Brandon Phillips
Brandon Emil Phillips
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 28, 1981 in Raleigh, NC
High School: Redan (Stone Mountain, GA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 2002
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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
2002 21 CLE AL 11 36 31 5 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 6 .258 .343 .419 .762 105 13 0 1 1 0 0 4
2003 22 CLE AL 112 393 370 36 77 18 1 6 33 4 5 14 77 .208 .242 .311 .553 48 115 12 3 5 1 0 *4
2004 23 CLE AL 6 24 22 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 .182 .250 .273 .523 40 6 1 0 0 0 0 /4
2005 24 CLE AL 6 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4D6
2006 25 CIN NL 149 587 536 65 148 28 1 17 75 25 2 35 88 .276 .324 .427 .751 88 229 19 6 4 6 3 *4/6
2007 26 CIN NL 158 702 650 107 187 26 6 30 94 32 8 33 109 .288 .331 .485 .816 105 315 26 12 2 5 4 *4/6 MVP-22
2008 27 CIN NL 141 609 559 80 146 24 7 21 78 23 10 39 93 .261 .312 .442 .754 94 247 13 5 0 6 6 *4 GG
2009 28 CIN NL 153 644 584 78 161 30 5 20 98 25 9 44 75 .276 .329 .447 .776 102 261 21 6 2 8 3 *4
8 Seasons 736 3004 2761 373 731 131 21 94 383 109 36 170 457 .265 .312 .430 .742 90 1186 92 33 14 26 16
162 Game Avg. 162 661 608 82 161 29 5 21 84 24 8 37 101 .265 .312 .430 .742 90 261 20 7 3 6 4
CIN (4 yrs) 601 2542 2329 330 642 108 19 88 345 105 29 151 365 .276 .324 .452 .776 98 1052 79 29 8 25 16
CLE (4 yrs) 135 462 432 43 89 23 2 6 38 4 7 19 92 .206 .246 .310 .556 48 134 13 4 6 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 601 2542 2329 330 642 108 19 88 345 105 29 151 365 .276 .324 .452 .776 98 1052 79 29 8 25 16
AL (4 yrs) 135 462 432 43 89 23 2 6 38 4 7 19 92 .206 .246 .310 .556 48 134 13 4 6 1 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
2002 21 CLE AL 36 24 5 5.6 103 .320 .258 .261 .343 .328 .419 .419 .762 .747 105 .555 0.3 0.0 .739 .258 .161
2003 22 CLE AL 393 316 24 2.0 103 .247 .208 .263 .242 .328 .311 .421 .553 .749 48 .160 -28.4 -2.7 .423 .138 .103 4.8
2004 23 CLE AL 24 21 1 1.3 104 .235 .182 .263 .250 .330 .273 .423 .523 .753 40 .072 -1.8 -0.2 .286 .091 .091
2005 24 CLE AL 9 9 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .263 .000 .326 .000 .418 .000 .743 -100 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
2006 25 CIN NL 587 419 74 4.7 116 .300 .276 .277 .324 .348 .427 .450 .751 .798 88 .466 -10.8 -1.0 .716 .259 .151 20.2
2007 26 CIN NL 702 504 98 5.2 115 .304 .288 .278 .331 .348 .485 .444 .816 .791 105 .513 1.0 0.1 .773 .285 .197 31.0
2008 27 CIN NL 609 442 75 4.6 110 .277 .261 .270 .312 .342 .442 .430 .754 .772 94 .466 -7.4 -0.7 .697 .274 .181 22.0
2009 28 CIN NL 644 463 82 4.7 108 .284 .276 .267 .329 .340 .447 .424 .776 .764 102 .494 0.5 0.0 .722 .274 .171 22.2
8 Seasons 3004 2198 359 4.4 111 .285 .265 .271 .312 .342 .430 .434 .742 .776 90 .442 -49.3 -4.7 .677 .253 .165 100.9
162 Game Avg. 661 484 79 4.4 111 .285 .265 .271 .312 .342 .430 .434 .742 .776 90 .442 -49.3 -4.7 .677 .253 .165 22
CIN (4 yrs) 2542 1828 329 4.8 112 .291 .276 .273 .324 .344 .452 .437 .776 .781 98 .487 -16.8 -1.6 .729 .274 .176 95.8
CLE (4 yrs) 462 370 30 2.2 103 .248 .206 .263 .246 .328 .310 .421 .556 .749 48 .177 -32.5 -3.1 .424 .141 .104 4.8
NL (4 yrs) 2542 1828 329 4.8 112 .291 .276 .273 .324 .344 .452 .437 .776 .781 98 .487 -16.8 -1.6 .729 .274 .176 95.8
AL (4 yrs) 462 370 30 2.2 103 .248 .206 .263 .246 .328 .310 .421 .556 .749 48 .177 -32.5 -3.1 .424 .141 .104 4.8

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
2002 21 CLE AL 36 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 11.1% 50% 2.00 5.2 7.8 0.67 1.00 69% 35% 0.0% 20%
2003 22 CLE AL 393 1.5% 19.6% 3.6% 6.4% 33% 5.50 4.8 61.7 11.2 0.86 1.13 73% 16% 4.6% 17%
2004 23 CLE AL 24 0.0% 20.8% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 2.50 4.4 22.0 0.55 0.56 71% 24% 0.0% 9%
2005 24 CLE AL 9 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3 1.50 1.50 56% 0% 0.0% 50%
2006 25 CIN NL 587 2.9% 15.0% 6.0% 7.8% 31% 2.51 6.1 31.5 7.1 0.90 1.20 74% 18% 7.8% 7%
2007 26 CIN NL 702 4.3% 15.5% 4.7% 8.8% 33% 3.30 6.0 21.7 6.9 0.86 1.09 74% 19% 12.3% 16%
2008 27 CIN NL 609 3.5% 15.3% 6.4% 8.5% 36% 2.38 6.0 26.6 7.2 0.96 1.31 74% 17% 9.9% 12%
2009 28 CIN NL 644 3.1% 11.7% 6.8% 8.5% 34% 1.70 7.8 29.2 6.0 1.01 1.36 77% 17% 8.7% 10%
8 Seasons 3004 3.1% 15.2% 5.7% 8.2% 34% 2.69 6.0 29.4 7.2 0.92 1.21 74% 18% 8.9% 12%
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
2002 21 CLE AL 1 0 42% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2003 22 CLE AL 7 0 34% 114 4 5 44% 2 4 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 13 65% 16 7 9 4 1 3 11 2 8
2004 23 CLE AL 0 0 17% 9 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 24 CLE AL 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 CIN NL 4 0 28% 186 25 2 93% 17 2 8 0 0 0 3 1 8 15 44% 19 12 6 2 1 1 11 4 7
2007 26 CIN NL 10 0 38% 223 32 8 80% 24 6 8 2 0 0 2 1 9 15 62% 30 12 15 7 1 5 23 5 17
2008 27 CIN NL 10 0 35% 152 23 10 70% 19 7 4 3 0 0 4 2 7 14 54% 22 10 11 3 3 0 12 3 9
2009 28 CIN NL 5 0 30% 196 25 9 74% 17 7 7 2 1 0 4 2 8 18 52% 27 16 11 5 3 2 18 5 13
8 Seasons 37 0 33% 896 109 36 75% 79 28 29 8 1 0 16 7 35 77 56% 118 59 54 21 9 11 77 20 55
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
2002 21 CLE AL 36 33% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 0 0% 3 2 67% 22 4 18% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0
2003 22 CLE AL 393 26% 77 8 2 1 0 0 0 1.51 6 0 10 4 2 3 3 0 7 5 71% 73 12 16% 39 16 41% 252 28 11% 20 8 40% 19 9 47% 0
2004 23 CLE AL 24 25% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 3 0 0% 14 1 7% 0 0 3 1 33% 0
2005 24 CLE AL 9 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 CIN NL 587 26% 148 16 4 5 3 0 0 1.11 17 1 18 13 4 9 8 0 8 4 50% 120 19 16% 51 21 41% 399 63 16% 35 20 57% 47 25 53% 0
2007 26 CIN NL 702 32% 187 16 3 2 0 0 0 2.51 30 2 20 15 15 17 13 0 3 2 67% 154 26 17% 67 21 31% 461 67 15% 40 22 55% 36 15 42% 0
2008 27 CIN NL 609 29% 146 15 1 1 1 1 1 0.82 21 0 18 10 11 13 8 0 1 0 0% 101 13 13% 46 21 46% 390 62 16% 40 21 53% 41 18 44% 0
2009 28 CIN NL 644 25% 161 19 0 3 0 0 0 1.56 20 0 15 11 9 10 10 0 2 2 100% 124 21 17% 70 32 46% 449 80 18% 52 35 67% 46 28 61% 0
8 Seasons 3004 28% 731 76 10 12 4 1 1 1.46 94 3 82 53 41 52 42 0 22 14 64% 586 92 16% 279 113 41% 1992 305 15% 189 107 57% 195 97 50% 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
2002 21 CLE AL 36 131 3.64 92 70% 21% 16% 35% 28% 79% 0% 56% 79% 44% 8% 3 1 11% 4 1 8% 3 2 33% 0 0 0
2003 22 CLE AL 393 1365 3.47 923 68% 21% 20% 27% 32% 79% 0% 53% 75% 42% 2% 7 0 10% 38 21 5% 19 7 21% 0 0 0
2004 23 CLE AL 24 88 3.67 56 64% 16% 18% 36% 30% 84% 0% 53% 79% 50% 4% 1 1 21% 5 3 8% 2 1 20% 0 0 0
2005 24 CLE AL 9 36 4.00 29 81% 28% 24% 31% 17% 72% 0% 58% 67% 56% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 0 0 0
2006 25 CIN NL 587 2138 3.64 1425 67% 22% 18% 28% 32% 78% 2% 52% 77% 35% 4% 22 1 11% 67 31 6% 37 22 17% 0 0 0
2007 26 CIN NL 702 2499 3.56 1703 68% 20% 18% 31% 32% 80% 1% 55% 78% 38% 2% 15 1 9% 62 30 5% 34 24 17% 0 0 0
2008 27 CIN NL 609 2178 3.58 1411 65% 19% 19% 29% 33% 81% 3% 52% 77% 41% 4% 25 4 11% 70 29 5% 33 21 22% 0 0 0
2009 28 CIN NL 644 2358 3.66 1533 65% 21% 16% 29% 34% 79% 1% 52% 79% 40% 3% 19 1 11% 68 35 7% 48 29 24% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3004 10793 3.59 7172 66% 20% 18% 29% 33% 80% 2% 53% 78% 39% 3% 92 9 10% 314 150 6% 176 106 20% 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
2002 21 11 36 31 5 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 6 .258 .343 .419 .762 105 13 0 1 1 0 0
2003 22 123 429 401 41 85 21 2 6 37 4 5 17 83 .212 .251 .319 .570 52 128 12 4 6 1 0
2004 23 129 453 423 42 89 23 2 6 38 4 7 19 88 .210 .251 .317 .567 52 134 13 4 6 1 0
2005 24 135 462 432 43 89 23 2 6 38 4 7 19 92 .206 .246 .310 .556 48 134 13 4 6 1 0
2006 25 284 1049 968 108 237 51 3 23 113 29 9 54 180 .245 .290 .375 .665 71 363 32 10 10 7 3
2007 26 442 1751 1618 215 424 77 9 53 207 61 17 87 289 .262 .306 .419 .726 85 678 58 22 12 12 7
2008 27 583 2360 2177 295 570 101 16 74 285 84 27 126 382 .262 .308 .425 .733 87 925 71 27 12 18 13
2009 28 736 3004 2761 373 731 131 21 94 383 109 36 170 457 .265 .312 .430 .742 90 1186 92 33 14 26 16

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2002 21 11 36 32 5 9 3 1 0 4 0 3 6 .281 .361 .438 .799 5 11
2003 22 112 383 366 37 73 17 1 6 34 4 13 77 .199 .232 .301 .533 25 112
2004 23 6 23 21 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 5 .143 .217 .238 .455 1 6
2005 24 6 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
2006 25 149 572 527 58 139 26 1 16 67 23 33 88 .264 .311 .408 .719 66 149
2007 26 158 681 635 97 172 24 6 28 85 29 30 109 .271 .313 .460 .773 88 158
2008 27 141 601 553 76 140 23 7 20 74 22 37 93 .253 .303 .429 .731 71 141
2009 28 153 632 576 74 153 29 5 19 93 24 42 75 .266 .318 .432 .750 78 153
8 Seasons 736 2937 2719 349 689 124 21 89 358 102 160 457 .253 .300 .413 .713 334 736
162 Game Avg. 162 646 598 77 152 27 5 20 79 22 35 101 .253 .300 .413 .713 74 736

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2007 NL (22, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Gold Gloves
2008 NL (2B)

At Bats s c a p y
2007 NL  650 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2007 NL  702 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2007 NL  107 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
2008 NL  7 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2007 NL  32 (9th)
2009 NL  25 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
2007 NL  125 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 NL  12 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2009 NL  8 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 NL  19 (8th)
2007 NL  26 (3rd)
2009 NL  21 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2007 NL  8 (8th)
2008 NL  10 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2007 NL  31.0 (4th)
2008 NL  22.0 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2007 NL  504 (5th)
2009 NL  463 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
2002 AL  born 1981-06-28 (5th)
2003 AL  born 1981-06-28 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1309), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Jim Leyritz (917)
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  8. Earl Williams (917)
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  5. Adam Kennedy (927)
  6. Jeff Blauser (927)
  7. Bill Hall (921)
  8. Marcus Giles (921)
  9. Damion Easley (918)
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  3. Bret Boone (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gene Freese (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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