Brett Merriman

Brett Alan Merriman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 15, 1966 in Jacksonville, IL
School: Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, AZ)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 9th round of the 1988 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1993
Team: Twins 1993-1994

Final Game: June 22, 1994
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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
1988	21	CLE-min	Rk	0	4	.000	2.58	8	8	0	0	0	0	45.1	39	20	13	1	13	1	45	1	4	6			1.147	7.7	0.2	2.6	8.9	3.46	BRL · APPY
1989	22	CLE-min	A-,A	7	9	.438	3.57	19	19	0	2	2	0	111.0	105	71	44	2	61	0	72	12	0	6			1.495	8.5	0.2	4.9	5.8	1.18	WTR,MIA · NYPL,FLOR
1990	23	ANA-min	A+,AA	4	10	.286	3.70	26	16	1	0	0	0	104.2	113	61	43	2	55	2	54	9	0	8			1.605	9.7	0.2	4.7	4.6	0.98	PSP,MDL · CALL,TL
1991	24	ANA-min	A+	4	1	.800	1.96	34	0	17	0	0	2	41.1	36	20	9	0	30	5	23	2	0	4	188		1.597	7.8	0.0	6.5	5.0	0.77	PSP · CALL
1992	25	ANA-min	AA,AAA	4	7	.364	2.22	60	0	41	0	0	13	85.0	80	36	21	3	20	4	47	5	0	9	350		1.176	8.5	0.3	2.1	5.0	2.35	MDL,EDM · TL,PCL
1993	26	MIN-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	3.00	39	0	33	0	0	15	48.0	46	19	16	0	18	0	29	3	0	2	206		1.333	8.6	0.0	3.4	5.4	1.61	POR · PCL
1993	26	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	9.67	19	0	10	0	0	0	27.0	36	29	29	3	23	2	14	3	0	1	135	45	2.185	12.0	1.0	7.7	4.7	0.61
1994	27	MIN-min	AAA	0	1	.000	7.08	17	0	8	0	0	2	20.1	18	18	16	1	16	0	12	4	0	3	100		1.672	8.0	0.4	7.1	5.3	0.75	SLK · PCL
1994	27	MIN	AL	0	1	.000	6.35	15	0	5	0	0	0	17.0	18	13	12	0	14	0	10	4	0	1	87	78	1.882	9.5	0.0	7.4	5.3	0.71
1995	28	SDP-min	AAA	2	2	.500	8.25	11	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	14	12	11	1	12	1	7	0	0	2	59		2.167	10.5	0.8	9.0	5.2	0.58	LVG · PCL
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	8.39	34	0	15	0	0	0	44.0	54	42	41	3	37	2	24	7	0	2	222	55	2.068	11.0	0.6	7.6	4.9	0.65
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.333	8.39	68	0	30	0	0	0	88	108	84	82	6	74	4	48	14	0	4	444	55	2.068	11.0	0.6	7.6	4.9	0.65

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1993	26	MIN	AL	27.0	19	29	9.67	4.91	-0.28	-0.38	99.8	4.81	-14	-1.4	.9	-1.1	-11	.429	.492	$
1994	27	MIN	AL	17.0	15	13	6.88	5.33	0.08	-0.41	102.0	4.94	-4	-0.3	.7	-0.2	-2	.477	.498	$
2 Seasons				44.0	34	42	8.59	5.08	-0.14	-0.39	100.7	4.86	-18	-1.7	.8	-1.3	-13	.450	.495	$

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
1993	26	MIN	AL	19	135	105	29	36	10	1	3	0	1	23	14	.343	.466	.543	1.009	.367	57	6	3	2	2	2	1
1994	27	MIN	AL	15	87	67	13	18	4	0	0	0	0	14	10	.269	.414	.328	.742	.305	22	3	4	0	2	0	2
2 Yrs				34	222	172	42	54	14	1	3	0	1	37	24	.314	.445	.459	.905	.342	79	9	7	2	4	2	3
162 Game Avg.				68	444	344	84	108	28	2	6	0	2	74	48	.314	.445	.459	.905	.342	158	18	14	4	8	4	6
MLB Averages																.267	.335	.412	.747	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	26	MIN	AL	-14.6	-1.4	137	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	.67	-0.7	0.1	-11.2	-1.1	0.67	-10.2	6	0	10
1994	27	MIN	AL	-2.4	-0.2	89	0.0	0.6	-0.6	.38	-0.0	0.1	-2.7	-0.2	0.38	-1.6	4	2	5
2 Yrs				-17.0	-1.6	226	-0.4	2.1	-2.4	.56	-0.7	0.1	-13.9	-1.3	0.56	-11.8	10	2	15

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1993	26	MIN	AL	19	19	10	1	1	0	0		1	1	12	4	33%	8	.672	6	0	10	3	5	11	7	12	10	6	11	4	4.3	27
1994	27	MIN	AL	15	15	5	0	1	1	1	0%	4	3	13	4	31%	8	.385	4	2	5	6	1	8	9	6	3	5	5	3	3.4	23
2 Yrs				34	34	15	1	2	1	1	0%	5	4	25	8	32%		.560	10	2	15	9	6	19	16	18	13	11	16	7	3.9	25

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%
1993	26	MIN	AL	135	54%	2.2%	10.4%	17.0%	10.4%	39%	1.49	2.88	67%	14%	9.4%	14%	35	6	17%
1994	27	MIN	AL	87	60%	0.0%	11.5%	16.1%	4.6%	22%	1.19	1.16	68%	14%	0.0%	11%	30	3	10%
2 Yrs				222	56%	1.4%	10.8%	16.7%	8.1%	33%	1.36	1.97	67%	14%	5.4%	13%	65	9	14%
MLB Averages					43%	2.5%	15.4%	8.8%	7.4%	31%	0.83	1.08	72%	21%	7.2%	15%			10%

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
1993	26	MIN	AL	135	517	3.83	290	56%	27%	9%	31%	33%	73%	1%	41%	87%	50%	12%	16	8	19%	25	15	2	21%	2	6	0	0	0
1994	27	MIN	AL	87	338	3.89	179	53%	26%	11%	30%	33%	74%	0%	39%	85%	47%	13%	11	5	13%	11	6	1	20%	2	6	0	0	0
2 Yrs				222	855	3.85	469	55%	27%	10%	30%	33%	73%	1%	40%	86%	49%	12%	27	13	16%	36	21	3	21%	4	12	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			18%				27%

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
1993	26	MIN	AL	135	36	4	0	3	0	4	1	2	1	2	14	9	0	64%	1	1	0	65	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1994	27	MIN	AL	87	18	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	11	5	1	45%	2	1	0	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
2 Yrs				222	54	8	0	3	0	12	1	2	1	2	25	14	1	56%	3	2	0	109	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1993	26	1	1	.500	9.67	19	0	10	0	0	0	27.0	36	29	29	3	23	2	14	3	0	1	135	45	2.185	12.0	1.0	7.7	4.7	0.61	45
1994	27	1	2	.333	8.39	34	0	15	0	0	0	44.0	54	42	41	3	37	2	24	7	0	2	222	55	2.068	11.0	0.6	7.6	4.9	0.65	55

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1993	26	0	2	.000	11.25	24.0	36	33	30	3	23	13	3	2.458	13.5	8.6	4.9	0.57	1.1	19
1994	27	1	1	.500	5.40	25.0	24	17	15	0	19	15	5	1.720	8.6	6.8	5.4	0.79	0.0	15
2 Yrs		1	3	.250	8.27	49.0	60	50	45	3	42	28	8	2.082	11.0		5.1	0.67	0.6	34

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