Brian Givens

Brian Allen Givens

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 6, 1965 in Lompoc, CA
High School: Overland HS (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
Team: Brewers 1995-1996

Final Game: June 26, 1996
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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
1984	18	NYM-min	Rk	4	1	.800	6.50	14	10	2	0	0	0	44.1	41	36	32	2	52	0	51	3	1	20			2.098	8.3	0.4	10.6	10.4	0.98	KPT · APPY
1985	19	NYM-min	A-,A	4	6	.400	2.94	14	14	0	4	1	0	95.0	69	35	31	3	56	0	106	2	0	8			1.316	6.5	0.3	5.3	10.0	1.89	LFA,CLM · NYPL,SALL
1986	20	NYM-min	A	8	7	.533	3.77	27	27	0	2	1	0	172.0	147	89	72	8	100	1	189	4	0	21			1.436	7.7	0.4	5.2	9.9	1.89	CLM · SALL
1987	21	NYM-min	A,AAA	6	9	.400	5.28	22	21	0	0	0	0	116.0	121	89	68	8	75	0	3	0	0	2			1.690	9.4	0.6	5.8	0.2	0.04	LBG,TID · CARL,IL
1988	22	NYM-min	AA	6	14	.300	3.78	26	26	0	4	3	0	164.1	140	78	69	6	68	2	156	1	11	14			1.266	7.7	0.3	3.7	8.5	2.29	JAC · TL
1989	23	NYM-min	AA,A	3	6	.333	3.20	14	14	0	2	0	0	90.0	83	45	32	5	56	5	76	3	1	11			1.544	8.3	0.5	5.6	7.6	1.36	JAC,SCE · TL,FLOR
1990	24	NYM-SEA-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.67	17	17	0	0	0	0	88.2	106	53	46	10	47	0	57	2	0	10			1.726	10.8	1.0	4.8	5.8	1.21	TID,CGY · IL,PCL
1991	25	SEA-min	AAA,A+	2	0	1.000	4.12	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	20	10	9	1	7	0	12	1	1	4	85		1.373	9.2	0.5	3.2	5.5	1.71	CGY,SBR · PCL,CALL
1992	26	KCR-min	AA	0	0		3.24	7	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	5	5	3	0	7	0	9	0	0	1	38		1.440	5.4	0.0	7.6	9.7	1.29	MEM · SOUL
1993	27	KCR-min	AA,Rk	1	4	.200	4.36	18	8	7	0	0	2	43.1	44	25	21	4	12	0	40	1	0	3	185		1.292	9.1	0.8	2.5	8.3	3.33	MEM,ROY · SOUL,GULF
1994	28	CHW-min	AA	4	7	.364	3.68	36	13	8	1	1	1	110.0	103	57	45	8	52	6	111	8	0	11	480		1.409	8.4	0.7	4.3	9.1	2.13	BIR · SOUL
1995	29	MIL-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.55	16	11	1	2	1	0	77.2	67	28	22	2	33	1	75	0	2	2	320		1.288	7.8	0.2	3.8	8.7	2.27	NOR · AA
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-min	AAA	10	9	.526	3.02	29	22	1	3	2	1	137.0	124	60	46	11	57	1	117	3	0	7	591		1.321	8.1	0.7	3.7	7.7	2.05	NOR · AA
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	41	2.786	20.6	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.43
2 Yrs				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

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1995	29	MIL	AL	107.1	19	19	71	5.95	5.08	0.02	0.19	103.6	5.44	-6	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	6	.471	.497	$109,000
1996	30	MIL	AL	14.0	4	4	22	14.14	5.10	0.06	0.19	106.6	5.58	-14	-1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-11	.262	.494	$135,000
2 Seasons				121.1	23	23	93	6.90	5.08	0.02	0.19	103.9	5.46	-19	-1.5	-0.1	-0.5	-5	.435	.495	$244,000

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
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	7
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	1
2 Yrs				23	562	495	93	148	35	3	14	14	5	61	83	.299	.378	.467	.845	.335	231	13	3	1	2	0	8
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	12
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.422	.762	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1995	29	MIL	AL	-2.8	-0.3	503	-0.4	8.4	-8.8	.96	-0.2	-0.2	-7.1	-0.6	0.96	-4.8
1996	30	MIL	AL	-11.4	-0.9	85	-0.9	1.1	-2.0	.93	-1.0	0.0	-13.7	-1.1	0.93	-12.9
2 Yrs				-14.2	-1.2	588	-1.4	9.4	-10.8	.96	-1.2	-0.2	-20.8	-1.7	0.96	-17.7

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	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1995	29	MIL	AL	19	19	5	7	7	1	1	9	10	.474	3	2	0	0	8	42%	45.3	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%	24.8	45	16	6	1	0	2	5.4	6.4	3.5	80	2	1	1	0	101
2 Yrs				23	23	6	10	7	2	1	10	13	.435	3	2	0	0	8	35%	42	77	1	21	7	0	7	5.4	5.7	5.3	90	5	10	7	0	115
MLB Averages													.500						46%	48	97	-11					5.0	4.9	5.9	95

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%
1995	29	MIL	AL	481	16%	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	21%	3.7%	12.4%	8.6%	13.6%	34%	0.55	1.29	75%	30%	8.1%	8%	23	1	4%
2 Yrs				562	17%	2.5%	14.8%	10.9%	9.3%	35%	1.04	1.69	71%	26%	7.7%	9%	102	13	13%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.4%	9.1%	7.7%	32%	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%			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
1995	29	MIL	AL	457	1649	3.61	953	58%	27%	15%	22%	35%	73%	0%	42%	79%	51%	6%	29	20	14%	64	28	4	26%	5	9	24	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 Yrs				538	1969	3.66	1138	58%	28%	14%	22%	35%	72%	0%	42%	80%	50%	6%	32	23	14%	76	32	5	28%	6	9	24	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				28%

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
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	2	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 Yrs				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	2	10	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+
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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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	10	0	2.467	18.0	4.2	6.0	1.43	1.8	4
2 Yrs		6	8	.429	5.10	134.0	153	85	76	15	64	91	3	1.619	10.3		6.1	1.42	1.0	23

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