Jim Brower

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: December 29, 1972 in Edina, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 56th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from Minnetonka HS (Minnetonka, MN) and the Texas Rangers in the 6th round of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).

High School: Minnetonka HS (Minnetonka, MN)

School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: September 5, 1999 (Age 26-250d, 17,564th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4.1 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: August 14, 2007 (Age 34-228d)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Rex Gary

Full Name: James Robert Brower

Pronunciation: \BROW-er\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

ERA

4.67

354

574.0

397

WHIP

1.484

Summary of 70 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 4 walk-off, 8 tying, 17 go ahead

7 Tms
CIN	19
CLE	19
SFG	19
ATL	6
MON	5
SDP	1
BAL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	38
vs LHB	32

Home/Road
Home	36
Away	34

Outs
0	26
1	24
2	20

23 Opps
PIT	7
PHI	7
TOR	6
COL	5
CHC	5
CIN	4
NYM	4
ARI	3
STL	3
ATL	3
CLE	3
HOU	3
MIN	2
SFG	2
SDP	2
NYY	2
BOS	2
FLA	2
TBD	1
OAK	1
WSN	1
CHW	1
MIL	1

67 Batters
Pat Burrell	2
Jim Edmonds	2
Ellis Burks	2
David Segui	1
Dmitri Young	1
Mike Piazza	1
Jimmy Rollins	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Royce Clayton	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Preston Wilson	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Víctor Díaz	1
Aaron Rowand	1
Alex Cintrón	1
Trot Nixon	1
Lyle Overbay	1
Moisés Alou	1
Jim Thome	1
Jason Varitek	1
Russ Davis	1
Ryan Spilborghs	1
Jason Bay	1
Doug DeVore	1
Jorge Posada	1
José Vidro	1
Fred McGriff	1
Tike Redman	1
Jason Kendall	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
Midre Cummings	1
Tony Batista	1
Rondell White	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Luis Gonzalez	1
Wil Cordero	1
John Vander Wal	1
Joe Randa	1
Bobby Abreu	1
Derek Jeter	1
So Taguchi	1
Willis Otáñez	1
Matt Lawton	1
Toby Hall	1
Pokey Reese	1
José Cruz	1
Julio Lugo	1
Jason LaRue	1
Keith Lockhart	1
Ricky Ledée	1
Adam Hyzdu	1
Barry Bonds	1
Todd Helton	1
Ray Lankford	1
Juan González	1
Kevin Brown	1
Dave Martinez	1
Kevin Millar	1
Cliff Floyd	1
Casey Blake	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Lance Berkman	1
Andruw Jones	1
Jason Michaels	1
Brian Giles	1
Gary Bennett	1
Keith Ginter	1

21 Parks
Progressive (CLE)	13
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	13
Oracle Park (SFO)	8
Shea Stad (NYC)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	4
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Turner Fld (ATL)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	19
78	12
8	7
89	7

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	19
5	17
6	8
1	8
3	7
4	6
7+	5

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	11
4·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	9
12-	6
-2-	3
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1
-23	1

105 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	46
1 on	14
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	24

Inning
1	5
2	5
3	4
4	5
5	10
6	12
7	11
8	4
9	6
Extra	8

1-3	14
4-6	27
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	14
+3	5
+2	6
+1	5
Tied	15
-1	6
-2	4
-3	4
-4..	11

Ahead	30
Tied	15
Behind	25

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	13
2-2	12
1-0	10
0-0	8
0-1	8
2-1	5
3-1	5
1-1	4
1-2	2
2-0	2
0-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	17
CF	11
RF	9
C	8
1B	7
SS	6
2B	4
DH	4
3B	3
PH	1

OrderPos
3rd	14
4th	11
7th	9
5th	8
2nd	8
8th	8
6th	6
1st	5
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-09-15	Jason Varitek	BOS	@	CLE	tied 4-4	t 13	0	---	2,(0-2) CX	1	7	2	31%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	2	1999-09-15	Trot Nixon	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 5-4	t 13	1	---	3,(1-2) CBX	1	9	9	11%	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1999-09-19	Derek Jeter	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	6	9%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
4	4	4	1	1999-09-24	José Cruz	TOR		CLE	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	9%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
5	5	5	2	1999-09-24	David Segui	TOR		CLE	tied 1-1	b 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	9%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
6	6	6	3	1999-09-24	Tony Batista	TOR		CLE	behind 2-13	b 6	1	---	5,(2-2) FFBBX	1	7	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	4	1999-09-24	Willis Otáñez	TOR		CLE	behind 3-13	b 6	1	---	6,(3-2) CBSBBX	1	8	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	8	1	1999-10-02	Casey Blake	TOR	@	CLE	ahead 6-0	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2000-06-04	Jim Edmonds	STL		CLE	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	8	15%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
10	10	2	1	2000-06-09	Dmitri Young	CIN	@	CLE	behind 0-2	t 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	DH	14%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Casey Scores
11	11	3	2	2000-06-09	Pokey Reese	CIN	@	CLE	tied 2-2	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) BSCBX	1	1	4	10%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	2000-06-30	Matt Lawton	MIN	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	5,(2-2) CBBSX	2	3	7	15%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Cummings Scores
13	13	5	2	2000-06-30	Midre Cummings	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	9	8%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	6	1	2000-07-08	Ken Griffey Jr.	CIN		CLE	ahead 6-2	b 4	2	12-	3,(1-1) SBX	3	3	8	7%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Stynes Scores; B. Larkin Scores
15	15	7	1	2000-07-15	Tike Redman	PIT	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	1	7	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	8	2	2000-07-15	John Vander Wal	PIT	@	CLE	behind 1-6	t 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	9	4%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
17	17	9	3	2000-07-15	Jason Kendall	PIT	@	CLE	behind 2-6	t 5	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	2	2	5%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
18	18	10	4	2000-07-15	Wil Cordero	PIT	@	CLE	behind 3-6	t 5	2	---	10,(3-2) SBCBFFBFFX	1	3	DH	8%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	11	1	2000-09-16	Jorge Posada	NYY		CLE	ahead 5-0	b 5	0	---	6,(3-2) CSBBBX	1	5	2	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	2001-04-24	Barry Bonds	SFG		CIN	behind 1-3	b 3	1	-2-	6,(3-2) CBBFBX	2	3	7	19%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); M. Benard Scores
21	21	2	2	2001-04-24	Russ Davis	SFG		CIN	behind 3-8	b 6	2	1--	5,(2-2) BCFBX	2	6	5	7%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Ríos Scores
22	22	3	1	2001-05-13	Julio Lugo	HOU	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	1	6	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
23	23	4	1	2001-06-08	Ellis Burks	CLE		CIN	behind 3-4	b 6	0	---	7,(3-2) BBFCBFX	1	4	DH	17%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
24	24	5	1	2001-06-21	Lance Berkman	HOU		CIN	behind 6-8	b 11	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	7%	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	6	1	2001-07-04	Brian Giles	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 6-0	t 6	2	---	5,(2-2) BFBCX	1	4	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	7	2	2001-07-04	Adam Hyzdu	PIT	@	CIN	ahead 7-3	t 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	7	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	8	1	2001-07-14	Ellis Burks	CLE	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	6	7	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	9	2	2001-07-14	Juan González	CLE	@	CIN	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	9	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Alomar Scores
29	29	10	1	2001-07-19	Keith Lockhart	ATL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	1	4	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	11	2	2001-07-19	Dave Martinez	ATL	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BCBCX	1	5	9	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	12	1	2001-07-24	Andruw Jones	ATL		CIN	behind 0-4	b 2	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	6	8	7%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
32	32	13	1	2001-08-03	Ray Lankford	SDP		CIN	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	7	14%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
33	33	14	1	2001-08-18	Kevin Brown	MIL	@	CIN	ahead 3-0	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	15	1	2001-08-28	Jeff Bagwell	HOU		CIN	tied 4-4	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	3	21%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
35	35	16	1	2001-09-20	Rondell White	CHC	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36	36	17	2	2001-09-20	Fred McGriff	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	3	23%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Tucker Scores; S. Sosa Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2002-04-03	Sammy Sosa	CHC	@	CIN	ahead 7-2	t 6	1	1--	4,(1-2) FBFX	2	3	9	3%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Patterson Scores
38	38	2	1	2002-04-24	Gary Bennett	COL	@	CIN	behind 0-3	t 5	0	1-3	2,(0-1) SX	3	8	2	20%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); T. Hollandsworth Scores; J. Uribe Scores
39	39	3	1	2002-07-07	Pat Burrell	PHI		MON	behind 5-8	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	4	7	9%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	4	1	2002-07-15	Ricky Ledée	PHI	@	MON	behind 3-8	t 9	1	-23	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	1	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Lee Scores; T. Pérez Scores
41	41	5	1	2002-07-22	Mo Vaughn	NYM		MON	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	6	1	2002-07-27	Kevin Millar	FLA	@	MON	ahead 6-2	t 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
43	43	7	1	2002-09-09	Alex Gonzalez	CHC		MON	tied 2-2	b 9	1	---	5,(2-2) SSBBX	1	7	6	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	2003-04-26	Bobby Abreu	PHI		SFG	ahead 5-1	b 6	1	--3	6,(3-2) BCBBSX	2	3	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Ledée Scores
45	45	2	2	2003-04-26	Jim Thome	PHI		SFG	ahead 7-1	b 6	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
46	46	3	1	2003-05-02	Jason LaRue	CIN	@	SFG	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	8%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
47	47	4	1	2003-05-23	Todd Helton	COL		SFG	ahead 9-6	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	3	3	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
48	48	5	1	2003-06-11	Aaron Rowand	CHW		SFG	behind 1-11	b 8	2	1-3	11,(3-2) BFCBFF*BFFF>X	3	4	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Valentín Scores/unER; F. Thomas Scores/unER; A. Rowand Scores/unER
49	49	6	1	2003-08-09	Pat Burrell	PHI	@	SFG	tied 5-5	t 10	1	--3	5,(2-2) SFB1B.X	2	5	7	25%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Thome Scores
50	50	7	2	2003-08-09	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	@	SFG	ahead 7-5	t 10	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	6	5%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
51	51	8	1	2003-08-28	Preston Wilson	COL		SFG	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	123	2,(0-1) FX	4	4	8	13%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Reyes Scores; R. Belliard Scores; T. Helton Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	2004-05-06	Mike Piazza	NYM		SFG	tied 1-1	b 11	2	---	5,(2-2) BSSBX	1	3	2	46%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	2	1	2004-05-19	Moisés Alou	CHC		SFG	tied 3-3	b 10	1	---	6,(3-2) .BBFBFX	1	3	7	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
54	54	3	1	2004-06-05	Royce Clayton	COL		SFG	ahead 6-1	b 6	1	1--	4,(2-1) B1BF>X	2	2	6	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Miles Scores
55	55	4	1	2004-06-08	Toby Hall	TBD		SFG	behind 1-7	b 9	2	-2-	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	8	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); F. McGriff Scores
56	56	5	1	2004-07-31	Jim Edmonds	STL	@	SFG	behind 3-8	t 7	1	1--	6,(3-2) SBBBCX	2	5	8	5%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); S. Rolen Scores
57	57	6	1	2004-09-10	Doug DeVore	ARI		SFG	behind 0-1	b 7	1	-2-	7,(3-2) SSBFBBX	2	7	7	35%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); D. Bautista Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	2005-05-02	Luis Gonzalez	ARI		SFG	behind 7-8	b 9	0	---	8,(3-2) .CBFBFBFX	1	3	7	43%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
59	59	2	1	2005-05-10	Jason Bay	PIT	@	SFG	behind 0-2	t 6	2	12-	5,(3-1) SBBBX	3	3	8	40%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lawton Scores; J. Wilson Scores
60	60	3	1	2005-05-20	Keith Ginter	OAK	@	SFG	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) .CX	3	7	4	15%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); E. Chavez Scores/Team unER; B. Kielty Scores/Team unER; K. Ginter Scores/Team unER
61	61	4	1	2005-06-05 (2)	Cliff Floyd	NYM		SFG	ahead 6-1	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
62	62	5	2	2005-06-05 (2)	Víctor Díaz	NYM		SFG	ahead 7-1	b 5	2	1--	5,(2-2) FBFBX	2	7	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Wright Scores
63	63	6	1	2005-06-27	Miguel Cabrera	FLA		ATL	behind 1-7	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) ..FX	1	3	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
64	64	7	1	2005-07-22	Alex Cintrón	ARI		ATL	tied 5-5	b 10	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BCX	1	8	PH	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
65	65	8	1	2005-07-28	José Vidro	WSN	@	ATL	behind 2-5	t 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	4	15%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Carroll Scores
66	66	9	1	2005-08-05	So Taguchi	STL		ATL	ahead 5-1	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67	67	10	1	2005-08-19	Joe Randa	SDP	@	ATL	ahead 5-3	t 4	1	12-	3,(1-1) .BFX	3	5	5	16%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Loretta Scores; B. Giles Scores
68	68	11	1	2005-09-14	Jason Michaels	PHI		ATL	ahead 11-3	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) SFBBX	1	2	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	2006-05-01	Lyle Overbay	TOR	@	BAL	ahead 6-3	t 9	1	12-	6,(3-2) *BBFFB>X	3	7	3	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Glaus Scores; S. Hillenbrand Scores
70	70	2	1	2006-05-29	Ryan Spilborghs	COL	@	SDP	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	8	5%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)