Britt Reames

William Britt Reames

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 19, 1973 in Seneca, SC
High School: Seneca HS (Seneca, SC)
School: The Citadel (Charleston, SC)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 17th round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 2000
Teams (by GP): Expos/Cardinals/Pirates/Athletics 2000-2006

Final Game: August 27, 2006
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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
1997 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1998 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000 26 STL NL 2 1 .667 2.88 8 7 0 0 0 0 40.2 30 17 13 4 23 1 31 1 1 2 170 164 1.303 6.6 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.35
2001 27 MON NL 4 8 .333 5.59 41 13 3 0 0 0 95.0 101 68 59 16 48 3 86 5 0 2 432 80 1.568 9.6 1.5 4.5 8.1 1.79
2002 28 MON NL 1 4 .200 5.03 42 6 7 0 0 0 68.0 70 42 38 8 38 6 76 3 0 2 308 85 1.588 9.3 1.1 5.0 10.1 2.00
2003 29 MON NL 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 21 4.500 27.0 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
2005 31 OAK AL 0 0 9.53 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 2 2 0 4 1 0 1 29 49 2.118 15.9 3.2 3.2 6.4 2.00
2006 32 PIT NL 0 0 9.82 6 0 5 0 0 0 7.1 11 8 8 2 5 1 6 0 0 1 37 47 2.182 13.5 2.5 6.1 7.4 1.20
6 Yrs 7 13 .350 5.28 101 26 15 0 0 0 218.0 226 145 128 32 118 11 204 10 1 8 986 85 1.578 9.3 1.3 4.9 8.4 1.73
162 Game Avg. 4 7 .350 5.28 54 14 8 0 0 0 117 121 78 69 17 63 6 109 5 1 4 528 85 1.578 9.3 1.3 4.9 8.4 1.73
MON (3 yrs) 5 12 .294 5.53 85 19 10 0 0 0 164.1 175 114 101 24 88 9 163 8 0 4 750 79 1.600 9.6 1.3 4.8 8.9 1.85
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 9.82 6 0 5 0 0 0 7.1 11 8 8 2 5 1 6 0 0 1 37 47 2.182 13.5 2.5 6.1 7.4 1.20
STL (1 yr) 2 1 .667 2.88 8 7 0 0 0 0 40.2 30 17 13 4 23 1 31 1 1 2 170 164 1.303 6.6 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.35
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 9.53 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 2 2 0 4 1 0 1 29 49 2.118 15.9 3.2 3.2 6.4 2.00
NL (5 yrs) 7 13 .350 5.17 99 26 15 0 0 0 212.1 216 139 122 30 116 11 200 9 1 7 957 86 1.564 9.2 1.3 4.9 8.5 1.72
AL (1 yr) 0 0 9.53 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 6 2 2 0 4 1 0 1 29 49 2.118 15.9 3.2 3.2 6.4 2.00

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 Awards
2000 26 STL NL 40.2 8 7 17 3.76 4.75 0.25 0.15 98.1 4.56 3 0.3 .3 -0.0 0.6 8 .543 .502 $
2001 27 MON NL 95.0 41 13 68 6.44 4.85 -0.28 0.00 99.5 5.11 -14 -1.4 1.1 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .466 .491 $212,500
2002 28 MON NL 68.0 42 6 42 5.56 4.48 -0.07 -0.18 103.4 4.52 -8 -0.8 1.1 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .480 .495 $235,000
2003 29 MON NL 1.1 2 0 4 27.00 5.69 -0.06 -0.42 105.2 5.61 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .359 .498 $
2005 31 OAK AL 5.2 2 0 6 9.53 4.79 0.31 -0.36 100.0 4.12 -3 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.1 -3 .350 .498 $
2006 32 PIT NL 7.1 6 0 8 9.82 4.65 -0.31 -0.34 100.2 4.62 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .435 .498 $
6 Seasons 218.0 101 26 145 5.99 4.71 -0.10 -0.05 100.5 4.78 -30 -2.8 .9 0.0 -1.1 -7 .472 .497 $447,500
MON (3 yrs) 164.1 85 19 114 6.24 4.71 -0.19 -0.08 101.1 4.87 -25 -2.5 1.0 -0.2 -1.4 -9 .471 .495 $447,500
PIT (1 yr) 7.1 6 0 8 9.82 4.65 -0.31 -0.34 100.2 4.62 -4 -0.4 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .435 .498 $
STL (1 yr) 40.2 8 7 17 3.76 4.75 0.25 0.15 98.1 4.56 3 0.3 .3 -0.0 0.6 8 .543 .502 $
OAK (1 yr) 5.2 2 0 6 9.53 4.79 0.31 -0.36 100.0 4.12 -3 -0.3 .2 0.1 -0.1 -3 .350 .498 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 26 STL NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.900 0.0 0.0 8.1 5.4 0.67
2000 26 STL NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 1 4 1 6 0 0 0 29 1.421 7.1 1.4 5.7 8.5 1.50
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 0.93 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 5 1 1 1 7 1 8 0 0 0 41 1.241 4.7 0.9 6.5 7.4 1.14
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.900 0.0 0.0 8.1 5.4 0.67
1 NLCS 0 0 1.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 1 4 1 6 0 0 0 29 1.421 7.1 1.4 5.7 8.5 1.50

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
2000 26 STL NL 8 170 145 17 30 9 1 4 2 2 23 31 .207 .318 .366 .683 .234 53 6 1 0 1 1 2
2001 27 MON NL 41 432 370 68 101 25 1 16 8 2 48 86 .273 .362 .476 .838 .315 176 7 5 7 2 3 8
2002 28 MON NL 42 308 263 42 70 14 2 8 6 4 38 76 .266 .364 .426 .790 .344 112 8 3 3 1 6 6
2003 29 MON NL 2 10 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .500 .600 .750 1.350 .571 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 31 OAK AL 2 29 25 6 10 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 .400 .448 .720 1.168 .400 18 1 1 0 1 0 0
2006 32 PIT NL 6 37 31 8 11 2 0 2 1 0 5 6 .355 .432 .613 1.045 .375 19 1 0 0 1 1 0
6 Yrs 101 986 842 145 226 54 4 32 17 8 118 204 .268 .363 .456 .819 .317 384 23 10 10 6 11 16
162 Game Avg. 54 528 451 78 121 29 2 17 9 4 63 109 .268 .363 .456 .819 .317 206 12 5 5 3 6 9
MLB Averages .266 .335 .426 .761 .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
2000 26 STL NL 7.0 0.7 178 0.7 3.6 -2.8 1.08 0.5 0.2 6.5 0.6 1.08 5.2 0 0 1
2001 27 MON NL -13.3 -1.3 451 -1.2 7.3 -8.6 1.04 -1.4 0.2 -16.8 -1.6 1.04 -15.3 10 5 12
2002 28 MON NL -5.8 -0.6 323 -1.1 4.4 -5.5 .90 -0.6 -0.6 -13.5 -1.3 0.90 -7.2 11 10 15
2003 29 MON NL -2.9 -0.3 11 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .32 -0.2 -0.0 -2.8 -0.2 0.32 -2.4 0 0 2
2005 31 OAK AL -2.8 -0.3 31 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 -0.3 -1.4 -4.2 -0.4 0.02 -5.3 0 0 2
2006 32 PIT NL -3.9 -0.4 39 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .18 -0.4 0.1 -4.3 -0.4 0.18 -4.9 0 0 5
6 Yrs -21.8 -2.0 1033 -1.7 15.5 -17.2 .93 -2.4 0.6 -35.0 -3.3 0.93 -29.8 21 15 37

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
2000 26 STL NL 8 7 2 1 4 2 0 4 3 .571 2 0 0 0 3 43% 54.4 63 41 1 1 0 3 3.9 5.0 5.5 95 1 2 4 0 109
2001 27 MON NL 41 13 3 8 2 1 1 4 9 .308 2 0 0 0 3 23% 43.5 70 7 17 5 1 5 3.5 4.3 4.9 86 2 9 2 0 106
2002 28 MON NL 42 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 5 .167 1 0 0 0 1 17% 44.8 74 24 17 5 0 4 3.7 4.0 3.4 57 5 1 0 0 91
3 Yrs 91 26 6 12 8 3 1 9 17 .346 5 0 0 0 7 27% 47 74 7 35 11 1 12 3.7 4.5 4.7 82 8 12 6 0 109
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 100 -11 4.8 4.8 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
2000 26 STL NL 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.080 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 25
2001 27 MON NL 41 28 3 1 0 1 0 1 0% 7 6 14 3 21% 7 1.041 10 5 12 8 5 15 11 17 11 11 11 6 3.3 18
2002 28 MON NL 42 36 7 0 1 1 0 1 0% 7 6 29 16 55% 8 .897 11 10 15 12 4 20 17 19 12 14 14 8 4.0 23
2003 29 MON NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 .320 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2.0 21
2005 31 OAK AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 .024 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 8.5 49
2006 32 PIT NL 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 .184 0 0 5 1 0 5 2 4 2 1 2 1 3.7 22
6 Yrs 101 75 15 1 1 2 0 2 0% 14 12 49 22 45% .933 21 15 37 22 9 44 32 43 28 27 30 15 3.8 22

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%
2000 26 STL NL 170 46% 2.4% 18.2% 13.5% 8.2% 47% 0.70 1.07 65% 26% 6.9% 9% 34 6 18%
2001 27 MON NL 432 61% 3.7% 19.9% 11.1% 9.7% 42% 0.89 1.37 63% 26% 13.2% 15% 80 7 9%
2002 28 MON NL 308 66% 2.6% 24.7% 12.3% 7.8% 34% 0.86 1.48 58% 27% 9.2% 10% 67 8 12%
2003 29 MON NL 10 70% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0% 50% 1.33 70% 29% 0.0% 0% 2 0 0%
2005 31 OAK AL 29 66% 6.9% 13.8% 6.9% 13.8% 40% 0.57 1.17 69% 23% 15.4% 7% 7 1 14%
2006 32 PIT NL 37 65% 5.4% 16.2% 13.5% 10.8% 36% 0.56 0.60 65% 19% 16.7% 25% 10 1 10%
6 Yrs 986 60% 3.3% 20.7% 12.0% 9.1% 40% 0.82 1.30 62% 26% 10.9% 13% 200 23 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.6% 8.1% 34% 0.78 1.07 70% 21% 8.1% 12% 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
2000 26 STL NL 171 692 4.05 407 59% 25% 18% 29% 28% 75% 1% 44% 76% 47% 10% 17 7 15% 25 12 1 32% 5 9 -1 0 0
2001 27 MON NL 434 1616 3.72 964 60% 26% 17% 27% 30% 74% 1% 44% 77% 47% 6% 26 12 19% 81 45 4 41% 22 11 -2 0 0
2002 28 MON NL 309 1165 3.77 714 61% 29% 21% 23% 27% 71% 4% 43% 71% 58% 8% 26 16 27% 84 51 3 36% 19 4 -1 0 0
2003 29 MON NL 10 42 4.20 23 55% 30% 13% 26% 30% 70% 0% 38% 81% 50% 20% 2 1 20% 2 1 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0
2005 31 OAK AL 29 98 3.38 61 62% 20% 8% 36% 36% 80% 0% 50% 90% 55% 7% 2 1 17% 5 3 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0
2006 32 PIT NL 37 134 3.62 77 57% 34% 18% 14% 34% 66% 7% 38% 73% 51% 8% 3 0 16% 6 4 0 50% 3 2 0 0 0
6 Yrs 990 3747 3.78 2246 60% 27% 18% 26% 29% 73% 2% 44% 75% 51% 8% 76 37 21% 203 116 10 38% 50 28 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 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
2000 26 STL NL 170 30 4 2 4 0 4 2 2 1 3 7 2 3 29% 2 2 1 68 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2001 27 MON NL 432 101 6 0 16 0 16 11 5 11 5 25 11 2 44% 8 2 5 161 8 2 80% 8 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 9 0
2002 28 MON NL 308 70 7 0 8 1 11 5 3 4 4 20 12 4 60% 6 2 3 133 6 4 60% 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 0
2003 29 MON NL 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 31 OAK AL 29 10 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 32 PIT NL 37 11 2 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 6 2 0 33% 0 1 0 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Yrs 986 226 19 3 32 1 35 20 12 17 15 63 31 9 49% 16 8 10 400 17 8 68% 17 6 0 0 0 2 8 3 33 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2000 26 2 1 .667 2.88 8 7 0 0 0 0 40.2 30 17 13 4 23 1 31 1 1 2 170 164 1.303 6.6 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.35 164
2001 27 6 9 .400 4.78 49 20 3 0 0 0 135.2 131 85 72 20 71 4 117 6 1 4 602 95 1.489 8.7 1.3 4.7 7.8 1.65 95
2002 28 7 13 .350 4.86 91 26 10 0 0 0 203.2 201 127 110 28 109 10 193 9 1 6 910 92 1.522 8.9 1.2 4.8 8.5 1.77 92
2003 29 7 13 .350 5.00 93 26 10 0 0 0 205.0 205 131 114 28 111 10 194 9 1 6 920 89 1.541 9.0 1.2 4.9 8.5 1.75 89
2004 30 7 13 .350 5.00 93 26 10 0 0 0 205.0 205 131 114 28 111 10 194 9 1 6 920 89 1.541 9.0 1.2 4.9 8.5 1.75 89
2005 31 7 13 .350 5.13 95 26 10 0 0 0 210.2 215 137 120 30 113 10 198 10 1 7 949 87 1.557 9.2 1.3 4.8 8.5 1.75 87
2006 32 7 13 .350 5.28 101 26 15 0 0 0 218.0 226 145 128 32 118 11 204 10 1 8 986 85 1.578 9.3 1.3 4.9 8.4 1.73 85

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2000 26 3 1 .750 2.48 40.0 28 12 11 4 21 30 1 1.225 6.3 4.7 6.8 1.43 0.9 8
2001 27 4 6 .400 5.12 95.0 97 60 54 15 46 86 5 1.505 9.2 4.4 8.1 1.87 1.4 41
2002 28 3 4 .429 5.05 66.0 69 41 37 8 37 74 3 1.606 9.4 5.0 10.1 2.00 1.1 42
2003 29 0 0 36.00 1.0 4 4 4 0 2 1 0 6.000 36.0 18.0 9.0 0.50 0.0 2
2005 31 0 0 10.80 5.0 10 7 6 2 2 4 1 2.400 18.0 3.6 7.2 2.00 3.6 2
2006 32 0 0 10.29 7.0 11 9 8 2 5 6 0 2.286 14.1 6.4 7.7 1.20 2.6 6
6 Yrs 10 11 .476 5.05 214.0 219 133 120 31 113 201 10 1.551 9.2 8.5 1.78 1.3 101

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