Brian Wolfe

Brian Thomas Wolfe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 29, 1980 in Fullerton, CA
High School: Servite HS (Anaheim, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 2007
Team: BlueJays 2007-2009
Agents: Matt Sosnick,Paul Cobbe [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2009
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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
1999	18	MIN-min	Rk	4	0	1.000	2.84	9	5	0	2	0	0	38.0	33	14	12	2	9	0	40	1	0	2	153		1.105	7.8	0.5	2.1	9.5	4.44	TWN · GULF
2000	19	MIN-min	A	5	9	.357	4.74	31	18	2	0	0	0	123.1	148	73	65	13	34	1	91	4	1	7	541		1.476	10.8	0.9	2.5	6.6	2.68	QDS · MIDW
2001	20	MIN-min	A	13	8	.619	2.81	28	23	2	2	2	0	160.0	128	64	50	11	32	2	128	5	0	8	641		1.000	7.2	0.6	1.8	7.2	4.00	QDS · MIDW
2002	21	MIN-min	A+	6	9	.400	4.64	25	23	0	0	0	0	132.0	160	84	68	17	34	0	85	7	3	5	584		1.470	10.9	1.2	2.3	5.8	2.50	FTM · FLOR
2003	22	MIN-min	AA,A+	7	8	.467	5.02	37	17	11	1	0	3	129.0	152	80	72	13	30	2	64	4	1	2	560		1.411	10.6	0.9	2.1	4.5	2.13	NBR,FTM · EL,FLOR
2004	23	MIN-min	AA	1	1	.500	8.18	7	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	16	10	10	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	50		1.727	13.1	2.5	2.5	4.9	2.00	NBR · EL
2005	24	MIL-MIN-min	A+,AA,AAA	5	4	.556	3.41	42	0	22	0	0	8	60.2	71	29	23	2	25	4	50	1	0	4	274		1.582	10.5	0.3	3.7	7.4	2.00	HVL,BRE,NBR,ROC · SOUL,FLOR,EL,IL
2006	25	TOR-min	AA,A+	2	7	.222	5.83	29	7	6	0	0	0	66.1	87	50	43	8	18	0	51	3	1	3	308		1.583	11.8	1.1	2.4	6.9	2.83	MAN,DUN · EL,FLOR
2007	26	TOR-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	1.04	17	0	6	0	0	0	26.0	18	4	3	1	6	1	23	0	0	1	100		0.923	6.2	0.3	2.1	8.0	3.83	SYR · IL
2007	26	TOR	AL	3	1	.750	2.98	38	0	12	0	0	0	45.1	36	17	15	5	9	2	22	2	0	0	174	151	0.993	7.1	1.0	1.8	4.4	2.44
2008	27	TOR-min	AAA,A+	2	3	.400	3.35	18	6	8	0	0	1	37.2	39	17	14	2	11	1	30	0	0	0	158		1.327	9.3	0.5	2.6	7.2	2.73	SYR,DUN · IL,FLOR
2008	27	TOR	AL	0	2	.000	2.45	20	0	4	0	0	0	22.0	18	6	6	2	6	1	14	0	0	1	86	175	1.091	7.4	0.8	2.5	5.7	2.33
2009	28	TOR-min	AAA	2	3	.400	5.05	34	0	15	0	0	3	46.1	59	29	26	3	12	0	27	2	0	4	208		1.532	11.5	0.6	2.3	5.2	2.25	LVG · PCL
2009	28	TOR	AL	2	2	.500	8.22	14	0	8	0	0	0	15.1	25	15	14	5	7	1	11	1	0	1	77	55	2.087	14.7	2.9	4.1	6.5	1.57
2010	29	NPN	Fgn	4	3	.571	3.03	42	4		0	0	3	62.1	66	24	21	5	13	1	24	3	0	0	255		1.267	9.5	0.7	1.9	3.5	1.85	NPN · JPPL
2011	30	NPN	Fgn	12	11	.522	3.60	26	26	0	1	0	0	150.0	161	64	60	4	36	2	90	11	0	3	645		1.313	9.7	0.2	2.2	5.4	2.50	NPN · JPPL
2012	31	NPN	Fgn	3	4	.429	1.90	8	8	0	0	0	0	42.2	51	14	9	1	14		16	1			187		1.523	10.8	0.2	3.0	3.4	1.14	NPN · JPPL
3 Yrs				5	5	.500	3.81	72	0	24	0	0	0	82.2	79	38	35	12	22	4	47	3	0	2	337	117	1.222	8.6	1.3	2.4	5.1	2.14
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.500	3.81	68	0	23	0	0	0	78	75	36	33	11	21	4	44	3	0	2	318	117	1.222	8.6	1.3	2.4	5.1	2.14

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
2007	26	TOR	AL	45.1	38	17	3.38	5.12	0.56	-0.38	98.7	4.13	3	0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.6	9	.509	.502	$
2008	27	TOR	AL	22.0	20	6	2.45	4.86	0.25	-0.36	96.1	4.09	4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.6	7	.518	.502	$395,500
2009	28	TOR	AL	15.1	14	15	8.80	5.12	0.45	-0.38	100.2	4.31	-8	-0.7	.9	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.447	.495	$
3 Seasons				82.2	72	38	4.14	5.05	0.46	-0.37	98.3	4.15	-1	-0.0	1.1	-0.1	0.6	10	.500	.500	$395,500

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
2007	26	TOR	AL	38	174	161	17	36	9	0	5	0	0	9	22	.224	.270	.373	.643	.228	60	5	2	0	2	2	0
2008	27	TOR	AL	20	86	77	6	18	5	0	2	1	0	6	14	.234	.286	.377	.662	.258	29	4	0	2	1	1	1
2009	28	TOR	AL	14	77	66	15	25	4	0	5	0	0	7	11	.379	.434	.667	1.101	.385	44	3	1	1	2	1	0
3 Yrs				72	337	304	38	79	18	0	12	1	0	22	47	.260	.311	.438	.749	.268	133	12	3	3	5	4	1
162 Game Avg.				68	318	287	36	75	17	0	11	1	0	21	44	.260	.311	.438	.749	.268	126	11	3	3	5	4	1
MLB Averages																.265	.334	.419	.753	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2007	26	TOR	AL	7.4	0.7	178	-0.2	2.5	-2.7	.85	0.5	-0.7	4.6	0.4	0.85	7.1	8	9	19
2008	27	TOR	AL	4.9	0.5	88	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	.96	0.3	-0.4	2.5	0.3	0.96	3.2	9	1	10
2009	28	TOR	AL	-6.3	-0.6	78	-1.6	0.4	-2.0	.64	-0.9	-1.5	-9.4	-0.9	0.64	-10.2	3	3	7
3 Yrs				6.0	0.6	344	-1.9	4.2	-6.0	.83	-0.1	-2.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.83	0.1	20	13	36

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	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
2007	26	TOR	AL	38	38	12	3	1	2	2	0%	9	6	27	12	44%	7	.854	8	9	19	15	4	19	16	22	15	8	17	5	3.6	17
2008	27	TOR	AL	20	20	4	0	2	0	0		3	3	13	5	38%	6	.964	9	1	10	6	6	8	7	13	6	5	10	3	3.3	16
2009	28	TOR	AL	14	14	8	2	2	1	1	0%	1	0	10	5	50%	8	.639	3	3	7	2	1	11	5	9	4	3	6	1	3.3	21
3 Yrs				72	72	24	5	5	3	3	0%	13	9	50	22	44%		.833	20	13	36	23	11	38	28	44	25	16	33	9	3.4	17

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%
2007	26	TOR	AL	174	57%	2.9%	12.6%	5.2%	8.1%	39%	1.27	1.59	78%	13%	10.6%	24%	27	5	19%
2008	27	TOR	AL	86	57%	2.3%	16.3%	7.0%	8.1%	39%	1.00	1.36	72%	12%	6.9%	9%	17	4	24%
2009	28	TOR	AL	77	55%	6.5%	14.3%	9.1%	11.7%	36%	0.75	1.33	68%	24%	16.7%	6%	23	3	13%
3 Yrs				337	56%	3.6%	14.0%	6.5%	8.9%	38%	1.07	1.48	74%	15%	11.3%	16%	67	12	18%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.5%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	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
2007	26	TOR	AL	174	657	3.78	422	64%	25%	12%	30%	33%	75%	3%	48%	84%	57%	4%	7	3	22%	38	20	2	32%	6	2	0	0	0
2008	27	TOR	AL	86	312	3.63	197	63%	27%	14%	25%	34%	73%	3%	46%	80%	57%	3%	3	2	22%	19	10	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0
2009	28	TOR	AL	77	288	3.74	176	61%	23%	14%	30%	33%	77%	4%	47%	82%	52%	5%	4	3	21%	16	8	0	27%	3	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				337	1257	3.73	795	63%	25%	13%	29%	33%	75%	3%	47%	83%	56%	4%	14	8	22%	73	38	2	21%	12	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	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
2007	26	TOR	AL	174	36	4	0	5	0	4	1	4	1	4	6	6	0	100%	0	0	0	66	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2008	27	TOR	AL	86	18	3	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	10	5	2	50%	1	1	0	22	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2009	28	TOR	AL	77	25	2	1	5	0	4	4	1	4	1	9	6	1	67%	0	1	0	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				337	79	9	1	12	0	12	6	6	5	7	25	17	3	68%	1	2	0	120	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2007	26	3	1	.750	2.98	38	12	45.1	36	17	15	5	9	2	22	2	0	174	151	0.993	7.1	1.0	1.8	4.4	2.44	151
2008	27	3	3	.500	2.81	58	16	67.1	54	23	21	7	15	3	36	2	1	260	158	1.025	7.2	0.9	2.0	4.8	2.40	158
2009	28	5	5	.500	3.81	72	24	82.2	79	38	35	12	22	4	47	3	2	337	117	1.222	8.6	1.3	2.4	5.1	2.14	117

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2007	26	3	1	.750	2.93	43.0	35	16	14	5	9	21	2	1.023	7.3	1.9	4.4	2.33	1.0	38
2008	27	1	1	.500	2.57	21.0	18	7	6	2	6	13	0	1.143	7.7	2.6	5.6	2.17	0.9	20
2009	28	0	1	.000	8.40	15.0	25	16	14	5	7	11	1	2.133	15.0	4.2	6.6	1.57	3.0	14
3 Yrs		4	3	.571	3.87	79.0	78	39	34	12	22	45	3	1.266	8.9		5.1	2.05	1.4	72

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