Bret Prinz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 15, 1977 in Chicago Heights, IL
High School: Centennial (Peoria, AZ)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 2001
Final Game: June 12, 2007
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Standard Pitching

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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
2001 24 ARI NL 4 1 .800 2.63 46 0 26 0 0 9 41.0 33 13 12 4 19 1 27 1 1 1 174 177 1.268 7.2 0.9 4.2 5.9 1.42
2002 25 ARI NL 0 2 .000 9.45 20 0 5 0 0 0 13.1 23 14 14 1 10 1 10 1 0 3 71 48 2.475 15.5 0.7 6.8 6.8 1.00
2003 26 TOT MLB 0 0 12.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 7 4 4 1 4 2 3 0 0 0 20 37 3.667 21.0 3.0 12.0 9.0 0.75
2003 26 ARI NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2003 26 NYY AL 0 0 18.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 4 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 15 24 4.500 27.0 4.5 13.5 9.0 0.67
2004 27 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 5.08 26 0 10 0 0 0 28.1 28 17 16 5 14 0 22 1 0 2 124 88 1.482 8.9 1.6 4.4 7.0 1.57
2005 28 LAA AL 0 1 .000 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 141 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
2007 30 CHW AL 0 0 8.10 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 58 1.800 10.8 2.7 5.4 2.7 0.50
6 Seasons 5 4 .556 4.89 102 0 46 0 0 9 92.0 99 52 50 13 50 5 64 3 1 6 419 94 1.620 9.7 1.3 4.9 6.3 1.28
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .556 4.89 68 0 31 0 0 6 61 66 35 33 9 33 3 43 2 1 4 279 94 1.620 9.7 1.3 4.9 6.3 1.28
ARI (3 yrs) 4 3 .571 4.23 67 0 31 0 0 9 55.1 57 27 26 5 30 3 38 2 1 4 250 110 1.572 9.3 0.8 4.9 6.2 1.27
NYY (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 5.93 28 0 12 0 0 0 30.1 34 21 20 6 17 1 24 1 0 2 139 76 1.681 10.1 1.8 5.0 7.1 1.41
LAA (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 141 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 8.10 4 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 58 1.800 10.8 2.7 5.4 2.7 0.50
AL (4 yrs) 1 1 .500 5.89 35 0 15 0 0 0 36.2 42 25 24 8 20 2 26 1 0 2 169 76 1.691 10.3 2.0 4.9 6.4 1.30
NL (3 yrs) 4 3 .571 4.23 67 0 31 0 0 9 55.1 57 27 26 5 30 3 38 2 1 4 250 110 1.572 9.3 0.8 4.9 6.2 1.27

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2001 24 ARI NL 46 174 150 13 33 4 0 4 4 2 19 27 .220 .310 .327 .637 .242 49 3 1 3 1 1
2002 25 ARI NL 20 71 57 14 23 7 0 1 2 0 10 10 .404 .493 .579 1.072 .468 33 1 1 2 1 1
2003 26 NYY AL 2 15 12 4 6 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 .500 .600 1.000 1.600 .556 12 0 0 0 0 1
2003 26 ARI NL 1 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .500 .900 .333 2 0 0 0 0 1
2003 26 TOT MLB 3 20 16 4 7 4 0 1 0 0 4 3 .438 .550 .875 1.425 .500 14 0 0 0 0 2
2004 27 NYY AL 26 124 108 17 28 6 1 5 0 0 14 22 .259 .347 .472 .819 .280 51 4 1 0 1 0
2005 28 LAA AL 3 14 13 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .308 .357 .538 .896 .273 7 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 CHW AL 4 16 14 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 .286 .375 .571 .946 .250 8 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 102 419 358 52 99 22 1 13 7 2 50 64 .277 .367 .453 .820 .303 162 8 3 5 3 5
162 Game Avg. 68 279 239 35 66 15 1 9 5 1 33 43 .277 .367 .453 .820 .303 108 5 2 3 2 3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2001 24 ARI NL 46 46 26 4 1 12 9 3 75% 19 6 17 5 29% 9 1.609 17 9 19 30 4 12 12 34 4 14 4 9 2.7 15
2002 25 ARI NL 20 20 5 0 2 2 0 2 0% 8 5 14 9 64% 8 1.482 8 6 5 12 2 6 8 12 1 12 2 4 2.0 15
2003 26 TOT MLB 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 0.126 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 0 3.0 27
2003 26 ARI NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 0.154 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 26
2003 26 NYY AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 7 0.117 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.0 27
2004 27 NYY AL 26 26 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 9 39% 8 0.475 3 2 21 9 1 16 14 12 8 8 10 3 3.3 18
2005 28 LAA AL 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.354 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 3.0 19
2007 30 CHW AL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.381 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 1 2 1 1 2.5 14
6 Seasons 102 102 46 5 4 14 9 5 64% 28 12 62 28 45% 1.092 29 20 51 52 8 42 38 64 15 37 20 18 2.7 16

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2001 24 ARI NL 174 41% 2.3% 15.5% 10.9% 4.6% 24% 0.53 0.81 69% 23% 6.3% 18% 38 3 8%
2002 25 ARI NL 71 24% 1.4% 14.1% 14.1% 11.3% 35% 0.62 1.31 66% 36% 3.8% 10% 18 1 6%
2003 26 TOT MLB 20 40% 5.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 71% 0.44 1.00 60% 23% 11.1% 0% 2 0 0%
2003 26 ARI NL 5 60% 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0% 100% 0.50 1.00 60% 0% 0.0% 0% 0 0
2003 26 NYY AL 15 33% 6.7% 13.3% 20.0% 26.7% 67% 0.43 1.00 60% 30% 14.3% 0% 2 0 0%
2004 27 NYY AL 124 42% 4.0% 17.7% 11.3% 9.7% 43% 0.78 1.03 66% 14% 11.6% 12% 32 4 13%
2005 28 LAA AL 14 50% 7.1% 7.1% 7.1% 7.1% 25% 0.50 0.33 79% 17% 16.7% 25% 0 0
2007 30 CHW AL 16 38% 6.3% 6.3% 12.5% 12.5% 50% 0.18 0.29 75% 23% 11.1% 18% 2 0 0%
6 Seasons 419 39% 3.1% 15.3% 11.9% 8.6% 36% 0.58 0.88 68% 22% 8.3% 15% 92 8 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2001 24 ARI NL 174 688 3.95 440 64% 26% 13% 33% 29% 74% 2% 47% 83% 57% 6% 11 8 27% 47 24 5 30% 5 2 0 0 0
2002 25 ARI NL 71 301 4.24 179 59% 26% 13% 33% 28% 74% 3% 44% 83% 51% 7% 5 4 17% 12 6 1 20% 1 0 0 0 0
2003 26 TOT MLB 20 80 4.00 42 53% 26% 12% 31% 31% 74% 18% 39% 84% 30% 15% 3 1 5% 1 0 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 ARI NL 5 26 5.20 16 62% 19% 19% 44% 19% 81% 40% 50% 77% 40% 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 NYY AL 15 54 3.60 26 48% 31% 8% 23% 38% 69% 11% 33% 89% 27% 13% 2 1 0% 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 NYY AL 124 467 3.77 289 62% 27% 11% 31% 30% 73% 0% 45% 84% 60% 9% 11 6 26% 32 19 1 45% 7 5 0 0 0
2005 28 LAA AL 14 57 4.07 33 58% 21% 15% 27% 36% 79% 0% 46% 81% 50% 7% 1 0 7% 1 0 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0
2007 30 CHW AL 16 55 3.44 28 51% 25% 0% 29% 46% 75% 15% 38% 100% 38% 25% 4 2 6% 1 0 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 419 1648 3.93 1011 61% 26% 12% 32% 30% 74% 3% 45% 84% 54% 8% 35 21 22% 94 49 7 36% 13 9 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2001 24 ARI NL 174 33 2 0 4 0 1 1 3 2 2 5 2 1 40% 3 1 0 82 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
2002 25 ARI NL 71 23 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 7 10 0 143% 0 3 0 33 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2003 26 TOT MLB 20 7 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 ARI NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 NYY AL 15 6 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 NYY AL 124 28 1 0 5 0 3 2 3 3 2 9 3 2 33% 0 2 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2005 28 LAA AL 14 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 CHW AL 16 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 419 99 4 0 13 1 9 6 7 7 6 23 15 4 65% 3 6 0 193 7 2 78% 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2001 24 4 1 .800 2.63 46 0 26 0 0 9 41.0 33 13 12 4 19 1 27 1 1 1 174 177 1.268 7.2 0.9 4.2 5.9 1.42 177
2002 25 4 3 .571 4.31 66 0 31 0 0 9 54.1 56 27 26 5 29 2 37 2 1 4 245 108 1.564 9.3 0.8 4.8 6.1 1.28 108
2003 26 4 3 .571 4.71 69 0 33 0 0 9 57.1 63 31 30 6 33 4 40 2 1 4 265 98 1.674 9.9 0.9 5.2 6.3 1.21 98
2004 27 5 3 .625 4.83 95 0 43 0 0 9 85.2 91 48 46 11 47 4 62 3 1 6 389 95 1.611 9.6 1.2 4.9 6.5 1.32 95
2005 28 5 4 .556 4.77 98 0 45 0 0 9 88.2 95 49 47 12 48 4 63 3 1 6 403 96 1.613 9.6 1.2 4.9 6.4 1.31 96
2006 29 5 4 .556 4.77 98 0 45 0 0 9 88.2 95 49 47 12 48 4 63 3 1 6 403 96 1.613 9.6 1.2 4.9 6.4 1.31 96
2007 30 5 4 .556 4.89 102 0 46 0 0 9 92.0 99 52 50 13 50 5 64 3 1 6 419 94 1.620 9.7 1.3 4.9 6.3 1.28 94

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2001 24 3 1 .750 2.41 41.0 32 12 11 4 18 27 1 1.220 7.0 4.0 5.9 1.50 0.9 46
2002 25 0 1 .000 9.00 13.0 22 14 13 1 10 10 1 2.462 15.2 6.9 6.9 1.00 0.7 20
2003 26 0 0 12.00 3.0 7 4 4 1 4 3 0 3.667 21.0 12.0 9.0 0.75 3.0 3
2004 27 1 2 .333 5.33 27.0 28 18 16 5 14 21 1 1.556 9.3 4.7 7.0 1.50 1.7 26
2005 28 0 0 3.00 3.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 3.0 3
2007 30 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 1 2 1 0 2.000 12.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 3.0 4
6 Seasons 4 4 .500 4.80 90.0 97 52 48 13 49 63 3 1.622 9.7 6.3 1.29 1.3 102

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