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Brian Simmons

Brian Lee Simmons

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 4, 1973 in Mount Lebanon, PA
High School: Peters Township HS (McMurray, PA)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed July 5, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1998
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/WhiteSox 1998-2001

Final Game: October 7, 2001
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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
1995	21	CHW-min	A,Rk	46	207	180	18	34	7	1	3	16	4	4	25	45	.189	.295	.289	.584		52	3	2	0	0	0		HCK,WHS · SALL,GULF
1996	22	CHW-min	A,A+	125	552	487	90	132	33	9	21	72	16	9	57	108	.271	.347	.505	.852		246	6	2	2	4	3		SBN,PRW · MIDW,CARL
1997	23	CHW-min	AA	138	641	546	108	143	28	12	15	72	15	12	88	124	.262	.365	.440	.804		240	10	2	2	3	5		BIR · SOUL
1998	24	CHW-min	AAA,Rk	99	416	367	73	105	21	4	13	51	10	6	42	83	.286	.358	.471	.830		173	6	1	3	3	1		CGY,WSX · PCL,ARIZ
1998	24	CHW	AL	5	19	19	4	7	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	2	.368	.368	.684	1.053	170	13	0	0	0	0	0	/87
1999	25	CHW-min	AAA	78	329	285	53	77	14	0	10	44	8	2	37	60	.270	.363	.425	.787		121	5	5	1	1	1		CHR · IL
1999	25	CHW	AL	54	135	126	14	29	3	3	4	17	4	0	9	30	.230	.281	.397	.678	70	50	3	0	0	0	0	78/9D
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2001	27	TOR-min	AAA	52	225	201	24	53	10	1	2	20	4	5	19	36	.264	.332	.353	.685		71	6	2	2	1	0		SYR · IL
2001	27	TOR	AL	60	117	107	8	19	5	0	2	8	1	0	8	26	.178	.239	.280	.520	36	30	0	1	0	1	0	78/9D
2002	28	SFG-min	AAA	91	361	319	45	93	18	4	11	40	7	4	34	76	.292	.364	.476	.840		152	9	4	1	3	2		FRE · PCL
2003	29	PHI-SDP-min	AAA	52	207	198	26	51	9	1	5	16	2	2	8	49	.258	.285	.389	.674		77	6	0	0	1	1		SWB,POR · IL,PCL
2004	30	MIN-min	AAA	82	321	299	33	67	12	0	9	37	3	2	17	64	.224	.270	.355	.624		106	7	2	2	1	1		ROC · IL
3 Yrs				119	271	252	26	55	8	3	8	31	5	1	17	58	.218	.269	.369	.638	63	93	3	1	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	369	343	35	75	11	4	11	42	7	1	23	79	.218	.269	.369	.638	63	127	4	1	0	1	0

CHW (2 yrs)				59	154	145	18	36	3	3	6	23	4	1	9	32	.248	.292	.434	.727	83	63	3	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				60	117	107	8	19	5	0	2	8	1	0	8	26	.178	.239	.280	.520	36	30	0	1	0	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1998	24	CHW	AL	5	19	2	-0	0	-1	0	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.509	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$170,000	/87
1999	25	CHW	AL	54	135	-7	2	0	5	-2	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.3	.496	.499	-0.2	0.3	-2	$200,000	78/9D

2001	27	TOR	AL	60	117	-10	-0	1	3	-1	-8	-0.7	4	-4	-0.4	.487	.495	-0.6	0.2	-6	$225,000	78/9D
3 Seasons				119	271	-15	1	1	6	-3	-9	-0.8	9	-0	0.0	.492	.498	-0.6	0.4	-7	$595,000

CHW (2 yrs)				59	154	-6	1	1	4	-2	-2	-0.1	5	4	0.4	.498	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$370,000
TOR (1 yr)				60	117	-10	-0	1	3	-1	-8	-0.7	4	-4	-0.4	.487	.495	-0.6	0.2	-6	$225,000

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
1998	24	CHW	AL	19	13	4	8.2	107	.333	.368	.268	.368	.336	.684	.427	1.053	.763	170	.698	1.7	0.2	.923	.263	.316	.0
1999	25	CHW	AL	135	100	14	3.7	115	.272	.230	.276	.281	.349	.397	.442	.678	.791	70	.337	-6.8	-0.6	.630	.270	.167	4.0

2001	27	TOR	AL	117	89	8	2.4	109	.213	.178	.270	.239	.337	.280	.433	.520	.770	36	.205	-10.3	-1.0	.455	.187	.103	1.3
3 Yrs				271	202	26	3.4	112	.251	.218	.273	.269	.343	.369	.437	.638	.780	63	.316	-15.4	-1.4	.572	.234	.151	6.2
162 Game Avg.				369	275	35	3.4	112	.251	.218	.273	.269	.343	.369	.437	.638	.780	63	.316	-15.4	-1.4	.572	.234	.151	8

CHW (2 yrs)				154	113	18	4.2	114	.280	.248	.275	.292	.348	.434	.440	.727	.788	83	.394	-5.1	-0.5	.664	.269	.186	4.8
TOR (1 yr)				117	89	8	2.4	109	.213	.178	.270	.239	.337	.280	.433	.520	.770	36	.204	-10.3	-1.0	.455	.187	.103	1.3

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
1998	24	CHW	AL	19	10.5%	10.5%	0.0%	10.5%	29%		9.5	9.5	3.2	0.89	2.33	79%	18%	25.0%	11%
1999	25	CHW	AL	135	3.0%	22.2%	6.7%	7.4%	35%	3.33	4.2	31.5	7.4	1.04	1.80	68%	18%	11.8%	26%

2001	27	TOR	AL	117	1.7%	22.2%	6.8%	6.0%	37%	3.25	4.1	53.5	13.4	0.95	1.07	68%	21%	5.6%	12%
3 Yrs				271	3.0%	21.4%	6.3%	7.0%	35%	3.41	4.3	31.5	8.1	0.99	1.45	69%	19%	10.3%	19%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.8%	9.1%	8.0%	34%	1.85	5.3	30.7	7.3	0.77	1.07	70%	23%	8.4%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	24	CHW	AL	1.6	0.2	20	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.00	0.2	-0.0	2.4	0.2	0.91	0.8		0
1999	25	CHW	AL	-6.8	-0.6	140	-0.6	2.0	-2.6	1.00	-0.7	0.0	-7.3	-0.7	0.91	-6.9	2.35	5

2001	27	TOR	AL	-10.3	-1.0	119	-0.5	2.2	-2.7	1.32	-0.7	0.4	-5.6	-0.5	0.88	-10.2	2.03	24
3 Yrs				-15.5	-1.4	279	-1.0	4.6	-5.6	1.14	-1.2	0.4	-10.5	-1.0	0.90	-16.3	2.08	29

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	24	CHW	AL	0	0	40%	3	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1999	25	CHW	AL	0	0	29%	45	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	58%	8	4	4	1	1	0	3	0	3

2001	27	TOR	AL	2	0	23%	30	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	43%	1	0	1	2	1	1	4	2	1
3 Yrs				2	0	28%	78	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	55%	9	4	5	4	2	2	7	2	4

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
1998	24	CHW	AL	19	100%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	4	36%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1999	25	CHW	AL	135	100%	29	2	1	5	2	0	1	2.35	4	0	2	4	0	0	4	0	0	0		23	3	13%	11	2	18%	79	13	16%	5	4	80%	4	3	75%	0

2001	27	TOR	AL	117	100%	19	0	0	24	4	0	2	2.03	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		16	0	0%	8	2	25%	64	7	11%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				271	100%	55	3	1	29	6	0	3	2.08	8	0	3	6	2	2	6	0	0	0		43	3	7%	20	4	20%	154	24	16%	10	8	80%	6	5	83%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

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
1998	24	CHW	AL	19	66	3.47	44	67%	20%	11%	30%	39%	80%	0%	53%	86%	32%	0%	0	0	16%	3	2	5%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1999	25	CHW	AL	135	527	3.90	325	62%	26%	14%	30%	30%	74%	0%	45%	80%	26%	6%	8	0	13%	17	6	11%	15	9	33%	0	0	0

2001	27	TOR	AL	117	447	3.82	276	62%	30%	18%	22%	30%	70%	0%	43%	74%	30%	2%	2	0	15%	17	9	8%	9	6	31%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				271	1040	3.84	645	62%	27%	16%	26%	30%	73%	0%	45%	78%	28%	4%	10	0	14%	37	17	9%	25	15	31%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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	SF
1998	24	5	19	19	4	7	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	2	.368	.368	.684	1.053	170	13	0	0	0
1999	25	59	154	145	18	36	3	3	6	23	4	1	9	32	.248	.292	.434	.727	83	63	3	0	0
2000	26	59	154	145	18	36	3	3	6	23	4	1	9	32	.248	.292	.434	.727	83	63	3	0	0
2001	27	119	271	252	26	55	8	3	8	31	5	1	17	58	.218	.269	.369	.638	63	93	3	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1998	24	5	19	19	4	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	2	.368	.368	.684	1.053	5	5
1999	25	54	134	125	13	28	3	3	4	16	4	9	30	.224	.276	.392	.668	13	54

2001	27	60	117	107	8	19	5	0	2	8	1	8	26	.178	.239	.280	.520	7	60
3 Yrs		119	270	251	25	54	8	3	8	30	5	17	58	.215	.267	.367	.633	25	119
162 Game Avg.		162	368	342	34	74	11	4	11	41	7	23	79	.215	.267	.367	.633	34	119

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