Brandon Moss
Brandon Douglas Moss
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 16, 1983 in Monroe, GA
High School: Loganville (Loganville, GA)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 8th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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 23 BOS AL 15 29 25 6 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 .280 .379 .440 .819 111 11 1 0 0 0 0 7/9
2008 24 TOT MLB 79 263 236 19 58 15 3 8 34 1 2 21 70 .246 .304 .436 .741 93 103 2 1 0 5 1 79/3
2008 24 BOS AL 34 86 78 7 23 5 1 2 11 1 1 6 25 .295 .337 .462 .799 103 36 0 0 0 2 0 97/3
2008 24 PIT NL 45 177 158 12 35 10 2 6 23 0 1 15 45 .222 .288 .424 .712 88 67 2 1 0 3 1 79
2009 25 PIT NL 133 424 385 47 91 20 4 7 41 1 5 34 84 .236 .304 .364 .668 78 140 7 4 0 1 3 97
3 Seasons 227 716 646 72 156 37 8 15 76 2 7 59 160 .241 .307 .393 .700 85 254 10 5 0 6 4
162 Game Avg. 162 511 461 51 111 26 6 11 54 1 5 42 114 .241 .307 .393 .700 85 181 7 4 0 4 3
PIT (2 yrs) 178 601 543 59 126 30 6 13 64 1 6 49 129 .232 .300 .381 .681 81 207 9 5 0 4 4
BOS (2 yrs) 49 115 103 13 30 7 2 2 12 1 1 10 31 .291 .348 .456 .804 105 47 1 0 0 2 0
NL (2 yrs) 178 601 543 59 126 30 6 13 64 1 6 49 129 .232 .300 .381 .681 81 207 9 5 0 4 4
AL (2 yrs) 49 115 103 13 30 7 2 2 12 1 1 10 31 .291 .348 .456 .804 105 47 1 0 0 2 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2007 23 BOS AL 29 19 4 5.6 112 .368 .280 .278 .379 .346 .440 .435 .819 .781 111 .549 0.4 0.0 .789 .320 .160
2008 24 TOT MLB 263 187 33 4.7 107 .307 .246 .267 .304 .338 .436 .424 .741 .762 93 .482 -2.7 -0.3 .681 .275 .191 1.8
2008 24 BOS AL 86 58 13 6.0 112 .396 .295 .277 .337 .346 .462 .435 .799 .782 103 .586 0.3 0.0 .750 .244 .167 1.3
2008 24 PIT NL 177 129 20 4.2 104 .264 .222 .262 .288 .334 .424 .419 .712 .752 88 .426 -3.0 -0.3 .651 .291 .203 .0
2009 25 PIT NL 424 307 41 3.6 104 .285 .236 .262 .304 .335 .364 .416 .668 .751 78 .368 -12.6 -1.2 .569 .205 .127 1.8
3 Seasons 716 513 78 4.1 105 .296 .241 .265 .307 .336 .393 .420 .700 .756 85 .420 -14.9 -1.5 .617 .235 .152 3.5
162 Game Avg. 511 366 56 4.1 105 .296 .241 .265 .307 .336 .393 .420 .700 .756 85 .420 -14.9 -1.5 .617 .235 .152 2
PIT (2 yrs) 601 436 61 3.7 104 .279 .232 .262 .300 .334 .381 .417 .681 .752 81 .386 -15.7 -1.5 .593 .230 .149 1.9
BOS (2 yrs) 115 77 17 5.9 112 .389 .291 .277 .348 .346 .456 .435 .804 .782 105 .577 0.8 0.0 .760 .262 .165 1.3
NL (2 yrs) 601 436 61 3.7 104 .279 .232 .262 .300 .334 .381 .417 .681 .752 81 .386 -15.7 -1.5 .593 .230 .149 1.9
AL (2 yrs) 115 77 17 5.9 112 .389 .291 .277 .348 .346 .456 .435 .804 .782 105 .577 0.8 0.0 .760 .262 .165 1.3

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 23 BOS AL 29 0.0% 20.7% 13.8% 10.3% 43% 1.50 4.2 25.0 0.73 1.17 66% 26% 0.0% 9%
2008 24 TOT MLB 263 3.0% 26.6% 8.0% 9.9% 45% 3.33 3.4 29.5 6.9 0.76 1.02 62% 16% 9.1% 9%
2008 24 BOS AL 86 2.3% 29.1% 7.0% 9.3% 35% 4.17 3.1 39.0 7.1 0.62 0.62 62% 24% 6.7% 12%
2008 24 PIT NL 177 3.4% 25.4% 8.5% 10.2% 51% 3.00 3.5 26.3 6.9 0.84 1.24 62% 13% 10.3% 8%
2009 25 PIT NL 424 1.7% 19.8% 8.0% 7.3% 34% 2.47 4.6 55.0 9.4 0.83 1.18 70% 22% 4.8% 11%
3 Seasons 716 2.1% 22.4% 8.2% 8.4% 39% 2.71 4.0 43.1 8.5 0.80 1.12 67% 20% 6.1% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 23 BOS AL 0 0 55% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14% 4 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0
2008 24 TOT MLB 0 0 15% 75 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 32% 12 9 2 3 0 3 4 3 1
2008 24 BOS AL 0 0 19% 25 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33% 4 4 0 3 0 3 2 2 0
2008 24 PIT NL 0 0 13% 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 30% 8 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
2009 25 PIT NL 1 0 33% 141 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 38% 22 17 5 5 2 3 15 5 8
3 Seasons 1 0 28% 236 2 7 22% 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 14 34% 38 29 8 10 4 6 20 9 9
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 23 BOS AL 29 83% 7 1 0 2 1 0 0 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 16 1 6% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2008 24 TOT MLB 263 73% 58 4 0 9 1 0 1 1.14 8 0 11 7 1 4 4 0 0 0 50 2 4% 31 10 32% 169 26 15% 17 10 59% 16 7 44% 0
2008 24 BOS AL 86 73% 23 3 0 6 1 0 1 1.22 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 0 0% 10 4 40% 59 9 15% 7 5 71% 6 2 33% 0
2008 24 PIT NL 177 73% 35 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.98 6 0 9 5 1 3 3 0 0 0 28 2 7% 21 6 29% 110 17 15% 10 5 50% 10 5 50% 0
2009 25 PIT NL 424 85% 91 9 0 34 9 1 5 1.34 7 0 12 6 1 4 3 0 0 0 83 7 8% 36 10 28% 263 36 14% 21 10 48% 24 13 54% 0
3 Seasons 716 81% 156 14 0 45 11 1 6 1.26 15 0 23 13 2 8 7 0 0 0 136 10 7% 67 20 30% 448 63 14% 38 20 53% 41 21 51% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 23 BOS AL 29 112 3.86 69 62% 28% 19% 26% 28% 72% 0% 45% 74% 28% 7% 2 0 14% 4 2 10% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
2008 24 TOT MLB 263 1057 4.02 657 62% 22% 23% 29% 26% 78% 1% 48% 70% 27% 4% 11 0 16% 43 28 7% 19 14 24% 0 0 0
2008 24 BOS AL 86 327 3.80 210 64% 20% 26% 29% 26% 80% 0% 52% 68% 31% 5% 4 0 16% 14 8 6% 5 4 16% 0 0 0
2008 24 PIT NL 177 730 4.12 447 61% 24% 22% 29% 26% 76% 1% 47% 72% 25% 4% 7 0 16% 29 20 8% 14 10 29% 0 0 0
2009 25 PIT NL 424 1584 3.74 1009 64% 22% 18% 30% 30% 78% 2% 50% 77% 34% 5% 20 0 14% 58 29 8% 33 15 26% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 716 2753 3.84 1735 63% 22% 20% 29% 28% 78% 1% 49% 74% 31% 5% 33 0 15% 105 59 8% 55 30 26% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 23 15 29 25 6 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 .280 .379 .440 .819 111 11 1 0 0 0 0
2008 24 94 292 261 25 65 17 4 8 35 1 2 25 76 .249 .312 .437 .748 95 114 3 1 0 5 1
2009 25 227 716 646 72 156 37 8 15 76 2 7 59 160 .241 .307 .393 .700 85 254 10 5 0 6 4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 23 15 29 25 6 7 2 1 0 1 0 4 6 .280 .379 .440 .819 4 15
2008 24 79 263 236 19 58 15 3 8 34 1 21 70 .246 .304 .436 .741 32 79
2009 25 133 424 385 48 91 20 4 7 42 1 34 84 .236 .304 .364 .668 42 133
3 Seasons 227 716 646 73 156 37 8 15 77 2 59 160 .241 .307 .393 .700 78 227
162 Game Avg. 162 511 461 52 111 26 6 11 55 1 42 114 .241 .307 .393 .700 56 227

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. George Thomas (975)
  6. Johnny Lewis (974)
  7. Mack Jones (974)
  8. Carl Everett (973)
  9. Ben Oglivie (972)
  10. Faye Throneberry (969)
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