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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1999 21 BAL AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2000 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004 26 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 7.53 6 0 1 0 0 0 14.1 19 14 12 2 9 0 11 3 0 1 73 56 1.953 11.9 1.3 5.7 6.9 1.22
2005 27 SDP NL 0 0 8.18 10 0 3 0 0 0 11.0 17 11 10 2 5 1 10 0 0 2 54 49 2.000 13.9 1.6 4.1 8.2 2.00
2006 28 STL NL 0 1 .000 2.84 5 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 25 165 0.789 7.1 0.0 0.0 7.1
2007 29 STL NL 0 1 .000 4.82 16 0 2 0 0 0 18.2 22 10 10 2 8 0 16 1 0 1 84 93 1.607 10.6 1.0 3.9 7.7 2.00
2008 30 TOT NL 2 3 .400 5.24 25 0 8 0 0 0 22.1 26 13 13 4 12 2 19 0 0 0 102 79 1.701 10.5 1.6 4.8 7.7 1.58
2008 30 LAD NL 2 2 .500 6.17 16 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 11 8 8 2 4 1 9 0 0 0 49 70 1.286 8.5 1.5 3.1 6.9 2.25
2008 30 SDP NL 0 1 .000 4.22 9 0 6 0 0 0 10.2 15 5 5 2 8 1 10 0 0 0 53 93 2.156 12.7 1.7 6.8 8.4 1.25
6 Yrs 3 5 .375 5.59 64 0 17 0 0 0 75.2 91 50 47 10 36 3 62 5 0 4 350 77 1.678 10.8 1.2 4.3 7.4 1.72
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .375 5.59 68 0 18 0 0 0 80 97 53 50 11 38 3 66 5 0 4 372 77 1.678 10.8 1.2 4.3 7.4 1.72
STL (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 4.32 21 0 5 0 0 0 25.0 27 12 12 2 8 0 21 2 0 1 109 105 1.400 9.7 0.7 2.9 7.6 2.63
LAD (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 6.92 22 0 3 0 0 0 26.0 30 22 20 4 13 1 20 3 0 1 122 61 1.654 10.4 1.4 4.5 6.9 1.54
SDP (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.23 19 0 9 0 0 0 21.2 32 16 15 4 13 2 20 0 0 2 107 63 2.077 13.3 1.7 5.4 8.3 1.54
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
NL (5 yrs) 3 5 .375 5.82 62 0 17 0 0 0 72.2 89 50 47 10 34 3 61 5 0 4 338 73 1.693 11.0 1.2 4.2 7.6 1.79
AL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1999 21 BAL AL 3.0 2 0 0 0.00 5.28 0.24 -0.39 90.0 4.19 1 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.2 2 .568 .501 $
2004 26 LAD NL 14.1 6 0 14 8.79 4.36 0.38 -0.32 96.4 3.53 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -7 .373 .495 $302,500
2005 27 SDP NL 11.0 10 0 11 9.00 4.63 -0.27 -0.35 95.6 4.35 -6 -0.6 .4 0.1 -0.3 -5 .444 .497 $
2006 28 STL NL 6.1 5 0 2 2.84 4.92 0.29 -0.36 97.4 4.16 1 0.1 .5 -0.0 0.1 2 .519 .501 $
2007 29 STL NL 18.2 16 0 10 4.82 4.76 0.20 -0.34 97.6 4.11 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.0 0.0 0 .491 .499 $
2008 30 LAD NL 11.2 16 0 8 6.17 4.44 -0.08 -0.32 101.4 4.25 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .485 .499 $
2008 30 SDP NL 10.2 9 0 5 4.22 4.49 -0.01 -0.33 91.5 3.82 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.0 0.0 1 .496 .500 $
6 Seasons 75.2 64 0 50 5.95 4.61 0.10 -0.34 96.5 4.02 -16 -1.5 .9 0.0 -0.9 -9 .476 .499 $302,500
STL (2 yrs) 25.0 21 0 12 4.32 4.80 0.23 -0.35 97.6 4.12 -0 -0.0 .8 -0.1 0.1 2 .498 .500 $
LAD (2 yrs) 26.0 22 0 22 7.62 4.40 0.18 -0.32 98.7 3.85 -11 -1.0 1.2 -0.1 -0.9 -8 .454 .497 $302,500
SDP (2 yrs) 21.2 19 0 16 6.65 4.56 -0.14 -0.34 93.6 4.09 -6 -0.6 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .468 .498 $
BAL (1 yr) 3.0 2 0 0 0.00 5.28 0.24 -0.39 90.0 4.19 1 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.2 2 .568 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1999 21 BAL AL 2 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 .222 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 LAD NL 6 73 59 14 19 3 0 2 3 0 9 11 .322 .437 .475 .911 .370 28 2 3 2 0 0 1
2005 27 SDP NL 10 54 49 11 17 3 1 2 0 0 5 10 .347 .407 .571 .979 .405 28 1 0 0 0 1 0
2006 28 STL NL 5 25 23 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 .217 .250 .261 .511 .278 6 0 1 1 0 0 1
2007 29 STL NL 16 84 75 10 22 5 0 2 1 0 8 16 .293 .369 .440 .809 .351 33 3 1 0 0 0 0
2008 30 TOT NL 25 102 88 13 26 1 0 4 2 0 12 19 .295 .380 .443 .823 .338 39 3 0 2 0 2 0
2008 30 LAD NL 16 49 44 8 11 1 0 2 1 0 4 9 .250 .313 .409 .722 .273 18 1 0 1 0 1 0
2008 30 SDP NL 9 53 44 5 15 0 0 2 1 0 8 10 .341 .442 .477 .920 .406 21 2 0 1 0 1 0
6 Yrs 64 350 304 50 91 13 1 10 7 1 36 62 .299 .383 .447 .830 .349 136 10 5 5 0 3 2
162 Game Avg. 68 372 323 53 97 14 1 11 7 1 38 66 .299 .383 .447 .830 .349 145 11 5 5 0 3 2
MLB Averages .266 .336 .425 .761 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1999 21 BAL AL 1.8 0.2 13 0.2 0.2 -0.0 .57 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.2 0.57 1.4 1 0 1
2004 26 LAD NL -6.0 -0.6 76 -0.4 0.9 -1.2 .82 -0.6 0.2 -9.1 -0.8 0.82 -7.1 1 2 3
2005 27 SDP NL -5.7 -0.6 55 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .26 -0.4 -0.7 -5.9 -0.6 0.26 -3.7 1 0 9
2006 28 STL NL 1.4 0.1 26 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .69 0.1 -0.5 -0.2 -0.0 0.69 1.0 1 0 4
2007 29 STL NL -0.4 -0.0 86 0.4 1.1 -0.7 .69 0.2 0.5 -1.0 -0.1 0.69 -2.4 5 0 10
2008 30 TOT NL -2.4 -0.2 105 -0.5 1.6 -2.1 .90 -0.4 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2 0.90 -3.1 7 7 11
2008 30 LAD NL -2.2 -0.2 50 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 .94 -0.1 -0.1 0.6 0.1 0.94 0.0 5 6 5
2008 30 SDP NL -0.2 -0.0 55 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 .87 -0.3 -0.1 -2.5 -0.3 0.87 -3.2 2 1 6
6 Yrs -11.3 -1.1 361 -0.8 4.1 -4.9 .71 -1.0 -0.2 -16.5 -1.6 0.71 -13.8 16 9 38

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 21 BAL AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .571 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 26
2004 26 LAD NL 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 .824 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 5 5 1 5 0 7.2 47
2005 27 SDP NL 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 .259 1 0 9 2 0 8 3 7 4 4 4 3 3.3 19
2006 28 STL NL 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 .689 1 0 4 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 3.8 22
2007 29 STL NL 16 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 7 4 57% 5 .694 5 0 10 5 3 8 3 13 4 4 4 3 3.5 19
2008 30 TOT NL 25 25 8 2 3 2 0 2 0% 3 1 20 8 40% .904 7 7 11 9 3 13 11 14 5 10 5 7 2.7 16
2008 30 LAD NL 16 16 2 2 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 15 5 33% 6 .939 5 6 5 6 2 8 8 8 1 8 1 6 2.2 11
2008 30 SDP NL 9 9 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 3 60% 8 .871 2 1 6 3 1 5 3 6 4 2 4 1 3.6 23
6 Yrs 64 64 17 3 5 2 0 2 0% 5 3 35 17 49% .711 16 9 38 19 10 35 20 44 21 20 22 14 3.5 21

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1999 21 BAL AL 12 42% 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.50 1.00 75% 33% 0.0% 0% 2 1 50%
2004 26 LAD NL 73 59% 2.7% 15.1% 12.3% 6.9% 26% 0.78 1.36 63% 28% 8.3% 11% 18 2 11%
2005 27 SDP NL 54 59% 3.7% 18.5% 9.3% 11.1% 35% 0.77 1.30 69% 18% 10.0% 9% 16 1 6%
2006 28 STL NL 25 68% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 4.0% 20% 0.80 1.60 72% 11% 0.0% 20% 3 0 0%
2007 29 STL NL 84 64% 2.4% 19.1% 9.5% 8.3% 32% 0.87 1.28 68% 17% 6.7% 3% 17 3 18%
2008 30 TOT NL 102 60% 3.9% 18.6% 11.8% 4.9% 19% 1.23 2.20 64% 15% 14.8% 10% 26 3 12%
2008 30 LAD NL 49 67% 4.1% 18.4% 8.2% 6.1% 27% 1.33 1.60 67% 14% 15.4% 13% 8 1 13%
2008 30 SDP NL 53 53% 3.8% 18.9% 15.1% 3.8% 13% 1.13 3.40 60% 17% 14.3% 7% 18 2 11%
6 Yrs 350 61% 2.9% 17.7% 10.3% 6.9% 26% 0.90 1.52 66% 19% 8.7% 9% 82 10 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.0% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1999 21 BAL AL 12 51 4.25 25 49% 32% 12% 20% 36% 68% 0% 33% 82% 25% 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0
2004 26 LAD NL 73 280 3.84 162 58% 29% 10% 30% 31% 71% 0% 41% 85% 53% 5% 4 1 16% 12 9 0 55% 4 3 0 0 0
2005 27 SDP NL 54 192 3.56 118 61% 31% 10% 26% 33% 69% 5% 43% 85% 56% 4% 2 0 13% 7 2 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0
2006 28 STL NL 26 112 4.31 77 69% 19% 17% 39% 25% 81% 0% 55% 79% 46% 0% 0 0 23% 6 5 0 20% 0 0 -1 0 0
2007 29 STL NL 84 306 3.64 189 62% 28% 13% 28% 31% 72% 0% 44% 82% 58% 4% 3 1 21% 18 11 2 13% 1 2 0 0 0
2008 30 TOT NL 102 392 3.84 240 61% 25% 15% 30% 30% 75% 4% 46% 80% 53% 7% 7 3 13% 13 5 0 26% 3 2 0 0 0
2008 30 LAD NL 49 181 3.69 113 62% 25% 17% 27% 32% 75% 6% 47% 78% 49% 6% 3 2 10% 5 3 0 11% 3 0 0 0 0
2008 30 SDP NL 53 211 3.98 127 60% 26% 13% 34% 28% 74% 2% 45% 83% 57% 8% 4 1 15% 8 2 0 40% 0 2 0 0 0
6 Yrs 351 1333 3.80 811 61% 27% 13% 29% 30% 73% 2% 44% 82% 53% 5% 17 5 16% 56 32 2 32% 9 9 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1999 21 BAL AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 26 LAD NL 73 19 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 7 4 0 57% 1 1 1 32 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 27 SDP NL 54 17 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 0 80% 0 2 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 28 STL NL 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 29 STL NL 84 22 3 0 2 0 9 0 2 1 1 9 5 1 56% 0 1 0 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2008 30 TOT NL 102 26 2 0 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 11 4 2 36% 0 0 1 44 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 30 LAD NL 49 11 2 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 8 2 1 25% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 30 SDP NL 53 15 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 67% 0 0 1 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 350 91 6 0 10 0 17 5 5 5 5 33 18 3 55% 2 4 2 145 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
MLB Averages 54% 70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1999 21 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2000 22 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2001 23 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2002 24 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2003 25 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 12 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
2004 26 1 0 1.000 6.23 8 0 1 0 0 0 17.1 21 14 12 2 11 0 12 3 0 1 85 70 1.846 10.9 1.0 5.7 6.2 1.09 70
2005 27 1 0 1.000 6.99 18 0 4 0 0 0 28.1 38 25 22 4 16 1 22 3 0 3 139 60 1.906 12.1 1.3 5.1 7.0 1.38 60
2006 28 1 1 .500 6.23 23 0 7 0 0 0 34.2 43 27 24 4 16 1 27 4 0 3 164 69 1.702 11.2 1.0 4.2 7.0 1.69 69
2007 29 1 2 .333 5.74 39 0 9 0 0 0 53.1 65 37 34 6 24 1 43 5 0 4 248 76 1.669 11.0 1.0 4.1 7.3 1.79 76
2008 30 3 5 .375 5.59 64 0 17 0 0 0 75.2 91 50 47 10 36 3 62 5 0 4 350 77 1.678 10.8 1.2 4.3 7.4 1.72 77

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1999 21 0 0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.333 6.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 2
2004 26 0 1 .000 7.71 14.0 19 13 12 2 9 11 3 2.000 12.2 5.8 7.1 1.22 1.3 6
2005 27 0 1 .000 9.90 10.0 18 12 11 2 5 9 0 2.300 16.2 4.5 8.1 1.80 1.8 10
2006 28 0 0 1.13 8.0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 5
2007 29 0 1 .000 5.00 18.0 22 11 10 2 8 15 1 1.667 11.0 4.0 7.5 1.88 1.0 16
2008 30 1 1 .500 6.00 21.0 27 16 14 4 12 18 0 1.857 11.6 5.1 7.7 1.50 1.7 25
6 Yrs 1 4 .200 5.84 74.0 88 53 48 10 36 60 5 1.676 10.7 7.3 1.67 1.2 64

* 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

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1999 AL  born 1978-01-18 (8th)

                                         

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