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Brian Snyder

Brian Robert Snyder

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 20, 1958 in Flemington, NJ
High School: Chantilly HS (Chantilly, VA)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1985
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Athletics 1985-1989

Final Game: June 27, 1989
Relatives: Father of Brandon Snyder
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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
1979	21	SEA-min	A	3	3	.500	2.03	6	6					31.0	23	11	7	0	22								1.452	6.7	0.0	6.4			AXN · CARL
1980	22	SEA-min	A	7	5	.583	5.67	25	23		3	2	0	127.0	139	96	80	3	92	0	97	6	5	11			1.819	9.9	0.2	6.5	6.9	1.05	SJO · CALL
1981	23	SEA-min	A	3	1	.750	1.48	27	4	17	1	0	7	67.0	34	21	11	2	37	2	77	2	0	5			1.060	4.6	0.3	5.0	10.3	2.08	WAU · MIDW
1982	24	SEA-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.71	51	0	20	0	0	5	57.1	64	32	30	6	45	11	56	3	0	4			1.901	10.0	0.9	7.1	8.8	1.24	SLC · PCL
1983	25	SEA-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.38	28	6	5	0	0	1	49.1	53	25	24	0	31	4	37	3	0	5			1.703	9.7	0.0	5.7	6.8	1.19	SLC · PCL
1984	26	SEA-min	AAA	8	9	.471	6.25	27	26	0	1	1	0	129.2	155	105	90	14	80	0	83	3	2	4			1.812	10.8	1.0	5.6	5.8	1.04	SLC · PCL
1985	27	SEA-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.00	20	9	3	2	0	1	69.2	76	36	31	7	26	0	46	2	2	5			1.464	9.8	0.9	3.4	5.9	1.77	CGY · PCL
1985	27	SEA	AL	1	2	.333	6.37	15	6	5	0	0	1	35.1	44	28	25	2	19	2	23	1	2	4	166	66	1.783	11.2	0.5	4.8	5.9	1.21

1986	28	SDP-min	AAA	4	3	.571	5.57	45	1	15	0	0	3	72.2	87	56	45	9	35	2	62	5	1	5			1.679	10.8	1.1	4.3	7.7	1.77	LVG · PCL
1987	29	SDP-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.60	39	2	17	0	0	1	72.2	60	24	21	2	49	5	60	5	1	6			1.500	7.4	0.2	6.1	7.4	1.22	LVG · PCL
1988	30	OAK-min	AAA	7	8	.467	2.63	54	6	13	0	0	0	109.2	94	37	32	2	54	5	86	3	6	6			1.350	7.7	0.2	4.4	7.1	1.59	TAC · PCL
1989	31	OAK-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	2.12	48	0	26	0	0	12	72.0	59	21	17	2	28	1	48	1	1	2			1.208	7.4	0.2	3.5	6.0	1.71	TAC · PCL
1989	31	OAK	AL	0	0		27.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	22	6.000	27.0	13.5	27.0	13.5	0.50
1990	32	ATL-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.48	46	0	28	0	0	12	58.0	54	19	16	2	20	4	49	4	0	2			1.276	8.4	0.3	3.1	7.6	2.45	RMD · IL
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	6.75	17	6	6	0	0	1	36.0	46	30	27	3	21	2	24	1	2	4	172	63	1.861	11.5	0.8	5.3	6.0	1.14
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.333	6.75	50	18	18	0	0	3	106	136	89	80	9	62	6	71	3	6	12	509	63	1.861	11.5	0.8	5.3	6.0	1.14

OAK (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	22	6.000	27.0	13.5	27.0	13.5	0.50
SEA (1 yr)				1	2	.333	6.37	15	6	5	0	0	1	35.1	44	28	25	2	19	2	23	1	2	4	166	66	1.783	11.2	0.5	4.8	5.9	1.21

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
1985	27	SEA	AL	35.1	15	6	28	7.13	4.50	-0.17	-0.04	101.6	4.71	-9	-0.9	.8	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.438	.494	$

1989	31	OAK	AL	0.2	2	0	2	27.00	6.76	0.18	-0.53	102.0	6.18	-2	-0.2	1.9	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.423	.499	$
2 Seasons				36.0	17	6	30	7.50	4.54	-0.17	-0.05	101.6	4.73	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-7	.437	.497	$

OAK (1 yr)				0.2	2	0	2	27.00	6.76	0.18	-0.53	102.0	6.18	-2	-0.2	1.9	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.423	.499	$
SEA (1 yr)				35.1	15	6	28	7.13	4.50	-0.17	-0.04	101.6	4.71	-9	-0.9	.8	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.438	.494	$

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
1985	27	SEA	AL	15	166	144	28	44	9	1	2	2	2	19	23	.306	.388	.424	.811	.350	61	3	1	1	1	2	3

1989	31	OAK	AL	2	6	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	.667	1.500	2.167	.500	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				17	172	148	30	46	10	1	3	2	2	21	24	.311	.398	.453	.850	.352	67	3	1	1	1	2	3
162 Game Avg.				50	509	438	89	136	30	3	9	6	6	62	71	.311	.398	.453	.850	.352	198	9	3	3	3	6	9
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.391	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1985	27	SEA	AL	-8.4	-0.8	179	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	.91	-0.5	-0.1	-7.8	-0.7	0.91	-7.0	1	2	6

1989	31	OAK	AL	-1.5	-0.2	6	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	.73	-0.2	-0.4	-4.5	-0.4	0.73	-2.5	1	1	0
2 Yrs				-10.0	-1.0	185	-1.0	2.3	-3.3	.90	-0.7	-0.4	-12.3	-1.2	0.90	-9.5	2	3	6

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
1985	27	SEA	AL	15	6	0	2	4	0	0	3	3	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39.7	53	31	12	5	0	4	4.5	5.7	3.6
1 Yr				15	6	0	2	4	0	0	3	3	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	40	53	31	12	5	0	4	4.5	5.7	3.6
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-3					4.4	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1985	27	SEA	AL	15	9	5	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	8	1	13%	9	.906	1	2	6	1	1	7	6	3	5	4	5	1	4.6

1989	31	OAK	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	4	100%	6	.732	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	13
2 Yrs				17	11	6	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	12	5	42%		.900	2	3	6	1	2	8	8	3	5	6	5	1	3.9	13

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%
1985	27	SEA	AL	166	31%	1.2%	13.9%	11.5%	7.2%	27%		1.14	72%				33	3	9%

1989	31	OAK	AL	6	50%	16.7%	16.7%	33.3%	33.3%	100%	0.00	0.00	33%	0%	50.0%	33%	3	0	0%
2 Yrs				172	32%	1.7%	14.0%	12.2%	8.1%	30%	0.00	1.11	71%	0%	50.0%	33%	36	3	8%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%			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
1989	31	OAK	AL	6	25	4.17	12	48%	25%	17%	33%	25%	75%	0%	36%	78%	33%	17%	1	0	17%	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
1 Yr				6	25	4.17	12	48%	25%	17%	33%	25%	75%	0%	36%	78%	33%	17%	1	0	17%	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1985	27	SEA	AL	166	44			2	0	4	1	1	2	0	11	6	2	55%	3	4	2	71	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0

1989	31	OAK	AL	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				172	46	0	0	3	0	6	1	2	3	0	14	8	2	57%	3	4	2	72	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1985	27	1	2	.333	6.37	15	6	5	1	35.1	44	28	25	2	19	2	23	1	2	4	166	66	1.783	11.2	0.5	4.8	5.9	1.21	66
1986	28	1	2	.333	6.37	15	6	5	1	35.1	44	28	25	2	19	2	23	1	2	4	166	66	1.783	11.2	0.5	4.8	5.9	1.21	66
1987	29	1	2	.333	6.37	15	6	5	1	35.1	44	28	25	2	19	2	23	1	2	4	166	66	1.783	11.2	0.5	4.8	5.9	1.21	66
1988	30	1	2	.333	6.37	15	6	5	1	35.1	44	28	25	2	19	2	23	1	2	4	166	66	1.783	11.2	0.5	4.8	5.9	1.21	66
1989	31	1	2	.333	6.75	17	6	6	1	36.0	46	30	27	3	21	2	24	1	2	4	172	63	1.861	11.5	0.8	5.3	6.0	1.14	63

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985	27	1	2	.333	6.88	34.0	45	29	26	2	19	22	1	1.882	11.9	5.0	5.8	1.16	0.5	15

1989	31	0	0		18.00	1.0	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.000	18.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	9.0	2
2 Yrs		1	2	.333	7.20	35.0	47	31	28	3	21	23	1	1.943	12.1		5.9	1.10	0.8	17

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