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Brian Lawrence

Brian Michael Lawrence

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 14, 1976 in Fort Collins, CO
High School: Carthage HS (Carthage, TX)
School: Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches, LA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 2001 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mets 2001-2007
Agents: Page Odle [*]
Final Game: September 17, 2007 (Age 31)
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2001 SDP NL 25 P 27 15 1 114.2 32 2 26 4 0 .875 2.20 1.04 .959 1.75 1.73 7 5 42% 33% 1
2002 SDP NL 26 P 35 31 2 210.0 53 22 31 0 1 1.000 2.27 1.51 .963 1.83 1.81 11 8 42% 32% 0
2003 SDP NL 27 P 33 33 1 210.2 59 14 42 3 2 .949 -1 -1 2.39 1.70 .957 1.84 1.83 11 6 35% 31% 0
2004 SDP NL 28 P 34 34 2 203.0 49 11 38 0 3 1.000 2 2 2.17 1.44 .965 1.84 1.82 4 3 43% 28% 0
2005 SDP NL 29 P 33 33 1 195.2 45 12 31 2 4 .956 -1 -1 1.98 1.30 .960 1.75 1.73 13 3 19% 29% 0
2007 NYM NL 31 P 6 6 0 29.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.55 0.83 .966 1.68 1.67 5 1 17% 25% 0
6 Seasons P 168 152 7 963.0 243 63 171 9 10 .963 0 0 2.19 1.39 .961 1.80 1.78 51 26 34% 30% 1
6 Seasons TOT 168 152 7 963.0 243 63 171 9 10 .963 0 0 2.19 1.39 .961 1.80 1.78 51 26 34% 30% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
2001 SDP NL 25 P
2002 SDP NL 26 P
2003 SDP NL 27 P -1 -1 0 -1 0
2004 SDP NL 28 P 2 2 2 0 0
2005 SDP NL 29 P -1 -1 2 -1 -1
2007 NYM NL 31 P 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons P 0 0 4 -2 -1
6 Seasons TOT 0 0 4 -2 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2001 SDP NL 25 27 15 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 SDP NL 26 35 31 32 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 SDP NL 27 33 33 32 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 SDP NL 28 36 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2005 SDP NL 29 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NYM NL 31 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 170 152 160 168 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2001 SDP NL 25 484 77% 38% 28 89% 1 2 0 0 26 21 1 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2002 SDP NL 26 894 78% 38% 37 95% 1 4 3 1 32 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
2003 SDP NL 27 884 81% 39% 46 93% 0 14 2 12 42 38 1 3 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 12 83%
2004 SDP NL 28 870 80% 40% 39 100% 0 11 1 10 38 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 7 100%
2005 SDP NL 29 852 81% 36% 37 89% 0 12 2 8 31 23 8 2 1 0 1 1 4 4 4 0 7 43%
2007 NYM NL 31 139 83% 32% 5 100% 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 4123 80% 38% 192 94% 2 45 9 31 172 145 16 9 1 1 7 5 10 9 9 1 34 79%
MLB Averages 77% 31% 90% 81%



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Putouts as P s c a p y
2002 NL  22 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2001 NL  4 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2002 NL  1.000 (1st)
2004 NL  1.000 (1st)

             

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