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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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Mets 2001-2007
Agents: Page Odle [*]
Final Game: September 17, 2007
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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
1998	22	SDP-min	A,Rk	8	3	.727	2.73	16	16	0	4	1	0	102.1	89	41	31	6	18	0	100	6	0	0	415		1.046	7.8	0.5	1.6	8.8	5.56	CLI,IDF · MIDW,PION
1999	23	SDP-min	A+	12	8	.600	3.39	27	27	0	4	3	0	175.1	178	72	66	6	30	1	166	10	5	7	723		1.186	9.1	0.3	1.5	8.5	5.53	RCU · CALL
2000	24	SDP-min	AA,AAA	11	6	.647	2.28	29	29	0	0	0	0	173.1	147	53	44	12	35	0	165	14	0	1	689		1.050	7.6	0.6	1.8	8.6	4.71	MOB,LVG · SOUL,PCL
2001	25	SDP-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.80	9	8	1	0	0	1	45.0	42	22	19	3	17	2	42	2	0	2	196		1.311	8.4	0.6	3.4	8.4	2.47	POR · PCL
2001	25	SDP	NL	5	5	.500	3.45	27	15	5	1	0	0	114.2	107	53	44	10	34	5	84	5	0	1	484	115	1.230	8.4	0.8	2.7	6.6	2.47
2002	26	SDP	NL	12	12	.500	3.69	35	31	0	2	2	0	210.0	230	97	86	16	52	6	149	11	1	2	894	102	1.343	9.9	0.7	2.2	6.4	2.87
2003	27	SDP	NL	10	15	.400	4.19	33	33	0	1	0	0	210.2	206	106	98	27	57	8	116	11	0	4	884	94	1.248	8.8	1.2	2.4	5.0	2.04
2004	28	SDP	NL	15	14	.517	4.12	34	34	0	2	1	0	203.0	226	101	93	26	55	7	121	7	0	2	870	94	1.384	10.0	1.2	2.4	5.4	2.20
2005	29	SDP	NL	7	15	.318	4.83	33	33	0	1	0	0	195.2	211	106	105	18	57	7	109	11	1	3	852	80	1.370	9.7	0.8	2.6	5.0	1.91

2007	31	COL-NYM-min	AAA	8	5	.615	4.73	16	16	0	2	0	0	104.2	120	57	55	9	14	0	67	1	0	0	434		1.280	10.3	0.8	1.2	5.8	4.79	CSP,NOR · PCL
2007	31	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	6.83	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	43	22	22	4	13	1	18	1	0	1	139	64	1.931	13.3	1.2	4.0	5.6	1.38
2008	32	ATL-min	AAA	6	6	.500	5.55	16	15	0	0	0	0	86.0	113	55	53	4	19	1	54	5	0	2	387		1.535	11.8	0.4	2.0	5.7	2.84	RMD · IL
2009	33	FLA-SDP-min	AAA	7	4	.636	5.10	14	13	1	0	0	0	83.0	99	50	47	9	19	1	49	6	0	0	366		1.422	10.7	1.0	2.1	5.3	2.58	NOR,POR · PCL
2010	34	FLA-min	AAA	11	8	.579	4.42	26	25	0	1	1	0	142.2	167	80	70	19	39	1	115	10	0	7	632		1.444	10.5	1.2	2.5	7.3	2.95	NOR · PCL
2011	35	ANA-min	AAA	2	5	.286	8.07	7	7	0	0	0	0	32.1	48	31	29	5	8	0	21	2	0	0	153		1.732	13.4	1.4	2.2	5.8	2.63	SLK · PCL
6 Yrs				50	63	.442	4.19	168	152	5	7	3	0	963.0	1023	485	448	101	268	34	597	46	2	13	4123	93	1.341	9.6	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.23
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.442	4.19	36	32	1	1	1	0	205	217	103	95	21	57	7	127	10	0	3	876	93	1.341	9.6	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.23

SDP (5 yrs)				49	61	.445	4.10	162	146	5	7	3	0	934.0	980	463	426	97	255	33	579	45	2	12	3984	94	1.322	9.4	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.27
NYM (1 yr)				1	2	.333	6.83	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	43	22	22	4	13	1	18	1	0	1	139	64	1.931	13.3	1.2	4.0	5.6	1.38

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
2001	25	SDP	NL	114.2	27	15	53	4.16	4.84	-0.28	0.10	92.4	4.83	8	0.9	.8	-0.1	1.6	20	.532	.505	$
2002	26	SDP	NL	210.0	35	31	97	4.16	4.59	-0.46	0.16	92.8	4.83	15	1.6	1.1	-0.1	3.1	36	.547	.510	$235,000
2003	27	SDP	NL	210.2	33	33	106	4.53	4.52	0.00	0.17	92.7	4.35	-5	-0.5		-0.1	0.9	17	.485	.497	$625,000
2004	28	SDP	NL	203.0	34	34	101	4.48	4.74	-0.06	0.19	91.1	4.54	1	0.1		-0.1	1.4	22	.502	.500	$925,000
2005	29	SDP	NL	195.2	33	33	106	4.88	4.44	-0.26	0.16	93.2	4.53	-8	-0.8		-0.1	0.6	11	.477	.495	$2,375,000

2007	31	NYM	NL	29.0	6	6	22	6.83	4.93	0.23	0.20	96.9	4.74	-7	-0.6		-0.0	-0.4	-4	.400	.496	$
6 Seasons				963.0	168	152	485	4.53	4.62	-0.19	0.16	92.6	4.60	5	0.7	.8	-0.7	7.2	101	.504	.501	$4,160,000

SDP (5 yrs)				934.0	162	146	463	4.46	4.61	-0.21	0.16	92.4	4.60	11	1.3	.8	-0.7	7.6	105	.508	.502	$4,160,000
NYM (1 yr)				29.0	6	6	22	6.83	4.93	0.23	0.20	96.9	4.74	-7	-0.6		-0.0	-0.4	-4	.400	.496	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2005	29	SDP	NL	NLDS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	7.7
1 NLDS							0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	7.7

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
2001	25	SDP	NL	27	484	438	53	107	16	5	10	7	5	34	84	.244	.304	.372	.676	.280	163	8	5	4	3	5	9
2002	26	SDP	NL	35	894	819	97	230	34	5	16	11	8	52	149	.281	.331	.393	.724	.325	322	29	11	8	4	6	11
2003	27	SDP	NL	33	884	799	106	206	35	4	27	11	6	57	116	.258	.314	.413	.727	.270	330	23	11	11	6	8	13
2004	28	SDP	NL	34	870	787	101	226	50	4	26	4	3	55	121	.287	.336	.460	.796	.308	362	22	7	11	9	7	8
2005	29	SDP	NL	33	852	774	106	211	50	5	18	13	3	57	109	.273	.329	.420	.749	.295	325	16	11	3	7	7	9

2007	31	NYM	NL	6	139	124	22	43	8	0	4	5	1	13	18	.347	.413	.508	.921	.382	63	3	1	1	0	1	1
6 Yrs				168	4123	3741	485	1023	193	23	101	51	26	268	597	.273	.327	.418	.746	.300	1565	101	46	38	29	34	51
162 Game Avg.				36	876	795	103	217	41	5	21	11	6	57	127	.273	.327	.418	.746	.300	333	21	10	8	6	7	11
MLB Averages																.265	.333	.424	.757	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2001	25	SDP	NL	5.4	0.5	497	0.3	8.1	-7.8	.94	0.4	-0.1	7.5	0.8	0.94	5.9	3	0	9
2002	26	SDP	NL	0.2	0.0	911	0.3	16.3	-16.0	1.03	0.4	-0.1	7.1	0.8	1.03	2.4	1	2	1
2003	27	SDP	NL	-6.0	-0.6	901	-1.3	15.7	-17.1	1.04	0.2	-1.4	-1.1	-0.1	1.04	1.3	0	0	0
2004	28	SDP	NL	-5.8	-0.6	878	-0.3	16.1	-16.4	1.03	-0.9	0.5	0.3	0.0	1.03	-8.5	0	0	0
2005	29	SDP	NL	-19.4	-1.9	870	-0.7	15.1	-15.8	1.02	0.0	-0.7	-7.6	-0.8	1.02	-1.2	0	0	0

2007	31	NYM	NL	-7.4	-0.7	147	-0.9	2.3	-3.2	1.05	-0.7	-0.1	-8.4	-0.8	1.05	-8.2	0	0	0
6 Yrs				-33.0	-3.1	4204	-2.5	73.7	-76.2	1.02	-0.6	-1.9	-2.2	-0.1	1.02	-8.4	4	2	10

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
2001	25	SDP	NL	27	15	5	5	5	0	3	6	9	.400	0	2	1	0	10	67%	54.9	73	19	9	3	1	8	3.7	3.8	6.5	93	4	5	6	0	114
2002	26	SDP	NL	35	31	12	11	8	2	4	16	15	.516	2	2	2	2	19	61%	51.9	85	10	23	9	0	10	4.3	4.6	6.6	97	5	8	17	1	128
2003	27	SDP	NL	33	33	10	15	8	1	6	12	21	.364	4	5	1	0	21	64%	50.7	82	1	15	4	0	14	4.3	4.0	6.4	94	3	21	6	3	120
2004	28	SDP	NL	34	34	15	14	5	5	3	17	17	.500	3	3	2	1	16	47%	49.0	78	16	15	5	3	11	4.7	4.2	6.0	89	11	15	8	0	118
2005	29	SDP	NL	33	33	7	15	11	1	3	12	21	.364	3	3	1	0	17	52%	47.8	84	12	29	11	0	15	3.8	3.3	5.9	89	11	12	10	0	117

2007	31	NYM	NL	6	6	1	2	3	1	0	1	5	.167	2	0	0	0	1	17%	38.0	51	24	4	0	0	5	5.5	6.1	4.8	87	1	4	1	0	101
6 Yrs				168	152	50	62	40	10	19	64	88	.421	14	15	7	3	84	55%	50	85	1	95	32	4	63	4.3	4.1	6.2	92	35	65	48	4	128
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2001	25	SDP	NL	27	12	5	0	0	0	6	1	17%	7	.941	3	0	9	2	2	8	3	9	6	2	6	1	4.3	23
2002	26	SDP	NL	35	4	0	1	1	1	3	0	0%	6	1.031	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	0	3.8	19
2 Yrs				62	16	5	1	1	1	9	1	11%		.999	4	2	10	4	3	9	6	10	8	3	9	1	4.1	22

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%
2001	25	SDP	NL	484	55%	2.1%	17.4%	7.0%	6.4%	29%	1.16	1.86	72%	24%	6.8%	7%	93	8	9%
2002	26	SDP	NL	894	50%	1.8%	16.7%	5.8%	6.2%	24%	1.07	1.90	74%	26%	5.7%	11%	168	29	17%
2003	27	SDP	NL	884	55%	3.1%	13.1%	6.5%	7.5%	32%	1.05	1.39	75%	17%	9.2%	11%	162	23	14%
2004	28	SDP	NL	870	48%	3.0%	13.9%	6.3%	9.2%	35%	1.10	1.60	75%	17%	8.7%	6%	163	22	14%
2005	29	SDP	NL	852	53%	2.1%	12.8%	6.7%	8.6%	35%	0.88	1.21	77%	20%	5.5%	6%	159	16	10%

2007	31	NYM	NL	139	57%	2.9%	13.0%	9.4%	8.6%	28%	0.74	0.76	73%	20%	7.8%	16%	35	3	9%
6 Yrs				4123	52%	2.5%	14.5%	6.5%	7.7%	31%	1.02	1.50	75%	21%	7.2%	9%	780	101	13%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	12%			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
2001	25	SDP	NL	485	1681	3.47	1059	63%	28%	15%	24%	34%	72%	3%	46%	80%	59%	7%	33	17	20%	96	60	4	26%	19	11	-1	0	0
2002	26	SDP	NL	895	3086	3.45	2035	66%	28%	15%	24%	34%	72%	2%	48%	79%	64%	4%	36	20	23%	202	122	11	14%	34	10	-1	0	0
2003	27	SDP	NL	884	3112	3.52	2004	64%	26%	14%	26%	35%	74%	2%	48%	82%	62%	4%	34	15	20%	180	90	11	21%	22	11	0	0	0
2004	28	SDP	NL	870	3020	3.47	1948	65%	30%	12%	23%	35%	70%	2%	45%	83%	62%	4%	37	19	19%	161	95	17	29%	27	13	0	0	0
2005	29	SDP	NL	852	2942	3.45	1901	65%	28%	13%	24%	36%	72%	3%	47%	82%	62%	4%	32	15	19%	166	96	11	25%	19	10	0	0	0

2007	31	NYM	NL	140	522	3.73	329	63%	27%	16%	24%	33%	73%	2%	46%	78%	54%	4%	5	3	21%	29	20	2	17%	2	1	-1	0	0
6 Yrs				4126	14363	3.48	9276	65%	28%	14%	24%	35%	72%	2%	47%	81%	62%	4%	177	89	20%	834	483	56	22%	123	56	-3	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			21%				26%

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
2001	25	SDP	NL	484	107	11	2	10	0	8	1	9	6	4	29	15	5	52%	9	1	1	183	7	5	58%	7	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0
2002	26	SDP	NL	894	230	28	4	16	1	14	9	7	5	11	48	26	6	54%	11	2	0	327	11	8	58%	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0
2003	27	SDP	NL	884	206	16	3	27	1	17	15	12	14	13	33	15	5	45%	13	4	1	308	11	6	65%	11	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	17	0
2004	28	SDP	NL	870	226	12	3	26	0	19	9	17	9	17	46	22	7	48%	8	2	0	315	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
2005	29	SDP	NL	852	211	20	7	18	1	16	8	10	8	10	35	16	8	46%	9	3	2	338	13	3	81%	12	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	16	0

2007	31	NYM	NL	139	43	3	0	4	0	5	2	2	0	4	7	5	0	71%	1	1	0	68	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6 Yrs				4123	1023	90	19	101	3	79	44	57	42	59	198	99	31	50%	51	13	4	1539	51	26	66%	48	20	2	5	1	1	1	1	63	0
MLB Averages																		53%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
2001	25	5	5	.500	3.45	27	15	5	1	0	114.2	107	53	44	10	34	5	84	5	0	1	484	115	1.230	8.4	0.8	2.7	6.6	2.47	115
2002	26	17	17	.500	3.60	62	46	5	3	2	324.2	337	150	130	26	86	11	233	16	1	3	1378	106	1.303	9.3	0.7	2.4	6.5	2.71	106
2003	27	27	32	.458	3.83	95	79	5	4	2	535.1	543	256	228	53	143	19	349	27	1	7	2262	101	1.281	9.1	0.9	2.4	5.9	2.44	101
2004	28	42	46	.477	3.91	129	113	5	6	3	738.1	769	357	321	79	198	26	470	34	1	9	3132	99	1.310	9.4	1.0	2.4	5.7	2.37	99
2005	29	49	61	.445	4.10	162	146	5	7	3	934.0	980	463	426	97	255	33	579	45	2	12	3984	94	1.322	9.4	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.27	94
2006	30	49	61	.445	4.10	162	146	5	7	3	934.0	980	463	426	97	255	33	579	45	2	12	3984	94	1.322	9.4	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.27	94
2007	31	50	63	.442	4.19	168	152	5	7	3	963.0	1023	485	448	101	268	34	597	46	2	13	4123	93	1.341	9.6	0.9	2.5	5.6	2.23	93

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
2001	25	7	5	.583	3.62	112.0	108	50	45	10	34	82	5	1.268	8.7	2.7	6.6	2.41	0.8	27
2002	26	10	11	.476	4.32	196.0	241	104	94	17	54	139	12	1.505	11.1	2.5	6.4	2.57	0.8	35
2003	27	10	12	.455	4.54	202.0	210	113	102	28	58	111	11	1.327	9.4	2.6	4.9	1.91	1.2	33
2004	28	9	12	.429	4.59	192.0	232	109	98	27	56	114	7	1.500	10.9	2.6	5.3	2.04	1.3	34
2005	29	7	13	.350	5.53	187.0	220	128	115	19	59	104	11	1.492	10.6	2.8	5.0	1.76	0.9	33

2007	31	1	2	.333	7.33	27.0	43	24	22	4	13	17	1	2.074	14.3	4.3	5.7	1.31	1.3	6
6 Yrs		44	55	.444	4.68	916.0	1054	528	476	105	274	567	47	1.450	10.4		5.6	2.07	1.0	168

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 2004 NL 15 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 2002 NL 2.229 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 2003 NL 33 (8th) 2004 NL 34 (5th)	Complete Games s c a p y 2004 NL 2 (7th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2002 NL 2 (4th) 2004 NL 1 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 2003 NL 27 (9th)	Hits s c a p y 2002 NL 230 (4th) 2003 NL 206 (10th) 2004 NL 226 (4th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2002 NL 2.865 (6th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2002 NL 0.686 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 2003 NL 15 (2nd) 2004 NL 14 (4th) 2005 NL 15 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2005 NL 105 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2002 NL 11 (6th) 2003 NL 11 (7th) 2005 NL 11 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Ralph Glaze (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rasty Wright (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vern Ruhle (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Francisco Cordova (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charles Hudson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tomo Ohka (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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