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Brandon League

Brandon Paul League

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 16, 1983 in Sacramento, CA
High School: St. Louis (Honolulu, HI)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed July 3, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 2004
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Mariners 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$2.25M (11), 1 yr/$5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.145, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Dan Horwits,Dan Lozano [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Randy Johnson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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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	18	TOR-min	Rk	2	2	.500	4.66	9	9	0	0	0	0	38.2	36	23	20	3	11	1	38	4	0	2	165		1.216	8.4	0.7	2.6	8.8	3.45	MDH · PION
2002	19	TOR-min	A-	7	2	.778	3.15	16	16	0	0	0	0	85.2	80	42	30	2	23	0	72	8	0	6	357		1.202	8.4	0.2	2.4	7.6	3.13	AUB · NYPL
2003	20	TOR-min	A,A+	6	6	.500	3.28	25	24	0	0	0	0	137.0	134	55	50	4	38	0	95	10	1	11	573		1.255	8.8	0.3	2.5	6.2	2.50	CHL,DUN · SALL,FLOR
2004	21	TOR-min	AA	6	4	.600	3.38	41	10	6	0	0	2	104.0	92	44	39	3	41	1	90	8	0	8	441		1.279	8.0	0.3	3.5	7.8	2.20	MAN · EL
2004	21	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	18		0.857	5.8	0.0	1.9	3.9	2.00
2005	22	TOR-min	AAA	4	4	.500	5.71	19	10	1	0	0	0	63.0	78	44	40	7	18	0	35	4	0	5	282		1.524	11.1	1.0	2.6	5.0	1.94	SYR · IL
2005	22	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	6.56	20	0	4	0	0	0	35.2	42	27	26	8	20	1	17	2	0	5	162	68	1.738	10.6	2.0	5.0	4.3	0.85
2006	23	TOR-min	AAA	3	2	.600	2.14	31	1	14	0	0	8	54.2	57	19	13	0	15	1	43	2	0	2	227		1.317	9.4	0.0	2.5	7.1	2.87	SYR · IL
2006	23	TOR	AL	1	2	.333	2.53	33	0	8	0	0	1	42.2	34	17	12	3	9	2	29	3	0	0	173	182	1.008	7.2	0.6	1.9	6.1	3.22
2007	24	TOR-min	AAA,AA,A+,Rk	1	1	.500	3.38	22	1	2	0	0	0	26.2	23	15	10	1	15	0	24	4	0	5	120		1.425	7.8	0.3	5.1	8.1	1.60	SYR,MAN,DUN,BJY · IL,EL,FLOR,GULF
2007	24	TOR	AL	0	0		6.17	14	0	2	0	0	0	11.2	19	8	8	1	7	0	7	0	0	3	58	75	2.229	14.7	0.8	5.4	5.4	1.00
2008	25	TOR-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.93	20	0	8	0	0	2	34.1	36	19	15	2	10	0	32	2	0	7	152		1.340	9.4	0.5	2.6	8.4	3.20	SYR · IL
2008	25	TOR	AL	1	2	.333	2.18	31	0	8	0	0	1	33.0	28	9	8	2	15	2	23	3	0	2	141	196	1.303	7.6	0.5	4.1	6.3	1.53
2009	26	TOR	AL	3	6	.333	4.58	67	0	18	0	0	0	74.2	72	40	38	8	21	2	76	7	0	9	313	97	1.246	8.7	1.0	2.5	9.2	3.62
2010	27	SEA	AL	9	7	.563	3.42	70	0	30	0	0	6	79.0	67	38	30	7	27	6	56	2	0	7	326	116	1.190	7.6	0.8	3.1	6.4	2.07
2011	28	SEA	AL	1	5	.167	2.79	65	0	60	0	0	37	61.1	56	25	19	3	10	2	45	2	0	4	250	139	1.076	8.2	0.4	1.5	6.6	4.50	AS
8 Seasons				17	22	.436	3.70	303	0	130	0	0	45	342.2	321	164	141	32	110	15	255	19	0	30	1441	115	1.258	8.4	0.8	2.9	6.7	2.32
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.436	3.70	68	0	29	0	0	10	77	72	37	32	7	25	3	57	4	0	7	323	115	1.258	8.4	0.8	2.9	6.7	2.32

TOR (6 yrs)				7	10	.412	4.09	168	0	40	0	0	2	202.1	198	101	92	22	73	7	154	15	0	19	865	109	1.339	8.8	1.0	3.2	6.9	2.11
SEA (2 yrs)				10	12	.455	3.14	135	0	90	0	0	43	140.1	123	63	49	10	37	8	101	4	0	11	576	125	1.140	7.9	0.6	2.4	6.5	2.73

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2004	21	TOR	AL	4.2	0	0	4	0	1.8	4	0.4	$
2005	22	TOR	AL	35.2	0	27	24	1	.5	-3	-0.4	$316,000
2006	23	TOR	AL	42.2	0	17	28	1	1.0	11	0.7	$
2007	24	TOR	AL	11.2	0	8	7	1	.7	-1	-0.1	$
2008	25	TOR	AL	33.0	0	9	20	1	1.2	11	0.9	$400,300
2009	26	TOR	AL	74.2	0	40	48	0	1.0	8	0.2	$640,000
2010	27	SEA	AL	79.0	0	38	38	2	1.5	0	0.0	$1,087,500
2011	28	SEA	AL	61.1	0	25	33	-0	1.9	8	1.2	$2,250,000	AS
8 Seasons				342.2	0	164	202	6	1.2	38	2.9	$4,693,800

TOR (6 yrs)				202.1	0	101	131	4	.9	30	1.7	$1,356,300
SEA (2 yrs)				140.1	0	63	71	2	1.7	8	1.2	$3,337,500

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2001	18	TOR-min	Rk	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	MDH · PION
2002	19	TOR-min	A-	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AUB · NYPL
2003	20	TOR-min	A,A+	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	CHL,DUN · SALL,FLOR
2004	21	TOR-min	AA	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	MAN · EL
2004	21	TOR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2005	22	TOR-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
2005	22	TOR	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	23	TOR-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
2006	23	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	24	TOR-min	AAA,Rk,A+,AA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR,BJY,DUN,MAN · IL,GULF,FLOR,EL
2007	24	TOR	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	25	TOR-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
2008	25	TOR	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2009	26	TOR	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	27	SEA	AL	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	28	SEA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
8 Seasons				241	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOR (6 yrs)				168	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (2 yrs)				73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Pos	Awards
2010	27	SEA	AL	$1,087,500	1
2011	28	SEA	AL	$2,250,000	1	AS
2 Seasons				$3,337,500

Standard Fielding

More Stats

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%	PO	Awards
2004	TOR	AL	21	P	3			4.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.74	1.63
2005	TOR	AL	22	P	20			35.2	8	3	4	1	0	.875	0	0	1.77	0.35	.954	1.69	1.68
2006	TOR	AL	23	P	33			42.2	18	3	13	2	0	.889	0	0	3.38	0.48	.958	1.56	1.54
2007	TOR	AL	24	P	14			11.2	5	0	4	1	0	.800	1	17	3.09	0.29	.956	1.62	1.59
2008	TOR	AL	25	P	31			33.0	12	8	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-6	3.27	0.39	.952	1.61	1.59
2009	TOR	AL	26	P	67			74.2	16	10	4	2	2	.875	-3	-8	1.69	0.21	.953	1.53	1.51
2010	SEA	AL	27	P	70			79.0	17	7	10	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.94	0.24	.953	1.63	1.61
2011	SEA	AL	28	P	65	0	0	61.1	8	1	4	3	0	.625	-3	-10	0.73	0.08	.949	1.60	1.59	5	1	17%	0	AS
	8 Seasons			P	303	0	0	342.2	84	32	43	9	2	.893	-6	-3	1.97	0.25	.954	1.60	1.58	5	1	17%	0
	8 Seasons			TOT	303	0	0	342.2	84	32	43	9	2	.893	-6	-21	1.97	0.25	.954	1.60	1.58	5	1	17%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2011 *	Games Played s c a p y 2010 AL 70 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 2011 AL 37 (3rd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2009 AL 9 (6th)
Games Finished s c a p y 2011 AL 60 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 2006 AL 3.38 (2nd) 2008 AL 3.27 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 2004 AL born 1983-03-16 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1971), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1075), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2001.
December 23, 2009: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Johermyn Chavez (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Brandon Morrow.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2005	22	Toronto Blue Jays	$316,000

2008	25	Toronto Blue Jays	$400,300
2009	26	Toronto Blue Jays	$640,000
2010	27	Seattle Mariners	$1,087,500
2011	28	Seattle Mariners	$2,250,000

2012	29	Seattle Mariners	$5,000,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$4,693,800	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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