Brandon Medders

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: January 26, 1980 in Tuscaloosa, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 37th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hillcrest HS (Tuscaloosa, AL), the Kansas City Royals in the 18th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Shelton State Community College (Tuscaloosa, AL) and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 8th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

High School: Hillcrest HS (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Schools: Shelton State Community College (Tuscaloosa, AL), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: June 20, 2005 (Age 25-145d, 18,694th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 19, 2010 (Age 30-113d)
vs. ARI 1.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 6 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Full Name: Brandon Edward Medders

Pronunciation: \MED-duhrs\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

3.61

210

234.2

175

WHIP

1.436

Summary of 27 Home Runs Allowed

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

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

2 Tms
ARI	18
SFG	9

Platoon
vs RHB	16
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Home	14
Away	13

Outs
0	11
1	10
2	6

14 Opps
SDP	6
COL	3
ARI	2
PHI	2
LAD	2
LAA	2
CHC	2
HOU	2
NYM	1
PIT	1
CIN	1
DET	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

27 Batters
Chase Headley	1
Hunter Pence	1
Pat Burrell	1
Andy LaRoche	1
Dan Uggla	1
Carlos Beltrán	1
Khalil Greene	1
Sean Rodríguez	1
Jacque Jones	1
Matt Joyce	1
Robb Quinlan	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Carlos Lee	1
Kosuke Fukudome	1
Ryan Howard	1
Will Venable	1
Adam LaRoche	1
Casey McGehee	1
Matt Kemp	1
Mike Cameron	1
Garrett Atkins	1
Josh Hamilton	1
Kelly Johnson	1
Danny Ardoin	1
Rob Bowen	1
Jeff Baker	1
Kevin Kouzmanoff	1

8 Parks
Chase Field (PHO)	11
Oracle Park (SFO)	5
Petco Pk (SAN)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	11
8	5
78	5
9	4
89	2

General field locations
when available.

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

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	19
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	4
12-	2
--3	2
123	1
-2-	1

41 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	17
1 on	7
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	10

Inning
5	1
6	4
7	14
8	6
9	1
Extra	1

4-6	5
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	4
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	4
-1	2
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	19
Tied	4
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

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

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	5
LF	5
2B	4
PH	3
RF	3
3B	3
C	2
1B	1
SS	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	4
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-08-28	Pat Burrell	PHI	@	ARI	behind 4-10	t 8	0	---	8,(3-2) .BBCBCFFX	1	5	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2005-09-16	Danny Ardoin	COL	@	ARI	tied 5-5	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	8	2	24%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2006-06-09	Carlos Beltrán	NYM	@	ARI	ahead 7-5	t 7	0	---	5,(2-2) ..BCBFX	1	3	8	8%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	2006-06-24	Robb Quinlan	LAA	@	ARI	tied 4-4	t 13	2	1--	5,(1-2) .C1SB1FX	2	9	PH	48%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Kennedy Scores
5	5	3	1	2006-08-01	Jacque Jones	CHC		ARI	ahead 7-2	b 5	1	--3	5,(2-2) BBSSX	2	5	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Barrett Scores
6	6	4	1	2006-08-18	Mike Cameron	SDP		ARI	ahead 4-1	b 7	1	1--	4,(2-1) .11BCP1X	2	2	8	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); D. Roberts Scores
7	7	5	1	2006-09-04	Dan Uggla	FLA		ARI	ahead 6-5	b 7	2	-2-	5,(1-2) BSFFX	2	2	4	16%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Amézaga Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2007-04-02	Jeff Baker	COL		ARI	tied 5-5	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) ..BFX	1	9	PH	15%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	2	1	2007-04-11	Josh Hamilton	CIN	@	ARI	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	9	14%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	3	1	2007-04-14	Garrett Atkins	COL	@	ARI	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	3	5	18%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	2007-04-19	Khalil Greene	SDP		ARI	ahead 7-5	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) ...CBX	1	6	6	5%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	5	2	2007-04-19	Rob Bowen	SDP		ARI	ahead 8-5	b 7	1	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	8	2	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	6	1	2007-05-09	Ryan Howard	PHI	@	ARI	behind 0-3	t 7	0	123	1,(0-0) ..X	4	6	PH	35%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Rowand Scores; C. Utley Scores; P. Burrell Scores
14	14	7	1	2007-05-12	Carlos Lee	HOU		ARI	ahead 8-3	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) ..BBCBX	1	4	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	8	2	2007-05-12	Hunter Pence	HOU		ARI	ahead 9-3	b 7	1	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	6	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
16	16	9	1	2007-09-03	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SDP	@	ARI	ahead 6-1	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	5	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2008-05-10	Kosuke Fukudome	CHC		ARI	ahead 5-2	b 7	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	9	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Ramírez Scores
18	18	2	1	2008-05-17	Matt Joyce	DET	@	ARI	ahead 2-0	t 7	1	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	2	7	9%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2009-04-11	Chase Headley	SDP		SFG	ahead 5-1	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	2	1	2009-06-15	Sean Rodríguez	LAA	@	SFG	ahead 8-3	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	4	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
21	21	3	1	2009-06-27	Casey McGehee	MIL		SFG	behind 3-4	b 6	2	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	4	20%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	4	1	2009-08-11	Manny Ramirez	LAD	@	SFG	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	1--	4,(1-2) FBCX	2	4	7	6%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); A. Ethier Scores
23	23	5	2	2009-08-11	Matt Kemp	LAD	@	SFG	ahead 6-1	t 7	0	12-	3,(0-2) CCX	3	7	8	2%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Blake Scores; J. Loney Scores
24	24	6	1	2009-09-08	Will Venable	SDP	@	SFG	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	8	20%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2010-04-13	Andy LaRoche	PIT	@	SFG	ahead 4-3	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	5	9%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
26	26	2	1	2010-05-19	Kelly Johnson	ARI		SFG	ahead 8-1	b 8	1	--3	7,(2-2) CBSFFBX	2	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Snyder Scores
27	27	3	2	2010-05-19	Adam LaRoche	ARI		SFG	ahead 10-1	b 8	2	12-	3,(2-0) B*BX	3	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Ojeda Scores; J. Upton Scores