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Brandon Morrow

Brandon John Morrow

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 26, 1984 in Santa Rosa, CA
High School: Rancho Cotate (Rohnert Park, CA)
School: University of California
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 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 1 yr/$2.3M (11), 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:09AM
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… 

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
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 98 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
5 Seasons 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
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .492 4.37 49 19 13 0 0 4 138 121 72 67 14 69 2 154 6 0 8 599 98 1.382 7.9 0.9 4.5 10.1 2.22
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 (2 yrs) 21 18 .538 4.62 56 56 0 1 1 0 325.2 298 179 167 32 135 1 381 21 1 20 1406 92 1.330 8.2 0.9 3.7 10.5 2.82

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
2007 22 SEA AL 63.1 0 29 41 0 1.3 12 0.8 $380,000
2008 23 SEA AL 64.2 5 26 39 0 1.2 13 1.2 $
2009 24 SEA AL 69.2 10 38 40 4 1.1 2 0.0 $425,000
2010 25 TOR AL 146.1 26 76 91 1 1.0 15 1.5 $409,800
2011 26 TOR AL 179.1 30 103 118 2 .9 15 1.4 $2,300,000
5 Seasons 523.1 71 272 329 7 1.0 57 4.9 $3,514,800
SEA (3 yrs) 197.2 15 93 120 4 1.2 27 2.0 $805,000
TOR (2 yrs) 325.2 56 179 209 3 1.0 30 2.9 $2,709,800

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2007 22 SEA AL 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 23 SEA AL 45 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 24 SEA AL 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 25 TOR AL 26 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 26 TOR AL 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 159 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (3 yrs) 131 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOR (2 yrs) 28 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 23 SEA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2009 24 SEA AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $425,000 1
2010 25 TOR AL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $409,800 1
2011 26 TOR AL 6 -2 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,300,000 1
4 Seasons 12 -4 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $3,134,800
SEA (2 yrs) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $425,000
TOR (2 yrs) 9 -3 0 -0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,709,800

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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
2007 SEA AL 22 P 60 63.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.43 0.05 .953 1.61 1.59
2008 SEA AL 23 P 45 64.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.42 0.07 .953 1.60 1.59
2009 SEA AL 24 P 26 69.2 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.55 0.46 .953 1.52 1.51
2010 TOR AL 25 P 26 146.1 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 0 0 0.98 0.62 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 TOR AL 26 P 30 30 0 179.1 24 8 13 3 0 .875 -6 -7 1.05 0.70 .949 1.60 1.59 17 5 23% 0
5 Seasons P 187 30 0 523.1 58 19 36 3 3 .948 -6 -2 0.95 0.29 .952 1.60 1.58 17 5 23% 0
5 Seasons TOT 187 30 0 523.1 58 19 36 3 3 .948 -6 -13 0.95 0.29 .952 1.60 1.58 17 5 23% 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Shutouts s c a p y
2010 AL  1 (3rd)

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 (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Don Carrithers (970)
  2. Calvin Schiraldi (969)
  3. Rob Tejeda (966)
  4. Renie Martin (964)
  5. Odell Jones (964)
  6. Charlie Puleo (964)
  7. Brian Fisher (963)
  8. Carlos Villanueva (962)
  9. Mike Corkins (961)
  10. Bill Long (961)
Similar Pitchers through 26 
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  1. Don Carrithers (974)
  2. Erv Palica (970)
  3. Chad Gaudin (967)
  4. Brian Fisher (965)
  5. Hank Fischer (965)
  6. Tex Clevenger (964)
  7. Gene Nelson (964)
  8. Hipolito Pichardo (963)
  9. Willie Fraser (961)
  10. Chris Reitsma (961)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Juan Cruz (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Hannan (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Eric Plunk (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Don Carrithers (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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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 Notes
200722Seattle Mariners$380,000
200924Seattle Mariners$425,000
201025Toronto Blue Jays$409,800
201126Toronto Blue Jays$2,300,000
201227Toronto Blue Jays$4,000,000
201328Toronto Blue Jays$8,000,000
201429Toronto Blue Jays$8,000,000
201530Toronto Blue Jays*$10,000,000$10M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,514,800Does 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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