Brian Givens
Bats: Right , Throws: Left

Born: November 6, 1965
High School: Overland (Aurora, CO)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 22, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1995
Final Game: June 26, 1996
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Standard Pitching

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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
1995 29 MIL AL 5 7 .417 4.95 19 19 0 0 0 0 107.1 116 71 59 11 54 0 73 3 2 3 481 100 1.584 9.7 0.9 4.5 6.1 1.35
1996 30 MIL AL 1 3 .250 12.86 4 4 0 0 0 0 14.0 32 22 20 3 7 0 10 0 0 0 81 40 2.786 20.6 1.9 4.5 6.4 1.43
2 Seasons 6 10 .375 5.86 23 23 0 0 0 0 121.1 148 93 79 14 61 0 83 3 2 3 562 85 1.723 11.0 1.0 4.5 6.2 1.36
162 Game Avg. 9 15 .375 5.86 34 34 0 0 0 0 179 219 137 117 21 90 0 123 4 3 4 831 85 1.723 11.0 1.0 4.5 6.2 1.36

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1995 29 MIL AL 19 481 422 71 116 27 3 11 10 5 54 73 .275 .360 .431 .792 .310 182 12 3 1 1 0
1996 30 MIL AL 4 81 73 22 32 8 0 3 4 0 7 10 .438 .481 .671 1.153 .475 49 1 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons 23 562 495 93 148 35 3 14 14 5 61 83 .299 .378 .467 .845 .335 231 13 3 1 2 0
162 Game Avg. 34 831 732 137 219 52 4 21 21 7 90 123 .299 .378 .467 .845 .335 341 19 4 1 3 0
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1995 29 MIL AL 19 19 5 7 7 1 1 9 10 .474 1 2 0 0 8 42% 45 77 1 15 6 0 5 5.4 5.6 5.6 92 3 9 6 0 115
1996 30 MIL AL 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25 45 16 6 1 0 2 5.4 6.4 3.5 80 2 1 1 0 101
2 Seasons 23 23 6 10 7 2 1 10 13 .435 1 2 0 0 8 35% 42 77 1 21 7 0 7 5.4 5.7 5.3 89 5 10 7 0 115
MLB Averages

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1995 29 MIL AL 481 84% 2.3% 15.2% 11.2% 8.5% 35% 1.16 1.75 70% 25% 7.6% 9% 79 12 15%
1996 30 MIL AL 81 79% 3.7% 12.4% 8.6% 13.6% 34% 0.55 1.29 75% 30% 8.1% 8% 23 1 4%
2 Seasons 562 83% 2.5% 14.8% 10.9% 9.3% 35% 1.04 1.69 71% 26% 7.7% 9% 102 13 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1995 29 MIL AL 456 1648 3.61 952 58% 27% 15% 22% 36% 73% 0% 42% 79% 51% 6% 29 20 14% 64 28 4 26% 5 9 25 0 0
1996 30 MIL AL 81 320 3.95 185 58% 32% 10% 23% 35% 68% 0% 39% 85% 44% 4% 3 3 15% 12 4 1 40% 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 537 1968 3.66 1137 58% 28% 14% 22% 35% 72% 0% 42% 80% 50% 6% 32 23 14% 76 32 5 28% 6 9 25 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1995 29 MIL AL 481 116 15 2 11 0 10 11 0 5 6 24 15 5 63% 7 3 1 185 10 5 67% 9 4 1 0 0 1 4 1 8 0
1996 30 MIL AL 81 32 4 2 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 8 6 0 75% 1 0 0 36 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Seasons 562 148 19 4 14 0 14 14 0 6 8 32 21 5 66% 8 3 1 221 14 5 74% 12 4 2 0 0 1 4 1 10 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1995 29 5 7 .417 4.95 19 19 0 0 0 0 107.1 116 71 59 11 54 0 73 3 2 3 481 100 1.584 9.7 0.9 4.5 6.1 1.35 100
1996 30 6 10 .375 5.86 23 23 0 0 0 0 121.1 148 93 79 14 61 0 83 3 2 3 562 85 1.723 11.0 1.0 4.5 6.2 1.36 85

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
1995 29 6 7 .462 4.46 119.0 123 66 59 12 57 81 3 1.513 9.3 4.3 6.1 1.42 0.9 19
1996 30 0 1 .000 10.20 15.0 30 19 17 3 7 11 0 2.467 18.0 4.2 6.6 1.57 1.8 4
2 Seasons 6 8 .429 5.10 134.0 153 85 76 15 64 92 3 1.619 10.3 6.2 1.44 1.0 23

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