Ross	LAD	@	CIN	ahead 6-0	t 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	2	2%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	6	1	2004-08-27	Luis Terrero	ARI	@	CIN	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	4,(1-2) BCSX	1	6	8	13%	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
8	8	7	1	2004-09-03	Wes Helms	MIL		CIN	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	-2-	10,(3-2) >B.SFFFBBFFX	2	7	5	10%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Ginter Scores
9	9	8	1	2004-09-27	Corey Patterson	CHC		CIN	ahead 4-1	b 4	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	8	9%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Barrett Scores
10	10	9	2	2004-09-27	Derrek Lee	CHC		CIN	ahead 6-1	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	3	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2005-04-19	Corey Patterson	CHC	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	2	8	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
12	12	2	1	2005-04-29	Lyle Overbay	MIL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	6,(3-2) BC*BFB>X	3	5	3	24%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Clark Scores/unER; J. Cirillo Scores/unER; L. Overbay Scores/unER
13	13	3	2	2005-04-29	Lyle Overbay	MIL		CIN	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	5	3	7%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
14	14	4	1	2005-05-04	Scott Rolen	STL	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BFBBX	2	4	5	18%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Eckstein Scores
15	15	5	1	2005-05-29	Michael Restovich	PIT	@	CIN	behind 1-9	t 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	6	1	2005-06-05	Todd Greene	COL		CIN	behind 2-4	b 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	24%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Mohr Scores
17	17	7	1	2005-06-11	Sal Fasano	BAL	@	CIN	behind 0-10	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
18	18	8	1	2005-06-16	Rafael Furcal	ATL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	6	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	9	2	2005-06-16	Marcus Giles	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	11%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	10	1	2005-06-28	Reggie Sanders	STL		CIN	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1--	7,(3-2) BBCFFB>X	2	4	7	19%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Pujols Scores
21	21	11	1	2005-07-18	Todd Walker	CHC	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	12	2	2005-07-18	Derrek Lee	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	3	9%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	13	3	2005-07-18	Derrek Lee	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	10%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	14	4	2005-07-18	Aramis Ramírez	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 3-1	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	5	8%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	15	5	2005-07-18	Todd Walker	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 4-1	t 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	2	4	11%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Hairston Scores
26	26	16	1	2005-07-23	Lyle Overbay	MIL	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	3	14%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Weeks Scores
27	27	17	2	2005-07-23	Carlos Lee	MIL	@	CIN	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	7%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	18	3	2005-07-23	Lyle Overbay	MIL	@	CIN	ahead 5-1	t 4	2	123	5,(3-1) BBFBX	4	3	3	9%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Miller Scores; B. Clark Scores; R. Weeks Scores
29	29	19	1	2005-07-28	César Izturis	LAD		CIN	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	1	6	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	20	1	2005-08-03	Julio Franco	ATL	@	CIN	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	22%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); J. Francoeur Scores
31	31	21	1	2005-08-31	Jason Lane	HOU		CIN	tied 0-0	b 5	0	-2-	4,(1-2) BFFX	2	5	9	16%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Berkman Scores
32	32	22	1	2005-09-27	J.J. Hardy	MIL		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2,(0-1) 1CX	2	2	6	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Clark Scores
33	33	23	1	2005-10-02	Reggie Sanders	STL		CIN	behind 4-5	b 5	0	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	4	7	15%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
34	34	24	2	2005-10-02	Chris Duncan	STL		CIN	tied 5-5	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) .SBBX	1	5	PH	14%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2006-04-06	Joe Randa	PIT	@	CIN	behind 0-3	t 4	1	12-	6,(2-2) BCSBFX	3	6	5	23%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Casey Scores; J. Bay Scores
36	36	2	1	2006-04-22	Bill Hall	MIL		CIN	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	5	5%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
37	37	3	2	2006-04-22	Damian Miller	MIL		CIN	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	1--	5,(2-2) BFCBX	2	8	2	5%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Weeks Scores
38	38	4	3	2006-04-22	Brady Clark	MIL		CIN	ahead 6-0	b 4	0	1--	4,(1-2) CSBX	2	1	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Bush Scores
39	39	5	4	2006-04-22	J.J. Hardy	MIL		CIN	ahead 8-0	b 4	0	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	2	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	6	1	2006-04-28	Preston Wilson	HOU	@	CIN	behind 1-3	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	7	12%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
41	41	7	1	2006-05-09	Ryan Zimmerman	WSN	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	6	5	11%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
42	42	8	2	2006-05-09	José Guillén	WSN	@	CIN	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	8%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
43	43	9	3	2006-05-09	Matt LeCroy	WSN	@	CIN	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	2	6%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	10	1	2006-05-14	Ryan Howard	PHI	@	CIN	behind 0-1	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) .BSCX	1	9	PH	25%	41%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
45	45	11	1	2006-05-19	Marcus Thames	DET		CIN	behind 3-9	b 6	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	12	1	2006-05-24	Carlos Lee	MIL	@	CIN	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	4	7	15%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Jenkins Scores
47	47	13	1	2006-06-05	Juan Encarnación	STL		CIN	behind 2-3	b 5	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	9	29%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Rolen Scores
48	48	14	1	2006-06-16	Joe Crede	CHW	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	123	2,(0-1) CX	4	5	5	21%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); T. Iguchi Scores; P. Konerko Scores; J. Dye Scores