Brooks Kieschnick

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Pitcher and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 225lb (193cm, 102kg)

Born: June 6, 1972 in Robstown, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (10th) of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Mary Carroll HS (Corpus Christi, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: April 3, 1996 (Age 23-302d, 16,820th in major league history)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 2004 (Age 32-119d)
vs. STL 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Michael Brooks Kieschnick

Pronunciation: \KEESH-nick\

Twitter: @kiesch23

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

306

.248

RBI

OBP

.316

SLG

.444

OPS

.760

OPS+

Summary of 16 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 2 go ahead

3 Tms
MIL	8
CHC	5
COL	3

Platoon
vs RHP	15
vs LHP	1

Home/Road
Away	9
Home	7

Outs
2	8
1	4
0	4

12 Opps
LAD	2
MON	2
CHC	2
HOU	2
ARI	1
MIN	1
COL	1
SFG	1
ATL	1
STL	1
CIN	1
BAL	1

15 Pitchers
Jim Bullinger	2
Matt Mantei	1
Gregg Olson	1
Curt Lyons	1
Jason Schmidt	1
Kevin Brown	1
Shane Reynolds	1
Mark Prior	1
Todd Wellemeyer	1
Jung Bong	1
Micheal Nakamura	1
Mark Thompson	1
Chris Holt	1
Jason Isringhausen	1
Rodrigo López	1

10 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	9
8	3
7	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
5	5
1	3
3	3
2	3
6	1
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	12
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	8
1--	3
-2-	3
12-	1
--3	1

25 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	8
1 on	7
2 on	1
Any on	8

Inning
1	1
2	1
3	2
4	1
6	1
7	2
8	4
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	4
4-6	2
7-end	10

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

Ahead	3
Tied	2
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
3-1	2
2-2	2
3-2	1
1-2	1
2-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	6
PH	4
P	3
DH	2
RF	1

OrderPos
9th	7
5th	3
6th	3
7th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1996-09-24	CHC	@	CIN	Curt Lyons	behind 0-4	t 6	2	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	6	9	0.043	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Kieschnick Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1997-04-15	CHC		COL	Mark Thompson	behind 2-5	b 3	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	5	7	0.169	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Brown Scores
3	3	2	1	1997-04-29	CHC		MON	Jim Bullinger	behind 1-5	b 1	2	-2-	5,(2-2) CBF11>B.X	2	5	7	0.131	31%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Sosa Scores
4	4	3	2	1997-04-29	CHC		MON	Jim Bullinger	behind 3-6	b 3	2	12-	5,(3-1) FBBBX	3	5	7	0.280	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. McRae Scores; S. Dunston Scores
5	5	4	1	1997-09-24	CHC	@	HOU	Chris Holt	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	5,(2-2) BBFFX	1	6	7	0.111	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2001-05-29	COL	@	LAD	Kevin Brown	ahead 2-1	t 7	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	7	0.133	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Petrick Scores
7	7	2	2	2001-05-29	COL	@	LAD	Gregg Olson	ahead 6-1	t 8	2	---	6,(3-2) SBBBFX	1	9	7	0.010	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	3	1	2001-06-07	COL		HOU	Shane Reynolds	behind 0-2	b 8	1	---	5,(1-2) FFBFX	1	9	PH	0.131	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2003-05-12	MIL		CHC	Mark Prior	behind 2-9	b 4	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	9	1	0.041	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Helms Scores
10	10	2	1	2003-06-15	MIL	@	BAL	Rodrigo López	behind 2-5	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	DH	0.061	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	3	1	2003-06-25	MIL	@	CHC	Todd Wellemeyer	tied 6-6	t 10	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	9	PH	0.333	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	4	1	2003-06-27	MIL	@	MIN	Micheal Nakamura	ahead 11-1	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	DH	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	5	1	2003-08-06	MIL		ATL	Jung Bong	behind 0-10	b 8	0	1--	3,(0-2) FSX	2	3	1	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Podsednik Scores
14	14	6	1	2003-09-12	MIL	@	SFG	Jason Schmidt	behind 0-5	t 8	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	1	0.019	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	7	1	2003-09-17	MIL	@	STL	Jason Isringhausen	behind 4-6	t 9	1	1--	2,(0-1) .SX	2	9	PH	0.356	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Osik Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2004-04-22	MIL		ARI	Matt Mantei	behind 7-9	b 9	1	-2-	3,(0-2) .CSX	2	6	PH	0.461	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); L. Overbay Scores