Brooks Kieschnick

Michael Brooks Kieschnick

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Pitcher and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 6, 1972 in Robstown, TX
High School: Mary Carroll HS (Corpus Christi, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 22, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1996
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Cubs/Rockies/Reds 1996-2004

Final Game: October 3, 2004
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1993	21	CHC-min	AA,A+,Rk	34	130	122	13	37	11	0	2	12	1	3	8	24	.303	.346	.443	.789		54	1	0	0	0	1		ORL,DYT,CBF · SOUL,FLOR,GULF
1994	22	CHC-min	AA	126	509	468	57	132	25	3	14	55	3	5	33	78	.282	.332	.438	.770		205	10	4	0	4	3		ORL · SOUL
1995	23	CHC-min	AAA	138	570	505	61	149	30	1	23	73	2	3	58	91	.295	.370	.495	.865		250	11	4	0	3	7		IWA · AA
1996	24	CHC-min	AAA	117	480	441	47	114	20	1	18	64	0	1	37	108	.259	.315	.431	.745		190	8	0	0	2	4		IWA · AA
1996	24	CHC	NL	25	32	29	6	10	2	0	1	6	0	0	3	8	.345	.406	.517	.923	140	15	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1997	25	CHC-min	AAA	97	402	360	57	93	21	0	21	66	0	2	36	89	.258	.323	.492	.815		177	8	1	0	5	4		IWA · AA
1997	25	CHC	NL	39	102	90	9	18	2	0	4	12	1	0	12	21	.200	.294	.356	.650	68	32	2	0	0	0	0	7/9

1998	26	TBD-min	A+,AAA,Rk	39	157	140	23	35	8	0	8	28	0	1	16	26	.250	.325	.479	.803		67	6	0	0	1	0		SPT,DHM,DVS · FLOR,IL,GULF
1999	27	ANA-TBD-min	AAA	100	399	371	60	108	25	3	24	78	0	1	24	74	.291	.336	.569	.905		211	8	2	0	2	1		EDM,DHM · PCL,IL
2000	28	CIN-min	AAA	113	481	440	68	122	35	0	25	90	2	1	38	107	.277	.335	.527	.862		232	10	1	0	2	6		LOU · IL
2000	28	CIN	NL	14	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	-78	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2001	29	COL-min	AAA	71	278	252	44	74	9	3	13	45	3	2	24	72	.294	.360	.508	.868		128	7	2	0	0	3		CSP · PCL
2001	29	COL	NL	35	45	42	5	10	2	1	3	9	0	0	3	13	.238	.289	.548	.837	93	23	1	0	0	0	0	/793

2002	30	CHW-min	AAA	69	206	189	32	52	11	0	13	40	0	0	14	46	.275	.320	.540	.860		102	4	0	0	3	1		CHR · IL
2003	31	MIL-min	AAA	11	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.091	.000	.091		0	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2003	31	MIL	NL	70	76	70	12	21	1	0	7	12	0	0	6	13	.300	.355	.614	.970	149	43	2	0	0	0	0	1/D7
2004	32	MIL-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2004	32	MIL	NL	77	68	63	2	17	3	0	1	7	0	0	5	16	.270	.324	.365	.689	78	23	3	0	0	0	1	1
2005	33	HOU-min	AAA,AA	66	59	49	7	16	2	0	3	12	0	0	9	13	.327	.424	.551	.975		27	1	0	0	1	0		RRK,CPC · PCL,TL
6 Yrs				260	336	306	34	76	10	1	16	46	1	0	30	76	.248	.315	.444	.760	93	136	8	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	209	191	21	47	6	1	10	29	1	0	19	47	.248	.315	.444	.760	93	85	5	0	0	0	1

CHC (2 yrs)				64	134	119	15	28	4	0	5	18	1	0	15	29	.235	.321	.395	.716	86	47	2	0	0	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				147	144	133	14	38	4	0	8	19	0	0	11	29	.286	.340	.496	.837	115	66	5	0	0	0	1
COL (1 yr)				35	45	42	5	10	2	1	3	9	0	0	3	13	.238	.289	.548	.837	93	23	1	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				14	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	-78	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1996	24	CHC	NL	25	32	2	-0	0	-2	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$109,000	/97
1997	25	CHC	NL	39	102	-3	-0	-0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.3	.487	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	7/9

2000	28	CIN	NL	14	13	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.476	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	/3
2001	29	COL	NL	35	45	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$	/793

2003	31	MIL	NL	70	76	4	-0	-0	0	10	14	1.4	2	16	1.4	.520	.509	1.4	-0.1	16	$	1/D7
2004	32	MIL	NL	77	68	-2	-0	-0	0	10	7	0.7	2	9	0.7	.509	.504	0.7	0.0	9	$380,000	1
6 Seasons				260	336	-4	-0	-1	-4	18	10	0.9	9	19	1.4	.504	.501	1.8	-0.7	23	$489,000

CHC (2 yrs)				64	134	-2	-0	0	-3	-1	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.3	.491	.498	0.0	-0.4	1	$109,000
MIL (2 yrs)				147	144	2	-1	-1	0	20	21	2.1	4	25	2.1	.514	.507	2.1	-0.1	25	$380,000
COL (1 yr)				35	45	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$
CIN (1 yr)				14	13	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.476	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1996	24	CHC	NL	32	19	6	8.5	108	.450	.345	.272	.406	.342	.517	.426	.923	.768	140	.736	1.8	0.2	.947	.276	.172	.0
1997	25	CHC	NL	102	74	10	3.6	110	.215	.200	.273	.294	.345	.356	.428	.650	.773	68	.368	-4.6	-0.4	.608	.300	.156	1.6

2000	28	CIN	NL	13	12	0	0.0	118	.000	.000	.276	.077	.353	.000	.450	.077	.804	-78	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.083	.083	.000
2001	29	COL	NL	45	33	6	4.9	130	.269	.238	.293	.289	.367	.548	.480	.837	.847	93	.485	-0.9	-0.1	.788	.381	.310	.0

2003	31	MIL	NL	76	51	15	7.9	108	.280	.300	.266	.355	.338	.614	.427	.970	.765	149	.702	4.4	0.4	.961	.400	.314	.0
2004	32	MIL	NL	68	49	7	3.8	111	.348	.270	.269	.324	.341	.365	.437	.689	.778	78	.378	-2.1	-0.2	.571	.175	.095	.0
6 Yrs				336	238	44	5.0	113	.280	.248	.273	.315	.346	.444	.437	.760	.783	93	.500	-5.0	-0.5	.702	.297	.196	1.9
162 Game Avg.				209	148	27	5.0	113	.280	.248	.273	.315	.346	.444	.437	.760	.783	93	.500	-5.0	-0.5	.702	.297	.196	1

CHC (2 yrs)				134	93	16	4.6	110	.271	.235	.273	.321	.344	.395	.428	.716	.772	86	.476	-2.9	-0.3	.677	.294	.160	1.7
MIL (2 yrs)				144	100	22	5.9	109	.313	.286	.268	.340	.339	.496	.432	.837	.771	115	.577	2.3	0.2	.770	.293	.211	.0
COL (1 yr)				45	33	6	4.9	130	.269	.238	.293	.289	.367	.548	.480	.837	.847	93	.485	-0.9	-0.1	.788	.381	.310	.0
CIN (1 yr)				13	12	0	0.0	118	.000	.000	.276	.077	.353	.000	.450	.077	.804	-78	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.083	.083	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1996	24	CHC	NL	32	3.1%	25.0%	9.4%	9.4%	30%	2.67	3.6	29.0	4.8	0.50	0.50	63%	14%	7.7%	7%
1997	25	CHC	NL	102	3.9%	20.6%	11.8%	5.9%	33%	1.75	4.3	22.5	7.5	0.73	0.96	64%	16%	10.8%	8%

2000	28	CIN	NL	13	0.0%	38.5%	7.7%	0.0%		5.00	2.4			6.00	6.00	54%	14%	0.0%	0%
2001	29	COL	NL	45	6.7%	28.9%	6.7%	13.3%	60%	4.33	3.2	14.0	4.7	0.53	1.00	58%	31%	21.4%	18%

2003	31	MIL	NL	76	9.2%	17.1%	7.9%	10.5%	38%	2.17	5.4	10.0	5.8	1.11	1.71	66%	11%	29.2%	11%
2004	32	MIL	NL	68	1.5%	23.5%	7.4%	5.9%	24%	3.20	3.9	63.0	9.0	1.35	2.40	68%	17%	5.6%	10%
6 Yrs				336	4.8%	22.6%	8.9%	8.0%	36%	2.53	4.0	19.1	6.7	0.91	1.35	64%	17%	15.0%	10%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.9%	8.0%	34%	1.89	5.3	31.4	7.4	0.79	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	24	CHC	NL	1.7	0.2	32	0.1	0.7	-0.6	1.29	0.2	-0.1	1.4	0.1	1.04	2.4	1.71	17
1997	25	CHC	NL	-4.6	-0.4	103	-0.1	1.9	-2.0	1.04	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.92	0.0	1.64	10

2000	28	CIN	NL	-3.4	-0.3	13	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.81	-0.3	-0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.78	-3.8	0.88	11
2001	29	COL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	47	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	1.28	0.0	-0.2	0.6	0.0	1.02	0.5	1.12	26

2003	31	MIL	NL	4.4	0.4	76	0.3	1.6	-1.3	1.07	0.3	-0.0	1.8	0.2	0.95	6.0	2.05	21
2004	32	MIL	NL	-2.1	-0.2	69	-0.3	1.4	-1.7	1.30	-0.3	0.0	-4.7	-0.4	1.05	-4.2	1.48	44
6 Yrs				-5.0	-0.5	340	-0.6	6.5	-7.1	1.15	-0.1	-0.5	-4.5	-0.4	0.97	0.9	1.49	129

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	24	CHC	NL	0	0	42%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	25	CHC	NL	2	0	19%	31	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29%	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	2	1

2000	28	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	29	COL	NL	0	0	20%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

2003	31	MIL	NL	0	0	25%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
2004	32	MIL	NL	0	0	5%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				2	0	20%	87	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14%	13	12	1	1	1	0	7	5	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1996	24	CHC	NL	32	100%	10	0	0	17	6	0	4	1.71	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		6	0	0%	5	2	40%	27	5	19%	4	3	75%	2	0	0%	0
1997	25	CHC	NL	102	93%	18	0	0	10	1	0	0	1.64	4	0	3	4	0	3	1	0	0	0		12	2	17%	5	1	20%	55	9	16%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0

2000	28	CIN	NL	13	100%	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0.88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2001	29	COL	NL	45	93%	10	0	0	26	7	1	4	1.12	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		5	1	20%	6	0	0%	33	6	18%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

2003	31	MIL	NL	76	89%	21	1	0	21	8	2	2	2.05	7	0	3	6	1	2	5	0	0	0		11	2	18%	7	3	43%	45	6	13%	3	1	33%	4	3	75%	0
2004	32	MIL	NL	68	94%	17	1	0	44	11	1	5	1.48	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		15	3	20%	5	2	40%	63	6	10%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
6 Yrs				336	93%	76	2	0	129	33	4	15	1.49	16	0	12	15	1	7	9	0	0	0		50	8	16%	30	8	27%	232	32	14%	17	7	41%	11	6	55%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			72%			11%			34%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	24	CHC	NL	31	106	3.42	66	62%	15%	24%	29%	32%	85%	0%	53%	71%	35%	3%	1	0	10%	3	2	10%	3	3	0%	1	0	0
1997	25	CHC	NL	102	401	3.93	250	62%	18%	21%	33%	28%	81%	0%	51%	74%	34%	5%	5	3	14%	14	6	12%	12	7	5%	0	0	1

2000	28	CIN	NL	13	61	4.69	35	57%	9%	26%	46%	20%	91%	0%	52%	72%	8%	0%	0	0	38%	5	5	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2001	29	COL	NL	45	175	3.89	112	64%	13%	38%	23%	26%	87%	0%	55%	57%	40%	7%	3	1	20%	9	5	2%	1	1	0%	0	0	0

2003	31	MIL	NL	76	302	3.97	190	63%	15%	24%	31%	30%	85%	0%	53%	72%	41%	8%	6	1	13%	10	3	8%	6	5	8%	0	0	0
2004	32	MIL	NL	68	269	3.96	159	59%	25%	27%	19%	30%	75%	1%	45%	64%	24%	6%	4	1	16%	11	6	10%	7	4	31%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				335	1314	3.92	812	62%	17%	25%	29%	28%	82%	0%	51%	69%	33%	6%	19	6	16%	52	27	9%	30	21	9%	1	0	1
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	IBB
1996	24	25	32	29	6	10	2	0	1	6	0	3	8	.345	.406	.517	.923	140	15	0	0
1997	25	64	134	119	15	28	4	0	5	18	1	15	29	.235	.321	.395	.716	86	47	2	0
1998	26	64	134	119	15	28	4	0	5	18	1	15	29	.235	.321	.395	.716	86	47	2	0
1999	27	64	134	119	15	28	4	0	5	18	1	15	29	.235	.321	.395	.716	86	47	2	0
2000	28	78	147	131	15	28	4	0	5	18	1	16	34	.214	.299	.359	.658	70	47	2	0
2001	29	113	192	173	20	38	6	1	8	27	1	19	47	.220	.297	.405	.701	76	70	3	0
2002	30	113	192	173	20	38	6	1	8	27	1	19	47	.220	.297	.405	.701	76	70	3	0
2003	31	183	268	243	32	59	7	1	15	39	1	25	60	.243	.313	.465	.778	97	113	5	0
2004	32	260	336	306	34	76	10	1	16	46	1	30	76	.248	.315	.444	.760	93	136	8	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1996	24	25	32	29	6	10	2	0	1	6	0	3	8	.345	.406	.517	.923	6	25
1997	25	39	102	90	9	18	2	0	4	11	1	12	21	.200	.294	.356	.650	9	39

2000	28	14	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	14
2001	29	35	42	40	4	8	2	1	2	7	0	2	13	.200	.238	.450	.688	5	35

2003	31	70	76	70	12	21	1	0	7	12	0	6	13	.300	.355	.614	.970	15	70
2004	32	77	67	62	2	16	3	0	1	7	0	5	16	.258	.313	.355	.668	7	77
6 Yrs		260	332	303	33	73	10	1	15	43	1	29	76	.241	.307	.429	.736	42	260
162 Game Avg.		162	207	189	21	45	6	1	9	27	1	18	47	.241	.307	.429	.736	26	260

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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