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Brandon Larson

Brandon John Larson

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 24, 1976 in San Angelo, TX
High School: Holmes HS (San Antonio, TX)
Schools: Blinn College (Brenham, TX), Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed July 22, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 2001
Team: Reds 2001-2004

Final Game: July 17, 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
2001 25 CIN NL 14 35 33 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .121 .171 .182 .353 -10 6 1 0 0 0 0 /5
2002 26 CIN NL 23 58 51 8 14 2 0 4 13 1 0 6 10 .275 .362 .549 .911 132 28 1 1 0 0 1 /753
2003 27 CIN NL 32 104 89 6 9 1 0 1 9 2 2 13 31 .101 .212 .146 .358 -2 13 2 0 0 2 0 5/7
2004 28 CIN NL 40 135 118 13 25 6 0 3 14 1 0 14 35 .212 .304 .339 .643 69 40 2 2 0 1 0 5
4 Yrs 109 332 291 29 52 11 0 8 37 4 2 35 86 .179 .271 .299 .570 50 87 6 3 0 3 1
162 Game Avg. 162 493 432 43 77 16 0 12 55 6 3 52 128 .179 .271 .299 .570 50 129 9 4 0 4 1

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 Awards
2001 25 CIN NL 14 35 -5 0 0 1 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .472 .498 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ /5
2002 26 CIN NL 23 58 3 -1 0 -1 -0 2 0.2 2 3 0.3 .508 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 $ /753
2003 27 CIN NL 32 104 -11 -1 0 -1 0 -13 -1.4 3 -10 -1.1 .458 .492 -1.0 -0.1 -9 $308,000 5/7
2004 28 CIN NL 40 135 -0 0 0 -4 0 -4 -0.4 4 0 0.0 .491 .498 0.4 -0.4 4 $318,000 5
4 Seasons 109 332 -13 -1 1 -5 0 -19 -1.9 9 -9 -1.1 .482 .497 -0.6 -0.5 -4 $626,000

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
2001 25 CIN NL 35 30 1 0.9 116 .174 .121 .274 .171 .346 .182 .450 .353 .796 -10 .040 -5.6 -0.5 .267 .121 .061
2002 26 CIN NL 58 38 10 7.0 111 .270 .275 .271 .362 .345 .549 .430 .911 .775 132 .669 2.2 0.2 .947 .412 .275 1.6
2003 27 CIN NL 104 86 3 0.9 105 .136 .101 .263 .212 .334 .146 .421 .358 .755 -2 .045 -13.2 -1.3 .310 .191 .045 1.3
2004 28 CIN NL 135 96 13 3.6 108 .272 .212 .266 .304 .337 .339 .431 .643 .768 69 .355 -5.3 -0.5 .600 .254 .127 1.5
4 Yrs 332 250 27 2.9 109 .220 .179 .267 .271 .338 .299 .430 .570 .769 50 .271 -21.9 -2.1 .514 .247 .120 5.3
162 Game Avg. 493 372 40 2.9 109 .220 .179 .267 .271 .338 .299 .430 .570 .769 50 .271 -21.9 -2.1 .514 .247 .120 8

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
2001 25 CIN NL 35 0.0% 28.6% 5.7% 5.7% 50% 5.00 3.3 33.0 0.92 0.90 66% 9% 0.0% 58%
2002 26 CIN NL 58 6.9% 17.2% 10.3% 10.3% 43% 1.67 5.1 12.8 3.9 0.76 1.00 64% 17% 25.0% 24%
2003 27 CIN NL 104 1.0% 29.8% 12.5% 1.9% 22% 2.38 2.9 89.0 9.9 0.88 0.85 57% 8% 4.2% 25%
2004 28 CIN NL 135 2.2% 25.9% 10.4% 6.7% 36% 2.50 3.4 39.3 8.4 1.80 2.44 60% 17% 11.1% 10%
4 Yrs 332 2.4% 25.9% 10.5% 5.7% 37% 2.46 3.4 36.4 7.9 1.15 1.27 60% 13% 11.1% 24%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.9% 8.6% 8.0% 34% 1.97 5.3 31.4 7.6 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.2% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2001 25 CIN NL -5.6 -0.5 36 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 .86 -0.4 0.0 -2.4 -0.2 0.88 -4.5 0.38 3
2002 26 CIN NL 2.2 0.2 59 0.3 1.4 -1.1 1.17 0.5 -0.2 6.1 0.6 1.01 6.8 1.75 10
2003 27 CIN NL -13.2 -1.3 108 -1.0 1.5 -2.5 1.19 -0.8 -0.0 -9.9 -1.0 0.99 -10.8 1.66 7
2004 28 CIN NL -5.5 -0.5 136 -0.4 2.0 -2.3 1.01 0.1 -0.5 -0.4 -0.0 1.02 0.8 0.94 4
4 Yrs -22.1 -2.1 339 -1.4 5.2 -6.6 1.08 -0.7 -0.7 -6.6 -0.7 0.99 -7.7 1.42 24

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2001 25 CIN NL 1 0 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 26 CIN NL 2 0 24% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2003 27 CIN NL 3 0 24% 23 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2
2004 28 CIN NL 7 0 26% 48 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 56% 3 2 1 2 0 2 4 1 2
4 Yrs 13 0 26% 105 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 48% 12 7 4 3 0 2 8 2 5

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
2001 25 CIN NL 35 11% 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 0.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 1 33% 17 3 18% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
2002 26 CIN NL 58 53% 14 1 0 10 4 0 2 1.75 4 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 5 1 20% 44 10 23% 5 3 60% 4 2 50% 0
2003 27 CIN NL 104 32% 9 0 0 7 0 0 0 1.66 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 2 11% 9 3 33% 75 8 11% 7 3 43% 4 3 75% 0
2004 28 CIN NL 135 22% 25 3 0 4 1 1 1 0.94 3 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 32 2 6% 12 3 25% 110 12 11% 9 3 33% 5 3 60% 0
4 Yrs 332 30% 52 5 0 24 6 1 3 1.42 8 0 15 4 4 5 3 0 0 0 65 6 9% 29 8 28% 246 33 13% 24 10 42% 14 9 64% 0
MLB Averages 54% 71% 11% 33% 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
2001 25 CIN NL 35 124 3.54 80 65% 29% 24% 19% 29% 71% 0% 46% 67% 37% 0% 0 0 6% 2 2 6% 2 1 20% 0 0 0
2002 26 CIN NL 58 245 4.22 147 60% 21% 21% 30% 28% 79% 4% 47% 73% 29% 7% 4 1 10% 6 2 10% 6 6 40% 0 0 0
2003 27 CIN NL 105 399 3.80 236 59% 28% 25% 22% 25% 72% 0% 43% 66% 34% 3% 3 0 12% 13 8 7% 7 4 45% -1 0 0
2004 28 CIN NL 135 525 3.89 327 62% 25% 22% 27% 26% 75% 0% 47% 70% 30% 4% 6 0 14% 19 13 9% 12 7 37% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 333 1293 3.88 790 61% 25% 23% 25% 26% 75% 1% 46% 69% 32% 4% 13 1 12% 40 25 8% 27 18 38% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

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
2001 25 14 35 33 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .121 .171 .182 .353 -10 6 1 0 0 0 0
2002 26 37 93 84 10 18 4 0 4 14 1 0 8 20 .214 .290 .405 .695 76 34 2 1 0 0 1
2003 27 69 197 173 16 27 5 0 5 23 3 2 21 51 .156 .249 .272 .520 37 47 4 1 0 2 1
2004 28 109 332 291 29 52 11 0 8 37 4 2 35 86 .179 .271 .299 .570 50 87 6 3 0 3 1

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2001 25 14 35 33 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 10 .121 .171 .182 .353 1 14
2002 26 23 57 50 7 13 2 0 4 12 1 6 10 .260 .351 .540 .891 9 23
2003 27 32 104 89 6 9 1 0 1 10 2 13 31 .101 .212 .146 .358 3 32
2004 28 40 135 118 13 25 6 0 3 14 1 14 35 .212 .304 .339 .643 12 40
4 Yrs 109 331 290 28 51 11 0 8 37 4 35 86 .176 .269 .297 .565 25 109
162 Game Avg. 162 492 431 42 76 16 0 12 55 6 52 128 .176 .269 .297 .565 37 109

* 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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