Will Middlebrooks

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: September 9, 1988 in Greenville, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 2007 MLB June Amateur Draft from Liberty Eylau HS (Texarkana, TX).

High School: Liberty Eylau HS (Texarkana, TX)

Debut: May 2, 2012 (Age 23-236d, 20,164th in major league history)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2017 (Age 29-022d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

Full Name: William Scott Middlebrooks

Twitter: @middlebrooks

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2013 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.8

1150

262

.228

119

RBI

155

OBP

.272

SLG

.391

OPS

.663

OPS+

Summary of 43 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 9 go ahead

2 Tms
BOS	34
SDP	9

Platoon
vs RHP	29
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	28
Home	15

Outs
0	22
2	16
1	5

23 Opps
TOR	5
NYY	4
TEX	3
DET	3
TBR	2
COL	2
OAK	2
CHC	2
SEA	2
BAL	2
KCR	2
LAD	2
MIA	2
MIN	1
SFG	1
CIN	1
LAA	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
CLE	1
HOU	1
MIL	1

41 Pitchers
R.A. Dickey	2
Roy Oswalt	2
A.J. Griffin	1
Derek Holland	1
Marco Estrada	1
Cristhian Martínez	1
Miguel González	1
Kyle Farnsworth	1
Edward Mujica	1
Jon Lester	1
Al Alburquerque	1
David Price	1
Brandon McCarthy	1
Jeremy Jeffress	1
Ryan Dempster	1
Rob Scahill	1
Érik Bédard	1
Carlos Frías	1
Jon Moscot	1
Barry Zito	1
Iván Nova	1
Joe Blanton	1
Justin Masterson	1
Jeff Locke	1
Steve Cishek	1
Jason Hammel	1
Dave Bush	1
CC Sabathia	1
Garrett Richards	1
Andy Pettitte	1
Phil Coke	1
Tommy Hunter	1
Jonathan Sánchez	1
Mariano Rivera	1
Taijuan Walker	1
Pedro Hernández	1
Drew Smyly	1
Héctor Noesí	1
Chad Jenkins	1
Fernando Abad	1
Tim Collins	1

18 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	14
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	5
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1

Where Hit
7	21
78	8
89	7
9	5
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	11
3	9
2	9
4	7
5	3
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	9
12-	3
123	3
-23	2
-2-	2
--3	1
1-3	1

76 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	22
1 on	12
2 on	6
3 on	3
Any on	21

Inning
1	2
2	3
3	8
4	10
5	5
6	2
7	4
8	7
9	2

1-3	13
4-6	17
7-end	13

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	6
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	6
-1	5
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	6

Ahead	22
Tied	6
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
1-0	6
1-1	5
0-2	4
3-2	3
1-2	3
2-1	3
0-1	3
2-2	3
3-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	42
PH	1

OrderPos
5th	10
6th	10
7th	9
8th	8
9th	6

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	24

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2012-05-06	BOS		BAL	Tommy Hunter	behind 1-5	b 5	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	8	5	0.269	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Ortiz Scores; C. Ross Scores; J. Saltalamacchia Scores
2	2	2	1	2012-05-07	BOS	@	KCR	Jonathan Sánchez	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	5	0.220	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Ortiz Scores; A. González Scores
3	3	3	2	2012-05-07	BOS	@	KCR	Tim Collins	ahead 9-5	t 8	2	--3	2,(1-0) *BX	2	6	5	0.027	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Ross Scores
4	4	4	1	2012-05-13	BOS		CLE	Justin Masterson	ahead 4-1	b 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	5	0.059	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
5	5	5	1	2012-05-19	BOS	@	PHI	Joe Blanton	ahead 3-1	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	5	0.085	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	6	1	2012-05-30	BOS		DET	Drew Smyly	behind 2-3	b 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	0.256	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Youkilis Scores
7	7	7	1	2012-06-20	BOS		MIA	Steve Cishek	ahead 13-5	b 8	2	1--	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	7	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Saltalamacchia Scores
8	8	8	1	2012-06-21	BOS		MIA	Edward Mujica	behind 3-5	b 8	0	-2-	6,(2-2) .CSBFBX	2	7	5	0.334	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Saltalamacchia Scores
9	9	9	1	2012-06-23	BOS		ATL	Cristhian Martínez	ahead 4-1	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.055	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	2012-06-29	BOS	@	SEA	Héctor Noesí	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	5,(2-2) FCBBX	1	6	5	0.150	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	2012-07-14	BOS	@	TBR	David Price	behind 0-1	t 4	2	1--	3,(0-2) SCX	2	5	5	0.256	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Ortiz Scores
12	12	12	1	2012-07-25	BOS	@	TEX	Derek Holland	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	5	0.113	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
13	13	13	1	2012-07-30	BOS		DET	Phil Coke	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	1--	4,(1-2) SCBX	2	5	5	0.040	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. González Scores
14	14	14	1	2012-08-07	BOS		TEX	Ryan Dempster	behind 0-4	b 7	2	12-	1,(0-0) .X	3	9	PH	0.213	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Saltalamacchia Scores/unER; R. Kalish Scores/unER; W. Middlebrooks Scores/unER
15	15	15	1	2012-08-08	BOS		TEX	Roy Oswalt	behind 6-9	b 7	0	12-	3,(0-2) CSX	3	6	5	0.328	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); A. González Scores; C. Ross Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2013-04-05	BOS	@	TOR	Jeremy Jeffress	ahead 5-4	t 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	5	0.088	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	2	1	2013-04-07	BOS	@	TOR	R.A. Dickey	ahead 3-0	t 1	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	5	0.077	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); M. Napoli Scores
18	18	3	2	2013-04-07	BOS	@	TOR	R.A. Dickey	ahead 7-0	t 5	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	1	5	5	0.009	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	4	3	2013-04-07	BOS	@	TOR	Dave Bush	ahead 8-0	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	5	5	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	5	1	2013-04-22	BOS		OAK	A.J. Griffin	behind 1-2	b 4	1	-23	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	5	0.232	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Napoli Scores; D. Nava Scores
21	21	6	1	2013-04-26	BOS		HOU	Érik Bédard	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---	9,(3-2) BBBCFFFFX	1	7	5	0.075	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	7	1	2013-05-15	BOS	@	TBR	Kyle Farnsworth	ahead 8-2	t 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	8	1	2013-05-19	BOS	@	MIN	Pedro Hernández	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	7	5	0.112	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	9	1	2013-06-16	BOS	@	BAL	Miguel González	behind 0-5	t 7	1	1-3	4,(2-1) .CBBX	3	8	5	0.092	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Victorino Scores; J. Saltalamacchia Scores
25	25	10	1	2013-08-18	BOS		NYY	CC Sabathia	ahead 4-3	b 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	5	0.112	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	11	1	2013-08-21	BOS	@	SFG	Barry Zito	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	5	0.224	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Saltalamacchia Scores
27	27	12	1	2013-09-04	BOS		DET	Al Alburquerque	ahead 6-4	b 6	0	123	2,(1-0) .BX	4	9	5	0.057	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Napoli Scores; S. Drew Scores; M. Carp Scores
28	28	13	1	2013-09-05	BOS	@	NYY	Iván Nova	tied 2-2	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	5	0.136	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
29	29	14	1	2013-09-06	BOS	@	NYY	Andy Pettitte	behind 2-6	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	9	5	0.059	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	15	1	2013-09-08	BOS	@	NYY	Mariano Rivera	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	8	5	0.341	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	16	1	2013-09-25	BOS	@	COL	Rob Scahill	ahead 7-4	t 5	0	-23	7,(3-2) *BBCBCFX	3	8	5	0.054	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Saltalamacchia Scores; S. Drew Scores
32	32	17	2	2013-09-25	BOS	@	COL	Roy Oswalt	ahead 11-5	t 8	2	123	4,(0-2) CFFX	4	8	5	0.008	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); B. Snyder Scores; D. Nava Scores; J. Saltalamacchia Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2014-04-04	BOS		MIL	Marco Estrada	behind 1-2	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	5	0.126	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	2014-04-26	BOS	@	TOR	Chad Jenkins	ahead 5-3	t 3	2	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	7	5	0.092	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	2015-04-08	SDP	@	LAD	Brandon McCarthy	behind 2-6	t 6	0	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	5	5	0.051	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
36	36	2	1	2015-04-17	SDP	@	CHC	Jason Hammel	behind 0-2	t 4	2	1--	4,(1-2) FCB>X	2	6	5	0.229	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Y. Alonso Scores
37	37	3	1	2015-04-19	SDP	@	CHC	Jon Lester	behind 0-2	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) C.BX	2	5	5	0.173	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. Norris Scores
38	38	4	1	2015-05-13	SDP	@	SEA	Taijuan Walker	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	5	0.120	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	5	1	2015-05-24	SDP	@	LAD	Carlos Frías	ahead 8-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	5	0.007	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
40	40	6	1	2015-05-27	SDP	@	LAA	Garrett Richards	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	7	5	0.247	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Spangenberg Scores
41	41	7	1	2015-05-31	SDP		PIT	Jeff Locke	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	5	0.073	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Kemp Scores
42	42	8	1	2015-06-05	SDP	@	CIN	Jon Moscot	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.069	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
43	43	9	1	2015-06-17	SDP	@	OAK	Fernando Abad	behind 1-9	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	8	5	0.002	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)