Brandon Wood

Richard Brandon Wood

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 2, 1985 in Austin, TX
High School: Horizon (Scottsdale, AZ)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2007
Teams (by GP): Angels/Pirates 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$420k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.015, Arb Eligible: 2012, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Gaylord Sports [*]
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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
2003	18	ANA-min	Rk	61	267	240	39	69	21	4	5	44	4	1	20	63	.288	.348	.471	.819		113	4	4	0	3	0	PVO,ANG · PION,ARIZ
2004	19	ANA-min	A	125	535	478	65	120	30	5	11	64	21	5	46	117	.251	.322	.404	.726		193	8	5	4	2	3	CDR · MIDW
2005	20	ANA-min	A+,AAA	134	614	555	110	178	53	5	43	116	7	3	48	134	.321	.381	.667	1.047		370	12	7	2	2	5	RCU,SLK · CALL,PCL
2006	21	ANA-min	AA	118	522	453	74	125	42	4	25	83	19	3	54	149	.276	.355	.552	.907		250	10	6	1	8	1	ARK · TL
2007	22	ANA-min	AAA	111	488	437	73	119	27	1	23	77	10	1	45	120	.272	.338	.497	.835		217	10	1	0	5	0	SLK · PCL
2007	22	LAA	AL	13	33	33	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	12	.152	.152	.273	.424	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	5/6
2008	23	ANA-min	AAA	103	448	395	82	117	21	2	31	84	6	5	45	104	.296	.375	.595	.970		235	9	6	0	2	1	SLK · PCL
2008	23	LAA	AL	55	157	150	12	30	4	0	5	13	4	0	4	43	.200	.224	.327	.551	43	49	3	1	1	1	0	56
2009	24	ANA-min	AAA	99	428	386	65	113	28	4	22	72	1	1	36	80	.293	.353	.557	.910		215	11	2	0	4	3	SLK · PCL
2009	24	LAA	AL	18	46	41	5	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	19	.195	.267	.293	.559	48	12	3	1	1	0	0	/563
2010	25	ANA-min	AAA	13	54	51	4	10	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	17	.196	.241	.255	.496		13	1	0	0	0	0	SLK · PCL
2010	25	LAA	AL	81	243	226	20	33	2	0	4	14	1	0	6	71	.146	.174	.208	.382	6	47	3	2	8	1	0	56/3
2011	26	TOT	MLB	105	272	250	26	54	10	0	7	31	0	0	19	73	.216	.270	.340	.610	69	85	6	0	2	1	2	563/4D
2011	26	LAA	AL	6	15	14	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.214	.357	-0	3	1	0	1	0	0	56/3643D
2011	26	PIT	NL	99	257	236	25	52	9	0	7	31	0	0	19	65	.220	.277	.347	.625	73	82	5	0	1	1	2	56/3643D
5 Seasons				272	751	700	65	130	18	0	18	64	5	0	32	218	.186	.225	.289	.513	39	202	15	4	12	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	447	417	39	77	11	0	11	38	3	0	19	130	.186	.225	.289	.513	39	120	9	2	7	2	1

LAA (5 yrs)				173	494	464	40	78	9	0	11	33	5	0	13	153	.168	.197	.259	.455	22	120	10	4	11	2	0
PIT (1 yr)				99	257	236	25	52	9	0	7	31	0	0	19	65	.220	.277	.347	.625	73	82	5	0	1	1	2

AL (5 yrs)				173	494	464	40	78	9	0	11	33	5	0	13	153	.168	.197	.259	.455	22	120	10	4	11	2	0
NL (1 yr)				99	257	236	25	52	9	0	7	31	0	0	19	65	.220	.277	.347	.625	73	82	5	0	1	1	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2007	22	LAA	AL	33	-5	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-6	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$	5/6
2008	23	LAA	AL	157	-12	1	2	0	2	1	5	0	0.1	-3	-0.3	0.4	$	56
2009	24	LAA	AL	46	-3	-1	0	-0	-1	0	2	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/563
2010	25	LAA	AL	243	-31	0	2	-0	3	2	8	-16	-1.7	-19	-2.0	0.3	$410,000	56/3
2011	26	LAA	AL	15	-2	-0	1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$420,000	56/3643D
2011	26	PIT	NL	257	-9	0	1	-0	-5	1	7	-6	-0.6	-1	-0.1	-0.5	$	56/3643D
5 Seasons				751	-62	0	6	-1	-3	4	24	-31	-3.2	-29	-3.1	-0.1	$830,000

LAA (5 yrs)				494	-52	0	5	-1	2	3	17	-25	-2.6	-28	-3.0	0.4	$830,000
PIT (1 yr)				257	-9	0	1	-0	-5	1	7	-6	-0.6	-1	-0.1	-0.5	$

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
2007	22	LAA	AL	33	28	1	1.0	108	.200	.152	.272	.152	.340	.273	.425	.424	.765	9	.045	-4.6	-0.4	.321	.121	.121	.0
2008	23	LAA	AL	157	125	11	2.4	108	.243	.200	.272	.224	.340	.327	.426	.551	.765	43	.203	-13.4	-1.3	.472	.180	.127	4.4
2009	24	LAA	AL	46	37	3	2.2	106	.333	.195	.266	.267	.334	.293	.426	.559	.761	48	.174	-3.2	-0.3	.444	.171	.098	.0
2010	25	LAA	AL	243	205	8	1.0	96	.191	.146	.256	.174	.322	.208	.400	.382	.722	6	.060	-29.7	-3.0	.286	.093	.062	1.6
2011	26	TOT	MLB	272	205	22	2.9	96	.275	.216	.256	.270	.323	.340	.399	.610	.723	69	.312	-11.2	-1.1	.515	.200	.124	.0
2011	26	LAA	AL	15	14	0	0.0	93	.333	.143	.250	.143	.314	.214	.396	.357	.710	-0	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.231	.071	.071
2011	26	PIT	NL	257	191	22	3.1	97	.273	.220	.257	.277	.324	.347	.400	.625	.724	73	.341	-9.4	-1.0	.534	.208	.127	.0
5 Seasons				751	600	45	2.0	100	.240	.186	.261	.225	.328	.289	.408	.513	.736	39	.175	-62.1	-6.1	.415	.156	.103	7.8
162 Game Avg.				447	357	27	2.0	100	.240	.186	.261	.225	.328	.289	.408	.513	.736	39	.175	-62.1	-6.1	.415	.156	.103	5

LAA (5 yrs)				494	409	23	1.5	102	.222	.168	.263	.197	.330	.259	.412	.455	.742	22	.106	-52.7	-5.2	.359	.129	.091	6.9
PIT (1 yr)				257	191	22	3.1	97	.273	.220	.257	.277	.324	.347	.400	.625	.724	73	.341	-9.4	-1.0	.534	.208	.127	.0

AL (5 yrs)				494	409	23	1.5	102	.222	.168	.263	.197	.330	.259	.412	.455	.742	22	.106	-52.7	-5.2	.359	.129	.091	6.9
NL (1 yr)				257	191	22	3.1	97	.273	.220	.257	.277	.324	.347	.400	.625	.724	73	.341	-9.4	-1.0	.534	.208	.127	.0

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
2007	22	LAA	AL	33	3.0%	36.4%	0.0%	6.1%	40%		2.8	33.0	11.0	1.10	1.29	61%	10%	10.0%	0%
2008	23	LAA	AL	157	3.2%	27.4%	2.6%	5.7%	30%	10.75	3.5	30.0	11.5	0.53	0.58	66%	15%	9.3%	23%
2009	24	LAA	AL	46	2.2%	41.3%	6.5%	4.4%	25%	6.33	2.2	41.0	13.7	0.83	1.83	46%	26%	8.3%	0%
2010	25	LAA	AL	243	1.7%	29.2%	2.5%	2.5%	18%	11.83	3.2	56.5	16.1	0.56	0.65	63%	10%	4.5%	12%
2011	26	TOT	MLB	272	2.6%	26.8%	7.0%	6.3%	32%	3.84	3.4	35.7	8.1	0.44	0.58	63%	17%	6.6%	14%
2011	26	LAA	AL	15	0.0%	53.3%	0.0%	6.7%	50%		1.8			0.50	4.00	40%	14%	0.0%	25%
2011	26	PIT	NL	257	2.7%	25.3%	7.4%	6.2%	31%	3.42	3.6	33.7	7.6	0.44	0.54	64%	17%	6.8%	13%
5 Seasons				751	2.4%	29.0%	4.3%	4.8%	28%	6.81	3.2	38.9	10.9	0.53	0.66	62%	14%	6.7%	14%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.9%	8.6%	7.8%	33%	2.10	5.0	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	22	LAA	AL	-4.6	-0.4	33	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	.82	-0.5	-0.2	-4.1	-0.4	0.87	-5.3	0.04	2
2008	23	LAA	AL	-13.5	-1.3	162	-0.8	2.4	-3.2	1.01	-0.9	0.1	-12.8	-1.2	0.93	-10.6		0
2009	24	LAA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	48	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	.69	-0.3	0.0	-5.7	-0.5	0.95	-4.7	1.24	2
2010	25	LAA	AL	-30.6	-3.0	247	-1.8	2.1	-3.9	.80	-2.8	0.5	-25.4	-2.6	0.94	-30.0	0.02	3
2011	26	TOT	MLB	-11.2	-1.1	275	-1.2	3.8	-4.9	.96	-1.0	-0.2	-7.4	-0.8	1.06	-8.9	0.87	15
2011	26	LAA	AL	-1.8	-0.2	15	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.92	-0.2	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	1.19	-1.6		0
2011	26	PIT	NL	-9.4	-1.0	260	-0.9	3.7	-4.6	.97	-0.8	-0.1	-4.5	-0.5	1.05	-7.3	0.87	15
5 Seasons				-63.0	-6.2	765	-4.6	8.7	-13.3	.90	-5.6	0.5	-55.3	-5.5	0.98	-59.4	0.71	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	22	LAA	AL	0	25%	9	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	23	LAA	AL	3	23%	35	4	100%	4	0	0	3	33%	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	1	2
2009	24	LAA	AL	1	36%	20	0		0	1	1	1	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
2010	25	LAA	AL	5	43%	51	1	100%	1	0	1	4	50%	9	5	4	1	0	1	4	2	2
2011	26	TOT	MLB	4	29%	90	0		0	1	3	2	50%	11	6	4	2	1	1	5	1	4
2011	26	LAA	AL	1	50%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2011	26	PIT	NL	3	28%	87	0		0	1	3	2	53%	11	6	4	2	1	1	4	0	4
5 Seasons				13	32%	205	5	100%	5	2	5	10	48%	24	14	9	5	3	2	15	5	10

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2007	22	LAA	AL	33	45%	5	0	0	2	2	1	2	0.04	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	21	2	10%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2008	23	LAA	AL	157	23%	30	5	1	0	0	0	0		5	0	5	5	0	2	3	0	2	1	50%	23	3	13%	16	5	31%	98	10	10%	9	2	22%	5	4	80%	0
2009	24	LAA	AL	46	52%	8	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.24	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	7	3	43%	6	2	33%	29	2	7%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
2010	25	LAA	AL	243	35%	33	4	0	3	0	0	0	0.02	4	1	6	4	0	2	2	0	8	8	100%	39	3	8%	23	9	39%	147	10	7%	10	4	40%	17	11	65%	0
2011	26	TOT	MLB	272	35%	54	3	0	15	3	1	1	0.87	7	0	8	5	2	5	2	0	3	2	67%	62	6	10%	30	6	20%	180	26	14%	12	5	42%	9	5	56%	0
2011	26	LAA	AL	15	27%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	13	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2011	26	PIT	NL	257	35%	52	3	0	15	3	1	1	0.87	7	0	8	5	2	5	2	0	2	1	50%	59	5	8%	27	5	19%	167	25	15%	11	5	45%	9	5	56%	0
5 Seasons				751	34%	130	14	1	22	5	2	3	0.71	18	1	22	15	3	10	8	0	14	12	86%	136	15	11%	76	22	29%	475	50	11%	35	12	34%	32	20	63%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

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
2007	22	LAA	AL	33	135	4.09	95	70%	22%	26%	29%	22%	78%	0%	55%	66%	30%	3%	1	0	6%	2	1	3%	1	1	8%	0	0	0
2008	23	LAA	AL	157	614	3.91	422	69%	20%	26%	29%	26%	80%	0%	55%	68%	35%	4%	6	0	11%	18	7	10%	15	11	7%	0	0	0
2009	24	LAA	AL	46	192	4.17	130	68%	26%	26%	30%	18%	74%	0%	50%	65%	22%	2%	1	0	11%	5	3	11%	5	2	26%	0	0	0
2010	25	LAA	AL	243	897	3.69	633	71%	26%	22%	26%	26%	74%	0%	52%	71%	29%	1%	2	0	7%	16	10	5%	12	7	20%	0	0	0
2011	26	TOT	MLB	273	1033	3.78	680	66%	22%	24%	28%	26%	78%	2%	52%	69%	30%	4%	11	1	13%	35	16	6%	17	12	14%	-1	0	0
2011	26	LAA	AL	15	52	3.47	40	77%	20%	35%	28%	18%	80%	0%	62%	56%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	13%	0	0	0
2011	26	PIT	NL	258	981	3.80	640	65%	22%	23%	28%	27%	78%	2%	51%	70%	30%	4%	11	1	14%	35	16	7%	17	12	14%	-1	0	0
5 Seasons				752	2871	3.82	1960	68%	23%	24%	28%	25%	77%	1%	53%	69%	30%	3%	21	1	10%	76	37	7%	50	33	15%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	22	13	33	33	2	5	1	1	3	0	0	12	.152	.152	.273	.424	9	9	0	0	0	0	0
2008	23	68	190	183	14	35	5	6	16	4	4	55	.191	.212	.317	.529	37	58	3	1	1	1	0
2009	24	86	236	224	19	43	6	7	19	4	7	74	.192	.222	.313	.535	39	70	6	2	2	1	0
2010	25	167	479	450	39	76	8	11	33	5	13	145	.169	.198	.260	.458	23	117	9	4	10	2	0
2011	26	272	751	700	65	130	18	18	64	5	32	218	.186	.225	.289	.513	39	202	15	4	12	3	2

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	22	13	32	32	1	4	1	1	2	0	0	12	.125	.125	.250	.375	1	13
2008	23	55	155	149	11	29	4	5	12	4	4	43	.195	.219	.322	.542	10	55
2009	24	18	45	41	5	8	1	1	3	0	3	19	.195	.267	.293	.559	3	18
2010	25	81	237	228	23	35	2	4	16	1	6	71	.154	.181	.215	.396	9	81
2011	26	105	274	253	28	57	11	7	33	0	20	73	.225	.281	.352	.633	25	105
5 Seasons		272	743	703	68	133	19	18	66	5	33	218	.189	.229	.293	.522	48	272
162 Game Avg.		162	443	419	41	79	11	11	39	3	20	130	.189	.229	.293	.522	29	272

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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