Brandon Claussen

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: May 1, 1979 in Rapid City, SD us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 34th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Howard College (Big Spring, TX).

High School: Goddard HS (Roswell, NM)

School: Howard College (Big Spring, TX)

Last Game: June 16, 2006 (Age 27-046d)
vs. CHW 2.0 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 9 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Levinsons

Full Name: Brandon Allen Falker Claussen

Pronunciation: \CLAW-sun\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

ERA

5.04

316.0

228

WHIP

1.519

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1999	20		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A--Rk-A	NYY	6	6	.500	3.83	4.13	15	15	0	2	0	0	89.1	85	41	38	7	16	2	110	3	5	5	366	1.131	8.6	0.7	1.6	11.1	6.88
1999	20	-1.4	Greensboro	SALL	A	NYY	0	1	.000	10.50	10.50	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	8	7	7	1	2	0	5	0	1	1	29	1.667	12.0	1.5	3.0	7.5	2.50
1999	20	-0.9	Staten Island	NYPL	A-	NYY	6	4	.600	3.38	3.75	12	12	0	1	0	0	72.0	70	30	27	4	12	2	89	3	4	4	295	1.139	8.8	0.5	1.5	11.1	7.42
1999	20	0.3	Yankees	GULF	Rk	NYY	0	1	.000	3.18	3.18	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	7	4	4	2	2	0	16	0	0	0	42	0.794	5.6	1.6	1.6	12.7	8.00
2000	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	NYY	10	10	.500	3.72	4.38	26	26	0	2	1	0	150.0	140	73	62	10	61	0	142	3	1	5	636	1.340	8.4	0.6	3.7	8.5	2.33
2000	21	-1.6	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	2	5	.286	3.10	4.13	9	9	0	1	1	0	52.1	49	24	18	1	17	0	44	2	1	2	220	1.261	8.4	0.2	2.9	7.6	2.59
2000	21	-0.3	Greensboro	SALL	A	NYY	8	5	.615	4.05	4.52	17	17	0	1	0	0	97.2	91	49	44	9	44	0	98	1	0	3	416	1.382	8.4	0.8	4.1	9.0	2.23
2001	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	NYY	14	4	.778	2.31	3.03	29	29	0	1	1	0	187.0	148	63	48	8	68	0	220	5	5	6	781	1.155	7.1	0.4	3.3	10.6	3.24
2001	22	-2.2	Norwich	EL	AA	NYY	9	2	.818	2.13	2.89	21	21	0	1	1	0	131.0	101	42	31	6	55	0	151	5	3	5	554	1.191	6.9	0.4	3.8	10.4	2.75
2001	22	-0.7	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	5	2	.714	2.73	3.38	8	8	0	0	0	0	56.0	47	21	17	2	13	0	69	0	2	1	227	1.071	7.6	0.3	2.1	11.1	5.31
2002	23	-3.4	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	2	8	.200	3.28	4.53	15	15	0	0	0	0	93.1	85	47	34	4	46	3	73	1	0	2	408	1.404	8.2	0.4	4.4	7.0	1.59
2003	24		3 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	NYY	4	2	.667	3.22	3.89	18	18	0	1	0	0	106.1	86	46	38	7	27	0	81	1	3	0	426	1.063	7.3	0.6	2.3	6.9	3.00
2003	24	-2.8	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	2	1	.667	2.75	3.67	11	11	0	1	0	0	68.2	53	28	21	4	18	0	39	1	2	0	275	1.034	6.9	0.5	2.4	5.1	2.17
2003	24	-2.8	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	1	.000	7.47	7.47	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	17	13	13	3	6	0	16	0	0	0	65	1.468	9.8	1.7	3.4	9.2	2.67
2003	24	1.3	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	2	0	1.000	1.64	2.05	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.0	16	5	4	0	3	0	26	0	1	0	86	0.864	6.5	0.0	1.2	10.6	8.67
2003	24	-4.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	0	1.000	1.42	2.84	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	8	2	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	28	1.421	11.4	1.4	1.4	7.1	5.00
2004	25	-1.9	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	8	6	.571	4.66	5.02	18	18	0	0	0	0	100.1	98	56	52	10	47	0	111	5	1	1	437	1.445	8.8	0.9	4.2	10.0	2.36
2004	25	-4.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	2	8	.200	6.14	6.82	14	14	0	0	0	0	66.0	80	50	45	9	35	2	45	2	0	3	313	1.742	10.9	1.2	4.8	6.1	1.29
2005	26	-3.2	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	10	11	.476	4.21	4.81	29	29	0	0	0	0	166.2	178	89	78	24	57	5	121	7	1	2	731	1.410	9.6	1.3	3.1	6.5	2.12
2006	27	-0.1	Louisville	IL	AAA	CIN	0	2	.000	8.34	8.34	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.2	31	21	21	5	8	0	18	0	0	1	104	1.721	12.3	2.0	3.2	7.1	2.25
2006	27	-2.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	8	.273	6.19	6.55	14	14	0	0	0	0	77.0	93	56	53	14	28	1	57	6	0	2	351	1.571	10.9	1.6	3.3	6.7	2.04
2007	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	WSN	1	1	.500	5.24	6.55	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.1	43	25	20	4	8	0	31	2	0	3	154	1.485	11.3	1.0	2.1	8.1	3.88
2007	28	1.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	WSN	1	1	.500	6.98	8.84	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	29	19	15	2	7	0	13	1	0	1	95	1.862	13.5	0.9	3.3	6.1	1.86
2007	28	7.7	Nationals	GULF	Rk	WSN	0	0		3.00	3.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	14	6	5	2	1	0	18	1	0	2	59	1.000	8.4	1.2	0.6	10.8	18.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		16	27	.372	5.04	5.61	58	58	0	0	0	0	316.0	359	197	177	48	121	8	228	15	1	7	1423	1.519	10.2	1.4	3.4	6.5	1.88
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		45	39	.536	3.60	4.27	133	133	0	6	2	0	783.1	716	372	313	55	281	5	786	20	15	23	3312	1.273	8.2	0.6	3.2	9.0	2.80
All Levels (9 Seasons)							61	66	.480	4.01	4.66	191	191	0	6	2	0	1099.1	1075	569	490	103	402	13	1014	35	16	30	4735	1.344	8.8	0.8	3.3	8.3	2.52

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		13	19	.406	4.39	5.18	56	56	0	1	0	0	320.0	313	184	156	28	132	3	270	8	3	5	1384	1.391	8.8	0.8	3.7	7.6	2.05
AA (1 season)					Minors		9	2	.818	2.13	2.89	21	21	0	1	1	0	131.0	101	42	31	6	55	0	151	5	3	5	554	1.191	6.9	0.4	3.8	10.4	2.75
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		9	7	.563	2.69	3.45	21	21	0	1	1	0	130.1	112	50	39	3	33	0	139	2	4	3	533	1.113	7.7	0.2	2.3	9.6	4.21
A (2 seasons)					Minors		8	6	.571	4.43	4.86	18	18	0	2	0	0	103.2	99	56	51	10	46	0	103	1	1	4	445	1.399	8.6	0.9	4.0	8.9	2.24
A- (1 season)					Minors		6	4	.600	3.38	3.75	12	12	0	1	0	0	72.0	70	30	27	4	12	2	89	3	4	4	295	1.139	8.8	0.5	1.5	11.1	7.42
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.08	3.42	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.1	21	10	9	4	3	0	34	1	0	2	101	0.911	7.2	1.4	1.0	11.6	11.33