Brad Hennessey

Brad Martin Hennessey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 7, 1980 in Toledo, OH
High School: Whitmer HS (Toledo, OH)
School: Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)
Drafted
by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 2004
Team: Giants 2004-2008

Final Game: September 26, 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
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004 24 SFG NL 2 2 .500 4.98 7 7 0 0 0 0 34.1 42 24 19 2 15 1 25 0 0 1 163 88 1.660 11.0 0.5 3.9 6.6 1.67
2005 25 SFG NL 5 8 .385 4.64 21 21 0 0 0 0 118.1 127 63 61 15 52 3 64 4 1 3 521 92 1.513 9.7 1.1 4.0 4.9 1.23
2006 26 SFG NL 5 6 .455 4.26 34 12 9 0 0 1 99.1 92 53 47 12 42 1 42 10 0 3 428 106 1.349 8.3 1.1 3.8 3.8 1.00
2007 27 SFG NL 4 5 .444 3.42 69 0 34 0 0 19 68.1 66 26 26 7 23 1 40 3 0 2 287 132 1.302 8.7 0.9 3.0 5.3 1.74
2008 28 SFG NL 1 2 .333 7.81 17 4 4 1 0 0 40.1 63 35 35 8 15 1 21 1 0 1 196 57 1.934 14.1 1.8 3.3 4.7 1.40
5 Yrs 17 23 .425 4.69 148 44 47 1 0 20 360.2 390 201 188 44 147 7 192 18 1 10 1595 94 1.489 9.7 1.1 3.7 4.8 1.31
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .425 4.69 52 16 17 0 0 7 128 138 71 67 16 52 2 68 6 0 4 565 94 1.489 9.7 1.1 3.7 4.8 1.31

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
2004 24 SFG NL 34.1 7 7 24 6.29 4.35 -0.32 0.17 102.5 4.96 -5 -0.5 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .429 .497 $
2005 25 SFG NL 118.1 21 21 63 4.79 4.52 -0.18 0.17 100.1 4.87 1 0.1 -0.1 0.9 12 .505 .501 $
2006 26 SFG NL 99.1 34 12 53 4.80 4.82 0.22 -0.03 99.6 4.56 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.4 8 .493 .499 $
2007 27 SFG NL 68.1 69 0 26 3.42 4.85 0.08 -0.35 101.2 4.48 8 0.8 1.8 0.2 1.6 15 .512 .505 $400,000
2008 28 SFG NL 40.1 17 4 35 7.81 4.46 -0.16 -0.04 103.1 4.72 -14 -1.3 .7 0.0 -0.9 -10 .424 .492 $1,600,000
5 Seasons 360.2 148 44 201 5.02 4.64 -0.03 -0.01 100.7 4.70 -12 -1.1 1.6 -0.0 1.7 23 .493 .499 $2,000,000

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
2004 24 SFG NL 7 163 143 24 42 15 0 2 3 1 15 25 .294 .358 .441 .799 .342 63 2 0 4 1 1 5
2005 25 SFG NL 21 521 460 63 127 27 3 15 9 4 52 64 .276 .353 .446 .798 .292 205 15 4 2 3 3 2
2006 26 SFG NL 34 428 367 53 92 21 2 12 11 3 42 42 .251 .342 .417 .759 .254 153 10 10 6 2 1 7
2007 27 SFG NL 69 287 257 26 66 16 1 7 4 1 23 40 .257 .325 .409 .734 .281 105 9 3 4 0 1 2
2008 28 SFG NL 17 196 176 35 63 17 1 8 4 3 15 21 .358 .409 .602 1.012 .372 106 0 1 3 1 1 1
5 Yrs 148 1595 1403 201 390 96 7 44 31 12 147 192 .278 .352 .450 .803 .295 632 36 18 19 7 7 17
162 Game Avg. 52 565 497 71 138 34 2 16 11 4 52 68 .278 .352 .450 .803 .295 224 13 6 7 2 2 6
MLB Averages .266 .334 .424 .758 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 24 SFG NL -3.7 -0.4 168 -0.8 2.7 -3.6 1.06 -0.6 -0.2 -6.2 -0.6 1.06 -6.8 0 0 0
2005 25 SFG NL -3.3 -0.3 536 0.1 9.6 -9.5 1.04 -0.5 0.6 -4.0 -0.4 1.04 -6.2 0 0 0
2006 26 SFG NL 1.9 0.2 446 -0.5 7.5 -8.0 1.00 -0.3 -0.2 -1.8 -0.2 1.00 -4.1 8 5 9
2007 27 SFG NL 9.1 0.9 296 0.4 9.4 -9.0 1.73 0.5 -0.2 6.3 0.6 1.73 5.3 39 15 15
2008 28 SFG NL -13.2 -1.2 204 -0.9 2.7 -3.7 .85 -1.5 0.4 -19.1 -1.8 0.85 -18.3 4 0 8
5 Yrs -9.3 -0.9 1650 -1.8 32.0 -33.7 1.13 -2.5 0.9 -24.9 -2.3 1.13 -30.0 51 20 32

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
2004 24 SFG NL 7 7 2 2 3 1 1 5 2 .714 0 1 0 0 2 29% 43.6 74 26 4 1 0 5 9.1 11.3 4.9 90 1 6 0 0 96
2005 25 SFG NL 21 21 5 8 8 0 0 10 11 .476 2 3 0 0 13 62% 47.1 77 10 24 6 0 13 3.3 3.6 5.6 94 3 8 9 1 120
2006 26 SFG NL 34 12 4 4 4 3 0 7 5 .583 1 1 0 0 3 25% 44.8 67 13 15 5 0 6 4.3 4.1 4.9 80 4 7 1 0 103
2008 28 SFG NL 17 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 .500 1 2 1 0 3 75% 49.2 60 29 11 0 1 1 4.5 2.1 5.8 85 1 2 1 0 100
4 Yrs 79 44 11 15 18 4 2 24 20 .545 4 7 1 0 21 48% 46 77 10 54 12 1 25 4.6 4.6 5.3 88 9 23 11 1 120
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -12 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

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
2006 26 SFG NL 34 22 9 1 2 1 1 0 100% 3 2 17 7 41% 8 .999 8 5 9 4 5 13 10 12 15 2 15 2 5.5 28
2007 27 SFG NL 69 69 34 4 5 24 19 5 79% 40 13 32 15 47% 9 1.728 39 15 15 43 12 14 18 51 12 17 15 20 3.0 16
2008 28 SFG NL 17 13 4 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 3 75% 7 .850 4 0 8 4 3 6 2 11 6 4 6 0 4.0 30
3 Yrs 120 104 47 6 8 26 20 6 77% 44 15 53 25 47% 1.197 51 20 32 51 20 33 30 74 33 23 36 22 3.6 20

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%
2004 24 SFG NL 163 47% 1.2% 15.3% 9.2% 10.4% 41% 0.98 1.33 72% 20% 3.4% 3% 35 2 6%
2005 25 SFG NL 521 57% 2.9% 12.3% 10.0% 8.6% 35% 0.94 1.48 74% 19% 8.0% 7% 99 15 15%
2006 26 SFG NL 428 59% 2.8% 9.8% 9.8% 8.2% 38% 0.76 1.02 74% 20% 7.2% 9% 100 10 10%
2007 27 SFG NL 287 58% 2.4% 13.9% 8.0% 8.4% 36% 0.86 1.16 73% 22% 6.9% 12% 44 9 20%
2008 28 SFG NL 196 58% 4.1% 10.7% 7.7% 13.3% 41% 0.53 0.56 76% 21% 9.4% 16% 32 0 0%
5 Yrs 1595 57% 2.8% 12.0% 9.2% 9.2% 38% 0.82 1.13 74% 20% 7.4% 10% 310 36 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.0% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 19% 7.7% 12% 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
2004 24 SFG NL 163 627 3.85 384 61% 27% 11% 29% 32% 73% 2% 44% 85% 50% 6% 10 9 18% 30 15 2 20% 5 0 0 0 0
2005 25 SFG NL 522 1964 3.76 1199 61% 28% 12% 26% 33% 72% 1% 44% 83% 56% 7% 35 22 20% 106 51 8 19% 8 10 -1 0 0
2006 26 SFG NL 429 1574 3.67 913 58% 26% 11% 26% 36% 74% 1% 43% 85% 53% 7% 31 20 16% 67 19 0 17% 4 10 -1 0 1
2007 27 SFG NL 287 1075 3.75 663 62% 25% 13% 29% 33% 75% 1% 47% 82% 59% 3% 10 6 20% 56 23 3 23% 3 3 0 0 0
2008 28 SFG NL 198 726 3.67 447 62% 27% 12% 26% 36% 73% 1% 45% 84% 62% 6% 12 9 20% 39 20 2 29% 4 2 -2 0 0
5 Yrs 1599 5966 3.73 3606 60% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 44% 84% 56% 6% 98 66 19% 298 128 15 20% 24 25 -4 0 1
MLB Averages 3.76 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
2004 24 SFG NL 163 42 3 0 2 0 6 0 2 2 0 14 9 2 64% 5 1 0 70 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 25 SFG NL 521 127 7 2 15 0 8 8 7 8 7 24 12 2 50% 2 3 0 195 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2006 26 SFG NL 428 92 7 0 12 0 9 7 5 3 9 21 11 0 52% 7 3 1 171 11 3 79% 9 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 9 0
2007 27 SFG NL 287 66 2 0 7 0 8 2 5 5 2 13 3 2 23% 2 2 1 109 4 1 80% 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 0
2008 28 SFG NL 196 63 7 0 8 0 0 5 3 3 5 10 9 1 90% 1 1 1 78 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Yrs 1595 390 26 2 44 0 31 22 22 21 23 82 44 7 54% 17 10 3 623 31 12 72% 26 10 5 2 0 0 4 3 27 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

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+
2004 24 2 2 .500 4.98 7 7 0 0 0 0 34.1 42 24 19 2 15 1 25 0 0 1 163 88 1.660 11.0 0.5 3.9 6.6 1.67 88
2005 25 7 10 .412 4.72 28 28 0 0 0 0 152.2 169 87 80 17 67 4 89 4 1 4 684 91 1.546 10.0 1.0 3.9 5.2 1.33 91
2006 26 12 16 .429 4.54 62 40 9 0 0 1 252.0 261 140 127 29 109 5 131 14 1 7 1112 97 1.468 9.3 1.0 3.9 4.7 1.20 97
2007 27 16 21 .432 4.30 131 40 43 0 0 20 320.1 327 166 153 36 132 6 171 17 1 9 1399 103 1.433 9.2 1.0 3.7 4.8 1.30 103
2008 28 17 23 .425 4.69 148 44 47 1 0 20 360.2 390 201 188 44 147 7 192 18 1 10 1595 94 1.489 9.7 1.1 3.7 4.8 1.31 94

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
2004 24 1 2 .333 4.50 36.0 41 20 18 2 15 26 0 1.556 10.3 3.8 6.5 1.73 0.5 7
2005 25 5 7 .417 4.78 113.0 126 67 60 15 52 61 4 1.575 10.0 4.1 4.9 1.17 1.2 21
2006 26 5 5 .500 3.99 97.0 88 48 43 11 40 41 10 1.320 8.2 3.7 3.8 1.03 1.0 34
2007 27 4 3 .571 3.27 66.0 63 27 24 7 22 39 3 1.288 8.6 3.0 5.3 1.77 1.0 69
2008 28 1 3 .250 7.85 39.0 62 38 34 8 15 20 1 1.974 14.3 3.5 4.6 1.33 1.8 17
5 Yrs 16 20 .444 4.59 351.0 380 200 179 43 144 187 18 1.493 9.7 4.8 1.30 1.1 148

* 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.

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