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Brian Wilson

Brian Patrick Wilson (The Beard) (twitter: @BrianWilson38)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 16, 1982 in Londonderry, NH
High School: Londonderry HS (Londonderry, NH)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 24th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed August 24, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 2006
Team: Giants 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 2 yrs/$15M (11-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.169, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*],
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2004	22	SFG-min	A	2	5	.286	5.34	23	3	12	3	57.1	63	37	34	7	22	1	41	3	1	259		1.483	9.9	1.1	3.5	6.4	1.86	HGR · SALL
2005	23	SFG-min	A,AA,AAA	6	2	.750	1.35	50	0	41	21	60.0	37	15	9	0	20	0	65	4	1	242		0.950	5.6	0.0	3.0	9.8	3.25	AUG,NCH,FRE · SALL,EL,PCL
2006	24	SFG-min	AAA,A+	1	3	.250	3.10	25	0	14	7	29.0	21	10	10	2	15	0	31	1	0	121		1.241	6.5	0.6	4.7	9.6	2.07	FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2006	24	SFG	NL	2	3	.400	5.40	31	0	9	1	30.0	32	19	18	1	21	2	23	1	0	141	84	1.767	9.6	0.3	6.3	6.9	1.10
2007	25	SFG-min	AAA,A+	1	2	.333	1.93	34	0	28	13	37.1	25	13	8	0	24	1	43	5	2	166		1.312	6.0	0.0	5.8	10.4	1.79	FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2007	25	SFG	NL	1	2	.333	2.28	24	0	9	6	23.2	16	6	6	1	7	0	18	1	0	93	199	0.972	6.1	0.4	2.7	6.8	2.57
2008	26	SFG	NL	3	2	.600	4.62	63	0	54	41	62.1	62	32	32	7	28	4	67	3	2	274	95	1.444	9.0	1.0	4.0	9.7	2.39	AS
2009	27	SFG	NL	5	6	.455	2.74	68	0	60	38	72.1	60	27	22	3	27	4	83	1	4	303	156	1.203	7.5	0.4	3.4	10.3	3.07
2010	28	SFG	NL	3	3	.500	1.81	70	0	59	48	74.2	62	16	15	3	26	5	93	1	0	311	217	1.179	7.5	0.4	3.1	11.2	3.58	AS,CYA-7,MVP-13
2011	29	SFG	NL	6	4	.600	3.11	57	0	45	36	55.0	50	20	19	2	31	0	54	2	2	243	113	1.473	8.2	0.3	5.1	8.8	1.74	AS
2012	30	SFG	NL	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	1	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	12	47	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
7 Yrs				20	20	.500	3.21	315	0	238	171	320.0	286	122	114	17	142	15	340	9	9	1377	129	1.338	8.0	0.5	4.0	9.6	2.39
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	3.21	68	0	51	37	69	62	26	25	4	31	3	73	2	2	297	129	1.338	8.0	0.5	4.0	9.6	2.39

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2006	24	SFG	NL	30.0	31	19	5.70	4.94	0.21	-0.36	99.5	4.35	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.486	.497	$
2007	25	SFG	NL	23.2	24	6	2.28	4.72	0.07	-0.34	100.7	4.35	6	0.6	1.8	0.2	0.9	8	.523	.503	$
2008	26	SFG	NL	62.1	63	32	4.62	4.61	-0.12	-0.33	100.9	4.43	-1	-0.1	2.1	-0.1	0.3	5	.499	.499	$392,500	AS
2009	27	SFG	NL	72.1	68	27	3.36	4.53	0.05	-0.33	101.5	4.21	7	0.7	2.0	0.2	1.5	14	.510	.504	$480,000
2010	28	SFG	NL	74.2	70	16	1.93	4.31	0.16	-0.32	98.0	3.74	15	1.6	1.9	0.5	2.7	22	.523	.510	$6,500,000	AS,CYA-7,MVP-13
2011	29	SFG	NL	55.0	57	20	3.27	4.16	0.02	-0.31	91.8	3.51	1	0.1	2.0	-0.1	0.5	6	.502	.501	$6,500,000	AS
2012	30	SFG	NL	2.0	2	2	9.00	3.55	-0.36	-0.27	134.0	4.88	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.451	.499	$
7 Seasons				320.0	315	122	3.43	4.48	0.05	-0.33	98.9	4.05	22	2.4	1.9	0.6	5.5	53	.508	.502	$13,872,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	W-L%	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HBP	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2010	28	SFG	NL	NLDS	W	ATL	0		3	2	2	4.0	2	1	2	5	0	17	1.000	4.5	4.5	11.3	2.50
2010	28	SFG	NL	NLCS	W	PHI	1	1.000	4	4	3	5.0	2	0	2	7	1	18	0.800	3.6	3.6	12.6	3.50
2010	28	SFG	NL	WS	W	TEX	0		3	3	1	2.2	1	0	0	4	0	9	0.375	3.4	0.0	13.5
1 Yr (3 Series)							1	1.000	10	9	6	11.2	5	1	4	16	1	44	0.771	3.9	3.1	12.3	4.00
1 NLDS							0		3	2	2	4.0	2	1	2	5	0	17	1.000	4.5	4.5	11.3	2.50
1 NLCS							1	1.000	4	4	3	5.0	2	0	2	7	1	18	0.800	3.6	3.6	12.6	3.50
1 WS							0		3	3	1	2.2	1	0	0	4	0	9	0.375	3.4	0.0	13.5

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	ERA	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
2008	SFG	NL	26	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5

2010	SFG	NL	28	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	SFG	NL	29	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 Yrs (3 GP)				0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9

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
2006	24	SFG	NL	31	141	114	19	32	4	2	1	2	2	21	23	.281	.386	.377	.763	.330	43	2	1	1	4	2	1
2007	25	SFG	NL	24	93	85	6	16	4	0	1	0	2	7	18	.188	.258	.271	.529	.227	23	1	1	0	0	0	1
2008	26	SFG	NL	63	274	236	32	62	5	2	7	2	1	28	67	.263	.342	.390	.732	.329	92	7	3	2	5	4	2
2009	27	SFG	NL	68	303	269	27	60	12	0	3	5	1	27	83	.223	.294	.301	.595	.308	81	6	1	4	2	4	5
2010	28	SFG	NL	70	311	282	16	62	10	3	3	0	1	26	93	.220	.288	.309	.597	.317	87	2	1	1	0	5	1
2011	29	SFG	NL	57	243	208	20	50	10	0	2	1	1	31	54	.240	.343	.317	.660	.314	66	5	2	1	1	0	1
2012	30	SFG	NL	2	12	10	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.400	.500	.600	1.100	.500	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				315	1377	1204	122	286	47	7	17	10	8	142	340	.238	.320	.331	.650	.313	398	23	9	9	12	15	11
162 Game Avg.				68	297	260	26	62	10	2	4	2	2	31	73	.238	.320	.331	.650	.313	86	5	2	2	3	3	2
MLB Averages																.262	.330	.414	.745	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2006	24	SFG	NL	-2.6	-0.2	145	-0.2	2.6	-2.9	1.28	-0.1	-0.0	3.3	0.3	1.28	-0.2	13	7	10
2007	25	SFG	NL	6.1	0.6	95	0.8	3.1	-2.2	1.61	0.7	-0.2	7.5	0.7	1.61	8.2	15	5	4
2008	26	SFG	NL	0.1	0.0	282	2.1	11.7	-9.6	2.27	-0.2	1.1	2.0	0.2	2.27	1.1	41	13	9
2009	27	SFG	NL	10.8	1.1	315	1.5	11.8	-10.3	2.30	1.0	-0.4	10.4	1.0	2.30	14.0	45	9	14
2010	28	SFG	NL	18.3	1.9	318	4.2	12.6	-8.4	2.10	1.4	0.6	21.0	2.2	2.10	13.8	36	21	13
2011	29	SFG	NL	3.5	0.4	247	1.0	9.6	-8.6	2.30	0.2	0.2	2.7	0.3	2.30	2.9	37	12	7
2012	30	SFG	NL	-1.1	-0.1	13	0.0	0.4	-0.3	1.93	-0.1	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.93	-1.5	0	1	0
7 Yrs				35.1	3.6	1415	9.4	51.8	-42.4	2.10	2.9	1.6	46.0	4.7	2.10	38.3	187	68	57

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
2006	24	SFG	NL	31	31	9	2	3	2	1	1	50%	6	4	17	2	12%	7	1.282	13	7	10	9	7	15	10	21	9	13	10	9	2.9	19
2007	25	SFG	NL	24	24	9	1	2	7	6	1	86%	16	9	3	0	0%	8	1.612	15	5	4	19	4	1	2	22	2	2	2	8	3.0	15
2008	26	SFG	NL	63	63	54	3	2	47	41	6	87%	47	0	22	3	14%	9	2.273	41	13	9	51	7	5	12	51	7	8	7	18	3.0	19
2009	27	SFG	NL	68	68	60	5	6	45	38	7	84%	46	1	34	6	18%	9	2.300	45	9	14	54	11	3	20	48	15	12	16	19	3.2	19
2010	28	SFG	NL	70	70	59	3	3	53	48	5	91%	53	0	30	4	13%	9	2.101	36	21	13	56	9	5	20	50	16	8	16	23	3.2	19
2011	29	SFG	NL	57	57	45	6	4	41	36	5	88%	41	0	13	6	46%	9	2.299	37	12	7	44	12	1	7	50	4	10	5	19	2.9	18
2012	30	SFG	NL	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		8	1.932	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	3.0	28
7 Yrs				315	315	238	20	20	196	171	25	87%	210	14	119	21	18%		2.096	187	68	57	234	50	31	71	244	53	53	56	97	3.0	18

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%
2006	24	SFG	NL	141	56%	0.7%	16.3%	14.9%	5.0%	22%	0.83	1.17	67%	26%	2.1%	10%	36	2	6%
2007	25	SFG	NL	93	68%	1.1%	19.4%	7.5%	5.4%	31%	1.28	1.43	71%	13%	4.5%	24%	10	1	10%
2008	26	SFG	NL	274	51%	2.6%	24.5%	10.2%	5.1%	23%	1.04	1.59	61%	18%	9.5%	13%	71	7	10%
2009	27	SFG	NL	303	51%	1.0%	27.4%	8.9%	5.0%	25%	0.91	1.21	61%	17%	3.6%	14%	61	6	10%
2010	28	SFG	NL	311	53%	1.0%	29.9%	8.4%	5.1%	26%	0.97	1.13	60%	15%	3.8%	17%	51	2	4%
2011	29	SFG	NL	243	49%	0.8%	22.2%	12.8%	4.9%	24%	1.19	1.34	63%	15%	3.2%	10%	47	5	11%
2012	30	SFG	NL	12	58%	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	16.7%	50%	0.33	0.33	67%	38%	0.0%	0%	5	0	0%
7 Yrs				1377	53%	1.2%	24.7%	10.3%	5.2%	25%	1.00	1.28	62%	17%	4.5%	14%	281	23	8%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.8%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	13%			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
2006	24	SFG	NL	141	582	4.13	349	60%	26%	14%	32%	28%	74%	3%	45%	81%	57%	9%	12	4	30%	43	28	1	17%	4	6	0	0	0
2007	25	SFG	NL	94	349	3.71	226	65%	27%	14%	29%	30%	73%	0%	47%	81%	61%	1%	1	1	34%	32	21	1	50%	1	0	-1	0	0
2008	26	SFG	NL	274	1182	4.31	724	61%	30%	16%	29%	24%	70%	3%	43%	77%	58%	4%	12	4	26%	71	31	5	37%	6	5	0	0	0
2009	27	SFG	NL	303	1319	4.35	820	62%	34%	16%	26%	23%	66%	3%	41%	76%	60%	5%	14	10	26%	79	44	3	36%	9	0	0	0	0
2010	28	SFG	NL	312	1305	4.18	836	64%	33%	17%	27%	23%	67%	4%	43%	74%	65%	4%	12	6	31%	96	45	4	26%	13	1	-1	0	0
2011	29	SFG	NL	243	1027	4.23	616	60%	36%	13%	26%	25%	64%	0%	38%	80%	61%	6%	14	10	19%	47	19	3	24%	8	4	0	0	0
2012	30	SFG	NL	12	56	4.67	34	61%	38%	12%	26%	24%	62%	0%	38%	81%	67%	0%	0	0	42%	5	2	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				1379	5820	4.22	3605	62%	32%	15%	28%	25%	68%	2%	42%	77%	61%	5%	65	35	27%	373	190	17	31%	41	16	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	59%	5%			22%				25%

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
2006	24	SFG	NL	141	32	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	9	6	1	67%	1	0	0	65	2	2	50%	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0
2007	25	SFG	NL	93	16	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	0	31	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	26	SFG	NL	274	62	8	0	7	0	8	5	2	5	2	16	8	5	50%	2	2	0	131	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2009	27	SFG	NL	303	60	9	1	3	0	12	3	0	1	2	16	9	1	56%	5	4	1	128	5	1	83%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2010	28	SFG	NL	311	62	10	0	3	0	9	1	2	2	1	11	2	5	18%	1	0	0	126	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	SFG	NL	243	50	8	0	2	0	11	2	0	1	1	11	3	4	27%	1	2	0	99	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2012	30	SFG	NL	12	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7 Yrs				1377	286	40	1	17	0	49	12	5	10	7	65	28	17	43%	11	9	1	587	10	8	56%	7	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	25	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2006	24	2	3	.400	5.40	31	9	1	30.0	32	19	18	1	21	2	23	1	0	141	84	1.767	9.6	0.3	6.3	6.9	1.10	84
2007	25	3	5	.375	4.02	55	18	7	53.2	48	25	24	2	28	2	41	2	0	234	113	1.416	8.0	0.3	4.7	6.9	1.46	113
2008	26	6	7	.462	4.34	118	72	48	116.0	110	57	56	9	56	6	108	5	2	508	103	1.431	8.5	0.7	4.3	8.4	1.93	103
2009	27	11	13	.458	3.73	186	132	86	188.1	170	84	78	12	83	10	191	6	6	811	118	1.343	8.1	0.6	4.0	9.1	2.30	118
2010	28	14	16	.467	3.18	256	191	134	263.0	232	100	93	15	109	15	284	7	6	1122	134	1.297	7.9	0.5	3.7	9.7	2.61	134
2011	29	20	20	.500	3.17	313	236	170	318.0	282	120	112	17	140	15	338	9	8	1365	130	1.327	8.0	0.5	4.0	9.6	2.41	130
2012	30	20	20	.500	3.21	315	238	171	320.0	286	122	114	17	142	15	340	9	9	1377	129	1.338	8.0	0.5	4.0	9.6	2.39	129

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2006	24	1	2	.333	4.80	30.0	31	18	16	1	20	23	1	1.700	9.3	6.0	6.9	1.15	0.3	31
2007	25	2	0	1.000	1.96	23.0	15	6	5	1	7	18	1	0.957	5.9	2.7	7.0	2.57	0.4	24
2008	26	3	3	.500	4.43	61.0	60	33	30	7	27	66	3	1.426	8.9	4.0	9.7	2.44	1.0	63
2009	27	5	2	.714	2.75	72.0	60	24	22	3	27	82	1	1.208	7.5	3.4	10.3	3.04	0.4	68
2010	28	6	2	.750	1.97	73.0	64	18	16	3	27	91	1	1.247	7.9	3.3	11.2	3.37	0.4	70
2011	29	3	2	.600	3.88	51.0	54	24	22	2	33	50	2	1.706	9.5	5.8	8.8	1.52	0.4	57
2012	30	0	0		9.00	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	3.000	18.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	2
7 Yrs		20	11	.645	3.26	312.0	288	125	113	17	143	332	9	1.381	8.3		9.6	2.32	0.5	315

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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

All-Star Games 2008 * 2010 * 2011 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 NL (13, 6%) 0.06 Career Shares (1057th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 NL (7, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (239th)	Saves s c a p y 2008 NL 41 (2nd) 2009 NL 38 (3rd) 2010 NL 48 (1st) 2011 NL 36 (8th) Active 171 (12th) Career 171 (62nd)
Games Finished s c a p y 2008 NL 54 (6th) 2009 NL 60 (2nd) 2010 NL 59 (4th) Active 238 (20th) Career 238 (179th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2010 NL 4.2 (3rd) Active 9.4 (44th) Career 9.4 (209th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1367), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 41 (332), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Similar Pitchers through 29

Compare Stats to Similars

Bobby Jenks (970)
Troy Percival (961)
Brad Lidge (960)
Eric Gagne (956)
Trevor Hoffman (955)
Gregg Olson (950)
Todd Jones (946)
Keith Foulke (946)
Francisco Cordero (941)
Robb Nen (939)

Most Similar by Ages

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Joe Hudson (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Howry (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Jenks (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bobby Jenks (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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