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Brad Ziegler

Brad Gregory Ziegler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 10, 1979 in Pratt, KS
High School: Odessa (Odessa, MO)
School: Missouri State University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 2008
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Diamondbacks 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.25M (11), 1 yr/$1.8M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.122, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

Standard Pitching

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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
2003	23	PHI-min	A-	1	0	1.000	1.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	23		1.000	7.5	0.0	1.5	9.0	6.00	BAT · NYPL
2004	24	OAK-min	A+	9	2	.818	3.90	16	15	1	0	0	0	92.1	94	51	40	11	22	0	77	2	1	0	389		1.256	9.2	1.1	2.1	7.5	3.50	MOD · CALL
2005	25	OAK-min	A+,AA	11	8	.579	4.94	28	28	0	0	0	0	162.0	193	100	89	14	24	0	164	9	0	5	701		1.340	10.7	0.8	1.3	9.1	6.83	STK,MDL · CALL,TL
2006	26	OAK-min	AA,AAA	9	7	.563	3.71	27	26	0	1	0	0	162.2	183	77	67	20	42	0	99	8	1	4	693		1.383	10.1	1.1	2.3	5.5	2.36	MDL,SAC · TL,PCL
2007	27	OAK-min	AAA,AA	12	3	.800	2.41	50	0	9	0	0	2	78.1	65	26	21	0	18	0	62	2	1	0	312		1.060	7.5	0.0	2.1	7.1	3.44	SAC,MDL · PCL,TL
2008	28	OAK-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	0.37	19	0	14	0	0	8	24.1	15	2	1	0	4	1	20	0	0	0	91		0.781	5.5	0.0	1.5	7.4	5.00	SAC · PCL
2008	28	OAK	AL	3	0	1.000	1.06	47	0	21	0	0	11	59.2	47	8	7	2	22	3	30	1	0	0	229	394	1.156	7.1	0.3	3.3	4.5	1.36	RoY-8
2009	29	OAK	AL	2	4	.333	3.07	69	0	23	0	0	7	73.1	82	27	25	2	28	4	54	1	0	0	313	145	1.500	10.1	0.2	3.4	6.6	1.93
2010	30	OAK	AL	3	7	.300	3.26	64	0	12	0	0	0	60.2	54	24	22	4	28	9	41	3	1	0	257	126	1.352	8.0	0.6	4.2	6.1	1.46
2011	31	TOT	MLB	3	2	.600	2.16	66	0	16	0	0	1	58.1	53	21	14	0	19	3	44	1	0	1	239	188	1.234	8.2	0.0	2.9	6.8	2.32
2011	31	OAK	AL	3	2	.600	2.39	43	0	12	0	0	1	37.2	38	14	10	0	13	3	29	1	0	1	160	171	1.354	9.1	0.0	3.1	6.9	2.23
2011	31	ARI	NL	0	0		1.74	23	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	15	7	4	0	6	0	15	0	0	0	79	230	1.016	6.5	0.0	2.6	6.5	2.50
4 Seasons				11	13	.458	2.43	246	0	72	0	0	19	252.0	236	80	68	8	97	19	169	6	1	1	1038	173	1.321	8.4	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.74
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.458	2.43	68	0	20	0	0	5	70	65	22	19	2	27	5	47	2	0	0	287	173	1.321	8.4	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.74

OAK (4 yrs)				11	13	.458	2.49	223	0	68	0	0	19	231.1	221	73	64	8	91	19	154	6	1	1	959	170	1.349	8.6	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.69
ARI (1 yr)				0	0		1.74	23	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	15	7	4	0	6	0	15	0	0	0	79	230	1.016	6.5	0.0	2.6	6.5	2.50

AL (4 yrs)			AL	11	13	.458	2.49	223	0	68	0	0	19	231.1	221	73	64	8	91	19	154	6	1	1	959	170	1.349	8.6	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.69
NL (1 yr)			NL	0	0		1.74	23	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	15	7	4	0	6	0	15	0	0	0	79	230	1.016	6.5	0.0	2.6	6.5	2.50

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2008	28	OAK	AL	59.2	0	8	35	1	1.7	27	3.2	$	RoY-8
2009	29	OAK	AL	73.1	0	27	50	-3	1.0	23	1.7	$405,000
2010	30	OAK	AL	60.2	0	24	31	1	1.3	7	0.9	$410,000
2011	31	OAK	AL	37.2	0	14	21	-1	1.0	7	0.8	$1,250,000
2011	31	ARI	NL	20.2	0	7	10	0	.7	3	0.3	$
4 Seasons				252.0	0	80	148	-1	1.2	68	6.9	$2,065,000

OAK (4 yrs)				231.1	0	73	138	-1	1.3	65	6.6	$2,065,000
ARI (1 yr)				20.2	0	7	10	0	.7	3	0.3	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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	SO/BB
2011	31	ARI	NL	NLDS	L	MIL	0	0		108.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	7	18.000	108.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
1 NLDS							0	0		108.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	7	18.000	108.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2003	23	PHI-min	A-	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BAT · NYPL
2004	24	OAK-min	A+	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	MOD · CALL
2005	25	OAK-min	AA,A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	MDL,STK · TL,CALL
2006	26	OAK-min	AA,AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	MDL,SAC · TL,PCL
2007	27	OAK-min	AA,AAA	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	MDL,SAC · TL,PCL
2008	28	OAK-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	SAC · PCL
2008	28	OAK	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	RoY-8
2009	29	OAK	AL	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	30	OAK	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	31	TOT	MLB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	31	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
2011	31	ARI	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
4 Seasons				207	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (4 yrs)				184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2010	30	OAK	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$410,000	1
2011	31	OAK	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250,000	11
2011	31	ARI	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$	11
2 Seasons				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,660,000

OAK (2 yrs)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,660,000
ARI (1 yr)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2011	31	ARI	NL	NLDS	MIL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2008	OAK	AL	28	P	47			59.2	14	0	14	0	2	1.000	3	10	2.11	0.30	.952	1.60	1.59					RoY-8
2009	OAK	AL	29	P	69			73.1	23	10	13	0	3	1.000	0	0	2.82	0.33	.953	1.53	1.51
2010	OAK	AL	30	P	64			60.2	16	2	13	1	2	.938	3	10	2.23	0.23	.953	1.63	1.61
2011	TOT	MLB	31	P	66	0	0	58.4	23	6	14	3	1	.870	2	6	3.09	0.30	.950	1.67	1.66	6	3	33%	0
2011	OAK	AL	31	P	43	0	0	37.2	18	5	11	2	1	.889	2	11	3.82	0.37	.949	1.60	1.59	4	2	33%	0
2011	ARI	NL	31	P	23	0	0	20.2	5	1	3	1	0	.800	0	0	1.74	0.17	.956	1.79	1.79	2	1	33%	0
	4 Seasons			P	246	0	0	252.0	76	18	54	4	8	.947	8	6	2.57	0.29	.952	1.60	1.59	6	3	33%	0
	4 Seasons			TOT	246	0	0	252.0	76	18	54	4	8	.947	8	38	2.57	0.29	.952	1.60	1.59	6	3	33%	0

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2008 AL 3.5 (9th)	Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 2011 AL 3.82 (1st)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2008 AL 1.000 (1st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL 3.5 (9th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
2011 AL 3.82 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2008 AL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 31st round of the 2002 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 2003: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 2003 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 2003.
March 28, 2004: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
June 16, 2004: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from Schaumburg (Northern).
July 31, 2011: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Brandon Allen and Jordan Norberto.

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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
2009	29	Oakland Athletics	$405,000
2010	30	Oakland Athletics	$410,000
2011	31	Oakland Athletics	$1,250,000

2012	32	Arizona Diamondbacks	$1,795,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,065,000	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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