Brian Lawrence
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 14, 1976 in Fort Collins, CO
High School: Carthage (Carthage, TX)
School: Northwestern State University of Louisiana
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
Final Game: September 17, 2007
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 1 484 116 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 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 63 1.931 13.3 1.2 4.0 5.6 1.38
6 Seasons 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 63 1.931 13.3 1.2 4.0 5.6 1.38

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
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
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
2004 28 SDP NL 34 869 787 101 226 50 4 26 4 3 55 121 .287 .336 .460 .796 .308 362 22 7 11 9 7
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
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
6 Seasons 168 4122 3741 485 1023 193 23 101 51 26 268 597 .273 .327 .418 .746 .300 1565 101 46 38 29 34
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 55 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% 52 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 2 5 1 0 21 64% 51 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 2 3 2 1 16 47% 49 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 1 3 1 0 17 52% 48 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 51 24 4 0 0 5 5.5 6.1 4.8 87 1 4 1 0 101
6 Seasons 168 152 50 62 40 10 19 64 88 .421 9 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 7 0.947 3 0 9 2 2 8 3 9 6 2 6 1 4.3 23
2002 26 SDP NL 35 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 6 1.035 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 0 3.8 19
2 Seasons 62 16 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 11% 1.004 4 2 10 4 3 9 6 10 8 3 9 1 4.1 22

Ratio Pitching*

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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 45% 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 45% 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 52% 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 47% 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 43% 2.9% 13.0% 9.4% 8.6% 28% 0.74 0.76 73% 20% 7.8% 16% 35 3 9%
6 Seasons 4123 48% 2.5% 14.5% 6.5% 7.7% 31% 1.02 1.50 75% 21% 7.2% 9% 780 101 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 25 SDP NL 484 1678 3.47 1058 63% 28% 15% 24% 34% 72% 3% 46% 80% 59% 7% 33 17 20% 96 60 4 26% 19 11 0 0 0
2002 26 SDP NL 894 3085 3.45 2035 66% 28% 15% 24% 34% 72% 2% 48% 79% 64% 4% 36 20 23% 202 122 11 14% 34 10 0 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 1
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 139 521 3.75 329 63% 27% 16% 24% 33% 73% 2% 46% 78% 55% 4% 5 3 21% 29 20 2 17% 2 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 4123 14358 3.48 9275 65% 28% 14% 24% 35% 72% 2% 47% 81% 62% 4% 177 89 20% 834 483 56 22% 123 56 0 0 1
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 Seasons 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 2 1 63 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2001 25 5 5 .500 3.45 27 15 5 1 0 0 114.2 107 53 44 10 34 5 84 5 0 1 484 116 1.230 8.4 0.8 2.7 6.6 2.47 116
2002 26 17 17 .500 3.60 62 46 5 3 2 0 324.2 337 150 130 26 86 11 233 16 1 3 1378 107 1.303 9.3 0.7 2.4 6.5 2.71 107
2003 27 27 32 .458 3.83 95 79 5 4 2 0 535.1 543 256 228 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 0 738.1 769 357 321 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 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 94
2006 30 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 94
2007 31 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 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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 3.62 112.0 109 50 45 10 35 82 5 1.286 8.8 2.8 6.6 2.34 0.8 27
2002 26 10 11 .476 4.29 197.0 239 104 94 17 54 140 11 1.487 10.9 2.5 6.4 2.59 0.8 35
2003 27 10 12 .455 4.57 201.0 212 113 102 28 59 111 11 1.348 9.5 2.6 5.0 1.88 1.3 33
2004 28 9 12 .429 4.62 191.0 233 109 98 27 57 114 7 1.518 11.0 2.7 5.4 2.00 1.3 34
2005 29 7 13 .350 5.52 186.0 222 127 114 19 60 104 12 1.516 10.7 2.9 5.0 1.73 0.9 33
2007 31 1 2 .333 6.75 28.0 42 23 21 4 13 17 1 1.964 13.5 4.2 5.5 1.31 1.3 6
6 Seasons 44 55 .444 4.66 915.0 1057 526 474 105 278 568 47 1.459 10.4 5.6 2.04 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--.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 InkPitching - 10 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Charles Hudson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tomokazu Ohka (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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