Brian Powell

William Brian Powell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 10, 1973 in Bainbridge, GA
High School: Bainbridge HS (Bainbridge, GA)
School: University of Georgia (Athens, GA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1998
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies/Astros/Giants 1998-2004

Final Game: September 24, 2004
Died: October 5, 2009 in Tallahassee, FL
Buried: West Bainbridge Cemetery, Bainbridge, GA
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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
1995	21	DET-min	A,A-	6	1	.857	2.32	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.1	34	17	14	1	19	0	52	7	0	5	219		0.975	5.6	0.2	3.1	8.6	2.74	FAY,JAM · SALL,NYPL
1996	22	DET-min	A+	8	13	.381	4.90	29	27	2	5	0	0	174.1	195	106	95	12	47	0	84	7	2	1	746		1.388	10.1	0.6	2.4	4.3	1.79	LAK · FLOR
1997	23	DET-min	A+	13	9	.591	2.50	27	27	0	8	2	0	183.1	153	70	51	9	35	2	122	6	0	5	732		1.025	7.5	0.4	1.7	6.0	3.49	LAK · FLOR
1998	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	10	2	.833	2.86	15	15	0	2	1	0	100.2	89	37	32	5	24	0	58	4	2	3	406		1.123	8.0	0.4	2.1	5.2	2.42	JCK,TOL · SOUL,IL
1998	24	DET	AL	3	8	.273	6.35	18	16	1	0	0	0	83.2	101	67	59	17	36	2	46	2	0	3	383	74	1.637	10.9	1.8	3.9	4.9	1.28

1999	25	HOU-min	AAA	4	4	.500	6.19	9	9	0	0	0	0	48.0	54	39	33	5	21	0	36	0	1	5	214		1.562	10.1	0.9	3.9	6.8	1.71	NOR · PCL
2000	26	HOU-min	AAA	9	4	.692	4.95	18	18	0	1	0	0	103.2	103	63	57	9	41	1	57	5	1	3	442		1.389	8.9	0.8	3.6	4.9	1.39	NOR · PCL
2000	26	HOU	NL	2	1	.667	5.74	9	5	1	0	0	0	31.1	34	21	20	8	13	0	14	1	0	0	140	87	1.500	9.8	2.3	3.7	4.0	1.08
2001	27	HOU-min	AAA	9	8	.529	3.17	24	23	0	3	2	0	144.2	142	65	51	13	39	1	96	6	1	3	599		1.251	8.8	0.8	2.4	6.0	2.46	NOR · PCL
2001	27	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	6	6	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	17	29	2.667	15.0	3.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2002	28	DET-min	AAA	10	3	.769	3.92	20	20	0	0	0	0	119.1	127	54	52	8	26	0	82	3	0	6	503		1.282	9.6	0.6	2.0	6.2	3.15	TOL · IL
2002	28	DET	AL	1	5	.167	4.84	13	9	1	0	0	0	57.2	64	34	31	11	21	0	30	1	0	2	254	88	1.474	10.0	1.7	3.3	4.7	1.43
2003	29	SFG-PHI-min	AAA	9	12	.429	4.33	31	22	1	2	1	0	153.2	175	90	74	11	44	4	95	0	0	4	667		1.425	10.2	0.6	2.6	5.6	2.16	FRE,SWB · PCL,IL
2003	29	SFG	NL	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	8	7	7	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	22	34	1.929	15.4	5.8	1.9	5.8	3.00
2004	30	PHI-min	AAA	3	1	.750	1.62	8	8	0	2	1	0	44.1	27	11	8	2	6	0	29	0	0	0	165		0.744	5.5	0.4	1.2	5.9	4.83	SWB · IL
2004	30	PHI	NL	1	2	.333	5.03	17	2	9	0	0	0	39.1	39	23	22	5	16	4	24	1	0	3	166	90	1.398	8.9	1.1	3.7	5.5	1.50
2005	31	WSN-min	AAA	7	13	.350	5.82	29	26	0	1	0	0	157.2	204	114	102	18	42	1	77	3	0	7	704		1.560	11.6	1.0	2.4	4.4	1.83	NOR · PCL
6 Yrs				7	18	.280	5.94	59	34	12	0	0	0	219.2	251	158	145	45	90	6	120	5	0	8	982	78	1.552	10.3	1.8	3.7	4.9	1.33
162 Game Avg.				5	13	.280	5.94	43	25	9	0	0	0	161	184	116	106	33	66	4	88	4	0	6	718	78	1.552	10.3	1.8	3.7	4.9	1.33

HOU (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	6.82	10	6	1	0	0	0	34.1	39	27	26	9	16	0	17	1	0	0	157	74	1.602	10.2	2.4	4.2	4.5	1.06
DET (2 yrs)				4	13	.235	5.73	31	25	2	0	0	0	141.1	165	101	90	28	57	2	76	3	0	5	637	79	1.571	10.5	1.8	3.6	4.8	1.33
SFG (1 yr)				0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	8	7	7	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	22	34	1.929	15.4	5.8	1.9	5.8	3.00
PHI (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.03	17	2	9	0	0	0	39.1	39	23	22	5	16	4	24	1	0	3	166	90	1.398	8.9	1.1	3.7	5.5	1.50

NL (4 yrs)				3	5	.375	6.32	28	9	10	0	0	0	78.1	86	57	55	17	33	4	44	2	0	3	345	75	1.519	9.9	2.0	3.8	5.1	1.33
AL (2 yrs)				4	13	.235	5.73	31	25	2	0	0	0	141.1	165	101	90	28	57	2	76	3	0	5	637	79	1.571	10.5	1.8	3.6	4.8	1.33

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
1998	24	DET	AL	83.2	18	16	67	7.21	5.04	0.39	0.18	102.0	4.92	-21	-1.9	.2	-0.0	-1.1	-10	.397	.489	$170,000

2000	26	HOU	NL	31.1	9	5	21	6.03	5.01	-0.36	0.07	103.2	5.61	-2	-0.1	.3	-0.0	0.1	2	.484	.499	$
2001	27	HOU	NL	3.0	1	1	6	18.00	4.83	-0.02	0.18	94.0	4.73	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.198	.498	$
2002	28	DET	AL	57.2	13	9	34	5.31	4.93	-0.26	0.10	93.6	4.96	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	0.2	5	.482	.499	$
2003	29	SFG	NL	4.2	1	1	7	13.50	4.69	0.27	0.18	132.0	6.08	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.220	.498	$
2004	30	PHI	NL	39.1	17	2	23	5.26	4.76	0.10	-0.17	104.6	4.69	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.484	.498	$
6 Seasons				219.2	59	34	158	6.47	4.95	0.05	0.08	100.9	5.01	-36	-3.1	.5	-0.1	-1.3	-10	.448	.497	$170,000

HOU (2 yrs)				34.1	10	6	27	7.08	4.99	-0.33	0.08	102.4	5.54	-6	-0.4	.3	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.455	.499	$
DET (2 yrs)				141.1	31	25	101	6.43	5.00	0.12	0.15	98.6	4.94	-24	-2.1	.6	-0.1	-0.9	-6	.432	.494	$170,000
SFG (1 yr)				4.2	1	1	7	13.50	4.69	0.27	0.18	132.0	6.08	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.220	.498	$
PHI (1 yr)				39.1	17	2	23	5.26	4.76	0.10	-0.17	104.6	4.69	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.484	.498	$

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
1998	24	DET	AL	18	383	343	67	101	22	2	17	2	4	36	46	.294	.364	.519	.883	.299	178	5	2	1	1	2	7

2000	26	HOU	NL	9	140	122	21	34	6	2	8	3	0	13	14	.279	.348	.557	.905	.255	68	2	1	2	2	0	1
2001	27	HOU	NL	1	17	14	6	5	3	0	1	0	0	3	3	.357	.471	.786	1.256	.400	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	28	DET	AL	13	254	230	34	64	12	1	11	4	2	21	30	.278	.339	.483	.821	.277	111	2	1	0	2	0	4
2003	29	SFG	NL	1	22	21	7	8	2	0	3	0	0	1	3	.381	.409	.905	1.314	.333	19	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	30	PHI	NL	17	166	142	23	39	10	3	5	2	0	16	24	.275	.341	.493	.834	.288	70	7	1	2	5	4	1
6 Yrs				59	982	872	158	251	55	8	45	11	6	90	120	.288	.354	.524	.878	.287	457	17	5	5	10	6	13
162 Game Avg.				43	718	638	116	184	40	6	33	8	4	66	88	.288	.354	.524	.878	.287	334	12	4	4	7	4	10
MLB Averages																.266	.337	.426	.763	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1998	24	DET	AL	-16.3	-1.5	396	-1.2	6.4	-7.6	.95	-1.0	-0.3	-18.6	-1.7	0.95	-13.3	0	0	2

2000	26	HOU	NL	-2.0	-0.2	143	-0.5	2.0	-2.5	.88	-0.6	-0.0	-3.5	-0.3	0.88	-5.5	0	1	2
2001	27	HOU	NL	-3.8	-0.3	17	-0.4	0.2	-0.5	1.15	-0.2	-0.2	-4.5	-0.4	1.15	-2.3	0	0	0
2002	28	DET	AL	-4.0	-0.4	262	-0.4	4.4	-4.7	.98	-0.7	0.4	-2.7	-0.3	0.98	-6.5	1	1	2
2003	29	SFG	NL	-4.5	-0.4	22	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.70	-0.3	-0.1	-4.1	-0.3	0.70	-3.3	0	0	0
2004	30	PHI	NL	-1.7	-0.2	172	-0.3	1.7	-2.0	.64	-0.2	-0.2	-3.6	-0.3	0.64	0.0	3	2	8
6 Yrs				-32.3	-2.9	1012	-3.0	14.9	-17.9	.89	-3.0	-0.4	-37.1	-3.3	0.89	-30.9	4	4	14

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	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1998	24	DET	AL	18	16	3	8	5	2	1	4	12	.250	1	1	0	0	3	19%	40.3	66	7	6	4	2	6	3.9	4.3	5.2	89	4	7	5	0	113

2000	26	HOU	NL	9	5	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	.600	0	0	0	0	2	40%	40.4	65	25	3	1	0	3	8.0	9.0	5.1	79	2	3	0	0	93
2001	27	HOU	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.0	25	25	0	0	0	1	5.0	3.0	3.0	69	1	0	0	0	69
2002	28	DET	AL	13	9	1	5	3	1	1	3	6	.333	1	0	0	0	2	22%	44.8	63	33	12	4	0	1	3.0	3.8	5.5	83	3	5	1	0	101
2003	29	SFG	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22.0	22	22	0	0	0	1	3.0	1.8	4.7	77	1	0	0	0	77
2004	30	PHI	NL	17	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	53.0	59	47	0	0	0	1	5.8	7.4	6.5	99	0	1	1	0	100
6 Yrs				59	34	6	17	11	3	2	11	23	.324	2	1	0	0	8	24%	41	66	7	21	9	2	13	4.4	4.9	5.2	86	11	16	7	0	113
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					4.9	4.9	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1998	24	DET	AL	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	8	.947	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.5	6

2000	26	HOU	NL	9	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	.881	0	1	2	0	0	4	0	4	2	1	2	0	4.5	22

2002	28	DET	AL	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	20%	5	.975	1	1	2	0	1	3	4	0	3	0	3	0	6.3	31

2004	30	PHI	NL	17	15	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	56%	8	.639	3	2	8	2	2	11	5	10	7	1	7	2	5.3	26
4 Yrs				57	25	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	7	41%		.891	4	4	14	3	3	19	10	15	12	3	12	2	5.0	25

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1998	24	DET	AL	383	47%	4.4%	12.0%	9.4%	10.7%	41%	0.71	0.90	73%	23%	11.3%	13%	73	5	7%

2000	26	HOU	NL	140	64%	5.7%	10.0%	9.3%	11.4%	47%	0.51	0.54	73%	19%	15.1%	21%	18	2	11%
2001	27	HOU	NL	17	76%	5.9%	17.7%	17.7%	23.5%	80%	0.11	0.20	59%	36%	16.7%	33%	4	0	0%
2002	28	DET	AL	254	46%	4.3%	11.8%	8.3%	9.5%	38%	0.63	0.74	75%	25%	11.3%	16%	43	2	5%
2003	29	SFG	NL	22	64%	13.6%	13.6%	4.6%	22.7%	63%	1.25	10.00	68%	17%	37.5%	0%	3	1	33%
2004	30	PHI	NL	166	52%	3.0%	14.5%	9.6%	10.8%	46%	0.65	0.92	71%	20%	8.2%	18%	36	7	19%
6 Yrs				982	51%	4.6%	12.2%	9.2%	11.0%	43%	0.64	0.82	73%	22%	12.0%	16%	177	17	10%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.9%	8.0%	34%	0.78	1.07	70%	22%	8.2%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1998	24	DET	AL	384	1434	3.73	877	61%	25%	12%	29%	34%	75%	1%	46%	84%	54%	5%	18	9	15%	58	24	7	35%	7	8	-1	0	0

2000	26	HOU	NL	140	485	3.46	287	59%	29%	9%	22%	39%	71%	0%	42%	87%	51%	7%	10	7	16%	22	7	3	21%	1	3	0	0	0
2001	27	HOU	NL	17	69	4.06	42	61%	26%	12%	36%	26%	74%	0%	45%	84%	65%	12%	2	0	41%	7	2	0	67%	1	2	0	0	0
2002	28	DET	AL	254	869	3.42	542	62%	24%	11%	27%	37%	76%	0%	47%	85%	59%	4%	11	6	18%	45	21	2	30%	9	5	0	0	0
2003	29	SFG	NL	22	77	3.50	53	69%	21%	9%	36%	34%	79%	0%	55%	88%	77%	0%	0	0	18%	4	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0
2004	30	PHI	NL	166	593	3.57	359	61%	25%	14%	27%	35%	75%	6%	46%	82%	55%	10%	17	9	17%	29	10	0	25%	0	5	0	0	0
6 Yrs				983	3527	3.59	2160	61%	25%	12%	27%	36%	75%	1%	46%	84%	56%	6%	58	31	17%	165	65	12	30%	19	23	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			20%				27%

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
1998	24	DET	AL	383	101	15	1	17	0	9	12	5	14	3	14	7	4	50%	7	3	2	149	2	4	33%	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0

2000	26	HOU	NL	140	34	3	0	8	0	4	6	2	4	4	7	4	0	57%	1	0	0	47	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2001	27	HOU	NL	17	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	28	DET	AL	254	64	3	2	11	0	3	3	8	4	7	11	8	0	73%	4	2	1	90	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0
2003	29	SFG	NL	22	8	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	30	PHI	NL	166	39	5	0	5	0	4	3	2	4	1	11	7	1	64%	1	3	0	66	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
6 Yrs				982	251	26	3	45	0	21	28	17	26	19	47	29	5	62%	13	8	3	365	11	6	65%	9	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	27	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1998	24	3	8	.273	6.35	18	16	1	83.2	101	67	59	17	36	2	46	2	3	383	74	1.637	10.9	1.8	3.9	4.9	1.28	74
1999	25	3	8	.273	6.35	18	16	1	83.2	101	67	59	17	36	2	46	2	3	383	74	1.637	10.9	1.8	3.9	4.9	1.28	74
2000	26	5	9	.357	6.18	27	21	2	115.0	135	88	79	25	49	2	60	3	3	523	78	1.600	10.6	2.0	3.8	4.7	1.22	78
2001	27	5	10	.333	6.48	28	22	2	118.0	140	94	85	26	52	2	63	3	3	540	74	1.627	10.7	2.0	4.0	4.8	1.21	74
2002	28	6	15	.286	5.94	41	31	3	175.2	204	128	116	37	73	2	93	4	5	794	78	1.577	10.5	1.9	3.7	4.8	1.27	78
2003	29	6	16	.273	6.14	42	32	3	180.1	212	135	123	40	74	2	96	4	5	816	75	1.586	10.6	2.0	3.7	4.8	1.30	75
2004	30	7	18	.280	5.94	59	34	12	219.2	251	158	145	45	90	6	120	5	8	982	78	1.552	10.3	1.8	3.7	4.9	1.33	78

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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
1998	24	3	6	.333	5.96	83.0	98	61	55	16	35	45	2	1.602	10.6	3.8	4.9	1.29	1.7	18

2000	26	1	2	.333	4.50	32.0	31	18	16	7	12	14	1	1.344	8.7	3.4	3.9	1.17	2.0	9
2001	27	0	0		18.00	3.0	5	7	6	1	3	3	0	2.667	15.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	3.0	1
2002	28	2	4	.333	5.14	56.0	65	36	32	11	21	29	1	1.536	10.4	3.4	4.7	1.38	1.8	13
2003	29	0	0		15.75	4.0	8	8	7	3	1	3	0	2.250	18.0	2.3	6.8	3.00	6.8	1
2004	30	2	2	.500	4.74	38.0	37	22	20	5	15	23	1	1.368	8.8	3.6	5.4	1.53	1.2	17
6 Yrs		8	14	.364	5.67	216.0	244	152	136	43	87	117	5	1.532	10.2		4.9	1.34	1.8	59

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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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