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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 (Age 24)
Team: Giants 2006-2012
2013 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 5.169, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: MVP Sports Group [*]
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Standard Pitching

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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	3.30	-0.06	-0.25	142.0	4.43	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.446	.499	$8,500,000
7 Seasons				320.0	315	122	3.43	4.47	0.05	-0.33	98.9	4.05	22	2.4	1.9	0.6	5.5	52	.508	.502	$22,372,500

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	GDP	SH	Pos	Awards
2004	22	SFG-min	A	23	0	0	0						0	0		HGR · SALL
2005	23	SFG-min	A,AAA,AA	50	0	0	0						0	0		AUG,FRE,NCH · SALL,PCL,EL
2006	24	SFG-min	AAA,A+	25	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0		FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2006	24	SFG	NL	31	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
2007	25	SFG-min	AAA,A+	34	0	0	0						0	0		FRE,SJO · PCL,CALL
2007	25	SFG	NL	24	1	0	0						0	1	1
2008	26	SFG	NL	63	0	0	0						0	0	1	AS
2009	27	SFG	NL	68	2	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1	0	1
2010	28	SFG	NL	70	5	5	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1	0	1	AS,CYA-7,MVP-13
2011	29	SFG	NL	57	0	0	0						0	0	1	AS
2012	30	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0						0	0	/1
7 Yrs				315	10	9	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	5	5	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1	1

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	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2006	24	SFG	NL	31	2	-1	0	0	-0	-0.0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0		1
2007	25	SFG	NL	24	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2008	26	SFG	NL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$392,500	1	AS
2009	27	SFG	NL	68	2	-1	0	0	-0	-0.0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$480,000	1
2010	28	SFG	NL	70	5	-1	-0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$6,500,000	1	AS,CYA-7,MVP-13
2011	29	SFG	NL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$6,500,000	1	AS
2012	30	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$8,500,000	/1
7 Seasons				315	10	-2	-0	1	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$22,372,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
2010	28	SFG	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	3	0	0
2010	28	SFG	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	4	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2010	28	SFG	NL	WS	TEX	W	3	0	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							10	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 NLDS							3	0	0
1 NLCS							4	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							3	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Awards
2006	SFG	NL	24	P	31	30.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1	7	1.20	0.13	.958	1.71	1.71	2	2	50%	28%
2007	SFG	NL	25	P	24	23.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-8	0.38	0.04	.970	1.67	1.67	0	2	100%	24%
2008	SFG	NL	26	P	63	62.1	9	3	6	0	1	1.000	1	3	1.30	0.14	.959	1.73	1.72	2	1	33%	27%	AS
2009	SFG	NL	27	P	68	72.1	11	1	9	1	2	.909	0	0	1.24	0.15	.955	1.72	1.70	5	1	17%	29%
2010	SFG	NL	28	P	70	74.2	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-3	0.60	0.07	.954	1.74	1.72	0	1	100%	29%	AS,CYA-7,MVP-13
2011	SFG	NL	29	P	57	55.0	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	-2	-7	0.98	0.11	.955	1.80	1.79	1	1	50%	28%	AS
2012	SFG	NL	30	P	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.75	0	0
	7 Seasons			P	315	320.0	36	10	25	1	3	.972	-2	-1	0.98	0.11	.956	1.74	1.72	10	8	44%	28%
	7 Seasons			TOT	315	320.0	36	10	25	1	3	.972	-2	-7	0.98	0.11	.956	1.74	1.72	10	8	44%	28%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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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 (1072nd)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 NL (7, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (246th)	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 (63rd)
Games Finished s c a p y 2008 NL 54 (6th) 2009 NL 60 (2nd) 2010 NL 59 (4th) Active 238 (20th) Career 238 (180th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2010 NL 4.2 (3rd) Active 9.3 (46th) Career 9.3 (212th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (561), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 41 (334), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (478th), 5.4 career WAR/5.4 7yr-peak WAR/5.4 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 30th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 2003: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 24th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed August 24, 2003.
November 30, 2012: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2008	26	San Francisco Giants	$392,500
2009	27	San Francisco Giants	$480,000
2010	28	San Francisco Giants	$6,500,000
2011	29	San Francisco Giants	$6,500,000
2012	30	San Francisco Giants	$8,500,000	contracts
2013 Status		3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$22,372,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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