Brian Keyser

Brian Lee Keyser

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 31, 1966 in Castro Valley, CA
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 19th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1995
Team: WhiteSox 1995-1996

Final Game: September 29, 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
1989	22	CHW-min	A-	4	4	.500	2.98	14	13	0	2	0	0	93.2	79	37	31	6	22	0	70	4	3	5			1.078	7.6	0.6	2.1	6.7	3.18	UTI · NYPL
1990	23	CHW-min	A+	6	7	.462	3.66	38	10	13	2	1	2	115.2	107	54	47	5	40	1	83	1	3	6			1.271	8.3	0.4	3.1	6.5	2.08	SAR · FLOR
1991	24	CHW-min	A+,AA	6	8	.429	2.63	30	17	9	2	1	2	147.0	129	50	43	7	54	8	103	6	4	3	605		1.245	7.9	0.4	3.3	6.3	1.91	SAR,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1992	25	CHW-min	AA	9	10	.474	3.73	28	27	1	7	3	0	183.1	173	86	76	12	60	1	99	4	0	9	754		1.271	8.5	0.6	2.9	4.9	1.65	BIR · SOUL
1993	26	CHW-min	AAA,AA	9	7	.563	4.75	32	20	4	3	0	1	132.2	157	79	70	8	32	4	52	1	1	4	561		1.425	10.7	0.5	2.2	3.5	1.63	NVL,BIR · AA,SOUL
1994	27	CHW-min	AAA,AA	9	5	.643	2.73	38	11	15	2	1	2	141.2	127	50	43	10	37	4	81	4	0	9	579		1.158	8.1	0.6	2.4	5.1	2.19	NVL,BIR · AA,SOUL
1995	28	CHW-min	AAA	2	4	.333	2.36	10	10	0	2	1	0	72.1	49	23	19	4	9	0	40	1	0	1	273		0.802	6.1	0.5	1.1	5.0	4.44	NVL · AA
1995	28	CHW	AL	5	6	.455	4.97	23	10	0	0	0	0	92.1	114	53	51	10	27	1	48	2	1	1	404	91	1.527	11.1	1.0	2.6	4.7	1.78
1996	29	CHW-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.01	6	6	0	2	1	0	44.2	38	11	10	2	13	1	22	0	0	0	178		1.142	7.7	0.4	2.6	4.4	1.69	NVL · AA
1996	29	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	4.98	28	0	10	0	0	1	59.2	78	35	33	3	28	8	19	0	0	2	275	96	1.777	11.8	0.5	4.2	2.9	0.68
1997	30	CHW-min	AAA	7	5	.583	2.87	44	9	7	3	0	1	119.0	114	44	38	10	45	1	68	1	0	7	500		1.336	8.6	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.51	NVL · AA
1998	31	CIN-min	AAA	6	6	.500	4.62	41	13	4	0	0	0	117.0	131	69	60	13	56	3	66	2	0	6	522		1.598	10.1	1.0	4.3	5.1	1.18	INA · IL
2 Yrs				6	8	.429	4.97	51	10	10	0	0	1	152.0	192	88	84	13	55	9	67	2	1	3	679	93	1.625	11.4	0.8	3.3	4.0	1.22
162 Game Avg.				7	9	.429	4.97	57	11	11	0	0	1	169	214	98	94	14	61	10	75	2	1	3	757	93	1.625	11.4	0.8	3.3	4.0	1.22

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
1995	28	CHW	AL	92.1	23	10	53	5.17	4.94	-0.14	-0.01	94.9	4.81	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.1	0.4	7	.486	.498	$109,000
1996	29	CHW	AL	59.2	28	0	35	5.28	5.47	-0.11	-0.41	95.6	4.95	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.1	0.2	6	.490	.498	$145,000
2 Seasons				152.0	51	10	88	5.21	5.15	-0.13	-0.17	95.1	4.87	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.2	0.6	13	.488	.498	$254,000

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	28	CHW	AL	23	404	373	53	114	25	5	10	3	3	27	48	.306	.354	.480	.834	.328	179	10	2	0	2	1	3
1996	29	CHW	AL	28	275	238	35	78	10	2	3	2	1	28	19	.328	.394	.424	.818	.342	101	10	0	6	3	8	2
2 Yrs				51	679	611	88	192	35	7	13	5	4	55	67	.314	.370	.458	.828	.334	280	20	2	6	5	9	5
162 Game Avg.				57	757	681	98	214	39	8	14	6	4	61	75	.314	.370	.458	.828	.334	312	22	2	7	6	10	6
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	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	28	CHW	AL	-4.0	-0.4	415	-0.3	6.6	-6.9	.94	-0.3	0.0	-4.7	-0.5	0.94	-3.7	4	6	3
1996	29	CHW	AL	-1.0	-0.1	281	0.2	3.4	-3.2	.76	-0.2	0.5	3.6	0.3	0.76	1.1	5	7	16
2 Yrs				-5.0	-0.5	696	-0.0	10.0	-10.0	.87	-0.5	0.5	-1.2	-0.1	0.87	-2.5	9	13	19

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	28	CHW	AL	23	10	2	5	3	2	1	4	6	.400	1	1	0	0	2	20%	43.4	54	30	19	5	1	4	3.8	4.0	5.9	90	1	6	3	0	105
1 Yr				23	10	2	5	3	2	1	4	6	.400	1	1	0	0	2	20%	43	54	30	19	5	1	4	3.8	4.0	5.9	90	1	6	3	0	105
MLB Averages													.500						46%	48	97	-11					5.0	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	28	CHW	AL	23	13	0	3	1	1	0	1	0%	3	2	17	9	53%	6	.941	4	6	3	6	1	6	8	5	12	1	12	1	7.7	44
1996	29	CHW	AL	28	28	10	1	2	2	1	1	50%	3	1	16	4	25%	6	.763	5	7	16	8	3	17	12	16	21	3	22	0	6.4	36
2 Yrs				51	41	10	4	3	3	1	2	33%	6	3	33	13	39%		.869	9	13	19	14	4	23	20	21	33	4	34	1	6.8	39

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	28	CHW	AL	404	46%	2.5%	11.9%	6.7%	9.9%	35%	0.98	1.49	78%	22%	6.8%	9%	82	10	12%
1996	29	CHW	AL	275	55%	1.1%	6.9%	10.2%	5.5%	19%	0.90	1.23	80%	23%	3.2%	18%	67	10	15%
2 Yrs				679	50%	1.9%	9.9%	8.1%	8.1%	29%	0.95	1.37	79%	23%	5.4%	13%	149	20	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	28	CHW	AL	405	1467	3.62	879	60%	31%	10%	21%	37%	69%	1%	41%	85%	55%	5%	19	13	13%	51	29	3	42%	10	5	-1	0	0
1996	29	CHW	AL	240	844	3.52	494	59%	33%	7%	20%	40%	67%	7%	39%	89%	52%	9%	21	9	11%	27	14	4	53%	2	5	35	0	3
2 Yrs				645	2311	3.58	1373	59%	32%	9%	21%	38%	68%	3%	41%	86%	54%	6%	40	22	12%	78	43	7	45%	12	10	34	0	3
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	28	CHW	AL	404	114	12	2	10	0	12	7	3	5	5	19	11	3	58%	3	1	0	157	3	3	50%	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0
1996	29	CHW	AL	275	78	16	3	3	0	14	2	1	3	0	21	11	2	52%	2	2	1	119	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	0
2 Yrs				679	192	28	5	13	0	26	9	4	8	5	40	22	5	55%	5	3	1	276	5	4	56%	5	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	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	28	5	6	.455	4.97	23	10	0	0	0	0	92.1	114	53	51	10	27	1	48	2	1	1	404	91	1.527	11.1	1.0	2.6	4.7	1.78	91
1996	29	6	8	.429	4.97	51	10	10	0	0	1	152.0	192	88	84	13	55	9	67	2	1	3	679	93	1.625	11.4	0.8	3.3	4.0	1.22	93

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	28	4	6	.400	5.09	99.0	127	62	56	11	30	51	2	1.586	11.5	2.7	4.6	1.70	1.0	23
1996	29	2	4	.333	4.81	58.0	75	34	31	3	27	18	0	1.759	11.6	4.2	2.8	0.67	0.5	28
2 Yrs		6	10	.375	4.99	157.0	202	96	87	14	57	69	2	1.650	11.6		4.0	1.21	0.8	51

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