Brooks Kieschnick
Michael Brooks Kieschnick
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: June 6, 1972 in Robstown, TX
High School: Mary Carroll (Corpus Christi, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
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
Final Game: October 3, 2004
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Standard Batting

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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
1996 24 CHC NL 25 32 29 6 10 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 8 .345 .406 .517 .923 139 15 0 0 0 0 0 /97
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
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 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
2003 31 MIL NL 69 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 NL 75 68 63 2 17 3 0 1 7 0 0 5 16 .270 .324 .365 .689 78 23 3 0 0 0 1 1
6 Seasons 257 336 306 34 76 10 1 16 46 1 0 30 76 .248 .315 .444 .760 93 136 8 0 0 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 212 193 21 48 6 1 10 29 1 0 19 48 .248 .315 .444 .760 93 86 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 85 47 2 0 0 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 144 144 133 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

Advanced Batting

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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 8.5 109 .450 .345 .273 .406 .343 .517 .428 .923 .771 139 .736 1.7 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 Seasons 336 238 44 5.0 113 .280 .248 .274 .315 .346 .444 .438 .760 .783 93 .500 -5.0 -0.5 .702 .297 .196 1.9
162 Game Avg. 212 150 28 5.0 113 .280 .248 .274 .315 .346 .444 .438 .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 .345 .395 .428 .716 .773 85 .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*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 4 2 50% 0
1997 25 CHC NL 102 93% 18 0 0 10 1 0 0 1.65 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 12 2 17% 5 1 20% 55 9 16% 2 1 50% 0 0 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 1.08 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 0 0% 33 6 18% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2003 31 MIL NL 76 89% 21 1 0 21 8 2 2 2.09 7 0 3 6 1 2 5 0 0 0 11 2 18% 7 3 43% 45 6 13% 3 1 33% 5 4 80% 0
2004 32 MIL NL 68 94% 17 1 0 44 11 1 5 1.50 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 3 20% 5 2 40% 63 6 10% 3 2 67% 5 2 40% 0
6 Seasons 336 93% 76 2 0 129 33 4 15 1.50 16 0 12 15 1 7 9 0 0 0 50 8 16% 30 8 27% 232 32 14% 17 7 41% 17 9 53% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 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 101 400 3.96 250 63% 18% 21% 33% 28% 81% 0% 51% 74% 35% 5% 5 3 14% 14 6 12% 12 7 5% 1 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 Seasons 334 1313 3.93 812 62% 17% 25% 29% 28% 82% 0% 51% 69% 34% 6% 19 6 16% 52 27 9% 30 21 9% 2 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 24 25 32 29 6 10 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 8 .345 .406 .517 .923 139 15 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 64 134 119 15 28 4 0 5 18 1 0 15 29 .235 .321 .395 .716 85 47 2 0 0 0 0
1998 26 64 134 119 15 28 4 0 5 18 1 0 15 29 .235 .321 .395 .716 85 47 2 0 0 0 0
1999 27 64 134 119 15 28 4 0 5 18 1 0 15 29 .235 .321 .395 .716 85 47 2 0 0 0 0
2000 28 78 147 131 15 28 4 0 5 18 1 0 16 34 .214 .299 .359 .658 70 47 2 0 0 0 0
2001 29 113 192 173 20 38 6 1 8 27 1 0 19 47 .220 .297 .405 .701 76 70 3 0 0 0 0
2002 30 113 192 173 20 38 6 1 8 27 1 0 19 47 .220 .297 .405 .701 76 70 3 0 0 0 0
2003 31 182 268 243 32 59 7 1 15 39 1 0 25 60 .243 .313 .465 .778 97 113 5 0 0 0 0
2004 32 257 336 306 34 76 10 1 16 46 1 0 30 76 .248 .315 .444 .760 93 136 8 0 0 0 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 8 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 69 75 69 11 20 1 0 7 11 0 6 13 .290 .347 .609 .955 14 69
2004 32 75 65 61 2 15 3 0 1 6 0 4 16 .246 .292 .344 .637 6 75
6 Seasons 257 329 301 31 71 10 1 15 41 1 28 76 .236 .301 .425 .726 40 257
162 Game Avg. 162 207 190 20 45 6 1 9 26 1 18 48 .236 .301 .425 .726 25 257

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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