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Bryan Rekar
Bryan Robert Rekar
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 3, 1972 in Oak Lawn, IL
High School: Providence Catholic (New Lenox, IL)
Drafted
by the Colorado Rockies in the 2nd round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1995
Final Game: April 28, 2002
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Career Home Runs Allowed

Bryan Rekar: 99 Career Home Runs Allowed

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 11 tying, 38 go ahead
3 Tms
TBD73
COL25
KCR1
 
vs RHB61
vs LHB38
 
Home55
Away44
 
Leverage
High Lev18
Medium Lev40
Low Lev41
23 Opps
OAK9
TEX9
BOS9
MON8
CHW7
CHC5
NYY5
BAL5
DET5
PHI5
KCR4
LAD4
CLE4
TOR4
MIN3
SFG3
ANA2
CIN2
ATL2
STL1
78 Batters
Jermaine Dye4
Juan Gonzalez3
Johnny Damon2
Corey Koskie2
Greg Myers2
Royce Clayton2
Jerry Hairston2
Mike Stanley2
Kevin Jordan2
Sammy Sosa2
Carlos Lee2
Reggie Sanders2
Magglio Ordonez2
Mike Piazza2
Trot Nixon2
Scott Rolen2
Vladimir Guerrero2
Frank Catalanotto2
Brian McRae1
Gabe Kapler1
19 Parks
TropicanaFld37
Coors Fld17
NetworkAssoc5
US Cellular5
Rangers Bpk5
Fenway Pk4
VeteransStad3
Stade Olymp.3
Camden Yards3
Tiger Stad3
Yankee Stad2
Jacobs Fld2
SkyDome2
KauffmanStad2
Cinergy Fld2
Metrodome1
Astrodome1
Wrigley Fld1
Qualcomm St1
Where Hit
734
934
815
7813
893
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
230
119
319
512
410
66
7+3
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms46
2·HR gms20
3·HR gms3
4·HR gms1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
4th20
6th16
3rd15
5th9
9th9
2nd9
7th8
8th7
1st6
Outs
136
232
031
 
DefPos
RF18
1B12
C12
3B12
CF11
LF10
DH8
2B7
SS7
PH1
P1
Bases
---54
1--17
-2-9
12-7
--34
1-34
1233
-231
 
162 Runs
RISP28
0 on54
1 on30
2 on12
3 on3
Any on45
Inning
114
212
325
415
516
610
74
81
92
 
1-351
4-641
7-end7
RelScore
+4..12
+32
+212
+111
Tied32
-112
-210
-31
-4..7
 
Ahead37
Tied32
Behind30
Before event, for batter
Count
0-019
1-016
0-114
1-19
2-08
3-27
1-26
3-16
2-26
2-15
0-22
3-01

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1995 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1995-07-24 Omar Olivares PHI COL behind 0-8 b 5 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 9 PH 2% 4% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Stocker Scores
2 2 2 1 1995-07-29 Sean Berry MON COL behind 0-2 b 5 0 -2- 1,(0-0)  2 5 5 19% 57% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Segui Scores
3 3 3 1 1995-08-15 Reggie Sanders CIN COL tied 0-0 b 1 2 --3 4,(2-1)  2 4 8 17% 70% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Larkin Scores
4 4 4 2 1995-08-15 Reggie Sanders CIN COL ahead 4-0 b 3 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 8 4% 93% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
5 5 5 1 1995-08-20 Sammy Sosa CHC @ COL behind 0-1 t 2 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 4 9 9% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6 6 6 2 1995-08-20 Brian McRae CHC @ COL behind 1-2 t 9 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 1 8 30% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7 7 7 1 1995-08-25 Bernard Gilkey STL @ COL tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 7 8% 58% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8 8 8 1 1995-09-04 Sammy Sosa CHC COL tied 0-0 b 1 2 1-- 4,(3-0)  2 4 9 19% 71% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Grace Scores/unER; Sosa Scores/unER
9 9 9 1 1995-09-11 David Justice ATL @ COL tied 0-0 t 3 2 1-3 4,(2-1)  3 5 9 23% 73% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Grissom Scores; McGriff Scores
10 10 10 1 1995-09-17 Gary Sheffield FLA @ COL ahead 4-0 t 3 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 3 7 5% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
11 11 11 1 1995-09-28 Barry Bonds SFG @ COL tied 0-0 t 1 0 12- 2,(1-0)  3 3 7 15% 73% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Benard Scores; Scarsone Scores
1996 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
12 12 1 1 1996-04-04 Kevin Jordan PHI COL behind 3-4 b 5 2 -2- 1,(0-0)  2 3 3 28% 67% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Dykstra Scores
13 13 2 1 1996-04-10 Luis Gonzalez CHC @ COL ahead 2-1 t 3 2 1-3 1,(0-0)  3 5 7 21% 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Grace Scores; Sosa Scores
14 14 3 2 1996-04-10 Scott Servais CHC @ COL ahead 5-1 t 3 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 6 2 6% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball)
15 15 4 1 1996-04-28 Darrin Fletcher MON @ COL ahead 1-0 t 1 1 123 3,(1-1)  4 6 2 17% 84% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Rodriguez Scores; Alou Scores; Segui Scores
16 16 5 2 1996-04-28 F.P. Santangelo MON @ COL ahead 5-0 t 1 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 7 8 4% 88% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17 17 6 1 1996-06-18 Mike Lansing MON @ COL ahead 4-3 t 4 2 1-3 2,(0-1)  3 2 4 22% 83% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Webster Scores; Grudzielanek Scores
18 18 7 1 1996-06-29 Greg Gagne LAD @ COL tied 0-0 t 3 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 8 6 10% 60% Home Run (Fly Ball)
19 19 8 2 1996-06-29 Mike Piazza LAD @ COL ahead 1-0 t 4 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 3 2 9% 70% Home Run (Fly Ball)
20 20 9 3 1996-06-29 Mike Piazza LAD @ COL ahead 2-0 t 5 1 123 1,(0-0)  4 3 2 14% 94% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Valdez Scores; Fonville Scores; Hollandsworth Scores
21 21 10 4 1996-06-29 Eric Karros LAD @ COL ahead 6-0 t 5 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 3 2% 96% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22 22 11 1 1996-09-08 Shane Reynolds HOU COL ahead 1-0 b 3 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 9 1 10% 77% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Reynolds Scores
1997 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
23 23 1 1 1997-06-21 Archi Cianfrocco SDP COL behind 0-1 b 2 0 12- 2,(1-0)  3 6 5 21% 75% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Finley Scores; Joyner Scores; Cianfrocco Scores
24 24 2 1 1997-06-26 J.T. Snow SFG @ COL behind 1-2 t 4 0 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 3 11% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25 25 3 2 1997-06-26 Darryl Hamilton SFG @ COL tied 2-2 t 4 2 -2- 1,(0-0)  2 1 8 19% 67% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Mueller Scores
1998 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
26 26 1 1 1998-07-09 Joe Girardi NYY @ TBD tied 0-0 t 2 1 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 9 2 16% 67% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Brosius Scores
27 27 2 1 1998-07-19 Juan Gonzalez TEX TBD behind 0-1 b 2 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 4 9 10% 56% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
28 28 3 2 1998-07-19 Will Clark TEX TBD ahead 5-3 b 5 1 -2- 3,(1-1)  2 5 3 10% 91% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Greer Scores
29 29 4 1 1998-07-27 Mike Blowers OAK @ TBD behind 1-7 t 6 1 1-- 6,(3-2)  2 6 5 4% 7% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Giambi Scores
30 30 5 1 1998-08-02 Bobby Higginson DET @ TBD behind 0-1 t 5 2 12- 2,(0-1)  3 3 9 34% 70% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Cruz Scores; Hunter Scores
31 31 6 1 1998-08-08 Brian Giles CLE @ TBD ahead 3-1 t 6 1 --- 5,(2-2)  1 5 7 9% 84% Home Run (Line Drive)
32 32 7 1 1998-08-13 Jermaine Dye KCR TBD tied 3-3 b 6 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 7 9 17% 69% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
33 33 8 1 1998-08-23 Jermaine Dye KCR @ TBD tied 0-0 t 3 0 --- 6,(3-2)  1 7 9 10% 60% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
34 34 9 2 1998-08-23 Sal Fasano KCR @ TBD ahead 1-0 t 3 0 --- 3,(0-2)  1 8 2 10% 70% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
35 35 10 1 1998-08-29 (2) Tony Clark DET TBD tied 1-1 b 3 2 --- 5,(2-2)  1 4 10 11% 63% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
36 36 11 2 1998-08-29 (2) Juan Encarnacion DET TBD ahead 4-2 b 5 1 12- 2,(1-0)  3 6 8 12% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Clark Scores; Gonzalez Scores
37 37 12 3 1998-08-29 (2) Frank Catalanotto DET TBD ahead 7-2 b 6 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 3 1% 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38 38 13 1 1998-09-13 Royce Clayton TEX @ TBD behind 1-6 t 3 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 6 5% 15% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
39 39 14 2 1998-09-13 Juan Gonzalez TEX @ TBD behind 2-6 t 3 2 1-- 7,(3-2)  2 4 9 12% 26% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Greer Scores
40 40 15 1 1998-09-18 Jose Canseco TOR @ TBD tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 3 10 9% 55% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
41 41 16 1 1998-09-23 Nomar Garciaparra BOS TBD behind 1-3 b 3 1 12- 5,(3-1)  3 4 6 25% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Valentin Scores; Vaughn Scores
1999 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
42 42 1 1 1999-04-21 Willis Otanez BAL @ TBD behind 2-4 t 4 2 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 9 5 20% 45% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Webster Scores/unER; Otanez Scores/unER
43 43 2 1 1999-04-28 (1) Frank Thomas CHW TBD behind 1-2 b 3 2 --3 7,(3-2)  2 3 10 19% 62% Home Run (Fly Ball); Caruso Scores
44 44 3 2 1999-04-28 (1) Magglio Ordonez CHW TBD ahead 3-2 b 3 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 4 9 10% 72% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
45 45 4 1 1999-05-08 Einar Diaz CLE TBD behind 2-6 b 6 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 9 2 6% 16% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
46 46 5 1 1999-05-12 Doug Mientkiewicz MIN @ TBD ahead 5-1 t 5 1 1-- 5,(1-2)  2 6 3 7% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Lawton Scores
47 47 6 1 1999-05-24 Juan Gonzalez TEX @ TBD ahead 7-1 t 6 1 12- 1,(0-0)  3 4 9 2% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball); McLemore Scores; Greer Scores
48 48 7 1 1999-06-19 Corey Koskie MIN TBD behind 1-4 b 8 2 1-- 5,(2-2)  2 5 9 15% 22% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Cordova Scores
49 49 8 1 1999-06-24 Chili Davis NYY @ TBD ahead 1-0 t 4 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 6 10 11% 68% Home Run (Fly Ball)
50 50 9 1 1999-06-30 Mike Stanley BOS TBD behind 0-5 b 4 2 -2- 3,(2-0)  2 6 3 10% 20% Home Run (Fly Ball); O'Leary Scores
51 51 10 1 1999-07-05 Mike Stanley BOS @ TBD tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 4 3 9% 59% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
52 52 11 1 1999-07-19 Scott Rolen PHI @ TBD tied 0-0 t 1 2 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 4 5 17% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Abreu Scores
53 53 12 2 1999-07-19 Scott Rolen PHI @ TBD ahead 2-0 t 3 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 4 5 8% 78% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
54 54 13 1 1999-08-01 Jason Giambi OAK TBD ahead 4-2 b 4 1 -23 3,(2-0)  3 3 3 10% 94% Home Run (Fly Ball); Macfarlane Scores; Phillips Scores
55 55 14 2 1999-08-01 John Jaha OAK TBD ahead 7-2 b 4 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 10 3% 96% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2000 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
56 56 1 1 2000-05-07 Trot Nixon BOS TBD behind 1-3 b 3 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 3 9 18% 53% Home Run; Offerman Scores/unER
57 57 2 2 2000-05-07 Troy O'Leary BOS TBD tied 3-3 b 3 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 7 11% 62% Home Run; O'Leary Scores/unER
58 58 3 1 2000-05-17 Chad Curtis TEX TBD tied 0-0 b 1 1 --- 4,(1-2)  1 2 7 9% 62% Home Run
59 59 4 1 2000-05-23 Miguel Tejada OAK @ TBD tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 6 6 10% 57% Home Run
60 60 5 1 2000-06-01 Brady Anderson BAL @ TBD behind 0-2 t 9 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 8 6% 10% Home Run (LF-CF)
61 61 6 1 2000-06-06 Kevin Jordan PHI TBD behind 1-2 b 4 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 7 5 13% 51% Home Run
62 62 7 1 2000-06-13 Bengie Molina ANA @ TBD behind 0-2 t 2 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 7 2 9% 38% Home Run
63 63 8 2 2000-06-13 Mo Vaughn ANA @ TBD tied 2-2 t 3 0 --3 1,(0-0)  2 3 3 10% 70% Home Run; Palmeiro Scores
64 64 9 1 2000-06-24 Royce Clayton TEX TBD behind 0-2 b 2 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 8 6 9% 41% Home Run
65 65 10 2 2000-06-24 Frank Catalanotto TEX TBD behind 1-3 b 3 1 --- 7,(3-2)  1 2 4 10% 43% Home Run
66 66 11 1 2000-07-05 Damion Easley DET @ TBD tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 5,(2-2)  1 6 4 10% 57% Home Run
67 67 12 1 2000-07-13 Vladimir Guerrero MON @ TBD tied 0-0 t 1 2 -2- 3,(1-1)  2 4 9 16% 64% Home Run; Jones Scores
68 68 13 2 2000-07-13 Chris Widger MON @ TBD behind 3-4 t 7 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 8 2 18% 50% Home Run (LF-CF)
69 69 14 1 2000-07-18 Chipper Jones ATL @ TBD tied 0-0 t 1 1 -2- 5,(1-2)  2 3 5 14% 65% Home Run; Jones Scores
70 70 15 1 2000-08-02 Manny Ramirez CLE @ TBD tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 6,(3-2)  1 4 10 9% 59% Home Run (LF-CF)
71 71 16 1 2000-08-07 Corey Koskie MIN @ TBD ahead 2-0 t 6 1 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 6 5 13% 89% Home Run; Ortiz Scores
72 72 17 1 2000-08-12 Carlos Lee CHW @ TBD ahead 1-0 t 2 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 7 9% 68% Home Run
73 73 18 1 2000-08-18 Jose Valentin CHW TBD tied 0-0 b 1 0 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 2 6 13% 72% Home Run; Durham Scores
74 74 19 2 2000-08-18 Chris Singleton CHW TBD ahead 2-0 b 5 0 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 8 8 8% 92% Home Run; Lee Scores
75 75 20 3 2000-08-18 Carlos Lee CHW TBD ahead 4-2 b 7 0 --- 3,(0-2)  1 7 7 6% 93% Home Run
76 76 21 1 2000-08-28 Jason Varitek BOS @ TBD behind 0-1 t 3 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 8 2 10% 50% Home Run (LF-CF)
77 77 22 2 2000-08-28 Brian Daubach BOS @ TBD tied 1-1 t 3 2 --- 6,(3-2)  1 2 3 11% 56% Home Run
2001 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
78 78 1 1 2001-04-10 Tony Batista TOR TBD tied 0-0 b 2 1 --- 4,(1-2)  1 6 5 10% 63% Home Run
79 79 2 1 2001-04-15 Greg Myers BAL TBD behind 1-3 b 4 1 --- 6,(2-2)  1 7 2 12% 40% Home Run
80 80 3 2 2001-04-15 Jerry Hairston BAL TBD behind 2-3 b 4 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 9 4 14% 51% Home Run
81 81 4 1 2001-04-26 Dee Brown KCR @ TBD tied 0-0 t 4 2 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 5 10 22% 69% Home Run; Sweeney Scores
82 82 5 1 2001-05-01 Jerry Hairston BAL TBD tied 0-0 b 5 1 --3 3,(2-0)  2 9 4 16% 80% Home Run; Mora Scores
83 83 6 1 2001-05-11 Ellis Burks CLE TBD ahead 2-0 b 1 1 1-3 1,(0-0)  3 6 10 12% 89% Home Run; Gonzalez Scores; Thome Scores
84 84 7 1 2001-05-22 Gabe Kapler TEX @ TBD tied 0-0 t 7 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 6 8 19% 69% Home Run
85 85 8 1 2001-06-19 Trot Nixon BOS @ TBD ahead 1-0 t 5 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 2 9 12% 71% Home Run
86 86 9 1 2001-06-24 Derek Jeter NYY @ TBD ahead 2-1 t 3 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 2 6 10% 69% Home Run
87 87 10 1 2001-06-29 Alfonso Soriano NYY TBD ahead 2-0 b 4 1 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 9 4 12% 90% Home Run; Brosius Scores
88 88 11 2 2001-06-29 Tino Martinez NYY TBD ahead 4-0 b 5 0 -2- 1,(0-0)  2 4 3 3% 98% Home Run; Williams Scores
89 89 12 1 2001-07-14 Jose Vidro MON TBD ahead 3-0 b 6 0 --- 3,(2-0)  1 2 4 4% 95% Home Run (CF-RF)
90 90 13 2 2001-07-14 Vladimir Guerrero MON TBD ahead 4-0 b 6 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 3 9 2% 97% Home Run
91 91 14 1 2001-08-26 Magglio Ordonez CHW @ TBD tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 3 9 10% 56% Home Run
92 92 15 1 2001-08-31 Jermaine Dye OAK @ TBD tied 4-4 t 5 2 12- 3,(1-1)  3 4 9 32% 81% Home Run; Giambi Scores; Giambi Scores
93 93 16 2 2001-08-31 Greg Myers OAK @ TBD ahead 7-4 t 6 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 8 2 6% 90% Home Run
94 94 17 1 2001-09-07 Eric Chavez OAK TBD tied 0-0 b 4 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 5 5 20% 76% Home Run; Dye Scores
95 95 18 2 2001-09-07 Johnny Damon OAK TBD ahead 2-0 b 5 0 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 1 8 10% 93% Home Run; Santangelo Scores
96 96 19 3 2001-09-07 Jermaine Dye OAK TBD ahead 4-0 b 5 2 --- 5,(3-1)  1 4 9 3% 95% Home Run
97 97 20 1 2001-09-21 Shannon Stewart TOR TBD tied 1-1 b 3 1 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 3 7 18% 74% Home Run; Gonzalez Scores
98 98 21 1 2001-09-28 Felipe Lopez TOR @ TBD behind 0-6 t 7 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 7 5 2% 3% Home Run
2002 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
99 99 1 1 2002-04-21 (2) Johnny Damon BOS @ KCR behind 0-2 t 3 1 123 1,(0-0)  4 2 8 26% 68% Home Run; Varitek Scores; Sanchez Scores; Henderson Scores

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