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Brian Falkenborg

Brian Thomas Falkenborg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: January 18, 1978 in Newport Beach, CA
High School: Redmond HS (Redmond, WA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1999
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cardinals/Padres/Orioles 1999-2008

Final Game: September 5, 2008
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1999 21 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004 26 LAD NL 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2005 27 SDP NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 28 STL NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 29 STL NL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 30 TOT NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 30 LAD NL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 30 SDP NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 64 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 22 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 -25 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (2 yrs) 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 62 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 21 BAL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2004 26 LAD NL 6 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $302,500 /1
2005 27 SDP NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2006 28 STL NL 5 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
2007 29 STL NL 16 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
2008 30 LAD NL 16 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
2008 30 SDP NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
6 Seasons 64 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $302,500
STL (2 yrs) 21 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
LAD (2 yrs) 22 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $302,500
SDP (2 yrs) 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
BAL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2004 26 LAD NL 3 2 0 0.0 107 .000 .264 .333 .334 .000 .427 .333 .761 -0 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
2006 28 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .271 .000 .342 .000 .440 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2007 29 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .272 .000 .341 .000 .434 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2008 30 TOT NL 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2008 30 LAD NL 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 6 5 0 0.0 108 .000 .267 .167 .337 .000 .430 .167 .767 -51 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
162 Game Avg. 15 13 0 0.0 108 .000 .267 .167 .337 .000 .430 .167 .767 -51 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .200 .000
STL (2 yrs) 2 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .272 .000 .342 .000 .437 .000 .778 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
LAD (2 yrs) 4 3 0 0.0 106 .000 .264 .250 .335 .000 .426 .250 .760 -25 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2004 26 LAD NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 33.3% 0.0% 2.00 1.0 0%
2006 28 STL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.00 0%
2007 29 STL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2008 30 TOT NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2008 30 LAD NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
6 Yrs 6 0.0% 83.3% 16.7% 0.0% 5.00 1.0 0.00 0%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 1.93 5.3 31.7 7.5 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.0% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1999 21 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
2004 26 LAD NL -0.2 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .75 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.76 -0.3 0
2005 27 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 28 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .09 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.11 -0.3 0
2007 29 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .62 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
2008 30 TOT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
2008 30 LAD NL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
2008 30 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -1.1 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .49 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.83 -1.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 26 LAD NL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2004 26 LAD NL 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 STL NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 TOT NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 LAD NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 6 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 26 LAD NL 3 15 5.00 9 60% 56% 11% 33% 0% 44% 0% 27% 75% 33% 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 33% 1 0 100% 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 0% 0% 100% 0% 100% 0% 60% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 29 STL NL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 0% 33% 67% 0% 100% 100% 67% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2008 30 TOT NL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2008 30 LAD NL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 6 28 4.67 18 64% 44% 11% 44% 0% 56% 0% 36% 80% 33% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 17% 1 0 60% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 26 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 27 18 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 28 23 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 39 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 64 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .167 .000 .167 -51 0 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 26 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 6
2006 28 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
2007 29 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16
2008 30 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
4 Yrs 52 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 52
162 Game Avg. 162 19 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 52

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1999 AL  born 1978-01-18 (8th)

                                         

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