Brandon Moss

Brandon Douglas Moss

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 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
Teams (by GP): Pirates/RedSox/Phillies 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.040, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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Standard Batting

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
2002	18	BOS-min	Rk	42	130	113	10	23	6	2	0	6	1	2	13	40	.204	.295	.292	.587		33	2	2	1	1	0	RES · GULF
2003	19	BOS-min	A-	65	252	228	29	54	15	4	7	34	7	5	15	53	.237	.290	.430	.720		98	1	4	0	5	0	LOW · NYPL
2004	20	BOS-min	A,A+	132	581	516	82	182	27	7	15	111	21	8	53	90	.353	.411	.519	.931		268	10	4	0	8	6	AUG,SAR · SALL,FLOR
2005	21	BOS-min	AA	135	568	503	87	135	31	4	16	61	6	3	53	129	.268	.337	.441	.778		222	6	3	1	8	5	PRT · EL
2006	22	BOS-min	AA	133	573	508	76	145	36	3	12	83	8	5	56	108	.285	.357	.439	.796		223	13	3	2	4	5	PRT · EL
2007	23	BOS-min	AAA	133	559	493	66	139	41	2	16	78	3	5	61	148	.282	.363	.471	.834		232	7	3	0	2	3	PAW · IL
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	BOS-min	AAA	43	182	163	29	46	8	4	8	30	2	0	16	47	.282	.346	.528	.874		86	1	1	0	2	0	PAW · IL
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	97/3
2009	25	PIT	NL	133	424	385	47	91	20	4	7	41	1	5	34	84	.236	.304	.364	.668	77	140	7	4	0	1	3	97
2010	26	PIT-min	AAA	136	556	500	73	133	32	2	22	96	12	7	42	118	.266	.330	.470	.800		235	11	7	4	3	1	INA · IL
2010	26	PIT	NL	17	27	26	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.154	.185	.192	.377	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	/97
2011	27	PHI-min	AAA	124	506	436	66	120	31	1	23	80	4	6	62	127	.275	.368	.509	.877		222	3	4	0	4	3	LHV · IL
2011	27	PHI	NL	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/9
5 Seasons				249	749	678	74	160	38	8	15	78	2	7	60	168	.236	.300	.382	.682	80	259	12	5	0	6	4
162 Game Avg.				162	487	441	48	104	25	5	10	51	1	5	39	109	.236	.300	.382	.682	80	169	8	3	0	4	3

PIT (3 yrs)				195	628	569	61	130	31	6	13	66	1	6	50	135	.228	.295	.373	.667	77	212	10	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
PHI (1 yr)				5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				200	634	575	61	130	31	6	13	66	1	6	50	137	.226	.292	.369	.660	75	212	11	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

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
2007	23	BOS	AL	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.3	1	0.1	0.2	$	7/9
2008	24	BOS	AL	86	0	0	0	1	3	-1	3	6	0.6	3	0.3	0.3	$	97/3
2008	24	PIT	NL	177	-3	-1	-1	0	-9	-2	5	-12	-1.2	-2	-0.2	-1.0	$	97/3
2009	25	PIT	NL	424	-13	-2	-2	2	1	-5	12	-7	-0.7	-8	-0.8	0.1	$414,500	97
2010	26	PIT	NL	27	-4	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	1	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	/97
2011	27	PHI	NL	6	-2	0	-0	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/9
5 Seasons				749	-21	-3	-4	3	-4	-8	22	-15	-1.6	-11	-1.2	-0.4	$414,500

PIT (3 yrs)				628	-20	-3	-3	2	-9	-7	18	-23	-2.3	-14	-1.4	-0.9	$414,500
BOS (2 yrs)				115	0	0	0	1	4	-1	4	9	0.9	4	0.4	0.5	$
PHI (1 yr)				6	-2	0	-0	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

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	105	.285	.236	.263	.304	.336	.364	.418	.668	.755	77	.368	-13.2	-1.3	.569	.205	.127	1.8
2010	26	PIT	NL	27	23	1	1.2	101	.200	.154	.260	.185	.329	.192	.409	.377	.738	3	.075	-3.6	-0.4	.261	.077	.038
2011	27	PHI	NL	6	7	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.261	.000	.329	.000	.407	.000	.736	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
5 Seasons				749	543	79	3.9	106	.289	.236	.265	.300	.337	.382	.421	.682	.757	80	.401	-20.7	-2.0	.594	.227	.146	3.5
162 Game Avg.				487	353	51	3.9	106	.289	.236	.265	.300	.337	.382	.421	.682	.757	80	.401	-20.7	-2.0	.594	.227	.146	2

PIT (3 yrs)				628	459	62	3.6	105	.275	.228	.263	.295	.335	.373	.418	.667	.753	77	.372	-19.8	-1.9	.576	.223	.144	1.9
BOS (2 yrs)				115	77	17	5.9	112	.389	.291	.277	.348	.346	.456	.435	.804	.782	105	.577	0.8	0.1	.760	.262	.165	1.3
PHI (1 yr)				6	7	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.261	.000	.329	.000	.407	.000	.736	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				634	466	62	3.6	105	.273	.226	.263	.292	.335	.369	.418	.660	.753	75	.366	-21.5	-2.1	.567	.221	.143	1.9
AL (2 yrs)				115	77	17	5.9	112	.389	.291	.277	.348	.346	.456	.435	.804	.782	105	.577	0.8	0.1	.760	.262	.165	1.3

Ratio Batting*

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%
2010	26	PIT	NL	27	0.0%	22.2%	3.7%	3.7%	25%	6.00	4.3		13.0	1.22	1.25	74%	20%	0.0%	0%
2011	27	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	1.50	67%	0%		100%
5 Seasons				749	2.0%	22.4%	8.0%	8.1%	38%	2.80	4.0	45.2	8.7	0.82	1.13	67%	20%	5.9%	11%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.9%	8.6%	7.8%	33%	2.10	5.0	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	23	BOS	AL	0.4	0.0	31	0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.15	-0.1	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.99	0.7	0.40	2
2008	24	TOT	MLB	-2.7	-0.3	271	-1.1	4.2	-5.2	1.03	-0.3	-0.7	-9.7	-0.9	0.96	-3.8	1.10	9
2008	24	BOS	AL	0.3	0.0	90	0.2	1.7	-1.5	.99	-0.0	0.3	-1.9	-0.2	0.94	0.3	1.20	6
2008	24	PIT	NL	-3.0	-0.3	181	-1.3	2.4	-3.8	1.05	-0.3	-1.0	-7.8	-0.8	0.96	-4.2	0.89	3
2009	25	PIT	NL	-13.2	-1.3	433	-0.4	7.5	-7.9	1.02	-1.0	0.6	-10.4	-1.0	0.95	-11.1	1.31	34
2010	26	PIT	NL	-3.6	-0.4	27	-0.4	0.1	-0.6	.79	-0.3	-0.2	-1.6	-0.2	0.97	-3.9	0.81	12
2011	27	PHI	NL	-1.7	-0.2	6	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	2.07	-0.2	0.0	-2.3	-0.2	1.35	-1.7	1.24	4
5 Seasons				-20.7	-2.0	768	-2.2	12.5	-14.6	1.03	-1.9	-0.2	-24.1	-2.4	0.96	-19.9	1.15	61

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	23	BOS	AL	0	55%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	14%	4	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	0
2008	24	TOT	MLB	0	15%	75	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	1	6	32%	12	9	2	3	0	3	4	3	1
2008	24	BOS	AL	0	19%	25	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	3	33%	4	4	0	3	0	3	2	2	0
2008	24	PIT	NL	0	13%	50	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	3	30%	8	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
2009	25	PIT	NL	1	33%	141	1	5	17%	1	5	1	1	4	6	38%	22	17	5	5	2	3	15	5	8
2010	26	PIT	NL	0	40%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	27	PHI	NL	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons				1	28%	240	2	7	22%	2	7	1	1	5	14	33%	40	31	8	10	4	6	20	9	9

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.10	8	0	11	7	1	4	4	0	0	0		50	2	4%	31	10	32%	169	26	15%	17	10	59%	12	3	25%	0
2008	24	BOS	AL	86	73%	23	3	0	6	1	0	1	1.20	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		22	0	0%	10	4	40%	59	9	15%	7	5	71%	2	0	0%	0
2008	24	PIT	NL	177	73%	35	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.89	6	0	9	5	1	3	3	0	0	0		28	2	7%	21	6	29%	110	17	15%	10	5	50%	10	3	30%	0
2009	25	PIT	NL	424	85%	91	9	0	34	9	1	5	1.31	7	0	12	6	1	4	3	0	0	0		83	7	8%	36	10	28%	263	36	14%	21	10	48%	13	7	54%	0
2010	26	PIT	NL	27	96%	4	2	0	12	1	0	0	0.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	0	0%	20	2	10%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
2011	27	PHI	NL	6	83%	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1.24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
5 Seasons				749	81%	160	16	0	61	12	1	6	1.15	15	0	24	13	2	8	7	0	0	0		146	12	8%	70	20	29%	474	65	14%	38	20	53%	29	12	41%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2010	26	PIT	NL	27	98	3.63	63	64%	19%	17%	32%	32%	81%	0%	52%	78%	33%	0%	0	0	11%	3	3	7%	2	1	33%	0	0	0
2011	27	PHI	NL	6	18	3.00	14	78%	14%	36%	21%	29%	86%	0%	67%	58%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				749	2869	3.83	1812	63%	22%	20%	29%	28%	78%	1%	49%	74%	32%	4%	33	0	14%	108	62	8%	57	31	26%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	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
2008	24	94	292	261	25	65	17	4	8	35	1	2	25	76	.249	.312	.437	.748	95	114	3	1	5	1
2009	25	227	716	646	72	156	37	8	15	76	2	7	59	160	.241	.307	.393	.700	84	254	10	5	6	4
2010	26	244	743	672	74	160	38	8	15	78	2	7	60	166	.238	.303	.385	.688	81	259	11	5	6	4
2011	27	249	749	678	74	160	38	8	15	78	2	7	60	168	.236	.300	.382	.682	80	259	12	5	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	262	235	19	57	15	3	8	33	1	21	70	.243	.302	.434	.736	31	79
2009	25	133	424	385	47	91	20	4	7	41	1	34	84	.236	.304	.364	.668	42	133
2010	26	17	27	26	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	.154	.185	.192	.377	1	17
2011	27	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
5 Seasons		249	748	677	74	159	38	8	15	77	2	60	168	.235	.299	.381	.681	78	249
162 Game Avg.		162	487	440	48	103	25	5	10	50	1	39	109	.235	.299	.381	.681	51	249

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

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