Brad Hennessey
Brad Martin Hennessey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 7, 1980 in Toledo, OH
High School: Whitmer (Toledo, OH)
School: Youngstown State University
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
Final Game: September 26, 2008
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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
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 87 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 2 287 131 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 Seasons 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

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
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
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
2006 26 SFG NL 34 427 367 53 92 21 2 12 11 3 42 42 .251 .342 .417 .759 .254 153 10 10 6 2 1
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
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
5 Seasons 148 1594 1403 201 390 96 7 44 31 12 147 192 .278 .352 .450 .803 .295 632 36 18 19 7 7
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
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
2004 24 SFG NL 7 7 2 2 3 1 1 5 2 .714 0 1 0 0 2 29% 44 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 77 10 24 6 0 13 3.3 3.6 5.6 93 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% 45 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 60 29 11 0 1 1 4.5 2.1 5.8 84 2 1 1 0 100
4 Seasons 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 10 22 11 1 120
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.998 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 1.747 41 15 13 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 0.852 4 0 9 4 3 6 2 11 6 4 6 0 4.0 30
3 Seasons 120 104 47 6 8 26 20 6 77% 44 15 53 25 47% 1.203 53 20 31 51 20 33 30 74 33 23 36 22 3.6 20

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%
2004 24 SFG NL 163 53% 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 43% 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 41% 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 42% 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 42% 4.1% 10.7% 7.7% 13.3% 41% 0.53 0.56 76% 21% 9.4% 16% 32 0 0%
5 Seasons 1595 43% 2.8% 12.1% 9.2% 9.2% 38% 0.82 1.13 74% 20% 7.4% 10% 310 36 12%
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
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 521 1962 3.77 1199 61% 28% 12% 26% 33% 72% 1% 44% 83% 56% 7% 35 22 20% 106 51 8 19% 8 10 0 0 0
2006 26 SFG NL 428 1573 3.68 913 58% 26% 11% 26% 36% 74% 1% 43% 85% 54% 7% 31 20 16% 67 19 0 17% 4 10 0 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 196 720 3.67 443 62% 27% 12% 25% 36% 73% 1% 45% 84% 62% 6% 12 9 19% 37 19 2 29% 4 2 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1595 5957 3.73 3602 60% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 44% 84% 56% 6% 98 66 19% 296 127 15 20% 24 25 0 0 1
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
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 1 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 1 1 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 Seasons 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 2 27 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+
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 87 1.660 11.0 0.5 3.9 6.6 1.67 87
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 96 1.468 9.3 1.0 3.9 4.7 1.20 96
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 102 1.433 9.2 1.0 3.7 4.8 1.30 102
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

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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
2004 24 1 2 .333 4.63 35.0 42 20 18 2 15 26 0 1.629 10.8 3.9 6.7 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 4.12 96.0 89 49 44 12 41 41 10 1.354 8.3 3.8 3.8 1.00 1.1 34
2007 27 4 3 .571 3.27 66.0 64 27 24 7 22 39 3 1.303 8.7 3.0 5.3 1.77 1.0 69
2008 28 1 3 .250 7.62 39.0 62 37 33 8 15 20 1 1.974 14.3 3.5 4.6 1.33 1.8 17
5 Seasons 16 20 .444 4.62 349.0 383 200 179 44 145 187 18 1.513 9.9 4.8 1.29 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 1954 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.

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