Bryan Oelkers

Bryan Alois Oelkers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: March 11, 1961 in Zaragoza, Spain
High School: Pattonville HS (Maryland Heights, MO)
School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1983
Teams (by GP): Indians/Twins 1983-1986

Final Game: October 3, 1986
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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
1982	21	MIN-min	A,AA	3	2	.600	2.64	8	8	0	0	0	0	58.0	43	21	17	3	26	1	31	1	0	1			1.190	6.7	0.5	4.0	4.8	1.19	VIS,ORL · CALL,SOUL
1983	22	MIN-min	AAA	5	7	.417	5.18	17	17	0	5	0	0	104.1	121	68	60	6	49	1	60	0	2	7			1.629	10.4	0.5	4.2	5.2	1.22	TOL · IL
1983	22	MIN	AL	0	5	.000	8.65	10	8	1	0	0	0	34.1	56	34	33	7	17	0	13	0	0	0	167	50	2.126	14.7	1.8	4.5	3.4	0.76

1984	23	MIN-min	AA	16	11	.593	3.40	29	29	0	13	4	0	219.2	199	104	83	17	74	2	139	2	0	9			1.243	8.2	0.7	3.0	5.7	1.88	ORL · SOUL
1985	24	MIN-min	AAA,AA	2	7	.222	6.44	18	14	2	0	0	0	81.0	104	66	58	17	44	0	45	0	0	8			1.827	11.6	1.9	4.9	5.0	1.02	TOL,ORL · IL,SOUL
1986	25	CLE-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.42	9	9	0	2	1	0	52.0	49	18	14	3	17	0	28	0	0	3			1.269	8.5	0.5	2.9	4.8	1.65	MAI · IL
1986	25	CLE	AL	3	3	.500	4.70	35	4	8	0	0	1	69.0	70	38	36	13	40	2	33	6	0	4	318	89	1.594	9.1	1.7	5.2	4.3	0.83
1987	26	CLE-min	AAA	11	8	.579	6.28	28	28	0	4	0	0	154.2	178	120	108	22	96	1	79	1	1	15			1.772	10.4	1.3	5.6	4.6	0.82	BFL · AA
1988	27	CHC-WSN-min	AAA	6	7	.462	6.02	23	20	0	0	0	0	86.2	91	62	58	8	54	0	61	0	9	3			1.673	9.4	0.8	5.6	6.3	1.13	IWA,INA · AA
1989	28	STL-min	AAA	6	6	.500	5.68	18	18	0	1	0	0	101.1	107	73	64	9	48	0	49	1	1	12			1.530	9.5	0.8	4.3	4.4	1.02	LOU · AA
2 Yrs				3	8	.273	6.01	45	12	9	0	0	1	103.1	126	72	69	20	57	2	46	6	0	4	485	70	1.771	11.0	1.7	5.0	4.0	0.81
162 Game Avg.				4	10	.273	6.01	54	14	11	0	0	1	123	150	86	82	24	68	2	55	7	0	5	579	70	1.771	11.0	1.7	5.0	4.0	0.81

MIN (1 yr)				0	5	.000	8.65	10	8	1	0	0	0	34.1	56	34	33	7	17	0	13	0	0	0	167	50	2.126	14.7	1.8	4.5	3.4	0.76
CLE (1 yr)				3	3	.500	4.70	35	4	8	0	0	1	69.0	70	38	36	13	40	2	33	6	0	4	318	89	1.594	9.1	1.7	5.2	4.3	0.83

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
1983	22	MIN	AL	34.1	10	8	34	8.91	3.99	0.10	0.11	107.2	4.29	-18	-1.6	1.0	-0.0	-1.3	-14	.342	.490	$

1986	25	CLE	AL	69.0	35	4	38	4.96	4.70	-0.27	-0.22	99.7	4.74	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.3	6	.495	.499	$65,000
2 Seasons				103.1	45	12	72	6.27	4.46	-0.15	-0.11	102.2	4.59	-19	-1.8	1.2	-0.1	-1.0	-8	.461	.495	$65,000

MIN (1 yr)				34.1	10	8	34	8.91	3.99	0.10	0.11	107.2	4.29	-18	-1.6	1.0	-0.0	-1.3	-14	.342	.490	$
CLE (1 yr)				69.0	35	4	38	4.96	4.70	-0.27	-0.22	99.7	4.74	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.3	6	.495	.499	$65,000

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
1983	22	MIN	AL	10	167	149	34	56	9	3	7	4	2	17	13	.376	.437	.617	1.055	.377	92	5	0	0	1	0	0

1986	25	CLE	AL	35	318	267	38	70	7	2	13	4	0	40	33	.262	.368	.449	.818	.256	120	8	6	3	2	2	4
2 Yrs				45	485	416	72	126	16	5	20	8	2	57	46	.303	.392	.510	.902	.300	212	13	6	3	3	2	4
162 Game Avg.				54	579	496	86	150	19	6	24	10	2	68	55	.303	.392	.510	.902	.300	253	16	7	4	4	2	5
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.390	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	22	MIN	AL	-14.6	-1.4	173	-1.6	2.8	-4.4	1.07	-1.4	-0.1	-17.2	-1.5	1.07	-16.2	1	0	1

1986	25	CLE	AL	-3.2	-0.3	326	0.0	4.5	-4.5	.83	-0.6	0.7	-5.3	-0.5	0.83	-12.7	13	4	11
2 Yrs				-17.8	-1.7	499	-1.6	7.3	-8.9	.91	-2.0	0.3	-22.5	-2.1	0.91	-28.8	14	4	12

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
1983	22	MIN	AL	10	8	0	5	3	0	2	2	6	.250	0	2	0	0	2	25%	36.6	61	19	17	9	0	5	4.1	2.8	4.1

1986	25	CLE	AL	35	4	0	1	3	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	44.0	50	40	31	6	2	1	5.0	3.8	4.8
2 Yrs				45	12	0	6	6	0	2	4	8	.333	0	3	0	0	2	17%	39	61	19	48	15	2	6	4.4	3.2	4.3
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-5					4.3	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1983	22	MIN	AL	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	3	1.068	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.5

1986	25	CLE	AL	35	31	8	3	2	2	1	1	50%	7	3	29	8	28%	7	.829	13	4	11	11	6	14	18	13	15	11	17	7	4.8
2 Yrs				45	33	9	3	2	2	1	1	50%	7	3	31	10	32%		.911	14	4	12	11	6	16	19	14	15	12	18	7	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	22	MIN	AL	167	20%	4.2%	7.8%	10.2%	11.4%	34%	1.12	78%	36	5	14%

1986	25	CLE	AL	318	35%	4.1%	10.4%	12.6%	6.9%	31%	0.87	70%	63	8	13%
2 Yrs				485	30%	4.1%	9.5%	11.8%	8.5%	33%	0.95	73%	99	13	13%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	14.2%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.07	74%			11%

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
1983	22	MIN	AL	167	56			7	0	2	6	1	4	3	10	7	1	70%	0	0	1	66	4	2	67%	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0

1986	25	CLE	AL	318	70			13	0	9	9	4	7	6	11	6	1	55%	4	4	0	133	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2 Yrs				485	126			20	0	11	15	5	11	9	21	13	2	62%	4	4	1	199	8	2	80%	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1983	22	0	5	.000	8.65	10	8	1	0	34.1	56	34	33	7	17	0	13	0	0	167	50	2.126	14.7	1.8	4.5	3.4	0.76	50
1984	23	0	5	.000	8.65	10	8	1	0	34.1	56	34	33	7	17	0	13	0	0	167	50	2.126	14.7	1.8	4.5	3.4	0.76	50
1985	24	0	5	.000	8.65	10	8	1	0	34.1	56	34	33	7	17	0	13	0	0	167	50	2.126	14.7	1.8	4.5	3.4	0.76	50
1986	25	3	8	.273	6.01	45	12	9	1	103.1	126	72	69	20	57	2	46	6	4	485	70	1.771	11.0	1.7	5.0	4.0	0.81	70

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1983	22	0	3	.000	9.58	31.0	56	37	33	7	17	12	0	2.355	16.3	4.9	3.5	0.71	2.0	10

1986	25	3	4	.429	5.18	66.0	72	42	38	13	41	32	6	1.712	9.8	5.6	4.4	0.78	1.8	35
2 Yrs		3	7	.300	6.59	97.0	128	79	71	20	58	44	6	1.918	11.9		4.1	0.76	1.9	45

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