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Brandon Morrow

Brandon John Morrow (twitter: @2Morrow23)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 26, 1984 in Santa Rosa, CA
High School: Rancho Cotate HS (Rohnert Park, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2007
Teams (by GP): Mariners/BlueJays 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 3 yrs/$21M (12-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.091, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Wasserman Media [*]
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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
2007 22 SEA AL 3 4 .429 4.12 60 0 18 0 0 0 63.1 56 29 29 3 50 5 66 1 0 4 289 107 1.674 8.0 0.4 7.1 9.4 1.32
2008 23 SEA AL 3 4 .429 3.34 45 5 24 0 0 10 64.2 40 26 24 10 34 1 75 0 0 5 265 127 1.144 5.6 1.4 4.7 10.4 2.21
2009 24 SEA AL 2 4 .333 4.39 26 10 9 0 0 6 69.2 66 38 34 10 44 1 63 0 0 3 313 97 1.579 8.5 1.3 5.7 8.1 1.43
2010 25 TOR AL 10 7 .588 4.49 26 26 0 1 1 0 146.1 136 76 73 11 66 0 178 9 0 8 629 93 1.380 8.4 0.7 4.1 10.9 2.70
2011 26 TOR AL 11 11 .500 4.72 30 30 0 0 0 0 179.1 162 103 94 21 69 1 203 12 1 12 777 91 1.288 8.1 1.1 3.5 10.2 2.94
2012 27 TOR AL 5 3 .625 3.47 10 10 0 2 2 0 62.1 47 26 24 7 20 0 54 0 0 2 249 123 1.075 6.8 1.0 2.9 7.8 2.70
6 Yrs 34 33 .507 4.27 197 81 51 3 3 16 585.2 507 298 278 62 283 8 639 22 1 34 2522 100 1.349 7.8 1.0 4.3 9.8 2.26
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .507 4.27 48 20 12 1 1 4 143 124 73 68 15 69 2 156 5 0 8 617 100 1.349 7.8 1.0 4.3 9.8 2.26
SEA (3 yrs) 8 12 .400 3.96 131 15 51 0 0 16 197.2 162 93 87 23 128 7 204 1 0 12 867 109 1.467 7.4 1.0 5.8 9.3 1.59
TOR (3 yrs) 26 21 .553 4.43 66 66 0 3 3 0 388.0 345 205 191 39 155 1 435 21 1 22 1655 96 1.289 8.0 0.9 3.6 10.1 2.81

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 Awards
2007 22 SEA AL 63.1 60 0 29 4.12 5.00 -0.27 -0.37 97.1 4.76 4 0.4 1.3 -0.1 0.9 12 .507 .502 $380,000
2008 23 SEA AL 64.2 45 5 26 3.62 4.73 0.07 -0.12 94.8 4.30 4 0.4 1.6 -0.1 0.9 13 .508 .502 $
2009 24 SEA AL 69.2 26 10 38 4.91 4.92 0.45 0.05 96.8 4.37 -5 -0.5 1.5 -0.1 0.1 4 .482 .497 $425,000
2010 25 TOR AL 146.1 26 26 76 4.67 4.65 -0.01 0.17 102.0 4.92 3 0.3 -0.1 1.5 21 .512 .502 $409,800
2011 26 TOR AL 179.1 30 30 103 5.17 4.59 0.00 0.17 105.9 5.04 -3 -0.3 -0.1 1.2 18 .490 .498 $2,300,000
2012 27 TOR AL 62.1 10 10 26 3.75 4.67 0.80 0.18 103.5 4.19 3 0.3 -0.1 0.8 10 .530 .502 $
6 Seasons 585.2 197 81 298 4.58 4.71 0.12 0.06 101.4 4.73 6 0.6 1.4 -0.6 5.4 78 .503 .501 $3,514,800
SEA (3 yrs) 197.2 131 15 93 4.23 4.88 0.09 -0.14 96.2 4.47 3 0.3 1.4 -0.3 1.9 30 .502 .501 $805,000
TOR (3 yrs) 388.0 66 66 205 4.76 4.63 0.13 0.17 104.1 4.86 3 0.3 -0.3 3.5 48 .505 .501 $2,709,800

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
2007 22 SEA AL 60 289 230 29 56 15 0 3 3 2 50 66 .243 .375 .348 .723 .321 80 4 1 4 4 5 0
2008 23 SEA AL 45 265 230 26 40 4 1 10 3 1 34 75 .174 .280 .330 .611 .207 76 2 0 1 0 1 1
2009 24 SEA AL 26 313 266 38 66 11 0 10 5 1 44 63 .248 .353 .402 .755 .287 107 5 0 1 2 1 4
2010 25 TOR AL 26 629 548 76 136 42 1 11 8 9 66 178 .248 .337 .389 .725 .344 213 9 9 2 4 0 4
2011 26 TOR AL 30 777 683 103 162 34 4 21 17 5 69 203 .237 .314 .391 .705 .301 267 1 12 4 9 1 10
2012 27 TOR AL 10 249 226 26 47 16 0 7 3 0 20 54 .208 .270 .372 .642 .240 84 5 0 1 2 0 2
6 Yrs 197 2522 2183 298 507 122 6 62 39 18 283 639 .232 .324 .379 .702 .296 827 26 22 13 21 8 21
162 Game Avg. 48 617 534 73 124 30 1 15 10 4 69 156 .232 .324 .379 .702 .296 202 6 5 3 5 2 5
MLB Averages .261 .329 .411 .740 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 22 SEA AL 3.2 0.3 301 1.2 6.3 -5.0 1.29 0.2 0.7 6.6 0.6 1.29 5.4 23 13 23
2008 23 SEA AL 6.7 0.7 275 0.6 6.2 -5.5 1.20 0.7 -0.2 7.0 0.7 1.20 8.3 21 4 15
2009 24 SEA AL -1.3 -0.1 323 -1.4 5.7 -7.2 1.15 -0.3 -0.9 -0.1 -0.0 1.15 -2.7 8 5 3
2010 25 TOR AL -3.5 -0.4 651 -0.3 11.6 -11.9 1.04 0.2 -0.4 -4.9 -0.5 1.04 1.4 0 0 0
2011 26 TOR AL -9.1 -0.9 810 -0.7 12.2 -12.9 .92 -0.7 -0.1 -12.1 -1.2 0.92 -5.4 0 0 0
2012 27 TOR AL 5.2 0.5 255 0.7 4.8 -4.1 1.01 0.6 0.2 5.1 0.5 1.01 6.7 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1.1 0.1 2615 0.1 46.7 -46.6 1.06 0.7 -0.5 1.6 0.2 1.06 13.8 52 22 41

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
2008 23 SEA AL 45 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 2 40% 48.2 78 22 13 3 0 2 4.8 3.9 5.6 101 0 2 3 0 114
2009 24 SEA AL 26 10 2 1 7 1 0 4 6 .400 2 2 0 0 2 20% 50.7 87 35 12 4 1 5 4.4 5.5 5.1 85 4 5 1 0 105
2010 25 TOR AL 26 26 10 7 9 1 3 15 11 .577 1 4 1 1 15 58% 52.7 100 20 13 3 0 15 4.8 5.2 5.6 97 2 14 9 1 137
2011 26 TOR AL 30 30 11 11 8 2 2 17 13 .567 2 3 0 0 17 57% 52.2 81 8 19 5 0 13 4.8 5.1 6.0 104 1 8 21 0 117
2012 27 TOR AL 10 10 5 3 2 0 0 6 4 .600 1 0 2 2 6 60% 57.7 89 15 3 0 0 4 4.1 4.0 6.2 97 1 2 7 0 114
5 Yrs 137 81 30 24 27 5 5 44 37 .543 7 10 3 3 42 52% 53 100 8 60 15 1 39 4.7 5.0 5.8 98 8 31 41 1 137
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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
2007 22 SEA AL 60 60 18 3 4 2 0 2 0% 20 18 40 11 28% 8 1.290 23 13 23 29 10 21 23 37 18 19 22 7 3.2 20
2008 23 SEA AL 45 40 24 1 2 12 10 2 83% 17 3 13 4 31% 9 1.198 21 4 15 20 8 12 8 32 4 10 4 12 2.8 15
2009 24 SEA AL 26 16 9 0 3 8 6 2 75% 9 1 2 1 50% 9 1.147 8 5 3 9 2 5 1 15 4 4 4 1 3.4 25
3 Yrs 131 116 51 4 9 22 16 6 73% 46 22 55 16 29% 1.210 52 22 41 58 20 38 32 84 26 33 30 20 3.1 19

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%
2007 22 SEA AL 289 58% 1.0% 22.8% 17.3% 6.2% 32% 0.50 0.77 57% 20% 3.3% 16% 61 4 7%
2008 23 SEA AL 265 48% 3.8% 28.3% 12.8% 5.7% 38% 0.49 0.57 55% 17% 11.9% 19% 48 2 4%
2009 24 SEA AL 313 43% 3.2% 20.1% 14.1% 6.7% 32% 0.57 0.70 62% 21% 9.3% 18% 61 5 8%
2010 25 TOR AL 629 40% 1.8% 28.3% 10.5% 8.6% 40% 0.66 0.89 58% 19% 5.7% 14% 129 9 7%
2011 26 TOR AL 777 44% 2.7% 26.1% 8.9% 7.6% 36% 0.57 0.66 60% 24% 7.9% 15% 141 1 1%
2012 27 TOR AL 249 41% 2.8% 21.7% 8.0% 9.2% 49% 0.73 0.96 67% 16% 8.5% 18% 32 5 16%
6 Yrs 2522 45% 2.5% 25.3% 11.2% 7.5% 38% 0.59 0.75 60% 20% 7.5% 16% 472 26 6%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 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
2007 22 SEA AL 289 1193 4.13 698 59% 26% 19% 30% 25% 74% 4% 44% 74% 55% 7% 21 6 25% 71 43 3 17% 9 10 0 0 0
2008 23 SEA AL 265 1118 4.22 696 62% 24% 22% 31% 22% 76% 1% 47% 71% 53% 7% 18 11 28% 75 45 2 21% 12 6 0 0 0
2009 24 SEA AL 314 1254 3.99 758 60% 24% 18% 31% 27% 76% 1% 46% 77% 55% 11% 34 18 26% 81 47 4 13% 10 15 -1 0 0
2010 25 TOR AL 632 2523 3.99 1562 62% 28% 19% 29% 24% 72% 0% 44% 73% 53% 6% 40 26 23% 143 93 5 26% 27 14 -3 0 0
2011 26 TOR AL 779 3112 3.99 1998 64% 25% 20% 31% 25% 75% 0% 48% 74% 61% 4% 31 18 29% 229 128 8 20% 30 12 -2 0 0
2012 27 TOR AL 249 969 3.89 625 64% 33% 13% 26% 28% 67% 0% 43% 81% 59% 6% 14 9 24% 60 40 3 30% 7 5 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2528 10169 4.02 6337 62% 27% 19% 30% 25% 73% 1% 46% 74% 56% 6% 158 88 26% 659 396 25 22% 95 62 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
2007 22 SEA AL 289 56 5 1 3 0 19 1 2 1 2 31 14 6 45% 0 4 1 109 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
2008 23 SEA AL 265 40 2 0 10 0 7 4 6 3 7 9 4 2 44% 1 5 0 84 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2009 24 SEA AL 313 66 6 0 10 0 10 3 7 4 6 18 7 5 39% 4 3 1 118 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2010 25 TOR AL 629 136 13 0 11 1 19 5 6 4 7 41 20 11 49% 4 8 0 235 8 9 47% 7 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 0
2011 26 TOR AL 777 162 15 0 21 0 18 12 9 13 8 35 19 8 54% 10 12 3 280 17 5 77% 16 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
2012 27 TOR AL 249 47 5 1 7 0 4 3 4 5 2 10 5 3 50% 2 2 1 78 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Yrs 2522 507 46 2 62 1 77 28 34 30 32 144 69 35 48% 21 34 6 904 39 18 68% 36 17 3 1 0 0 2 1 69 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2007 22 3 4 .429 4.12 60 0 18 0 0 0 63.1 56 29 29 3 50 5 66 1 0 4 289 107 1.674 8.0 0.4 7.1 9.4 1.32 107
2008 23 6 8 .429 3.73 105 5 42 0 0 10 128.0 96 55 53 13 84 6 141 1 0 9 554 116 1.406 6.8 0.9 5.9 9.9 1.68 116
2009 24 8 12 .400 3.96 131 15 51 0 0 16 197.2 162 93 87 23 128 7 204 1 0 12 867 109 1.467 7.4 1.0 5.8 9.3 1.59 109
2010 25 18 19 .486 4.19 157 41 51 1 1 16 344.0 298 169 160 34 194 7 382 10 0 20 1496 102 1.430 7.8 0.9 5.1 10.0 1.97 102
2011 26 29 30 .492 4.37 187 71 51 1 1 16 523.1 460 272 254 55 263 8 585 22 1 32 2273 98 1.382 7.9 0.9 4.5 10.1 2.22 98
2012 27 34 33 .507 4.27 197 81 51 3 3 16 585.2 507 298 278 62 283 8 639 22 1 34 2522 100 1.349 7.8 1.0 4.3 9.8 2.26 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2007 22 3 3 .500 4.28 61.0 56 32 29 3 50 63 1 1.738 8.3 7.4 9.3 1.26 0.4 60
2008 23 4 3 .571 3.38 64.0 40 27 24 10 34 74 0 1.156 5.6 4.8 10.4 2.18 1.4 45
2009 24 3 4 .429 4.70 67.0 67 39 35 10 45 61 0 1.672 9.0 6.0 8.2 1.36 1.3 26
2010 25 6 9 .400 5.06 137.0 140 86 77 11 68 167 9 1.518 9.2 4.5 11.0 2.46 0.7 26
2011 26 8 11 .421 4.80 178.0 163 106 95 21 69 201 12 1.303 8.2 3.5 10.2 2.91 1.1 30
2012 27 3 3 .500 3.54 61.0 47 27 24 7 20 53 0 1.098 6.9 3.0 7.8 2.65 1.0 10
6 Yrs 27 33 .450 4.50 568.0 513 317 284 62 286 619 22 1.407 8.1 9.8 2.16 1.0 197

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2012 AL  1.075 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2012 AL  6.786 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2011 AL  10.188 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2011 AL  203 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2012 AL  2 (1st)
Active  3 (46th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2011 AL  12 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (10th)
2011 AL  12 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (850), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 10 (1485), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1556), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Don Carrithers (970)
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  3. Rob Tejeda (966)
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  5. Odell Jones (964)
  6. Charlie Puleo (964)
  7. Brian Fisher (963)
  8. Carlos Villanueva (962)
  9. Mike Corkins (961)
  10. Bill Long (961)
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  1. Don Carrithers (974)
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  5. Hank Fischer (965)
  6. Tex Clevenger (964)
  7. Gene Nelson (964)
  8. Hipolito Pichardo (963)
  9. Willie Fraser (961)
  10. Chris Reitsma (961)
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