Brandon Morrow    \MORE-ohh\

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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Mariners/BlueJays 2007-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 3 yrs/$21M (12-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.091, 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 90 1.288 8.1 1.1 3.5 10.2 2.94
2012 27 TOR AL 10 7 .588 2.96 21 21 0 3 3 0 124.2 98 45 41 12 41 0 108 2 0 3 504 144 1.115 7.1 0.9 3.0 7.8 2.63
2013 28 TOR AL 2 3 .400 5.50 9 9 0 0 0 0 52.1 59 35 32 11 18 1 40 1 0 1 231 80 1.471 10.1 1.9 3.1 6.9 2.22
7 Yrs 41 40 .506 4.20 217 101 51 4 4 16 700.1 617 352 327 78 322 9 733 25 1 36 3008 102 1.341 7.9 1.0 4.1 9.4 2.28
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .506 4.20 46 22 11 1 1 3 150 132 75 70 17 69 2 157 5 0 8 643 102 1.341 7.9 1.0 4.1 9.4 2.28
TOR (4 yrs) 33 28 .541 4.30 86 86 0 4 4 0 502.2 455 259 240 55 194 2 529 24 1 24 2141 99 1.291 8.1 1.0 3.5 9.5 2.73
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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 1.0 12 .507 .502 $380,000
2008 23 SEA AL 64.2 45 5 26 3.62 4.70 0.07 -0.12 95.4 4.30 4 0.4 1.6 -0.1 1.0 12 .508 .502
2009 24 SEA AL 69.2 26 10 38 4.91 4.90 0.45 0.05 97.9 4.41 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.1 0.2 4 .483 .497 $425,000
2010 25 TOR AL 146.1 26 26 76 4.67 4.64 -0.01 0.17 101.0 4.86 2 0.2 -0.1 1.6 18 .507 .501 $409,800
2011 26 TOR AL 179.1 30 30 103 5.17 4.59 0.00 0.17 104.0 4.94 -5 -0.5 -0.1 1.2 14 .483 .497 $2,300,000
2012 27 TOR AL 124.2 21 21 45 3.25 4.50 0.28 0.17 104.2 4.58 18 2.1 -0.1 3.2 31 .598 .513 $4,000,000
2013 28 TOR AL 52.1 9 9 35 6.02 4.54 -0.11 0.18 106.4 5.14 -6 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0 .437 .497 $8,000,000
7 Seasons 700.1 217 101 352 4.52 4.66 0.07 0.08 101.5 4.75 13 1.5 1.4 -0.6 8.1 90 .507 .501 $15,514,800
TOR (4 yrs) 502.2 86 86 259 4.64 4.58 0.06 0.17 103.4 4.85 9 1.2 -0.4 5.9 63 .514 .502 $14,709,800
SEA (3 yrs) 197.2 131 15 93 4.23 4.87 0.09 -0.14 96.8 4.49 3 0.3 1.4 -0.3 2.1 27 .503 .501 $805,000

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 21 504 457 45 98 28 0 12 4 1 41 108 .214 .280 .354 .635 .253 162 8 2 1 3 0 4
2013 28 TOR AL 9 231 209 35 59 17 1 11 2 1 18 40 .282 .338 .531 .869 .298 111 3 1 0 3 1 1
7 Yrs 217 3008 2623 352 617 151 7 78 42 20 322 733 .235 .322 .387 .709 .293 1016 32 25 13 25 9 24
162 Game Avg. 46 643 561 75 132 32 1 17 9 4 69 157 .235 .322 .387 .709 .293 217 7 5 3 5 2 5
MLB Averages .260 .327 .410 .738 .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 6.1 -5.6 1.20 0.6 -0.1 6.7 0.7 1.20 8.0 21 4 15
2009 24 SEA AL -1.7 -0.2 323 -1.5 5.7 -7.2 1.15 -0.3 -0.9 -0.2 -0.0 1.15 -2.8 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 -0.8 12.1 -12.9 .92 -0.7 -0.1 -12.5 -1.2 0.92 -6.1 0 0 0
2012 27 TOR AL 17.1 1.8 515 2.1 10.1 -8.0 1.07 1.6 0.4 16.7 1.7 1.07 18.8 0 0 0
2013 28 TOR AL -6.4 -0.6 235 -0.5 3.8 -4.3 1.00 -0.8 0.3 -7.0 -0.7 1.00 -8.9 0 0 0
7 Yrs 6.2 0.7 3110 1.0 55.7 -54.8 1.06 0.8 0.1 5.4 0.7 1.06 15.9 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 21 21 10 7 4 0 0 13 8 .619 1 0 3 3 13 62% 57.8 89 15 8 1 0 10 4.1 3.9 5.9 94 2 8 11 0 119
2013 28 TOR AL 9 9 2 3 4 1 0 4 5 .444 2 0 0 0 4 44% 45.4 71 21 2 2 0 4 5.5 5.9 5.8 96 1 5 3 0 115
6 Yrs 157 101 37 31 33 6 5 55 46 .545 9 10 4 4 53 52% 53 100 8 67 18 1 49 4.7 4.9 5.8 97 10 42 48 1 137
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 101 -13 4.5 4.5 5.9 95

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 1.195 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 1.146 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% 1.209 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% 0.56 0.66 60% 24% 7.9% 15% 141 1 1%
2012 27 TOR AL 504 45% 2.4% 21.4% 8.1% 7.9% 41% 0.72 0.87 67% 17% 7.4% 20% 86 8 9%
2013 28 TOR AL 231 42% 4.8% 17.3% 7.8% 12.6% 49% 0.61 0.71 70% 21% 11.6% 11% 34 3 9%
7 Yrs 3008 45% 2.6% 24.4% 10.7% 7.9% 38% 0.60 0.75 61% 20% 7.8% 16% 560 32 6%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.3% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 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 504 1967 3.90 1267 64% 30% 15% 27% 28% 70% 0% 45% 78% 60% 5% 23 13 26% 129 83 7 24% 23 10 0 0 0
2013 28 TOR AL 232 863 3.72 541 63% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 0% 46% 80% 52% 5% 12 6 22% 51 34 4 15% 10 5 -1 0 0
7 Yrs 3015 12030 3.99 7520 63% 27% 18% 29% 26% 73% 1% 46% 75% 56% 6% 179 98 26% 779 473 33 21% 121 72 -7 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 0 0 24 0
2012 27 TOR AL 504 98 12 1 12 0 10 7 5 8 4 20 13 4 65% 4 3 1 162 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2013 28 TOR AL 231 59 8 0 11 0 4 2 9 7 4 12 8 1 67% 1 1 1 80 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
7 Yrs 3008 617 61 2 78 1 87 34 44 40 38 166 85 37 51% 24 36 7 1068 42 20 68% 38 18 4 2 0 0 2 2 77 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 97 1.382 7.9 0.9 4.5 10.1 2.22 97
2012 27 39 37 .513 4.10 208 92 51 4 4 16 648.0 558 317 295 67 304 8 693 24 1 35 2777 104 1.330 7.8 0.9 4.2 9.6 2.28 104
2013 28 41 40 .506 4.20 217 101 51 4 4 16 700.1 617 352 327 78 322 9 733 25 1 36 3008 102 1.341 7.9 1.0 4.1 9.4 2.28 102

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 4.88 177.0 164 107 96 21 70 200 12 1.322 8.3 3.6 10.2 2.86 1.1 30
2012 27 8 5 .615 3.05 121.0 99 46 41 12 41 105 2 1.157 7.4 3.0 7.8 2.56 0.9 21
2013 28 2 3 .400 5.82 51.0 60 37 33 11 18 39 1 1.529 10.6 3.2 6.9 2.17 1.9 9
7 Yrs 34 38 .472 4.45 678.0 626 374 335 78 326 709 25 1.404 8.3 9.4 2.17 1.0 217

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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  3 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2012 AL  3 (2nd)
Active  4 (38th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2013 AL  11 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2013 AL  32 (10th)

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)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  17 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2012 AL  1.8 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1634), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1266), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (310th), 8.4 career WAR/8.4 7yr-peak WAR/8.4 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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