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Brendan Ryan

Brendan Wood Ryan

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 26, 1982 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, CA)
School: Lewis-Clark State College
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 7th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 2007
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Mariners 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 2 yrs/$2.75M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.082, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
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Standard Batting

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
2007 25 STL NL 67 199 180 30 52 9 0 4 12 7 0 15 19 .289 .347 .406 .752 95 73 3 1 3 0 0 654
2008 26 STL NL 80 218 197 30 48 9 0 0 10 7 2 16 31 .244 .307 .289 .596 59 57 4 2 3 0 0 64/5
2009 27 STL NL 129 429 390 55 114 19 7 3 37 14 7 24 56 .292 .340 .400 .740 97 156 9 6 6 3 3 64
2010 28 STL NL 139 486 439 50 98 19 3 2 36 11 4 33 60 .223 .279 .294 .573 57 129 6 2 9 3 5 *6
2011 29 SEA AL 123 494 436 51 108 19 3 3 39 13 3 34 87 .248 .313 .326 .639 83 142 7 10 9 5 0 *6
5 Seasons 538 1826 1642 216 420 75 13 12 134 52 16 122 253 .256 .313 .339 .653 78 557 29 21 30 11 8
162 Game Avg. 162 550 494 65 126 23 4 4 40 16 5 37 76 .256 .313 .339 .653 78 168 9 6 9 3 2
STL (4 yrs) 415 1332 1206 165 312 56 10 9 95 39 13 88 166 .259 .314 .344 .658 76 415 22 11 21 6 8
SEA (1 yr) 123 494 436 51 108 19 3 3 39 13 3 34 87 .248 .313 .326 .639 83 142 7 10 9 5 0
NL (4 yrs) 415 1332 1206 165 312 56 10 9 95 39 13 88 166 .259 .314 .344 .658 76 415 22 11 21 6 8
AL (1 yr) 123 494 436 51 108 19 3 3 39 13 3 34 87 .248 .313 .326 .639 83 142 7 10 9 5 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2007 25 STL NL 199 0 2 1 0 5 1 6 16 1.6 10 1.0 0.6 $ 654
2008 26 STL NL 218 -11 2 2 1 1 2 6 3 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $393,000 64/5
2009 27 STL NL 429 -2 -1 1 1 18 5 12 34 3.5 16 1.6 1.9 $403,000 64
2010 28 STL NL 486 -27 2 -0 1 13 6 14 9 1.0 -4 -0.4 1.4 $425,000 *6
2011 29 SEA AL 494 -8 4 -0 0 9 6 17 27 2.8 18 1.9 0.9 $1,000,000 *6
5 Seasons 1826 -48 9 3 4 46 20 54 89 9.2 42 4.3 4.9 $2,221,000
STL (4 yrs) 1332 -40 5 4 3 37 14 38 62 6.4 24 2.4 4.0 $1,221,000
SEA (1 yr) 494 -8 4 -0 0 9 6 17 27 2.8 18 1.9 0.9 $1,000,000

Advanced Batting

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
2007 25 STL NL 199 134 27 5.4 110 .306 .289 .272 .347 .341 .406 .434 .752 .775 95 .530 -1.4 -0.1 .733 .239 .117 5.1
2008 26 STL NL 218 158 18 3.1 107 .289 .244 .266 .307 .338 .289 .424 .596 .762 59 .297 -11.6 -1.1 .516 .152 .046 .0
2009 27 STL NL 429 301 52 4.6 105 .332 .292 .263 .340 .336 .400 .418 .740 .755 97 .482 -2.2 -0.2 .661 .187 .108 4.9
2010 28 STL NL 486 363 38 2.8 100 .253 .223 .258 .279 .328 .294 .407 .573 .735 57 .289 -26.4 -2.6 .487 .162 .071 3.4
2011 29 SEA AL 494 352 48 3.7 92 .299 .248 .249 .313 .312 .326 .394 .639 .706 83 .395 -8.2 -0.8 .580 .179 .078 4.9
5 Seasons 1826 1308 183 3.8 101 .294 .256 .259 .313 .328 .339 .411 .653 .740 78 .394 -49.9 -4.9 .581 .180 .083 19.5
162 Game Avg. 550 394 55 3.8 101 .294 .256 .259 .313 .328 .339 .411 .653 .740 78 .394 -49.9 -4.9 .581 .180 .083 6
STL (4 yrs) 1332 956 135 3.8 104 .292 .259 .263 .314 .334 .344 .418 .658 .752 76 .395 -41.6 -4.1 .581 .180 .085 14.6
SEA (1 yr) 494 352 48 3.7 92 .299 .248 .249 .313 .312 .326 .394 .639 .706 83 .395 -8.2 -0.8 .580 .179 .078 4.9
NL (4 yrs) 1332 956 135 3.8 104 .292 .259 .263 .314 .334 .344 .418 .658 .752 76 .395 -41.6 -4.1 .581 .180 .085 14.6
AL (1 yr) 494 352 48 3.7 92 .299 .248 .249 .313 .312 .326 .394 .639 .706 83 .395 -8.2 -0.8 .580 .179 .078 4.9

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 27 STL NL NLDS LAD L 3 12 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .167 .250 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 12 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .167 .250 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
2007 25 STL NL 199 2.0% 9.6% 7.5% 6.5% 25% 1.27 9.5 45.0 15.0 0.94 1.06 79% 18% 6.2% 19%
2008 26 STL NL 218 0.0% 14.2% 7.3% 4.1% 19% 1.94 6.4 19.7 1.10 1.25 76% 17% 0.0% 14%
2009 27 STL NL 429 0.7% 13.1% 5.6% 6.8% 25% 2.33 7.0 130.0 10.5 1.09 1.48 78% 20% 2.2% 16%
2010 28 STL NL 486 0.4% 12.4% 6.8% 4.9% 25% 1.82 7.3 219.5 12.2 0.90 0.97 78% 17% 1.3% 19%
2011 29 SEA AL 494 0.6% 17.6% 6.9% 5.1% 23% 2.56 5.0 145.3 11.2 0.84 0.89 71% 19% 2.0% 21%
5 Seasons 1826 0.7% 13.9% 6.7% 5.5% 24% 2.07 6.5 136.8 12.3 0.96 1.09 76% 18% 2.1% 18%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 2.10 5.0 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 25 STL NL -1.4 -0.1 209 0.5 3.1 -2.6 .77 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.94 1.7 0.47 9
2008 26 STL NL -11.6 -1.1 234 0.6 3.6 -3.0 .91 -0.3 1.0 -9.9 -1.0 0.95 -5.9 0.94 14
2009 27 STL NL -2.2 -0.2 458 0.7 7.4 -6.7 .96 0.3 0.4 -2.2 -0.2 0.96 -1.4 1.22 9
2010 28 STL NL -26.6 -2.6 510 -2.1 6.3 -8.4 .94 -2.5 0.3 -16.9 -1.7 0.94 -25.5 0.81 4
2011 29 SEA AL -8.2 -0.8 521 -1.2 7.2 -8.4 .99 -0.9 -0.3 -10.8 -1.1 0.98 -11.8 0
5 Seasons -50.0 -4.9 1932 -1.5 27.6 -29.1 .93 -3.1 1.6 -39.0 -3.9 0.96 -42.9 0.88 36

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2007 25 STL NL 4 0 41% 72 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 36% 13 10 3 5 3 2 7 3 4
2008 26 STL NL 5 0 46% 108 7 2 78% 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 45% 12 9 3 3 0 3 5 2 3
2009 27 STL NL 6 0 37% 177 14 7 67% 12 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 4 11 53% 19 10 9 8 4 4 18 7 11
2010 28 STL NL 5 0 37% 162 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 10 55% 24 9 15 7 3 4 13 8 5
2011 29 SEA AL 4 0 32% 174 13 3 81% 11 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 16 71% 22 7 15 4 2 2 8 1 7
5 Seasons 24 0 37% 693 52 16 76% 45 13 7 2 0 1 10 3 14 54 54% 90 45 45 27 12 15 51 21 30

Situational Hitting*

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
2007 25 STL NL 199 43% 52 10 3 9 1 0 0 0.47 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 5 3 60% 35 3 9% 15 3 20% 117 11 9% 7 3 43% 4 1 25% 0
2008 26 STL NL 218 47% 48 11 0 14 4 0 0 0.94 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 31 4 13% 21 9 43% 123 12 10% 11 5 45% 7 5 71% 0
2009 27 STL NL 429 35% 114 18 1 9 3 0 1 1.22 3 1 10 3 0 1 2 0 7 6 86% 75 9 12% 40 17 43% 245 35 14% 23 13 57% 16 12 75% 0
2010 28 STL NL 486 34% 98 10 1 4 1 0 0 0.81 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 0 14 9 64% 84 6 7% 44 17 39% 273 36 13% 24 13 54% 20 14 70% 0
2011 29 SEA AL 494 25% 108 21 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 10 2 1 0 3 0 10 9 90% 86 7 8% 43 19 44% 282 39 14% 27 22 81% 16 6 38% 0
5 Seasons 1826 34% 420 70 7 36 9 0 1 0.88 12 2 33 8 4 3 9 0 39 30 77% 311 29 9% 163 65 40% 1040 133 13% 92 56 61% 63 38 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 69% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2007 25 STL NL 199 731 3.67 463 63% 28% 10% 26% 35% 72% 0% 45% 86% 27% 9% 18 1 20% 39 6 10% 20 11 11% 0 0 0
2008 26 STL NL 218 825 3.78 535 65% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 0% 46% 81% 25% 3% 7 0 15% 33 9 5% 11 3 23% 0 0 0
2009 27 STL NL 429 1555 3.62 1022 66% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 2% 48% 82% 31% 4% 19 0 15% 64 15 8% 33 16 20% 0 0 0
2010 28 STL NL 486 1805 3.71 1140 63% 29% 12% 25% 34% 71% 3% 45% 84% 30% 4% 21 1 15% 73 16 9% 45 17 12% 0 0 0
2011 29 SEA AL 496 1883 3.80 1179 63% 28% 16% 25% 31% 72% 0% 45% 78% 32% 4% 18 0 14% 70 24 9% 45 21 22% -2 0 0
5 Seasons 1828 6799 3.72 4339 64% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 1% 46% 82% 30% 5% 83 2 15% 279 70 8% 154 68 18% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2007 25 67 199 180 30 52 9 0 4 12 7 0 15 19 .289 .347 .406 .752 95 73 3 1 3 0 0
2008 26 147 417 377 60 100 18 0 4 22 14 2 31 50 .265 .326 .345 .671 76 130 7 3 6 0 0
2009 27 276 846 767 115 214 37 7 7 59 28 9 55 106 .279 .333 .373 .706 87 286 16 9 12 3 3
2010 28 415 1332 1206 165 312 56 10 9 95 39 13 88 166 .259 .314 .344 .658 76 415 22 11 21 6 8
2011 29 538 1826 1642 216 420 75 13 12 134 52 16 122 253 .256 .313 .339 .653 78 557 29 21 30 11 8

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 25 67 195 179 29 51 9 0 4 11 7 15 19 .285 .344 .402 .746 24 67
2008 26 80 215 197 30 48 9 0 0 10 7 16 31 .244 .307 .289 .596 17 80
2009 27 129 424 391 56 115 19 7 3 38 14 24 56 .294 .342 .402 .744 53 129
2010 28 139 481 442 53 101 20 3 2 38 11 34 60 .229 .285 .301 .586 38 139
2011 29 123 498 445 58 117 21 3 3 45 14 37 87 .263 .331 .344 .675 49 123
5 Seasons 538 1813 1654 226 432 78 13 12 142 53 126 253 .261 .320 .346 .666 181 538
162 Game Avg. 162 546 498 68 130 23 4 4 43 16 38 76 .261 .320 .346 .666 55 538

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 NL  1.8 (6th)
2010 NL  1.4 (10th)
Active  4.9 (40th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2011 AL  9 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2144), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Ramon Santiago (960)
  3. Bill Hunnefield (960)
  4. Gordon Slade (960)
  5. Swede Risberg (959)
  6. Stan Rojek (958)
  7. Jimmy Cooney (958)
  8. Jake Flowers (954)
  9. Doc Farrell (953)
  10. Elvis Andrus (953)
Similar Batters through 29 
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  1. Ed Abbaticchio (973)
  2. Larvell Blanks (968)
  3. Bill Spiers (962)
  4. Jose Uribe (961)
  5. Doc Farrell (958)
  6. Wally Gerber (954)
  7. Rey Sanchez (953)
  8. Sam Dente (953)
  9. Farmer Vaughn (951)
  10. Ramon Santiago (951)
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  3. Ed Abbaticchio (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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