Brent Gaff

Brent Allen Gaff

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 5, 1958 in Fort Wayne, IN
High School: Churubusco HS (Churubusco, IN)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 6th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1982
Team: Mets 1982-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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
1978	19	NYM-min	A	1	13	.071	5.77	25	18					128.0	159	106	82	15	68								1.773	11.2	1.1	4.8			WAU · MIDW
1979	20	WAU	A	10	5	.667	2.98	20	20					145.0	147	71	48	10	48								1.345	9.1	0.6	3.0			WAU · MIDW
1980	21	NYM-min	AA	8	10	.444	4.33	25	25		6	1	0	158.0	184	95	76	14	55	3	83	0	4	6			1.513	10.5	0.8	3.1	4.7	1.51	JAC · TL
1981	22	NYM-min	AAA,AA	14	6	.700	2.82	30	28	0	12	2	0	204.0	198	72	64	12	77	5	86	6	5	4			1.348	8.7	0.5	3.4	3.8	1.12	TID,JAC · IL,TL
1982	23	NYM-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.02	23	20	1	5	2	1	132.0	142	63	59	9	41	3	83	3	0	1			1.386	9.7	0.6	2.8	5.7	2.02	TID · IL
1982	23	NYM	NL	0	3	.000	4.55	7	5	1	0	0	0	31.2	41	22	16	3	10	0	14	1	0	2	142	81	1.611	11.7	0.9	2.8	4.0	1.40
1983	24	NYM-min	AAA	6	7	.462	6.04	37	11	16	1	0	5	111.2	132	87	75	13	43	1	60	1	1	10			1.567	10.6	1.0	3.5	4.8	1.40	TID · IL
1983	24	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	6.10	4	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	18	9	7	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	53	62	1.839	15.7	0.0	0.9	3.5	4.00
1984	25	NYM-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.26	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.1	28	16	12	2	5	0	13	1	0	0			1.303	9.9	0.7	1.8	4.6	2.60	TID · IL
1984	25	NYM	NL	3	2	.600	3.63	47	0	18	0	0	1	84.1	77	39	34	4	36	11	42	1	2	5	358	99	1.340	8.2	0.4	3.8	4.5	1.17
1985	26	NYM-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0			1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	TID · IL
3 Yrs				4	5	.444	4.06	58	5	21	0	0	1	126.1	136	70	57	7	47	12	60	2	2	8	553	89	1.449	9.7	0.5	3.3	4.3	1.28
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.444	4.06	63	5	23	0	0	1	136	147	76	62	8	51	13	65	2	2	9	597	89	1.449	9.7	0.5	3.3	4.3	1.28

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
1982	23	NYM	NL	31.2	7	5	22	6.25	4.22	-0.47	0.06	99.5	4.73	-6	-0.6	.3	0.0	-0.3	-2	.415	.496	$
1983	24	NYM	NL	10.1	4	0	9	7.84	4.16	0.05	-0.32	102.5	3.89	-5	-0.5	.3	0.1	-0.2	-4	.386	.497	$
1984	25	NYM	NL	84.1	47	0	39	4.16	4.14	-0.15	-0.32	99.9	3.96	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.1	0.3	6	.493	.498	$56,500
3 Seasons				126.1	58	5	70	4.99	4.16	-0.21	-0.22	100.0	4.15	-13	-1.4	.6	0.1	-0.2	0	.476	.497	$56,500

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
1982	23	NYM	NL	7	142	127	22	41	6	1	3	2	3	10	14	.323	.374	.457	.831	.342	58	1	1	3	1	0	2
1983	24	NYM	NL	4	53	50	9	18	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.360	.365	.440	.805	.383	22	1	0	1	1	1	4
1984	25	NYM	NL	47	358	312	39	77	8	2	4	10	3	36	42	.247	.320	.324	.644	.267	101	11	1	2	7	11	8
3 Yrs				58	553	489	70	136	18	3	7	12	6	47	60	.278	.338	.370	.708	.299	181	13	2	6	9	12	14
162 Game Avg.				63	597	528	76	147	19	3	8	13	6	51	65	.278	.338	.370	.708	.299	195	14	2	6	10	13	15
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.388	.712	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1982	23	NYM	NL	-4.7	-0.5	153	-0.9	2.0	-2.9	.94	-0.8	-0.1	-8.9	-0.9	0.94	-9.4	0	0	2
1983	24	NYM	NL	-3.1	-0.3	54	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	.61	-0.4	0.1	-5.5	-0.5	0.61	-3.4	0	0	4
1984	25	NYM	NL	-0.7	-0.1	381	0.2	3.8	-3.7	.63	0.0	0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.63	-0.3	4	13	30
3 Yrs				-8.5	-0.8	588	-0.9	6.4	-7.2	.71	-1.2	-0.0	-16.3	-1.6	0.71	-13.1	4	13	36

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1982	23	NYM	NL	7	5	0	3	2	0	1	0	5	.000	1	1	0	0	1	20%	41.0	61	28	3	0	0	4	3.2	2.1	5.2
1 Yr				7	5	0	3	2	0	1	0	5	.000	1	1	0	0	1	20%	41	61	28	3	0	0	4	3.2	2.1	5.2
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	97	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1982	23	NYM	NL	7	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	4	.937	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	8.5
1983	24	NYM	NL	4	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	2	.607	0	0	4	1	0	3	1	3	3	0	3	0	7.8
1984	25	NYM	NL	47	47	18	3	2	1	1	100%	4	2	18	7	39%	6	.626	4	13	30	5	4	38	9	38	30	3	31	13	5.4
3 Yrs				58	53	21	4	2	1	1	100%	4	2	22	11	50%		.704	4	13	36	6	4	43	11	42	35	3	36	13	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1982	23	NYM	NL	142	38%	2.1%	9.9%	7.0%	7.0%	24%	1.24	78%	28	1	4%
1983	24	NYM	NL	53	57%	0.0%	7.6%	1.9%	7.6%	22%	2.00	89%	20	1	5%
1984	25	NYM	NL	358	57%	1.1%	11.7%	10.1%	3.9%	18%	1.51	76%	62	11	18%
3 Yrs				553	52%	1.3%	10.9%	8.5%	5.1%	21%	1.48	78%	110	13	12%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.6%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.07	75%			11%

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
1982	23	NYM	NL	142	41			3	0	2	0	3	2	1	11	8	0	73%	2	2	0	56	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
1983	24	NYM	NL	53	18			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	9	5	2	56%	4	1	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1984	25	NYM	NL	358	77			4	1	16	4	0	3	1	35	18	4	51%	8	5	2	127	10	3	77%	9	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	0
3 Yrs				553	136			7	1	24	4	3	5	2	55	31	6	56%	14	8	2	208	12	6	67%	11	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	31	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1982	23	0	3	.000	4.55	7	5	1	0	31.2	41	22	16	3	10	0	14	1	0	2	142	81	1.611	11.7	0.9	2.8	4.0	1.40	81
1983	24	1	3	.250	4.93	11	5	3	0	42.0	59	31	23	3	11	1	18	1	0	3	195	75	1.667	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.9	1.64	75
1984	25	4	5	.444	4.06	58	5	21	1	126.1	136	70	57	7	47	12	60	2	2	8	553	89	1.449	9.7	0.5	3.3	4.3	1.28	89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982	23	1	2	.333	5.10	30.0	42	19	17	3	10	13	1	1.733	12.6	3.0	3.9	1.30	0.9	7
1983	24	0	1	.000	6.55	11.0	19	9	8	0	1	4	0	1.818	15.5	0.8	3.3	4.00	0.0	4
1984	25	4	4	.500	4.33	79.0	81	42	38	4	38	40	1	1.506	9.2	4.3	4.6	1.05	0.5	47
3 Yrs		5	7	.417	4.73	120.0	142	70	63	7	49	57	2	1.592	10.7		4.3	1.16	0.5	58

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